I'll edit this window if I do write-ups on a specific game. Sides in blue I've already put a wager in on.
Thursday
South Carolina -9.5 at Vanderbilt
Strong Lean on S.C.
Friday
Navy at Ball State -7
I'll be at the Brewer game, so I doubt I'll make a wager on this game.
Saturday
12:00
Eastern Michigan at Michigan State -24
Hard to get a read on E. Mich as they beat Indiana State 52-0 in week 1, but Indiana State hasn't won since 2006. Eastern Michigan returns 8 starters on offense, and 7 on defense, but they haven't won consistently in the past. Michigan State struggles on defense at Cal, but showed they could put up some numbers on a decent defense. I see no problems for Michigan State to score in this game and will let the line drop. Look for a bigger bet on 1H on this game come next week. Expect a MSU blow out.
Miami Ohio at Michigan -14.5 -105 (total)
Two teams coming off embarrassing games at home. With Miami returning 17 starters from a MAC championship runner-up team, expectations were a bit higher than what they showed against Vandy. Most of us are familiar with what happened in Michigan. I feel that momentum will be on Michigan's side in this game and they should win it. Don't want to pay for the hook at this point and don't feel comfortable with the line for either side.
Georgia Tech at Boston College -7 -105 (total)
GT won 41-14 against Jacksonville State team led by Ryan Perrilloux (ex-LSU QB). GT fumbled 5 times in the game, and their freshman kicker missed fg attempts from 38 and 52. Boston College has fifth year senior Chris Crane replacing Matt Ryan and he did everything he needed to controlling the game, including 2 td rushes. That said I don't know how Boston College, and a fairly decent defense will handle the new offense at GT (remember the new GT coach ran the triple option at Navy). I think it will be a pretty interesting game and I see this game decided by 3 or 4 points, so I'm assuming I'll be on GT at some point as I think they can control things on the ground.
Ohio at Ohio State -34
I was very impressed with Ohio going into Wyoming, but am worried that the air may be taken from the team by the disappointing finish and 1 point loss. Regardless of Beanie Wells playing, tOSU should be able to run all over this team and failure to take advantage of opportunties will really hurt Ohio. Ohio State can cover this line if they want to. There's nothing Ohio can do to stop it. That said I think Ohio State is looking ahead for the following week and Ohio loses by something in the 20's. I'll be on Ohio, but want to watch line movement for a bit.
Marshall at Wisconsin -21
Wisconsin's defense was disappointing in week 1. I feel that coach Bielema will be busting their balls this week and they'll have more passion this week. Wisconsin should have also won their game this past week against Akron by 35+. A fumbled TD attempt through the endzone and a late interception in the half cost more than a few Wisconsin points. Even with returning 16 starters Marshall is expected to be a bottom feeder this season. The fast temple that Marshall is employeeing this season shouldn't cause too many issue for Wisconsin's defense. Marshall's first year starting QB will be making his first road start and you can't expect good things to happen. Don't feel Marshalls offense will put up the points needed to cover this game. Look for something in the neighborhood of 42-13 Wisconsin.
Connecticut -7 at Temple
My gut is telling me to take Temple and run, but my mind can't rap around the fact that I will be taking Temple for the 2nd week in a row. Temple returns 21 of 22 starters and are poised to have a .500 type of season. UConn has Tyler Lorenzen who's going to want to make up for his 3 interceptions in week 1, and who normally doesn't turn over the ball. Temple has improved, but I don't think that much, believe I'm going to ride UConn, but want to see some more information and get some feedback first.
Florida International at Iowa -27
Iowa beat Maine by 43 in week 1, while Florida International was bailed out by Kansas not going all out and only losing by 30. I don't know if Iowa has the defense to stop FIU and the offense to put up a four TD win. I'm leaning towards FIU, but don't really like taking a Sunbelt team on the road against a Big 10 team. Both teams return 9 starters on offense, both teams defenses will struggle a bit. Lean towards FIU, but eh.
12:30
Southern Miss at Auburn -17 -105
The line looks a bit high to me, but I can see Auburn covering it. Not sure what I'm going to do with this game, but feel this game will be a great tell for Southern Miss. season. Leaning towards taking the points as of now.
San Jose State at Nebraska -26.5
Last season SJST lost to Arizona State, Kansas State, and Stanford by a score of 116-17 (33/game) in non-conference play. They return 6 players on each side of the ball this season. In their first game they won 13-10 against UC Davis. In that game SJST used 3 different QB's with their 3rd stringer throwing the winning touch down. UC Davis was able to move the ball quite a bit, and I really don't see them stopping Nebraska. Those of us who were on W. Michigan know what Nebraska is able to do offensively and I see this a route of 40-50 points.
