We interrupt our weekend previews to take a look at tonight’s games. We’ll have more in-depth looks at these weeknight games as the season unfolds, especially when they’re conference games that actually mean something. Anyway..
5:00 PM- Villanova (FCS) at Temple: Villanova won the FCS championship (you know, in a playoff) last year, a season that included beating Temple in the first week. Temple really should still be better, considering they’re among the favorites in the MAC, but Villanova is no Southeastern Louisiana. No line.
8:00 PM- Arizona at Toledo: Arizona is quietly getting some buzz as a contender in the Pac-10, but Toledo is working to get a new QB up and running in an offense that could run with anybody last year. Meanwhile Arizona has most of their pieces coming back from a pretty good 8-5 team last year. Line: Arizona by 16. This is a line where you go “hmm, that sounds about right” and no obvious choice seems to pop out. But since I’m not sure Toledo’s offense can pick up where it left off last year, I think Arizona wins this one 34-14.
That’s it, just two games. We’ll be previewing the weekend out west this afternoon.