NORTH TEXAS +17 1/2 Over BALL STATE
Anyone have any thoughts or opinions on this one ?
I have pulled trigger hard on the Mean green.
Now, no doubt the Mean Green arent going to be winning their conference, and they arent a great team. This bet is more of a bet against Ball State - 17 1/2 ??? Are you kidding me.
The Cardinals had 1 good year. And now they start this year with a madly inflated number. Nate davis is gone, Their Head Coach Hoke is gone. They return 1 starter on The OL. They return 1 starting WR. Their QB's are all unproven without any college level experience. This is a team that traditionally sucks. They went 12-0 against a crap schedule last year and when they finally had to face some decent competition, they got smoked in back to back games.
Not to mention, pretty much their entire starting team from last year is gone. How do you lay or favor a team by 17 1/2 when we dont even know who the starting QB is yet ? And even if they have decided, whoever it is has no college experience. Justice is their most experienced QB and has has 3 completions in his college career.
Now the mean green, return 9 on offense and 8 or 9 on Defense. Yes, they had a bad year last year finshing 1-11. BUT, their losses came against KANSAS STATE, a 10-3 Tulsa team, LSU, a 9-3 Rice team, an 8-4 TROY team. My point is, they played much much stronger competition and while that makes your record suffer, it also makes you a better team.
These 2 teams had 2 common opponents last year, WESTERN KENTUCKY. Ball State won by 17, and the Mean Green won by 11. Then TULSA, where North Texas actually stayed closer than Ball State.
If the Mean Green played Ball States schedule last year, they would have probably gone, 6-6 or 7-5. The mean green has a lot of their team still in place. Its all new and unknown for Ball State.
Would you really want to lay 17 1/2 here ?
North Texas has a big edge at QB. They are starting Riley Dodge. The Texas 5A player of the year his senior year in high school. He was Gatorade player of the year, one of the most highly recruited players in the country. He was recruited and signed with TEXAS. He knows the North Texas offense well, because North Texas is now coached by the same person who coached him in high school, when they won the Texas 5A state championship. The North Texas offense is the same offense, so he knows the system already.
Here I am going to say it now. The Mean Green just might win this game. I am not saying they will, just they might. I will take the points, but this should be a close game.
I put this on other boards, I am just trying to get as many opinions as possible.
Any thoughts ?
I have pulled trigger hard on the Mean green.
Now, no doubt the Mean Green arent going to be winning their conference, and they arent a great team. This bet is more of a bet against Ball State - 17 1/2 ??? Are you kidding me.
The Cardinals had 1 good year. And now they start this year with a madly inflated number. Nate davis is gone, Their Head Coach Hoke is gone. They return 1 starter on The OL. They return 1 starting WR. Their QB's are all unproven without any college level experience. This is a team that traditionally sucks. They went 12-0 against a crap schedule last year and when they finally had to face some decent competition, they got smoked in back to back games.
Not to mention, pretty much their entire starting team from last year is gone. How do you lay or favor a team by 17 1/2 when we dont even know who the starting QB is yet ? And even if they have decided, whoever it is has no college experience. Justice is their most experienced QB and has has 3 completions in his college career.
Now the mean green, return 9 on offense and 8 or 9 on Defense. Yes, they had a bad year last year finshing 1-11. BUT, their losses came against KANSAS STATE, a 10-3 Tulsa team, LSU, a 9-3 Rice team, an 8-4 TROY team. My point is, they played much much stronger competition and while that makes your record suffer, it also makes you a better team.
These 2 teams had 2 common opponents last year, WESTERN KENTUCKY. Ball State won by 17, and the Mean Green won by 11. Then TULSA, where North Texas actually stayed closer than Ball State.
If the Mean Green played Ball States schedule last year, they would have probably gone, 6-6 or 7-5. The mean green has a lot of their team still in place. Its all new and unknown for Ball State.
Would you really want to lay 17 1/2 here ?
North Texas has a big edge at QB. They are starting Riley Dodge. The Texas 5A player of the year his senior year in high school. He was Gatorade player of the year, one of the most highly recruited players in the country. He was recruited and signed with TEXAS. He knows the North Texas offense well, because North Texas is now coached by the same person who coached him in high school, when they won the Texas 5A state championship. The North Texas offense is the same offense, so he knows the system already.
Here I am going to say it now. The Mean Green just might win this game. I am not saying they will, just they might. I will take the points, but this should be a close game.
I put this on other boards, I am just trying to get as many opinions as possible.
Any thoughts ?
