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NCAA CFB 2002-2003
Sides 118-88 +70.28 UNITS
NCAA CFB 2003-2004
Sides 124-103 +75.42 UNITS
Teasers/Pleasers/Parlays 1-6 +10.00 UNITS
Total 125-109 +85.42 UNITS
NCAA CFB 2004-2005
Sides 111-109 –18.18 UNITS
Player Props - 62-44 +90.10 UNITS
Teasers/Pleasers/Parlays - 7-9 +4.60 UNITS
Total 173-153 +76.52 UNITS
NCAA CFB 2005-2006
Sides 60-50 +35.26 UNITS
Player Props 40-17 +79.37 UNITS
Total 100-67 +114.63 UNITS
NCAA CFB 2006-2007
Sides 79-54 +100.01 UNITS
Player Props 55-34 +54.35 UNITS
Total 134-88 +154.36 UNITS
NCAA CFB 2007-2008
Sides 47-44 -8.00 UNITS
Player Props 10-9 –30.00 UNITS
Future Plays 7-1 +6.90 UNITS
Total 64-53 –31.10 UNITS
Down close to 3 grand but damn it I’m going to try and get my money back over the bowl season. This wacky season has led to me having my worst year ever but the bowl games do look tasty to me.
Utah –8.5 over Navy (5 UNITS)
Navy has to be devastated after losing Coach Paul Johnson to Georgia Tech who will not be coaching in this game.
Utah has won its last 6 bowl games and has covered 8 of its last 10 bowl games.
Utah will move the ball at will against the horrible Navy defense that gave up more then 40 in seven different games this year.
Navy strength is running the ball but they do face a solid Utah defense that finished 4th over in the country.
Utah has looked like a different team that opened the season once they got back Brian Johnson back at QB. They reeled off seven in a row upon his return.
Utah will limit the Navy rushing offense just enough as the offense will move the ball at will vs a poor Navy defense deflated from losing its coach.
Utah wins comfortably by double digits.
Florida Atlantic –2.5 over Memphis (3 UNITS)
FAU is coming into this bowl game very hot winning 4 of its last 6 (one loss was to Florida) and have won 7 of its last 9 games as the favorite.
While Memphis started out cold at 2-4 as well have come into this game hot winning 5 of 6 outside of the win vs S.Miss the other 4 teams have a combined win total of 10. Also only UAB they beat by more then 3 points as those games could’ve gone either way.
In what looks like an evenly matched game on paper I’ll go with the team with the better athletes and much better head coach in the Owl’s Howard Schnellenberger.
Cincinnati –11 over S. Miss (5 UNITS)
Once again another team that will be playing with a fired head coach. Longtime 17 year coach Jeff Bower was pushed out the door, which rattled many former players including Brett Farve. Even though he resigned many know that Bower wanted to continue coaching so it will be an emotional game for him.
The Bearkats have no issues at head coach, at least not yet, since its just a matter of when new hotshot head coach Brian Kelly will move on to a bigger program. Kelly led the Bearkats to an 8-2 ATS record this year.
The only shot S.Miss has is keeping the potent Cincy offense off the field with its rushing attack. The Bearkats though are only giving up 105 rushing yards a game and last I checked Slaton and White don’t play for the Golden Eagles.
Cincy’s 14th ranked scoring offense (36.8 ppg) will have no trouble scoring on S.Miss and controlling its ground game led by a deflated head coach.
Nevada +3 over New Mexico (3 UNITS)
The WAC has been an impressive small conference once again this year and Nevada almost beat the two big boys losing by only 2 to Hawaii and 1 to Boise St.
New Mexico has lost 5 straight bowl games and 7 of its last 9 bowl games.
The big issues here is that New Mexico will be playing in the New Mexico Bowl for the second straight year. When you haven’t played football in month and have come off an 8 win season I’m sure the players wanted to travel to a new bowl venue. The NM Bowl is probably the 5th best option for the MWC teams.
I’m sure the fans and players aren’t exactly to excited to be playing what is essentially a home game especially now that basketball has started. The fans for this football team don’t exactly fill up the stadium so I’m not sure Vegas should be giving the Lobos this much “home” treatment.
SJSU upset the Lobos last year in this same bowl game and I expect Nevada to do the same.
BYU –6 over UCLA (5 UNITS)
Going against the Bruins team that fired its head coach Karl Dorrell and has a staff probably trying to figure out its next coaching stop which may be Duke since the Blue Devils have shown tremendous interest in Dorrell.
