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Saturday NCAA Football - 9/10
Here is my full card for this weeks college football. I am passing on the Thursday and Friday games, nothing that I like there. I will bump this up again Saturday morning. Best of luck to everyone, these are my plays....
NCAA Football
5 STAR: OHIO STATE (-1) OVER Texas
(Line from BetJamacia on 9/6)
I hate to go against my Horns, but I really like OSU in this spot. Both of these teams are solid. I rate the Longhorns offense ahead of OSU with Vince Young leading the way, but I rate the Buckeye defense ahead of the UT defense as this OSU squad will be one of the best in the nation this year. I see the big advantage for Ohio State in special teams. The Horns have some serious troubles in the kicking game as Richmond McGee replaces Dusty Mangum as the place kicker, and I would not want to have to count on a game winning kick by him at this point in the season and there is a very good chance of this being a low scoring game that will be decided by a field goal. Texas also was not very good at returning kicks last season, while Ohio State has homerun threats with Holmes and Ginn Jr. who returned four punts for touchdowns last year handling the returns. I think this is where the game will be won by the Buckeyes. Ohio State is 16-6 against the spread in home games after a cover as a double digit favorite since 1992 and Texas is 0-7 against the spread in road games after a win by 35 or more points under Mack Brown. The play is OSU.
3 STAR: Virginia Tech (-20) OVER DUKE
(Line from BetJamacia on 9/7)
I look for the Hokies to roll here against Duke after last weeks tough road win at NC State. Duke is totally outclassed in this match up. Duke's junior quarterback Mike Schneider struggled in his season opener, going 15-of-28 for 139 yards and three interceptions against East Carolina. He has a tougher task this weak against a very strong Virginia Tech defense. The Hokies are usually very strong out of the gate as their 28-14 record against the spread in September games would suggest and they hammered this Duke team last year to the tune of 41-17. In that game the Hokies held the Blue Devils to less than 200 yards of total offense. I look for a similar performance here, and Tech is 31-11 against the spread when they allow less than 250 total yards of offense. A three touchdown loss at home by Duke is about par for the course against conference opponents, as Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina all blewout the Blue Devils by at least 21 points last season. Hokies in a blowout!
3 STAR: UNLV (-11.5) OVER Idaho
(Line from WSEX on 9/7)
Idaho is one of the worst road teams in college football. They hung around last week to lose to Washington State by only 12 points, but I can see UNLV taking them behind the wood shed in this game. Over the last three seasons, Idaho is 3-19 straight up on the road. In those 19 road losses, only four games have been by less than 11 points. Their average road loss in this span is by 21 points. Now the Vandals make the switch to the high scoring WAC conference from the Sun Belt conference. The Vandals won just nine games in the last four years in what has been the nation’s weakest conference. The Idaho defense yielded almost 40 points per game a year ago and I look for the Rebels to light them up here. UNLV showed me something last week battling back from a 17 point hole against a solid New Mexico defense to have a chance to win the game in the final minute. There is some talent on the UNLV team and we should see them come up big here. Idaho was only 1-7 against the spread last year as a double-digit underdog and I look for that trend to continue here. Lay the points!
2005/2006 NCAA FOOTBALL RECORD
5 STAR RECORD 1-0 (+5.00 UNITS)
3 STAR RECORD 1-1 (-0.30 UNITS)
2 STAR RECORD 2-0 (+3.00 UNITS)
1 STAR RECORD 3-0 (+3.00 UNITS)
OVERALL RECORD 7-1 (+11.70 UNITS)
A $100 player would up $1170
NCAA Football
5 STAR: OHIO STATE (-1) OVER Texas
(Line from BetJamacia on 9/6)
I hate to go against my Horns, but I really like OSU in this spot. Both of these teams are solid. I rate the Longhorns offense ahead of OSU with Vince Young leading the way, but I rate the Buckeye defense ahead of the UT defense as this OSU squad will be one of the best in the nation this year. I see the big advantage for Ohio State in special teams. The Horns have some serious troubles in the kicking game as Richmond McGee replaces Dusty Mangum as the place kicker, and I would not want to have to count on a game winning kick by him at this point in the season and there is a very good chance of this being a low scoring game that will be decided by a field goal. Texas also was not very good at returning kicks last season, while Ohio State has homerun threats with Holmes and Ginn Jr. who returned four punts for touchdowns last year handling the returns. I think this is where the game will be won by the Buckeyes. Ohio State is 16-6 against the spread in home games after a cover as a double digit favorite since 1992 and Texas is 0-7 against the spread in road games after a win by 35 or more points under Mack Brown. The play is OSU.
3 STAR: Virginia Tech (-20) OVER DUKE
(Line from BetJamacia on 9/7)
I look for the Hokies to roll here against Duke after last weeks tough road win at NC State. Duke is totally outclassed in this match up. Duke's junior quarterback Mike Schneider struggled in his season opener, going 15-of-28 for 139 yards and three interceptions against East Carolina. He has a tougher task this weak against a very strong Virginia Tech defense. The Hokies are usually very strong out of the gate as their 28-14 record against the spread in September games would suggest and they hammered this Duke team last year to the tune of 41-17. In that game the Hokies held the Blue Devils to less than 200 yards of total offense. I look for a similar performance here, and Tech is 31-11 against the spread when they allow less than 250 total yards of offense. A three touchdown loss at home by Duke is about par for the course against conference opponents, as Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina all blewout the Blue Devils by at least 21 points last season. Hokies in a blowout!
3 STAR: UNLV (-11.5) OVER Idaho
(Line from WSEX on 9/7)
Idaho is one of the worst road teams in college football. They hung around last week to lose to Washington State by only 12 points, but I can see UNLV taking them behind the wood shed in this game. Over the last three seasons, Idaho is 3-19 straight up on the road. In those 19 road losses, only four games have been by less than 11 points. Their average road loss in this span is by 21 points. Now the Vandals make the switch to the high scoring WAC conference from the Sun Belt conference. The Vandals won just nine games in the last four years in what has been the nation’s weakest conference. The Idaho defense yielded almost 40 points per game a year ago and I look for the Rebels to light them up here. UNLV showed me something last week battling back from a 17 point hole against a solid New Mexico defense to have a chance to win the game in the final minute. There is some talent on the UNLV team and we should see them come up big here. Idaho was only 1-7 against the spread last year as a double-digit underdog and I look for that trend to continue here. Lay the points!
2005/2006 NCAA FOOTBALL RECORD
5 STAR RECORD 1-0 (+5.00 UNITS)
3 STAR RECORD 1-1 (-0.30 UNITS)
2 STAR RECORD 2-0 (+3.00 UNITS)
1 STAR RECORD 3-0 (+3.00 UNITS)
OVERALL RECORD 7-1 (+11.70 UNITS)
A $100 player would up $1170
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