He has a right to fade me!
We've heard it many times: If a guy is losing when posting, why drive him from the site? He has winners...when you go that other way.
The odd thing is, he doesn't have a single reason to back Indiana...Not a good place for him...or his money.
I do not play O/U's.
I'll just say that it is unseasonably cold in NJ right now, about 41 degrees which favors a ground game.
I just can't see Indy putting points on the board without a passing game as you noted. 54.5??? Not sure what Vegas is thinking. That certainly doesn't correlate with a line of -7!
my comment is not about the pick, rather the thought that college players want to play in most of the crappy bowl games.
if i were on a 6-6 or 7-5 team 'awarded' one of those pre-new year's eve bowls, I would be crying. imagine having to practice for another 3 weeks (maybe even thru Christmas), just to play in the 'famous idaho potato' or 'raycom media camellia' bowl against the fourth 'best' team from the mac or the sunbelt. to make it even worse, the coaching staff actually does want to play those games because it means more exposure for recruiting, and pay for them personally, so they really drive the kids during those weeks of practice.
just watch how terrible most of those early games are, and you'll realize how little the players want to be in el paso or Montgomery two days before christmas.
my comment is not about the pick, rather the thought that college players want to play in most of the crappy bowl games.
if i were on a 6-6 or 7-5 team 'awarded' one of those pre-new year's eve bowls, I would be crying. imagine having to practice for another 3 weeks (maybe even thru Christmas), just to play in the 'famous idaho potato' or 'raycom media camellia' bowl against the fourth 'best' team from the mac or the sunbelt. to make it even worse, the coaching staff actually does want to play those games because it means more exposure for recruiting, and pay for them personally, so they really drive the kids during those weeks of practice.
just watch how terrible most of those early games are, and you'll realize how little the players want to be in el paso or Montgomery two days before christmas.
You've got it all wrong when it comes to Rutgers.
Lived by Rutgers my entire life.
There was virtually no shot for them ever to get to a BCS bowl (they came close once and blew it to WVU).
These 'nothing' bowls you speak of are the pride and joy of Piscataway.
A victory in the Guacamole Dip Bowl will get a ticker-tape parade around here and more importantly, Rutgers participation in them will get coaching staffs extensions or fired.
The games that hinge on getting to them (not necessarily the game itself where the competition is sometimes far superior) mean a great deal to this program.
The players will come to play today at home, in their inaugural Big 10 year, to show the conference they can go bowling right out of the gate.
All well said.
Forget Rutgers covering... looks like they may not even win straight up.
Embarrassing. 
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