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NEW MEXICO +14.5 

Man-O-Man think we're in the bag here .. Nico pick to seal the loss last week vs UNLV and you gotta get up off the mat and just beat up this little new mexico team, a really good spot to do that at home .. or quit .. UCLA has absolutely chosen to quit .. fire those coaches ASAP because this team is measuring north of 300000 Rontgen with the full blown radioactive meltdown they're having .. can def drag the rest of the athletic department down if they sit on their hands much longer .. still a B10 schedule to look forward to and man o man could be 0-12 .. WOW!

Doc .. with you on duke .. not quite the 'running dog deal' here but man o man quite a big 'get it right' spot off the heavy turnover game .. tulane with their superbowl spot on deck .. good luck buddy! 

LET'S GOOOO!

BRIDGE PLAYS
FLA INT -3
BUFFALO -22
WYOMING +23.5
W.MICHIGAN +28
GEORGIA -5.5 (GOY)
GEORGIA -6

SMALLER
TROY +8
VANDY +8.5
ALABAMA -21
N. TEXAS -3.5
TEMPLE +27.5
OLD DOM +9.5
TEXAS A&M +7
AIR FORCE -2.5
E. CAROLINA -7
N.MEXICO +14.5
FLORIDA +7 (GOY)
GA.SO / JVILLE OVER 55
DUKE / TULANE UNDER 55
N.MEXICO / UCLA UNDER 55.5

FUN BET
BAMA -21 / UNDER 46.5 +410

@iamhuge

 Gott'em dude .. 9.5 open at fan gott'em there and some at 8.5 the line sat there overnight last saturday .. tend to agree under a TD .. 

Note that beating up VT is huge esp in blacksburg whils SCAR was on a neutral and while scar def had the upper hand from the jump they also got the quick score off the bat and the punt returns .. legit TD's but struggled otherwise putting drives together VT able to get them off the field .. 

Should note the problems for VT started stemming from their OL .. 2 guys got hurt and were already short handed .. jumbled their starters around and put in a bunch of new guys clearly not ready for what Vandy was bringing .. these weren't the same issues SCAR was dealing with but pretty much the same result with VT just unable to get much going on offense outside a few drives .. but what was also missing vs Vandy was alot of those deep ball big time catches that VT was making vs SCAR .. yeah its a roadie to tough environment and tough B2B road spot but its early in the year and hope it doesn't throw Vandy off their game much .. they knew what they were in for to start this season and .. so far ... ohhhhh sooooo goooood! ... good luck!

SMALLER

ALABAMA -21

Didn't realllly wanna bet into this one .. if there's such a thing as a perfect game in football Bama played very verrrry close to that last week vs ULM and it wouldn't seem like a spot to lay 3 scores vs anything more than a ham sandwich as this maybe coulda been -16.5 if they played last week, eh?! ... that said we got some confirm that Wisco's ham sandwich of a QB Danny O'neill is set to start this week / holding out Billy Edwards .. if they're smart they won't play him at all and try to win a few conf games .. O'Neill stunk as SDSU's QB and very clear #1 QB in edwards .. saw some pundits talking about O'neill over the spring and basically saying he's not a B10 QB and frankly last year he wasn't even an MW QB .. maybe he is now but this feels like 100% trouble .. Wisco is unbearably slow moving and my sense here is for bama to cover they reallllllly need to get that ball back quick and not let Wisco turn in the 8 play drives that run off 5+ minute and punt/pin bama way back .. D needs to get nasty and get the ball   

I can't imagine Bama responding to to their gut check, questioning them as football players, etc and simply throwing a no hitter vs ULM only to d!ck around this week .. unclear if they get the good WR back but Germanni or whatever his name is has come on as maybe not the most pure talent but is clear leader in that WR room .. Possible they get their RB back .. Bama might be served well by getting them 'some' action this week vs a decent opponent .. as we expected the starters, the backups and even the bench got in on the fun last week and I think starting group would love to cheer them on again late in this one .. risk management is critical .. easy win / play backups vs the relatively more challenging opponents is a winning move IMO .. Bama w a bye on deck before the massive game @UGA and its true they need all systems go in that one but man if they F around here its a baaaad omen for them .. 