UCLA fans and players are probably even more disinterested in playing in the Las Vegas Bowl against a team they beat by 10 earlier in the year at the Rose Bowl. BYU outgained UCLA 435 to 236 but 3 turnovers and 11 penalties led to their downfall despite a valiant comeback when down 20-0.
After winning that game UCLA was up to #11 in the polls but since has seen its season spiraling downward.
UCLA loses 5 of its last 7 and now its head coach while BYU has won 9 games in a row.
Are any Bruins fans even interested in this game or is the coaching search more important?
Boise St. –10.5 over East Carolina (6 UNITS)
Boise St. has scored 38 times or more 8 times this season and the Hawaii Bowl will be #9. ECU has won of the worst pass defenses in the country giving up 291 ypg. Taylor Tharp should have a field deal on the island.
ECU is going to have to keep focus and concentration to keep this game close and that might be hard being its first time visiting the sites and beauty of the island. Boise St. on the other hand has been to Hawaii before being in the same conference and was actually there on Nov. 23rd.
The biggest point spread of the bowl season should also lead to the biggest rout.
Central Michigan +8.5 over Purdue (3 UNITS)
On paper this looks like a huge mismatch for CMU especially since Purdue beat them already this year 45-22. How motivated will Purdue be in this game after a one-month layoff and three straight losses to end the season?
CMU is playing in the Motor City Bowl for the second straight year and its fans should come out in droves again like last year when they set the attendance record with 52.000 total fans.
This may be a Yag trend to look at but hey I’m trying to convince you to take the Chippewas here people. Purdue has only played on turf 6 times in its last 36 games while CMU pretty much plays all its games on turf and has covered 18 of 24 on turf. A better trend for you is CMU has covered 24 of its last 34 games for an amazing 71% one of the better ATS winners in the country.
Purdue probably doesn’t want to be in this game and will be overconfident coming in. This game will be a lot closer then the first meeting with CMU looking for revenge and the homefield advantage.
ASU +2 over Texas (5 UNITS)
Even though ASU wanted to be in the BCS its not like they are a squad use to playing in these BCS bowl games like this Texas team.
Texas under Mack Brown just doesn’t perform well in bowl games they don’t want to play in. After another embarrassing loss to A&M for the program things are a little tense at Texas as many expect a lot of staff changes come this off-season.
Texas fans need to face reality that this was the least talented Texas team Brown has fielded since he’s been here with poorer then normal recruiting classes from 03-05. While the future looks bright because of recent classes because of the Rose Bowl victories this team is still a year or two for playing for the MNC again.
The biggest mistake Mack has probably made here as head coach was to promote secondary coach Duane Akina to DC as he looked out of his league all year long and made Aggie QB Stephen Mcgee look like Tim Tebow. After having three defensive coaches on his staff the last three years become head coaches, Texas and its 109th pass defense has taken huge step backs.
The Texas pass defense will actually be the worst pass defense ASU will face all season long and I expect Rudy Carpenter to have a field day.
BC –3 over Michigan St. (6 UNITS)
I’m just haven’t been a big fan of the Big 10 this season and think BC should take care of MSU in this spot. MSU strength is rushing the ball and that falls right into the hands of the country’s best rush defense in BC.
If the Spartans can’t stop Matt Ryan and the 6th best passing attack it will be hard for them to come back with its rush offense vs the Eagles run defense.
BC extends the nations longest bowl win streak by winning its 10th consecutive bowl game.
TCU –3.5 over Houston (4 UNITS)
Houston lost a helluva a coach in Art Briles and it will effect the team in this game. TCU has covered 6 of its last 8 bowl games and has beaten UH 7 of the last 8 meetings.
If TCU’s defense, which is only giving up 109 rushing yards per game, can somehow contain Aldridge it will win this game by pressuring freshman QB Case Keenum. TCU is 14th in the country in sacks and will bring pressure from all angles to confuse the youngster.
The TCU defensive pressure and the loss of Briles will be too much for Houston to overcome.
Maryland +4 over Oregon St. (3 UNITS)
Maryland is just happy to be playing in a bowl game this year with its elimination win over NC State on the final game of the season. The Terp players saw what happened to their seniors last year who were in the same situation but lost ending their college careers.
OSU watched in the season final games them fall from going to a pretty sweet bowl game to ending up in the Emerald Bowl as the 4th place team after the Sun Bowl snubbed them for Oregon and the BCS bowls snubbed ASU.
Maryland should be the team up for this game and OSU is ripe for an upset.
Wake Forest –3 over UCONN (5 UNITS)
WF looked like a much better team down the stretch once Riley Skinner started playing better after a rough first half. He threw only 3 picks in the last 6 games and helped lead WF to wins in 8 of its last 10 games.
