Silky's Week 3 Diamonds

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Imma sip this tea
Welp, took my lumps week 2, 1-4 -3.40u. To get me to a very pedestrian 7-8 -1.75 for the year. Aint no crying over spilled milk here or feeling sorry for myself. You win & ya lose, just hope to win more thanyou lose, and I certainly wasn’t feeling sorry for the books when I was beating them. Just made an AWFUL call (Texas), what I felt was a decent shot (Florida), took one up the toukas (OkSt) and just plain lost (SoCar). Thankyou NW for helping me avoid the golden sombrero though.

well they say it takes immense pressure & heat to make diamonds and that's what a 1-4 week feels like.





Now moving forward…………


TxTech +3.5


Troy +8


UCLA +4.5


BG +3

Maryland -7



Interested in Tulane as a dog, still feeling that out & more

Good luck folks lets get back to winning
You know the rules, congratulate, hate, pontificate or demonstrate. Just participate !!!
 
I'm likely on TT and Maryland with you.

I am pretty disgusted about my UF wager.
 
GL this week silky. I still don't get that tcu/tt line makes no sense. On tt also
 
On my Red Raiders makes me love you Silky even more, brutha!

Hope you have a great week continuing to do what you do. Some crazy stuff going on around these parts with all the changes at Texas (local Austin crazies more or less). The sky is falling according to Facebook postings of Longhorn Nation. Good times! Now go crush something!!
 
TxTech +3.5


Troy +8


UCLA +4.5


BG +3

Maryland -7

I've made no decisions yet, Silky, but SeatOfPants, those look pretty good to me.,

GL :hello:
 
Know what it takes to have a Tulane bet?

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GL Silk dog....Tulane owes me money and I WILL get it.....just not sure when
 
w/you on a couple, silk. gonna have to put in my request if you've got the time on a BGSU write up, leanin that way myself, but have some reservations. GL brother.
 
