Larry Ness
Texas Tech at Kansas
Saturday, September 25
Fifth-year senior QB Sonny Cumbie has
shown little hesitation of following in the
shoes of Kliff Kingsbury and BJ Symons!
Under Mike Leach, those QBs have
thrived in his offense and after just three
games in 2004, Cumbie has averaged better
than 450 YPG through the air while
completing 61.3 percent of his passes
with nine TD passes! The Red Raiders
are off to a 2-1 start with their only loss
coming at New Mexico when they lost
27-24! Last week vs. TCU, the Red Raiders
spotted the Horned Frogs a 21-0 lead
before winning 70-35! Kansas is off to a
2-1 start in 2004, including a 2-0 home
mark beating Tulsa 21-3 and Toledo 63-
14. QB Mike Barmann played poorly vs.
Tulsa but in his last two games has
thrown for 604 yards and six TDs while
completing 54-of-82 passes. I am not sure
that the Jayhawks have the offensive firepower
to match Texas Tech score-forscore,
though. Neither team bothers
much with the run but Texas Tech is much
more used to playing in an expected
shoot-out like this!
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Ted Sevransky
Nevada at San Diego State
Saturday, September 25
In 2003, the Aztecs almost pulled the
upset at the Horseshoe in Columbus, losing
by only three to mighty Ohio State.
The team was not disheartened by the
tough loss to a major conference foe in
the slightest, as they went back on the
road the next week and beat up Texas El-
Paso, 34-0, buoyed by their competitive
defeat. The circumstances are very similar
here. San Diego State just gave Michigan
everything the Wolverines could
handle in the Big House this past weekend,
once again, losing by only three
points. Their defense was ferocious,
forcing four Michigan turnovers and
holding the Wolverines to just 3.1 yards
per carry. The offense was just as good.
Quarterback Matt Dlugolecki completed
26 of 42 passes against one of the top
secondaries in the country. Playmaking
wide receivers Jeff Webb and Robert Ortiz
both had over 100 receiving yards, and
running back Michael Franklin was able
to grind out some tough yards on the
ground, keeping the chains moving. In
short, this is a pretty darn good Mountain
West team, probably the only team
in the conference with a chance to knock
off Utah. Nevada is coming off back-toback
home wins against vastly inferior
competition; beating Buffalo and Sacramento
State is not the same as almost
beating Michigan! And even against
lowly Buffalo, Quarterback Jeff Rowe
couldn’t complete half of his pass attempts,
they allowed 183 yards on the
ground and the Wolfpack didn’t pull
away until the latter stages of the fourth
quarter. It’s surely worth noting that this
team that needs to run the football to
succeed just lost their starting center out
for the season. Nevada was outclassed
by Louisiana Tech in their lone previous
road game, so look for them to get outclassed
here as well.
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Kevin O'neill
Troy State at South Carolina
Saturday, September 25
South Carolina has been workmanlike in their efforts against lesser
teams during their good seasons and the Gamecocks are better than
pesky Troy. Columbia a tougher venue than most realize,
and when quality SEC opponents meets quality Sun Belt opponents,
this price range is very layable. Go with South Carolina.
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Ken Angland
Memphis at UAB
Saturday, September 25
Memphis, playing with a high level of confidence, is 3-0 this season.
Memphis has scored an average of 39.67 points in those game. Expect
its offense to be running on all cylinders. This team could have one of
the top offensive units in the nation. And I don’t expect UAB’s defense
to get the job done. It’s going to be a long and disappointing
game for this unit. UAB won in this battle on the road last season.
Some sweet revenge will be in place for Memphis. Expect Memphis to
improve on defense with each game. The players’ performance level
will be in a positive mode. Expect UAB to make costly unforced errors
throughout the game. UAB is 2-4 ATS in its last six home games. And
Memphis is 4-3 ATS in its last six on the road. This game will be all
Memphis.
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Scott Spreitzer
Iowa at Michigan
Saturday, September 25
The Michigan Wolverines continue to
be overrated by the oddsmaker, and we
can take advantage of it for the third
straight weekend! The big win over Miami-
Ohio in the season opener was one
of the most misleading finals of the
young season. Five of the Wolverine
scoring drives totaled sixteen plays for
less than seventy total yards. They were
shut down in a loss to the Irish two
week’s ago, and came within a whisker
of being upset at home last week by San
Diego State! Now, they’re laying a touchdown
too much, due to Iowa’s performance
last week in Tempe. The Hawkeyes
defense will match Michigan’s offense
and garner their fourth straight cover
against the Maze and Blue! Backing Iowa
as an underdog has been a bankroll
builder in recent seasons. As an underdog
under head coach Kirk Ferentz, the
Iowa Hawkeyes have gone on a spread
run of 13-6-1 versus the number since
the beginning of the 2000 season! I’m
going to be backing the Hawkeyes, plus
the points!
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Mark Lawrence
Penn State at Wisconsin
Saturday, September 25
The Penn State Nittany Lions are a horrendous 5-38 against the pointspread in their
last 43 straight up losses, however, it is not a certainty that Penn State will be on the
short end of the final score this Saturday everning. The Wisconsin Badgers’ running
game is not anything near what it used to be since its top two tailbacks hit the
shelf, and John Stocco doesn’t present an aura of invincibility from the quarterback
position. The Badgers are just 2-14 versus the number at Camp Randall Stadium
after playing a non-conference game in their last sixteen chances in this situation,
and a dismal 7-38 against the pointspread when they allow 24 or more points, an
attainable figure for this potent Penn State Nittany Lions offense.
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THOUGHT I WOULD REPOST THESE PLAYS AS ALL OF THE EARLY ONES I POSTED YESTERDAY HAVE WON.. GOOD LUCK!!
ASA 5*'s are very good. When they release a 5* it is their strongest play and i would say they win their 5*'s around 80% of the time. The rest of their plays are okay.
Here's what I'm using in week 3 of the Hilton contest.Ê Tough week IMO and it was tough coming up with 5 sides I liked:
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Thanks guys for all your post and work...To bad I can never get on and look at it on SAT OR SUN the last three weeks....I wish they would do something but evidently they don't care...Take what you can get...****** I agree with you 100%, it has happened for three weeks and same problem last year too. Thanks for you guys info it is much appreciated by me.....
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