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Jonathan Jorcin

Clemson vs. Georgia

Bonus Play Clemson

This game last year was a back and forth shootout that ended in a Clemson 38-35 win, and this year the two quarterbacks at the helm will be different quarterbacks in the same situation. Both starters will first time starters, and they are both seniors. They have been with the program 4 a solid years, and we able to learn the system. Todd Gurley from Georgia will be a Heisman front runner barring he stays healthy. Keith Marshall will also be a solid one-two punch provided by this running back core, and those two together could be the best back field in the entire country.

The new quarterback will be Hutson Mason who was able to start a few games last year due to Aaron Murray and his ACL injury. He was solid in his starts, and with a healthy offense leading the way this team should be better than last year. While the Bulldogs have a new quarterback, so do the Clemson Tigers. Cole Stoudt is also a senior and was in Dabo Swinney’s offense the entire time. The loss of Sammy Watkins and Tahj Boyd will surely be a loss for this offense, but Stoudt will be a nice surprise. He is also a strong arm with legs that can get out of trouble. Swinney loves running quarterbacks and has been quoted that he will try and run Stoudt as often as possible. This will be another back and forth game, close enough to take the underdog in a 7 plus spread. Take Clemson.

 

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Jeff Hochman

Clemson vs. Georgia

Bonus Play Clemson

like the Bulldogs to be improved this season but this line is way out of whack. Cole Stoudt will step in at QB after completing 47 of 59 passes for 415 yards and five touchdowns as Tajh Boyd's backup last year. He has looked the part for Clemson this Summer. The Bulldogs have won 16 of their last 17 home openers, but will begin the season without four-year starting QB Aaron Murray for this matchup. Hutson Mason takes over and should get better as the season progresses. Both teams have extra time to prepare for this first game. Georgia is just 4-9 against the spread as home favorites of late and 1-4 ATS as home chalk of 6 to 9 points. The Tigers are a good team and have done very well against SEC foes. Take the road dog!

Selection: Clemson Tigers +7.5

Prediction: Clemson 31 Georgia 34

 

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Alex Smart

Western Michigan vs. Purdue

Bonus Play Western Michigan

The Purdue Boilermakers finished last season on a dismal 1-11 SU run including 10 straight losses and were punished in those games on the stat sheet getting uncerimoniously out gained by an average 177 yards and 23 points per game. . Meanwhile their MAC conference opponents today Western Michigan also had a horrid season, behind some very inexperienced kids in key positions. These young men are now much more experienced and have enough talent to surprise some folks. Also HC Fleck has done well on the recruiting trail, and landed a few quality options that could make a splash in the MAC this season. Bottom line: Purdue;s HC Hazell after coming over from Kent State was thought to have some weapons at his disposal, but as is evident by his overall numbers unable to utilize them. With that said, I just cant see the Boilmakers as a 10 point favorite right now based on last seasons futility and Im betting the value lays with backing what Im also betting- will be an improved version of the Mustangs in 2014.

Boilermakers are 6-13 ATS in their last 19 vs. MAC.

Play on the Western Michigan Mustangs 1/2 unit comp selection

 

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Bill Biles

Idaho vs. Florida

Bonus Play Florida -34

Florida is looking to bounce back from a very disappointing season in 2013. The offense is healthy and the defense is always Florida's strong suit. Look for Florida to make a statement that last season is behind them and look forward to a successful 2014 season.

Pick= Florida -34

 

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Scott Spreitzer

Troy vs. UAB

Bonus Play Under the Total

These teams are obviously familiar with each other and I expect defenses to get the better of this meeting...at least relative to last year's final scoring output of 65 combined points. We should note the contest was decided by a FG in OT, and with less than four minutes to go in regulation, was a 31-24 contest...just 55 points on the board. Corey Robinson did it all for the Trojans and he is gone from this year's team. Robinson was arguably the top QB to ever play for Larry Blakeney. He'll likely go with both of his top-2 QBs in this one. The problem is, neither has much experience. UAB has a new HC in Bill Clark who inherits a shaky offensive unit. Making matters even tougher, UAB's top two QBs are gone from last season's squad and Clark will have to chose from inexperienced replacements. I believe the defenses will be ahead of the offenses and their young signal callers and I'm recommending this game Under the total. Thanks & GL! Scott Spreitzer.

 

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Tom Stryker

Western Michigan vs. Purdue

Bonus Play Purdue

A pair of 1-11 SU teams from a year ago will do battle in West Lafayette on Saturday. Things didn't go well for Purdue head coach Darrell Hazell in his first season and he'll have the Boilermakers ready to make a statement against one of the MAC's weakest teams.

