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River city sharps Clemson and Ohio State look to light up the scoreboard Friday night when they meet in the Orange Bowl. Clemson boasts one of the nation's top offenses, led by senior QB Tajh Boyd. The Tigers averaged 45.1 points and 534.6 yards in their wins, and are led by Boyd and WR Sammy Watkins. Boyd passed for 3,473 yards and 29 TD's, and he scored another nine TDs on the ground. Ohio State also boasts an explosive offense, led by Braxton Miller at QB. The problem for Ohio State could be defensively. The Buckeyes allowed their final four opponents to complete 63.7 percent of its passes for an average of 340.8 yards and 11 total TDs. Adding to that problem is that OSU will be without sophomore DE Noah Spence, who has been suspended for three games for violating a Big 10 rule. This game basically comes down to which defense plays better and we think that recent history indicates that the dog is the way to play this game. Clemson's defense, especially against the pass, has been pretty good this season, and we think they have a much better chance of stopping the Buckeye attack than the other way around. Make sure you get them at a FG or better, but the Sharps like the Tigers here tonight. The Sharps say...
10* Play Missouri +1.5 over Oklahoma State (TOP NCAA PLAY) 8:00 PM EST
Missouri has covered the spread in 33 of the last 49 games coming off a loss by 17 points or more and they have also covered the spread in 22 of the last 31 games after allowing 42 points or more in their last game.
5* Play Clemson +3 over Ohio State (BONUS NCAA PLAY)
Oklahoma StateMissouriOklahoma State -1.5, 61.5
1/03/2014 8:00 PM
SELECTION:
OKLAHOMA STATE -1.5
These teams are pretty evenly matched. Oklahoma State lost a tough game to Oklahoma that would have gave them the BIG 12 Championship. This Cowboy team played well enough to win, but got beat in the special teams department. Late in the season you want to go with teams that want it more, the team more hungry for greatness. Missouri played solid defense all year and for some reason went with three defensive lineman time after time after time after time against Auburn and were embarrassed on the ground. That to me is a coaching staff that does not deserve to win. They don’t want it. This is a Missouri team that could be playing in a title game right now. They didn’t want it bad enough. Their offense played great and stupidity on the coaching staff lost them that game. I expect the same thing tonight. Oklahoma State has over 20 seniors on this team looking to go out with a big win. Take Oklahoma State
ClemsonOhio StateOhio State -3, 70
1/03/2014 8:30 PM
SELECTION:
CLEMSON +3
If we go back 2 years ago to this day in this very same bowl game we witnessed an absolute beat down of the this Clemson team as West Virginia embarrassed them. Dabo Swinney is an intense head coach and from that day on the team which could have folded responded. There are key players on that team that will be playing tonight and they know all too well how that felt. Ohio State is hard to get a read on. This team was one win away from playing in the Title game and they blew it against Michigan State. Will this team be focused to play tonight? I think this pass defense is suspect and will be missing two key starters this evening. Clemson should move the ball well in the air tonight. Ohio State has a great rushing attack and will put up their fair share of points. I don’t like how Ohio State played sloppy in such a meaningful game against the Spartans. How many penalties will they get tonight with pass interference calls? It comes down to what team wants it more. Ohio State was in the ultimate spot a few weeks ago and they didn’t want it bad enough. That really is the bottom line. In the end this should be a close game, but I like the past history of a battle tested Clemson team in this spot. Take the Tigers.
Game: Golden State at Atlanta (7:30 PM Eastern)
Pick: Golden State -3 (-102) at 5Dimes
Everyone was wondering what happened to the Golden State team that looked so impressive in the playoffs a year ago. They are getting their answer right now, as the Warriors are on a seven-game winning streak and are look really good. Atlanta is one of three teams in the East that has a winning record at 18-14. Curry and Lee have provided an inside-out combination that has been lethal, as Curry scored 36 while dishing out 12 assists, while Lee poured in 32 and grabbed 14 boards against the Heat. Golden State has won the last three in this series, including a 115-93 win in Atlanta last season. Golden State is now 14-6-1 ATS in their last 21 on the road vs. a team with a winning home record, and the Hawks stand at just 3-14-1 ATS in their last 18 on two days of rest. Play on Golden State.
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