ESPN Handicapper Picks--Championship Weekend

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So far only Stanford Steve and Bear have released picks for Championship Weekend and Steve's picks sound like he must have been hitting the booze.

He says he is playing a 3-team teaser, which is possible, but he claims he is getting 9 points a team on the teaser which is nonsense. I never heard of a 9-point teaser so I checked with two of the bookies I do business with and with one sportsbook and they all said they don't offer them and never heard of such a thing. I listed it anyway and also listed the picks they made on title games on Daily Wager.

If any other cappers make picks I'll list them

Stanford Steve— (2-3) (32-23) 2020-21 Total (71-56) Best Bet (7-5)
Teaser (3 team)—Utah + 11x/Kansas St +11x/Purdue +25x
Picks on Daily Wager
Kansas St +2x (said, “I really like this one a lot)
Utah +2x

The Bear—(2-2) (37-24) 2020-21 Total (61-65) Bank Picks—(2-1) (16-16)
Georgia -17x
Utah + 2x
Fresno St +3
Picks on Daily Wager
Utah +2x
Kansas State +2x
K State/TCU u 62

Scott Van Pelt—(9-1) (65-48) 2020-21 Total (99-77)
Utah +2x
Kansas St +2x
Troy -8x
UCF +4
Georgia -17x
Fresno St +3
Purdue +17

Other Pickers:
Adam Kramer—(6-3) (69-49)
TCU/Kansas St o 61x
Georgia -17x
Clemson -7x
Michigan/Purdue u 52
Tulane -3x
Fresno St +3x
UTSA -9

Phil Steele—(4-2) (42-32) 2020-21 Total (78-87)
Ohio +3
Montana St -4
UCF +4

My Picks—(5-3) (42-32) 2020-21 Total (108-65)
(Parlays/Teasers—(1-4) (21-13)win
USC -2x lose
Teaser-USC +3x/second team TBD lose
Teaser--UTSA -2x/UTSA-N Texas o 62x win
 
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I like USC too. Their D is going to get stressed much more than last week, but while Utah will get their yards and some points, I see USC scoring on more of their drives than Utah.
 
According to a report from Ben Koo of Awful Announcing, Chris “The Bear” Fallica is set to leave ESPN for FOX. Reportedly, Fallica will be joining Big Noon Kickoff, the FOX competitor of ESPN’s College GameDay.
 
I’ve been betting into usc all week, they on a mission, the d still has issues but they been doing a pretty good job taking away what the other team does best. Utes are a different problem but they have been turning the ball over a bit (11x in last 7 games) and one thing usc d been good at all year is creating havoc and forcing turnovers. Williams is damn near unstoppable so it puts a immense amount of pressure on opposing offenses, the kid might be the best qb I ever seen play college fb! I don’t think it outrageous at all to say he looks a lot like mahomes!! Watching him play is a thing of beauty, it’s crazy he still has to play another year of college cause he would be everyone’s top pick in the draft!! If that isn’t enough to deal with usc run game has been incredible, there just no stopping this offense (maybe Uga can? Maybe not!), utes not doing it tho!

Surely usc will have a better plan for Utah tight end this time, dude had 16 catches for 200+ last game on 16 targets!! That feels like it be impossible to repeat doesn’t it? They been much better stopping the run lately, they kept ucla from running all over them and made DTR beat them, they really took Irish run game away but that did lead to the qb looking like Joe Montana!! Obviously Utah is gonna score but I think usc d will force a mistake or 2 and that pretty much enough while this offensive machine scores damn near every time they touch it. Just can’t see them losing this game, they lost by a stinking point in Utah and since then I think they have gotten better and utes are prob more banged up. No huge home field edge this time and you could argue the league would prefer a usc win to finally get a team back in the playoff!!
 
pressitup said:
According to a report from Ben Koo of Awful Announcing, Chris “The Bear” Fallica is set to leave ESPN for FOX. Reportedly, Fallica will be joining Big Noon Kickoff, the FOX competitor of ESPN’s College GameDay.
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Good for him. Once they added that bozo MacAfee there wasn’t enough oxygen in the room to stay.
 
pressitup said:
According to a report from Ben Koo of Awful Announcing, Chris “The Bear” Fallica is set to leave ESPN for FOX. Reportedly, Fallica will be joining Big Noon Kickoff, the FOX competitor of ESPN’s College GameDay.
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Interesting. Travis will be losing his capping segment on the show. Neither seems to really light things up.
 
