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College Football's Overachievers and Underachievers Against the Spread

By Brian GrummellSep 29th 2008 – 4:34PM

Sure, one can watch a team through the first few weeks of the season and compare them to arbitrary expectations or against their rankings -- assuming they were ranked to begin with. But another measure is to look at their record "against the spread". Now is particularly a good time so early in the season when the book...

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  • 10/12/11 Expert warns against spread of obesity Source: Gulf News Qatar ranks sixth globally in the prevalence of obesity, figures from an expert international association indicate.
  • 10/07/11 Against the Spread Week 5 Source: Mountain West Connection I've been having Big 12 daydreams all day and I fly out for the Red River Rivalry in the morning and haven't packet yet so I am just going straight picks this week with no commentary, sorry.
  • 09/08/11 Podcast: Against the Spread, Always Source: The Daily Fix - The Wall Street Journal We do not utter the words straight up on this podcast.
  • 09/24/10 Against the spread Source: The Sun Chronicle - Attleboro MA It's still early, but the first two weeks of the season have been a little Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for the Attleboro High football team.

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