Following consecutive 62-0 losses to Louisville and Minnesota, the Owls, currently on a 16-game losing streak, were a 30-point underdog last week to Western Michigan. They didn’t cover, losing 41-7. “I’ve never seen a team in the last 10 years that’s been this non-competitive,” said Mike Seba, senior oddsmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants, which sets college football lines for many Vegas sports books. “It’s not asking that much [for Vanderbilt] to cover 33.”
Agree. Sounds like a play this week.
The story was only a couple days old when third-string Trojan fullback Stanley Havili went down with a broken femur. He’s the third USC fullback to sustain a serious injury so far this year.
I wouldn’t want to be that fourth-string fullback right now.
Note: We’ll be featuring a Q&A from Murphy soon.
–Utah State is averaging 1.75 points through four games.
–Let’s mark Chuck Long down as one of the worst new hires in college football. San Diego State is 0-4 and averaging just 11.7 points per game.
–Bogus stat alert I: Georgia’s scoring defense. The Dawgs have played 1-AA Western Kentucky, South Carolina (76th in scoring after putting up 52 on FAU), UAB (112th in scoring) and Colorado (115th in scoring). No wonder they are fourth in scoring defense at 6.3 points per game. Anyone who saw Colorado march up and down the field on UGA knows that this unit could be in for some trouble once it faces a legitimate offense. Luckily, UGA won’t see many of those on its schedule.
–Bogus stat alert II: Texas A&M’s scoring offense. The Aggies are seventh in scoring, averaging 39.8 points per game after wins over Citadel, Louisiana-Lafayette, Army and Louisiana Tech.
–Stat Kudo I: Mkistro Bruce of Washington State already has seven sacks this year, thanks to a five-sack effort against Stanford.
–Stat Kudo II: Running back Kory Sheets of Purdue already has scored 10 touchdowns.
–Stat Kudo III: Dwight Lowery of San Jose State has five interceptions in three games. He’s on pace for 20 picks.
–Stat Kudo IV: After four games, Utah has yet to allow a sack.
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