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[BiffTFinancial]

2* SMU/A&M over 55 - WINNER

final Week One card
3* UNLV/Wisconsin over 56' - W
3* Syracuse -6 - W
3* Georgia +3' - L
3* WMU/Michigan over 61' - PUSH
3* Tulsa/Oklahoma over 65 - L
2* Ohio State -33' - W
2* Kent State/Bama over 47 - W
2* South Florida +10' - W
2* Minnesota/USC over 51' - L
2* Indiana -6 - L
2* Texas -23' (-103) - W
2* SMU/Texas A&M over 55 (-102) - W

7-4-1 +5 units. bad picks on UGA, Indiana, Minn/USC over, little bad luck with WMU/Michigan cancellation, but after Cuse win, i have no right to complain about anything this week.

[BiffTFinancial]

no play on U/Maryland for me. two new coaches, suspensions, ten-point line move, i'm gonna find some bases to tail and avoid this game like the plague. plus, already have Terps +5' in the last game of a big pool that i'm in so that could mean money anyway. i have the game 23-21, Terps. under probably the best option but who knows how this game will go. Al Golden could really give his name and career a boost tonight. it's his anti-Mark Richt moment.

[Love The Action]

2* SMU/A&M over 55 - WINNER

final Week One card
3* UNLV/Wisconsin over 56' - W
3* Syracuse -6 - W
3* Georgia +3' - L
3* WMU/Michigan over 61' - PUSH
3* Tulsa/Oklahoma over 65 - L
2* Ohio State -33' - W
2* Kent State/Bama over 47 - W
2* South Florida +10' - W
2* Minnesota/USC over 51' - L
2* Indiana -6 - L
2* Texas -23' (-103) - W
2* SMU/Texas A&M over 55 (-102) - W

7-4-1 +5 units. bad picks on UGA, Indiana, Minn/USC over, little bad luck with WMU/Michigan cancellation, but after Cuse win, i have no right to complain about anything this week.

Great start Biff

[BiffTFinancial]

Great start Biff

Thanks, LTA!

[BiffTFinancial]

Hand of God soccer plays for Tuesday (9/6)

England rolls on the road against Bulgaria. Easy winner. Couple quick plays today sans lengthy write-ups. Note, the Holland plays goes off 90 minutes before the other 2. If that match looks like a winner, it may be wise to take the plus play win and call it a day.

Holland -1' at +128 (Tuesday, 1pm). Holland will win the group with class today.

Turkey ML at +148 (Tuesday, 2:30pm). Turkey is struggling a bit, but Austria still stink.

France ML at +103 (Tuesday, 2:30pm). Romania need a win to keep ECQ hopes alive, so I expect an more open match which should favor France. Benzema to get full points for Les Blues.


2011 YTD

Aussie Rules: 21-9
Rugby: 3-1
Soccer: 13-9-1
High School: 1-1
CFL: 1-3

[BiffTFinancial]

stoppage time miracle for the Dutch nets HoG a nice winner to start the day, 2-0.

[BiffTFinancial]

the two later soccer plays were both losers, 0-0. bah.

[figue]

[BiffTFinancial]

Week Two

3* Cincinnati/Tennessee over 53'
2* Stanford -21

[BigDan]

ND-3 (will buy hook if i have to)....i never bet this team but this spot seems so perfect to me. folks seem to think all a sudden mich has it all together after not even playing a whole game in their new offense, while at the same time hating ND because they prob bet them last week (lol). Im sure big house be rocking but think being on the road prob better for irish anyway. Ultimately nd has the better d, better outside weapons, a system everyone knows (even tho you couldnt tell with Crist in the game). I understand the mich love as i like Hoke and think they certainly heading up but it still real early and not sold this is the system for Robinson, im sure he will still make plays and this should keep him healthier but think mistakes will be made early on against solid d. Maybe they screw me over as who knows with these pussies but crazy man coach should have them acting right with the right qb finally taking the snaps.

