Saturday 9-1-18 Free Plays / Trends / Betting Info / Etc

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JESSE SCHULE
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
Washington vs. Auburn

This is a Free NCAAF play on the Washington Huskies.

If you happened to catch my longshot pick for the Heisman Trophy, you probably already know I am big on the Huskies. Here are some of the things I said about Washington: "Two years ago Jake Browning led all Power 5 quarterbacks with 43 TD passes. He’s coming into his senior year surrounded by the most talented group in the Chris Peterson era. The Huskies are ranked 6th overall, the favorites to win the PAC12." Auburn is ranked 9th overall, and yet the Tigers will be a favorite at a neutral site game in Atlanta in Week 1. The knee jerk reaction is to think that because Auburn beat Alabama last season, and went on to play Georgia in the SEC Championship Game, that they are the better team here. Once you get past the SEC bias, you see that Washington actually ranked first nationally against the run in 2017, allowing just 2.6 yards per game. These teams match up pretty close in every category, except for the quarterback position. Jarrett Stidham struggled against top defenses last season. He threw for just 79 yards in a loss to Clemson, 145 yards in a loss to Georgia, and 165 yards in a loss to LSU. Give me the better quarterback and give me a couple points, and I'll take the Huskies as the DAWGS! Take WASH. GL,
Jesse Schule

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CALVIN KING
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
Washington State vs. Wyoming
[1%] Free Play on Washington State -1

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STEVE JANUS

1* Free Sharp Play on Troy +10½ -110

My money is the Trojans to cover the number at home against the Broncos. Boise State may not be as big a public team as they were in the Chris Petersen days, but the public still loves to back this team. With the Broncos ranked in the preseason Top 25, I believe it has Boise way overvalued here on the road against a good Troy team that gave the Broncos all they could handle in Boise last year (also season opener). The Trojans are trending up under head coach Neal Brown. They are 21-5 the last two years, which includes last year's big upset of LSU in Baton Rouge. They got a much better home field edge than people realize and if the Broncos aren't careful they could lose this game outright. Bet Troy +10.5!

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JOSEPH D'AMICO
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
UNLV vs. USC
UNLV+26½ -110

Saturday's FREE NCAAF WINNER: UNLV

Game 189.

1:00 pm pst.

Southern Cal had to replace a few major cogs in their offensive wheel, including a QB that went #3 in the Draft. Even with Sam Darnold at the helm LY, the Trojans were pointspread poison, going just 3-10-1 ATS. This is an ideal spot for UNLV as USC has Stanford on deck and will be looking forward. Tony Sanchez has improved the team in each of his 3 seasons as HC. The team is 11-4 ATS as a road underdog and has covered all 3 away outings vs. Power-5 teams (Michigan, UCLA, Ohio State). SoCal has failed to cover 5 straight vs. non-PAC 12 opposition as is notoriously slow starters, going 1-6 ATS the L7 in the month of September. Take UNLV. Thank you.

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LARRY NESS
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
West Virginia vs. Tennessee
West Virginia-9 -110

My free play is on West Va at 3:30 ET. West Va was 7-3 and on the verge of entering the national rankings after beating 28-23 Kansas St on Nov 11 of last season. However, the Mountaineers lost the following week to Texas, ended the regular season by getting blown out at Oklahoma and then lost 30-14 to Utah in the school's bowl game. West Va opens the 2018 season ranked 17th in the AP and will square off against Tennessee in the Belk College Kickoff, which is being played in Charlotte, N.C. The Volunteers are coming off a 4-8 season in which they were winless in the Southeastern Conference at 0-8 (school record for SEC losses). The contest marks the first-ever matchup between the two programs.

Tennessee has a new head coach in Jeremy Pruitt, who was the former defensive coordinator at Alabama. Pruitt takes over a defense that was besieged by injuries last season and allowed 29.1 PPG (the school's most since 2012). The offense also had its problems, ranking last in the SEC in scoring at 19.8 PPG, down from 36.4 the previous season. The Vols averaged just under 300 YPG and had featured a stretch in which they went over a month without scoring an offensive TD. QB Jarrett Guarantano went 4-2 as a starter last season and completed 62 percent of his 139 passes for 997 yards with four TDs and two interceptions. He is expected to start but graduate transfer Keller Chryst, 11-2 as starter at Stanford the last two years (54.2 completion percentage, 962 yards, eight TDs, four Interceptions) is also expected to contribute.

