With college football teams heading into the home stretch portion of the 2008 campaign there is never a more welcome time for a week of rest in the season than now. After going head to head for two and a half months, a breather to most teams is as welcome as fresh oxygen to a deep-sea diver.

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That’s confirmed by the fact that conference teams playing with revenge & a week of rest from Week Ten on out are 192-141-4 ATS overall since 1980. That represents a solid 58% winning angle unto itself. When dressed up as dogs these well-rested teams are 147-92-3 ATS (73-39 ATS if they are > .400). When playing as dogs against an opponent off a win they check in at 100-62 ATS.

If our ‘Rip van Winkle’ revenge dog is off a win they are a mighty 70-32-2 ATS, including 42-17-1 ATS when taking on an unrested foe and 22-4 ATS as a home dog off a win against an unrested foe.

Keep this list of potential ‘Rip van Winklers’ handy as it just might help wake your season up just in the nick of time:

11/15:

Idaho vs. Boise State

11/22:

North Texas at Middle Tennessee State
TCU vs. Air Force

11/29:

SMU vs. Southern Mississippi
Baylor at Texas Tech
Kansas at Missouri
Kentucky at Tennessee
Oklahoma State vs. Oklahoma
Oregon at Oregon State

12/3

Middle Tennessee State at Louisiana-Lafayette

12/6

Army vs. Navy