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Saturday card has the College Football dog of the year headlining a huge card with over 7 big plays including the highest rated offshore play and Late PAC 12 Game of the Month Power play and a 5* blowout. College Comp play below
The College football comp play is on Northern Illinois at 3:30 eastern. NIU has won all 9 meetings in the series with Buffalo who had their hears ripped in overtime last week, losing 71-68 to Western Michigan. That loss sets them up in a system that plays against teams who won 3 or less games last year and are off 1 exact overtime loss if they are .400 or better. These teams have failed to cover 14 of 18 times long term. Northern Illinois is 31-10 ats on the road and has covered 7 of 8 off a conference win. Add in that Buffalo is 7-48 vs winning teams. Look for Northern Illinois to win and cover. On Saturday the triple perfect College dog of the year is up along with early and late 5* Blowout sides, the highest rated off shore steam move of the season, the PAC Game of the month and a late Bailout play. Message to jump on. For the free play. Play on Northern Illinois. RV- Golden contender Sports
For Saturday, 4th Ever College Football 2500♦ Winner is Virginia as the road favorite over North Carolina. At 12:50 am eastern time Saturday morning, the Cavaliers are -3 1/2 point favorites both in Vegas and offshore. I advise buying the half-point down on UVa if your line is anywhere from -3 to -4 1/2 points.
It's not only revenge for Virginia as they visit North Carolina, it is revenge times 7, as the Cavaliers have not won in this series outright since 2009!
The Wahoos are fully prepared to exact that revenge against the downtrodden Tar Heels who are 1-7 straight up their last 8 games, and just 1-6-1 against the spread in those 8 games. The primary reason is UNC's offense has gone AWOL over their last 3 games with just 34 points total scored.
Virginia has won and covered their last 3, scoring 36 points per game in their last 3. They are also on a 7-3-2 run against the spread their last dozen away games, and the road team has managed to cover in 7 of the last 9 series meetings between these ACC rivals.
Bronco Mendenhall has the Cavaliers on the right track right now, the same cannot be said for Larry Fedora who simply does not have the talent this year to extend the series winning streak, let alone cover this game as the home underdog. Fedora and basketball coach Roy Williams are lucky they were cleared of any wrongdoing in the ongoing NCAA investigations, Fedora won't be so lucky today avoiding another thumping.
15 DIME play on Mississippi State at home against BYU. The Bulldogs are -24 as of 8:35 pm pacific on Friday.
15 DIME bonus play on the Dodgers in the NLCS against Chicago. Los Angeles is -180.
Two motivating factors for Mississippi State today. First, the Bulldogs are seeking revenge for last season's 28-21 double-overtime loss in Provo. Second, fresh off a bye their looking to snap a two-game losing streak.
Last time in Starkville the Bulldogs were pummeling LSU, 37-7, as a 7 1/2-point underdog with quarterback Nick Fitzgerald completing 15-of-23 passes for 180 yards and two touchdowns in addition to carrying the ball 14 times for another 88 yards and two scores. Then reality struck as Miss State traveled to Georgia and Auburn and lost 31-3 and 49-10, respectively, with its defense getting shredded for a combined 915 yards and Fitzgerald struggling to complete just 27-of-62 passes for 240 yards, one touchdown and four interceptions. No surprise consider Georgia and Auburn are a combined 11-1 on the season and sport two of the top defenses in the nation.
Today, however, it's all about righting the ship and avenging last season's loss to the Cougars, who have their own problems, mainly a non-existent offense that's ranked 127th in the nation in scoring (11.7 ppg) and yards per game (253.3). They've scored a total of 50 points while losing their last five games, the last of which came two Fridays ago at home, a 24-7 setback against Boise State.
BYU, whose only win came against and FBS school, Portland State, will go with
Tanner Mangum at quarterback. He returned to the starting lineup against Boise State after a two-game absence, but freely admits that his injured ankle is less than 100 percent. With back-up Beau Hoge out with a concussion and his own ankle injury, the Cougars were forced to burn freshman Joe Critchlow's redshirt late in the Boise loss with Mangum struggling.
Last year it was Miss State making the 1,700-mile journey only to get upset. This time it's a downtrodden BYU squad making the trek with a well-rested host awaiting a shot at redemption.
As for the Dodgers in the series, this play is all based on pitching. LA is rested and has the better starting rotation and bullpen depth. I know the Dodgers' big guns haven't delivered in past postseasons while the Cubs are the defending champs, but Chicago was damn lucky to escape against Washington and Joe Maddon exhausted his bullpen to do so. Meanwhile, Los Angeles regained its mojo in the final two weeks of the regular season and took care of business efficiently - and as expected - against Arizona.
I took Houston in the ALDS in a five-game series at a similar high price and had no qualms about it and feel the same backing LA in a seven-game series. Remember, the beauty of betting any series' favorite at a higher price is that it always affords you time to bailout later in Games 3 through the finale should you choose to do so.
The Cali-Cartel has its 50 DIME Teaser of the Year on San Diego State and Stanford.
San Diego State is -6 1/2 at home against Boise State.
Stanford is -10 at home against Oregon.
Those are the lines as I put my site live at 2:45 AM Eastern this morning.
In a standard two-teamer you are given six points. In this case reduce the price of both favorites, making the adjusted prices San Diego State (-1/2) and Stanford (-3).
100 Dime selection on the New Mexico Lobos against the Fresno State Bulldogs. As I release this play at 12:05 am Pacific in Vegas, the line on New Mexico is +1 1/2.
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