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Play of the Day:
St. Louis -115 over Texas
Play of the Day:
St. Louis -115 over Texas
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MLB Baseball Wednesday
Play Texas (+105) over St. Louis (Top MLB Play)
Starts at 8:00 PM EST
Colby Lewis has won 7 of the last 10 games vs. National League Opponents and he has also won 11 of the last 18 road games when the total posted is between 7 and 8.5 runs. Colby Lewis has an ERA of 1.35 vs. St. Louis over his career and he has an ERA of 2.94 over the last three overall starts.
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NHL Hockey Wednesday
Play Vancouver (-160) over St. Louis (Top NHL Play)Comment
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Jeff Scott Sports
3 UNIT PLAY
Pittsburgh/ Connecticut Under 41: This Panthers offense has struggled of late as they have put up 14 points or less in 3 of their last 4 games. Their passing game is horrible at 98th in the country (183 ypg). Tino Sinseri has hit 62% of his passes, but for just 6.08 ypa and he has 5 TD's to 7 INT's. Not Good numbers at all. Now he will be facing the 99th ranked passing defense of the Huskies, but I just don't feel that he has the skills to take advantage. The Panther's do have rthe nation's second leading rusher in Ray Graham and with the problems they have at QB, I expect them to use him alot tonight. It won't be easy as the UConn defense is 9th in the nation vs the run. allowing just 89 ypg. Overall this struggling pitt offense will be taking on the 39th ranked defense overall (351.1 ypg) and 29th ranked scoring defense (20.7). The Pitt defense is better than average, allowing 370 ypg (55th) and 24 ppg (46th), but they will be facing a UConn offense that has been well below average this year. The Huskie offense comes in 104th overall (320 ypg) and 94th in scoring at 22.3 ppg. They also rank 87th in passing (201 ypg) and 94th in rushing (128 ypg), so they don't do either well. Both of these teams have very conservative gameplans, based on running the ball and defense and I do not see that changing tonight. This will be a good old Big East slugfest that will see about 34 points put on the board. POWER ANGLE FOR THIS PLAY--- Play the Under in any game with a total of 42 or less and both teams allow 330 to 390 ypg. This play has gone 50-18 since 1992.
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UConn +10 Over PITTSBURGH: With their conservative gameplan, the Panthers are not a blow you out kinda team. They did have an easy game vs the Bulls, but they also did struggle in beating Maine and Buffalo as they outgained those two teams by 17 combined yards. This team does not go for the jugular when they have you down. That S. Fla game was vs a team that does take chances on offense and that set them up with some easy scores, but UConn is not that kind of offense. They are conservative just like Pitt, so don't expect the panther to be set up with easy scores here. The Huskies do have a slight defense edge overall and they are getting DD, and I'll take them to cover in what should be a tight low scoring big East game.Comment
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David Banks
Connecticut Huskies vs. Pittsburgh Panthers
Big East college pigskin action hogs the Wednesday night spotlight on ESPN when the UCONN Huskies (3-4, 2-5 ATS) and Pittsburgh Panthers (3-4, 2-5 ATS) go at it from Heinz Field at 8:00 ET in Week 9.
UCONN will look to secure its first Big East road win on Wednesday night. To date, the Huskies stand 1-2 SU & ATS away from Storrs falling to Vanderbilt by three as 1.5-point underdogs and West Virginia by 27 as 20-point underdogs. The lone win came in the form of a 17-3 win over the Buffalo Bulls as eight-point chalk. Connecticut used to pound its opponents into a bloody pulp with the ground attack, but that’s far from been the case in the first year of the Pasqualoni regime, as the Huskies check in with the 94th ranked rushing attack that’s averaged just 119.7 YPG. The stop unit has been the Huskies strong suit led by the 9th ranked rushing defense that’s allowed an average of just 89 YPG. Its success in limiting PITT RB Ray Graham will ultimately decide if it can stay within the double-digit spread.
Pittsburgh will have had 11 days to prepare for this Wednesday night tussle. Last we saw head coach Todd Graham’s kids on the gridiron, they lost at home to the Utah Utes by a 26-14 final count. The loss marked the second straight week that PITT lost outright as favorites. The Panthers most impressive win of the 2011 season did however come during the week in a Thursday night clash with South Florida whom they destroyed 44-17 as three-point home underdogs. QB Tino Sunseri will play a large role in this one due to the Huskies being so adept at stopping the run. If he’s not able to form a rhythm with his receiving corps, the Panthers won’t have any shot of covering the lofty number.
These programs have opposed one another seven times since UCONN joined the Big East back in 2004. The Huskies hold a 4-3 SU advantage in those contests, as well as the pointspread advantage (5-2 ATS). The Huskies scored a 30-28 win over Pittsburgh at home last season. Connecticut has covered each of the L/9 times it went off the board an underdog of 3.5-10 points, but is just 2-5 ATS its L/7 as a road pup. PITT has failed to cover as favorites each of the four times it was asked to do so this season, but also checks in an impressive 13-5 ATS its L/18 Big East battles. The ‘under’ is 8-3 the L/11 times the Huskies took the field dogged as well as 5-1 the L/6 times the Panthers were favored.
PICK: UNDERComment
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Safestwagering
Huskies at Panthers
The line looks too high, and may drop towards game time.
The Panthers:
A poor quarterback obviously affects team play more than any other position.
Pitt has only scored 2 touchdowns in their last 9 quarters. Neither was from a pass,
and one was a kickoff return. Their offense has been tentative, one dimensional and regressing.
The team that beat them in their last game, Utah, had also performed better
earlier in the season, but woke up against The Panthers. Their defense didn't allow
a point after the first quarter.
Pitt is heavily favored because they crushed a pretty good So. Florida team and
were very competitive against Notre Dame.... that seems so long ago now.
The Huskies:
2 games back, Connecticut imploded after the first half when they couldn't stop
West Virginia's passing attack. They were OK against the run. Their defense improved
lots in their last game against S. Fla, when coordinator, Don Brown,
made cover adjustments.
The matchups tonight seem to be in Connecticut's favor.
Take The Connecticut Huskies + 10Comment
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JACK HOWARD
Connecticut +10.5 Over Pitt 25 Dimes
Other than the fact that Pitt is playing at home, I really have no idea why Pitt is given 10.5. Ever since Pitt's 44 point performance against USF in week five, the Panthers have been hurtful to watch. They lost 34-10 at Rutgers, then 26-14 at home against Utah, with all 14 of their points coming from special teams. Both Rutgers and Utah proved, that if you bring heat, they can't stop it. During that stretch, Pitt quarterback Tino Sunseri was sacked twelve times, threw for only 165 yards, and threw three INT's with zero touchdowns. I just can't imagine Pitt's offensive line improving that much in ten days for how bad they looked the past two games. Expect the Huskies to blitz frequently, and force Sunseri to make throws down field against man coverage. Pitt's only chance in this one is if Ray Graham gets 35+ carries and can break a few for scores.
Prediction: 24-20 HuskiesComment
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Baseball Play of the Day October 26, 2011 7:04 AM by GT Staff
Baseball 2011 World Series Game 6
Texas Rangers +105 Total 7½ at St. Louis Cardinals at 5:35 p.m. PT
The Rangers did what they had to do in Texas and they know that if this goes a 7th game they will be in deep trouble so look for them to put it away tonight as a small dog.
RANGERS +105Comment
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