Week 3 Roundup

  

+ Lasko’s Winners -- 
Memphis (-2.5) - Bowling Green
UMass (+10.5) - Temple

+ Lasko’s Losers -- 
Illinois (+10.5) - North Carolina
Kansas State (-9) - Louisiana Tech
Boston College (+9) - Florida State
Over 54.5 - Georgia Tech vs. Notre Dame

What a Saturday.  Bloodbath.  Sometimes you just have to be a man and take your medicine.  I mean this was almost sad.  Like watching Larry Holmes basically murder Muhammad Ali in the ring.  When Kevin is posting winners and I am digging myself into an ever deeper hole.... #prayformybankaccount

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The largest underdog to win straight up:
Furman (+24.5, ML +1565) at UCF, 16-15

The largest favorite to cover:
Mississippi State (-38.5) vs. Northwestern State, 62-13

After a couple of weeks with few upsets to the top teams, it was topsy-turvy Saturday from coast to coast, and it almost came to the doorstep of the national champs. Ohio State entered their game as a 34 1/2 point favorite, but they had to hang on for dear life against Northern Illinois, 20-13.

In the state of Michigan, the Wolverines and Spartans took care of business.  MSU is now #2 in the AP poll and their fans are stoked.

Alabama wasn't as lucky in their SEC opener against Mississippi. Ole Miss fired ahead 30-13 before a spirited comeback by the Tide. After some late scores, an onside kick and some questionable clock management by Hugh Freeze and company, the Rebels were able to notch their second straight victory against the Tide.

Just cancel it.

It wasn't quite shades of 2007 for Southern California, but Stanford paid a visit as a 10-point underdog and came out of the Coliseum with a victory. USC looked like one of the most complete teams, but facing Arkansas State and Idaho is obviously quite different than a conference foe. ... Missouri was a three-touchdown favorite against Connecticut, but fell behind 6-2 at halftime before eeking out a 9-6 win. ... In a battle of Top 15 teams it was LSU pulling away from Auburn, 45-21. The Tigers probably should have lost last week to FCS Jacksonville State, outlasting them in overtime. In this battle of Tigers they weren't even in the same class.

In the bad beat department, there are all kinds of things wrong with the California-Texas game. For anyone who took a chance on Texas on the moneyline, it was an excruciating game. First off, Cal fired out to a 45-24 lead heading into the fourth quarter. ML bettors likely wrote the game off, but they were given hope when Texas rallied to make it 45-44 with 71 seconds remaining in regulation. However, a missed extra point meant a win for Cal, and it was almost like losing twice if you have the Longhorns on the moneyline. The 20-point fourth quarter was also a bad beat for Cal bettors who laid the five.