@ dustcakes.....Bama only gave up more than 14 once last year. Pitched 3 shutouts, including the national championship game, and allowed 7 or less in 8 games . So that's one example of a defense that didn't give up 24+ a few times.
Comparing MSU to the best D in the country last year and one of the best all-time is unfair.
Name 9 defenses that were better than that of MSU.
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@ dustcakes.....Bama only gave up more than 14 once last year. Pitched 3 shutouts, including the national championship game, and allowed 7 or less in 8 games . So that's one example of a defense that didn't give up 24+ a few times.
Comparing MSU to the best D in the country last year and one of the best all-time is unfair.
Name 9 defenses that were better than that of MSU.
Great write up (per usual) loving the under here also, 7.5 maybe enough to have maybe playing Boise tho- good luck this season, tar heel. Eyes will be watching
Great write up (per usual) loving the under here also, 7.5 maybe enough to have maybe playing Boise tho- good luck this season, tar heel. Eyes will be watching
Gholston and Rush make up an outstanding DE tandem, but I'm actually excited to watch their back-ups. A couple of redshirt freshmen that are athletic freaks! Shilique Calhoun, 6'4/240 lbs (#89) has been called a clone of Julian Peterson and gets to the QB in a hurry. And Lawrence Thomas, 6'3 295 lbs (yes, 295 lbs) (#8) is so athletic, he was actually gonna play linebacker up until a few weeks ago.
Gholston and Rush make up an outstanding DE tandem, but I'm actually excited to watch their back-ups. A couple of redshirt freshmen that are athletic freaks! Shilique Calhoun, 6'4/240 lbs (#89) has been called a clone of Julian Peterson and gets to the QB in a hurry. And Lawrence Thomas, 6'3 295 lbs (yes, 295 lbs) (#8) is so athletic, he was actually gonna play linebacker up until a few weeks ago.
It's great to see college football on the horizon . I'm back for another season here at covers and I look forward to discussing this great sport/gambling with the forum. And then we have the haters, which will be here too.
Allow myself........to introduce myself. It's a pleasure to meet me! I watch every minute of every Michigan State game, and then watch a replay of the game on Sunday mornings. I also watch as many games of MSU's opponents as I can. So, I obviously follow the BIG pretty closely. Other than that, to be honest, I really don't follow that much of the rest of the country. My plays will be very limited this year, like probably 20-25 for the whole season. I've already got about 7 or 8 wagers picked out for the MSU games and a couple of other BIG conference games I love!!! I also throw down a unit here or there coatailing some of the better cappers around here, but you've gotta know who they are (which I do), and be able to weed out the frauds. On to the first game.....
Boise State/Michigan State UNDER 45.5 (1 unit)......I've been waiting to hit this total for 8 months and this was the first number I was offered . Vegasinsider.com showed that this total opened around 55, which is absurd. Then I saw it dropped to 52 and I was hoping to be able to hit that, but the first total I saw at 5dimes was this number. I still see value at this number, but not gonna unload on it like I had planned. I could write on this game for days, but will keep it to a minimum. I'll be happy to discuss this game with anyone that wants to though. Basically, I see it like this: Dantonio and MSU are gonna look a lot like Tressel and tOSU did. This is the best Sparty defense I've seen in my 30 years on this planet. It is stacked with playmakers/NFL caliber players on each level of the defense. And the offense lost virtually every playmaker it had last season. Sure, Bell is gonna be a stud, but he's a between-the-tackles runner. And we all know the Sparty passing game will take some time to gell. Boise State will be breaking in a brand new QB at Spartan Stadium on a Friday night vs that Spartan "D" that will be in beast-mode for this game? Not a very envious situation. I think MSU will struggle to finish drives, but should do enough to win the game. I'm saying 23-13, Sparty.
Good luck ya'll
, nice win!
Quote Originally Posted by bense197969:
It's great to see college football on the horizon . I'm back for another season here at covers and I look forward to discussing this great sport/gambling with the forum. And then we have the haters, which will be here too.
