[Aces]

Mississippi State + 18
LSU is a very good team but 18 in a season opener is a lot of chalk. Sly Croom will come into this game ready to play. LSU wins it but not by 18. This is one that I see a last minute sensless TD by the Bulldogs to cover.

Tulsa -3 Tulsa never gets any respect if you play this one play Tulsa.

Oregon State -6
This is a team that beat CAL and Boise State last year. They haven't fallen that far. This one should be over with by Half Time.

[pokernut9999]

Lsu beat them 7 straight by 30 point average.
State worst team in SEC

were shutout 1st 2 games last year.

[Aces]

I'm aware of the 7 straight 30 pt wins so is everyone else. None of the 30 pt wins were season openers. I think LSU will run all over MSU but I think there will be some t-overs due to first game jitters. Like I said this will be a late cover. Its not my Fav game Thursday its just one of my picks.

were shutout 1st 2 games last year

The 1st game was to SC and they lost 15-0 that would be a winner with an 18 pt spread

[pokernut9999]

They also have best record ATS last 4 years.

[Razz]

Good luck aces, you've picked three games that have me pretty much perplexed. By the way, I went on record last night predicting Alabama losing to Vandy and beating LSU. I figure I'll look like either a genius or a fool.

[Aces]

Good luck aces, you've picked three games that have me pretty much perplexed. By the way, I went on record last night predicting Alabama losing to Vandy and beating LSU. I figure I'll look like either a genius or a fool.

Razz whats up my man ? The LSU game is a tough pick for me. I dont know why I'm thinking Miss ST pulls the cover but I'm feeling they will. Now I do like LSU 1st half -10 1/2 LSU no doubt will roll up the points. My other 2 games I feel very good about the Beavers are a solid team returning 25 Seniors. I'll probably play it like this.
LSU 1st H -10 1/2
Miss St +18 Game
Tulsa -3 Game
Oregon -6 Game

As for Alabama I'll give up a loss to Vandy for an LSU win. I'm sure C Saban would as well. I'm looking at eight wins this year. Alabama could be going into game 6 with a 1-4 record Vandy Arkansas Georgia and Florida State. I thing it will be more like 4-1 or 3-2 with Florida State as the one I cant Figure out at this point. Good Luck to your Red Raiders this year as well having to play Texas, Texas AM, and Oklahoma WOW !!!

[Aces]

The way the wagers are going now
87.66% on LSU
84.22% Miami Ohio
83.88% Rutgers
75.09% Oregon State
59.53% Utah State
78.59% Iowa State