pressitup said:
According to a report from Ben Koo of Awful Announcing, Chris “The Bear” Fallica is set to leave ESPN for FOX. Reportedly, Fallica will be joining Big Noon Kickoff, the FOX competitor of ESPN’s College GameDay.
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Will him and Stanford Steve still have a podcast then? I dunno if that a espn production or not? That be a bummer, he not my favorite but I do think those guys pod is decent. Espn has let most the talented ppl leave for fox other than getting Joe and Troy for Monday night football. I rarely watch much of either pregame show so doesn’t much matter to me. Don’t think I’ve ever seen more than 5 min of the fox kickoff show, Is it any good?
 
2daBank said:
Will him and Stanford Steve still have a podcast then? I dunno if that a espn production or not? That be a bummer, he not my favorite but I do think those guys pod is decent. Espn has let most the talented ppl leave for fox other than getting Joe and Troy for Monday night football. I rarely watch much of either pregame show so doesn’t much matter to me. Don’t think I’ve ever seen more than 5 min of the fox kickoff show, Is it any good?
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It's better than GameDay I think. But that's not saying much.
 
2daBank said:
I’ve been betting into usc all week, they on a mission, the d still has issues but they been doing a pretty good job taking away what the other team does best. Utes are a different problem but they have been turning the ball over a bit (11x in last 7 games) and one thing usc d been good at all year is creating havoc and forcing turnovers. Williams is damn near unstoppable so it puts a immense amount of pressure on opposing offenses, the kid might be the best qb I ever seen play college fb! I don’t think it outrageous at all to say he looks a lot like mahomes!! Watching him play is a thing of beauty, it’s crazy he still has to play another year of college cause he would be everyone’s top pick in the draft!! If that isn’t enough to deal with usc run game has been incredible, there just no stopping this offense (maybe Uga can? Maybe not!), utes not doing it tho!

Surely usc will have a better plan for Utah tight end this time, dude had 16 catches for 200+ last game on 16 targets!! That feels like it be impossible to repeat doesn’t it? They been much better stopping the run lately, they kept ucla from running all over them and made DTR beat them, they really took Irish run game away but that did lead to the qb looking like Joe Montana!! Obviously Utah is gonna score but I think usc d will force a mistake or 2 and that pretty much enough while this offensive machine scores damn near every time they touch it. Just can’t see them losing this game, they lost by a stinking point in Utah and since then I think they have gotten better and utes are prob more banged up. No huge home field edge this time and you could argue the league would prefer a usc win to finally get a team back in the playoff!!
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Or the conference cuts off their nose to spite their face with USC set to leave. Also, in the past PAC-12 officials have been notoriously bad in "protecting" the conference's best financial interests.

That aside, I thought SC got away with several DPI non-calls in the game against UCLA, so maybe that is an angle for this game.
 
Frank Costanza said:
Interesting. Travis will be losing his capping segment on the show. Neither seems to really light things up.
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Bear has actually been really good this year, just has worked out the 3 plays he picks out for the show been his worst. I feel his pain there, I have a terrible time trying to pick out my best most weeks, I’m much better playing a lot of games!
 
Colin Wynner said:
Or the conference cuts off their nose to spite their face with USC set to leave. Also, in the past PAC-12 officials have been notoriously bad in "protecting" the conference's best financial interests.

That aside, I thought SC got away with several DPI non-calls in the game against UCLA, so maybe that is an angle for this game.
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True. It really had/has no barring on why I like usc, I dunno where the refs for Irish game came from but they sure seemed to let usc get away w lot of holding. Mostly I just think this a much easier task for them on a neutral site than it was at Utah, I’m not counting on needing calls to win.
 
TahoeLegend said:
I'm sticking with USC. I'm 6-0 on them this year. That includes the one time I bet against them when I took Utah and the points and it was just pure luck I won that one.
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On SC as well. Williams is playing at a level where it doesn't appear he is going to let his time lose. On the flip side I'm not real sure what sort of player I'm getting now with Cam Rising. I realize there are many more elements to the game overall. I just think Williams is playing at such a transcendent level that his impact on a game is so significant that I can't help but side with SC.
 