Allow myself........to introduce myself. It's a pleasure to meet me! I watch every minute of every Michigan State game, and then watch a replay of the game on Sunday mornings. I also watch as many games of MSU's opponents as I can. So, I obviously follow the BIG pretty closely. Other than that, to be honest, I really don't follow that much of the rest of the country. My plays will be very limited this year, like probably 20-25 for the whole season. I've already got about 7 or 8 wagers picked out for the MSU games and a couple of other BIG conference games I love!!! I also throw down a unit here or there coatailing some of the better cappers around here, but you've gotta know who they are (which I do), and be able to weed out the frauds. On to the first game.....
Boise State/Michigan State UNDER 45.5 (1 unit)......I've been waiting to hit this total for 8 months and this was the first number I was offered . Vegasinsider.com showed that this total opened around 55, which is absurd. Then I saw it dropped to 52 and I was hoping to be able to hit that, but the first total I saw at 5dimes was this number. I still see value at this number, but not gonna unload on it like I had planned. I could write on this game for days, but will keep it to a minimum. I'll be happy to discuss this game with anyone that wants to though. Basically, I see it like this: Dantonio and MSU are gonna look a lot like Tressel and tOSU did. This is the best Sparty defense I've seen in my 30 years on this planet. It is stacked with playmakers/NFL caliber players on each level of the defense. And the offense lost virtually every playmaker it had last season. Sure, Bell is gonna be a stud, but he's a between-the-tackles runner. And we all know the Sparty passing game will take some time to gell. Boise State will be breaking in a brand new QB at Spartan Stadium on a Friday night vs that Spartan "D" that will be in beast-mode for this game? Not a very envious situation. I think MSU will struggle to finish drives, but should do enough to win the game. I'm saying 23-13, Sparty.
Way off on the predicted score. Can you try harder next time?
Awesome call. Teased sparty/under thanks to u.
Do you think this is a sign of things to come? They cant keep giving Bell 44 carries or he wont make it to October. I think a lot of low scoring ugly games are in store this year as the defense is solid, but they cant let Maxwell loose or they face trouble.....
bense
Way off on the predicted score. Can you try harder next time?
Awesome call. Teased sparty/under thanks to u.
Do you think this is a sign of things to come? They cant keep giving Bell 44 carries or he wont make it to October. I think a lot of low scoring ugly games are in store this year as the defense is solid, but they cant let Maxwell loose or they face trouble.....
Way off on the predicted score. Can you try harder next time?
Awesome call. Teased sparty/under thanks to u.
Do you think this is a sign of things to come? They cant keep giving Bell 44 carries or he wont make it to October. I think a lot of low scoring ugly games are in store this year as the defense is solid, but they cant let Maxwell loose or they face trouble.....
bense
Yeah Train, I do think this is a sign of things to come. We'll be getting totals in the high 30's for some of the MSU conference games. They's flat-out gonna struggle on offense, there's no way around it. I thought Maxwell was OK, but his receivers were sub-par. Dion Sims at TE is gonna be huge this year, we've been high on him for a while now, he's just been hurt and has gotten in some trouble so we haven't been able to really see him play.
You're right, I mean Bell can't touch the ball 50 times a game all season (although my $25 bet on him to win the heisman at 120/1 would love to see that). But, that being said, he's a bad fuckin' dude. Tough as hell. He plays with a chip on his shoulder 'cuz he was only a 2-star recruit (seriously) coming out of high school and got passed up by Ohio State and Michigan. But nobody can touch the ball 50 times a game for 12 games! They're gonna struggle to score all year, but that defense is fuckin sick. If not for a few fluke plays, Boise might have gotten shut out last night!
On the plus side, that game did go almost exactly how I saw it going and there are some wagers coming up this season that I'm more confident in than last night's under, so should be a good year. As always, good luck to ya, I coattailed on a couple small plays
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Way off on the predicted score. Can you try harder next time?
Awesome call. Teased sparty/under thanks to u.
