Thursday 9/29/16 service plays chatter/comps/requests & other stuff...

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Jim Feist

Jim Feist's Comp Pick, Thursday, September 29, 2016

Your Bonus Play for Thursday, September 29, 2016 comes in the American League baseball battle as the Twins head to Kansas City to play the defending champion Royals. Kyle Gibson (6-11, 5.04 ERA) goes for Minnesota with batters hitting .296 on him for the season. He is off a 10-1 loss to Seattle with the bullpen imploding and the team is 9-1-1 over the total when he takes the mound. The team is on a 22-7-1 run over the total. Kansas City is home on a 12-3 run over the total here, 6-0 over when Danny Duffy starts. And when these division rivals clash the Over is 9-4-1 in the last 14 meetings.

Play the Twins/Royals Over the total.

 

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Red Dog Sports

Brest vs AC Ajaccio

Bonus Play Draw +195

This match takes place on Friday in France. The total is set at 2 so they are expecting a low score. I think it ends 1-1.

Ajaccio 1

Brest 1

 

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Arthur Ralph Sports

Bonus Play: THURS White Sox w/Quintana-125

 

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Brandon Shively

Connecticut vs Houston Thursday , 8:00 PM EST

1* Bonus Play Houston Cougars

When laying four touchdowns or more in college football, I look for a team to be motivated in order to cover the number and also look for strong matchup edges. Houston has both. UConn gave Houston their only loss last season losing 20-17 as Greg Ward was injured and didn’t start the game. Greg Ward is an electric quarterback and will be 100% heading into this game Thursday night. Houston is converting on 53.4% of 3rd downs this season behind Ward and a balanced offense averaging over 200 rushing and passing yards a game.

We know Houston has had this game circled since last season as revenge is the motive. UConn has gotten outscored 31-0 in the 1st quarter this year (Houston 1st quarter is also an advised 1* Play) and that fits perfectly into my expectations that Houston will build an early lead and mash the gas for the remainder of the game.

Houston’s defense is leading the AAC with 34 tackles for loss while UConn is ranked last in AAC with only 15 tackles for a loss. I see UConn being stuck in a lot of ‘3rd and longs’ which can lead to bad decisions by the QB against a Houston defense that leads the FBS in forced turnovers the last 3 season.

Houston is averaging 44 ppg on the season. UConn’s offense has been one of the nation's worst over the last 2+ seasons and their offensive line is lacking depth because of injuries this season which has not helped matters. QB Shirreffs is next to last in QB rating in the AAC this year barely edging out SMU freshman QB Hicks just to keep things in perspective. UConn is only averaging 11.8 ppg since 2014 as a road underdog and I don’t see them scoring more than 13-14 points here. I think this game gets ugly quick and the Cougars will continue with a demolition of the UConn Huskies. (1* Houston)

 

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Sean Murphy

Kansas vs Texas Tech

8* Free Selection Texas Tech minus the points over Kansas at 8:30 pm et on Thursday.

I'll lay the points with the Red Raiders on Thursday night.

Texas Tech will undoubtedly be eager to get after it defensively in this one as they face a manageable matchup after giving up a boatload of points against Arizona State and Louisiana Tech in its last two games - a whopping 113 points to be exact.

Kansas has just one win to its credit this season, that coming in its opener against FCS squad Rhode Island. Since that win, the Jayhawks have been outscored 80-28 in losses to Ohio and Memphis. Staying on the road for the second consecutive game, this is by no means a favorable matchup.

The Jayhawks know that in order to win this game, they're likely going to have to find the end zone on virtually every drive. That's obviously just not a feasible gameplan for a squad that lacks explosive personnel on offense.

Again, the x-factor here will be the Red Raiders defense. Texas Tech is below average in that department but I'm not convinced Kansas can take advantage of that weakness.

Look for the Red Raiders to get off to a fast start and never let their foot off the gas as they ultimately pull away for a blowout victory. Take Texas Tech (8*).

 

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Marc Lawrence

Dolphins vs Bengals

Play - Dolphins-Bengals UNDER

Edges - Dolphins: 0-3 UNDER last three games in this series; and scored average 17.4 PPG last seven road games. Bengals: 3-7-1 UNDER on Thursdays. With Miami 2-11-1 UNDER in it last fourteen games on Thursday, we recommend a 1* play on the UNDER in this game. Thank you and good luck as always.