Also really like the under but at 46.5 .. think very possible we can get a cover and keep Wisco scoring to a minimum with O'neill at the helm .. rare instance we like the fav and the under so shop around those jerkey books and find one that gives us the bigger odds .. should be +264 for 2 games at -110 .. B365 gives us best odds .. couple others hard rock gives us 3.5 but they're at -21.5 .. MGM has -20.5 / 46.5 but won't let us parlay that combo.. so .. 

FUN BET

BAMA -21 / UNDER 46.5 +410 (B365)

@JozKnows

Yeah I can't do much at 3 points here it feels like it could go 3 either way .. catching 6 would be a play if I knew King had no lingering mobility issue .. Not saying he does I wouldn't have played King vs FCS if he even had a hang nail and might have held him out anyway just not worth the risk they were okay w out him yeah Philo is up n comin dude but dreams pretty much dead if he isin't full go in all the big games this yr .. yeah GT such a good n fun play over the years remember when we were going over like 3.5 and 4.5 and needing multiple 20 point upsets to pull it off and got those no problem hahahaaaaa!!!.. But yeah big picture GT likely not as strong at OL, DL, DB, WR this year .. one man show in Colorado comeback .. King is A DUDE KING .. 

LSU's Center got hurt first play vs LA Tech and he was a dude .. then another I think tackle got hurt .. man o man that could be real trouble .. yeah like LA Tech's D still salty even w the DC leaving they got a no F around hit squad .. still playin that 3-man D made things a little tricky for LSU passing .. eventually did seem like LSU's speed got to em broke some big runs but overall pretty unimpressive day .. LSU's D didn't give up anything .. la tech lucky on a blown cover very late in the game .. Hard to say what to do w Tech's offense yet or if there's an issue .. I think the more promising thing here is that while we don't see Bullock at QB Kukuk won the 3 way comp w Baker and idk if Bull was #2 and he's just sitting out weighing his options but I'd count on better QB play than LY which wasn't great but wasn't that bad 2k yds 65% 14-3 wasn't the reason they stunk surprised they couldn't do better .. but yeah La Tech offense turn the key on O might be a fun year for them but haven't seen the light yet .. 

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TEXAS A&M +7

TAMU run D early results is def keeping this one at the TD mark and the D front was a concern noted in pre-ssn for them .. do they have the major dudes to shut things down .. they did give up one big play on the ground to Utah State but got TORCHED by UTSA's RB BIG TIME and even the backup threw a big pass right at the end of the gm .. much to some gamblers' dismay I'd imagine .. if the run D was buttoned up I would expect TAMU is getting under a FG with their power rating being a little stronger than ND's overall but can't do that with those early results .. Spot is max effort all the way big huuuuge revenge game and with ND already in a max effort game we can say for sure even w 2 tapes on TAMU that ND has put the most on tape so far .. 

The part to like for TAMU is their OL and run game could be the best in the country and we've already seen ND's defense become very iffy vs a stronger OL this year .. if OL can pass block for Reed and they can make a few things also happen in the pass game then I'd have to expect TAMU scores the ball a few times and its a real threat to ND to win the game if ND cant plug them up .. could also indicate this game finds some decent scoring if both teams show up capable of running the ball .. big key to unlock both offenses .. 

FUN BET

TEXAS A&M ML/O49.5 +575 (B365)

Correct calc odds for +220, -110 is +510 .. B365 giving us the better odds jerking them upward to take the dog and the over . Fan duel and jerky books offering jerky same game odds gives this same bet +420 .. taking the under is +400 .. total dirt balls .. so def shop around .. 

As noted above both these run games might open up and thus both pass games may find traction as well .. I think its easy to remember last year with ND / TAMU 13-10 but recall diff QB's and diff group of WR's .. Unlike ND's first game not seeing any rain for this one .. that was a lock under at one point w U50.5 but it then just found a way .. I don't think we'll get as slow of a start here and really do also like the over assuming TAMU doesn't stall out running the ball .. that would be a very bad omen for them for the rest of their season!!!.. good luck!

