The Bum's 2016 College Football Best Bets,Trends,Stat, News !!

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ARST at TXST 07:30 PM

ARST -24.5

O 54.0

SDSU at WYO 07:45 PM

WYO +6.0 ***** ( MOUNTAIN WEST DOG OF THE YEAR )

U 57.0 *****

PSU at WIS 08:00 PM

PSU +3.0 ***** ( BIG 10 DOG OF THE YEAR )

O 45.5 *****

CLEM at VT 08:00 PM

CLEM -11.0 *****

U 59.0 ***** ( ACC TOTAL OF THE YEAR )

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Sunday’s six-pack

Six most popular picks for Week 13 in the Westgate Super Contest

— Detroit Lions +6 (564)

— Atlanta Falcons -4 (516)

— New Jersey Giants +6.5 (515)

— Green Bay Packers -6.5 (447)

— Seattle Seahawks -6.5 (417)

— Washington Redskins +2.5 (408)

Sunday’s List of 13: Wrapping up a sports Saturday……


13) UCLA 97, Kentucky 92— Wildly entertaining, 83-possession game where Bruins showed they’re a legit top-10 team this year. Six of seven Bruins who played double figure minutes scored double figure points.

Both teams basically played seven guys, which is typical of modern college hoops; teams have very little quality depth, so injuries have a lot more impact now.

12) Alabama 54, Florida 16— Crimson Tide is so much better than anyone else this season, it isn’t funny. Doesn’t guarantee they’ll win the 4-team playoff, but it does guarantee they’ll be a heavy favorite in the national semifinal.

11) Life comes full circle: Yesterday was Verne Lundquist’s last SEC title game broadcast; the first football game he ever worked on network TV was a 1974 game involving Kent State, who at the time had a graduate assistant coach named Nick Saban.

10) Brown University has a basketball player named Steven Spieth who went over the 1,000-career point mark earlier this week. He is Jordan Spieth’s younger brother and he lists golf as one of his hobbies. On Brown’s sports website, his older brother is barely mentioned.

9) Maryland 71, Oklahoma State 70— Terrapins are now 26-5 in Melo Trimble era in games decided by six or less points. Maryland ended this game on a 23-10 run.

8) Because there are 40 bowl teams and only 128 I-A college football teams, there have to be some under-.500 teams playing in bowls. There will be three such teams this year:

Mississippi State and North Texas are 5-7, Hawai’i is 6-7- they’ll go bowling.

7) Northwestern 80, DePaul 64— This game was 54-18 at halftime, Fifty-four to eighteen.

If you’re a Big East team and you’re down 36 at the half to Northwestern, there are major issues. Why can’t a Big East team in Chicago win? The Big East team in Omaha wins; the team in Indianapolis wins; the team in Cincinnati wins; why not DePaul?

DePaul hasn’t been good for years; last time they were in NCAA tournament was 2004.

6) West Virginia 66, Virginia 57— Excellent road win for the Mountaineers, who got whacked by the Cavaliers 70-54 on a neutral floor LY.

5) Baylor 76, Xavier 61— Why shouldn’t the Bears be #1 in the country this week? They’re 8-0, have wins over Oregon-VCU-Louisville-Xavier. Real good team.

4) Seattle Mariners signed lefty reliever Marc Rzepczynski to a 2-year, $11M contract. Here is how Mr Rzepczynski fared LY:

He appeared in 70 games, faced 215 batters, so he faced three hitters a game and appeared in less than half his teams’ games. 47.4% of the hitters he faced were right-handed- they had an on-base % of .422 against him- not good. He was tougher on lefties (.265 BA, .322 OB%), but he is making $5.5M a year and is basically an average situational lefty.

Moral of the Story: If you have a little son who likes baseball, teach him to throw lefty.

3) Omaha 98, Iowa 89— Big 14 teams aren’t supposed to lose at home to Summit League teams; at least Indiana’s loss to Fort Wayne was a road game.

