CFB Week 8 Early Lines Thread

[Austiger]

I would be less worried about a letdown and more worried about the pressure getting to USF. They are entering rarified territory for them. They handled the pressure at Auburn, but they were under the radar then and Auburn tried to hand them the game over and over again. Sagarin predictor may be skewed b/c it is crediting them for being good enough to beat the Auburn team that won @ Florida and Arkansas. In truth, they beat an Auburn team that was not playing very well and they needed overtime and a 5-0 turnover margin to do it. I'm not trying to take away from their win as an Auburn fan, but I would sort of lean to Rutgers here. I think we all know that Rutgers has a big home-field advantage. Remember the L'ville game last year on a Thur? Maybe Rutgers has just been paying for starting their season late. The Maryland game was like the season opener for them since they hadn't played anyone.