BRIDGE PLAYS
FLA INT -3
BUFFALO -22
WYOMING +23.5
W.MICHIGAN +28
GEORGIA -5.5 (GOY)
GEORGIA -6

SMALLER
TROY +8
VANDY +8.5
N. TEXAS -3.5
TEMPLE +27.5
OLD DOM +9.5
AIR FORCE -2.5
E. CAROLINA -7
N.MEXICO +14.5
FLORIDA +7 (GOY)
GA.SO / JVILLE OVER 55
DUKE / TULANE UNDER 55
N.MEXICO / UCLA UNDER 55.5

BRIDGE PLAY

WYOMING +23.5

Like the spot for the Pokes here off trip to Akron and easy deal at home vs N.Iowa FCS comp .. Its true this team is tough to read as the comp has been pure dirt so far ..  the takeaway from Akron is they put way more yards up than the score indicates lotta partial drives and typical Wyoming elects to punt on those .. We also see first time /long loooong time they have a QB in Kaeden Anderson ..he got taken out last game after a big hit but coaches saying he's back at practice and playing .. taking their word for it but def a precaution move to not bring him back in as they were up and winning easy .. Wyoming has a good WR in Chris Durr and expect them to find a little traction on the ground in this one .. they also move unbearably slow for a team that is passing the ball and should chew thru much of the clock .. 

On the flip side we Utah does look like pure fire .. Damp is doing damp things already and looking very much like a heisman already .. great OL and so far played great defense .. something to worry about because if they really wanted to drop a number here they probably could .. the big hangup is yer a giant fav on the road before a season defining game vs TTech at home next week .. you reallllly can't get Damp hurt trying to make plays in this game .. Elevation always a factor playing in Wyoming and while Utes are also at decent elevation 4200 feet we've seen texas tech the other year who plays at 3300 feet show up mauling them early and be totally exhausted by Q4 and lose the game in OT .. also like we have a night game 6pm start and again you just have to think the goal for the Utes is to get a win and get outta there ..

Another way to play this one is see if Utes can get off to a hot start up 10 or 14 zip early and I'd def look to take Wyo in game at that point if the spread moves into the 30's .. I don't see this being a full 60 min effort from Utah for reasons noted .. 

Was hoping we'd get this ticked up to 24.5 or so but as of posting seeing the line tick down and were getting lot of 23's, 22.5's etc .. that's prob with the Kaeden Anderson news, coach expects him to play and doesn't think there's any issue it was a strong statement about his availability nothing iffy about it .. I will be checking in later if we hear anything contrary though .. suggest you do the same .. 

SMALLER

DUKE / TULANE UNDER 55 (CIRCA)

Feels like a bonanza and was bet like that early on total up from 51 to 54.5 most spots Circa with best at 55 .. 

Think the key here is we know Duke's secondary to be pretty solid and will play a tighter game this time around .. ILL got some really big passes to set their drives up but weren't very effective on the ground .. and lot of scoring set up by dukes 4 fumbles lost and interception .. and Duke surviving that early 13-14 halftime but had to be going off script in H2 as ILL .. H2 drives going downs, fumble pick, fumble TD ... ILL going TD, TD, TD, TD, FG .. I don't think we get that this time .. Manny's blitz calls and bringing pressure can oft result in some boom or bust drives and I think we see their knack for getting sacks / TFL's to show up in this one .. The big key there is Dukes D front is still pretty stout and Tulane's O flows from the run game and expect that to be much more jerky in this game .. 

Tulane was also in a pretty tough spot I believe going to So Bama vs a creative HC/OC playcaller .. they did end up giving up a few TD's late in that one.. but if Duke is going to continue to limit their run game then think they'll be throwing into their 3 high safety look and probably limits their explosiveness .. think Dukes OL is solid too so would be a shame to mess this game up because of failure to call effective run plays .. messed up their entire season last year .. Good luck!

@JozKnows

I made the call of the century .. whatever Joz Knows is gold .. lol .. nice call once again .. 

My read on Clemson so far is they have a real problem on offense .. saw Troy's little scrappy guys punch them in the mouth over n over .. saw their edge rusher beat their LT and the guard trying to help for a big sack .. worth noting starting LT Leigh was out apparently and they need him back ASAP .. you see little #44 on troy making at least 3 dude plays and quite a few others making big highlights troy looked awesome .. and offense moved the ball .. had the 2 picks early in their drives in H2 setting clem up w scores and man if they don't throw those and get a few yards and punt it then this game may have been in serious jeopardy for Clemson .. Clem ultimately did get some drives going but reallllly relying on Wesco at this point to set things up .. Troy D stopped em 5 times for punts / FG's and got another 2 turnovers .. I count Clem w 3 good drives albeit one stalled and they kicked a FG .. Clem's D set them up for easy scores twice .. couple good drives vs LSU but 2 of em went TOD and missed a FG .. one good TD drive .. 