3:00
Byu at Washington No Line
3:30
Akron at Syracuse -5.5
Utah State at Oregon -34
Cincinnati at Oklahoma -21
Central Michigan at Georgia -23
Oregon State at Penn State -15.5
Air Force at Wyoming -3
San Diego State at Notre Dame -20
First let me laugh a bit at SDST losing at home to Cal Poly. Apologies to our Aztec alum, but that was pitiful way to open the season. Last season SDST went 4-8 (1-3 non-conference) and return only 4 on offense, while bringing back 8 guys on defense. Red shirt freshmen Ryan Lindley set school freshmen records going 27 of 45 for 352 yards and 3 touchdowns, but he also threw two interceptions (5 total turnovers for SDST in the game). SDST rushed a total of 23 times in the game... for a grand total of 27 yards. 27 yards rushing against Cal Poly! Will they be in positive yards against Notre Dame? In terms of WR's they lost their best two to the NFL draft. In the spring game, the team ran 45 plays offensively and gained a massive 110 yards. I'll be shocked if they break double digits offensively. While they bring back a lot of defensive players, frankly they're not that good. San Diego St. is going to a fade the entire first half of the season until some of these young kids get experience and the lines get too high. Only positive I can find for SDST is they've got the first game kinks out of their system, and Notre Dame will be beating up on another team for the first time. I trust in Jimmy Clausen and Charlie Weis. Maybe stupidly. Offensive line should be good to go this year after struggling to block, especially offensively. With 9 returning starters they should be able to score 30+ points against SDST. The defensive back field returns 3 of 4 starters for Notre Dame and I don't think SDST will have a ton of success with them, which is going to be their only chance to move the ball. There's a ton of blue chip recruits on Notre Dame that have been in the system another year now, and have gained experience. I think Notre Dame is very ready to put last season behind them and show their fans and nation they're at least on their way back to respectability.
Mississippi at Wake Forest -8.5
4:00
UAB at Florida Atlantic -14
4:30
West Virginia -9 -105 at Eastern Carolina
This game intrigues me. I've under-appreciated East Carolina and if I hop on them right now I feel as if I'll be too reactionary. I really feel I'll end up being on West Virginia and expect the line to drop to around 7.5 or so and I'll buy down to 7. With Pat White at the helm WVU will be able to put up numbers all year. Eastern Carolina got 1 of their TD's on a punt block and the Hokies struggled to move the ball against a solid ECU defense. I don't see ECU stopping WVU.
5:00
Texas A&M at New Mexico
6:00
Buffalo at Pittsburgh -11.5
This game is similar to Temple/UConn in that I'm afraid to back Buffalo for the 2nd week in a row. Want to go back to the well, but pornstache should have Pittsburgh ready to go and I expect a win out of them. Maybe look at a ML parlay as I'm afraid to lay too many points with this team. If Pittsburgh would have won last week I'd have been all over Buffalo, but things don't play out for any decent size wager on this one.
6:30
California -13 at Washington State
Upsets happen all the time in the Pac-10 as you always have a bottom feeder knocking off the big boy or two in conference play. This isn't the week for it. Washington State couldn't get points on the board even when their starting QB was in there and before his concussion. They couldn't establish anything on the ground. They did hold Oklahoma State to fg's, otherwise the score would have really been a blow out. California should have blown the game open on MSU, but allowed them to stick around. I'm hoping California can put this game away early and not look back. Bigger first half if I can get this at -7 -120, but a solid wager on Cal for the game as well.
7:00
Northwestern -6 at Duke
Tulane at Alabama -28
Houston at Oklahoma State -13.5
Kent at Iowa State -7.5
Northern Illinois at Western Michigan -6
South Florida -14 at Central Florida
Louisiana Tech at Kansas -20.5
UL Monroe at Arkansas -14.5
Tulsa -20 at North Texas
Maryland -13.5 at Middle Tennessee State
7:30
Minnesota at Bowling Grenn no line
8:00
Miami Florida at Florida -21
Rice at Memphis -3
UNLV at Utah -21
Troy at LSU no line
9:00
Texas Tech -9 at Nevada
10:00
Toledo at Arizona -22
Stanford at Arizona State -14.5
10:15
Texas -25 at UTEP
I hope they win, just have my doubts
