ESPN Handicappers Picks--Week 2

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TahoeLegend

Pretty much a regular
ESPN Pickers:
Stanford Steve— (2-3) Two-Season Total (71-56)
USC -8x
Okla/Kent St o 72x
Miss State/Az o 60
BC +2x Best Bet

Scott Van Pelt— (4-2) Two-Season Total (99-77)
So Car +8
Army +3
Ohio +25x
Georgia St +7x
So Alabama +5
Marshall +20x
Pittsburgh +6
BYU -3

The Bear— ( 3-1-1) Two-Season Total (61-65)
aTm -19
Akron +34x
Miss State -10x

Greg McElroy— 2-1 (2-1) 2021 (22-17)
Wash State +17x
Virg/Illinois o 57x
Kansas first half +7x

Gameday Super Dog Picks, Season Record
Lee—(1-0) Two Seasons 10-3-1
Desmond—0-1) Two Seasons 9-5
Kirk——(1-0) Two Seasons 9-4-1
Reece——(1-0) Two Seasons 9-5
David——(1-0) Two Seasons 8-6

Other Pickers:
Phil Steele--(3-4 ) Two-Season Total (78-87)

Colin Cowherd Blazing Five— 2021 (31-40) Two-Season Total (66-77)
Lions +4
Vikes +1
Panthers -.5
Texans +7
Jaguars +2x

My Picks— (1-2) Two-Season Total (108-65)
Bama first half -11x
Iowa ML
K State -7
Baylor +2x
Leaning Florida (only if the Kentucky RB is out for sure), OU/Kent St over, Ville/UCF over. A couple of dogs I like if the line will move a little. Florida line is down to 5x in some spots so strong lean to Florida. Lot of public handicappers are picking BYU so I keep thinking that line will go up to 3. Strong lean to Baylor even at +2x bu I'll wait till kickoff to see if it will move to 3. Kansas State line is down to 7 in some spots but nowhere I bet. I like them a lot if I can get -7.
Still only betting a fraction of my usual bet. I'm still not sure I have a handle on college football
Strong lean to Carolina--now down to pick-- in NFL.

ESPN D-League Pickers:
Tyler Fulghum—(3-0) 2021 (17-15)
W Virg -13
W Forest -10
UCF -6x

Joe Fortenbaugh—(2-1)2021 (25-33)
Georgia St
Tenn/Pitt o 67
App St/aTm u 54

Doug Kezirian—(0-3) 2021 (22-28)
FIU/Tex St o 62
Michigan 1st half -33x
Penn St/Ohio o 54

Pamela Maldonado—(1-4) 2021 (17-23)
Ohio State -44½
Kansas +13½
South Alabama +4½
Army +2½
Navy +5½

ML Dog Pickers:
Zac Al-Khateeb—(0-2-1) 2021 (17-23)
BC
Pitt
Iowa St

Bill Trocci—(0-2-1) 2021 (16-23)
BC
Houston
Arizona

Mike DeCourcy—(0-3) 2021 (15-24)
Iowa St
Pitt
Kentucky

Bill Bender—(2-0-1) 2021 (9-30)
Baylor
Iowa St
Houston
 
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Look at Greg with a 1st H play.

Taking an Over in an Illinois game though...assume we're banking on UVA D to be pretty loose for that ILL O contributing enough for an Over.
 
Clay Travis who evidently went 9-2 last week has these for week #2

Bama -20.5
SoCarolina +8.5
Tenny - 6.5 (i got it at -6)
Iowa -3.5 & Over 41.5
Florida -5.5 & Over 51.5
Stanford +9.5
So Miss +26.5 (on his podcast Bear had this)
Wake/Vandy Over 65.5
MissSt -10.5
 
bones said:
"Bet the Board" (Fuhrman, Insider and Powers) play this week was Baylor +4. Line is now +3

Powers' picks from Monday:

N.D. -19.5
TX State -11.5
Boston College +3.5
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I love bc, man I knew bet the board podcast had to be out but something screwed up on my thing and it not downloading it. Making me mad, I don’t care bout picks so much but they have really good incite and tidbits sometimes.
 
