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BRANDON LANG
Thursday's selection

20 DIME - VALPARAISO

This team is playing some basketball.

Off their hard fought loss on the road at Wisconsin/Milwaukee 85-82 as a 7 1/2 point dog, they roll into Wisconsin Green Bay and win outright 84-79 as a 5 1/2 point dog.

In fact, since losing at Wright State 59-57 as a 16-point underdog, this team has gone on a 6-1 run both SU and ATS.

The only non-cover was a 4 point home win over Youngstown State as a 4 1/2 point favorite.

This game will be a battle and with Valpo playing with more confidence now than at anytime this entire year and catching points at home, it wouldn't suprise me if they won the game outright.($$ Yes, you heard me: I wouldn't be surprised if they won it outright; that's how much I like them tonight and it's why they're a 20 dime play.

Wright State has been no bargain on the road over its last 5 games going 2-3 SU and 1-3-1 ATS.

At Detroit they were laying 2 and won right on the number 61-59. At Wisc/Milwaukee they lost outright 67-61 in OT laying 3 1/2.

At Wisc/Green Bay they lost outright 68-66 as a 5 point chalk and they split in Chicago beating Ill/Chicago by 17 as a 8 point favorite while losing at Loyola/Chicago 53-52 as an 8 1/2 point choice.

As you can see, Wright State is all about close games on the road as evidenced by their 1-6-1 ATS run on the highway over the last 8 games.

I feel we are in for another close one here in Valpo because not only is Valpo on a run of 5 straight covers but they are on a 9-1-1 ATS run as an underdog anywhere.

I look for Valpo to take this team down to the wire and possibly steal one outright.

[kar261]

Anybody have Lang's 200 Dime and 100 Dime SuperBowl plays yet? I am presuming he has a 200 Dime play on the Saints and a 100 Dime play on the Saints ML........thanks.

[macdaddy]

Just the opposite--here's his selections for Super Bowl Sunday

It's the 2006 Super Bowl all over again and just as I did then with a money line play on the Steelers and a second play on Pittsburgh minus the points, I do the exact same thing with the Colts Sunday.

The bottom line is I love this game more than life itself and for only the 2nd time in my career, I come with a play on the money line as well as a play on the side.

With the current pointspread being all over the board the only way in my opinion the Saints cover this game is with a backdoor score. Simple as that.

If you remember the '06 game, the Seahawks had the ball with just under 2 minutes to go at midfield driving for the 3rd straight super bowl backdoor before Pittsburgh shut them down.

I feel, as I did in 2006, you are getting unbelievable value with the Colts on the money line in the low 200's. And quite frankly, it's value I can't and will not pass up, just like with Alabama in the BCS national title game (when I used the Tide as a 100 Dime Money Line play).

I am also releasing early because I want you to get 5 1/2. I personally feel this line is going to go up and really feel it might close as high as 7, however with the Freeney news, it may not. Either way, I want you to get the best line available.

So once again, I feel 100 percent that if Saints even comes close to covering, it will be the backdoor. I am protecting myself and highly advise you to do the same by making the Colts on the money line your biggest best bet.

After using the money line as my top play in 2006 did I come back with a money line play on the 2007 Super Bowl between the Bears and Colts? No I did not. Instead, I laid the 6 1/2 with the Colts and got the winner 29-17.

In 2008, I loved the Giants and the points over New England and last year I liked the Cardinals and the points versus the Steelers.

So here it is, four years later with a similiar pointspread I had to deal with in the Seattle/Pittsburgh game and for the second time, the money line play is my top play.

The Colts will not lose this game. Simple as that.

Now, people often ask me why you get blowouts in Super Bowls and my answer has never changed: It's because we get the wrong matchup and because of that, the team that doesn't deserve to be there gets blown out.

Let's be perfectly honest: the Saints didn't beat the Vikings, the Vikings beat themselves. You go on the road in the NFL playoffs and you put up 31 first downs to 15 and outgain your foe 475 to 257 in total yards....but 5 turnovers cost you a shot at the Super Bowl.

I am talking about the Vikings outgaining the Saints by 218 yards and giving them the game.

The last team to go to the Super Bowl that was outgained by that type of margin in the conference championship game and won was the 1995 Chargers, who were outgained 415 to 226 but still got the win on a pair of 2nd half touchdown passes from 43 yards out beating the Steelers 17-13.

San Diego was outgained by 189 yards, took the gift win and went to the Super Bowl where they got destroyed 49-26 by San Francisco. They never should have been there.

Here are a few more examples of teams that shouldn't have been there but did and got crushed. Trust me, there are more but you will get the jest of my point.

In 1992 when the Bills came from 35-3 down at home in the 2nd half to beat Houston only to go to the Super Bowl and get killed by the Redskins 37-24.

How about 1999 when the Vikings had the highest scoring offense in NFL history but lost the NFC championship game at home because of a Gary Anderson missed chip shot field goal at the end of regulation led to an OT loss to the Falcons.

