Matt Rivers
FRIDAY
Third Ever Blank Check Waive the Rating College Game of my Career is on Cincinnati at home against South Florida. The Bearcats are -10 at most books at 12:20 PM my time on Friday afternoon in Miami where I'm based. IF - and only IF - this line moves to -10 1/2, then I want you to buy the insurance on Cincinnati, taking the price back down a half to -10.
Trace Adams
Friday Selection ...
For Friday, Raise the Bar 1500♦ is San Francisco Giants with Hudson over the Kansas City Royals with Guthrie. At 7:30 am eastern, the Giants are priced right around -125 over the Royals in Vegas and offshore. Note: Both listed pitchers must start, or there is NO action on this release.
Friday Selection ...
For Friday, Raise the Bar 1500♦ is San Francisco Giants with Hudson over the Kansas City Royals with Guthrie. At 7:30 am eastern, the Giants are priced right around -125 over the Royals in Vegas and offshore. Note: Both listed pitchers must start, or there is NO action on this release.
Topshelfpicks
Carson K - Royals +117
This is really tough for me. I believe every game is a coin flip. Unless Bumgarner is pitching. I have KC to win the Series (nice chunk on it). So i have 3 opitions, 1-Sit this out and just cheer on KC. 2-Put a little on SF just in case. 3-Say f*ck it and keep going with KC.
Hudson @ home vs. Guthrie on the road. Really not that much of a difference. I think we will see a run 1 game or it will be all tied up heading into the 7th. If thats the case I'll take KC.
The question I was asked the other day. "What will KC do when they finally lose a game?" My answer was, win the next 4. I was only joking at first. But now I'm starting to believe they can.
I liked what I seen from the Royals in Game 2. Fire, Fight and F*ck You we can win this thing attitude. They didn't care that they were down 0-1. The Champ(SF) got hit in the mouth and he's bleeding. In 2010 they went up 2-0 on Texas and they knew they were better. 2012 they swept the Tigers. They are in for a fight with this KC team. How will they respond?
Carson K - Royals +117
This is really tough for me. I believe every game is a coin flip. Unless Bumgarner is pitching. I have KC to win the Series (nice chunk on it). So i have 3 opitions, 1-Sit this out and just cheer on KC. 2-Put a little on SF just in case. 3-Say f*ck it and keep going with KC.
Hudson @ home vs. Guthrie on the road. Really not that much of a difference. I think we will see a run 1 game or it will be all tied up heading into the 7th. If thats the case I'll take KC.
The question I was asked the other day. "What will KC do when they finally lose a game?" My answer was, win the next 4. I was only joking at first. But now I'm starting to believe they can.
I liked what I seen from the Royals in Game 2. Fire, Fight and F*ck You we can win this thing attitude. They didn't care that they were down 0-1. The Champ(SF) got hit in the mouth and he's bleeding. In 2010 they went up 2-0 on Texas and they knew they were better. 2012 they swept the Tigers. They are in for a fight with this KC team. How will they respond?
