How did Vegas get Pitt, Penn State point spreads so wrong?

Jaylen Reed celebrates a third-down stop for the Penn State defense during Saturday's win over Northwestern at Beaver Stadium.UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Pitt was favored by 22 points over Georgia Tech on Saturday -- and lost, 26-21.

Penn State was favored by 25 points over Northwestern -- and won, 17-7, thanks to a fourth-and-goal at the 1 stop that probably would have made the final 17-14.

It's usually pretty dumb to challenge Vegas on sports lines, because they're gonna clean up the majority of the time.

But boy, did Vegas ever blow those two college football lines Saturday.

The Penn State-Northwestern line was absurd to begin with, rising as high as 26.5 last week. I wrote here that the line…