CFB Record: 18-5
4-1 last week. If anybody has any recommendations on this card, please feel free to speak up. I've already bet any play I post, so I'd rather discuss other games than the ones I'm already down on. But let's keep it movin'.
Oregon St. -2
Played this at Olympic about 30 minutes ago. This is something of a pre-emptive strike, I don't wanna see the line get to -3 or higher. If something about it turns me off after further research, I'll simply buy it back and eat the juice. When you're a small player like me, you can do that, lol. But back to the well with the Beavers this week for me after winning with them last week.
A few factors at work here, all of which add up to great value at -2 IMO. I've always been a sucker for revenge, and this is a serious payback spot as Zona waked into OSU and beat them last year as big dogs. Zona is about to go down hard I think. Their QB situation is an utter mess, as their first 14 stringers are hurt, leaving the honors to ol' Kris Heaver, who BTW has not played in 2 years. Starting QB Tuitama is still in la-la land, and backup QB Austin will be examined this week but it might be bad. Fortunately, Heaver was in a position to just hand the ball off and watch the backs run for 220 yds vs. the horrific Stanford run defense. This will not be the case this week, as Riley made some defensive adjustments 2 weeks ago and the result has been 2 weeks of excellent run defense, and overall defense for that matter. Arizona will have real issues offensively here.
The injury Bernard suffered at the end of the game is a non-issue, he was practicing on Sunday and he's fine. Moore had his best game of the season and silenced the critics at least for a week. They really dominated that Washington game from start to finish, and could have won by 3 or 4 TDs to be honest. They are talking about a late rally for a bowl bid, and this is a must-win. OSU right now has the better offense by a mile, and I could argue they have the stronger defense too. Last 2 weeks they've allowed 72 rushes for 191 yds, about 2.7 YPC. All things considered, the only edge I see for Zona is Stoops over Riley. But I think pts might be hard to come by in this game, and OSU will get more of them than Zona and pull away in the 2H. OSU gets healthier this week as well, with a few guys likely returning from injuries. Zona has yet to have a week off, and I think we see a depleted team looking forward to their bye next week. The hungrier OSU team gets the win.
4-1 last week. If anybody has any recommendations on this card, please feel free to speak up. I've already bet any play I post, so I'd rather discuss other games than the ones I'm already down on. But let's keep it movin'.
Oregon St. -2
Played this at Olympic about 30 minutes ago. This is something of a pre-emptive strike, I don't wanna see the line get to -3 or higher. If something about it turns me off after further research, I'll simply buy it back and eat the juice. When you're a small player like me, you can do that, lol. But back to the well with the Beavers this week for me after winning with them last week.
A few factors at work here, all of which add up to great value at -2 IMO. I've always been a sucker for revenge, and this is a serious payback spot as Zona waked into OSU and beat them last year as big dogs. Zona is about to go down hard I think. Their QB situation is an utter mess, as their first 14 stringers are hurt, leaving the honors to ol' Kris Heaver, who BTW has not played in 2 years. Starting QB Tuitama is still in la-la land, and backup QB Austin will be examined this week but it might be bad. Fortunately, Heaver was in a position to just hand the ball off and watch the backs run for 220 yds vs. the horrific Stanford run defense. This will not be the case this week, as Riley made some defensive adjustments 2 weeks ago and the result has been 2 weeks of excellent run defense, and overall defense for that matter. Arizona will have real issues offensively here.
The injury Bernard suffered at the end of the game is a non-issue, he was practicing on Sunday and he's fine. Moore had his best game of the season and silenced the critics at least for a week. They really dominated that Washington game from start to finish, and could have won by 3 or 4 TDs to be honest. They are talking about a late rally for a bowl bid, and this is a must-win. OSU right now has the better offense by a mile, and I could argue they have the stronger defense too. Last 2 weeks they've allowed 72 rushes for 191 yds, about 2.7 YPC. All things considered, the only edge I see for Zona is Stoops over Riley. But I think pts might be hard to come by in this game, and OSU will get more of them than Zona and pull away in the 2H. OSU gets healthier this week as well, with a few guys likely returning from injuries. Zona has yet to have a week off, and I think we see a depleted team looking forward to their bye next week. The hungrier OSU team gets the win.
