The Hlists: Big Ten no friend to bettors

THREE GAMES I WISH I'D ATTENDED SATURDAY

1. Oregon 46, Michigan State 27

. It was a far more competitive game than the score showed, and the Ducks' Marcus Mariota is special.

2. Washington 59, Eastern Washington 52

. The FCS team gained 573 yards and got seven touchdown passes from Vernon Adams Jr., who has 16 TD throws in three games.

3. Oregon State 38, Hawaii 30.

It wasn't a great game, since the Beavers led 38-7 after three quarters. But it was in Honolulu.

THREE GAMES I'M GLAD I MISSED SATURDAY

1. Texas A&M 73, Lamar 3

. Brutal.

2. Clemson 73, South Carolina State 7

. Brutal.

3. Arkansas 73, Nicholls State 7.

Brutal.

CRAZY THURSDAY STATS

1. Texas A&M-Commerce set an NCAA Division II record with 986 yards Thursday in its 98-20 win over East Texas Baptist.

2. Tusculum College set NCAA marks by holding the College of Faith to minus-100 total yards and minus-124 rushing yards in Tusculum's 71-0 win Thursday. Minus-100 yards is going backward an entire football field.

BIG TEN PLAYERS WHO LIKE APPLES

1. Eli Apple, Ohio State.

2. Austin Appleby, Purdue quarterback

3. Marcus Applefield, Rutgers

BIG TEN PLAYERS WHO LIKE JAZZ

1. Jazz Peavy, Wisconsin

2. DeJazz Woods, Illinois

LAS VEGAS REVIEW

1. Nebraska was a 35-point favorite over McNeese State. It won by 7.

2. Iowa was a 17-point favorite over Ball State. It won by 4.

3. Northwestern was a 7-point favorite over Northern Illinois. It lost by 8.

4. Ohio State was a 10-point favorite over Virginia Tech. It lost by 14.

5. Purdue was a 3-point favorite over Central Michigan. It lost by 21.

6. Michigan was a 4-point underdog against Notre Dame. It lost by 31.

GAMES TO CATCH THIS WEEK

1. Georgia at South Carolina

2. Penn State at Rutgers

3. Tennessee at Oklahoma (Yeah, that's as good as I could find for No. 3. It's a bad week of games.)

GAMES TO AVOID THIS WEEK

1. Baylor at Buffalo

2. Southern Mississippi at Alabama

3. Wyoming at Oregon

4. Purdue at Notre Dame

'CROWDS”

1. Western Kentucky at Illinois, 38,561

2. SE Missouri State at Kansas, 36,574

3. Central Michigan at Purdue, 36,410

4. Maryland at South Florida, 28,915

CURRENT ATHLETIC DIRECTORS WHO ARE FIVE/THIRTEENTHS OF THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR SOME STRANGE REASON

1. Jeff Long, Arkansas (chair)

2. Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin

3. Oliver Luck, West Virginia

4. Pat Haden, USC (Did you see what this guy did Saturday?)

5. Dan Radakovich, Clemson

MY FOUR PLAYOFF TEAMS

1. USC.

Won at Stanford.

2. Texas A&M

. Won at South Carolina.

3. LSU

. Beat Wisconsin at a neutral site.

4. Oregon

. Beat Michigan State at home.