Feel this was the best capped week I have had this year which is good. I think I had my first game of the season where I lost a bet due to having a bad number. 90% of the world either cashed a utep -2.5 or pushed a utep -3 ticket and I managed to have -4. Live by the sword, die by the sword. I did have two pushes as the result of good numbers so not having the -2.5 vs the two pushes was a wash of sorts as far as the closing line value was concerned. In any event, I capped the UTEP game poorly and deservedly lost both the side and the total. Speaking of deserving ... I feel I finally had one of those ridiculous cover games go my way instead of holding the opposite ticket. Nebraska caught every break imaginable (including several from the officiating crew) to come from way back in the 4th to force overtime. Miami was the correct side there, obviously but as Gar often tells me ... we deserve a wrong side winner every now and then.
I had about 20 different people who I either talk to or read who are decent at cfb capping tell me to get the hell off of Charlotte/MTSU under or who just had the other side. I am not that regretful as far as taking the under (the over cashed midway through the second quarter) as I am about not backing MTSU.
SJSU is getting very bad QB play. They have open receivers but the QB is just drilling the ball into the ground on anything short and overthrowing on anything long. I would like to say that with a 7 point outright lead and getting 8 that SJSU losing by 14 was a bad beat ... after all one 2h oregon state score was set up by a dropped punt snap and another score occurred on an interception return. But I cannot because SJSU luckboxed to that 7 point lead to begin with, got every bit of assistance one could hope for on the road by the officiating staff, and didn't make but one or two decent plays the entire second half on offense. With the recruiting class SJSU had and the returning talent, I really expected more out of this team this year. It appears they are a year away, and even then only if they get their QB play sorted.
Wake Forest lost Wolford on the very first series. Hurt a wheel. He tried to come back and make a go of it but it wasn't to be. The backup is a running QB which isn't what you need against Army. He played inconsistently. Made a few big plays but his interception with a 7 point lead at midfield on third down was really bad. He was hit as he threw, I believe, but any conservative call there gets Wake the cover in most cases. Army had nothing on offense. Their other TD was also off a turnover though they drove a ways to get it. Anyway, I cannot feel bad about the handicap there.
ASU, following by play by play just appeared to be a bad investment and lucky to get a push there with the number
Ballst/EMU - I will have to watch it, if possible, on replay and have yet to examine the box score. Help accepted if you know what happened there.
Cin - Head scratcher to me. Lucky to have won. MOH let loose with barry sanders and hershel walker i guess. Note for the midweek game that Cin QB might be banged up.
Tem/Umass over - At 17-17 halftime, the two teams had to work hard to not go over. I was praying Temple would block the extra point and drive down for a fg because that would mean overtime and a great shot at making it pver the total. They did both... except they returned the block for two points. Haven't examined the box score yet to see why this lost.
So nothing really to complain about other than the unfortunate Wolford injury and pretty happy about the breaks I got in the Nebraska game though three different buddies had Miami and it made it harder for me to enjoy the BS win.
Speaking of buddies. One of my friends had UConn moneyline and I spent a lot of my morning with that being my main game for viewing. What a great bet that was. It didn't quite get there (Uconn coach matched Missouri coach in head scratching decisions) but it wasn't for lack of me trying to cheer it in. I am a narcissist when it comes to cfb (and most things) but for whatever reason I was cheering harder for that to win than anything I had all day.... though I came close in the SJSU game because I was getting frustrated.
Anyway, busy making lines for this week so I will quit rambling.