[BiffTFinancial]

i agree with ND. the line says it all.

also lean
Arizona +13'
AZ/Oklahoma State over 66
BYU +7
BYU/Texas under 48
Oregon St/Wisconsin over 57
Northern Illinois -6'
CMU +10'

also kind of like Missou Friday night, but not sure how i feel about young QB on the road against that defense.

[SilverTongueFox]

Biff - have you looked at the ECU v Va Tech over? My local doesn't have totals yet but already know I like the over. Thoughts?

[BigDan]

this is the only sport i hate unders but i really think that mizzou/zona st under has some potential. then again i think everyone loves it and its a college fb under, not my 2 fav things.

[BigDan]

Biff - have you looked at the ECU v Va Tech over? My local doesn't have totals yet but already know I like the over. Thoughts?

i always love ECU overs

[BiffTFinancial]

Biff - have you looked at the ECU v Va Tech over? My local doesn't have totals yet but already know I like the over. Thoughts?

i will run the numbers on that one this morning and report back with my findings.

[BiffTFinancial]

this is the only sport i hate unders but i really think that mizzou/zona st under has some potential. then again i think everyone loves it and its a college fb under, not my 2 fav things.

my sentiments exactly. every other sport except CFB, i lean under, but CFB is the opposite (really like that BYU/UT under this week, though).

[BiffTFinancial]

Biff - have you looked at the ECU v Va Tech over? My local doesn't have totals yet but already know I like the over. Thoughts?

i have it going over, but not by a ton (like, 42-23/45-26). these teams have played every season the last few years, and while the games in Blacksburg have been high-scoring, the meetings in Greenville have not been. i certainly wouldn't play the under, but not sure that i'll be on the over because i think that VT will hold ECU in the 20s. BOL whatever you decide.

[HOT WINGS]

GL Biff leaning the OSU over 66 tonight myself. Thinking this game will be a shootout from the start... You play any NFL? Kind of like the Saints/over tonight there as well.

[BiffTFinancial]

GL Biff leaning the OSU over 66 tonight myself. Thinking this game will be a shootout from the start... You play any NFL? Kind of like the Saints/over tonight there as well.

i do play NFL, but i've been playing catch-up with CFB so i haven't had a chance to look at any of the games yet. at first blush, though, i could definitely see a shootout in tonight's game. i probably will play the AZ/OSU over. BOL hotwings. baseball season is officially over in Cleveland, bwah.

edit: went ahead and booked the over since it's climbing.

[BiffTFinancial]

adding

3* Northern Illinois -6'
1* Arizona/Oklahoma State over 66

updated Week Two card
3* Cincinnati/Tennessee over 53'
3* Northern Illinois -6'
2* Stanford -21
1* Arizona/Oklahoma State over 66

[HOT WINGS]

i do play NFL, but i've been playing catch-up with CFB so i haven't had a chance to look at any of the games yet. at first blush, though, i could definitely see a shootout in tonight's game. i probably will play the AZ/OSU over. BOL hotwings. baseball season is officially over in Cleveland, bwah.

edit: went ahead and booked the over since it's climbing.

GL to us I just booked it at 66 for a unit as well. Hopefully today I get some time to start looking at Saturdays card.


Yeah Tigers are on fukking fire right now. I have decided I am done with betting baseball for rest of season except for Tiger games. Fister has been nice addition to that starting rotation

[BiffTFinancial]

adding

2* CMU/Kentucky over 47
2* BYU/Texas under 48'

updated Week Two card
3* Cincinnati/Tennessee over 53'
3* Northern Illinois -6'
2* CMU/Kentucky over 47
2* Stanford -21
2* BYU/Texas under 48'
1* Arizona/Oklahoma State over 66

[BiffTFinancial]

GL to us I just booked it at 66 for a unit as well. Hopefully today I get some time to start looking at Saturdays card. Yeah Tigers are on fukking fire right now. I have decided I am done with betting baseball for rest of season except for Tiger games. Fister has been nice addition to that starting rotation

let's get it. Tigers look outstanding. oh well, the Tribe got to play some meaningful September games (even if they fell all over themselves doing so), which was the best-case scenario in March, so can't complain much. will definitely be pulling for the Tigers in their first playoff trip in way too long.

[BiffTFinancial]

HoG plays

I hope to have a full weekend slate tomorrow evening. For now, a couple quick plays:

New Zealand -60' (Friday, 4:30am).It's a name your score match, which are always a bit dicey. But I think the All-Blacks open with style and send a message with a thrashing of Tonga. Last time these two sides met in the RWC, the All-Blacks won 91-7.

Scotland -35' (Friday, 9:00pm). Romania are awful, possibly the worst side in the RWC. The gulf between the haves and have nots in rugby is immense. Scotland to trounce the gymnasts.

In Australia, playoff time is upon us. I'd love to play Geelong-Hawthorn, but I can't make up my mind. I tend to think Geelong -6' is the play, but I don't have enough confidence to tout it. However…

Collingwood -29' (Saturday, 12:15am). Anyone who has read these picks (Biff and Finstock, mostly), know that I love the Pies like I love no other big chalk side. Of their 20 wins, 16 have been by more than the number, including a 52 point win in Week 10 against West Coast. I'll take the Pies to win by more than 5 goals all day any day against any team not named Hawthorn or Geelong.


2011 YTD

Aussie Rules: 21-9
Rugby: 3-1
Soccer: 14-11-1
High School: 1-1
CFL: 1-3

[BiffTFinancial]

passing on the NFL game, think it ends up Packers, 26-23. take the over on the mentions of Peyton Manning if you can find the prop.

[BiffTFinancial]

1* Arizona/Oklahoma State over 66 - LOSER

season to date: 7-5-1 +3.9u

[BiffTFinancial]

adding

2* Tulsa -12 (-105)
2* Notre Dame -3 (-105)

updated Week Two card
3* Cincinnati/Tennessee over 53'
3* Northern Illinois -6'
2* CMU/Kentucky over 47
2* Stanford -21
2* Tulsa -12 (-105)
2* BYU/Texas under 48'
2* Notre Dame -3 (-105)
1* Arizona/Oklahoma State over 66 - LOSER

may add one or two more. really like the under in Happy Valley, but may split it between game under and PSU TT under, as i think that PSU scores 10 max.

[BiffTFinancial]

might as well keep my NFL plays here too.

2* Ravens pk

will probably play Titans too, but no rush with that at +2'

[Dexter]

2011 YTD

Aussie Rules: 21-9
Rugby: 3-1
Soccer: 14-11-1
High School: 1-1
CFL: 1-3

High School - really? haha

[BiffTFinancial]

High School - really? haha

wish he'd laid off that Cocoa/Colerain game. Avon game was butter, but Cocoa was aggressive. he should have plays on Solon/Mentor and St. Ed's/Don Bosco in October (good sources on all four sides). 5D will have lines for both.

[BiffTFinancial]

HoG Saturday/Sunday (rough start to the week)

First, I think it best to withdraw from most rugby matches until good-on-good start up. It's just to tough to play these monster lines. Onward.

Liverpool ML at +125 (Saturday, 10am). I think the Reds finally have what it takes to push the top 3 for most of the year. Stoke are always a bear at Britannia, but for a plus money bet, I'll play the obviously better side.

West Ham -0.25 at -117 (Saturday, 10am). I love the Hammers form after a loss to open the season. They've been gutting teams. I think they should get the result against Pompey, which should be good for some cash, and I think it's by more than a goal for a full cash.

Bremen -1 at -104 (Saturday, 12:30am). Hamburg is awful, especially defensively. Bremen have been scoring goals in bunches. I think the over bet (3) is good here, too, but this play offers a modestly better price. Bremen to score at least 3 and cover.

