Chris 'The Bear' Fallica's 2024 College Football Week 12 'Bear Bytes'

College football Week 12 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 12 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)

FRIDAY, NOV. 15 

Houston @ Arizona (10:15 p.m., FS1)

Arizona is an FBS-worst 1-8 against the spread (ATS) this season, covering only as a 7.5-point 'dog at Utah. 

SATURDAY, NOV. 16

Utah @ No. 20 Colorado (noon, FOX and FOX Sports app )

This is the fourth time under Deion Sanders that Colorado is a double-digit favorite. The Buffs haven’t covered any of the previous three games. They beat FCS power North Dakota State by five to open 2024 as 11.5-point favorites and Colorado State by eight last year as 23-point favorites. Colorado also lost at Folsom Field last year to Stanford 46-43 as a 13-point favorite. This is the first time Utah is a double-digit underdog since 2017, when the Utes were 17.5-point 'dogs at Washington and nearly pulled the upset, losing 33-30. That was 86 games ago. 

No. 20 Clemson at Pitt (noon, ESPN)

Saturday is almost eight years to the day (Nov. 12, 2016) since Pitt’s 43-42 win over No. 2 Clemson in Death Valley. 

UL Monroe @ Auburn (12:45 p.m., SEC Network)

As Auburn head coach, Hugh Freeze is 4-10 in SEC play, 5–12 vs. Power Five opponents and