Chris Jordan
Wednesday night winner ...
2010 BLANK CHECK GAME OF THE YEAR
CENTRAL MICHIGAN CHIPPEWAS
Heard of Dan LeFevour yet?
Get used to it, cause he'll be playing on Sundays beginning next Fall.
And given Central Michigan's record-setting quarterback has just one game left in his college career (other than the all-star Senior Bowl) - this one - I have to believe he is going to have a field day against the 100th-ranked defense in the nation.
There are 120 teams ranked in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Against the pass, Troy is ranked 116th, allowing 277.7 yards per game. I wouldn't be surprised to see LeFevour tally 400 offensive yards tonight.
Where should I start with this kid???
He's the first Football Bowl Subdivision player to pass for 12,000 yards and rush for 2,500 more (Tim Tebow who?). He also holds the record for total touchdowns (148 to Tebow's 141). He needs 154 yards to move to No. 2 on the list for total yards (he's at 15,446) and will guide his fellow seniors tonight to matching a school record with 38 wins in four years with a victory over Sun Belt champion Troy.
I'm not done ...
LeFevour will move into 10th in career yards passing with 157 more for the 11-2 Chippewas, and needs nine completions for fifth and 64 yards rushing for 3,000. Although most defensive lines are focused on tracking down the Mid-American Conference Offensive Player of the Year, LeFevour has still managed to produce more than 400 total yards in nine of 13 games.
Honestly, I know Troy is an offensive juggernaut, but at least Central Michigan can play defense. And I know the Chippewas lost its head coach to Cincinnati and is now under the direction of an interim coach, but he was also the Associate Head Coach and he knows the program. This isn't UNLV or some mid-major slouch that doesn't know what it is doing.
This is one of the most dangerous spread offenses going against one of the most atrocious defensive units. Yes, Troy has won by some awfully big margins, but look at what these teams scored on the Trojans' 87th-ranked scoring defense:
3-9 Florida International put up 33 points.
2-10 North Texas put up 26 points
6-6 La Lafayette pu up 42 points
The Trojans held just two teams below 20 points, and again, now they're going to try to contain one of the most prolific quarterbacks in Division I football?
Let me make one final point that gives me an advantage (and no it has nothing to do with the fact the Trojans have a defensive player named Brandon Lang); there are NFL personnel who are still trying to figure out if LeFevour has a strong enough arm to make NFL-like throws. While his arm strength has been tough to gauge because Central Michigan's offense is based on short, touch passes, going against a defense like this might give him ample opportunity to unleash a plethora of vertical throws.
This is LeFevour's graduation party.
It's his gift to his teammates.
It's a salute to Butch Jones, who left for Cincinnati.
And it's a cap on his legacy.
Central Michigan rolls to a 38-24 blowout win tonight!!!
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NOTE - With this line tonight, you're going to be seeing it anywhere from 2-1/2 to 3-1/2; right now the majority of lines I am seeing is at 3-1/2 and I want you to BUY THE HALF-POINT down for insurance.
Why do this with a game I am so confident is going to win by double digits? Cause this is still G-A-M-B-L-I-N-G, and anything can happen. I cannot predict injuries or late calls by game officials. We're winning by 10 and some garbage-time TD has this game land on 3, I don't want to get hooked!
So with this line, FOR SURE we're buying down to -3. And if you have a -3, purchase it down to -2-1/2 ... why not? Let's insure this winner even further for all the same reasons!!!