West Va QB Will Grier is the top returning signal-caller in the Big 12 (64.4 completion percentage & 34-12 TD-to-INT) and he owns two big-time returning targets. Senior WR David Sills V (60 receptions, 960 yards) tied for the national lead with 18 TD receptions last season and is joined by Gary Jennings Jr. (Big-12 leading 97 receptions, 1,096 yards). Defensive coordinator Tony Gibson needs to improve a defense that surrendered 31.5 PPG and 446 yards YPG, as both totals represented the school's most since 2013.

Tennessee has won nine straight openers but is a woeful 6-34 against ranked teams over the last eight seasons. West Va's Holgorsen has changed his scheduling philosophy since taking over West Virginia eight years ago, trading in early-season contests against FCS foes for the likes of Virginia Tech, Penn State and Alabama in an attempt to build a national powerhouse. The 17th-ranked Mountaineers open this season against a Power 5 opponent for the fourth time in five years. No way Tennessee has the defense to contain Grier and his one-two receiver 'punch,' nor does the Tennessee offense have the firepower to match West Va score for score. Lay it!

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STEPHEN NOVER
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
UNLV vs. USC
UNLV+26

UNLV is a borderline bowl team and catch USC at a good time. The Trojans are breaking in several new players, including three offensive linemen and have replaced Sam Darnold with true freshman JT Daniels. I'm high on Daniels, I just question how good and turnover-free he will be in his first start. Southern Cal has huge look-ahead games the next two weeks with road matchups looming against Stanford and Texas. So this is an excellent situational spot for UNLV. The Trojans care far more about upcoming Pac-12 rival Stanford than a middle-of-the-road Mountain West Conference foe such as UNLV. The Rebels are going to be far more enthused about this matchup than USC. The southern California region is prime recruiting area for UNLV.

The Rebels own the firepower to hang in against USC. Rebels quarterback Armani Rogers is a dual threat, one of the best in the Mountain West. Rogers is from LA so he certainly won't lack motivation. Rogers can make big plays and he has talented receiving targets and stud running back Lexington Thomas, who rushed for 1,336 yards while averaging 6.3 yards per carry last year. USC lost much of its pass rushers from last season and will be without injured Porter Gustin, one of its best defensive players. The Trojans haven't been good as chalk versus lesser foes under Clay Helton, while the Rebels have proven to be an excellent road underdog covering 11 of their last 15 games as an away 'dog under Tony Sanchez. UNLV is 6-1 in its past seven road contests.

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Houston -25 1/2 -124

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Miami Ohio +2 1/2 -108

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JOHN MARTIN

1 Unit FREE PLAY on UNLV +26

The UNLV Runnin’ Rebels are a team on the rise under Tony Sanchez. They have gone from 3 to 4 to 5 wins in each of Sanchez’s first three seasons, improving every year. I think they have a great shot to get to a bowl game this year with 14 returning starters. The Runnin’ Rebels won three of their final five games last season. They havee an explosive offense behind RB Lexington Thomas and QB Armani Rogers, who combined for 2,116 rushing yards and 25 rushing touchdowns last year. The defense has seven starters back and should be the best stop unit that Sanchez has fielded in his time here. USC returns 13 starters but loses QB Sam Darnold, RB Ronald Jones and WR Deontay Burnett to the NFL. Those were their best three players on offense last year. With a two-game road trip at Stanford and at Texas on deck, I think the Trojans could be overlooking UNLV here enough to not cover this 26-point spread. Give me UNLV.

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Sports Book Edge
Kevin 'Bubba' Smith
'Railside' Harry MLB Expert
#189/0 UNLV/USC Over

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Priority Sports Info
Roy Maddux
#153 Houston

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TDS Pucks & Dunks
Sloan Shannon
Home of the Dog Pound
#151 Florida Atlantic

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Billy Irish Picks
Billy Irish
Original Pot of Gold Top Play
#212 Notre Dame

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Winning Colors Pks
TJ Elliot
Football & Basketball specialist
#165/6 Kent St.Illinois Over

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Todays Round Robin
Harry Walker
Free:#201 West Virgina