someone explain to me why I would bet on two service academies to beat real teams?

[saddestbison]

I hate me lol

[SportsLockPicks]

who? air force and navy? whats wrong with that? i was on navy, close game, and air force is catching points and leading right now?

[Dbldown11]

i wouldnt call BYU a real team...theyve been destroyed by the only real teams they've play.....and almost lost to Washington for god sakes...

Plus it's far from over buddy...granted it's not looking good, but 2 td's covers the +4

[yisman]

BYU is a real team but Notre Dame isn't.

[Dbldown11]

yisman we always seem to disagree.......BYU a real team??? name one single good team theyve beaten....then name me all the shitty teams they played tight with....BYU is about as real as ball st., probably worse

[yisman]

they've played a weak schedule but they're 10-1. I respect that. They blew out UCLA, Wyoming, and others (not good teams, obviously, but beating UCLA 59-0 is still impressive. That was UCLA's worst loss of the season).

They don't belong in the top 25 but they are a real team.

[Dbldown11]

UCLA and Wyoming are hot trash......having a record of 10-1 doesnt mean anything when you've beaten up on some of the worst teams in CFB...U think they stand a chance against other top 25 teams?

You dont need to answer than, theyve already proven they wouldnt...eg: Utah and TCU

[yisman]

see my post. I don't think they belong in the top 25.

No one came close to doing what BYU did to UCLA. Even though UCLA isn't good, beating up on bad teams proves something.

[yisman]

hell, UCLA is a 7 point favorite on the road tonight. It's obviously against one of the worst teams in the country, but if UCLA was as bad as BYU made them look, it'd be more like a pick'em.

[Dbldown11]

thats one impressive win though against a garbage team....and "one of the worst teams in the country" that is a dog of 7 points at home to UCLA lost by 1 to BYU because of the refs...

But I guess we will have to agree to disagree

[yisman]

Troy is a team that is hot trash so I'll pick LSU tonight.

[yisman]

ok, I'll go through their schedule.

Northern Iowa - not a football team
Washington - NAFT
UCLA - Beat the living daylights out of them. UCLA's worst loss of the season by far. Impressive.
Wyoming - NAFT
Utah State - NAFT
TCU - Lost badly
New Mexico - sucks
UNLV - sucks

rest of the teams suck too.

So they pretty much have spent a season beating up bad teams, but I'd put them in the 50-55 range, which I call a real team. Air Force is a decent team and that's the best team they've beaten. Kinda sad.


"You dont need to answer than, theyve already proven they wouldnt...eg: Utah and TCU"


They haven't played Utah.

Interestingly enough, they'll probably be ranked like 13th in the AP this week. They're not a top 25 team, but I guess AP voters are seduced by the one loss record.
They've played two good games this season, IMO. Against UCLA and Air Force.

[ryanXL977]

i did it too
neither team is bad
both were at home and plus big money

[Dbldown11]

yeah my bad....not sure why i mentioned Utah. was probably just looking forward to the drubbing they'll take next week against them

[teaserpleaser]

I dont know why people play them today.... I have a post on here about fading the service academys hammered notre dame -4 and BYU-4 and BYU-3 2nd half... Both Notre dame and BYU own these teams. easy $$$.

[yisman]

pags picked Air Force too, I believe.

[Dbldown11]

aside from some big mistakes made by air force to start the 2nd half byu far from owned them....I took air force cause they have played well this year....they were at home....and byu's defense has been shit lately

[teaserpleaser]

Easy $$$ Fading the troops

[yisman]

actually, pags bet both Air Force AND Navy too so you shouldn't feel too bad.

[guru-t]

Thats alright man.You probably just overreacted to the home teams.