Sides 118-88 +70.28 UNITS
NCAA CFB 2003-2004
Sides 124-103 +75.42 UNITS
Teasers/Pleasers/Parlays 1-6 +10.00 UNITS
Total 125-109 +85.42 UNITS
NCAA CFB 2004-2005
Sides 111-109 –18.18 UNITS
Player Props - 62-44 +90.10 UNITS
Teasers/Pleasers/Parlays - 7-9 +4.60 UNITS
Total 173-153 +76.52 UNITS
NCAA CFB 2005-2006
Sides 60-50 +35.26 UNITS
Player Props 40-17 +79.37 UNITS
Total 100-67 +114.63 UNITS
NCAA CFB 2006-2007
Sides 79-54 +100.01 UNITS
Player Props 55-34 +54.35 UNITS
Total 134-88 +154.36 UNITS
NCAA CFB 2007-2008
Sides 47-44 -8.00 UNITS
Player Props 10-9 –30.00 UNITS
Future Plays 7-1 +6.90 UNITS
Total 64-53 –31.10 UNITS
Down close to 3 grand but damn it I’m going to try and get my money back over the bowl season. This wacky season has led to me having my worst year ever but the bowl games do look tasty to me.
Utah –8.5 over Navy (5 UNITS)
Navy has to be devastated after losing Coach Paul Johnson to Georgia Tech who will not be coaching in this game.
Utah has won its last 6 bowl games and has covered 8 of its last 10 bowl games.
Utah will move the ball at will against the horrible Navy defense that gave up more then 40 in seven different games this year.
Navy strength is running the ball but they do face a solid Utah defense that finished 4th over in the country.
Utah has looked like a different team that opened the season once they got back Brian Johnson back at QB. They reeled off seven in a row upon his return.
Utah will limit the Navy rushing offense just enough as the offense will move the ball at will vs a poor Navy defense deflated from losing its coach.
Utah wins comfortably by double digits.
Florida Atlantic –2.5 over Memphis (3 UNITS)
FAU is coming into this bowl game very hot winning 4 of its last 6 (one loss was to Florida) and have won 7 of its last 9 games as the favorite.
While Memphis started out cold at 2-4 as well have come into this game hot winning 5 of 6 outside of the win vs S.Miss the other 4 teams have a combined win total of 10. Also only UAB they beat by more then 3 points as those games could’ve gone either way.
In what looks like an evenly matched game on paper I’ll go with the team with the better athletes and much better head coach in the Owl’s Howard Schnellenberger.
Cincinnati –11 over S. Miss (5 UNITS)
Once again another team that will be playing with a fired head coach. Longtime 17 year coach Jeff Bower was pushed out the door, which rattled many former players including Brett Farve. Even though he resigned many know that Bower wanted to continue coaching so it will be an emotional game for him.
The Bearkats have no issues at head coach, at least not yet, since its just a matter of when new hotshot head coach Brian Kelly will move on to a bigger program. Kelly led the Bearkats to an 8-2 ATS record this year.
The only shot S.Miss has is keeping the potent Cincy offense off the field with its rushing attack. The Bearkats though are only giving up 105 rushing yards a game and last I checked Slaton and White don’t play for the Golden Eagles.
Cincy’s 14th ranked scoring offense (36.8 ppg) will have no trouble scoring on S.Miss and controlling its ground game led by a deflated head coach.
Nevada +3 over New Mexico (3 UNITS)
The WAC has been an impressive small conference once again this year and Nevada almost beat the two big boys losing by only 2 to Hawaii and 1 to Boise St.
New Mexico has lost 5 straight bowl games and 7 of its last 9 bowl games.
The big issues here is that New Mexico will be playing in the New Mexico Bowl for the second straight year. When you haven’t played football in month and have come off an 8 win season I’m sure the players wanted to travel to a new bowl venue. The NM Bowl is probably the 5th best option for the MWC teams.
I’m sure the fans and players aren’t exactly to excited to be playing what is essentially a home game especially now that basketball has started. The fans for this football team don’t exactly fill up the stadium so I’m not sure Vegas should be giving the Lobos this much “home” treatment.
SJSU upset the Lobos last year in this same bowl game and I expect Nevada to do the same.
BYU –6 over UCLA (5 UNITS)
Going against the Bruins team that fired its head coach Karl Dorrell and has a staff probably trying to figure out its next coaching stop which may be Duke since the Blue Devils have shown tremendous interest in Dorrell.
