good morning, and welcome back to another year of Ugly Underdogs.
For the uninitiated, hear’s how this works. every Saturday morning, we go dumpster diving to pick out our favorite massive underdog on the collage football slate.
We’re talking the likes of UMass, Akron and New Mexico State, as they bring their slingshots to take on the goliaths of the gridiron.
This year’s first entry is the University of Nevada.
Set to take on no.2 Penn State,the Wolf Pack are a whopping 42.5-point underdog (FanDuel) at Beaver Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Believe it or not, Nevada is the sixth-biggest underdog on saturday’s slate, but the five other teams are all FCS teams playing against a higher division (shoutout to LIU as they take on Florida in the Swamp).
While other blue-blood programs have opted to start their seasons with a tough challenge, Penn State has chosen to ease into things in what is expected to be a massive campaign in Happy Valley.
Led by quarterback Drew Allar, a potential top-5 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, the N