My read pre-ssn is they need to figure out who the RB is and even w Randall steppin up for 110 yds they still looked irky jerky the whole game he had a big 30 yarder but 20att 80 yds is 4 y/att beyond that .. My other read is yeah they have a few good looking WR's but they aren't deep and one injury could cause a prob .. Antonio Williams out last game prob left them hamstrung a bit .. Injury to Wesco is probably devastating for them .. really needed to get a real RB and a few depth WR's from the portal IMO .. run game suffers this week I doubt they can rely on Wesco and the D to magically bail them out .. we'll see .. 

Note that King played a great game vs Colo but out last week from 'nagging lower body injury' .. He finished the colo game and this seems like such a big game you don't chance him at all vs the FCS team .. Philo did good he's a good backup to have .. if King has an injury affecting his mobility this is trouble .. Clem DC Tom Allen from PSU .. PSU had no QB put up solid yards on the ground all of last year and I suspect Clem's D can prob affect that kinda plan to a degree .. not helpful for GT if King is not able to eek out those first downs .. just something to think about and either way makes me think GT can def win a lower scoring game esp one that King grinds the clock down on their drives and keeps Clem's D in the torture chamber .. 

ALSO .. gotta question LSU's win at this point.. not unimpressive to win in death valley but if Clem's offense is just that easy to dismantle then its unclear that they will be as fortunate going forward .. you see a couple drives come up empty for them if instead they didn't miss the first FG and made a couple easier ones instead of going TOD then they coulda won that one 19-17 .. roll the dice on that game a couple more times and Clem gets a little lucky and finds a way a few times .. 

@Boisestateand8

 Yeah was wondering if the ACL guy was coming back for this one ..tough to imagine but vols seemed to imagine him playing week 1 .. my guess is he's taking a year off and no risk to him he's got a huge career ahead of him .. can't come back before he's ready . 

wasn't sure about the other guy but this feels like trouble to me .. is jourdan playing yet ? .. I had Tenn w questions in their secondary if they weren't fully healthy .. questions at LB .. we know their DL is still good but tough to be better with the major dude they lost .. 

@blowoutgm

 Yeah and time to start questioning how good clemson really is / was or will be?.. it was a total epic down spot for them but man they lost last year their opener and think they're still opening up the can of whoop ass they layed on app state .. very diff vibe this year incase you couldn't tell lol .. can't say LSU doesn't deserve credit for the Clem win it was max effort all the way and they prevailed in a place very few have before and often in a huge shock loss not a huge night game sure thing all systems go spot like that .. yeah I hit florida for a few bucks +10.5 when it came out might go again at 8.5 .. lotttta weird results to consider at this point and really comes down to ignoring the fumbles and lucky bounces and what do we see on the tape .. Florida another hitting the epic down spot and flew right off the bike into the bushes .. just like Bama and we'll see both teams throw their best heat this week .. 

Yeah def hope UGA is no holds barred vs Tenn total suplex and dropkick them into the deep mid of the SEC .. 

BRIDGE PLAY

W.MICHIGAN +28

Got in at +29 at BM and limited where I can get it now so you should look for 28.5 or something w a hook on it .. this is just such an epic down spot for ILL they're off the HUUUGE Duke game a big road test of their meddle and passed with flying colors great game and next week kick off the MAJOR key stretch of the season going @Indy, USC .. nice break with Purdue although Boilers will show up and take a swing for this rivalry game .. you then have Ohio State, Bye @Wash then Rutgers before they get another bye week to regroup ... huge season determining stretch coming up and I've seen in the past Bielema talk about the need to pace the season and we've seen them show up in big spots and play slow as big favs .. we saw that recently with a pretty slow game vs W.ILL a team they shoulda hung 70 points on .. W.Mich isin't much to look at but I do think they can muck this up into a slower paced game and land a couple scores on an Illini squad just looking to get a win and get outta there as healthy as possible .. perfect time to play their 2-deep group and test the depth out .. My one concern is we've seen W.MICH play tough last year early vs Wisco and take a total dive vs stronger Ohio State .. this does feel like a spot with Toledo on deck we might see that .. however they are working with 2 QB's still and I suspect they give one a full game nod before conference .. if not it still kinda bodes well to have a QB competition going on into this one .. both guys trying and getting a good game called from the coaches / wanting to see what they can do .. the big thing to lean on is ILL off the big game with their entire season on the line over the next month and a half and hard to not put ILL on upset watch regardless of the perceived talent they're facing here .. good luck!

