The Wiesguy is a newcomer to the handicapping scene. Hailing from Toronto, Canada he is always sweet on the underdogs and you can often find his thoughts, musings and picks at moneydogs.blogspot.com.
Its opening weekend for college football and betting action sees the BYU Cougars going across country to take on Connecticut Huskies on Friday August 29 at Retschler Stadium. Cappers Picks provides free college football handicapping tips all season long. The Cougars are always a bit mysterious holding out as one of few independents.
The opening week of college football action sees the Idaho State Bengals taking on the Utah Utes on Thursday August 28th at Rice Eccles Stadium. Cappers Picks provides free college football handicapping tips all season long.
The Idaho State football program is terrible. There only claim to fame is they are the school to deliver NFL sackmaster Jared Allen and the only reason they are playing this one is that they are getting a nice paycheck that will really help out the athletic department, or so I assume.
The Broncos were only one point away from a winless season so there is clearly a lot of work to do in Kalamazoo. This year they have to at least beat their lone FCS opponent (they didn’t lasy year) or else that quest for a winless season might not elude them this season.
Week 1 NCAA football betting action begins this week. Two SEC programs look to prove something as the Texas A&M Aggies take on the South Carolina Gamecocks down in Columbia. Cappers Picks provides free College Football handicapping tips all season long.
The Toledo program has been pretty good during the two years under Matt Campbell. Last year things were lookin very promising as they lined up rival Northern Illinois at home bu they couldn’t get the job done, ultimately falling to 7-5 and not being selected for a bowl game.
The Chippewas are looking to use this season to agin some ground on the likes of Northern Illinois in the MAC. It is not all that long ago that they were the top programm in the league using the running and passing of Dan Lefevour to not only win in the league but also scare the bigger programs that dot their schedule.
Eastern Michigan had no choice but to end the Ron English. This time they are going a different route grabbing a big time winner from a lower level instead of a hot coordinator from a Major program.
Up in DeKalb the Huskies have been one of the best programs in college football over the last few seasons. It starts with domination in the MAC but they have also challenged teams from the power conference, earning a BCS spot in the process a couple of years ago.
The hottest seat in the Big 12 might belong to coach Dan Holgorsen who has not been able to get the Mountaineers to compete well in their new conference.
The Cyclones are rarely a threat in the B12 and 2014 looks no different. What they are is a hard nosed physical football team that always plays with max effort. This year with some changes to the coaching staff they are hoping to the offense.
There is no doubt that Kansas is the worst program in the conference right now. They thought they were making a splashy hire with Charlie Weis but success hasn’t followed.
Their last year in the Mountain West TCU won 11 games. It took them two seasons to reach that total in the Big 12 as things have not gone all that smoothly for the Horned Frogs.
Washington looks to take game 2 of this series at Citi Field tonight. They have opened up a nice lead in the NL East thanks to the Atlanta Braves struggles.
The Cardinals need to get back on track in the competitive NL Central and have a good chance of doing so with ace Adam Wainwright on the hill…
This season will really test what Mike Gundy has been building in Stillwater. In three of the last 4 season they have won 10 or more games but there is a lot of turnover this year so the question is whether they have been recruiting the kind of depth that will let them reload instead of rebuild.
The Dodgers salvaged their series at Milwaukee with a win on Sunday. Either way they have still scratched out a little breathing room between them and the Giants.