None of the Tulane community expected what happened on Saturday in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome – a 41-39 defeat to South Alabama, a team ranked poorly by most publications before the season. The defense was atrocious in the first half, giving up 31 points and 328 total yards. Though the defense recovered a tad in the second half, allowing only a field goal, then special teams broke down. South Alabama blocked a punt and returned it for a touchdown. The offense couldn’t finish the job with the game on the line.
Offensive line—D
Nick Montana was sacked three times, hit hard on dozens of other occasions he got the ball out faster, and the same line that cleared the way for more than 100 first half rushing yards a week ago, went mortal against South Alabama. Tulane gained only 45 rushing yards against the Jags. Total. An astonishingly poor number that can’t be all blamed on starting right tackle Sean Donnelly missing the game because he violated team policy. His replacement, Todd Jacquet, had his share of blown plays – one that happened right before the blocked punt deep in Tulane territory. “They put some pressure and that’s something we should handle,” Coach Curtis Johnson said. “We’ve just gotta handle it. The next man up has gotta be the real next man up. … We heated them up and they heated us up more in the second half. And I thought he was, and I think he will get better at some of it. Then some of it was him, some of it was the offensive line but we’ll get better at those things. My concern is the consistency of our play. We didn’t play consistent.”
Running backs— B-
Without Orleans Darkwa pulling up this grade, it might have been worse. You saw in this game why Darkwa should be in as much as possible. He and Rob Kelley are lands better than the rest of the backs at this point. Darkwa rushed 10 times for 32 yards and scored two touchdowns. The two scores put him in elite Tulane history. He now has 31 career rushing touchdowns, tying him with Bill Banker’s 31 from 1927-29. Darkwa typically doesn’t work in third down packages. But he did on Saturday as the game progressed. Asked why Johnson added him to third down on the spot, Johnson responded he needed his best running back on the field. Period.
Wide receivers – A
You can thank Ryan Grant for carrying the offense Saturday. He grabbed a career-high 14 passes for 187 yards and two touchdowns. He single-handedly kept the Green Wave in the game it the first half, and pushed Tulane to the brink of winning it with his 10-yard TD grab late in the fourth quarter. But he didn’t get a chance to tie the score or win the game – the ball didn’t come his way on the two-point conversion attempt. But that late touchdown sure gave fans a thrill. “I just knew the ball was going to come to me, being the player that I am, I knew that he was just going to throw it up to me and let me make a play,” Grant said. “I’m glad I made the play, but we still didn’t win.”
Quarterback—B+
Nick Montana played better than last week and fought through a miserable first half where his own defense put him behind an eight-ball the size of the Superdome. Montana doubled his output from last week, throwing for 327 yards and added three touchdowns. He was valiant in the way he kept playing through poor protection from the line (three sacks) and without a running game. He doesn’t get an A because of Tulane’s last offensive play – he had a chance to win it by finding Grant open early in the two-point conversion play. He missed the moment, extended the play and ended up throwing a desperation pass that was intercepted.
Linebackers—B
The linebackers played better than last week. Nico Marley got two turnovers and Dominique Robertson had an interception and 11 tackles. He also had a sack for an 8-yard loss. Two tackles he made went for a total loss of 11 yards and he returned his interception 25 yards. “I thought he played well too. He had an interception, he had a bunch of tackles but you watch consistency, and again, I just wonder what happened in the first half.” Marley made seven tackles to go with his two turnovers. Both were career highs.
Defensive line—D-
Another head-scratchingly poor performance from this unit. Tyler Gilbert had a sack and Royce LaFrance had two tackles. It was statistically another egg lay. The addition of Jeremy Peeples didn’t reap immediate results. The line applied no pressure whatsoever to South Alabama running or passing game in the first half. “That’s one of the goals – we have to figure out a way to get four-man pressure,” Johnson said. “We’ll do it. Second half, we brought five man pressure, and we got more pressure but we have to build four-man pressure. … We didn’t have all our guys at training camp so you got figure out who you are playing. You have a couple guys here, a couple guys there so I just got to steal. I got to play Peeples some, I got to play Nixon some – I think they are good players but we just have to figure out what situations we are going to put them in.”
Defensive backs- D-
It was really hard to hold off the “F” here. But Sam Scofield’s 15 tackles – a career high, and his two tackles for loss pulled the grade up. Darion Monroe didn’t have a good game – Lorenzo Doss did alright but committed a costly penalty. If Jordan Batiste had been able to play both halves, this might have made a huge impact on the game. He sat out the first half for violation of team policy --- but when he entered in the second half he made an immediate impact and it started with what Tulane could run. They ran more man defense in the second half and that helped slow down Metheny and the Jags’ passing game. But it was a miserable night for the secondary overall.
Special teams – C
Cairo Santos got his 24th consecutive field goal – a streak that stretches back to last season. He hit on a 47-yard attempt in the second quarter. He also hit a long PAT after Grant’s excessive celebration penalty. But the blocked punt ruined the overall grade for this unit. Without that touchdown, Tulane would have won the game.
Coaching—C
Tulane looked out-schemed in the first half, particularly on South Alabama’s opening drive. The Green Wave looked like it had the wrong defenses in for South Alabama’s strengths and Metheny, the Jags quarterback, scorched the zone defense. The defense’s switch to man in the second half helped – the halftime adjustments were pivotal. On offense, it seems like the Green Wave is trying to work in too many personnel packages – going to unproven players in critical situations. Though the Saints are able to do this on Sunday, they have NFL talent four-deep. Tulane doesn’t have the experience or depth of talent to put the game on the line with certain guys. But again, the staff made good adjustments in the second half and went back to proven guys like Darkwa to get the job done. It was wise to keep Montana in solely at quarterback. As the pressure rises on the team, the best, most experienced players need to be on the field and the team needs to be running the plays it knows and executes best.




Total grade: D
 
Silk that is some local news for you regarding Tulane....not sure what I do with the game, but figure you may want to peep it:shake:
 
BOL young buck, stay off that big road chalk and you'll be fine, nice looking card thus far
 
Like UCLA and BG also.

I know I'll be sitting in the casino on Thursday, 2 minutes from TTU/TCU and grab a black chip, flip it and realize it's the same on both sides.
May tail you instead on TT.

GL, sir

Press
 
Yes the last available number was 4.5 at BM. We ALL saw Texas have an awful time defending a QB that can run and barely pass. Now they go against a guy I love in Bo Wallace who can run and pass well in an offense designed to make the QB the x factor. But Nooooo way am I touching that one. I honestly make it a pk right now.But I aint fucking around with Mack Brown in a game that he needs. Once you throw coaches under the bus you are pot committed. IF I HAD to play it, Id take the 4.5. But again I aint touching that fucker
 
pressitup said:
Like UCLA and BG also.

I know I'll be sitting in the casino on Thursday, 2 minutes from TTU/TCU and grab a black chip, flip it and realize it's the same on both sides.
May tail you instead on TT.

