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SquaresWanted Sharp- Kyle Brown
Sports Picks, Saturday October 3, 2009
Florida St. (2-2) vs Boston College (3-1) 3:30 pm
5 Stars Over 46 -102 @ Bet Phoenix
Analysis:
Seminoles quarterback Christian Ponder already has over 1,000 passing yards and four passing touchdowns. Ponder currently leads the ACC in total offense (291) and passing (270) yards per game and also has two rushing touchdowns. The Seminoles also have two other rushers ( Ty Jones, Lonnie Pryor) with two touchdowns a piece. Florida States defense keeps getting burnt on deep passing plays therefore giving up huge yards per game. They rank 115 out of 117 division 1-A teams on pass defense, and 99 in total defense.
Last week Boston College's running attack came back opening up opportunities for 25 year old freshman quarterback David Shinskie, he completed 18-29 for 228 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception in his first college start. Montel Harris and Josh Haden combined for 169 yards on the ground. With these three doing what they do against a shaky defense its not even a question that 46 points is not close to what this game is going to be.
SquaresWanted Sharp- Kyle Brown
Sports Picks, Saturday October 3, 2009
Penn St. (3-1) vs Illinois (1-2) 3:30 pm
5 Stars Penn St. -7 -101 @ Bet Phoenix
Analysis:
Penn St. has not had consecutive losses since games four and five of the 07 season. The Lions receivers have made plays when called upon and Evan Royster has been great when giving room to run. Last year quarterback Daryll Clark completed seventy percent of his passes against a more fortified Illinois defense. Penn St. defense has been stellar allowing opponents only 2.4 yards per carry this season. Clark has thrown for nearly 1,000 yards and nine touchdowns while runningback Evan Royster has four touchdowns.
Illinois defense had to break in six experienced starters as it was, two at each level of the defense. Then cornerback Miami Thomas hurt his knee in preseason and middle linebacker Martez Wilson suffered a season ending neck injury in the season opener. This leaves alot of inexperienced players running around trying to find where to go in this 4-3 alignment. The Buckeyes werent able to throw the ball last week but the Illini's defensive line couldnt stop Ohio States run game. Considering what Missouri and Illinois State did to Illinois through the air and how the Buckeyes ran over them then Penn St. should be able to choose how they want to win the run or the pass.
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