Atlanta then got hammered by the Broncos 34-19.

Which brings us to the Saints. Just like 1992 when it should have been Oilers/Redskins, 1994 it should have been Steelers/Niners and just like 99 it should have been Broncos/Vikings, we should have had Vikings/Colts today.

But the Saints took advantage of Minnesota's turnovers, accepted the Vikings' gift of a victory and they are in Miami. They will leave losers.

Now enjoy my breakdown of why the Colts are the right play in the 2010 Super bowl which will be my 18th in a row.

200 DIME - INDY MONEY LINE

100 DIME - INDY Minus points

It's a mismatch.

After using the Colts over the Ravens and the Jets, I am fully confident they will not only win this game but they will win it by double digits.

Let's start with the first big advantage the Colts have over the Saints and that is the Indy offense versus the New Orleans defense.

Now playing at home with all the advantages you could ask for, New Orleans got torched by a 40-year-old quarterback to the tune of 28 for 46 good for 310 yards while the Vikings ran for another 165 yards for 475 yards total offense.

The Saints were outgained by 218 yards at home, were the beneficiary of 5 turnovers and still almost lost. Had the Vikings gone to Indy and give Peyton Manning 5 turnovers, what do you think the final score would have been? My point exactly.

The last team to be outgained by that type of margin was the '94 Chargers, who were drilled in the Super Bowl by the Niners 49-26 after being outgained in the AFC championship game by the Steelers 415-226.

If Brett Farve was able to have that kind of success, on the road, in the Superdome, against that crowd noise, I will gladly roll the dice with Peyton Manning on a neutral field against this Saints defense.

Indy is about matchups, about getting a matchup that favors them and then attacking it until you fix it and if you don't, Peyton will go there all day long, as evidenced by his performance in the AFC championship game versus the Jets.

New York double-teamed Clark and Wayne leaving Collie and Garcon in solo coverage and Manning hammered it all day long to the tune of Collie getting 7 catches for 123 yards while Garcon got 11 catches for 171.

You may shut down Wayne and you may shut down Clark, but you are not going to shut down all four of them, just ask the Jets, who went into Indy with the best pass defense in the NFL and were completely picked apart for 377 yards by Manning and allowed nearly 500 yards total offense.

In fact, in beating the Ravens 20-3, the Colts beat the best scoring defense in the NFL, a unit that was ranked 3rd overall in total defense, 3rd against the run and 8th against the pass.

In fact, in beating the Jets 30-17, the Colts beat the best defense in the NFL, the best pass defense in the NFL and the 8th best run defense.

Indy now steps way down to face a Saints defense ranked 25th best in the NFL. They have the league's 7th worst pass defense are just 21st against the run.

Washington's Jason Campbell, who is not to be confused with Peyton Manning, torched this Saints secondary to the tune of 30 of 42 for 367 yards. Folks, that is Jason Campbell we are talking about here.

Here is the reality facing the Saints in this football game: If they don't create turnovers in this game, they have no shot of winning this football game whatsoever. None. Zilch. Nada.

For New Orleans to win this game they need the Colts, like the Vikings before them, to beat themselves and as you saw versus two defenses far superior to the Saints in this postseason, the Colts will not do that.

In two playoff games the Colts have committed a total of 5 penalties. I am talking about 5 here folks and get a load of this next statistic because it will blow you away:

In the last 2 years Peyton Manning has handled the football over 2,000 times and you know how many times he has fumbled? Zero. None. Zip. Nada. Big fat donut.

The New Orleans Saints have matchup problems all over the field and they are going to have to blitz to get to Manning and as you saw with the Jets and Ravens, you don't get there, he will light you up. Simple as that.

Indy has one of the most underrated offensive lines in the NFL. All they do is protect Manning and give him time and there is no blitz package the Saints can come with that the Colts offense hasn't seen in the last two weeks. Nothing.

You give Peyton 10 possessions in this game he is going to score on at least 5 of them against this Saints defense if not more. That is how bad New Orleans matches up with this Indy offense.

As for the Colts defense, they are a lot better than people give them credit for, a lot faster than people give them credit for. and they are a very hard defense to go 80 yards against consistently over the course of a football game because they are so fundamentally sound.

If you think the Saints are going to consistently go on long drives over the course of 60 minutes in this football game against this defense, you are dead wrong. They are not disciplined enough to pull that off.

In fact, the Saints are not disciplined enough as a team to beat this Colts bunch. They are highly penalized and in my opinion, poorly coached.

Undefeated and facing Dallas at home the Saints were completely dominated and lost 24-17. Playing for homefield advantage the next week against Tampa Bay they were held scoreless in the 2nd half before losing in OT.

Think about that for a moment: Playing for homefield throughout the entire NFC playoffs they were shut out at home by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and lost. Wow.

