I worry about all games. Mizzou still has the players like Machlin and Coffman that if this team plays up to their potential is capable of beating some very good teams. OU will need to bring their A game. And this will be OU's third straight game playing a ranked team. So you never know. This game will be in Mizzou's back yard. And you never know what the weather is going to be like in Kansas City. Having said that, I doubt seriosly if they can keep up with OU because I just don't think Mizzou has a good enough pass defense to get it done.
Long time lurker who finally decided to join the fray here at the Rx.
GoSooners, I have been an admirer of your posts for a long time now. You provide an exceptional analysis and reasoning behind your plays.
Today was tough for many of us. Take for example the Texas Tech game. I also bet them when they opened at -20. Thought this was a surefire winner given Tech's history with Baylor and Leach's propensity to be the bully. I would never had thought Mike Leach would let his team play so flat like that. Plus, the unforeseen injury to Crabtree really took the wind out of the sails so to speak. Perhaps it was a hangover from the OU massacre they suffered last weekend? Who knows?
I just wanted to tell you I personally appreciate your hard work.
Bowl season is right around the corner. Chin up. I'll be looking for your plays as you release them.
Thank you for your kind words. There were a few close but no cigar games today like the Notre Dame spread loss by 2 points and the Nevada push. I thought we had a decent chance to cover the OU/OSU game right up until the last 3 minutes of the game. But this is the way it goes sometimes. The lines are set very tight this time of year. I still think the plays I made were sound. The only one that I think I made a real mistake with was the Missouri/Kansas game. I really should have taken the motivation factor more into consideration for that game. With Kansas wanting to get to that 7th win and a sure bowl berth. And the fact that Mizzou really had nothing to lose or gain in that game. Very stupid on my part to not take that angle as seriously as I should. You live and learn.
Hey Pal, All Over But The Crying Now
I think the last 10 mins put OU in KC. It's still possible that the team left out could end up in the NC game. Not quite as confident about the Gators as I was, if they don't have Harvin next wk. Tide is better than I thought, sort of like OU/Tx, one has edge on O, the other on D. If I had my druthers I'd want to see USC/Fl, but THAT won't happen. So next for me would be OU/Fl. BOL my friend in all you do! My Bowl gms a/o now!
Rose: SC/PSU
Sugar: Tx/Bama
Fiesta: Utes/Boise/OHSt
Orange: Cincy/VT
NC: OU/Fl
hno:
I think the last 10 mins put OU in KC. It's still possible that the team left out could end up in the NC game. Not quite as confident about the Gators as I was, if they don't have Harvin next wk. Tide is better than I thought, sort of like OU/Tx, one has edge on O, the other on D. If I had my druthers I'd want to see USC/Fl, but THAT won't happen. So next for me would be OU/Fl. BOL my friend in all you do! My Bowl gms a/o now!
Rose: SC/PSU
Sugar: Tx/Bama
Fiesta: Utes/Boise/OHSt
Orange: Cincy/VT
NC: OU/Fl
hno:Silver....I'm looking forward to the bowls myself. But I think OU and Florida is far from being a done deal. I'm sure Mizzou will be in a serious payback mode after what OU did to them twice last year and knocking them out of the BCS game. And I've also learned over the years that no matter how much they talk up the favorite in the SEC title game, it usually turns out to be a close game. Good running teams like Bama who play good defense and are undefeated usually don't go away easy.I think the last 10 mins put OU in KC. It's still possible that the team left out could end up in the NC game. Not quite as confident about the Gators as I was, if they don't have Harvin next wk. Tide is better than I thought, sort of like OU/Tx, one has edge on O, the other on D. If I had my druthers I'd want to see USC/Fl, but THAT won't happen. So next for me would be OU/Fl. BOL my friend in all you do! My Bowl gms a/o now!
Rose: SC/PSU
Sugar: Tx/Bama
Fiesta: Utes/Boise/OHSt
Orange: Cincy/VT
NC: OU/Fl
:nohead::toast: LT
That is a hard number...I feel Florida will win the game. But trying to figure out by how much is anybody's guess..As a rule the SEC title game is pretty competetive. But Florida is just so damned dominant right now that I would hate to bet against them. One thing you can't do is turn the ball over on Florida. FSU turned it over 4 times yesterday. You just can't do it against a team who is (+15) in turnover margin. Bama has a pretty good turnover margin themselves at (+6). So if they don't give Florida any gifts it could turn out to be a decent game.
There will be a million opinions about this game in these threads by the end of the week. But I can't say as I disagree with you. You'll see a lot of bragging on both sides this week about who is best. But the bottom line here is that the linesmakers know more about what their doing than people think. And you add the intensity factor in with it, and your right, this could be a hell of a game. Bama has the third ranked defense in the country. And it can be a big mistake to sell a good defense short. I also think the single worst mistake people could do with teams is to try to compare scores against common opponents. Good defenses will never look as good in winning games as good offenses. People have a tendency to prefer to see large numbers and bigger wins on a piece of paper. But more often than not it's the lower scores and the closer wins that mean the most.
I guess one thing that makes me lean Bama is the hits they will put on Tebow, when the Gators faced a superior defensive line like Ole Miss they had some trouble and the penetration caused a lot of trouble for all the motion and movement for the Florida offense. I think Bama's D line will cause the same sort of problems. I think Tebow will get knocked around pretty good on Saturday. Harvin is a huge dynamic in the Gators offense and the ankle problem will hamper his speed and elusiveness. Not saying that it is impossible but Fla will have to play an A+ game to beat bama by more then 10.