Do you think this is a sign of things to come? They cant keep giving Bell 44 carries or he wont make it to October. I think a lot of low scoring ugly games are in store this year as the defense is solid, but they cant let Maxwell loose or they face trouble.....
bense
Yeah Train, I do think this is a sign of things to come. We'll be getting totals in the high 30's for some of the MSU conference games. They's flat-out gonna struggle on offense, there's no way around it. I thought Maxwell was OK, but his receivers were sub-par. Dion Sims at TE is gonna be huge this year, we've been high on him for a while now, he's just been hurt and has gotten in some trouble so we haven't been able to really see him play.
You're right, I mean Bell can't touch the ball 50 times a game all season (although my $25 bet on him to win the heisman at 120/1 would love to see that). But, that being said, he's a bad fuckin' dude. Tough as hell. He plays with a chip on his shoulder 'cuz he was only a 2-star recruit (seriously) coming out of high school and got passed up by Ohio State and Michigan. But nobody can touch the ball 50 times a game for 12 games! They're gonna struggle to score all year, but that defense is fuckin sick. If not for a few fluke plays, Boise might have gotten shut out last night!
On the plus side, that game did go almost exactly how I saw it going and there are some wagers coming up this season that I'm more confident in than last night's under, so should be a good year. As always, good luck to ya, I coattailed on a couple small plays
Yeah Train, I do think this is a sign of things to come. We'll be getting totals in the high 30's for some of the MSU conference games. They's flat-out gonna struggle on offense, there's no way around it. I thought Maxwell was OK, but his receivers were sub-par. Dion Sims at TE is gonna be huge this year, we've been high on him for a while now, he's just been hurt and has gotten in some trouble so we haven't been able to really see him play.
You're right, I mean Bell can't touch the ball 50 times a game all season (although my $25 bet on him to win the heisman at 120/1 would love to see that). But, that being said, he's a bad fuckin' dude. Tough as hell. He plays with a chip on his shoulder 'cuz he was only a 2-star recruit (seriously) coming out of high school and got passed up by Ohio State and Michigan. But nobody can touch the ball 50 times a game for 12 games! They're gonna struggle to score all year, but that defense is fuckin sick. If not for a few fluke plays, Boise might have gotten shut out last night!
On the plus side, that game did go almost exactly how I saw it going and there are some wagers coming up this season that I'm more confident in than last night's under, so should be a good year. As always, good luck to ya, I coattailed on a couple small plays
Great stuff. Cant wait for your Sparty plays. I literally do not even look at the Mich St games because I wait for your posts. Thats is RARE for me to do and is high praise indeed sir.
Quote Originally Posted by bense197969:
Yeah Train, I do think this is a sign of things to come. We'll be getting totals in the high 30's for some of the MSU conference games. They's flat-out gonna struggle on offense, there's no way around it. I thought Maxwell was OK, but his receivers were sub-par. Dion Sims at TE is gonna be huge this year, we've been high on him for a while now, he's just been hurt and has gotten in some trouble so we haven't been able to really see him play.
You're right, I mean Bell can't touch the ball 50 times a game all season (although my $25 bet on him to win the heisman at 120/1 would love to see that). But, that being said, he's a bad fuckin' dude. Tough as hell. He plays with a chip on his shoulder 'cuz he was only a 2-star recruit (seriously) coming out of high school and got passed up by Ohio State and Michigan. But nobody can touch the ball 50 times a game for 12 games! They're gonna struggle to score all year, but that defense is fuckin sick. If not for a few fluke plays, Boise might have gotten shut out last night!
On the plus side, that game did go almost exactly how I saw it going and there are some wagers coming up this season that I'm more confident in than last night's under, so should be a good year. As always, good luck to ya, I coattailed on a couple small plays
Great stuff. Cant wait for your Sparty plays. I literally do not even look at the Mich St games because I wait for your posts. Thats is RARE for me to do and is high praise indeed sir.
. So that's one example of a defense that didn't give up 24+ a few times. 
. I'm back for another season here at covers and I look forward to discussing this great sport/gambling with the forum. And then we have the haters, which will be here too. 
. Vegasinsider.com showed that this total opened around 55, which is absurd. Then I saw it dropped to 52 and I was hoping to be able to hit that, but the first total I saw at 5dimes was this number. I still see value at this number, but not gonna unload on it like I had planned. 
, nice win!
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