Case Keefer

The final slate of the college football season, rivalry week, has a reputation for upending college football’s best-laid plans. This year’s Week 14 might have its work cut out for it in that regard. ...

Any gambler can relate to the irrational enmity that develops around certain teams throughout the course of a season. Seattle is the side I can’t figure out for the life of me this season. ...

Both of this year’s featured backs came out of last week’s loss at the Miami Dolphins injured and did not practice Wednesday. ...

The pick’em column has toed into the totals market for the first time this season with a bonus over/under hidden each week. ...

Notre Dame is one of the likelier squads in the nation to make the 12-team postseason bracket, tied for sixth at Caears/William Hill at odds of -350 (i.e. risking $350 to win $100). ...

The underdog revolution from earlier in the NFL season has fizzled out. ...

The Big 12 Conference keeps living up to its preseason promise as college football’s ultimate chaos creator week after week. ...

The Raiders have been one of the worst offenses in the NFL under Getsy’s watch with another listless performance against the Bengals. ...

The league’s first successful time-expiring Hail Mary in four years made for a madhouse in Las Vegas too. ...

Penn State hosts Ohio State Saturday morning in Week 10’s most significant game. The Nittany Lions’ seemingly annual loss to the Buckeyes was the biggest reason why they struck out from ever participating in the four-team playoffs. ...