I'll just copy and paste the rest

# 129 7:00pm Miami Ohio vs Ball St Miami Ohio 84.22%
Ball St 15.78%
2256 Bets

# 131 7:00pm Buffalo U vs Rutgers Rutgers 83.88%
Buffalo U 16.12%
2432 Bets

# 133 8:00pm LSU vs Mississippi St (ESPN) Mississippi St 12.34%
LSU 87.66%
5024 Bets

# 135 8:00pm Kent vs Iowa St Iowa St 78.59%
Kent 21.41%
2560 Bets

# 137 8:05pm UNLV vs Utah St UNLV 40.47%
Utah St 59.53%
1364 Bets

# 139 10:00pm Utah vs Oregon St Oregon St 75.09%
Utah 24.91%
1124 Bets

# 147 08/31 7:30pm Navy vs Temple Temple 6.91%
Navy 93.09%
1332 Bets

# 149 08/31 8:00pm Washington U vs Syracuse (ESPN) Syracuse 37.34%
Washington U 62.66%
1264 Bets

# 151 09/01 3:30pm W Michigan vs W Virginia W Michigan 4.39%
W Virginia 95.61%
2096 Bets

# 153 09/01 12:00pm E Carolina vs Virginia Tech (ESPN) E Carolina 13.86%
Virginia Tech 86.14%
1992 Bets

# 155 09/01 12:00pm Marshall vs Miami Fl Marshall 16.20%
Miami Fl 83.80%
716 Bets

# 157 09/01 12:00pm UAB vs Michigan St (ESPN2) Michigan St 67.31%
UAB 32.69%
832 Bets

# 159 09/01 2:00pm Connecticut vs Duke Duke 43.37%
Connecticut 56.63%
332 Bets

# 161 09/01 2:00pm Virginia vs Wyoming Virginia 48.63%
Wyoming 51.37%
732 Bets

# 163 09/01 3:30pm Nevada vs Nebraska (ABC) Nebraska 89.30%
Nevada 10.70%
1420 Bets

# 165 09/01 3:30pm Mississippi vs Memphis Memphis 28.49%
Mississippi 71.51%
688 Bets

# 167 09/01 3:30pm Iowa vs NO Illinois NO Illinois 22.86%
Iowa 77.14%
700 Bets

# 169 09/01 3:30pm Houston U vs Oregon Oregon 70.14%
Houston U 29.86%
844 Bets

# 171 09/01 3:30pm Washington St vs Wisconsin (ABC) Washington St 21.29%
Wisconsin 78.71%
996 Bets

# 173 09/01 3:30pm Georgia Tech vs Notre Dame (NBC) Notre Dame 32.71%
Georgia Tech 67.29%
1724 Bets

# 175 09/01 3:30pm Missouri vs Illinois (ESPN2) Illinois 26.09%
Missouri 73.91%
920 Bets

# 177 09/01 3:30pm UCLA vs Stanford (FSN) Stanford 29.80%
UCLA 70.20%
604 Bets

# 179 09/01 3:30pm Wake Forest vs Boston College (ABC) Wake Forest 78.37%
Boston College 21.63%
1720 Bets

# 181 09/01 5:30pm Arizona U vs BYU Arizona U 58.62%
BYU 41.38%
580 Bets

# 183 09/01 7:00pm Army vs Akron Akron 89.39%
Army 10.61%
264 Bets

# 185 09/01 6:00pm C Florida vs NC State C Florida 49.41%
NC State 50.59%
340 Bets

# 187 09/01 6:00pm Baylor vs TCU TCU 64.89%
Baylor 35.11%
376 Bets

# 189 09/01 6:45pm Oklahoma St vs Georgia (ESPN2) Oklahoma St 19.33%
Georgia 80.67%
1904 Bets

# 191 09/01 7:00pm C Michigan vs Kansas Kansas 70.67%
C Michigan 29.33%
600 Bets

# 193 09/01 12:00pm Colorado St. vs Colorado (FSN) Colorado 66.33%
Colorado St. 33.67%
1188 Bets

# 195 09/01 6:00pm E Michigan vs Pittsburgh U E Michigan 17.72%
Pittsburgh U 82.28%
316 Bets

# 197 09/01 7:00pm Purdue vs Toledo Purdue 88.29%
Toledo 11.71%
444 Bets

# 199 09/01 7:45pm Kansas St vs Auburn (ESPN) Auburn 90.68%
Kansas St 9.32%
1116 Bets

# 201 09/01 8:00pm Bowling Green vs Minnesota U Bowling Green 47.19%
Minnesota U 52.81%
356 Bets

# 203 09/01 8:00pm Tennessee U vs California (ABC) Tennessee U 45.17%
California 54.83%
1408 Bets

# 205 09/01 10:00pm New Mexico vs Utep New Mexico 91.78%
Utep 8.22%
1752 Bets

# 207 09/01 10:00pm San Jose St vs Arizona St San Jose St 4.80%
Arizona St 95.20%
916 Bets

# 209 09/01 10:15pm Idaho vs USC (FSN) Idaho 3.27%
USC 96.73%
1100 Bets

# 223 09/03 4:00pm Texas Tech vs SMU (ESPN) Texas Tech 90.85%
SMU 9.15%
2272 Bets

# 225 09/03 8:00pm Florida St vs Clemson (ESPN) Clemson 39.22%
Florida St 60.78%
1836 Bets


Added NCAAF Games
NFL College Football MLB
# 141 7:00pm Tulsa vs UL Monroe (Added Game)(ESPN2) Tulsa 70.09%
UL Monroe 29.91%
1404 Bets