VegasNFLPicks
Over Oregon/California
Hello guys , I know we could had a better number early this week, but the number on the total only seems to go up its gone to 79 this morning,well this 2 teams can end up scoring 100 easy
this has written shootout all over, the Oregon Ducks averaging 41.6 points a game ,Oregon now 6th ranked and in control of the PAC 12 North travel to Santa Clara tonight to play the California Bears who are playing a good season where they were competitive all season with the exception of the Washington game,Cal QB Jared Goff is one of the most underrated in College football, beeing fourth in efficiency rate 173.1, with 24 Touchdown passes this season
both teams need the win ,Oregon to defend the top spot in the PAC12 North and remain in contention for the four team Play Offs,California Bears need 2 more wins to become bowl eligible
Bears poor pass defense allowing almost 400 yards in average through the air,this could be the game for Ducks QB Marcus Mariota to shine with completing 70.2 % of his passes,there is no question Mariots will get the 44 yards he needs to become Oregons all time leader breaking Bill Musgraves record
Oregon RB Royce Freeman needs 76yrds to break the all time Ducks record for a freshman, Freeman scored 4TDs last week against Washington, so all is set for a record breaking game
Over Oregon/California
Hello guys , I know we could had a better number early this week, but the number on the total only seems to go up its gone to 79 this morning,well this 2 teams can end up scoring 100 easy
this has written shootout all over, the Oregon Ducks averaging 41.6 points a game ,Oregon now 6th ranked and in control of the PAC 12 North travel to Santa Clara tonight to play the California Bears who are playing a good season where they were competitive all season with the exception of the Washington game,Cal QB Jared Goff is one of the most underrated in College football, beeing fourth in efficiency rate 173.1, with 24 Touchdown passes this season
both teams need the win ,Oregon to defend the top spot in the PAC12 North and remain in contention for the four team Play Offs,California Bears need 2 more wins to become bowl eligible
Bears poor pass defense allowing almost 400 yards in average through the air,this could be the game for Ducks QB Marcus Mariota to shine with completing 70.2 % of his passes,there is no question Mariots will get the 44 yards he needs to become Oregons all time leader breaking Bill Musgraves record
Oregon RB Royce Freeman needs 76yrds to break the all time Ducks record for a freshman, Freeman scored 4TDs last week against Washington, so all is set for a record breaking game
Topshelfpicks
Raiderman - Royals
The pitching match-up is Jeremy Guthrie (13-11, 4.13 ERA) vs Tim Hudson (9-13, 3.57 ERA) for the Giants. What I like about this match-up is that Guthrie comes in pitching better down the stretch than Hudson. During September, Hudson was 0-4 with an 8.72 ERA while Guthrie was 3-1 with a 2.40 ERA. During the post-season neither pitcher has logged a decision but Hudson's ERA is 3.29 and he has allowed 14 hits in 13.2 innings. Certainly, Hudson's post season numbers aren't bad by any stretch. Guthrie has had one post-season appearance in which he pitched 5 innings against Baltimore in the ALCS and allowed just one run (1.80 ERA) on 3 hits. This will be the first World Series start for both pitchers. Guthrie is more of a fly ball pitcher, and AT&T is not a homer friendly park, so if Guthrie can effectively keep the ball down, the Royals should be in good shape with their defense and bullpen.
The SF bullpen really let the Giants down the other night, so this could be a true wild card. Hudson only averaged 6 innings per start, so I expect the bullpen to come into play tonight. Meanwhile, I thought Ventura really battled himself the other night, but the KC bullpen came in and shut down the Giants. This could be something we see again before this series is over. Neither of these pitchers is a dominant pitcher, so the bullpens will be called upon early. If it comes down to pitching and defense late, we know the Royals have got the goods.
I expect this to be a high scoring game, something along the lines of 6-4 or so, so I would definitely lean to the Over as well (can't believe this total is 7 - I would have looked for 8 myself).
Raiderman - Royals
The pitching match-up is Jeremy Guthrie (13-11, 4.13 ERA) vs Tim Hudson (9-13, 3.57 ERA) for the Giants. What I like about this match-up is that Guthrie comes in pitching better down the stretch than Hudson. During September, Hudson was 0-4 with an 8.72 ERA while Guthrie was 3-1 with a 2.40 ERA. During the post-season neither pitcher has logged a decision but Hudson's ERA is 3.29 and he has allowed 14 hits in 13.2 innings. Certainly, Hudson's post season numbers aren't bad by any stretch. Guthrie has had one post-season appearance in which he pitched 5 innings against Baltimore in the ALCS and allowed just one run (1.80 ERA) on 3 hits. This will be the first World Series start for both pitchers. Guthrie is more of a fly ball pitcher, and AT&T is not a homer friendly park, so if Guthrie can effectively keep the ball down, the Royals should be in good shape with their defense and bullpen.
The SF bullpen really let the Giants down the other night, so this could be a true wild card. Hudson only averaged 6 innings per start, so I expect the bullpen to come into play tonight. Meanwhile, I thought Ventura really battled himself the other night, but the KC bullpen came in and shut down the Giants. This could be something we see again before this series is over. Neither of these pitchers is a dominant pitcher, so the bullpens will be called upon early. If it comes down to pitching and defense late, we know the Royals have got the goods.
I expect this to be a high scoring game, something along the lines of 6-4 or so, so I would definitely lean to the Over as well (can't believe this total is 7 - I would have looked for 8 myself).