2) Temple 34, Navy 10— Matt Rhule is 28-23 as coach of Temple, 20-7 the last two years. Temple, the team that went 24-100 from 1996-2006. Rhule is 28-23.

How does this guy not have a better, higher-paying job by now?

1— Jeff Walz is the women’s basketball coach at Louisville; at a news conference earlier this week, he launched into an extended monologue about players working hard and other players who think they’re entitled to play, just because they’re…….there. It was good stuff, biting without sounding bitter.

Sports is supposed to prepare young people for real life; in real life people who work harder are generally the ones who succeed more, and the sooner young people learn that, the better off they’ll be.

Unless they inherit a fortune, then forget everything I just wrote.

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Top 25 Capsules
December 4, 2016

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Trace McSorley threw four touchdown passes and No. 8 Penn State stunned No. 6 Wisconsin 38-31 on Saturday night, overcoming a 21-point first-half deficit in the greatest comeback in Big Ten title game history.

Penn State (11-2, No. 7 CFP) won its first first conference title in eight years. The Nittany Lions must wait to see if the selection committee rewards them with one of the four coveted playoff spots Sunday.

Penn State trailed 28-7 with 5:15 left in the first half, but McSorley led the Nittany Lions to touchdowns on each of its next four possessions, finally taking a 35-31 lead on an 18-yard pass to Saquon Barkley with 13:41 left.

Things looked bleak early, but McSorley repeatedly burned the nation's No. 3 defense with long passes on a record-breaking night.

McSorley finished 22 of 31 for 384 yards. The yardage and TD passes were both Big Ten championship game records. He also broke the school's single-season records for yards passing and touchdown passes. And he wasn't the only one to have a memorable performance. Saeed Blacknall caught six passes, two for touchdowns, and finished with a championship-game record 155 yards.

Wisconsin (10-3, No. 6 CFP) played without starting quarterback Alex Hornibrook but still jumped to a 28-7 lead behind Corey Clement, who ran 21 times for 164 yards including a 67-yard TD run in the first quarter.

NO. 1 ALABAMA 54, NO. 15 FLORIDA 16

ATLANTA (AP) - Alabama showed off all its weapons in the Southeastern Conference championship game.

Now, the Crimson Tide can expect a return trip to Atlanta for the College Football Playoff.

The nation's No. 1 team scored off a blocked punt and an interception return before wearing down No. 15 Florida in the second half with a dominant running game. The result was a rout that positioned Alabama to go for its second straight national title and its fifth crown in the last nine years under coach Nick Saban.

Next up: a likely semifinal game at the Georgia Dome on Dec. 31.

The Crimson Tide (13-0, No. 1 CFP) bolted to a 16-9 lead in the first quarter, despite being held to minus-7 yards and no first downs. They scored one touchdown off a blocked punt, another off an interception return. A field goal was set up by another pick - one of three thrown by Florida quarterback Austin Appleby in the first half.

The Tide led 33-16 at halftime - the most points ever scored in the first two quarters of an SEC title game - and iced the victory with scoring drives of 98 and 91 yards, sparked by a goal-line stand that finished off the last gasp by the Gators (8-4, No. 15 CFP).

NO. 3 CLEMSON 42, NO. 19 VIRGINIA TECH 35

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Deshaun Watson bolstered his Heisman Trophy candidacy by passing for three touchdowns and running for two more to lead Clemson past Virginia Tech in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.

Winning consecutive league titles for the first time in 28 years likely will send the Tigers (12-1, No. 3 CFP) back to the four-team College Football Playoff for the second straight year, providing Watson with an opportunity to resolve unfinished business from last January, when his team lost to Alabama in the national championship game.

The Clemson star completed 23 of 34 passes for 288 yards, including TDs of 21 and 10 yards to Jordan Leggett and 15 yards to Hunter Renfrow for a 42-28 lead midway through the fourth quarter. He also rushed for 85 yards on 17 attempts for the Tigers, who've won back-to-back ACC titles for the first time since winning three straight from 1986-88.

