2005 Season
69-42-2 (62%)
2006 Season
17-9-1 (65%)
Ohio State OVER 10 wins (1-0)
What is up everyone? Man it is great to be back into football season.... Here are just some lines that I think jump out right away. I will have longer write-ups with each of these games as the week goes on. Just wanted to get some games down to do more research on...These plays are just early thoughts and leans....Thoughts and constructive criticism are welcomed:
Ohio State/Texas OVER 51 I have been waiting on this games total for awhile and love it. I think OSU can and will rack up around 30 on any team they play. With that being said, Texas still definately has the ability to score and to score quick. I look for Texas to take advantage of OSUs youth on defense and for OSU to use their speed (Gonzalez, Pittman, Ginn, Smith, Oneil, Mo Wells) to score on the offensive side of the ball. I see this game being a 38-28 or 38-35 type game. Momentum will be huge in this game and I expect several big plays.
NIU - 14 - I also wanted to see this games line right after the thrashing OSU gave NIU. Ohio beat Tennessee Martin 29-3 this past weakend. The offense only scored 14 points against this weak small school(safety and defensive TD led to 9 points). I like NIU to come out and dominate every facet of this game. I think they are being under-valued big time by the books because of the way OSU handled them. In reality they have a Top 3 back and a QB that lead the nation in completion percentage a year ago. Before looking more into Ohio, I look for this game to get real ugly real quick!
Akron + 10 Akron took it on the chin last week BUT they did impress me. Even though they got down early, they stayed composed and stayed in the game. NC State needed the whole game to handle the Appalachian Mountaineers 23-10. NC State only amassed 242 yards of offense against this team! I think Akron, behind Luke Getsky (1 of the most undervalued NFL type QB around IMO), has a shot to win this game SU.
CAL - 8.5 CAL comes off a game in which they were dominated by Tennessee. All factors were against them and I played Tenn. The way they were dominated, I did not really predict though. It seemed as if 1 thing went wrong and then it snow balled (which usually happens to a team that is not used to playing in that type of environment). Like NIU, I think they are being undervalued. They get to return home and play a Minnesota team that is not that good IMO. Yes Minnesota beat up on Kent BUT I was at the game and it definately could have been a lot closer. A couple mistakes made a potential 17-10 halftime game 17-0. From my perspective, Kent played even with them in the first half! The factors going against CAL last week are going in their favor this week. Minnesota must travel across the country to play a good team. I stated before that I thought CAL would lose week 1 and then run the table- not sure if that will happen but I expect them to get up in the Gophers.
Rutgers Illinois thoughts ( line Rutgers -12.5 Total 49) - Just kind of throwing this out their because of some stats. Rutgers gave up 402 yards to a Carolina team that is supposed to struggle. 169 of those yards were on the ground. Ilinois rushed for 345 yards for over 7 yards a carry. Rutgers rushed or 5.3 yards a carry and Raymell Rice had 201 yards on the ground! Illinois is supposed to have a weak defense and Rutgers should have a good offense this year. At first look the over looks tasty...
Clemson - 1.5 BC does not really exhibit the best home field advantage - not a huge fan base. Clemson finished the year with 4 wins(including FSU and a bowl win). Last week they started where they left off a season ago crushing FAU. BC snuck by a Central Michigan team- they were pretty close to even in yards and got out rushed by CMU. I think Clemson's run to the ACC championship will start with a victory in Bean town....
Thats all I have right now....thoughts will help....Thanks:cheers:
69-42-2 (62%)
2006 Season
17-9-1 (65%)
Ohio State OVER 10 wins (1-0)
What is up everyone? Man it is great to be back into football season.... Here are just some lines that I think jump out right away. I will have longer write-ups with each of these games as the week goes on. Just wanted to get some games down to do more research on...These plays are just early thoughts and leans....Thoughts and constructive criticism are welcomed:
Ohio State/Texas OVER 51 I have been waiting on this games total for awhile and love it. I think OSU can and will rack up around 30 on any team they play. With that being said, Texas still definately has the ability to score and to score quick. I look for Texas to take advantage of OSUs youth on defense and for OSU to use their speed (Gonzalez, Pittman, Ginn, Smith, Oneil, Mo Wells) to score on the offensive side of the ball. I see this game being a 38-28 or 38-35 type game. Momentum will be huge in this game and I expect several big plays.
NIU - 14 - I also wanted to see this games line right after the thrashing OSU gave NIU. Ohio beat Tennessee Martin 29-3 this past weakend. The offense only scored 14 points against this weak small school(safety and defensive TD led to 9 points). I like NIU to come out and dominate every facet of this game. I think they are being under-valued big time by the books because of the way OSU handled them. In reality they have a Top 3 back and a QB that lead the nation in completion percentage a year ago. Before looking more into Ohio, I look for this game to get real ugly real quick!
Akron + 10 Akron took it on the chin last week BUT they did impress me. Even though they got down early, they stayed composed and stayed in the game. NC State needed the whole game to handle the Appalachian Mountaineers 23-10. NC State only amassed 242 yards of offense against this team! I think Akron, behind Luke Getsky (1 of the most undervalued NFL type QB around IMO), has a shot to win this game SU.
CAL - 8.5 CAL comes off a game in which they were dominated by Tennessee. All factors were against them and I played Tenn. The way they were dominated, I did not really predict though. It seemed as if 1 thing went wrong and then it snow balled (which usually happens to a team that is not used to playing in that type of environment). Like NIU, I think they are being undervalued. They get to return home and play a Minnesota team that is not that good IMO. Yes Minnesota beat up on Kent BUT I was at the game and it definately could have been a lot closer. A couple mistakes made a potential 17-10 halftime game 17-0. From my perspective, Kent played even with them in the first half! The factors going against CAL last week are going in their favor this week. Minnesota must travel across the country to play a good team. I stated before that I thought CAL would lose week 1 and then run the table- not sure if that will happen but I expect them to get up in the Gophers.
Rutgers Illinois thoughts ( line Rutgers -12.5 Total 49) - Just kind of throwing this out their because of some stats. Rutgers gave up 402 yards to a Carolina team that is supposed to struggle. 169 of those yards were on the ground. Ilinois rushed for 345 yards for over 7 yards a carry. Rutgers rushed or 5.3 yards a carry and Raymell Rice had 201 yards on the ground! Illinois is supposed to have a weak defense and Rutgers should have a good offense this year. At first look the over looks tasty...
Clemson - 1.5 BC does not really exhibit the best home field advantage - not a huge fan base. Clemson finished the year with 4 wins(including FSU and a bowl win). Last week they started where they left off a season ago crushing FAU. BC snuck by a Central Michigan team- they were pretty close to even in yards and got out rushed by CMU. I think Clemson's run to the ACC championship will start with a victory in Bean town....
Thats all I have right now....thoughts will help....Thanks:cheers:
