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Yeah, I said I wasn't going to do this, but because of last night's success, I'm willing to let it ride on the following...
Grand Rapids at Colorado over 93.5 (1.5 units -102): This game features new QB Michael Bishop to the Rampage offense. Sparky McEwen had enough of 5 Nick Browder fumbles. That all being said, while Bishop is more accustomed to a Grand Rapids game that features him running the ball, McEwen wants him to take more deep shots in this game, and only use his feet when necessary. All-Arena defensive specialist Damian Hughley is out of this afternoon's game with an injury suffered against Orlando, which should mean more points for the Rampage. Chris Jackson will be blanketed all day by Rashard Floyd, one of the elite tacklers in the AFL. As for Colorado, they will probably employ a similar game plan to that of last year's game in Colorado, when the Rampage ran a hurry up offense in the first half. This paired with the elevation issue tired out several of their opposing players, and led to a 39 point walloping of Grand Rapids last season. I make this bet in hopes for a perfect middle situation in the 2nd half. We could very easily see 55-60 points go on the board in the first half only to have it fizzle off in the second. I still think this number is generous based off of the Colorado offensive problems last week and the ineptitude of Grand Rapids on both sides of the ball. The difference is that this week... Michael Bishop all-time has 9-3 TD-turnover ratio, while Nick Browders was much much worse last week. If Bishop can hang onto the football and put 40 on the board, this is a moral lock. Eventually Vegas will catch onto Grand Rapids putting 40-45 on the board and have to adjust the o/us when they average giving up 55-60 a game. The line intrigued me all week, and since the number has remained rather stagnant and I'm getting some odds, it's worth a shot for the profits of yesterday.
Best of luck. Oh yeah, there definitely WILL NOT be a play in that San Jose/Vegas game... not even gonna try watching it. AFLGuruChick and I are going on that date I promised her.
--AFLGuru:toast: