The Bum's Week # 1 NCAA Football Pod's !

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Evening POD'S: Split into two zones.....games from 7 Eastern

To 7:30 Eastern / 5pm Eastern to 10:30 pm Eastern


Washington State - 7:00 PM ET Washington State +15 POD # 1 500
Auburn - Under 61 500

Murray State - 7:00 PM ET Murray State +38 500
Missouri -

Old Dominion - 7:00 PM ET East Carolina -15 500
East Carolina -

UL Monroe - 7:00 PM ET Oklahoma -21.5 500
Oklahoma - Under 60.5 500

Idaho - 7:00 PM ET North Texas -16.5 500
North Texas - Under 57.5 500

Texas State - 7:00 PM ET Southern Mississippi -8 500
Southern Mississippi - Under 55 500

Alabama-Birmingham - 7:00 PM ET Alabama-Birmingham +3.5 500
Troy - Over 63 500

McNeese State - 7:00 PM ET South Florida -20.5 500
South Florida -

Kentucky - 7:00 PM ET Western Kentucky +4.5 500 POD # 2
Western Kentucky - Over 56 500

Miami (Ohio) - 7:00 PM ET Marshall -20 500 POD # 3
Marshall - Over 67.5 500

Arkansas-Pine Bluff - 7:00 PM ET Arkansas-Pine Bluff +24 500
Arkansas State -

Wofford - 7:30 PM ET Baylor -29.5 500 POD # 4
Baylor -


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Northern Iowa - 8:00 PM ET Iowa State -9.5 500
Iowa State -

Eastern Illinois - 8:00 PM ET San Diego State -14 500 POD # 6
San Diego State -

Wyoming - 8:00 PM ET Wyoming +30 500
Nebraska - Under 66.5 500

Texas-San Antonio - 8:00 PM ET Texas-San Antonio +3 500 POD # 4
New Mexico - Over 55.5 500

Georgia - 8:00 PM ET Clemson +3 500 POD # 5
Clemson - Under 71.5 500

New Mexico State - 8:00 PM ET Texas -43.5 500
Texas - Over 58 500

Louisiana State - 9:00 PM ET Louisiana State -4.5 500
Texas Christian - Under 49.5 500

Nevada - 10:00 PM ET UCLA -21 500 POD # 1
UCLA - Under 67 500

Boise State - 10:00 PM ET Washington -4 500 POD # 3
Washington - Over 53 500

Northwestern - 10:30 PM ET Northwestern -5.5 500 POD # 2
California - Under 59.5 500

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On a nice two day run here.....

7 - 1 on Friday.....

13 - 3 Saturday....

20 - 4 Total


Saturday POD'S # 1 - 4 went 12 - 0

POD's # 5.......... 1 - 1

POD's # 6,,,,,,,,,, 0 - 2

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A nice payout here......

[Ticket #: 148322205] PARLAY (7 TEAMS) (FP)
08/31/2013 @ 04:25 PM CFB [178] WESTERN KENTUCKY +4½ 1.91
08/31/2013 @ 04:10 PM CFB [180] MARSHALL -20½ 1.91
08/31/2013 @ 04:10 PM CFB [195] WASHINGTON STATE +14 1.91
08/31/2013 @ 05:25 PM CFB [206] CLEMSON +3 1.83
08/31/2013 @ 07:10 PM CFB [210] WASHINGTON U -4 1.91
08/31/2013 @ 07:10 PM CFB [212] UCLA -21 1.91
08/31/2013 @ 07:40 PM CFB [213] NORTHWESTERN -5½ 1.91

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NCAAF

Armadillo's Write-Up

Week 1

Sunday's games

Louisville QB Bridgewater (22 starts) is one of best QBs in country, but Ohio U's QB Tettleton (son of former big leaguer Mickey) is damn good too- he has 26 career starts . Since 2006, Bobcats are 13-9-1 as dogs on road- they covered seven of last ten non-MAC games. Cardinals have 10 starters back on defense; since '07, they're 10-17 as home favorites (7-10 under Strong), 9-9 in last 18 non-league games. Ohio lost three starters on OL (55 returning starts); Louisville has three OL starters back, but only one is a senior (64 returning starts).

