indiancowboy
Oakland Raiders (POD) +10
61% in College Basketball 2008-2009.
Yesterday: 2-1
*Charlotte/OKC Over (POD): Winner.
*Toledo Outright over UMASS: Winner.
*Middle Tennessee State +5.5: Loss.
2-0 on comp selections as well Celtics -14.5 and Clippers +11.
The line has gone both ways since the opening, Oakland opened up as a +9 point dog and it has gone down in some books to +8.5 and up in some books to +9.5 and even 10. The total has gone down roughly 0.5 points to 42.5 in most books. San Diego comes off losing to my Falcons at home, they beat this team 28-18 on the road earlier this year so Oakland does have revenge, the public favors the Chargers to a tune of 60% here, but Oakland has played well of late. Yes, I know they lost to the Chiefs at home, but many saw that coming given how much the Chiefs have improved over the last few weeks in covering games, and heck, Oakland beat Denver on the road outright by 3 touchdowns, lost 15-17 to the Dolphins and Russell has now thrown for more than 1700 yards. We keep waiting for San Diego to show up, but this team is 1-5 of their last 6. You want to know something intersting? When San Diego wins, they cover. When San Diego does not cover, they lose the game outright - they have done that at least the last 10 games. I think Oakland can hang tough here as San Diego just has not been overly impressive of late. Look, the bottom line is this, Oakland has revenge, they have been playing better, they come off a tough loss to the Chiefs at home, had covered back to back dog lines on the road of 10 against Denver (winning outright) and 9 at Miami, losing by 2, this game is on national television and San Diego hasn't overly impressed over the last 1.5 months as they are 1-5 ATS over their last 6. I'll take the points.
Kent State +2 or +1 over St. Mary's. Look the bottom line in this game is that Kent state is the more dynamic team in particular at home. I understand that SM is 4-1 but I promise you that winning percentage is going to come down. KS is the same team that lost to Kansas by 20 plus points and lost to TA&M by just a few points not to mention took Illinois to overtime. Heck this team beat St. louis ok the road and Nc Wilmington while SM could barely get passed scrub teams and not to mention lost outright to UTEP as 9 point chalk at home. Let's take the team with the better Nin conference coming off a tough road trip with the far more dynamic offense to pound this SM team outright and in fact by DD here.
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