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Houston -4 over UTSA ****



I hate going against UTSA because they have one of the best coaches in football in Jeff Traylor a former Texas HS coach who knows every HS coach in Texas and is getting big time recruits . Former rb coach at Arkansas and at Texas They have one of the best qb's in Harris and wr's that are big and fast . OL is back and they are experienced. They lost all american RB Sincere McCormick to the NFL but on offense they are loaded. Beat WKU in conf title game 49-41 even though they lost to North Texas the game before 45-23. They ended up 12-2 and Traylor was offered some power 5 schools to coach at and refused . Added on transfer rb from Arkansas and on offense this team can score . They scored 52.45,44,44,and 49 in last game vs WKU. Open up vs Houston and last year opened up vs Illinois away and beat them 37-30 . Houston was 12-2 and had the exact same record as UTSA. Houston on offense is loaded but the big difference is Defense. Roadrunners defense is a problem Last year Coogs beat Memphis 33-14 where UTSA beat them 31-28 . Both beat up Rice . Houston is a much better team on defense and think they can slow down Harris and co. Houston has 6'3 Tune at qb and he has some wr's that are game breakers. Solid rb's and good ol line On Defense Houston is much better then UTSA's Think UTSA will score but get out scored by Tune and company . UTSA will have to score a lot to keep up with its defensive woes they have Although UTSA was 12-2 in last 3 games the defense gave up 45,41 and lost to San D St in a bowl game 38-24. Tune and Dell are the top qb-wr combo in the country. And some big time recruits at wr make them too strong for UTSA defense. Think the line is off at -4 . See Houston winning by a Td or more

 

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Last year or the year before I went to the Alamo Dome and watched North Texas vs UTSA. I retired in Austin so the drive to San Antonio was about 90 minutes. . The Alamo dome was beautiful . Sat right behind the UTSA bench in row 5. on the 2nd or 3rd play Sincere McCormick ran up the middle for a 56 yd td. I missed it live because I just sat down to eat some popcorn and wooom . He was gone. Up the middle and no one touched him Think it was a 54 yd td run. It was 2 years ago and UTSA beat North Texas and scored just under 50 points . The line was North Texas -3 or 4. I had my mean green big and after watching Sincere on the rerun screen I knew I was in big trouble. Sincere was about 5'5 and looked liked a body builder but so quick and had that accelerated speed after he hit the line Think last year he led the nation in rushing. Seattle drafted him and for you fantasy players he will go late but think he will continue to be dominate . Harris the qb was warming yo right in front of me. A lefty and skinny but had nice touch He had two wrs Cephus who was tall and skinny and Franklin who was lightning quick ..During the warm ups I was watching a qb warm up. He was throwing 50-60 yds passing drill. He was the backup Adkins . Harris was the starter and can escape the pocket and run. Houston has Holgosen as coach and his offense can score. Think Houston can win this by more then a touchdown and not playing Cincinnati and UCF this year gives them a good opportunity to make AAC title game. Coogs have the best qb,wr,TE,and Off Tackle in the conf. They also have the one of the best LB's and safeties and with there running game Road runners cannot concentrate on just Tune . Think Roadrunners will be chasing Coogs beep beep all day,



. Again hate going against Traylor and watching him and the President of UTSA announce his return in the locker room last year and with everybody thinking she was there to announce his departure and when she announced Traylor is staying with a new contract the team went crazy. It was like they won the super bowl and world series all in one. That excitement scares me being a former coach but those kids will die for him But UTSA has to face Tune and its another year.. good luck to everybody this year hope we all do well .

 

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On the way to UTSA in San Antonio on the interstate is a sign for Incarnate Word. It is a few exits before the UTSA sign. Incarnate Word was the Catholic school that blew away Tex St last year. They had a qb that was one of the best in the country. Big 6'5 kid with a cannon of an arm . How can this kid who is better then anyone Texas or Texas Tech has at quarterbacking and at a FBS school Cameron Ward . Anyway he threw for over 450 yds and a few td's vs Tex St and transferred to Washing St this year .He will be the best qb in the PAC 10 or 12 this year. Think Wash St over 4.5 wins for the year is a great prop bet He is only a junior and has 2 years left and will be a big time NFL player someday . Remember that name Cameron Ward. I do because I took Tex St over Incarnate last year due to Tex St only losing to Baylor the week before by 8 points . Incarnate and Cameron blew Tex St out of San Marcus .. Houston line is now -6 but still think Coogs win by over a touchdown
On a sad note Houston Cougar mascot Shasta passed away yesterday. He was shasta 4.. Not sure if Houston Cougars have a Shasta 5 on deck ...