SMALLER

GA.SOUTHERN / JVILLE OVER 55

GA So struggled mightly vs the run in their first 2 outtings giving up 350 to Fresno and 300 to USC .. both teams able to pass the ball a bit on them ..USC throwing for another 300 on em .. JVILLE can really run the ball vs the right defense and think they found the right one here .. GA SO's offense can def come to life vs a team that struggles vs the pass the way we saw JVILLE do .. looked like their guys can get beat and lotta questions in the secondary .. Ethan Vasko isin't great but had a pretty solid day vs them even while getting sacked 5 times and taking a bit of other pressure .. think the diff there is GA SO's offense doesn't do much scanning the field in the pocket, that ball comes out pretty quick .. Lib QB and UCF QB holding the ball quite a while pressures them where I think GA SO will hit WR's much faster albeit w fewer home run shots .. either way both these offenses play into the seemingly weak spot of both defenses and seems like a matchup we get a few scores in .. G.SO D lotta trouble getting pressure so if JVILLE wants to pass they might at least have some time in the pocket for that .. 

Generally speaking I do like the spot for GA-SO with team staying in cali together and yeah USC was a sure thing loss but they had some success in that one on offense and couple TD's early they hung in for the first half before it went sideways .. couple really tough games early, maybe they are bonded as a team and first big home game catch Jville off their very good game vs UCF nearly a big road win and off a massive home win their biggest game of the year beating Lib and lookin like the team to beat in conf .. this game just doesn't feel as important .. maybe another in-game spot if we see jville a bit lax we can take a short fav line w G-SO .. think Jax should def be taking bets this week grabbing a few points and push the line down pre kick .. good luck!

WAITING ON .. 

UCONN / DEL .. was waiting for a spot to fade Del in game vs the Buffs but it never came .. reallllly punched above their weight class albeit still didn't cover the big 23.5 point spread they had alot of fight in them .. they flew into denver friday afternoon bus to boulder got them in the evening .. bus back get home 1am .. this is a huuuuge first home vs fbs in their first fbs year and couldn't have found a better upper east coast opponent to be excited about in their (almost) neighbors .. can take a 3 hr train to get there.. and used to be a big regional rival in the fcs level 27 games between 1950 to 1990 and Del was 20-7 in those games .. so another biiiig game for the Hens and Huskies .. 

I can't help but think the hens at some point will be completely gassed out by this hard running n hitting uconn team.. Uconn seething in disappointment after last week too .. does feel like at some point the wheels start falling off .. backup del QB was great last week took hard hits and is a real fighter played thru 330 yds passing .. I do get the sense that this could be a total over 50.5, I have a few questions out for both of these defenses but can't hit em yet .. maybe some point in the game if Del comes out with their best stuff maybe we can get Uconn -3 or better and sorta half expect the tide to turn in their favor .. 

SMALLER

Troy getting a free TD early at home .. I know its off a big game but this is another biggie they can win and Memphis with a massive game on deck vs Arkansas .. they beat FSU in similar bad spot last year but just no shot really at the champ game and it was all for not .. S.FLA sets the bar very very high now for G5 resumes and Memphis wants to grab a playoff spot it doesn't help to lose this one but they can take the driver seat beating Arkansas, SFLA and winning their conference .. this game vs troy is very much an afterthought with the big stuff they have coming up .. oh and Troy didn't look too bad last week taking advantage of Clemson in a clear down spot .. 

