Chris 'The Bear' Fallica's 2024 College Football Week 8 'Bear Bytes'

College football Week 8 is here, and I couldn't be more pumped. 

This means the next few days will be exciting for fans who love football and for bettors looking for fun ways to wager a few bucks.

I've already given you my best bets for Week 8 games, but now it's time to have a little fun with my "Bear Bytes."

These little "bytes," as I call them, are just nuggets that give you some entertaining talking points to pull from as you watch the football festivities with friends and family or banter with your coworkers at the water cooler. Here are the biggest nuggets that stuck out to me while doing my research.

(All times ET)

No. 5 Georgia @ No. 1 Texas

Home teams have won eight of the last nine regular-season, top-five matchups, with the lone loss being Ohio State’s loss to Michigan in 2022. 

No. 6 Miami @ Louisville

Miami has failed to cover the week prior to Florida State each of the last three years. The Canes were favored in each game, losing to North Carolina State last year and winning by two and three against Virginia and Georgia Tech, respectively, the previous two seasons.

No. 7 Alabama @ No. 11 Tennessee

This is the first time since 2008 that Alabama is not favored by at least a touchdonw against Tennessee. That year, the Tide beat Tennessee 29-9 as a 5.5-point favorite. 

Tennessee has been a home underdog six times under Josh Heupel. The Vols have pulled one upset, that being the 52-49 win over the Tide in 2022. 

Kalen DeBoer has been involved in 12 games as a Power Four head coach with a spread within +7/-7. His teams are 10-2 in those games (8-1 in the regular season). 

Ball State @ Vanderbilt 

Vanderbilt hasn’t been this big of a favorite against an FBS team since 2013 against  Massachusetts (-30).