# 211 09/01 12:00pm Florida Intl vs Penn St (Added Game) Penn St 36.36%
Florida Intl 63.64%
264 Bets

# 213 09/01 7:00pm Arkansas St vs Texas (Added Game) Arkansas St 1.82%
Texas 98.18%
660 Bets

# 215 09/01 7:00pm N Texas vs Oklahoma (Added Game)(FSN) N Texas 68.42%
Oklahoma 31.58%
456 Bets

# 217 09/01 7:00pm U.L. Lafayette vs S Carolina (Added Game) S Carolina 83.33%
U.L. Lafayette 16.67%
360 Bets

# 219 09/01 7:00pm Troy vs Arkansas (Added Game) Arkansas 50.00%
Troy 50.00%
288 Bets

# 221 09/01 4:00pm Middle Tenn St vs Florida Atlantic (Added Game) Middle Tenn St 93.98%
Florida Atlantic 6.02%
996 Bets

[rjt721]

I'm one of the few, but I agree with your Miss. St. play.

Good luck this season.

[LT Profits]

It's nice to see nearly 80% on Iowa State.

Go Golden Flashes!

[pags11]

aces,

hate to be against you on the LSU game, but wish you luck anyway...

[Aces]

I'm one of the few, but I agree with your Miss. St. play.

Good luck this season.

I liked it even more after I saw the percentages of LSU plays. the books are set up to be profit centers play with them and you will end the season in the black. Good luck to you as well RJT dont beat me up to bad in the contest this year.

[Aces]

Pags I hate to bet on Miss State myself But under normal circumstances I would pass but this is the 1st game of the year. I'll have LSU 1st half but I'll have State for the cover.

[pags11]

it was very hard for me to hit "submit" for this play due to the fact that I rarely bet double digit road favs, let alone in conference, but I'm rolling the dice here...I just think there's that much of a talent gap here, but I could be wrong...GL the rest of the weekend as well Aces...

[Aces]

Talent Gap no question about that its the turnover factor and how bad will Miles roll them up. LSU has VA Tech the following week and I'm sure they dont want to take a chance on injuring anyone or showing to much. Mississippi State will do the ball control thing and try to speed the game up which will make it hard for LSU to score. When LSU gets the ball they will score the question is can Miss State put up the 10 to 14 points they'll need to cover.

[pags11]

aces,

good points...the only real ways I see MSU scoring is if they get a special teams return, or LSU turns the ball over deep in their own territory...the tailback for MSU is good, but LSU will shut him down...Hennig is very erratic with his passes, although he has a strong arm...I'm looking for a couple of picks from him...and I really don't think LSU takes their foot off the gas in this one...2 first place votes is all they got, I think they want to win impressively here...in fact a 7-10 point win vs. MSU should feel like a loss to them...MSU is a historically bad first half of the year team under Croom and I think too much is being made of MSU returning so many starters...and the new but old clock rules won't help teams like MSU this year...

[Aces]

I'm about to go to bed and think about this one. I'm pulling the trigger on LSU -10 1/2 1st half tonight because that one will change. I have time on MSU because any line movement will be in my favor. I've already got Tulsa and Oregon State.

I wish I was rich and could afford to play the 2500 money line. 10K to win 400 LOL.

[pags11]

a good businessman always sleeps on it...nice...

[pokernut9999]

You lost all credibility predicting Alabama to win 8 games this year. Saban is not that good. Schedule is too tough , lucky to break even this year. Only sure thing at BAMA is Bear Bryant's name mentioned over 100 times each week.

[Razz]

I would classify the Alabama schedule as very easy by SEC standards. If the lines were out for all their games, they'd be favored in 9 - I'm not saying they'll win all those by any means - and vs. LSU and @ Auburn are both winnable games as well. The only "sure" loss for me is the FSU game in Jacksonville.

I don't think people appreciate how good the Alabama offense is going to be this season. That team is as stacked at the WR position as anyone in the country except maybe California. The loss of Darby is really negligible. Johns was better than him last year anyway. He, Coffee, and Grant will at least match the numbers he put up. The offensive line is not going to be anywhere near as much of a liability as it was a year ago, and bringing in Applewhite - look what he did at Rice with far less weapons - will only inject life into what Shula had made a stagnant offense.