Colorado won seven of last ten games vs Colorado State,. with faves 5-2 vs spread in last seven; both teams have experienced defenses and QBs with very little experience. Buffs are 9-20-1 vs spread as underdogs last three years, but former San Jose State coach MacIntyre is huge upgrade over previous regime- he was 16-7 as underdog at San Jose. Over last 10 years, Rams are 1-12 vs spread as favorite away from home- they're 4-9 vs spread in last 13 non-league games. State upset Buffs LY; its been 13 years since they beat Colorado two years in row. Rams have 94 starts back on OL (4 starters back), Buffs have 3 OL starters back (51 starts).

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NCAAF

Sunday, September 1

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Sunday's NCAAF betting cheat sheet
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Ohio Bobcats at Louisville Cardinals (-20.5, 58)

With Heisman Trophy hopeful Teddy Bridgewater under center and a schedule that bodes well for the potential for an undefeated campaign, No. 9 Louisville begins the season with national championship aspirations when the Cardinals host Ohio in Sunday's season opener. The Cardinals enter the season with their highest preseason ranking ever, looking to build off a Sugar Bowl victory over Florida last January. The Bobcats, who are picked to win the Mid-American Conference East Division, might be Louisville's toughest non-conference test.

The Bobcats have opened the season with victories the past three years, including an upset of Penn State last year, but they haven't played a top-10 team since taking on then-No. 2 Ohio State in 2010. "This may be the most complete football team (we've played) since I've been here," Ohio coach Frank Solich told reporters. "They have a combination of things that I think we have not faced before in our time here at Ohio." The teams have split four all-time meetings but haven't clashed since Ohio's 22-15 victory in 1959.

Key betting stat: The Bobcats are 1-5 ATS in their last six road games.

Weather watch: The forecast is calling for temperatures in the low-90s with a 45 percent chance of thunderstorms in Louisville.


Colorado Buffaloes at Colorado State Rams (-3, 48.5)

Mike MacIntyre, who led San Jose State to a 11-2 record and a Military Bowl victory over Bowling Green, makes his Colorado head coaching debut against Colorado State on Sunday in what is called “The Rocky Mountain Showdown.” MacIntyre, who replaced Jon Embree, takes over a Buffaloes’ team that finished just 1-11 a year ago with the only victory by one point - 35-34, at Washington State. The Buffaloes bring an eight-game losing streak into the contest, the fourth longest in the FBS.

Colorado State begins its second season under Jim McElwain, who was the offensive coordinator for Alabama’s 2011 national championship team before leaving to take over in Fort Collins. The Rams won last year’s meeting, 22-17, and are attempting to record back-to-back wins over their in-state rivals for the first time since 1999-2000. The Sunday afternoon contest is played at a neutral site, Sports Authority Park at Mile High in Denver, home stadium for the NFL's Denver Broncos.

Key betting stat: The under is 5-0 in the last five meetings.

Weather watch: Temperatures in Arvada will be in the high-80s with a 21 percent chance of showers.

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Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

Six games where I-AA teams upset I-A teams this weekend........

-- North Dakota State 24, Kansas State 21-- Bison outrushed Wildcats by 215-41 margin, outscored them 17-0 over last 24:58 to post the upset.

-- Towson State 33, UConn 18-- 393-290 total yardage tells us this wasn't that big an upset, but Huskies were favored by 16.5 points, so it was.

-- McNeese State 53, South Florida 21-- Bulls had 80-yard TD run in first 3:00, then gave up 40 unanswered points. To a I-AA team. Not good.

-- Eastern Washington 49, Oregon State 46-- Beavers gave up 625 yards, over 13 yards per pass attempt. OSU has done this before; they'll upset a top 20 team later this season. USC on November 1 maybe?

-- Northern Iowa 28, Iowa State 20-- 229 yards rushing, 228 yards passing for Kurt Warner's alma mater, who won despite -2 turnover ratio.

