How bout over? Seen 52 posted around. Even though Fresno's offense got skunked last Sat. they got skunked by a great Tenn "d" in a very hostile place. They'll get on the board this week at home and OSU will get a bunch also. Weather looks fine for Friday also.Thinking doggie and over if I pull the trigger. good luck to you
After watching Fresno last week, all I can say is that their offensive line is clueless. Bet them at your own risk. Expect the QB to be pressured all night. Surprisingly, the defense, especially the secondary, which was a problem last year, looks much improved. The over is not so obvious IMO. Fresno will have no success running the football.
i was at the vols/fresno game last week on the 3rd row. fresno's o-line and d-line were very small. vols d-line is banged up , young and unproven, and they still man handled fresno.vols o-line is experienced and the vols ran at will. fresno will have a long year. so might the vols.
if the FSU QB (pinegar) was 100% healthy I'd gladly take fresno with the points especially at home and even more especially on grass. if a 1AA team like the hornets can find success passing the ball against OSU then I would think pinegar would get his share of great drives to score. but with the QB issue such a huge question mark (the back up stinks, and pinegar's injury is a pectoral one which has a huge impact on throwing) I dont see how a play can safely be made on the road. i think osu wins, but how can you lay 8.5 on the road given the two teams history of playing on grass and FSU's dog and series success?! the two teams are only seperated by 7 in the sportsline poll, I cant jusitfy laying 8.5 and I'm not sure getting 8.5 is going to be enough with the FSU QB issue. - PASS
Pinegar looked great last year cutting up week WAC teams, but I doubt he would have fared much better than Grady did against Tennessee. Grady is a solid QB, has been in the system for four years, was the back-up to David Carr, and didn't lose the job to Pinegar, he got hurt against OSU last year and Pinegar emerged from that point.
Don't be fooled by their poor performance last week, Fresno State has some studs in the skill positions, especially WR. Tennessee didn't exactly blow them out.
Don't be fooled by their poor performance last week, Fresno State has some studs in the skill positions, especially WR. Tennessee didn't exactly blow them out.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by RobFunk:
Noghri_ViR if i had to play a side it'd be OSU. I'm just not especially confident with them laying more than a touchdown on the road. we like the same side brother I'm just not liking OSU having to cover big points on grass<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I think the fact that some of their best players are feeling the effects of the flu will be enough to make the one game a little lopsided
Noghri_ViR if i had to play a side it'd be OSU. I'm just not especially confident with them laying more than a touchdown on the road. we like the same side brother I'm just not liking OSU having to cover big points on grass<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I think the fact that some of their best players are feeling the effects of the flu will be enough to make the one game a little lopsided
Although I originally like FresnoSt with the points at home, this game is a pass for me as Fresno is a mess -- QB-Grady just doesn't make offense click like Pinnegar, star WR-Berian is weakened by flu, best OL LT-Mankins tore up his knee in mid August. They're moving G-Shack over to start LT and he's <100%. MLB-Dailey is out.