GL, sir

Press
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Good luck to you as well bro, gonna lean on you for some state of Texas info this season. You got your finger on the pulse

J Galt said:
BOL young buck, stay off that big road chalk and you'll be fine, nice looking card thus far
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Yup, that was the death of me. road fucking faves last week

s--k said:
I missed it in your thread last week, congrats on the little one!
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Thank you brother, want to tell you that you are coming with the heat in your thread. I like it

STEED said:
GL Silkster
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Thank you sir

twinkie13 said:
Silk that is some local news for you regarding Tulane....not sure what I do with the game, but figure you may want to peep it:shake:
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Thats the type of info I like to get. Thanks Twink

M.O.T said:
GL, with you on UCLA, BG, and Maryland
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Lets get those wins then!!

Elbutre88 said:
w/you on a couple, silk. gonna have to put in my request if you've got the time on a BGSU write up, leanin that way myself, but have some reservations. GL brother.
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I'll try to write a few thoughts tomorrow on it.

bull said:
TxTech +3.5


Troy +8


UCLA +4.5


BG +3

Maryland -7

I've made no decisions yet, Silky, but SeatOfPants, those look pretty good to me.,

GL :hello:
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I certainly hope they work out lol. Just keep giving that goods in the bullsheet

Judge Smails said:
On my Red Raiders makes me love you Silky even more, brutha!

Hope you have a great week continuing to do what you do. Some crazy stuff going on around these parts with all the changes at Texas (local Austin crazies more or less). The sky is falling according to Facebook postings of Longhorn Nation. Good times! Now go crush something!!
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Man, I can only imagine how the folks in Austin are acting right now, they got their pitchforks ready.

tru said:
GL this week silky. I still don't get that tcu/tt line makes no sense. On tt also
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Finally, we're on the same side lol


dilaudid8 said:
silky gl BOL
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D8, much appreciated bro. Get this money

E.T.G. said:
I'm likely on TT and Maryland with you.

I am pretty disgusted about my UF wager.
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Ha!, Im disgusted about my week lol. You on the otherhand are killing it. So I'm gonna be asking you a few questions, dont get annoyed :D
 
Gonna pull the trigger on UCF, just not yet.

All the value on No Ill has been sucked out, I made it 28.5 its 28 so nothing there

Want to take the points with ECU honestly, and may still but not yet.

Have OU at 21.5, missed the good value on Tulsa at 27 now the line at current is in a nether-land for me.


Adding: Arky -22
NW -30.5 going back to the well again, I make it 38
Mich -37 I got it a td higher 42.5
GT -8 A worse GT team beat the brakes of a better than this year's version of Duke LY. Last time GT was in Durham they only won by 7 bu were in the midst of a 2-5 end to the season that saw them face Clem & VT back to back then UGA after Duke sandwiched in between. Brutal spot didnt cover the 11 but still won. Much different situation this year. They plow Duke this time lets 38-24
 
Congrats on baby Silk brother. I'm with you on UCLA and Terps. Not worried about that flat spot for Michigan?
 
Said I wasn't gonna do any true writeup until I had enough data after wk4, but El is my man & he wanted a lil on BG. So.....
(Not in my normal format)

Bowling Green +3.5





First thing’s first, Indiana is going to let you run on them and BGSU is going to be happy to run on them. That’s a big thing when you have the kind of defense BGSU has and will get you the ball back. BG will want to push 50 carries and Indiana wont do anything to stop that. Now that means a whole lot of clock will belong to BGSU, leaving Indiana with limited offensive opportunities. This is important because Navy with a non existent passing game was able to sniff Indiana’s butt last week. And no one is going to accuse Navy of having a defense in the same realm as BGSU’s. But being able to run the ball, eat clock & limit Indiana’s opportunities on offense worked to keep the game closer than the experts thought ;).


Now BGSU since discarding Matt Schilz early in the Tulsa game (and ruining my bet by doing it) has a legit passing game. They can complete forward passes now at a winning clip with a winning ypa (62.5% 9.8ypa with Matt Johnson). That’s the biggie here, BG can force Indiana to roll up 8 folks to stop the run and then use Johnson’s skill as a passer to make them pay. Just puts Indiana in a choose or lose position. To which I think more often they’re gonna choose to make Johnson beat them with his arm, cuz if BGSU is able to hold the ball with that defense they have, Indian will have to be almost perfect. We’re talking about if Indiana goe 3 quick passes then punts, they might not see the ball again for 6+ minutes. That means if BGSU gets the ball to start the game drives 6mins scores, Indiana gets ball 1 1st down then punts. BGSU gets the ball back drives 6mins scores and the 1st qtr is over. Its 10-0. Some may say “But but, Indian can really pass”. Yes they can, but Im also not impressed with putting up 300yds vs Indiana State & Navy. “But but they ran for 300+ vs Indiana st too”, see my last sentence please.





