The first lines that I’ve seen on the Continental Tire Bowl favor the Virginia Cavaliers over our Pitt Panthers by 2.5 points. Given how well the Cavaliers dominated Virginia Tech in the trenches, I’m not sure that I won’t give those points. But let me think about it a little more…

In other news, Oklahoma is favored by six over LSU (I’ll definitely take the Sooners there), Kansas State is favored by seven over Ohio State (as I’ve always said, nobody gets overrated like the Wildcats), USC is favored by 6.5 over Michigan (I don’t know where to go on that one), and Maryland is favored by 3.5 over the Hoopies (I’ll probably take the Hoopies over the Terrapins again, even though that pick burned me earlier this year).

I’ll make my official picks later. These are just my first musings.

Switching over to Pitt Basketball, if you’re the type of sick bastard who takes pleasure in the suffering and self-flagellation of others (and don’t we all?), check out the Centre Daily Times‘s coverage of Pitt’s hanging a 64-37 ass-kicking on Penn State this past Saturday.

Hail to Happy Valley Misery