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HERE's some stuff that I have looked at to back my choices (right or wrong of course).....::::
In the 100-year anniversary of the Little Brown Jug series, the 17th-ranked Golden Gophers hope to end a 14-game losing streak to No. 20 Michigan.
This game being at home for Minnesota is a huge advantage especially (believe it or not) with the Twins losing in the playoffs a bucket load of fans will be there to stuff the seats in the Metrodome making play calling for Mich and Navarre a an interesting adventure if they do not break on top early in this one.
People are saying Minn is one dimensional and can not pass....well last week Asad Abdul-Khaliq threw for 331 yards and three touchdowns and Marion Barber III ran for two scores as the nation's third-leading rushing team proved it's not just one-dimensional. Although Minnesota produced 241 yards on the ground, that is 43 yards below its season average.
And the Wolverweinies in Iowa you ask?.....John Navarre threw for a school-record 389 yards and two TDs, Michigan managed just five first downs in the second half. Chris Perry, the nation's second-leading rusher, was limited to 27 yards in the final 30 minutes.
That makes Navarre a stellar 0-6 on the road against ranked teams.
All four of Michigan's victories have come at home. The losses have been at Oregon and Iowa.
CHECK THIS OUT AS THIS matchup features two of college football's top running backs. Perry is second in the country with 774 rushing yards and Barber averages 6.3 yards per carry while leading the nation with 13 touchdowns.
Now look at the "NO PASSING GOPHS" in a QB COMPARISON......See it?? What jumps out??? Two things!!
This editor for the site does not allow you to put stats in order so sorry but they should be spread out for easy reading and are not
John Navarre Asad Abdul-Khaliq
212 Pass Att. 89
115 Pass Comp. 57
1490 Passing Yds 1024
11 Passing TDs 9
6 Ints 2
20 Rushing Att. 35
-16 Rushing Yds 142
-0.8 Rushing Avg. 4.1
#TD to INT ration with TD's thrown being almost equal.....Advantage Minn
#Turnovers will lose you the game and Mich is not good at protecting the ball.
#MINN RUSHING YRDS from QB vs NOT JUST A ZERO BUT WORSE.....A NEGATIVE FOR MICH!
#RUSHING IS EQUAL AS BOTH TEAMS ARE KILLERS ON THE GROUND!!
This should boil down to which DEFENSE wants it more! THE OBVIOUS PICK AND THE PUBLIC ARE BIG ON MICHIGAN.....therefore I will take:
4.5*==>GOPHERS PK
1.5*==>MINN/MICH (O)54
The S.FLOR game vs TCU originally had me very pumped to take SFLOR BIG but the more info that comes in annotates that TCU is not hurting as bad as the articles dictate PLUS their defense IS VERY GOOD while SFLOR is very suspect. One statement I had was the Bulls are the best kept secret in the country covering and home winning streak and all that is still true BUT this TCU DEFENSE IS VERY IMPRESSIVE! NOW on the other side is the VERY ELECTRIC BULLS OFFENSE...They will spread everyone out on 4 wides and watch the fun......SO THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS TCU IF THEY HAD THEY STARTERS AVAILABLE WOULD BEAT THIS TEAM....BUT THE BULLS AT HOME SHOULD streak enough points into the end zone for the win and cover! ERGO:
2.5*==>S.FLOR -1
MLB
3*==>MARLINS +145
1.5*==>(o)7.5 runs
Redman is due for another one of his good outing while Kerry Woods penchant for walking runners is sheer suicide vs a Marlin team that needs no help with getting runners on anyway. This has the makings too of Flor trying to get Woods pitch count up in the 100's by the 6th to get into that sieve Chicago Vealpen (Thanks Memphis for the M&Mism on the "Vealpen" coinage)....look for 5-3 or better in this one to also cover the over.....
Wood is 4-0 with a 1.85 ERA in five career starts against the Marlins, and 2-0 with a 1.20 ERA in two starts at Pro Player. He pitched complete games against the Marlins in consecutive outings on July 9 and July 19 this year, allowing one earned run.
He gave up one run and three hits with three walks and 12 strikeouts in a 5-1 win at Wrigley Field in the first outing, then threw a two-hitter in Florida as he walked five and struck out eight in a 1-0 victory.
The Marlins, however, have been outstanding at their home ballpark.
They won 16 of 19 at Pro Player to end the regular season before posting one-run victories over San Francisco in both division series games there, including the Game 4 clincher. Florida tied for the fourth-most home victories in the majors during the season with 53.
This should be the biggest game of the series no matter how far it goes...because if Florida beats Woods....With the next three games at Pro Player, including Game 4 on Saturday, it is possible this series won't return to Wrigley Field if Redman can beat Woods in this one.
BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE AS ALWAYS...FWIW & JMHO....Goldv
In the 100-year anniversary of the Little Brown Jug series, the 17th-ranked Golden Gophers hope to end a 14-game losing streak to No. 20 Michigan.
This game being at home for Minnesota is a huge advantage especially (believe it or not) with the Twins losing in the playoffs a bucket load of fans will be there to stuff the seats in the Metrodome making play calling for Mich and Navarre a an interesting adventure if they do not break on top early in this one.
People are saying Minn is one dimensional and can not pass....well last week Asad Abdul-Khaliq threw for 331 yards and three touchdowns and Marion Barber III ran for two scores as the nation's third-leading rushing team proved it's not just one-dimensional. Although Minnesota produced 241 yards on the ground, that is 43 yards below its season average.
And the Wolverweinies in Iowa you ask?.....John Navarre threw for a school-record 389 yards and two TDs, Michigan managed just five first downs in the second half. Chris Perry, the nation's second-leading rusher, was limited to 27 yards in the final 30 minutes.
That makes Navarre a stellar 0-6 on the road against ranked teams.
All four of Michigan's victories have come at home. The losses have been at Oregon and Iowa.
CHECK THIS OUT AS THIS matchup features two of college football's top running backs. Perry is second in the country with 774 rushing yards and Barber averages 6.3 yards per carry while leading the nation with 13 touchdowns.
Now look at the "NO PASSING GOPHS" in a QB COMPARISON......See it?? What jumps out??? Two things!!
This editor for the site does not allow you to put stats in order so sorry but they should be spread out for easy reading and are not
John Navarre Asad Abdul-Khaliq
212 Pass Att. 89
115 Pass Comp. 57
1490 Passing Yds 1024
11 Passing TDs 9
6 Ints 2
20 Rushing Att. 35
-16 Rushing Yds 142
-0.8 Rushing Avg. 4.1
#TD to INT ration with TD's thrown being almost equal.....Advantage Minn
#Turnovers will lose you the game and Mich is not good at protecting the ball.
#MINN RUSHING YRDS from QB vs NOT JUST A ZERO BUT WORSE.....A NEGATIVE FOR MICH!
#RUSHING IS EQUAL AS BOTH TEAMS ARE KILLERS ON THE GROUND!!
This should boil down to which DEFENSE wants it more! THE OBVIOUS PICK AND THE PUBLIC ARE BIG ON MICHIGAN.....therefore I will take:
4.5*==>GOPHERS PK
1.5*==>MINN/MICH (O)54
The S.FLOR game vs TCU originally had me very pumped to take SFLOR BIG but the more info that comes in annotates that TCU is not hurting as bad as the articles dictate PLUS their defense IS VERY GOOD while SFLOR is very suspect. One statement I had was the Bulls are the best kept secret in the country covering and home winning streak and all that is still true BUT this TCU DEFENSE IS VERY IMPRESSIVE! NOW on the other side is the VERY ELECTRIC BULLS OFFENSE...They will spread everyone out on 4 wides and watch the fun......SO THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS TCU IF THEY HAD THEY STARTERS AVAILABLE WOULD BEAT THIS TEAM....BUT THE BULLS AT HOME SHOULD streak enough points into the end zone for the win and cover! ERGO:
2.5*==>S.FLOR -1
MLB
3*==>MARLINS +145
1.5*==>(o)7.5 runs
Redman is due for another one of his good outing while Kerry Woods penchant for walking runners is sheer suicide vs a Marlin team that needs no help with getting runners on anyway. This has the makings too of Flor trying to get Woods pitch count up in the 100's by the 6th to get into that sieve Chicago Vealpen (Thanks Memphis for the M&Mism on the "Vealpen" coinage)....look for 5-3 or better in this one to also cover the over.....
Wood is 4-0 with a 1.85 ERA in five career starts against the Marlins, and 2-0 with a 1.20 ERA in two starts at Pro Player. He pitched complete games against the Marlins in consecutive outings on July 9 and July 19 this year, allowing one earned run.
He gave up one run and three hits with three walks and 12 strikeouts in a 5-1 win at Wrigley Field in the first outing, then threw a two-hitter in Florida as he walked five and struck out eight in a 1-0 victory.
The Marlins, however, have been outstanding at their home ballpark.
They won 16 of 19 at Pro Player to end the regular season before posting one-run victories over San Francisco in both division series games there, including the Game 4 clincher. Florida tied for the fourth-most home victories in the majors during the season with 53.
This should be the biggest game of the series no matter how far it goes...because if Florida beats Woods....With the next three games at Pro Player, including Game 4 on Saturday, it is possible this series won't return to Wrigley Field if Redman can beat Woods in this one.
BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE AS ALWAYS...FWIW & JMHO....Goldv
Good luck TO EVERYONE TOMORROW and goodnight all! (I hate Dental Work...ouch!) 
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