Im glad to see Steve on USC, I’m kinda drinking the kool aide on Trojans, that offense looks scary good to me. I seem to recall Steve is usually pretty strong with tree games!!
 
bones said:
Clay Travis who evidently went 9-2 last week has these for week #2

Bama -20.5
SoCarolina +8.5
Tenny - 6.5 (i got it at -6)
Iowa -3.5 & Over 41.5
Florida -5.5 & Over 51.5
Stanford +9.5
So Miss +26.5 (on his podcast Bear had this)
Wake/Vandy Over 65.5
MissSt -10.5
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If he went 9-2 it probably a terrible idea being on many the same of his this week! He might be savvy far as his brand but when it comes to this shit he a straight retard far as I can tell!!
 
2daBank said:
I love bc, man I knew bet the board podcast had to be out but something screwed up on my thing and it not downloading it. Making me mad, I don’t care bout picks so much but they have really good incite and tidbits sometimes.
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My app did not download either. I usually listen in my truck on way back & forth to town (a 40 mile trip)

Went to the website and listened. Landing Page - Bet The Board Podcast
 
2daBank said:
If he went 9-2 it probably a terrible idea being on many the same of his this week! He might be savvy far as his brand but when it comes to this shit he a straight retard far as I can tell!!
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I know you understand, but I am just posting the picks - not an endorsement.
 
bones said:
I know you understand, but I am just posting the picks - not an endorsement.
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For sure, kinda glad you did! Lol. Luckily I don’t agree w many of his, that woulda had me all worried! disagree w a bunch, and a retard Mouse could win w bama! Lol
 
I really wanted to talk myself into ville, +6 feel like a pretty big overreaction to last week. I expected them to lose to cuse so I don’t hold it against them too much, granted I didn’t think they would look that awful on the offensive side but I’m not gonna make a huge deal out of it, still think Cunningham and that offense gonna hang a lot of points here. Doubt they can stop ucf either. So I just played the over 61.5, feel pretty confident both these teams gonna score 30+.
 
I like that messy st/zona over as well, pretty impressive what cats transfers did to a sdst defense I thought was solid, they usually good, I assume they are but not sure now? Can zona block a sec defensive front? Think that pretty much decides whether they stay in it and help with the scoring, I have no doubt leach squad gonna keep running up scoreboards.
 
2daBank said:
Im glad to see Steve on USC, I’m kinda drinking the kool aide on Trojans, that offense looks scary good to me. I seem to recall Steve is usually pretty strong with tree games!!
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I don't recall him ever losing on Stanford games. I think he is something like 5-0 over the last three years
 
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2daBank said:
I really wanted to talk myself into ville, +6 feel like a pretty big overreaction to last week. I expected them to lose to cuse so I don’t hold it against them too much, granted I didn’t think they would look that awful on the offensive side but I’m not gonna make a huge deal out of it, still think Cunningham and that offense gonna hang a lot of points here. Doubt they can stop ucf either. So I just played the over 61.5, feel pretty confident both these teams gonna score 30+.
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I liked the Ville when I first saw the number, but now I'm leaning the same way you are. That over looks good to me, at least if we can count on Gus to stay with his point-a minute offense. He got away from it at Auburn, but seems to be embracing it again at UCF. These two combined for 77 last year
 
2daBank said:
I really wanted to talk myself into ville, +6 feel like a pretty big overreaction to last week. I expected them to lose to cuse so I don’t hold it against them too much, granted I didn’t think they would look that awful on the offensive side but I’m not gonna make a huge deal out of it, still think Cunningham and that offense gonna hang a lot of points here. Doubt they can stop ucf either. So I just played the over 61.5, feel pretty confident both these teams gonna score 30+.
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TahoeLegend said:
I liked the Ville when I first saw the number, but now I'm leaning the same way you are. That over looks good to me, at least if we can count on Gus to stay with his point-a minute offense. He got away from it at Auburn, but seems to be embracing it again at UCF. These two combined for 77 last year
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FWIW - I took the Over. Got it @ 61 yesterday
 
Added Cowherd's Blazing Five and more of the D-League pickers.

