Oregon -12 for 5 UNITS

I've been studying this game all week and have really liked it and then I heard greg Roberts (a national tout) give his take on this game and it convinced me to make it a big play. I would have really liked to have had this at -9.5 whenever it came out, but I don't think it is going to matter as this should be a blow-out by the Ducks.

Let's think like a college player for a moment. Suppose you were being touted as a PAC 10 contender in the preseason, but whenever you went out...

Texas Tech -26.5 (-120) for 2 UNITS -- What is there not to like about playing a Mike Leach team in this spot? A mediocre performance last week, an inferior opponent, and an opportunity to name their score . . . and they will. Tech didn't have any trouble scoring points and racking up yards last week as they spread the wealth by hitting 10 different receivers in their game. The only problem they had was Potts throwing 3 interceptions -- a problem I look for them to get ironed out this week. Tech may not be as good as...

Pags, I was liking La Tech for this week as well against Navy because it was a good situational spot, but then I read this and decided not to play it:



Banged-up Tech is now dealing with flu

By Ethan Conley ? [email]etconley@thenewsstar.com[/email] ? September 8, 2009
RUSTON ? Louisiana Tech suffered a few injuries during its 37-13 loss at Auburn, but nothing serious, head coach Derek Dooley said Monday.
Tech lost one of its best players early in the game when defensive tackle D?Anthony Smith was stepped on and had trouble breathing.
He was taken...

Since I have OneNote on my computer and have a file on every team in college football, I am writing short remembrances and reviews on the games I watched to help me remember the strengths and weaknesses of teams as we go along in the season. I thought I would share them with you:

Oregon vs. BYU Game Opener 9-4-09

Results: Boise won 19-8

Although Boise's execution last night in this game was not impressive either, the new QB for Boise, Kellen Moore, impressed me a great deal. For a first start, and even though he still made mistakes, Moore was very composed...

Iowa State -13.5 for 1 UNIT (-125) -- This is an FBS vs. FCS cross-divisional game being played tonight. North Dakota State has been a powerhouse in past years going 10-1 in 2006 and beating FBS team, Ball State by 5 points. In 2007 they repeated their 10-1 record and beat FBS team, Central Michigan that year 44-14 and Minnesota 27-21. But, returning 14 starters last year, and moving into a bigger conference, they only managed a 6-5 record and lost to a poor Wyoming team by 3 points in cross-divisional play. This year, the Bison return only 4 starters...

Minnesota -6.5 for 5 UNITS -- I had to bet this now as it keeps getting worse and worse for Syracuse. I will write more on this play later, but the bottomline is that we know how bad they were last season and they have had 23 players, some of them starters, leave the program since the hiring of the new coach. Add another starter to the list today as their starting linebacker, Derek Hines, left the team. There is very little talent on this team and now there is very little depth. Minnesota may be a fade later, but...

Arizona/Central Michigan UNDER 54 for 2 UNITS -- I wanted to take Arizona in this matchup before Fall camp started, but I have been glad I did not take them early after seeing the results of their Fall Camp. It looked like Matt Scott was definitely going to be the QB after Spring practices, but through the Fall camp, none of the QBs have looked good and Nick Foles is even with Matt Scott currently (9-1-09) going into game one where a clear starter has not been named at this position. Also, it was announced today that Arizona's stud Tight...

Georgia +6 for 1 UNIT -- Oklahoma State has been catching a lot of preseason hype this offseason for their awesome offensive play. The hype peaked whenever for the first time in Oklahoma State history, the team was mentioned in the Top 10 Preseason poll by the AP. Oklahoma State has been hearing how great their defense is and how great they are going to be this year since their last season ended in literal ass-kicking by Oregon in the Holiday Bowl. It was in that game that Oklahoma State found out that they are a true "finesse" team and...

Handicapping College Football 101
This is kind of a BIG subject with me, but I have been asked by a couple of posters how do I go about capping college football. I want to start my answer by first mentioning that there are different approaches to capping college football for profit and mine is only one approach.

First, my handicapping begins by gathering info and researching teams from the start of April whenever they start their Spring football sessions. You cannot learn everything you need to know from these sessions, but you do get some idea as to what the...

Notre Dame -13.5 (-120) for 1 UNIT -- Notre Dame has always had talented recruits coming into the program and nothing has changed from there. This program has always been loaded with talent. The problem with Notre Dame is that the program has been wallowing in mediocrity for the past 9 seasons under 3 different coaches. This is a team that ought to be putting up double digit wins every season with the talent they have coming in, but for some reason they have done nothing but ride a roller coaster ride of up and down seasons. Weiss will be...