Old Dom you just gotta love that QB .. hard to say what VT needs to do here had vandy on the ropes and mid 4th had the crowd heading for the exits .. maybe Pry about to head for the exits too .. MASSIVE game for ODU in state rival big game for them its one you know they will 100% show up to and just a matter of where VT is at .. I could def see a RAGE ROMP outta them so might be one we look to middle if this line continues downward .. 

ECU .. Coastal looked so out of sorts in every way just about vs UVA in week 1 .. no identity .. pass game was crap .. then just cant find much fortitude vs FCS Charleston Southern who is a big pile of crap .. ECU may not be very great but we've seen them at least go toe to toe and man up vs NC State and they're a pretty solid squad .. don't love to lay 7 on the road but I do think ECU can win the stats and much better chance their drives end with success .. coastal I feel like maybe can fumble and bumble their way into some scores but I think they can maybe reveal themselves to be true dog sh!t vs 3 levels of competition P4, FCS and now vs the G5 level .. 

Temple gets Oklahoma at home in just a really nasty down spot off their big michigan win .. wouldn't surprise me if the doctors notes come flowing in for this trip and just see this being a very down game .. Venables would be correct to rest his guys ahead of a MAJOR SEC schedule and not blow his early victory with a MASSIVE auburn game on deck .. EPIC SANDWICH SPOT.. 

BRIDGE PLAYS

FIU playing 2 very good games feels like they get the nod vs an FAU team that fell apart vs MD .. tough to be certain but this is a huge home game for the panthers and coaching change clearly moving them in the right direction .. quite possibly even opens the door for them to punch a ticket to the CUSA champ game which at this point looks as wiiiiiide open as yo mama's legs boiiiiiii ohhhh snap ..

Buffalo so far very impressive and we saw Minny go 187 on that NW State FCS team we like Minny's capabilities alot .. Buff found ways to stay in that game and if they were a dick around team they'd have succumbed much bigger .. feel like Buff still has some cover from not necessarily keeping that one close albeit they covered ..  Kent state is still searching for the bottom of the power ratings .. they play like a bad FCS team .. its conference and Kent in a no win sitch last week might have just packed it in early .. seemed like it .. glad its under 24 .. Buffalo doesn't give up freak scores and plays for 60 mins this could be / should be an ass wippin vs a team they beat by 32 last year and I think Kent St somehow probably got worse this year .. maybe much worse?.. that was the call pre-ssn taking them under 2.5 wins with Ball State, Akron and Umass on their schedule .. after struggling vs Merrimack needing a kick return TD to win that one and whatever the heck they were doing last week friggin 48-zip H1 or something .. I'll just say the Flashes haven't disappointed us yet and neither has Buffalo for that matter .. Lembo & Co w the Big Blue Machine .. think its a big win ..

UGA line not where I expected after late dicking around vs marshall failing to cover that one .. then real ho - humm game vs AP .. felt like an all time classic Kirby brake check .. Vols did right to keep the line down by putting up a number vs Cuse .. we saw cuse now dick around w uconn needing a huge comeback and lucky win .. we should note that Cuse put multiple big drives on the vols and not saying Vols wouldn't have covered but scoop n score TD and another pick leads to 17 yd short field TD .. Tenn got the last moment H1 TD drive and Cuse w a nice final drive went out on downs almost scored .. potential 4 TD variance there all going vols way .. leaves some questions for both the offense and defense .. Kirby known to open the can in these spots playing small games down then ripping a real challenger .. like the roster they have and the WR/RB situation much better this year .. the big key is keeping the pressure off of Gun Stock and making Joey Agg's beat them w his arm .. think its torouble for the vols in that scenario and bulldogs look "back" after this one . 

BRIDGE PLAYS
FIU -3
BUFFALO -22
GEORGIA -6
GEORGIA -5.5 (GOY)

SMALLER
TROY +8
VANDY +8.5
N. TEXAS -3.5
TEMPLE +27.5
OLD DOM +9.5
AIR FORCE -2.5
E. CAROLINA -7
N.MEXICO +14.5
FLORIDA +7 (GOY)
N.MEXICO / UCLA UNDER 55.5

BRIDGE PLAY

GEORGIA -6 .. Fingers xx'd..  playin again .. 

SMALLER

AIR FORCE -2.5

TEMPLE +27.5

NORTH TEXAS -3.5

EAST CAROLINA -7