UCLA fans and players are probably even more disinterested in playing in the Las Vegas Bowl against a team they beat by 10 earlier in the year at the Rose Bowl. BYU outgained UCLA 435 to 236 but 3 turnovers and 11 penalties led to their downfall despite a valiant comeback when down 20-0.
After winning that game UCLA was up to #11 in the polls but since has seen its season spiraling downward.
UCLA loses 5 of its last 7 and now its head coach while BYU has won 9 games in a row.
Are any Bruins fans even interested in this game or is the coaching search more important?
Boise St. –10.5 over East Carolina (6 UNITS)
Boise St. has scored 38 times or more 8 times this season and the Hawaii Bowl will be #9. ECU has won of the worst pass defenses in the country giving up 291 ypg. Taylor Tharp should have a field deal on the island.
ECU is going to have to keep focus and concentration to keep this game close and that might be hard being its first time visiting the sites and beauty of the island. Boise St. on the other hand has been to Hawaii before being in the same conference and was actually there on Nov. 23rd.
The biggest point spread of the bowl season should also lead to the biggest rout.
Central Michigan +8.5 over Purdue (3 UNITS)
On paper this looks like a huge mismatch for CMU especially since Purdue beat them already this year 45-22. How motivated will Purdue be in this game after a one-month layoff and three straight losses to end the season?
CMU is playing in the Motor City Bowl for the second straight year and its fans should come out in droves again like last year when they set the attendance record with 52.000 total fans.
This may be a Yag trend to look at but hey I’m trying to convince you to take the Chippewas here people. Purdue has only played on turf 6 times in its last 36 games while CMU pretty much plays all its games on turf and has covered 18 of 24 on turf. A better trend for you is CMU has covered 24 of its last 34 games for an amazing 71% one of the better ATS winners in the country.
Purdue probably doesn’t want to be in this game and will be overconfident coming in. This game will be a lot closer then the first meeting with CMU looking for revenge and the homefield advantage.
ASU +2 over Texas (5 UNITS)
Even though ASU wanted to be in the BCS its not like they are a squad use to playing in these BCS bowl games like this Texas team.
Texas under Mack Brown just doesn’t perform well in bowl games they don’t want to play in. After another embarrassing loss to A&M for the program things are a little tense at Texas as many expect a lot of staff changes come this off-season.
Texas fans need to face reality that this was the least talented Texas team Brown has fielded since he’s been here with poorer then normal recruiting classes from 03-05. While the future looks bright because of recent classes because of the Rose Bowl victories this team is still a year or two for playing for the MNC again.
The biggest mistake Mack has probably made here as head coach was to promote secondary coach Duane Akina to DC as he looked out of his league all year long and made Aggie QB Stephen Mcgee look like Tim Tebow. After having three defensive coaches on his staff the last three years become head coaches, Texas and its 109th pass defense has taken huge step backs.
The Texas pass defense will actually be the worst pass defense ASU will face all season long and I expect Rudy Carpenter to have a field day.
BC –3 over Michigan St. (6 UNITS)
I’m just haven’t been a big fan of the Big 10 this season and think BC should take care of MSU in this spot. MSU strength is rushing the ball and that falls right into the hands of the country’s best rush defense in BC.
If the Spartans can’t stop Matt Ryan and the 6th best passing attack it will be hard for them to come back with its rush offense vs the Eagles run defense.
BC extends the nations longest bowl win streak by winning its 10th consecutive bowl game.
TCU –3.5 over Houston (4 UNITS)
Houston lost a helluva a coach in Art Briles and it will effect the team in this game. TCU has covered 6 of its last 8 bowl games and has beaten UH 7 of the last 8 meetings.
If TCU’s defense, which is only giving up 109 rushing yards per game, can somehow contain Aldridge it will win this game by pressuring freshman QB Case Keenum. TCU is 14th in the country in sacks and will bring pressure from all angles to confuse the youngster.
The TCU defensive pressure and the loss of Briles will be too much for Houston to overcome.
Maryland +4 over Oregon St. (3 UNITS)
Maryland is just happy to be playing in a bowl game this year with its elimination win over NC State on the final game of the season. The Terp players saw what happened to their seniors last year who were in the same situation but lost ending their college careers.
OSU watched in the season final games them fall from going to a pretty sweet bowl game to ending up in the Emerald Bowl as the 4th place team after the Sun Bowl snubbed them for Oregon and the BCS bowls snubbed ASU.
Maryland should be the team up for this game and OSU is ripe for an upset.
Wake Forest –3 over UCONN (5 UNITS)
WF looked like a much better team down the stretch once Riley Skinner started playing better after a rough first half. He threw only 3 picks in the last 6 games and helped lead WF to wins in 8 of its last 10 games.
