God, calling this year's Clemson team at -17 a "best bet" is incredibly stupid. Ask anyone who bet on Clemson at -35 against Troy. Take a look at how many unforced errors the offense made against Louisville and Auburn.

Between the number of mistakes and sloppy level of play we've seen out of them in their biggest games so far, how incredibly flat they were against the first game of the season that they were "supposed" to win easily, and the fact that NC State has looked pretty solid this year, there's no way in hell I'd have taken Clemson with those odds. I don't generally bet on sports, but if I'd realized going into the weekend that the spread was 17 on that game I'd have been hard pressed not to put money on State.

I just don't see how anyone who's actually watched Clemson this year could have had the confidence in a 17+ point victory to call it a "best bet." Sounds more like the analysis was "#3 Clemson vs. unranked NC State? Easy pick. Doesn't matter what the spread is."