110 UW -3 – We last saw Tree on Saturday in a rough and tumble game v. UCLA, that proved to be a hard-hitting affair. Tree now hits the road again on short rest and is a little bruised and battered from that game with two DB’s out and WR Owusu out as well. Point blank – Tree is going into a hornet’s nest in Seattle. UW HC Peterson has re-built this program for this exact moment: The hype, the fanfare, the chance to step back into national relevance and most importantly the spotlight to flex the defense he typically brings to the table (UW leads the nation in takeaways). And we expect this game to be a culmination for Peterson and the ‘Dawgs on Friday Night. Expect UW to focus on shutting down star RB McCaffrey and making Tree’s average QB Burns beat the ‘Dawgs through the air, and expect Peterson to out-scheme Tree in a bad spot on Friday Night Lights on the banks of Lake Washington.

187 Oregon State +18.5 – Too many points to be laying for the Buffs who are off to a hot start, but are still starting a back-up QB Montez (who looked great last week, throwing for 300 yards and rushing for 100 yards) at home this week against the Beavs. The Buffs haven’t been favored in conference play by this big a number since their Big 12 days. Last week the Buffs had a program changing win @ Oregon, that had HC MacIntyre in tears and players acting as if CU had won a National Title. Huge let-down spot here for the Buffs coming home against a Beav team that can move the rock (with either QB Garretson or Blount) and stud WR Bolden and who travels to USC next week . OSU has showed us that they can hang on the road in their near win in Week 1 @ Minnesota and we expect them to make this too close for comfort on Saturday in Boulder.

195 ASU +10 – At this point, we can’t conceivably see laying points with USC, especially against a solid ASU squad that has been rushing the ball well and scoring in bunches, led by QB Wilkins. ASU is rushing the ball better than USC with RB’s Ballage and Richard and will use them to pound on the Trojans. Freshman QB Darnold looked good in his debut last week @ Utah and should be able to move the ball this week against a lesser Sun Devil defense, but we just don’t see him and star WR Smith-Schuster covering this number, as we look for ASU to keep this close Saturday in Watts.

195 ASU/USC O 64 – USC QB Darnold provided a spark last week in Salt Lake and should find the sledding much easier this weekend against an ASU defense that has given up 34ppg so far this season and is susceptible through the air. Look for this game to be a shootout with ASU countering with QB Wilkins and the duo at RB who are averaging over 48ppg and will keep this game close. This series has seen some fireworks over the last three years, averaging over 77 points per game since 2013. Look for this game to fly over the total on Saturday night in the Coliseum.