 

[Tenpin832]

Yes,like Cam Ward as well,couldn't get over 4.5 wins with Wash st but bought in at over 5.5 at +112 and a small flyer on Heisman winner at +8000
Good luck this year,always enjoy reading your posts (and stories )

 

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I got Cameron at +7500 Its a long shot but if Wash St has some wrs and if he gets some protection he might surprise some people. He had some great wrs at Incarnate Word ... correction

I got Wash St + 5 wins at -130 ...

 

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Houston line is now -5.5 over UTSA still love the line though. Houston has a good chance of following Cincinnati 's season last year and making the final 4. Although they lost to them last year they avoid them this year and Kats lost a lot of players from last years team. Houston can run the table this year . Last yrs conference trophy runner up sits where every player see's it as a reminder of last years failure. Its there battle cry . Holgorsen has pictures of Cincinnati holding the conf trophy as a reminder again of how close they came to possibly making the final 4 playoffs. Last year on opening week Houston lost to Tex Tech then won 11 straight until the championship game. They learned an opening day loss was devastating but at the time they didn't realize it. Now they know. Cougs are deep and athletic . The Tune to Dell combo is one of the best in the country. Last year they were No 3 in the nation in rushing defense with Def Coord Belk who was under Saban at Bama for awhile before he went with Holgorson .



UTSA although loaded and has Traylor as a coach can almost match up even with Coogs on offense. Harris and his 3 wr's and OL are formidable vs anybody including Texas coming up. Even though Sincere is in the NFL he has some replacements . BUT Houston defense will be the toughest the Roadrunners see all year and last year. Last year the defense held Tulsa,Memphis Navy and Auburn to 10,13,13 and 20 points . Both teams blew away Rice but UTSA beat Memphis 31-28 and Houston beat them 31-13. I know its a different year and comparing last years scores to upcoming season can be beneficial or sometimes meaningless .

I hate going against Traylor at UTSA. He is inspiring as a coach . I love his press conferences because the players,media, students are behind him 110%. His theme story about the bull rider " Bull don't care" has everyone including me sold. His "Bull don't care " is about a bull. Bull doesn't care if the rider is an amateur or world class champion is on his back. He doesn't know if its a practice run or championship run. The bull doesn't care about the past or future. The bull only cares about the task at hand. ..bulk you off his back. Traylor wants his Roadrunners to approach the season like the bull. Forget last years 12-2 season ,conf success etc, He signed 10 Million $ contract to stay in San Antonio. Expectations are high but he wants his kids to play like the Bull regardless of Army and Texas next after Houston. I hate going against him because I love his press conferences and down to earth approach. A former Texas HS coach that won a few state titles at Gilmer Texas . This UTSA D-1 program is only 10 years old. But everyone knows the Roadrunners play like a bull and believe in themselves. I just think Coogs have such a good defense and UTSA won't be able to keep with Tune to Dell and the speed of Houston's defense .. if you get a chance watch some of Traylors press conferences on you tube. He is the kinda of coach you want to play for but hopefully the Cougars have some solid bull riders ..
Houston line is now -5.5 over UTSA still love the line though. Houston has a good chance of following Cincinnati 's season last year and making the final 4. Although they lost to them last year they avoid them this year and Kats lost a lot of players from last years team. Houston can run the table this year . Last yrs conference trophy runner up sits where every player see's it as a reminder of last years failure. Its there battle cry . Holgorsen has pictures of Cincinnati holding the conf trophy as a reminder again of how close they came to possibly making the final 4 playoffs. Last year on opening week Houston lost to Tex Tech then won 11 straight until the championship game. They learned an opening day loss was devastating but at the time they didn't realize it. Now they know. Cougs are deep and athletic . The Tune to Dell combo is one of the best in the country. Last year they were No 3 in the nation in rushing defense with Def Coord Belk who was under Saban at Bama for awhile before he went with Holgorson .



UTSA although loaded and has Traylor as a coach can almost match up even with Coogs on offense. Harris and his 3 wr's and OL are formidable vs anybody including Texas coming up. Even though Sincere is in the NFL he has some replacements . BUT Houston defense will be the toughest the Roadrunners see all year and last year. Last year the defense held Tulsa,Memphis Navy and Auburn to 10,13,13 and 20 points . Both teams blew away Rice but UTSA beat Memphis 31-28 and Houston beat them 31-13. I know its a different year and comparing last years scores to upcoming season can be beneficial or sometimes meaningless .