-- Easterrn Illinois 40, San Diego State 19-- Jimmy Garoppolo completed 31-46 passes for 361 yards, three TDs. Sean Payton, Mike Shanahan and Tony Romo all went to EIU, so they're proud alumni today.


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Armadillo: Sunday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports Saturday..........

College football Saturdays are tremendously tremendous, just so much going on. Here are some of the things I took from this Saturday..........

13) Clemson 38, Georgia 35-- Expectations will now be seriously out of whack in Death Valley. If Clemson doesn't win the national title, Tiger fans will think this season is a failure. Dawgs averaged 11.1 yards per pass, 5.4 yards per rush and still lost. Georgia plays South Carolina next. Yikes.

12) Nebraska 37, Wyoming 34-- Cowboys had 35 first downs, most ever vs a Nebraska defense, and only one came on 3rd down, one on 4th down, thats how easily Wyoming moved the ball (29-44/383 passing).

11) Texas A&M 52, Rice 31-- Rice had 195 total yards in first quarter at Texas A&M; they'll win games in their league, McHargue is a solid QB, but they don't have enough great athletes to stay with a good SEC team. The son of Vikings' coach Leslie Frazier is a DB for the Owls.

10) Penn State 23, Syracuse 17-- Freshman QB Hackenberg was 22-31/278 passing in a solid debut, but Lions converted once on 16 third down plays, ran ball for only 57 yards. Explain to me why Syracuse is in the ACC.

9) Northern Illinois 30, Iowa 27-- Seventh year in row a MAC team beat a Big Dozen team. Bad day in Iowa, with Cyclones losing to Northern Iowa, well, unless you root for Northern Iowa. Then it was a very good day.

8) Someone on Twitter posted a picture of Urban Meyer's house, make that his mansion by the 7th hole at Muirfield Village golf course. There is blue water in his swimming pool. Didn't think he liked anything blue.

7) Washington 38, Boise State 6-- 592 total yards for U-Dub, converting 11-15 on third down as they avenged last year's bowl loss to Boise. A very, very good start to the season for Sarkisian's squad.

6) In baseball, Pirates traded for Justin Morneau, Dodgers traded for Michael Young. LA sent minor league lefty Rob Rasmussen for Young-- he was 0-7, 6.46 in AAA this year. Phillies save $2.9M in the salary dump.

5) 10 of 15 baseball games Saturday were decided by 1 or 2 runs, with the home team winning eight of the 10, including three 2-1 games and a 2-0 tilt. Doing the little things, like taking the extra base and hitting cutoff men is more important now than at any time since the DH came along in '73.

4) Oklahoma State 21, Mississippi State 3-- Mike Gundy's team can play defense? Who knew? OSU ran ball for 286 yards, will need to throw the ball better, which seems weird to say. Bulldogs were 7-0 at one time LY, but have now lost seven of their last eight games.

3) Alabama 35, Virginia Tech 10-- If Don Coryell was watching this game from the great beyond, he was likely turning over in his grave. These teams combined to complete 15 of 50 passes...in a dome!!!! Bama scored two TDs on special teams, one on defense, but gained only 206 yards on 62 plays as their inexperienced OL struggled. They play Texas A&M in two weeks.

2) ESPN's GameDay starts at 9am; the one segment you need to watch is when Kirk Herbstreit picks games; he was very high on Toledo's chances to win straight up at Florida. Now the Rockets lost 24-6, but they covered the spread, and if you listened to Herbstreit, you had that winner.

9am on Saturday; are there actually people awake at that hour?

1) Have I mentioned how much I hate the rule where a college football player has to leave the game for one play if his helmet comes off? What group of overeducated fools came up with that one? All we hear is how blows to the head are so horrible; well if a helmet comes off, chances are it is because the guy got hit in the head, yet you penalize the player who got hit. Oy.

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On a nice two day run here.....

7 - 1 on Friday.....

13 - 3 Saturday....

20 - 4 Total


Saturday POD'S # 1 - 4 went 12 - 0

POD's # 5.......... 1 - 1

POD's # 6,,,,,,,,,, 0 - 2

Nice!!! Way to go, Bum!