Frank Costanza said:
It's better than GameDay I think. But that's not saying much.
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Only thing I ever liked bout game day is they travel to big game sites so the atmosphere is cool, the show itself has never captivated me, lol. I’m usually at casino during or if I’m back home I’m on here chopping it up w ya’ll and not listening to the tv.
 
Frank Costanza said:
On SC as well. Williams is playing at a level where it doesn't appear he is going to let his time lose. On the flip side I'm not real sure what sort of player I'm getting now with Cam Rising. I realize there are many more elements to the game overall. I just think Williams is playing at such a transcendent level that his impact on a game is so significant that I can't help but side with SC.
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I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anyone play qb better on this level? Kid is amazing, his feet are fantastic, he hard to bring down, and he has a lot in his bag of tricks similar to mahomes when he scrambling around, it been incredible to watch! On top of that I don’t think there any question usc run game has been better of the 2.
 
wiseplayer said:
Good for him. Once they added that bozo MacAfee there wasn’t enough oxygen in the room to stay.
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I’m a big McAfee supporter but you have something here. I feel he’s so used to his own show, he needs to learn how to share the floor with the rest of the legends on the mic.
 
2daBank said:
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anyone play qb better on this level? Kid is amazing, his feet are fantastic, he hard to bring down, and he has a lot in his bag of tricks similar to mahomes when he scrambling around, it been incredible to watch! On top of that I don’t think there any question usc run game has been better of the 2.
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Already been pegged as such but it's true - so Mahomes-like.
 
This has to be one the worst conf championship weekends I can remember. Other than the usc gane, tcu, the only other 2 that really interest me are the group of 5s tulane/ucf and fresno:/boise. Overall kinda a bummer.

What ya’ll think of tcu/k-st? For weeks I been telling myself I wanted tcu to get here undefeated and wanted k-st to be their opponent cause thought I’d be all over k-st in the rematch. Now that it here im having doubts tho, certainly don’t feel as strongly as I did leading up to it. I think tcu defense has gotten noticeably better of late and really was hoping to get more than stinking +2.5. They said it in the BTB pod and they spot on, it crazy a team like tcu who has beaten so many ranked teams, in position to be in the playoff, and you still don’t have to pay a premium to back them! When does that happen?
 
MikeU said:
I’m a big McAfee supporter but you have something here. I feel he’s so used to his own show, he needs to learn how to share the floor with the rest of the legends on the mic.
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He doesn’t know how to respect other people while they’re talking. He’s too hyper to share air time. He admittedly is very quirky.
 
I dunno if I can lay it w Uga but I don’t think lsu is gonna be able to move the ball. The minute I saw Arkansas blitz totally shut lsu down I’ve been worried for them in this matchup. Think I’m gonna be on lsu team total under 16.5. Dunno how else to play it.
 
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I cannot do usual write ups. I am not done listening but will give "my one sentence take" based on what I recall when I am done. Caveat Emptor
 
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I cannot do usual write ups. I am not done listening but will give "my one sentence take" based on what I recall when I am done. Caveat Emptor
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Damn bro that sucks. I could have easily been in same boat but luckily I didn’t feel good at all about anything I capped last week and didn’t bet much after missing those team totals on Friday. I made as much on the egg bowl under as I lost rest of weekend so I avoided disaster. The good news is bowl season right around the corner so still time for you to get back in the black!!
 
2daBank said:
This has to be one the worst conf championship weekends I can remember. Other than the usc gane, tcu, the only other 2 that really interest me are the group of 5s tulane/ucf and fresno:/boise. Overall kinda a bummer.

What ya’ll think of tcu/k-st? For weeks I been telling myself I wanted tcu to get here undefeated and wanted k-st to be their opponent cause thought I’d be all over k-st in the rematch. Now that it here im having doubts tho, certainly don’t feel as strongly as I did leading up to it. I think tcu defense has gotten noticeably better of late and really was hoping to get more than stinking +2.5. They said it in the BTB pod and they spot on, it crazy a team like tcu who has beaten so many ranked teams, in position to be in the playoff, and you still don’t have to pay a premium to back them! When does that happen?
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Same. K State line is very telling I think.
 
