Drew Gordon COMP
Boston College +7' vs USC at San Francisco, CA
26-16-2 roll L44 Bonus Plays! For today's complimentary play, we're looking at the Boston College/Southern California match up.
For a powerhouse like Southern California, the Emerald Bowl is an insult. It's not even a January Bowl game, and quite frankly, I believe the Trojans could care less about this match up or Boston College... This is not what the coach Carroll's "5? recruits" signed up for, plain and simple.
On the other hand, the Eagles had to battle their way into the postseason, and see a real chance at notoreity, if they can pull off what everyone in the world would consider a monumental upset. Boston College surged down the stretch, going 4-2 SU, including road wins at Virginia & Maryland, two tough opponents who needed wins and were playing at home. How did they do it? Using the same formula they're going to use to cover tonight's match up: DEFENSE.
You see, while the Trojans may have the bigger names on defense, its the Eagles stop-unit who's playing better football, allowing just 19 ppg on 284 total yards over their L3 games. For comparisons sake, USC is allowing 27 ppg on 370 total yards over the same span! Boston College's offense is no juggernaut, but they're more than capable of playing a run-heavy/milk the clock kind of game behind stud RB Montel Harris, who's 4.8 yards/carry is no accident! The Trojans D has been getting skewered the L2 months, allowing almost 29 ppg over their L7 games!
Bottom line, time to wake up Trojan-backers... You're team is in a rebuilding year! Matt Barkley has a bright future, but for the time being, you're offense is not good enough to lay this many against a rock-solid Boston College defense that's playing great football right now. In the end, the PAC-10 is down this year and it'll show, as one of their best burns their backers once again (1-6 ATS L/7 games) here tonight.
Take Boston College plus the points over Southern California in this college football match up.
2? BOSTON COLLEGE
Boston College +7' vs USC at San Francisco, CA
26-16-2 roll L44 Bonus Plays! For today's complimentary play, we're looking at the Boston College/Southern California match up.
For a powerhouse like Southern California, the Emerald Bowl is an insult. It's not even a January Bowl game, and quite frankly, I believe the Trojans could care less about this match up or Boston College... This is not what the coach Carroll's "5? recruits" signed up for, plain and simple.
On the other hand, the Eagles had to battle their way into the postseason, and see a real chance at notoreity, if they can pull off what everyone in the world would consider a monumental upset. Boston College surged down the stretch, going 4-2 SU, including road wins at Virginia & Maryland, two tough opponents who needed wins and were playing at home. How did they do it? Using the same formula they're going to use to cover tonight's match up: DEFENSE.
You see, while the Trojans may have the bigger names on defense, its the Eagles stop-unit who's playing better football, allowing just 19 ppg on 284 total yards over their L3 games. For comparisons sake, USC is allowing 27 ppg on 370 total yards over the same span! Boston College's offense is no juggernaut, but they're more than capable of playing a run-heavy/milk the clock kind of game behind stud RB Montel Harris, who's 4.8 yards/carry is no accident! The Trojans D has been getting skewered the L2 months, allowing almost 29 ppg over their L7 games!
Bottom line, time to wake up Trojan-backers... You're team is in a rebuilding year! Matt Barkley has a bright future, but for the time being, you're offense is not good enough to lay this many against a rock-solid Boston College defense that's playing great football right now. In the end, the PAC-10 is down this year and it'll show, as one of their best burns their backers once again (1-6 ATS L/7 games) here tonight.
Take Boston College plus the points over Southern California in this college football match up.
2? BOSTON COLLEGE
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Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres (-193, 5)
All the Senators want for Christmas is a big trainer’s room. The one they have now is getting a little crowded.
Ottawa has been plagued with injuries all season and took another knock when captain Daniel Alfredsson suffered a shoulder injury in the team’s 8-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins Wednesday night. The Senators’ staff expects Alfredsson to miss up three weeks.
"[Alfredsson's] a big loss," goalie Pascal Leclaire told the media. "He's definitely our leader and a key player on our team ... but we have some good guys in here. We all have to step it up a little bit."
Alfredsson leads the Senators with 31 points, scoring nine goals and recording 22 assists. He was battling a scoring slump with his most recent goal coming in late November.
Ottawa is still playing without star center Jason Spezza, who will be out of action until early February after injuring his knee last week. Spezza, who has been mired in a funk for most of the season, isn’t expected to undergo surgery.
The Sens have averaged just over two goals per game this month and, outside of Wednesday’s beating, have posted a 3-5-1 over/under mark in their last nine contests.
Pick: Under
Los Angeles Kings at Phoenix Coyotes (-135, 5.5)
The Coyotes are hoping the holiday break didn’t snap their sudden streak of hot play.
Phoenix won back-to-back games heading into the hiatus, taking wins over the Anaheim Ducks and Columbus Blue Jackets this week. The Coyotes are winners in four of their last five heading into Saturday’s showdown with the Kings.
Forward Petr Prucha credits the team’s turnaround to just getting the “lucky” bounces. The right winger has been stuck in a bit of a rut in recent games. He hasn’t lit the lamp since scoring twice against the Toronto Maple Leafs December 16.
"You always think after points like that it's gonna be the break point, but it's how it is," Prucha told reports. "It's hockey, and you can't have a point every game. You just have to keep working hard, and it's gonna come, hopefully."
Phoenix is a solid 14-5 inside Jobing.com Arena this season. It has won eight straight games at home heading into Saturday.
Pick: Phoenix -135[/color]
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Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres (-193, 5)
All the Senators want for Christmas is a big trainer’s room. The one they have now is getting a little crowded.
Ottawa has been plagued with injuries all season and took another knock when captain Daniel Alfredsson suffered a shoulder injury in the team’s 8-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins Wednesday night. The Senators’ staff expects Alfredsson to miss up three weeks.
"[Alfredsson's] a big loss," goalie Pascal Leclaire told the media. "He's definitely our leader and a key player on our team ... but we have some good guys in here. We all have to step it up a little bit."
Alfredsson leads the Senators with 31 points, scoring nine goals and recording 22 assists. He was battling a scoring slump with his most recent goal coming in late November.
Ottawa is still playing without star center Jason Spezza, who will be out of action until early February after injuring his knee last week. Spezza, who has been mired in a funk for most of the season, isn’t expected to undergo surgery.
The Sens have averaged just over two goals per game this month and, outside of Wednesday’s beating, have posted a 3-5-1 over/under mark in their last nine contests.
Pick: Under
Los Angeles Kings at Phoenix Coyotes (-135, 5.5)
The Coyotes are hoping the holiday break didn’t snap their sudden streak of hot play.
Phoenix won back-to-back games heading into the hiatus, taking wins over the Anaheim Ducks and Columbus Blue Jackets this week. The Coyotes are winners in four of their last five heading into Saturday’s showdown with the Kings.
Forward Petr Prucha credits the team’s turnaround to just getting the “lucky” bounces. The right winger has been stuck in a bit of a rut in recent games. He hasn’t lit the lamp since scoring twice against the Toronto Maple Leafs December 16.
"You always think after points like that it's gonna be the break point, but it's how it is," Prucha told reports. "It's hockey, and you can't have a point every game. You just have to keep working hard, and it's gonna come, hopefully."
Phoenix is a solid 14-5 inside Jobing.com Arena this season. It has won eight straight games at home heading into Saturday.
Pick: Phoenix -135[/color]
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