Ajax -1 at -120 (Saturday, 2:45pm). This line was at -105 earlier in the week. This is a standard HoG -1 play on a far better side. I think you can bank the push and you keep your fingers crossed for the win.

Rangers/Celtic PARLAY at +101 (Saturday 7:30am). Any time I can put this two sides into a parlay at even to plus money, I do it.

And, finally, in Australia:

Carlton -17' (Sunday, 12:45am). I think the Blues are going to absolutely crush Essendon. I think this is a 7+ goal win for Carlton and one of my favorite plays of the year Down Under.

I may have a Sunday play or two to cap the weekend. We'll see.

[BiffTFinancial]

adding

3* Bama/Penn State under 42

updated Week Two card
3* Cincinnati/Tennessee over 53'
3* Bama/Penn State under 42
3* Northern Illinois -6'
2* CMU/Kentucky over 47
2* Stanford -21
2* Tulsa -12 (-105)
2* BYU/Texas under 48'
2* Notre Dame -3 (-105)
1* Arizona/Oklahoma State over 66 - LOSER

was waiting for PSU TT, but still not up yet, and i have to head to the west side to defend our title in a 36-team scramble. 36-team scramble with bad weather = i don't think i'm back before kick-off in Happy Valley in mid afternoon. on the upside, i'm hands down the worst player in my foursome and fortunate to be invited, plus it's a Catholic church sponsored event so there are kegs every few holes. should be a blast. BOL to all today.

[Love The Action]

adding

3* Bama/Penn State under 42

updated Week Two card
3* Cincinnati/Tennessee over 53'
3* Bama/Penn State under 42
3* Northern Illinois -6'
2* CMU/Kentucky over 47
2* Stanford -21
2* Tulsa -12 (-105)
2* BYU/Texas under 48'
2* Notre Dame -3 (-105)
1* Arizona/Oklahoma State over 66 - LOSER

Nice looking card. I really like all of those games. I'm already on ND. Looking at adding NIU, maybe Tulsa. I worry that Tulsa is without their biggest playmaker Damaris Johnson...that killed them against OU (and our over play).

Really looking hard at Alabama to roll today. I see you are on the total. Any thoughts on the side?
Good luck today!

[BiffTFinancial]

well, the good news is that we're still the reigning St. Joe's Open champs. the bad news is that it's because we were rained out. bah. oh well, now i get a full day of CFB!

[BiffTFinancial]

Nice looking card. I really like all of those games. I'm already on ND. Looking at adding NIU, maybe Tulsa. I worry that Tulsa is without their biggest playmaker Damaris Johnson...that killed them against OU (and our over play). Really looking hard at Alabama to roll today. I see you are on the total. Any thoughts on the side? Good luck today!

hey, LTA. yes Tulsa may be without Damaris Johnson but Tulane should be without a starting WR of its own (Ryan Grant) and its top three safeties are nursing injuries. Tulane already is ill-suited to stopping Tulsa's spread attack, and there is no worse position on the depth chart at which to lack depth than DB when facing the Golden Hurricane. Tulsa has covered its last six meeting with Tulane by an average of over 14 points, and there's no reason that trend should halt Saturday afternoon on the fast track in the Superdome. Tulsa's next two games are Okie State and Boise, if they don't look sharp today, they could go 0 for september.

as for Bama, yes, Bama would be my side play there, just like the under better. in my pools where i was required to pick that game, i'm heavy on Bama. listened to a good piece with Saban on Sirius on my ride back from goff rain-out, and it confirmed how i think that this game will play out. bad weather, great defense and an offense Saban doesn't trust to throw against a good PSU defense in its own right, the clock will roll from the start in this one. PSU's offensive line is going to be in big trouble against Bama. i really think that it will take turnovers, flukes or a combination of both for PSU to score more than 10. i think we're looking at 23-10/27-10/27-7 type game. i wouldn't bet PSU ATS with money i found on the ground.