The Daily Wager crew also made their Eliminator Picks:
Joe--Colts -7
Doug--49ers -7 Changed his pick from Denver -6x
Tyler--49ers -6x
Bear--Bengals -6x
Stanford Steve--DC -2x
 
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TahoeLegend said:
Added Cowherd's Blazing Five and more of the D-League pickers.

The Daily Wager crew also made their Eliminator Picks:
Joe--Colts -7
Doug--Denver -6x
Tyler--49ers -6x
Bear--Bengals -6x
Stanford Steve--DC -2x
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I used panthers in mine, playing with mfin fire right out the gates! Lol
 
bones said:
My app did not download either. I usually listen in my truck on way back & forth to town (a 40 mile trip)

Went to the website and listened. Landing Page - Bet The Board Podcast
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That stuff they had on gators qb about him not throwing 1 pass to left side the field the entire game was pretty interesting! Wonder how long Napier can mask his faults before it picked up by teams? You would think stoops the kind of defensive guy that would be devising a scheme against it all week! It’s a damn shame uk rb’s are all out it appears, and I don’t like their oline either. Thinking maybe under the way to go in that game, or possibly Levis props over, 21.5 rush makes a ton of sense, they gonna need his legs this week! Then over 221 pass cause think they gonna have to throw!
 
That Tenn/Pitt game interests me. I see that line is dropping to Tenn -5 in some spots. I'm interested in that game, but not sure how strong Pitt is this year. I took Pitt last week and tied and was lucky to get the tie. And I recall the Tenn/Pitt game last year very well. I had Pitt and won, but would have lost if the Vols had started Hooker

You had Pitt handicapped perfectly last year, 2daBank. What are you thinking on this one?
 
TahoeLegend said:
Added Iowa ML to my picks
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Seems like only way to play that, seems like a given they win but impossible to lay points w these fucks. I was trying to find ways around it and best I could come up w is isu tt un18.5, that seems crazy high, loser of this game usually doesn’t score more than 10!!
 
TahoeLegend said:
That Tenn/Pitt game interests me. I see that line is dropping to Tenn -5 in some spots. I'm interested in that game, but not sure how strong Pitt is this year. I took Pitt last week and tied and was lucky to get the tie. And I recall the Tenn/Pitt game last year very well. I had Pitt and won, but would have lost if the Vols had started Hooker

You had Pitt handicapped perfectly last year, 2daBank. What are you thinking on this one?
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I played wvu last week, happy I got +7.5 but honestly they should have won. I don’t think ya can take anything from that game tho, wvu had a totally different offense they wernt prepared for (they shoulda been, I knew it was coming! lol) plus I think you just throw out a rivalry game like that (I’m just high on wvu also). Gotta remember last year they wernt really prepared for Hooker so think that gave him a advantage he won’t enjoy this time. This super tough cause I don’t think pitt has any interest playing at the pace or with amount of scoring as last year (or last week). I think they better than the vols on both LOS and think they control the pace for large portions of this game. The bigger concern is they can’t let vols jump out to a lead and change everything to their desired kinda game but I don’t think they will. Yes Tillman will probably hit them for a few big plays at some point but I think pitt d can prevent vols from getting those early 1st downs they need to get the offense into high gear, they do that they should really control TOP and be allowed to be patient w the run game. Imo it nuts they getting this many points at home as I think they could win this by controlling and slowing the game down but they can also shoot it out if they have to. I just don’t think vols will be able to sustain drives with their quick hitting stuff the way pitt plays so aggressively and I think they will be far more conscious of hooker legs. I just can’t see vols running away from them and beating them by multiple scores. Wish I would have grabbed under 67 but I’m not playing it at the lower number as I could see 35-31 but I think it probably a bit lower than that. Pitt d is fantastic not allowing points when teams get into plus territory so could def see lot of fgs.
 
s--k said:
Fair amount of overlap on the ML pickers (3 of 4 on ISU, 2 Pitts, Houstons and 2 BCs)
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I played isu team total under 18.5, that felt kinda high for this game. I think they could win with 17, although I don’t think they win.
 
bones said:
Joey Galloway had Bama -20 and Tenny/Pitt Over 64.5
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Of course he did! I knew I liked that pitt under but by time I got to casino it was all way down to 62. I’m not sacrificing 5 points when I’m a little scared of it anyways. Lol.
 