Of course, the defense might be terrible. There may be holes in the defense, and it's a legitimate concern. It could lose them some games - a la @ Vandy, vs. Tennessee - that they really should win. But all in all, I would say that 8 wins is more than reasonable. I've actually got them going 9-3, but 7 or fewer wins would surprise me a lot more than 10 wins.

[pokernut9999]

Typical Bama fan. LOL I lived In B'ham for 7 years and the football fans there are SICK !!!

[Razz]

Typical Bama fan.

Thanks for the laugh. I want to figure a way this Alabama team struggles, but unless the Bama defense is the worst in the SEC, they're going to have a strong year.

Typical Major Applewhite fan perhaps, both in his days at Texas, and in his young coaching career.

[crackerjack]

What's the total on the LSU game? Sounds like the under might be the way to play. Ace, I don't understand your reasoning - you are basically banking on MSU getting some turnovers, and TOs are pretty difficult to predict. I might make a small play on the under, but the side looks too tough to call.

[pokernut9999]

45 points is the total. Last 6 years 42-7 avg score.

[capitalist pig]

Im going with MS, got it @ -105 +19.5 @ Bet Jam.

Later

[prickbeater101]

I am a little disappointed that the LSU offense is throttled on the first 2 drives. Miles needs to let Crowton do his thing and if he is holding him back I will forget everything I said about LSU. Its still early but it looks alot like "Miles ball" and we cannot have that!!

[pokernut9999]

Razz whats up my man ? The LSU game is a tough pick for me. I dont know why I'm thinking Miss ST pulls the cover but I'm feeling they will. Now I do like LSU 1st half -10 1/2 LSU no doubt will roll up the points. My other 2 games I feel very good about the Beavers are a solid team returning 25 Seniors. I'll probably play it like this.
LSU 1st H -10 1/2
Miss St +18 Game
Tulsa -3 Game
Oregon -6 Game

As for Alabama I'll give up a loss to Vandy for an LSU win. I'm sure C Saban would as well. I'm looking at eight wins this year. Alabama could be going into game 6 with a 1-4 record Vandy Arkansas Georgia and Florida State. I thing it will be more like 4-1 or 3-2 with Florida State as the one I cant Figure out at this point. Good Luck to your Red Raiders this year as well having to play Texas, Texas AM, and Oklahoma WOW !!!

Were you sweating that 1st half ! good job

[crackerjack]

Would you hedge a total bet? I have the under 44.5 for the game. Second half total is 21 with the score 17-0. Would you hedge it and take the over for the second half or just let it ride?

[pokernut9999]

I dont see more than 21 being scored.

[Aces]

Were you sweating that 1st half ! good job

Yea I was sweating it. I also had the

over 7 1/2 3rd quarter and
over 9 1/2 4th quarter

I'm glad Less ran the score up !

[pokernut9999]

I dont see more than 21 being scored.

I had over so I 'm glad I was wrong

[Aces]

Miss State Game L
LSU 1st H W
Tulsa Game W
Oregon State W
Un-posted Plays did very well in the LSU Game
Over 1st Quarter L
Over 2nd Quarter W
Over 3rd Quarter W
Over 4th Quarter W

[Aces]

6 For Sure Wins / Arkansas is a very winable game and Bama will win a minimum of one of the other games.

Western Carolina Win For Sure
Vanderbilt Win For Sure
Arkansas
Georgia
Florida State
Houston Win For Sure
Mississippi Win For Sure
Tennessee
LSU
Mississippi State Win For Sure
Louisiana-Monroe Win For Sure
Auburn

[Aces]

Adding Oregon State -3 2nd Half

[crackerjack]

Would you hedge a total bet? I have the under 44.5 for the game. Second half total is 21 with the score 17-0. Would you hedge it and take the over for the second half or just let it ride?

Whenever I hedge I lose for a push...whenever I don't hedge, i lose the original bet. What annoys me more than anything is that 75 percent of the time I make the right call...if I play the first half only. Had I taken the 1st half under, I would have won. I was praying for a missed extra point.

[pokernut9999]

Where in GA you from crackerjack? I was born and raised in Marietta.