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Each week David Payne and Ben Burns scour the non-BCS conferences, looking for a hidden gem to take advantage of.
This week, they take a look at teams that are set up to fall during the second half of the college football season.
Hawaii: The Warriors laid an egg and lost their quarterback in last week’s 27-6 loss at Louisiana Tech.
I will make an effort to give my sports betting advice or a quick over view of the games you want to know about. The Top 25 match ups each week is where most of the eyes turn. Last week I went 4-2 on premium plays last Saturday making me 8-3 the last two Saturday’s. Unfortunately the two losses we took were our two highest plays as we are now 4-2 on the year for NCAAF POD’s! We still took a profit on the day and are back for this weekend with some of the biggest plays of the year!
This weekend there will be just three Top 25 match ups between ranked foes including our game of the week with a Miami team facing Oklahoma.
There’s a reason they play the games. Teams don’t always play the way stats and power rankings suggest they are supposed to. That’s often evident early in the pro and college football seasons because some teams are very different from year to year. Look at a team like Michigan. The Wolverines stumbled badly last year with a very young team and a new coach bringing in a whole new offensive philosophy.
The fall shuffle is on.
Beginning this month, teams from across the country will have their schedules turned upside down with Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday games.
Classes will have to be rescheduled, and practice routines will be disrupted. Players and coaches will be traveling late at night. It’s hectic.
The first two weeks are officially in the books and have started to tell us a few things about the teams that we cheer for. With that being said, it’s only the third week and we have 14 games left for each team. What will happen towards the end of the season is still a mystery as we’ve seen some pretty crazy things already. So what should we expect out of the games in the third week of the season?
Tens days and counting. That’s what remains on the 2009 MLB season. While the majority of pennant races are all but settled this season, handicapping edges still abound.
With that here is a preview the top four series this weekend. Remember, all results are within the series and all pitcher records are ‘team starts’ (the team’s record in games in which the pitcher starts) versus this opponent.
I will make an effort to give my sports betting advice or a quick over view of the games you want to know about. The Top 25 match ups each week is where most of the eyes turn. Last week I went 4-1 on Saturday and I’m 4-1 this year on my College Football POD’s! Make sure you check out all of my premium sports picks this weekend as well as my free college football pick between Houston and Texas Tech!
The Top 25 match ups each week is where most of the eyes turn.
#14 Georgia Tech @ #20 Miami (Miami -5, 53.5)
(Thursday 7:45 pm et)
Our powerful database tells us that Game Four is a critical turning point for most College Football teams, especially if they’re playing off their first loss of the season. From a handicapping perspective, the venue goes a long way in determining Game Four ATS results as well. Check out the situations of teams in Game Four, off their initial loss of the season, since 1980…
Line Movement
There has been a decent amount of line movement early on. The game came out anywhere from -3.5 to -4.5 and was moved down to -3 rather quickly. Tuesday night and early Wednesday saw the number go back to -3 and then by the afternoon, there were -3.5’s across the board with even some -4’s available.
Odds: Ole Miss -4.5 | ML: -175 | O/U 53.5
Odds: South Carolina +4.5 | ML: +155
This week our College Football System of the Week comes from the Michigan State – Wisconsin matchup which takes place on Saturday afternoon in Madison Wisconsin. The line for this contest has opened with Wisconsin favored by 2.5 points over the visiting Michigan State Spartans.
College and pro football offer a variety of great match-ups every weekend. A good handicapper, though, doesn’t just look at individual and team match-ups. There are other factors surrounding a game that can be equally important to identifying a winning spread cover, such as scheduling and road travel.
This SEC Thursday Night ESPN clash could go a long way to determining post season hopes of both in 2009. Mississippi is coming in 3-0 straight up and ranked #4 in the nation. This is the first real test for the Rebels and heading into very hostile waters in Columbia, SC.
Last week we learned more about the Big 12, and as each season rolls along, teams develop chemistry, stories emerge, and sleeping giants awake while others fall by the wayside. OU nation took a deep breath as QB Bradfords replacement set a school record and tied a national record with 6 TDs. Landry Jones is a bright spot for the future for OU, only a redshirt freshman, Big 12 foes will be seeing him for the next 3 years after Bradford departure.
I will make an effort to give my sports betting advice or a quick over view of the games you want to know about.
The Top 25 match ups each week is where most of the eyes turn.
#14 Georgia Tech @ #20 Miami (Miami -5, 53.5) (Thursday 7:45 pm et)
You have to remember that in September it’s more likely that defenses are ahead of the offenses in pro and college football. This might not seem the case when you watch Miami and Florida State put on an exciting 38-34 shootout with both teams tallying over 400 yards. However, that’s not the norm, either, something that needs to be assessed carefully when trying to find football picks each week. Think of the NFL opener as the Steelers and Titans battled to a 13-10 low scoring affair in overtime.
Both Cougars have caught the public’s eye by taking care of top-five BCS opponents early in the season.
BYU, of course, knocked out Heisman trophy winner Sam Bradford before knocking Oklahoma off its lofty No. 3 perch.
Houston exposed No. 5 Oklahoma State last week in Stillwater.
