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Looking for a college football underdog to bet on? Look for one manned by a quarterback from Albuquerque.
Arguably the two biggest upsets in Week 6 were by teams led by Duke City signal-callers.
As has been much discussed — not just locally, but nationally — Diego Pavia, a quarterback at St. Pius X and then Volcano Vista, led Vanderbilt over then-top ranked Alabama, which was favored by 22.5 points going into the Oct. 5 game in Nashville. The Commodores won 40-35 and Paviamania ensued.
On the same day, former La Cueva quarterback Aidan Armenta, in his first ever start, piloted Louisiana-Monroe over James Madison, which had been bet up to a 16.5-point favorite by game time in Monroe, Louisiana.
What did Pavia and Armenta do for encores? They led their teams to victories again in Week 7.
On Saturday, Vanderbilt went into Kentucky a 13-5-point underdog and left Lexington with a 20-13 victory. Pavia threw for 143 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 53 yards, and now the Commodores (4-2, 2-1 SEC) are on the cusp of being ranked. In the Top 25 poll that came out Sunday, Vanderbilt was atop the “others receiving votes” section, or effectively the 26th best football team in college football. It’s an amazing turnaround for a program that was 2-10, 0-8 SEC last season. Kudos to Jerry Kill, Pavia and the rest of the NMSU East crew for making magic happen a third year in a row.
We (the Journal) have spilled more than enough ink on Pavia and not nearly enough on Armenta, the former Lobo now leading the charge for the UNM East Warhawks.
ULM has been a Division I-A (later Football Bowl Subdivision) school since 1994. In those 30 years, the…
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Publish date : 2024-10-14 03:01:00
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