BYU favored by nine over UCLA
UCLA's big win over Tennessee last Monday apparently didn't resonate with AP voters, who dropped the Bruins from the Top 25. Maybe they just forgot about UCLA, which was idle over the weekend.
The Bruins aren't getting much respect from the oddsmakers, either.
BYU is a nine-point favorite over UCLA in this Saturday's game at LaVell Edwards Stadium, according to this Web site.
I figured the Cougars would be favored between four and six points, but what do I know? I think the betting public will got with UCLA, and wouldn't be surprised to see the point spread drop to around seven by game time.
By the way, Oklahoma is a 20-point favorite over Washington in a game that will be played at Husky Stadium. BYU was a 9-point favorite over the Huskies, and it could be argued that if Harvey Unga hadn't fumbled at the goal line, the actual final margin would have been close to that.
In what will be the weekend's top college game, USC is a 7.5 point favorite over Ohio State.
Utah is favored to beat Utah State by 25 in Logan.
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Northern Iowa, the team BYU beat 41-17 in Week 1, rebounded Saturday with a 24-13 win over South Dakota State before 12,904 fans at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. A couple of reports I read called the victory sloppy and a bit disappointing because of the Panthers' turnovers. Sound familiar?
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The Washington safety who was injured Saturday, Darin Harris, was released from Harborview Medical Center today. Tests showed he had no spinal injuries, just a concussion. Yes, that was his mother (Valerie), who sprinted across the field to check on her son while he was being attended to by medical personnel close to the BYU sideline.
Before he talked about anything else after the game, BYU coach offered his support and prayers for Harris, which I thought was a classy move.
"I am not certain how bad of shape their player is in. It didn't look good," Mendenhall said. "So first of all, our support and thoughts and prayers go out to [him] and his mom -- I believe that is who that was, running out there. And our hope is that he's OK."
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Here's one AP voter who didn't drop the Cougars on her ballot this week. Molly Yannity of the Seattle Post Intelligencer listed her ballot on her blog and wrote the following about BYU, which she ranked 15th:
"BYU didn't look like a top-20 team against Washington, but I have a few voting rules and one of them is teams that win on the road don't fall - even if the win is ugly. A win on the road is a win on the road. BYU's offense is good and next week's meeting of a good UCLA defense should be fun to watch."
The Bruins aren't getting much respect from the oddsmakers, either.
BYU is a nine-point favorite over UCLA in this Saturday's game at LaVell Edwards Stadium, according to this Web site.
I figured the Cougars would be favored between four and six points, but what do I know? I think the betting public will got with UCLA, and wouldn't be surprised to see the point spread drop to around seven by game time.
By the way, Oklahoma is a 20-point favorite over Washington in a game that will be played at Husky Stadium. BYU was a 9-point favorite over the Huskies, and it could be argued that if Harvey Unga hadn't fumbled at the goal line, the actual final margin would have been close to that.
In what will be the weekend's top college game, USC is a 7.5 point favorite over Ohio State.
Utah is favored to beat Utah State by 25 in Logan.
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Northern Iowa, the team BYU beat 41-17 in Week 1, rebounded Saturday with a 24-13 win over South Dakota State before 12,904 fans at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. A couple of reports I read called the victory sloppy and a bit disappointing because of the Panthers' turnovers. Sound familiar?
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The Washington safety who was injured Saturday, Darin Harris, was released from Harborview Medical Center today. Tests showed he had no spinal injuries, just a concussion. Yes, that was his mother (Valerie), who sprinted across the field to check on her son while he was being attended to by medical personnel close to the BYU sideline.
Before he talked about anything else after the game, BYU coach offered his support and prayers for Harris, which I thought was a classy move.
"I am not certain how bad of shape their player is in. It didn't look good," Mendenhall said. "So first of all, our support and thoughts and prayers go out to [him] and his mom -- I believe that is who that was, running out there. And our hope is that he's OK."
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Here's one AP voter who didn't drop the Cougars on her ballot this week. Molly Yannity of the Seattle Post Intelligencer listed her ballot on her blog and wrote the following about BYU, which she ranked 15th:
"BYU didn't look like a top-20 team against Washington, but I have a few voting rules and one of them is teams that win on the road don't fall - even if the win is ugly. A win on the road is a win on the road. BYU's offense is good and next week's meeting of a good UCLA defense should be fun to watch."
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