Two Sundays ago they were dominated by the Vikings but luck was on their side. Well guess what folks, they won't have luck on their side today and they will be dominated much the way Dallas did to them.

Across the board Indy is the better coached team, with the better offensive and defensive lines and they have perhaps the best QB in NFL history going back to his 2nd Super Bowl facing an inferior defense with two weeks to prepare.

New Orleans will have some success offensively but it won't be enough to offset everything Manning will be able to do on the other side of the football. As you saw against the Vikings, this is a very average Saints defense.

We should have been treated to the Vikings and the Colts, Farve versus Manning and not the Aints versus the Colts and because of this, Peyton will methodically pick apart New Orleans all game long, slowly build a lead and milk it away in the 2nd half.

I view the Colts as a 18-0 football team and for sake of argument, if they were 18-0 what would this line be? My guess is Colts would be favored by 7 and I would have still laid it so this line move doesn't scare me at all.

Congratulations to owner Jim Irsay, who I know personally and is one of the most sincere and geniune men I have ever met. And congratulations to rookie head coach Jim Caldwell for your Super Bowl win today.

And last, but certainly not least, congrats to you Peyton Manning as you cement yourself today as the greatest NFL quarterback of all time with a performance of the ages against this Saints defense.

Last year my final predicted final score between Arizona and Pittsburgh was 23-20 Cardinals and I was 2:33 seconds away from being right on the money.

This year I say the Indianapolis Colts are your Super Bowl champions with a 34-20 victory.

SUNDAY FREE PICK:
Saints/Colts UNDER

[kar261]

Thanks, man......appreciate it. Can't say any selection Lang makes surprises me, but I'd be real cautious with these selections.

[wayneschultz]

Have you seen Root's picks for today?

[Mr. IWS]

Ben Burns

7* Columbus Blue jackets -130
6* Boston Bruins-160
6* nashville Prdators
10* Personal favorite Notre Dame
9* UNDER San Antonia/Spurs
10* San Antonio Sours -1.5

[Mr. IWS]

Big AL

3* kent State
3* Washington State

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ROOT

All Day Pass [Basketball] -
THE MILLIONAIRES REMAIN INCREDIBLE ON THIS YEAR LONG STREAK
Basketball NCAAB
Game Date/Time: February 4, 2010, 4:00 pm(PST) Matchup: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets @ Duke Blue Devils

Take: Duke Blue Devils



A REALLY GREAT SEC MATCH-UP BUT WITH AN ANGLE AND TREND THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE!
Basketball NCAAB
Game Date/Time: February 4, 2010, 4:00 pm(PST) Matchup: Florida Gators @ Alabama Crimson Tide

Take: Alabama Crimson Tide



OUR TEAM HAS PUT THEIR TEAM ON "UPSET ALERT".
Basketball NCAAB
Game Date/Time: February 4, 2010, 6:00 pm(PST) Matchup: Cincinnati Bearcats @ Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Take: Cincinnati Bearcats

[Mr. IWS]

PPPGH--5%-Det 5%santa Clara
3%-Ind, 3%Arkst
2%ND, 2Tenn, 2%Ariz

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dr bob
Thursday College Opinion
Santa Clara (+19 1/2) over ST MARY'S
Rotation #572 - 8:30 pm Pacific
The Broncos played their arch rival well in Santa Clara, losing to the Gaels by just 8 points as a 12 1/2 point home underdog. The situation is good for Santa Clara to stay under the number again tonight, as the Broncos apply to a 41-3-1 ATS subset of a 129-43-4 ATS big road underdog situation. My issue with making this a Best Bet is the negative line value. St. Mary's opened as a 21 point favorite and the line has come down to 19 1/2 points. My ratings favor St. Mary's by 21 1/2 points and the negative line value takes away from the very strong situation. Teams in that situation cover by a median of 6 points, so losing 2 1/2 points of line value is not enough to keep me from leaning with the Broncos as a huge dog in a rivalry game. I'd take Santa Clara in a 2-Star Best Bet at +21 points or more.
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dr bob
Thursday College Opinion
Santa Clara (+19 1/2) over ST MARY'S
Rotation #572 - 8:30 pm Pacific
The Broncos played their arch rival well in Santa Clara, losing to the Gaels by just 8 points as a 12 1/2 point home underdog. The situation is good for Santa Clara to stay under the number again tonight, as the Broncos apply to a 41-3-1 ATS subset of a 129-43-4 ATS big road underdog situation. My issue with making this a Best Bet is the negative line value. St. Mary's opened as a 21 point favorite and the line has come down to 19 1/2 points. My ratings favor St. Mary's by 21 1/2 points and the negative line value takes away from the very strong situation. Teams in that situation cover by a median of 6 points, so losing 2 1/2 points of line value is not enough to keep me from leaning with the Broncos as a huge dog in a rivalry game. I'd take Santa Clara in a 2-Star Best Bet at +21 points or more.
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Wayne Root

3* USC -1