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4 Unit Play. Take Under 8 between St. Louis Cardinals @ Colorado Rockies (Saturday @ 8 pm est). These two teams are two of the best in the league and these games mean a good bit to the Rockies who look to stay ahead of the surging Braves. The Cardinals won a big game yesterday and they look to have Wainwright bounce-back given his last few starts. Wainwright has pitched 9 of 10 quality starts and continues to roll along and although he fell short over his last two starts, he will look to seek the win here. Wainwright has given up just four runs over the last 21 innings and he continues to pitch very well for the Cardinals as he along with Carpenter are both seeking the Cy Young. Despite pitching back to back quality starts, the Cardinals lost back to back starts in which Wainwright has hurled in. Jiminez needs to have a quality start as well today at home as he looks to help his team win once again at home. The Under is 5-1-1 in Wainwright's last seven starts and the Under is 7-1 in Jiminez's last 8 starts as a favorite.
Game: Miami FL at Virginia Tech Sep 26 2009 3:30PM
Prediction: Virginia Tech
Reason: Play On: Virginia Tech (Game 374) Note: When the Hokies host the Hurricanes in Blacksburg in a key ACC clash Saturday afternoon they will have plenty of edges working in their favor. For openers, Virginia Tech has been like money in the bank at home when playing with conference revenge under head coach Frank Beamer, going 17-4 SU and ATS. Inside those numbers, Beamer is 14-2 SU and ATS when his team allows less than 20 PPG on the season, including 7-0 SU and ATS when facing an opponent allowing 18 or more PPG on the season. His team is also 18-1 SU in its last 19 games at Lane Stadium. Va Tech is also 21-6 SU and ATS in its last 27 games against undefeated opposition, including 20-1 SU and 17-4 ATS when not taking six or more points in the game. On the other side, Miami has struggled in games in Blacksburg in the past, dropping 5 of their last 7 games on this field. They are also 0-5 ATS laying points at Lane Stadium. That factors into the Canes' 1-9 ATS mark as a favorite against a conference opponent off a win, including 0-8 ATS if the foe is not undefeated. The clincher, though is an awesome angle from our powerful database that tells us to: Play Against any Game Three conference road favorite that is 2-0 SU and ATS if that covered the spread by more than 10 points in its last game and are facing an opponent that is not undefeated. That's because these teams are 0-14 ATS since 1980. Yes, Miami is an improved team but this is the spot where perfect seasons are often ruined and under these circumstances the Hurricanes will be headed back to South Beach with the wind out of their sails from it's first loss of the 2009 season. We recommend a 5-unit play on Virginia Tech.
This line seems to be based on the idea that Washington is going to suffer a massive letdown after beating USC last week. First off, do not think Sarkisian would let that happen to this team, and secondly, each of the last two seasons the teams that have pulled off the early season Pac 10 upset of the Trojans have gone on to cover the next game, so the letdown has not been as pronounced as some may think. Also, this is a veteran Washington team, as 18 of the 22 starters were starters last year and 14 of them played decent minutes in at least the 2007 season, some more than that. So, even though it seems like all is new at UW, there is enough experience here (more than both Stanford in 07 and Oregon State in 08 had) to avoid that letdown. As such, will handicap this game on merit and talent, and in that respect do not believe Stanford should be this big of a favorite. The Huskies were only a couple of plays away from beating LSU in the opener and controlled things in Week 2 in what was a massive lookahead spot. Remember, before the injury riddled debacle that was last season, this UW team was quite competitive with Jake Locker at the helm, and in fact it was against Stanford that he got injured last year. Even without Locker for the entirety of that game, the Huskies finished with a 27-21 first down edge. Stanford has a double revenger against UCLA up next and is 1-5 SU and 2-4 (both covers vs USC) for Harbaugh against ranked teams. In the end have to take the points in this one.
This game is a lot like the Michigan/Indiana game in that both teams are undefeated, but only one is for real. That team is Penn State.
The Lions certainly will be licking their chops at the rpospect of getting Iowa here in Happy Valey with revenge on the brain from last season. You see, the Lions had a perfect season going in 2008 and a national title game appearance was within reach until the team was upended, 24-23, on a last- second field goal by Iowa in early November, dashing any hopes of the National Championship. That win was nothing new in the series, as Iowa has come out on top in 6 of the last 7 meetings.
That changes today.
The Nittany Lions have has outscored their first three opponents by a combined score of 90-20 and all three victories came at home, where the team has won 30 of its last 32 games, including last weeks 31-6 rout of instate rival Temple. In fact, Penn States defense held all 3 of it's first 3 opponents to 7 points or less.
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