Week 11 of the college football season is packed with plenty of action.
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The most appealing parallel for the Rebels — 6-15 in two seasons under Tony Sanchez — is that Wyoming went 6-18 in Craig Bohl’s first two seasons before breaking through for seven wins this year.
Setting an optimal lineup for Week 10 is again a true challenge, with many key players unavailable on byes and fantasy teams jostling for postseason berths.
Lay the 8 points and side with Washington to defeat USC. The Trojans are 5-15 against the spread in their past 20 games versus ranked opponents.
If the Steelers’ three-game losing streak becomes four, there will be panic in Pittsburgh. That’s why Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys is more important for the home favorite.
A look at who has the advantage at each position when UNLV hosts Wyoming for a 12:30 p.m. game Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
The Las Vegas Bowl will take a close look at six Pac-12 teams this weekend. The bowl is less than a month away before announcing the schools who will play at Sam Boyd Stadium.
It’s Week 11 of the college football season and for the first time in many weeks, there are no top teams in a bye week or facing each other on Saturday.
Matt Youmans of the Review-Journal and Golden Nugget bookmakers Aaron Kessler and Tony Miller preview the college football and NFL weekend.
Ten handicappers post their college football best bets for Saturday.
The widely celebrated college football bowl season that begins next month has evolved dramatically since the first Las Vegas Bowl in 1992 with more games — so many, in fact, that teams with losing records were invited to play last year and the NCAA had to call a moratorium on new bowls through 2019. That’s good and bad for Las Vegas.
Five things to look for when UNLV’s football team (3-6, 2-3 Mountain West) plays Wyoming (7-2, 5-0) at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
The Blue Devils, featuring five players who are potential first-round NBA draft picks after this season, are 7-2 favorites to win the national championship in April.
The Patriots are 4-0 since Tom Brady returned from a suspension. The Cowboys have won seven straight by starting rookie quarterback Dak Prescott.
Junior quarterback Kurt Palandech hopes it’s his time to shine Saturday, when he will make his first start of the season for UNLV against Wyoming at 12:30 p.m. at Sam Boyd Stadium.
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