Three takeaways from recent developments in college sports (and playing catch-up after some vacation last week):
1. Predicting wins
The folks in Vegas have a knack for cutting through the clutter to hard-eyed preseason team assessments. Last week, sports book operator CG Technology released over-under win totals for upwards of 50 FBS teams this coming year, not counting conference title games or the postseason. Alabama and Ohio State were the only two teams projected for double-win seasons. Oklahoma (9.5 wins) led the Big 12. Some of the numbers were interesting. Texas (7.5) and Texas A&M (7) are predicted to be only a bit above .