It was due to happen. After barely missing hitting a college football parlay in each of the past few weeks, my picks blew up in my face last week. Like a giant asteroid crashing down to the Earth, my plays left a massive crater and wiped out anyone who followed along. I went 0-3 against the college football betting line, and two of my plays never really had a chance. Although Louisville kept it close against Boston College for a while, they were never in great shape, and San Jose State got boat raced by Army.
My lone bit of solace was my call of Memphis outright. The Tigers should have knocked off last year’s co-national champions, but they failed to score a point after a torrential downpour came down at the Liberty Bowl and lost by one to UCF. I’m desperate to turn things around this week. Here is the Week 8 college football parlay:
Week 1: No Play
Week 2: +$267.68
Week 3: -$100
Week 4: -$100
Week 5: -$100
Week 6: -$100
Week 7: -$100
College Football Parlay Betting Odds (Courtesy of BetDSI)
South Florida vs. Connecticut Over 69 -110
UAB PK vs. North Texas -110
Memphis +10 at Missouri -115
$100 to win $581.39
Connecticut is on pace to have the worst defense we have ever seen in modern college football. They are allowing 53.7 points per game, and have been atrocious against both the run and the pass. The Huskies have allowed 7.8 yards per carry, a figure that is dead last in the nation by a wide margin, and they are giving up more than 11 yards per pass.
That’s music to the ears of a South Florida offense that has been struggling to score points. The Bulls nearly lost to a bad Tulsa team on the road on Friday night, and they could barely get anything going prior to the waning minutes of the fourth quarter. They have proven they can score points when they need to though, and they put 58 points on the board against Massachusetts a few weeks ago.
Heading into their game against Houston next week, the Bulls are going to want to make a statement. There’s no better team to do that against than Connecticut.
Everyone loves Mason Fine, who has been one of the darlings of small school college football ever since North Texas took Arkansas to the woodshed. There’s a reason this game is a pick ‘em according to the CFB betting odds though.
UAB has one of the most underrated defenses in the country. The Blazers have allowed just 14 points over their last three games, and they have a mastermind of a head coach in Bill Clark. Clark broke into the coaching ranks as a defensive guru, and he will have something in mind to keep Fine shut down.
Finally, I’m not off the Memphis bandwagon just yet. This is still a very good football team. They have been incredibly unlucky this year, and they should have defeated both Navy and UCF. The Tigers are ranked dead last in the country in terms of luck, and things like that usually even out over the course of a season.
This is a classic letdown, look-ahead spot for Missouri too. The Tigers are fresh off a 39-10 drubbing at the hands of Alabama, and they definitely have the following week’s game against a very good Kentucky team in the back of their minds. Drew Lock could throw for a lot of yards on this defense, but Memphis can move the ball too. I expect this to be a high-scoring shootout where the last team with the ball wins the game.