2daBank said:
I lke uk more than pitt just cause I do respect vols. Gators hype off the hook!
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The hype is rampant on the Gators all right, but mainly for the QB. That Florida defense really impressed me. Big, fast, rangy guys all over the field. They looked much bigger than Utah. Maybe it was just they had on the dark jerseys and Utah had on white, but they have a lot of big, athletic guys. And Napier showed the difference it makes when a great coach takes over a team with a lot of talent.

Kentucky has been a steady money winner for me over the last few years, but that RB is a big loss. I'll probably pass this game, but if I bet it I'll be on Florida
 
TahoeLegend said:
Stanford Steve made BC +2x his Best Bet
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Nice. I like them a lot :) Not sure why the overreaction to them losing to buttgers, I was worried bout that game for them. Not as bad as losing to odu! Still think bc a vastly better team, I am worried bout their oline but I think that group will get better every week. Wells a freaking mistake waiting to happen, I don’t think Hokies will be able to run on them so that means wells throwing, that has never been a great thing for the team he on!!!!! Turnover city!
 
2daBank said:
If he went 9-2 it probably a terrible idea being on many the same of his this week! He might be savvy far as his brand but when it comes to this shit he a straight retard far as I can tell!!
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Can't listen to him. Tries too hard to be more relevant than he actually is.
 
TahoeLegend said:
The hype is rampant on the Gators all right, but mainly for the QB. That Florida defense really impressed me. Big, fast, rangy guys all over the field. They looked much bigger than Utah. Maybe it was just they had on the dark jerseys and Utah had on white, but they have a lot of big, athletic guys. And Napier showed the difference it makes when a great coach takes over a team with a lot of talent.

Kentucky has been a steady money winner for me over the last few years, but that RB is a big loss. I'll probably pass this game, but if I bet it I'll be on Florida
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I’m not all that worried bout the back, I feel like most sec teams have 3-4 of them who can do the job, I think they unleash Levis in the run game tho. Napier a great coach but he had to show us everything to best Utah; he masked the huge deficiencies Richardson has, he a sick athlete but he didn’t even attempt 1 pass to the left side the field the entire game!! You think uk gonna give him the half the field he prefers after seeing that tape? I don’t. If gators win/cover I think it goes way under, I think line is way inflated tho. Feels like should be a fg at most to me. Uk showed nothing last week so gators have no clue what they gonna see. As good as Napier Is I think it be impossible to have a completely different plan that works given his qb limitations. Utah ran for over 2 bills so don’t think they got pushed around too much by gators d, they were great on the goalline. I don’t think they will out physical uk.
 
2daBank said:
I played wvu last week, happy I got +7.5 but honestly they should have won. I don’t think ya can take anything from that game tho, wvu had a totally different offense they wernt prepared for (they shoulda been, I knew it was coming! lol) plus I think you just throw out a rivalry game like that (I’m just high on wvu also). Gotta remember last year they wernt really prepared for Hooker so think that gave him a advantage he won’t enjoy this time. This super tough cause I don’t think pitt has any interest playing at the pace or with amount of scoring as last year (or last week). I think they better than the vols on both LOS and think they control the pace for large portions of this game. The bigger concern is they can’t let vols jump out to a lead and change everything to their desired kinda game but I don’t think they will. Yes Tillman will probably hit them for a few big plays at some point but I think pitt d can prevent vols from getting those early 1st downs they need to get the offense into high gear, they do that they should really control TOP and be allowed to be patient w the run game. Imo it nuts they getting this many points at home as I think they could win this by controlling and slowing the game down but they can also shoot it out if they have to. I just don’t think vols will be able to sustain drives with their quick hitting stuff the way pitt plays so aggressively and I think they will be far more conscious of hooker legs. I just can’t see vols running away from them and beating them by multiple scores. Wish I would have grabbed under 67 but I’m not playing it at the lower number as I could see 35-31 but I think it probably a bit lower than that. Pitt d is fantastic not allowing points when teams get into plus territory so could def see lot of fgs.
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Good summary. That's about the way I see it. I like Tennessee a lot, but I hate giving points on the road and I hate betting against the best D even more.
 
