9-29-11

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BOOKIE BEATING-RON CLEARY
5 UNIT* CFB* Pittsburgh Panthers +3 (BH)

BOOKIE BEATING-DAVID HARPER
5 UNIT* CFB* South Florida @ Pittsburgh - UNDER 51.5

BOOKIE BEATING-CLAYTON RODGERS
5 UNIT* CFB* UTEP Miners +17 (BH)

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Parlay King 9/29

7 point teaser

UTEP +23.5, South Florida +4.5, UTEP UNDER 73

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APPLE HANDICAPPERS
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Eddie Rambo
3* Pittsburgh+3
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Tony LaDuke
3* Pitt/South Florida Over 51.5
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Dave Marshall
4* Utep+16.5

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RANDY BRUCE

10 dimes South Florida -2.5

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JACK HOWARD

10 DIMES PITT +2.5

This seems to be the best South Florida team in the past couple of years, but how good are the Bulls? Everyone remembers their victory over Notre Dame in week one where they beat the Irish 23-20. What I remember in that game is South Florida gave up 508 yards of offense compared to their 254. I also remember Notre Dame committing five turnovers (three in inside the redzone!). What am I getting at? 1) Notre Dame could be good minus the turnovers 2) South Florida's pass defense is awful. 3) Aside from week one, South Florida played no one!
USF's opponent, Pitt, blew a huge lead to Iowa in week three and couldn't hold on against the Irish last week. Granted the Panthers did lose to ND, but their defense improved drastically as they held Notre Dame to 15 points.
Last week, it was apparent that Pitt's game plan was to stop Michael Floyd, as the Panthers held Floyd to four catches with 27 yards and 0 touchdowns. This week, they are going to be keying on USF quarterback B.J. Daniels. If the Panthers can keep Daniels in the pocket and prevent large gains on broken plays, Pitt has a great chance.
Look for the Panthers to start the Big East 1-0 as they upset the Bulls in a low scoring affair.
Prediction: 20-16 Pitt

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bookiemonsters

7-0 run

utep/hou under 66

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Stu Feiner

South Florida -2.5

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RICHIE CARRERA

10 DIMES South Florida -2.5

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Paul Leiner

100* Houston -16.5

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Superstarhandicapping

8pm (10*) South Florida -2.5

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Handicappster

5* South Florida -2.5

5* Houston -16.5

3* USF/Pitt OVER 52

3* Hou/UTEP OVER 66

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David Banks

South Florida Bulls vs. Pittsburgh Panthers
The Big East schedule is set to begin for both the South Florida Bulls and Pittsburgh Panthers when the conference rivals meet up under the Thursday night lights; kick-off from Heinz Field is scheduled for 8:00 ET live on ESPN and ESPN3.com.
Not much was thought of the Bulls at the outset of the season with oddsmakers installing them lofty 10.5-point South Bend underdogs in their match-up with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Though the game was delayed due to obscene weather on two occasions, head coach Skip Holtz’s kids pulled out the 23-20 outright victory. Since then, the Bulls have outscored their opponents 159-48 en route to a perfect 4-0 SU & 3-1 ATS tally. QB B.J. Daniels sports an exceptional 8:1 TD/INT ratio, and his ability to not force things and put his defense in bad spots with turnovers has led to the Bulls solid start. This squad has been dogged on the road each of the L/4 times dating back to last season; they’re 4-0 SU & ATS in those contests.
Pittsburgh got off to a roaring start to the Todd Graham era, but one has to question the quality of the opposition as Buffalo and Maine would hardly strike fear into any of the big time FBS teams in the country. Since winning their first two games, the Panthers have suffered sickening 4th quarter collapses against both Iowa and Notre Dame. Because of it, PITT opens Big East play up a .500 team at 2-2 SU & 1-3 ATS. The offense has had an incredibly tough time getting used to the new schemes installed by the new coaching staff, while the defense has proven to be a sieve through the air allowing the opposition to throw on them to the tune of 306.3 passing yards per game at 6.7 yards per pass; not good when matched up against USF’s passing attack that’s averaged 294.8 yards per game (#23).
Pittsburgh is 4-2 SU & ATS in these teams meetings since South Florida became a member of the Big East. They won 17-10 as three-point road chalk in a game that was tied at 10 heading into the final 15 minutes of play last season. USF has covered each of its L/5 road tussles, but has come up empty in the Thursday night spotlight failing to cover each of the L/6 times. PITT is 10-1 ATS its L/11 following a SU loss, but stands just 1-6 SU & 3-3-1 ATS the seven times it’s been dogged the L/3 seasons.
PICK: SFU/PITT OVER

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SB Professor

Original NCAAF Pick
Pittsburgh +3* (I'm seeing some 2.5's and some places like Sports Interaction and Phoenix have it at 3, so in this case I definitely recommend you buy the half point up to 3 if you don't have it already.)

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MIKE HOOK

CFB BEST BET!
S. Florida

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football jesus - utep