Watson's counterpart, Jerod Evans, was just as impressive for Virginia Tech (9-4, No. 23 CFP). The 6-foot-3, 238-pound ran for two touchdowns and rallied the Hokies from a 21-point deficit to make it close at the end.

NO. 7 OKLAHOMA 38, NO. 11 OKLAHOMA STATE 20

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Baker Mayfield passed for 288 yards and three touchdowns, and Oklahoma beat Oklahoma State in matchup that decided the Big 12 title and likely guaranteed the Sooners a trip to the Sugar Bowl.

Mayfield performed well throughout, despite finishing the game without top receiver Dede Westbrook. Westbrook caught four passes for 111 yards before being knocked out of the game on a crushing hit by safety Jordan Sterns.

Samaje Perine rambled for 239 yards on a career-high 37 carries and Joe Mixon caught a touchdown pass and busted a 79-yard touchdown run for the Sooners (10-2, 9-0 Big 12, No. 9 College Football Playoff).

Mason Rudolph completed 11 of 25 passes for 186 yards for Oklahoma State (9-3, 7-2, No. 10 CFP). His top target for the season, James Washington, caught two passes for 50 yards on eight targets.

NO. 14 WEST VIRGINIA 24, BAYLOR 21

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Skyler Howard threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score, and West Virginia held on in the Big 12 regular-season finale for both teams.

Justin Crawford rushed for 209 yards to help the Mountaineers (10-2, 7-2) to their first 10-win regular-season since 2007. They came from 11 points down in the first half to hand Baylor (6-6, 3-6) its sixth straight loss after a 6-0 start.

Baylor held the momentum for nearly three quarters in the final regular-season game for acting coach Jim Grobe, but that changed on two plays.

oward, having one of his worst games of the season, threw to Gary Jennings over the middle and he turned it into a 58-yard scoring play. After Baylor got the ball back, Marvin Gross stripped quarterback Zach Smith, and Darrien Howard recovered for West Virginia. An unsportsmanlike penalty on Baylor gave the Mountaineers the ball at the Bears 6, and Howard scored on a 1-yard sneak on fourth down for a 24-14 lead.

TEMPLE 34, NO. 20 NAVY 10

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Phillip Walker threw two touchdown passes, Temple stuffed Navy's running game and the Owls claimed their first American Athletic Conference title.

After Temple (10-3) scored touchdowns on its first three possessions, protecting the 21-0 lead became substantially easier when No. 20 Navy (9-3, No. 19 CFP) lost standout quarterback Will Worth to a second-quarter ankle injury. Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo said Worth is done for the season, along with running backs Toneo Gulley and Darryl Bonner, both of whom left with first-half injuries.

Although the defeat took Navy out of the running for the Cotton Bowl, the Midshipmen are expected to play in the Armed Forces Bowl after facing Army next Saturday.

The Owls extended their winning streak to seven and earned their first league title winning the Middle American in 1967. Walker was 16 for 25 for 199 yards.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL BEST BETS:

11/01/2016 2-2-0 50.00% -100
11/02/2016 1-1-0 50.00% -50
11/03/2016 3-3-0 50.00% -150
11/04/2016 2-2-0 50.00% -100
11/05/2016 26-34-0 43.33% -5700
11/08/2016 2-2-0 50.00% -100
11/09/2016 2-2-0 50.00% -100
11/10/2016 1-5-0 16.67% -2250
11/11/2016 0-2-0 0.00% -1100
11/12/2016 23-28-1 45.10% -3900
11/15/2016 1-1-0 50.00% -50
11/16/2016 3-1-0 75.00% +950
11/17/2016 2-2-0 50.00% -100
11/18/2016 2-2-0 50.00% -100
11/19/2016 33-25-0 56.90% +2750
11/22/2016 3-3-0 50.00% -150
11/24/2016 1-1-0 50.00% -50
11/25/2016 7-16-0 30.43% -5300
11/26/2016 29-20-3 59.18% +3500
12/02/2016 3-1-0 75.00% +950
12/03/2016 14-11-0 56.00% +950