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We went 9-6 last weekend to run our season record to 79-75 on the year, extending our lead above the .500 mark. We also went 4-0 on Thanksgiving and my lock of the week hit for the fifth straight week on Big Noon with Georgia Tech covering against Georgia

USC -2.5: this bet is on Caleb Williams to play fantastic football for another week and punch the Trojans ticket to the playoff.

TCU - 2.5

LSU +18.5

UNC +7.5

Purdue +16.5
 
My card thus far.

USC - 2.5

Teaser: Pudue/Mich Under 57.5 & USC/Utah Over 61

Parlay: UTSA ML/ Troy ML/ UCF +4.5 -120 / Clemson -6 -160 (for 1 Unit pays a little over 4:1)
 
bones said:
My card thus far.

USC - 2.5

Teaser: Pudue/Mich Under 57.5 & USC/Utah Over 61

Parlay: UTSA ML/ Troy ML/ UCF +4.5 -120 / Clemson -6 -160 (for 1 Unit pays a little over 4:1)
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I think Troy was Brad powers non power 5 pick on BTB wasn’t it? I was kinda falling asleep while they were talking bout but think that who he was talking up. He been super solid all year w those.

Seems odd that ucf line keeps going up.
 
wiseplayer said:
Good for him. Once they added that bozo MacAfee there wasn’t enough oxygen in the room to stay.
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Frank Costanza said:
Here.

McAfee is such an unbridled clown.
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Agree 100%. McAfee is the most unlikable guy on TV, and i don't just mean on sports TV. You can see his mind is going 100 miles an hour trying to think of some way to get attention. I've never heard him say one smart thing or one interesting thing in all the time he's been on the air, and the most comical part is he thinks he's killing it.

I liked Gameday and got a ton of information from it, but I quit watching once they added McAfee.
 
TahoeLegend said:
I'm looking at the over on this one too. You have any thoughts on the total?
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Both defenses were really bad last game in terms of letting receivers be so wide open. The one difference could be if Rising is still being bothered by injury which has impacted some of his throws the last few games? I didn't see the CU game. Maybe @Two Utes knows if he has regained more of his preinjury form?

While I like USC, I also do not think that Utah will want a repeat of that game in the track-meet sense leading me to believe that Utah will try and run more and try to limit USC's possessions. Or if Rising isn't as 'on' as he was 7 weeks ago. If that is the case there could be less scoring, just like there was less scoring in the 2H than the 1H in their first game. USC had a 17-13 TOP edge in the 1H, but Utah had 19-11 TOP in the 2H. I would think that is what Utah will want to try and duplicate, their 2H. The total is up to 67.5 now after opening at 63.5. The first game total was 65.5
 
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I cannot do usual write ups. I am not done listening but will give "my one sentence take" based on what I recall when I am done. Caveat Emptor
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I'm not much better. I'm in the black, but did the worst job handicapping I've done in a long time. I had far more breaks go my way than against me. The TCU/W Virginia game was the only one where I got robbed and I've had at least six go my way with pure luck on the final play or two.

Even worse, the games I've won I barely squeaked by and on a lot of the losses I got boat raced. At one point I had five straight games where my team was down by 14 after two possessions and one where I was down 28-0 early in the second quarter. In fact, I don't think there was a single week where I didn't have at least one pick that proved to be idiotic

I'm a cinch to finish in the black because I made only two max bets and both won, but even one of those--I laid points with Clemson at Fla State (I think it was -3x) and scoffed at how far off the line was--turned out to be pure luck because I had Clemson way overrated. Just one of many teams I was way off on this year.

I don't get an F because I finished in the black, but I give myself a D- and probably deserve lower than that. The only smart thing I did all year was bet lower amounts the first half of the season
 
I'm fairly concerned about K-State tomorrow. Frogs defense has been great lately and I worry about our D getting stops. KU moved it pretty well last week and we've lost 2 of our top 3 safeties over the past couple of weeks, Savege and Mason. TCU -120ish feels awfully cheap. Will be a lot of Cats fans in the house tho, probably close to 50/50.
 
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I'm fairly concerned about K-State tomorrow. Frogs defense has been great lately and I worry about our D getting stops. KU moved it pretty well last week and we've lost 2 of our top 3 safeties over the past couple of weeks, Savege and Mason. TCU -120ish feels awfully cheap. Will be a lot of Cats fans in the house tho, probably close to 50/50.
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I feel the same, as I said above this the matchup I was hoping for and thought I’d be on k-st but I agree tcu d has noticeably improved the last month or so and I was sure hoping to be getting more than a fg. Crazy how little respect tcu continues to get from oddsmakers. I’m really torn, I might end up not playing it.
 
