week 1
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Love the UGA play. Boise is getting a lot of credit, too much if you ask me. UGA is a far superior team and should easily run away with this one.
No offense Raymond but I am loving all of these folks on AM. Just keep moving that line up. May not be a more overrated team in the country.
Sun Tzu said:
Sun, I couldn't agree with you more. atm is an average team in a very tough conference. I couldn't believe it when Herbstreit picked them to win the B-12 South. He's usually a pretty logical guy, but he's WAY out in left field on that call. The ags will be lucky to be 7-4 this year, and could easily be 5-6. I'm on Clemson as well. Wrong team favored here. G/L to you!
A&M Haters
A&M Haters
I'm Nebraska Boy but I rout for all Big 12 teams when they aren't playing us. Texas fans don't be mad that you haven't been to the big dance in years. A&M Will roll up Clemson!!
A&M Haters
I'm Nebraska Boy but I rout for all Big 12 teams when they aren't playing us. Texas fans don't be mad that you haven't been to the big dance in years. A&M Will roll up Clemson!!
Is that where the hate is coming from towards A&M? Rival fans from UT, I assumed longhorn was but didn't know Sun was.Easymoney said:
I think franchione will have them well prepared for this game, they have 3 cupcakes in SMU, TX State, and SMU all at home after this game that they won't even need to practice for.
I think A&M rolls in this one too.
OK guys whatever you think. :mj07: 
Check back with me at the end of the year when the aggys are having their typical 7-4 or 6-5 type of year and I'll say "I told you so".
A&M may start out even beating Clemson, then beat up on a couple of cupcakes and then Baylor, which will fool people into thinking that this is a good team.
Then beginning with games against CU, OSU, KSU, and ISU they'll drop one or two of those games, and mark this down, they'll lose their last three games in a row to Tech, OU, and Texas. Tech will give them their worst beating of any team this year. 7-4 AT BEST. Guaranteed!
OVERRATED!!
Check back with me at the end of the year when the aggys are having their typical 7-4 or 6-5 type of year and I'll say "I told you so".
A&M may start out even beating Clemson, then beat up on a couple of cupcakes and then Baylor, which will fool people into thinking that this is a good team.
Then beginning with games against CU, OSU, KSU, and ISU they'll drop one or two of those games, and mark this down, they'll lose their last three games in a row to Tech, OU, and Texas. Tech will give them their worst beating of any team this year. 7-4 AT BEST. Guaranteed!
OVERRATED!!
Raymond...
Love your picks
BC will dominate a poor BYU team they will beat them up physically
They are pissed about losing the Big East last year...
Love your picks
BC will dominate a poor BYU team they will beat them up physically
They are pissed about losing the Big East last year...
The oddsmakers did an awful job of measuring these programs when they went head-to-head last year, and it appears that they have done it again here. The Aggies were actually +1 at home when they met last September, but the play on the field was about as one-sided as a pick?em range ever gets ? in rolling to a 27-6 rout, A&M had complete dominance in all phases of the game. Total offense was more than doubled, 502-250, and on the ground it was a 324-58 mashing by the Aggies. Now we find these teams price in a competitive range again, and if anything the gap might be even wider this time around. Not only has Dennis Franchione now been able to build quality depth with some excellent recruiting classes (the OL will go two-deep and the DL can rotate 11 players, which is a major edge on a hot early season day), but there is also great leadership in the skill positions from Heisman candidate QB Reggie McNeal (threw for 178 and ran for 129 in last year?s blowout), RB Courtney Lewis and WR?s DeQawn Mobley and Earvin Taylor. In other words, they could be in mid-season form on Week #1. That is not the case for Clemson. Trying to stop this offense will be a new defensive scheme under Vic Koennig, and there are only four starters at the same positions that they closed in ?04. It could take a while before they can find any real cohesion, and they certainly will not be ready to win a game like this one. Meanwhile there is also an entirely new offensive playbook, which is also not going to be ready in time for clean execution here. Almost a carbon copy of last year?s result.
Another year of football, another coat ride for the first few weeks. Keep the winning picks coming Raymond. Appreciated.
utah-7.5
Two streaks are on the line. One has to end.
Utah has won 16 straight games, while Arizona
has won each of their last five openers. The
Wildcats have too many question marks to think
they can win this opener, or even be close.
Sophomore quarterback Richard Kovalcheck is
coming off spring surgery on his back ? not
the kind of thing that necessarily bodes well
against the defensive-minded Utes, where head
coach Kyle Whittingham will be showing Kovalcheck
that they are more that a one-hit wonder, play
after play. Utah?s offense will be controlled
by 18-year-old sophomore QB Brian Johnson, who
takes over for NFL top pick Alex Smith. Coach
Whittingham and Johnson aren?t the least bit
concerned, and for good reason. Three of the
four starting linebackers for Arizona will miss
the game with injuries. The linemakers are
giving the Wildcats too much credit because of
their opening game winning streak. That makes
for a solid value in favor of Utah.
Two streaks are on the line. One has to end.
Utah has won 16 straight games, while Arizona
has won each of their last five openers. The
Wildcats have too many question marks to think
they can win this opener, or even be close.
Sophomore quarterback Richard Kovalcheck is
coming off spring surgery on his back ? not
the kind of thing that necessarily bodes well
against the defensive-minded Utes, where head
coach Kyle Whittingham will be showing Kovalcheck
that they are more that a one-hit wonder, play
after play. Utah?s offense will be controlled
by 18-year-old sophomore QB Brian Johnson, who
takes over for NFL top pick Alex Smith. Coach
Whittingham and Johnson aren?t the least bit
concerned, and for good reason. Three of the
four starting linebackers for Arizona will miss
the game with injuries. The linemakers are
giving the Wildcats too much credit because of
their opening game winning streak. That makes
for a solid value in favor of Utah.
PARLAY CARD
$100.00 - $23,751.70
Sep-3 12:00 PM BOWLING GREEN +105
Sep-3 6:00 PM MARYLAND -12?
Sep-3 6:00 PM FLORIDA -24
Sep-3 3:30 PM AIR FORCE +135
Sep-3 3:30 PM BOSTON COLLEGE -2?
Sep-3 8:00 PM TEXAS A&M -1?
Sep-3 8:00 PM BAYLOR -1?
Sep-3 10:30 PM UTEP (1ST HALF) -5? -105
$100.00 - $23,751.70
Sep-3 12:00 PM BOWLING GREEN +105
Sep-3 6:00 PM MARYLAND -12?
Sep-3 6:00 PM FLORIDA -24
Sep-3 3:30 PM AIR FORCE +135
Sep-3 3:30 PM BOSTON COLLEGE -2?
Sep-3 8:00 PM TEXAS A&M -1?
Sep-3 8:00 PM BAYLOR -1?
Sep-3 10:30 PM UTEP (1ST HALF) -5? -105
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Calling for a M.A.C. team to win on the road against a Big 10 would ordinarily be an upset, but not here. The Falcons have more than proven their moxie in recent years, and are on a current 10-1 ATS run against non-conference opponents, with the only failure still a decent performance (beat Northwestern 28-24 as -7 in the Motor City Bowl two years ago). And there is no culture shock here ? they have competed hard at Oklahoma, Ohio State and Purdue the last two seasons, beating the latter outright. Now Omar Jacobs has a chance to put up big numbers against a Wisconsin team that has struggled against this style of offense under Barry Alvarez, and now has to break in an entirely new DL and almost entirely new secondary. Every little mistake this young defense makes leaves the door open for the Falcons to move the chains and control the flow with their precision. Meanwhile the Wisconsin offense looks average at best, with no real big play threats to be found.