Technically speaking, this isn't a bad spot for PU. According to my notes, game one favorites priced at -7 or more are a strong 18-2 SU and 13-7 ATS provided they won two games or less the previous season. That bodes well for the Boilers. Also, double-digit MAC underdogs are a stiff 2-35 SU and 14-23 ATS in their last 37 against Big 10 foes including just 0-13 SU and 3-10 ATS at game two or less. That spells trouble for the Broncos.

Once a force in the "Little Big 10" Conference (what I like to call the MAC), WMU has struggled something fierce posting a dismal 24-40 SU and 21-36-2 ATS record in its last 64 games including a disturbing 6-25-2 ATS in this set priced as an underdog of +24 or less. Also, against Big 10 opponents, Western Michigan is a woeful 0-12 SU and 3-9 ATS in its last 12 tries and has lost by an average of 19.3 points per game.

The Boilermakers brass has decided to issue free admission for students to Saturday's game against the Broncos. That means coach Hazell, Morgan Burker and president Mitch Daniels are picking up the tab to fill the stands. Rest assured, PU will look to impress with the Ross-Ade Stadium potentially full. Take Purdue. Thank you and best of luck, Tom Stryker.

 

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Doc's Sports

Boston College vs. UMass

Bonus Play #172 Take UMASS Minutemen over Boston College Eagles (Saturday 3 pm ESPN 3)

The Mark Whipple Era gets underway facing an in-state opponent at a home game site that is actually closer to the Boston College than it is to UMASS. The Minutemen were just 1-11 last season but did cover the number in their fair share of games in 2013. Boston College is not a powerhouse and they did lose their workhorse in Andre Williams, who now plays for the New York Giants. Boston College went just 2-4 ATS in road games last season and they have just 9 of a potential 22 returning starters on offense and defense. UMASS stay below the number in their home opener and we collect in the process as well.

 

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Jesse Schule

Florida State vs. Oklahoma State

Free NCAAF Play Oklahoma State Cowboys

Oklahoma State won 10 games last year, and many of those came against tough opposition in the Big 12 Conference. Their most impressive victory came against #3 ranked Baylor, in a 49-17 thrashing at home. None of their three losses came by more than 10 points, yet they are getting almost double that number in their season opener against Florida State.

The Seminoles are the defending national champions, but let's not forget that they needed to come from behind to beat Auburn by a score of 34-31 in the Championship Game in January. They lost five key starters on offense to the NFL draft, but Jameis Winston is back, and Florida State is still loaded.

Winston put up video game type numbers in 2013, and many people expect him to match those stats this season. I wouldn't be surprised to see Famous Jameis take a giant step back this year though. He seems to have a knack for finding trouble, and would appear to be a prime candidate for letting success go to his head.

With a less experienced receiving corps, it would also be no surprise to see Jumbo Fisher lean more on the run in this first game. At the end of the day, it's an awful lot of points to cover against a quality team from one of the tougher conferences in the country.

Take OKST.

GL,

Jesse Schule

 

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Ross Benjamin

Clemson vs. Georgia

Bonus Play Georgia -7.5
(Please buy to -7.0 if you can)

The Georgia Bulldogs won't only be out to atone for a disappointing 2013 season by their standards, but they'll be out to revenge a season opening loss to these very same Clemson Tigers a year ago. The Bulldogs defense will be improved, and running back Todd Gurley is fully recovered from the knee injury he sustained which limited him to just 5-games last year . Quarterback Hutson Mason (2-starts in 2013) showed what he's capable of when he replaced the injured Aaron Murray last year. Clemson will have to replace their starting quarterback, and their top three receivers from a season ago. I like the way things stack up for the Bulldogs in Saturday's premier matchup, that will be played "between the hedges" in Athens.

Any home favorite of 8.5 or less that's playing with revenge in their opening game of the season, they won 7 or more games in the previous year, and have won 15 or less of their past 22-games, versus an opponent playing in their season opener, and they won 10-games or less in the previous year, has gone 13-2 ATS (87%) during the past 18-seasons. Play on the Georgia Bulldogs minus the points.

 

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Freddy Wills

Clemson vs. Georgia

Bonus Play 1* Under 55

Clemson and Georgia are returning a ton of talent on the defensive side of the ball and will have arguably top 5 defenses or at least top 5 front 7 units. The score of last year's game was a 38-35 shootout, but both teams had 3 year starting QB's in their senior years. I would make this a larger play if I didn't have a lot of respect for each team's offensive coordinator, because they are among the elite, but replacing a 3 year start at QB along with having to replace 3 offensive linemen is not easy early in the season when defenses usually are a bit ahead of the offenses. This game is important to both teams and I expect it to stay under the total here.