TRIPLE PLAYS RECORD: 132 - 111- 8 *****

BIG TEN GOY................0 - 1 ( IOWA BIG LOSER TO WISCONSIN )
MT. WEST GOY..............1 - 0 ( WYOMING ROLLS BIG OVER UTAH ST. )
MAC UNDERDOG GOY.....1 - 0 ( KENT ST. + 21 W.MICHIGAN 37 )
ACC BLOW OUT.............0 - 1 ( CLEMSON -21.5 42 - 43 PITT )
MAC FAVORITE .............1 - 0 ( MIA-OHIO - 10 OVER BUFFALO 35 -24)
SEC BLOW OUT..............1 - 0 ( BAMA -28.5 OVER MISS ST. 51 - 3 )
PAC 12 GOY...................0 - 1 ( USC UPSETS WASHINGTON 26-13 )
BIG 10 DOG..................0 - 1 ( MINNESOTA + 6 LOSES TO NEBRASKA 17 -24 )
PAC 12 BLOW OUT .........1 - 0 ( COLORADO - 17.5 CRUSHES ARIZONA 49 - 24 )
THURS. NIGHT GOY.........0 - 1 ( HOUSTON UPSETS LOUISVILLE 36 -10 )
FRIDAY NIGHT DOG........1 - 0 ( NEVADA 25 + 29 BOISE ST 42 )
FRIDAY NIGHT TOTAL......1 - 0 ( NEVADA /BOISE OVER 64 )
MAC BLOW OUT..............1 - 0 ( WESTERN MICHIGAN - 7 OVER TOLEDO 55 -35 )
MT. WEST DOG ..............1 - 0 ( AIR FORCE + 8.5 OUTRIGHT OVER BOISE 27 - 20 )
ACC BLOW OUT...............0 - 1 ( NC ST. UPSETS N.CAROLINA 28 - 21 )
B12 TOTAL OF THE DAY....0 - 1 ( TCU / TEXAS OVER 83/ TCU 31 - TEXAS 9 )
BIG 12 DOG OF THE YEAR 1 - 0 ( KANSAS + 26 COVERS K. ST. 34-19 )
SEC DOG OF THE YEAR.....1 - 0 ( AUBURN + 18 COVERS BAMA 30 -12 )
SUN BELT GOY ...............1 - 0 ( IDAHO - 5' COVERS S. ALABAMA 38 - 31 )
BIG 10 GOY.....................0 - 1 ( MICHIGAN COVERS OVER OHIO ST. - 5' 27 - 30 )
MAC CHAMPIONSHIP DOG . 1 - 0( OHIO + 16 / W. MICHIGAN 23 29 )
PAC 12 CHAMPIONSHIP DOG 0 - 1 ( COLORADO + 8"/WASHINGTON 10 - 41 )
SUNBELT GOY.....................0 - 1 ( S.ALABAMA -13/N.M.ST. 28 - 35 )
BIG 12 BLOW OUT..............1 - 0 ( OKLAHOMA - 12/OKIE ST. 38 - 20 )
SUNBELT BLOW OUT............1- 0 ( IDAHO - 5'/GA. ST. 37 - 12 )
CONF. USA GOY..................1 - 0 ( W. KY - 12 /. L. TECH 58 - 44 )
SEC BLOW OUT .................1 - 0 ( ALABAMA - 24' / FLORIDA 54 - 16 )
MT. WEST GOY....................1 - 0 ( WYOMING + 6 / 24 - 27 )
BIG 10 BOY........................1 - 0 ( PENN ST. + 3 / WISCONSIN 38 - 31 )
ACC TOTAL OF THE YEAR......0 - 1 ( UN 59 CLEMSON 42 - /V. TECH 35 )

BIG PLAYS RECORD: ...........19 - 11.............63.33 %...........+3450

WLT PCT UNITS

ATS Picks 359-342-15 51.21% -8600

O/U Picks 125-133-4 48.45% -10650

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10

GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

NAVY at ARMY 03:00 PM

ARMY +4.5 *****

U 47.5 *****