NCAA YTD: 6-4 (+2.10*)
NFL YTD: 2-3 (-1.28*)
Kentucky(+120ML) over Indiana (1.5*)
- - I believe Kentucky is far less lame and that their 2005 season is not on the verge of a flame-out at the hands of the 2005 Hoosiers.
Miami(-7) over Clemson (1*)
- - I fail to see how draining and arguably miraculous back-to-back escapes are a favorable lead-in to a conference clash with a revenge-minded, stewing and extremely capable Hurricane team that arguably has no other opponent to truly focus in on between September 6 and October 22.
Vanderbilt(-2') over Mississippi (1*)
- - Countless home openers carry lots of dreams but are devoid of any real substance, but this doesn't look or feel like one of 'em. The Rebels are aware and plenty capable on the other side, but I've got the side I want.
Wyoming/Air Force(Ov53') (1*)
- - I like the Cowboys to be a load in this one, but I like the scenarios for putting up points even more.
Lots of leans to work through this week - Fresno State(+3), Alabama(-1'), Toledo(-28), Miami of Ohio(-5'), Michigan State(+6'), Arizona State(-14'), Boston College(+2), Central Florida(+8), Louisville(-13'), Purdue(-6'), Central Michigan(+22), Minnesota(-31), and Wisconsin(-3).
GL
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sportsline.com:
Pity has been coming Vanderbilt's way for more than two decades. The program hasn't been to a bowl game since 1982. It was so very Vandy that 2? years ago, president Gordon Gee dismantled the athletic department and put sports under the umbrella of intramurals.
Wise-cracking critics might have suggested Vanderbilt football was already there. It was (and still might be) the SEC whipping boy. If there was a big crowd at Vanderbilt, it was because visiting fans would buy up all the tickets.
"They were like away games," quarterback Jay Cutler said.
Two things happened -- one great, one tragic -- that bonded Vanderbilt in the offseason. Tailback Kwane Doster was shot and killed Dec. 26 in his hometown of Tampa, Fla. Then Cutler, preseason all-SEC, surprisingly decided to return for his fifth year.
The team was devastated by Doster's death. It will be reminded at its home opener this week against Ole Miss. Doster's locker is encased to make it look like game day.
Commodores will take the field reminded that nothing is certain at Vanderbilt. That 1984 team started 4-0 but lost six of its final seven to finish 5-6.
Some of the losses in the Bobby Johnson era have been excruciating. Of the team's 39 the past three years, 10 came by seven points or fewer.
That's why consecutive victories at Wake Forest and Arkansas to start the season were important. Both featured fourth-quarter comebacks.
"Campus is going crazy right now," Cutler said. "When we got back from Arkansas at 2 a.m., the band was out there playing. There were 200 to 300 fans."
NFL YTD: 2-3 (-1.28*)
Kentucky(+120ML) over Indiana (1.5*)
- - I believe Kentucky is far less lame and that their 2005 season is not on the verge of a flame-out at the hands of the 2005 Hoosiers.
Miami(-7) over Clemson (1*)
- - I fail to see how draining and arguably miraculous back-to-back escapes are a favorable lead-in to a conference clash with a revenge-minded, stewing and extremely capable Hurricane team that arguably has no other opponent to truly focus in on between September 6 and October 22.
Vanderbilt(-2') over Mississippi (1*)
- - Countless home openers carry lots of dreams but are devoid of any real substance, but this doesn't look or feel like one of 'em. The Rebels are aware and plenty capable on the other side, but I've got the side I want.
Wyoming/Air Force(Ov53') (1*)
- - I like the Cowboys to be a load in this one, but I like the scenarios for putting up points even more.
Lots of leans to work through this week - Fresno State(+3), Alabama(-1'), Toledo(-28), Miami of Ohio(-5'), Michigan State(+6'), Arizona State(-14'), Boston College(+2), Central Florida(+8), Louisville(-13'), Purdue(-6'), Central Michigan(+22), Minnesota(-31), and Wisconsin(-3).
GL
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sportsline.com:
Pity has been coming Vanderbilt's way for more than two decades. The program hasn't been to a bowl game since 1982. It was so very Vandy that 2? years ago, president Gordon Gee dismantled the athletic department and put sports under the umbrella of intramurals.
Wise-cracking critics might have suggested Vanderbilt football was already there. It was (and still might be) the SEC whipping boy. If there was a big crowd at Vanderbilt, it was because visiting fans would buy up all the tickets.
"They were like away games," quarterback Jay Cutler said.
Two things happened -- one great, one tragic -- that bonded Vanderbilt in the offseason. Tailback Kwane Doster was shot and killed Dec. 26 in his hometown of Tampa, Fla. Then Cutler, preseason all-SEC, surprisingly decided to return for his fifth year.
The team was devastated by Doster's death. It will be reminded at its home opener this week against Ole Miss. Doster's locker is encased to make it look like game day.
Commodores will take the field reminded that nothing is certain at Vanderbilt. That 1984 team started 4-0 but lost six of its final seven to finish 5-6.
Some of the losses in the Bobby Johnson era have been excruciating. Of the team's 39 the past three years, 10 came by seven points or fewer.
That's why consecutive victories at Wake Forest and Arkansas to start the season were important. Both featured fourth-quarter comebacks.
"Campus is going crazy right now," Cutler said. "When we got back from Arkansas at 2 a.m., the band was out there playing. There were 200 to 300 fans."
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