 

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'Seminoles face first test'

The marquis game of the weekend kicks off at 08:00 EST Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, with defending Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston and the National Champion Seminoles meeting Oklahoma State Cowboys. The defending champs returning 13 starters in addition to Winston are the clear favorite in this game (-17.5) against 'Pokes' decimated by graduation bringing back just four starters on each side of the the ball. Won't be a walk-in-the-park for Seminoles, the 'Pokes' lead by QB J.W. Walsh (7.0 YPA) with a pair of solid receivers in Seales, Sheperd will challenge FSU's secondary. But, in the end 'Pokes' simply lack the overall experience to keep up. Seminoles 11-3 vs the betting line last season have a penchant to rise to the occasion in neutral-site games as they're 12-3-1 ATS the past 16 situations. Mike Gundy's troops 6-12 ATS as underdogs consider sticking with the Champs in this one. Best of luck this season but above all enjoy the games.

 

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Kyle Hunter

Washington vs. Hawaii

*3 Star NCAA FB Bonus Play Hawaii

The Washington Huskies get started Saturday night in the Chris Petersen era. Washington has plenty of talent, but they also have plenty of question marks. Cyler Miles won't play due to a suspension, and he is seen as the Huskies next quarterback with loads of potential. Washington is going to miss Keith Price and Bishop Sankey this year. While I'm confident that Washington is going to have a very good program under Petersen, it might take some time to get things running smoothly. Hawaii is a very tough place to play. Not many college teams can fly to Hawaii and stay focused on the game, because let's face it, it's hard to focus on the game when you are in a place like Hawaii. Hawaii plays teams tougher than expected here, and Norm Chow's team should be much improved this season. Hawaii isn't going to win this game, but I expect it to be closer than the line suggests. Take the dog. Take Hawaii.

 

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Ray Monohan

LSU vs. Wisconsin

5* FREE NCAAF Play Wisconsin Badgers +5

This is going to be a humdinger of a ball game that should feature two very good running games...and very inexperienced quarterbacks. Assuming that both of those factors kind of cancel it makes a lot of sense to grab Wisconsin and those 5 big points. This opened smaller but 5 seems like a great spot to get down because I am not sure how much more this number is going to move.

I am super intrigued by the elusiveness of newly names Badgers QB Tanner McEvoy who will add some elusiveness we don’t usually see from the Great White North.

Good Luck, Razor Ray.

 

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Marc Lawrence

Rice at Notre Dame 3:30PM

Rice (Game 175)

Edges - Owls: Owls 4-0 ATS last four versus foe that won 9 or more games last season, and 3-1 ATS dogs in first road game of the season. Irish: 1-5-1 ATS last seven home openers, and 3-7 ATS last ten as home favorites of more than 21 points. With the Owls having won 15 of their last 19 games overall, and the Dame facing a plethora of off-field player suspensions, we recommend a 1-unit play on Rice. Thank you and good lucks as always.

 

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Sam Martin

Rice at Notre Dame 3:30PM

5* Rice

Way too many points being laid by Notre Dame this Saturday, and the combination of a huge lookahead spot with Michigan looming on deck along with a Rice offense that will eat the clock means the Fighting Irish simply won't have enough time to run up the score. Love taking the points with the underdog here with an Owls squad that not only won 10 games last season, but averaged 50 rushing attempts and well over 200 rushing yards per game.

That's not to say we think Rice has any shot of winnings this game outright - they don't - however, Notre Dame would be foolish to tip their hand and give the Wolverines anything on game film, and there's not really much motivation for ND to blow this week's opponent out of the water. All those rushing attempts means the clock will be continuously moving, and with Notre Dame running a vanilla playbook this week, they win this game in the neighborhood of 10-14 points and move on to next week's showdown. 5* Play on Rice.

 

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WNBA

CHICAGO (17 - 20) at INDIANA (18 - 18) - 8/30/2014, 7:00 PM

Top Trends for this game.
CHICAGO is 7-14 ATS (-8.4 Units) after allowing 75 points or more this season.
CHICAGO is 5-12 ATS (-8.2 Units) after scoring 75 points or more this season.
INDIANA is 22-13 ATS (+7.7 Units) in all games this season.
INDIANA is 15-7 ATS (+7.3 Units) after a division game this season.
CHICAGO is 16-8 ATS (+7.2 Units) vs. division opponents this season.

Head-to-Head Series History
INDIANA is 12-4 against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
INDIANA is 13-3 straight up against CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
8 of 16 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

 

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WNBA

Trends

CHICAGO vs. INDIANA
Chicago is 4-21 SU in its last 25 games when playing Indiana
Chicago is 1-17 SU in its last 18 games when playing on the road against Indiana
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Indiana's last 6 games when playing Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Indiana's last 5 games when playing at home against Chicago

 

[RiceHS]

Can a moderator explain why I am still on post review?

 

[Betallsports]

Can a moderator explain why I am still on post review?

Because your ip matches multiple user names

 

[RiceHS]

Because your ip matches multiple user names

That's news to me. How can I fix that? Feel free to delete any and all besides one I am currently using if that will fix issue.