{"id":12772,"date":"2009-09-03T11:38:58","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T16:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=12772"},"modified":"2009-09-03T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2009-09-03T16:39:39","slug":"cfb-team-news-20909","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/cfb-team-news-20909\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAAF Betting Update: Team News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>COLLEGE FOOTBALL QUICK HITTERS &#8211; September 3rd<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 60px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/respsportscapping.php?capper\/capper\/303\/Evan%20Altemus\/AF23_15\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Evan Altemus\" src=\"http:\/\/sportscapping.com\/new\/cache\/capper_photos\/303_service_photo.JPG\" alt=\"Evan Altemus\" width=\"60\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evan Altemus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Knowing several of the small stories is critical to having success in the first week of college football. Also, these keys may prevent potential pitfalls that a bettor otherwise may not know about.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a look at some of the recent news stories that may have an impact on a team you are looking to back\/fade in the next few weeks.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>DUKE BLUE DEVILS<\/strong> \u2013 The Blue Devils have had to deal with a strain of the H1N1 flu virus during their training camp. At least half of their players were impacted by it and treated during camp. It has affected some of what second year coach David Cutcliffe has wanted to do, but it shouldn\u2019t have a significant impact on their season. Luckily they have a weak opening schedule to start the season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/respsportscapping.php?capper\/capper\/303\/Evan%20Altemus\/AF23_15\"><strong>LOOKING FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICKS? VIEW EVAN&#8217;S WEEKLY PLAYS \u2014\u2013&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>IOWA HAWKEYES <\/strong>\u2013 Iowa\u2019s starting running back Jewel Hampton is expected to miss the entire season after suffering a knee injury. Hampton\u2019s injury is significant, as he was expected to be a good replacement for All-American running back Shonn Greene. The Hawkeyes have a good offensive line, but they lack depth at the running back position. Their offense is predicated on running the ball, so this injury is a significant problem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE<\/strong> \u2013 Alabama has two major issues that they have had to deal with. First, the statuses of star wide receiver Julio Jones and running back Mark Ingram are still unknown for the start of the season, as they face a possible four game suspension for a trip in the off-season. Those two players are very important to the Tide offense. In addition, several players have dealt with a strain of the swine flu, although it\u2019s not expected to have a significant impact for their first game of the season against Virginia Tech. They have been trying to quarantine affected players as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/go\/bovada\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 3px solid #FFFFFF;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mysportsbook.com\/mysb_banners\/sportsbook\/350x150\/350x150_football.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>USC TROJANS<\/strong> \u2013 Freshman Matt Barkley has been named the starter after having a good camp, as well as the injury to Aaron Corp. Barkley hasn\u2019t played like a freshman in camp so far, as he has impressed coaches\/teammates with his football intelligence. He will be aided by having one of the best offensive linemen\/running backs in the country around him. Look for head coach Pete Carroll to put him in situations that will enable him to succeed. However, USC has been dealing with several injuries in camp, including to starting wide receiver Ronald Johnson, who broke his collarbone. Carroll was very upset about the injury, much more so than normal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MICHIGAN WOLVERINES<\/strong> \u2013 Much has been made about the violation allegations regarding practice time with Michigan\u2019s football team. It will be interesting to see if this issue brings the team together or causes them to be distracted. Sharp bettors seem to think it will bring them together because the line on Michigan creeped up slightly for their opener against Western Michigan after the incident was reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES<\/strong> \u2013 The Eagles have a huge problem at the quarterback position this season after returning starter Dominique Davis decided to transfer after being suspended for academic reasons. They will have to rely on a quarterback who has no previous snaps with their offense heading into this year. Luckily they have two easy games to start the season until their ACC opener with Clemson on September 19th. However, their offense really struggled last year, so it\u2019s going to be interesting to see where the points are going to come from this season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>N.C. STATE WOLFPACK<\/strong> \u2013 N.C. State seems like they are going to have a good season, as they return several starters on both sides of the ball. However, they will be without their best defensive player, line backer Nate Irving, after his car accident this summer. He was an important part of their defense last season and will be missed this year. Starting quarterback Russell Wilson must stay healthy and be effective in order for this team to make it back to a bowl game.<\/p>\n<p>===========================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>For $499 Grab\u00a03 Months &#8211; All Sports GUARANTEED Picks Subscription from Evan!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/respsportscapping.php?capper\/capper\/303\/Evan%20Altemus\/AF23_15\">Get every single one of Evan Altemus&#8217;s releases, including all special Game of the Month and Game of the Year selections &#8211; CLICK HERE NOW!<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CFB Handicapper Evan Altemus weighs in with an article detailing recent news stories that may have an impact on ncaa football team you are looking to back\/fade in the next few weeks&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[16902,16903,1565,2988,16900,16898,16899,16905,16904,16897,16906,9099,16901],"class_list":["post-12772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-alabama-news","tag-bc-news","tag-college-football-handicapping","tag-evan-altemus","tag-game-of-the-year-picks","tag-guaranteed-cfb-picks","tag-guaranteed-sports-predictions","tag-iowa-news","tag-nc-state-news","tag-ncaa-football-team-news","tag-ncaa-football-team-reports","tag-speculating-sports","tag-usc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12772"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12790,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12772\/revisions\/12790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}