I hate going against Traylor at UTSA. He is inspiring as a coach . I love his press conferences because the players,media, students are behind him 110%. His theme story about the bull rider " Bull don't care" has everyone including me sold. His "Bull don't care " is about a bull. Bull doesn't care if the rider is an amateur or world class champion is on his back. He doesn't know if its a practice run or championship run. The bull doesn't care about the past or future. The bull only cares about the task at hand. ..bulk you off his back. Traylor wants his Roadrunners to approach the season like the bull. Forget last years 12-2 season ,conf success etc, He signed 10 Million $ contract to stay in San Antonio. Expectations are high but he wants his kids to play like the Bull regardless of Army and Texas next after Houston. I hate going against him because I love his press conferences and down to earth approach. A former Texas HS coach that won a few state titles at Gilmer Texas . This UTSA D-1 program is only 10 years old. But everyone knows the Roadrunners play like a bull and believe in themselves. I just think Coogs have such a good defense and UTSA won't be able to keep with Tune to Dell and the speed of Houston's defense .. if you get a chance watch some of Traylors press conferences on you tube. He is the kinda of coach you want to play for but hopefully the Cougars have some solid bull riders ..

 

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Going
dove" hunting on a ranch 2 hours from Austin. All my racquetball buddies talked me into this . Its a ranch with 150 acres and one my of my buddies owns it. Not a hunter but everyone has a gun except me They have a pistol for me because there are wild pigs,boars on the property and they attack . They said don't worry about the house on the grounds. Other then scorpions and spiders there is air conditioning and bunk beds. I want the upper bunk. There all making fun of me being the New Yorker . Won't shoot at doves or deer but if a wild pig is coming at me I'm unloading my pistol a la Clint Eastward.
Will list some games but coming back Friday night to explain some picks Lost the UTEP N-Texas game but did win the other 3 with Northwestern.Illinois and Nevada.
Houston wins big and covers. Coogs offense with Tune and Dell will be to much for the Roadrunners defense. Houston defense will be able to slow down UTSA's potent offense. A few years back UTSA upset Houston but Roadrunners are not sneaking up on anybody. Dell is a midget but got 90 receptions and 1,300 yds and 12 td's. He catches a 7 yd pass and runs 60 for. UTSA and the CBS camera man will have a tough time finding him . But if you look in the end zone thats where he will be
Houston -5 over UTSA *****
Smoo -9 now 10 or -11 over North Texas *****
Tex St +1.5 over Nevada ***
Army +3 over Coastal ***
Oklahoma -31 over UTEP ***
Should be back from ranch late friday and will explain these games If you don't hear from me then I missed that wild boar coming at me.

last week
UTEP lost ***
won Northwestern Illi and Nev

 

[Dog lover]

Box, if a pig charges you, you better find a tree to climb because I would be surprised if you could even wing a charging pig with a pistol.
Good Luck, DL

 

[rocky mountain]

Going
dove" hunting on a ranch 2 hours from Austin. All my racquetball buddies talked me into this . Its a ranch with 150 acres and one my of my buddies owns it. Not a hunter but everyone has a gun except me They have a pistol for me because there are wild pigs,boars on the property and they attack . They said don't worry about the house on the grounds. Other then scorpions and spiders there is air conditioning and bunk beds. I want the upper bunk. There all making fun of me being the New Yorker . Won't shoot at doves or deer but if a wild pig is coming at me I'm unloading my pistol a la Clint Eastward.
Will list some games but coming back Friday night to explain some picks Lost the UTEP N-Texas game but did win the other 3 with Northwestern.Illinois and Nevada.
Houston wins big and covers. Coogs offense with Tune and Dell will be to much for the Roadrunners defense. Houston defense will be able to slow down UTSA's potent offense. A few years back UTSA upset Houston but Roadrunners are not sneaking up on anybody. Dell is a midget but got 90 receptions and 1,300 yds and 12 td's. He catches a 7 yd pass and runs 60 for. UTSA and the CBS camera man will have a tough time finding him . But if you look in the end zone thats where he will be
Houston -5 over UTSA *****
Smoo -9 now 10 or -11 over North Texas *****
Tex St +1.5 over Nevada ***
Army +3 over Coastal ***
Oklahoma -31 over UTEP ***
Should be back from ranch late friday and will explain these games If you don't hear from me then I missed that wild boar coming at me.

last week
UTEP lost ***
won Northwestern Illi and Nev

Boars are probably drinking beers now, talking shit, getting amped to spear a few " Dove" hunters....

 

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Houston -5 over UTSA *****
Smoo -10 over North Texas ****
Army +3 over Coastal **
Texas +1 over Nevada **
OU -31 over UTEP ****