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Thanks Dog........nice to get off on a good start.....

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Sunday's NCAAF betting cheat sheet


Ohio Bobcats at Louisville Cardinals (-20.5, 58)

With Heisman Trophy hopeful Teddy Bridgewater under center and a schedule that bodes well for the potential for an undefeated campaign, No. 9 Louisville begins the season with national championship aspirations when the Cardinals host Ohio in Sunday's season opener. The Cardinals enter the season with their highest preseason ranking ever, looking to build off a Sugar Bowl victory over Florida last January. The Bobcats, who are picked to win the Mid-American Conference East Division, might be Louisville's toughest non-conference test.

The Bobcats have opened the season with victories the past three years, including an upset of Penn State last year, but they haven't played a top-10 team since taking on then-No. 2 Ohio State in 2010. "This may be the most complete football team (we've played) since I've been here," Ohio coach Frank Solich told reporters. "They have a combination of things that I think we have not faced before in our time here at Ohio." The teams have split four all-time meetings but haven't clashed since Ohio's 22-15 victory in 1959.

Key betting stat: The Bobcats are 1-5 ATS in their last six road games.

Weather watch: The forecast is calling for temperatures in the low-90s with a 45 percent chance of thunderstorms in Louisville.


Colorado Buffaloes at Colorado State Rams (-3, 48.5)

Mike MacIntyre, who led San Jose State to a 11-2 record and a Military Bowl victory over Bowling Green, makes his Colorado head coaching debut against Colorado State on Sunday in what is called “The Rocky Mountain Showdown.” MacIntyre, who replaced Jon Embree, takes over a Buffaloes’ team that finished just 1-11 a year ago with the only victory by one point - 35-34, at Washington State. The Buffaloes bring an eight-game losing streak into the contest, the fourth longest in the FBS.

Colorado State begins its second season under Jim McElwain, who was the offensive coordinator for Alabama’s 2011 national championship team before leaving to take over in Fort Collins. The Rams won last year’s meeting, 22-17, and are attempting to record back-to-back wins over their in-state rivals for the first time since 1999-2000. The Sunday afternoon contest is played at a neutral site, Sports Authority Park at Mile High in Denver, home stadium for the NFL's Denver Broncos.

Key betting stat: The under is 5-0 in the last five meetings.

Weather watch: Temperatures in Arvada will be in the high-80s with a 21 percent chance of showers.

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Sunday, September 1

Game Score Status Pick Amount

Ohio - 3:30 PM ET Louisville -21 500 POD # 3

Louisville - Under 57 500 POD # 1


Colorado - 6:00 PM ET Colorado +3 500 POD # 2

Colorado State - Over 49.5 500 POD # 4

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On a nice two day run here.....

7 - 1 on Friday.....

13 - 3 Saturday....

20 - 4 Total


Saturday POD'S # 1 - 4 went 12 - 0

POD's # 5.......... 1 - 1

POD's # 6,,,,,,,,,, 0 - 2


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Awesome 3 day RUNNNNNNNNNNN.....


Sunday's Totals:

MLB - 4 - 1

CFL - 2 - 0

WNBA-2 - 0

CFB - 4 - 0

------12 - 1 Sunday......

------20 - 4 Friday-Saturday Totals

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-------32 - 5 For the weekend


Breakdown on the POD'S the last 3 days for all sports

POD's 1 - 4...........24 - 0

POD 5................... 5 - 1

POD 6................... 2 - 4

POD 7....................1 - 0

-------------------32 - 5 For the weekend

I hope all made a ton to start the season.........Good Luck !!

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Florida State at Pittsburgh

September 1, 2013


Matchup: Florida State Seminoles at Pittsburgh Panthers
Venue: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (grass)
Date: Monday, Sept. 2 , 2013
Time/TV: 8:00 p.m. ET - ESPN
Line: Florida State -10.5, Over/Under 49

Florida State hasn’t had an elite quarterback since Chris Weinke won the Heisman Trophy and led the 2000 team to the BCS Championship Game. Chris Rix and E.J. Manuel may rank second and third, respectively, in career passing yards at FSU, but they failed to lead the Seminoles to any accomplishments of merit compared to teams of the 1980s and ‘90s.