Look, BGSU’s defense is legit, and make no mistake Indiana’s offense is legit. But BG’s weakness is stronger than Indiana’s weakness. BG’s offense is competent, functional and plays to their team’s strength its defense. Indiana’s defense is not strong enough at taking the ball away & stopping the run to play to its fast break offense. Hoosier punts turn into 6+ min BG drives that more than likely end up with points. 2 punts & a TD for Indy in a half would probably mean 17pts & 24mins gone off the clock by BGSU. I don’t wanna lay points like that

Alot of this sounds like what I said about Florida last week, with 2 HUGE differences: BG ain't road chalk & their QB ain't Jorts.

But I went 1-4 last week WTF do I know lol
 
There is certainly a clear upgrade at QB for bgsu. I remember joking when late Tulsa money started pouring in that it was because Schilz had been confirmed healthy...

I love reading your write-ups and s--k. Good minds for footy. gl
 
Thank you brother, want to tell you that you are coming with the heat in your thread. I like it
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Aren't many as good as you when you 'bring it'.

Couple of questions for you on BG, you might have noticed I'm on the other side. I know you'll stick to your beliefs so don't misunderstand this to be 'I'm right', 'you're wrong' or anything silly like that.

1) How do you explain teams like Toledo, San Jose and Kent gashing that BG D? I would say that teams with good offenses can impose their will on the BG D and that BG D, while a good unit still, is overrated by the underwhelming offenses they often play. We'll call the 452 yards yielded to Idaho as a fluke, and while you might disagree, I think Cody Green lacks the skills to really deliver for Tulsa and Watts only got 5 rushes in that game, it was a poor gameplan for them I'd say.

2) IU was stuck in mud to start the Navy game. On their first two drives they tried to establish the run and Navy did stuff them to their credit and the fact they did perhaps that doesn't bode well for this upcoming game. But once IU did get going after their third drive (ended on INT, Sufeld said he forced trying to take too much), Navy did not stop them after that. And IU's O has a track record of producing against better Big Ten Ds 2012.

3) I will not defend IU's D because you can't. The cut blocks are the biggest thing IU couldn't deal with last week. I think the coaches for sure, and the players, will be happy to get back to a traditional offense. Not that they will be good at it stopping it because history does not tell us they will, but just because Navy ran all over them doesn't mean that BG will, which I know is not what you are saying. But BG's run game has been inconsistent in the past. So just because Navy did not punt once in the game doesn't mean that BG automatically will have the same success with their O.

I'll enjoy your feedback. Just good discussion I'm looking for.

There is certainly a clear upgrade at QB for bgsu. I remember joking when late Tulsa money started pouring in that it was because Schilz had been confirmed healthy...

I love reading your write-ups and s--k. Good minds for footy. gl
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I wish I had the handicapping skills of either of you two. Like I said somewhere else, I'm just a fan that likes to bet, more often than not you'll be correct more than me.
 
s--k said:
Aren't many as good as you when you 'bring it'.


Couple of questions for you on BG, you might have noticed I'm on the other side. I know you'll stick to your beliefs so don't misunderstand this to be 'I'm right', 'you're wrong' or anything silly like that.


1) How do you explain teams like Toledo, San Jose and Kent gashing that BG D? I would say that teams with good offenses can impose their will on the BG D and that BG D, while a good unit still, is overrated by the underwhelming offenses they often play. We'll call the 452 yards yielded to Idaho as a fluke, and while you might disagree, I think Cody Green lacks the skills to really deliver for Tulsa and Watts only got 5 rushes in that game, it was a poor gameplan for them I'd say.


2) IU was stuck in mud to start the Navy game. On their first two drives they tried to establish the run and Navy did stuff them to their credit and the fact they did perhaps that doesn't bode well for this upcoming game. But once IU did get going after their third drive (ended on INT, Sufeld said he forced trying to take too much), Navy did not stop them after that. And IU's O has a track record of producing against better Big Ten Ds 2012.


