College & Pro News & Notes 10-25, 10-26

Penn State @ Ohio State- Lions joined the Big Ten in ‘93 and are 0-7 in Columbus…Joe Pa’s boys have scored 45 points or more in 6 of 8 games…defense has held 7 of 8 opponents to 17 points or less…Buckeyes 48-5 SU under Tressel in 7+ seasons, incl 5-0 this year…OSU has held 6 of 8 opponents to 17 points or less

Oklahoma State @ Texas- Horns have scored 50+ in 4 of 7 games…have scored in all but one of 28 quarters played…13 players have scored at least 1 touchdown…Colt McCoy 81% completions!!!…also leads team in rushing…Texas has held opposition to 14 points or less in 4 of 7 contests, but have allowed 66 combined points last two games…but have scored 101 in that span…Cowboys have scored 50+ points in 4 of 7 games…lost last year in Stillwater 38-35, but had 430 aerial yards…Zac Robinson 70% accuracy with 14-4 TD/INT ratio…Okie State has 3 RB’s averaging over 6 ypc

Georgia @ LSU- teams have not met since ‘05 SEC title game (Ga 34-14 in Miles first year with Tigers)…Bulldogs 27-4 SU on road under Richt…Georgia has outscored 6 D-1 foes 88-34 in second half…WR’s Green (6′4″) and Massaquoi (6′2″) present matchup problem for smaller LSU corners…Tigers 22-2 SU in Baton Rogue under Miles

Alabama @ Tennessee- in 4 conference games, ‘Bama has outscored opposition 52-3 in 1st quarter, but has been outscored 68-27 in 2nd half…Tide crushed Vols 41-17 last year as 1 point home dog…Fulmer’s team has not won back to back games this season…Tenn has scored just 32 points combined against Fla, Ga, and Aub

USC @ Arizona- ‘Zona on 6 game losing streak against USC…’Cats have held Trojans to exactly 20 each of the last two years…led 13-10 entering 4th quarter last year at Coliseum…was first start for Mark Sanchez…Arizona has scored 40+ in 4 of 7 games…USC has allowed just 6 second half points this season!!

NFL WEEK 8

NY Giants @ Pittsburgh- G-Men have won 11 of their last 12 games away from home (including ‘07 reg and post season)…Burress banged up and limited in practice, check status…75% of Steelers last 60 home games have gone “over”…Parker probable but not full work load…Pitt leads league with 25 sacks…allowing just 2.9 ypc.

Arizona @ Carolina- since 2000, Cards 25-40-2 ATS as visitor….’Zona stop unit only 3 INT’s so far…have allowed 12 TD passes…Panthers 4-0 SU and 3-0-1 ATS at home this year with +75 point differential…have allowed just 3 TD’s by opposing offenses in Charlotte

Buffalo @ Miami- last 2 games in Miami have resulted in Under coming in easily by 33 combined points…Pennington 69% completions, but only 6 TD passes…’Fins have scored just 44 points in 3 home games…Bills have scored at least 20 points in 5 of 6 games…have held opposition to 16 or less in 4 of 6

Oakland @ Baltimore- Raiders made this trip in ‘06, losing 28-6 as 12 point dogs…Oakland has not scored more than 23 points in a game this season…Baltimore has not allowed a 100 yard rusher in last 25 games…Ravens just 1 rushing TD allowed this season…have held 4 of 6 foes to 13 points or less

Indianaoplis @ Tennessee- MNF- Titans 6-0 SU & ATS…last 4 vs Colts, 2-2 SU, 4-0 ATS…decided by 1, 3, 2 and 6 points…Tennessee oponents so far this year have combined 12-26 W-L record…Jeff Fisher’s team has held all 6 opponents to 17 points or less…66 points allowed is easily lowest in league