TahoeLegend said:
Good summary. That's about the way I see it. I like Tennessee a lot, but I hate giving points on the road and I hate betting against the best D even more.
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I’m totally on the fence. Think value with pitt but I like vols too. I woulda bet vols as dogs also, lol. Feels like I should probably just pass after missing good number on under.
 
If ya nervous bout going against gators might I suggest Levis rush yards prop is really low since uk didn’t need to use him like that last week! It so low I’m not even worried bout sacks!
 
2daBank said:
I’m not all that worried bout the back, I feel like most sec teams have 3-4 of them who can do the job, I think they unleash Levis in the run game tho. Napier a great coach but he had to show us everything to best Utah; he masked the huge deficiencies Richardson has, he a sick athlete but he didn’t even attempt 1 pass to the left side the field the entire game!! You think uk gonna give him the half the field he prefers after seeing that tape? I don’t. If gators win/cover I think it goes way under, I think line is way inflated tho. Feels like should be a fg at most to me. Uk showed nothing last week so gators have no clue what they gonna see. As good as Napier Is I think it be impossible to have a completely different plan that works given his qb limitations. Utah ran for over 2 bills so don’t think they got pushed around too much by gators d, they were great on the goalline. I don’t think they will out physical uk.
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Richardson is getting tons of hype, but he's the main reason I haven't pulled the trigger on laying the points. He's a superb athlete and Napier has helped him a ton, but it's hard for me to lay that many points against a team like Kentucky when I'm betting Richardson can do it two weeks in a row, so I'm still on the fence
 
2daBank said:
If ya nervous bout going against gators might I suggest Levis rush yards prop is really low since uk didn’t need to use him like that last week! It so low I’m not even worried bout sacks!
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Ha! I'm having a hard enough time handicapping a side without trying to bet prop bets which is something I know even less about than handicapping sides

I'll let my subconscious work on the Tennessee and Florida games while I pull Bama through for the first half

Good luck to all you handicappers. I learn a lot every week on this site
 
TahoeLegend said:
Richardson is getting tons of hype, but he's the main reason I haven't pulled the trigger on laying the points. He's a superb athlete and Napier has helped him a ton, but it's hard for me to lay that many points against a team like Kentucky when I'm betting Richardson can do it two weeks in a row, so I'm still on the fence
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Bro. He didn’t throw one pass to the left side the field last week! Napier masking things, if we know it sure as shit stoops knows it! I think he makes a few mistakes today. I think it gonna be a hell of a game, just can’t pass up +6 on a line that probably wasn’t even -3 before last week!
 
I just checked with two books and both told them they don't see any way Baylor is going to +3, but one gave me me -105 so I took Baylor +2x.

Still lean to Florida, but that's holding firm at -6 so it would have to be ML and that's -230 so that's probably it for me. I thought about Okla/kent St over, but I'm going to pass on that one.

Unless I can think of some reason why giving 6 points to Kentucky is a good I idea that's probably it for me today. If I add anything else it will be Carolina pick tomorrow
 
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TahoeLegend said:
I'm glad I stayed away from this one. Tennessee just took the lead, but neither side looks like they can dominate
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I intentionally didn’t go back to casino till after 2:30 so I wouldn’t bet it, so I’m up there making other plays and of course kicking myself as Pitt jumps out 10-0, lol. I feel much better bout leaving it alone now!!
 
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