That’s right, this space isn’t passing out any love notes to Manuel for leading FSU to an ACC title last season. And why would we? The ‘Noles may have won 12 games last year, but they only faced two ranked teams, beating one (Clemson at home) and losing to another (at home to arch-rival Florida by double digits), and barely knocked off a seven-loss Ga. Tech team (21-15) to win the conference.

But for the first time in more than a decade, FSU may have found its man in redshirt freshman QB ‘Famous’ Jameis Winston. He hasn’t even taken his first collegiate snap yet has already been compared to Charlie Ward.

There’s zero doubt that Winston has a strong arm, which was on full display while throwing heaters from the mound for the FSU baseball team this past spring. There’s no question about his speed, either, which dazzled MLB scouts while running the bases for the ‘Noles.

Can Winston live up to the hype? We’ll start to get an idea Monday night when Pittsburgh plays host to FSU at Heinz Field. ESPN will have the telecast at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.

As of early Sunday night, most betting shops had FSU installed as a 10-point favorite with a total of 49. Gamblers can take Pitt to win outright for a +320 payout (risk $100 to win $320). For first-half wagers, the ‘Noles are favored by six with a total of 24.5.

Jimbo Fisher’s team finished 2012 with a 12-2 straight-up record, but it limped to a 5-8 against-the-spread mark. FSU returns seven starters on offense and four on defense.

FSU was expected to have one of the nation’s best and deepest group of wide receivers. However, that depth has taken a major hit over the last month. Greg Dent (27 catches, 355 yards & 2 TDs in 2012) has been suspended indefinitely, while Jarred Haggins and Willie Haulstead have been lost to season-ending injuries.

Junior Rashad Greene remains healthy, though, and appears poised for a monster campaign. As a sophomore, Greene hauled in a team-high 57 receptions for 741 yards and six touchdowns. He is probably the ACC’s third-best WR behind only Sammy Watkins and Maryland’s Stefon Diggs.

FSU had a salty defense last season that gave up only 14.7 points per game, but seven starters are gone and, perhaps most important, defensive coordinator Mark Stoops left to become the head coach at Kentucky. The new DC is former Alabama defensive backs coach Mark Pruitt, who is just the third man to hold this post at FSU in the last 28 years.

Pittsburgh will be making its ACC debut after going 6-7 SU and 8-5 ATS in its farewell season in the Big East. The Panthers bring back five starters on offense and eight on defense for Paul Chryst’s second year in the Steel City.

Pitt suffered a pair of costly losses with the departures of two of the school’s all-time best in QB Tino Sunseri and RB Ray Graham. Sunseri had a banner senior season, completing 65.1 percent of his passes for 3,288 yards with an outstanding 21/3 touchdown-to-interception ratio. Sunseri finished his career ranked third in school history with 8,590 passing yards.

Graham had 11 rushing TDs in 2012 and completed his career behind only Tony Dorsett in career rushing yards with 3,271.

Tom Savage will take over under center for Sunseri after sitting out the last two seasons. Savage was considered one of the biggest recruits in Rutgers history when he signed with the school in 2009. As a true freshman, he had a 14/7 TD-INT ratio for the Scarlet Knights.

But Savage lost his starting job as a sophomore and decided to transfer to Arizona. Then he didn’t like it in Tucson and elected to come to Pitt where he has only one year of eligibility.

Savage’s favorite target will be WR Devin Street, who garnered second-team All Big East honors after making 73 catches for 975 yards and five TDs in 2012. RB Isaac Bennett will replace Graham and he has been upgraded to ‘probable’ after missing some practice time with a knee injury. Since 2008, Pitt owns a 6-2 spread record in eight games as a home underdog. During Fisher’s tenure in Tallahassee, FSU has compiled a 5-7 spread record as a road favorite. The ‘Noles went 0-5 ATS in road ‘chalk’ situations last season.