3) I will not defend IU's D because you can't. The cut blocks are the biggest thing IU couldn't deal with last week. I think the coaches for sure, and the players, will be happy to get back to a traditional offense. Not that they will be good at it stopping it because history does not tell us they will, but just because Navy ran all over them doesn't mean that BG will, which I know is not what you are saying. But BG's run game has been inconsistent in the past. So just because Navy did not punt once in the game doesn't mean that BG automatically will have the same success with their O.


I'll enjoy your feedback. Just good discussion I'm looking for.






I wish I had the handicapping skills of either of you two. Like I said somewhere else, I'm just a fan that likes to bet, more often than not you'll be correct more than me.
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No problem that's what this for.


they didnt give 452 to Idaho LY tho. San Jose & Kent had 2 of the most special players in CFB LY Fales & Dri Archer and not many ppl stopped them. And Toledo only went 9-4 & took Arizona to OT, in otherwords 2012 Toledo was a damn good team.


And we're speaking of history Indiana has won 3 OOC gms in the last 2yrs, 2 of em against stalwart Ind St & 1 vs FBS behemoth Massachussets. Indiana is a marvel as a dog as a fave you need a defense or you need to be Baylor. We're talking about 2 tms with basically equal talent here, one plays defense tho. The other hopes they can pass their way around not having a defense. That would work with some next level speed or talent which Indy is lacking. Whereas BG's formula for success rests not on absolutely having to complete 50 passes a game, Indy has to bait teams into a shootout.


All Navy had to do with inferior players once up was trade time for points. An offense like Indy doesn't need boatloads of time to score, but what they do need is the ball & extreme efficiency. Once a team that needs to score quick to keep up has to take check downs & slowly move the ball with limited time tho is death. You, I, Indy & everybody else knows the other team will possess the ball & score. For Indy to win they know they need stops & TOs. It's the difference between a marksman having to hit a 3ft target from 35yds & hitting a 10in target from 60yds. Yeah he'll hit some but not nearly as many.


This may be Navy's worst team in a long while & they beat Indy in Indy as 12.5 dogs. The triple option is a monster to deal with no doubt, but 5'8 DBs who run 4.8 aren't. The amount of yds a team puts up matters more WHEN they are put up. Sure gaining 450yds is great but if you're getting most of them down 24-7 or 38-17 just means the other team is trading yds for pts. Which works against a team that needs high efficiency to compete.

indy has beaten 3tms in the last 2yrs by more than 3: Indy St, UMass & a 2-10 Iowa. I say prove it Indy
 
I suppose I am also betting on some anticipated improvement this season, but the past history of IU and who've they've beat (or not beaten) and by what margin is very right to consider. I had been wanting to take IU as a 6w team on futures, but missed the good number on it. So anyway I had anticipated they'd win this game and perceived value in the number. But we'll just have to see.

Error on my Idaho stat, I must have meant 352 passing yards.

I hope you have a great week and look forward to future discussions.

I thought you might like this:

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haha time to grab my steele and see what you highlighted there ,,,, kid seems to be checking the defensive three deep there
 
s--k said:
I suppose I am also betting on some anticipated improvement this season, but the past history of IU and who've they've beat (or not beaten) and by what margin is very right to consider. I had been wanting to take IU as a 6w team on futures, but missed the good number on it. So anyway I had anticipated they'd win this game and perceived value in the number. But we'll just have to see.

Error on my Idaho stat, I must have meant 352 passing yards.

I hope you have a great week and look forward to future discussions.

I thought you might like this:

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That photo is EVERYTHING!! Thank you for putting that up lol, I'm smiling my ass off
 
silky BOL this week I took TEXAS TECH to but this game scares me because I hate betting Freshmen QB I thought it was his 2 year
 
All in 1 convenient place


TxTech +3.5
Troy +8
UCLA +4.5
BG +3
Maryland -7
NW -30.5
Mich -37
GT -8
FAU +13

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Going to add UCF eventually, but I dont lose much for waiting at 5, so unless it slides under 4 Im cool. Still wanna see a 6 again though
 
Week 3, 6-4 +1.6u, 13-12 overall - .1u

TxTech +3.5 WIN
Troy +8 WIN
UCLA +4.5 WIN
BG +3 LOSS
Maryland -7 WIN
NW -30.5 LOSS
Mich -37 LOSS
GT -8 WIN
Arky -22 LOSS
FAU +13 WIN
 
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