I’ve heard lot of ppl say tcu was in whether they won or lost this game, anyone believe that? I agree they probably should be but Im not so sure that how it would play out. I have a feeling the committee would be thrilled to slide them out and Ohio st in.
 
s--k said:
Both defenses were really bad last game in terms of letting receivers be so wide open. The one difference could be if Rising is still being bothered by injury which has impacted some of his throws the last few games? I didn't see the CU game. Maybe @Two Utes knows if he has regained more of his preinjury form?

While I like USC, I also do not think that Utah will want a repeat of that game in the track-meet sense leading me to believe that Utah will try and run more and try to limit USC's possessions. Or if Rising isn't as 'on' as he was 7 weeks ago. If that is the case there could be less scoring, just like there was less scoring in the 2H than the 1H in their first game. USC had a 17-13 TOP edge in the 1H, but Utah had 19-11 TOP in the 2H. I would think that is what Utah will want to try and duplicate, their 2H. The total is up to 67.5 now after opening at 63.5. The first game total was 65.5
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Rising was much better last game but it was Colorado. He hurt his knee in the first USC game And from weekday I've heard it was his left knee. If he was favoring it on his follow through it would explain a lot of his inaccuracies the last few games.

I fully expect Utah to run the ball more this game. Bernard is finally healthy(had his knee scoped 2 days before WSU) and Jaquinden Jackson is going to be a damn good RB before it's all said and done. Kincaid is dinged but he'll still get his.

It all comes down to Utah getting stops or TO's. I know this is captain obvious bullshit but if Utah can shorten the game with long sustained drives and keep the USC offense on the sidelines I like their chances. If Williams escapes the pocket and extends plays then USC wins by 7 - 10.

Utah hoops surprised #4 AZ last night, can they do it in football tonight?
 
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I cannot do usual write ups. I am not done listening but will give "my one sentence take" based on what I recall when I am done. Caveat Emptor
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Bet the Board recap. Again, this as best I can remember. Listened over a period of 2 days while in the truck and took no notes.

They thought this was bad weekend match-ups and lack of value in the lines. Most interesting game is USC v Utah

Utah vs USC - What I recall is they think this is USC's game to win, and thought they'd likely do so. But, not an overwhelming endorsement. Sorry, that's all I got/can remember. ( I took USC -2.5 and see line is now -3 or -2.5 with juice)

KState vs TCU - For some reason, I recall little to nothing. They keep waiting on TCU to lose, but TCU does not. Is KState the team to do it? They said KState cannot keep failing in the Red Zone? They said the Books obviously keep giving bettors tempting lines on TCU and the public keeps betting it. The Books' insistence in giving them short lines tell you what the Books think. Powers seemed as if he did not respect TCU and wanted to bet KState. ( I have been cold as ice, but no way would I bet against TCU here - fade away)

Troy vs Coastal - They seemed to have confidence in Troy particularly if McCall is out for Coastal. Impressed with Troy defense. Seemed as if they thought line was too high if McCall was in. Powers like the spot for Troy. They thought McCall's value for Coastal has been justified and is worth 7 points. If McCall was healthy this line would be much different. Coastal's head coach in line for another job at USF and that cud be a distraction. Powers said if line goes to Troy -6.5 b/c of reports McCall will play then he'd bet more $$ on Troy....Powers has bet on Troy and would make the bet bigger @ -6.5

LSU v GA - If Jayden Daniels does not play LSU has no chance to cover (I see he is playing). But, even then if he plays but cannot run then LSU probably cannot stay within the number. They felt very uncomfortable laying a 3 score margin. But, based on Kirby's focus and things they have read/heard re GA's team members' this week, it sounded as if they thought GA has potential for a dominating game. They do think LSU players have bought into Brian Kelly. They are not impressed with LSU's schedule. They made some comment "Think there are other metrics where you can bet GA." I took it from that they meant 1H?, TT?, props?

