In the holiday spirit gonna post my plays here:
Thursday Nite :
Miami +4.5 -108 (12x) ML +180 (2.5) Under 38 -110 (3x)
Why such a big play ?
Guess it again fits with my usual theme : Bad Line or INFLATED Line.
When it comes to handicapping I tend to break or look at teams in 2 ways....how they play at home versus how they play away and vice versa for there opponent. So what I am concerned with is BC road play against Miami home play and little else.. meaning I played BC
at home last week vs Maryland cause I thought theline was soft but here that doesnt matter much. Plus the ACC is so down year its crazy..
BC has not played well on the road IMO. They struggled somewhat in there opener vs Central Michigan. More importantly they failed to win @ Wake and @ NCST. Two teams similiar to Miami with good defenses and very minimal offensive production. They beat another team that falls into that category primarily due to there defense IMO and won @ FSU but where still 7 pt dogs (basic 12 pt turnaround here) . Right now Miami U and FSU grade out very similiar IMO strength wise.
I have a hard time believing BC should be anything other then a PKem maybe -1.5. Miami is being frowned up cause of the public attention it is receiving about Coker being fired , losing 4 straight , and the general state of the program after a brawl and shooting death. What I dont see is a Miami team that has quit though. It lost in the 4th Q @ GT , lost @ Maryland by 1 , lost a close game by 7 with VT at home and just lost a game a UVA 17-7 . The problem is clearly the offense and costly turnovers. The only home game was VT recently and we should all agree that defense is better then BCs. Last week BC benefited from some silly fumbles on pitch plays that put Maryland down 14-0 and they jsut arent the type ofteam to recover from that.
Miami is playing to finish 6-6 and to avoid its worst season since the 1977 . So I just dont buy the quit talk...
This team has allowed 60 points at home all season(Houston , FSU , VT )...VTech is the only team to break 13 points with 17 and they benfited from good field position and di little on offense
Team only get 191 yards of offense vs Miami ! They manage 1.6 YPC which means this on Matt Ryan. Through the air your only looking at 145 yards a game though and 5.4 YPA...No running game hurts TOP and 3rd down conversion rate...Best run D in the country!
Ryan in ACC play:
13 of 25 149 Td / Int
16 of 26 262 Int
40 of 56 402 Td / 2Int
69 of 107 813 yards 2 TD / 4 INTs in ACC road play
Solid yardage but only 2 TDs against 4 INTs and the task gets tougher...plus a National televised game at Nite on Thanksgiving...Miami can wipe away alot with a win here..
They scored 14 and 15 losses and 24 in there win but got a pick 6.
So if you thinking BC is gonna top 17 points doesnt look likely more like 13-16. Another thing is VT was about -1.5 pt favs in miami while BC lost they were also favored in BC. Generally speaking I would say VT is worth more but BC has a higher spread due to percpetion.
Its seems Miami best asset on offense is there young RB James and BC allows 4.6 YPC on the road. I assume this will be Freeman 1st career start at home as well certainly this season. For all BC is playing for Miami has not lost to them in 22 years since the Flutie game. Which actually scares me since tmrw is the anniversary . In looking at the history BC has alot to overcome in that sense...
While BC is playing for a shot at ACC championship and shot at a BCS bowl the Hurricanes are STILL playing for a BOWL appearance. Miami is young that has to be somewhat important. This is also the 1st home game since the shooting I believe expect emotions to be high here...
So if BC struggled as road chalk versus WF -3.5 and NCST -6.5 how will it change here...??
Good Luck and enjoy ur Turkey & family!
Thursday Nite :
Miami +4.5 -108 (12x) ML +180 (2.5) Under 38 -110 (3x)
Why such a big play ?
Guess it again fits with my usual theme : Bad Line or INFLATED Line.
When it comes to handicapping I tend to break or look at teams in 2 ways....how they play at home versus how they play away and vice versa for there opponent. So what I am concerned with is BC road play against Miami home play and little else.. meaning I played BC
at home last week vs Maryland cause I thought theline was soft but here that doesnt matter much. Plus the ACC is so down year its crazy..
BC has not played well on the road IMO. They struggled somewhat in there opener vs Central Michigan. More importantly they failed to win @ Wake and @ NCST. Two teams similiar to Miami with good defenses and very minimal offensive production. They beat another team that falls into that category primarily due to there defense IMO and won @ FSU but where still 7 pt dogs (basic 12 pt turnaround here) . Right now Miami U and FSU grade out very similiar IMO strength wise.
I have a hard time believing BC should be anything other then a PKem maybe -1.5. Miami is being frowned up cause of the public attention it is receiving about Coker being fired , losing 4 straight , and the general state of the program after a brawl and shooting death. What I dont see is a Miami team that has quit though. It lost in the 4th Q @ GT , lost @ Maryland by 1 , lost a close game by 7 with VT at home and just lost a game a UVA 17-7 . The problem is clearly the offense and costly turnovers. The only home game was VT recently and we should all agree that defense is better then BCs. Last week BC benefited from some silly fumbles on pitch plays that put Maryland down 14-0 and they jsut arent the type ofteam to recover from that.
Miami is playing to finish 6-6 and to avoid its worst season since the 1977 . So I just dont buy the quit talk...
This team has allowed 60 points at home all season(Houston , FSU , VT )...VTech is the only team to break 13 points with 17 and they benfited from good field position and di little on offense
Team only get 191 yards of offense vs Miami ! They manage 1.6 YPC which means this on Matt Ryan. Through the air your only looking at 145 yards a game though and 5.4 YPA...No running game hurts TOP and 3rd down conversion rate...Best run D in the country!
Ryan in ACC play:
13 of 25 149 Td / Int
16 of 26 262 Int
40 of 56 402 Td / 2Int
69 of 107 813 yards 2 TD / 4 INTs in ACC road play
Solid yardage but only 2 TDs against 4 INTs and the task gets tougher...plus a National televised game at Nite on Thanksgiving...Miami can wipe away alot with a win here..
They scored 14 and 15 losses and 24 in there win but got a pick 6.
So if you thinking BC is gonna top 17 points doesnt look likely more like 13-16. Another thing is VT was about -1.5 pt favs in miami while BC lost they were also favored in BC. Generally speaking I would say VT is worth more but BC has a higher spread due to percpetion.
Its seems Miami best asset on offense is there young RB James and BC allows 4.6 YPC on the road. I assume this will be Freeman 1st career start at home as well certainly this season. For all BC is playing for Miami has not lost to them in 22 years since the Flutie game. Which actually scares me since tmrw is the anniversary . In looking at the history BC has alot to overcome in that sense...
While BC is playing for a shot at ACC championship and shot at a BCS bowl the Hurricanes are STILL playing for a BOWL appearance. Miami is young that has to be somewhat important. This is also the 1st home game since the shooting I believe expect emotions to be high here...
So if BC struggled as road chalk versus WF -3.5 and NCST -6.5 how will it change here...??
Good Luck and enjoy ur Turkey & family!