Clemson vs UNC - W/O Clemson's loss to Scary last week the line would be -10.5. "Do we get good Clemson or bad Clemson?" Drake Maye has regressed both thru air and on the ground - rushed for something less than 40 total yds in last 2 games. DJ Ung's last game at Clemson (he is transferring) and will be on a short leash. They think Clemson can run the ball very successfully and will do so if Clemson's O coordinator does not F up the plan. Think Clemson dominates in the trenches. If line was -7 or less sounds as if they be all over Clemson - Brad Powers flat said he'd be. But, they do not think it will ever get that low. Said UNC has not played a ranked team all year when the game was played. Powers had UNC outside the Top 40 teams? UNC's best chance is thru the air bc that is Clemson's weak spot on D.

Purdue v Michigan - Aidan O'Connell's brother died before IU game and he has not been with team all week. They think line is about right at 16.5. They were all complimentary of Michigan but still noted the injuries are a problem. Edwards still has injured right hand so he cannot catch and Corum out. Said other than Edwards' 2 explosive runs, he avged 2.8 yds per carry. Some interesting stat that 350 yards of Wolverine's offense last week came on 5 explosive plays and other plays avged 3 yds per play. They seemed to imply that last week's game, while very good, the passing success may be an aberration. The line comes down to Purdue's offense and they are missing their center. When they have played good defenses this year they have not done well. While line is correct, they do not like match-up for Purdue. I do recall that Insider was surprised the Total had gone thru 51 & 52.

BEST BET: Georgia -9.5 1H, if you can get it. I do not have it. Mine is -10.
 
Usc has kept 2 really good run games from dictating the last 2 games. It got them shredded thru the air but think they prefer that as they feel they can beat anyone in a shootout lead by the passing games. It has proven true even with Irish qb completing damn near all his passes! DTR turned it over when put in that spot, you gotta think they will once again be willing to let Rising put up numbers if it keeps utes from those long drives.
 
I can’t believe Rising to the tight end will be able to duplicate 16 for 16 for 200+ No matter how shoddy of pass d they play! That damn near impossible, lol.
 
2daBank said:
I can’t believe Rising to the tight end will be able to duplicate 16 for 16 for 200+ No matter how shoddy of pass d they play! That damn near impossible, lol.
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Kincaid is a Damn beast. It will definitely be an unlikely repeat but I still expect him to have an impact.
 
I would have never thought I'd say this after last season but Tavion Thomas finally being gone is a gift. He got fat and lazy in the off-season and became an entitled pussy about it when the coaches called him out. He was a huge distraction all year. We all focus on the Rising INT in the end zone again Florida but Thomas killed their running game with his effort in that game.
 
Two Utes said:
Kincaid is a Damn beast. It will definitely be an unlikely repeat but I still expect him to have an impact.
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Oh yea im sure he will be big, long as he healthy enough he prob goes for another 100, just hard to imagine the same kind of crazy and efficient game as the 1st 1. His receiving total is 77.5, thst awful freaking tempting!
 
2daBank said:
Damn bro that sucks. I could have easily been in same boat but luckily I didn’t feel good at all about anything I capped last week and didn’t bet much after missing those team totals on Friday. I made as much on the egg bowl under as I lost rest of weekend so I avoided disaster. The good news is bowl season right around the corner so still time for you to get back in the black!!
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Funny thing was I won my last 2 bets of the day, Air Force and BYU for bigger wagers or it would have been worse.

That's the way it goes...I have moved on. But, the last 2 of the last 3 weeks of season sapped my confidence level.
 
2daBank said:
Oh yea im sure he will be big, long as he healthy enough he prob goes for another 100, just hard to imagine the same kind of crazy and efficient game as the 1st 1. His receiving total is 77.5, thst awful freaking tempting!
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I expect him to get that if he plays the entire game. He's dinged so tread lightly.
 
Two Utes said:
I would have never thought I'd say this after last season but Tavion Thomas finally being gone is a gift. He got fat and lazy in the off-season and became an entitled pussy about it when the coaches called him out. He was a huge distraction all year. We all focus on the Rising INT in the end zone again Florida but Thomas killed their running game with his effort in that game.
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That crazy, he was so good a year ago.
 
Two Utes said:
I expect him to get that if he plays the entire game. He's dinged so tread lightly.
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That also might lend itself to more of a possession clock-grinding type game from Utah, they may not want to overuse their #1 target if he isn't 100%.
 
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