NCAA YTD: 12-8 (+6.22*)
My GOALS for the season are only +10* in NCAA and +6* in NFL - not terribly ambitious, I suppose - but doubling that with my consistent 1 unit plays (with occasional parlay, like last week) ain't going to happen.
When I have stayed on top of my capping homework during the prior week, which includes a healthy dose during the weekend of watching the games and reporting on television, and following the box scores/drive charts on the internet (and my plays were not one "wrong side" after another), my first instincts at the start of the next week are something I embrace (but verify), rather than fear and outguess. My first instincts were that Louisville and Arizona State were in good spots and had lines with good value, and I made early plays on both after a fair amount of preliminary research (and that research and evaluation process isn't yet finished before either play gets included in any contests on Saturday morning). I also circled two MAC games on Monday as among the best on the board, and would have made a small wager that one or more of the recognized MAC and college football experts on the forum would see the games the same way in their various posts.
Kent State(-7) over Akron (Thursday) (1.25*)
I saw good heart, hustle and discipline for 60 minutes when Kent State played Iowa without the soul of their team (QB Cribbs), and more importantly, rookie HC Martin honestly felt the same way. I expected some solid performances immediately thereafter, and I would say that's what has transpired. Usually stronger as a dog, but I like Kent here in a fairly BIG Wagon Wheel spot against the good-hit, no-field Zips (Cleveland Plain Dealer: "'We're real close,' said (Kent WR Darrell) Dowery. 'We've had nine turnovers in three games, and a lot of them in the red zone. We're real close.' . . . It's the window pane they can't break. It's the scream caught in their throat.") . . . I'm not a big supporter of teams that get destroyed AND shutout in their last game, even less so when they are going back on the road, even less so when they had a short week.
GL
My GOALS for the season are only +10* in NCAA and +6* in NFL - not terribly ambitious, I suppose - but doubling that with my consistent 1 unit plays (with occasional parlay, like last week) ain't going to happen.
When I have stayed on top of my capping homework during the prior week, which includes a healthy dose during the weekend of watching the games and reporting on television, and following the box scores/drive charts on the internet (and my plays were not one "wrong side" after another), my first instincts at the start of the next week are something I embrace (but verify), rather than fear and outguess. My first instincts were that Louisville and Arizona State were in good spots and had lines with good value, and I made early plays on both after a fair amount of preliminary research (and that research and evaluation process isn't yet finished before either play gets included in any contests on Saturday morning). I also circled two MAC games on Monday as among the best on the board, and would have made a small wager that one or more of the recognized MAC and college football experts on the forum would see the games the same way in their various posts.
Kent State(-7) over Akron (Thursday) (1.25*)
I saw good heart, hustle and discipline for 60 minutes when Kent State played Iowa without the soul of their team (QB Cribbs), and more importantly, rookie HC Martin honestly felt the same way. I expected some solid performances immediately thereafter, and I would say that's what has transpired. Usually stronger as a dog, but I like Kent here in a fairly BIG Wagon Wheel spot against the good-hit, no-field Zips (Cleveland Plain Dealer: "'We're real close,' said (Kent WR Darrell) Dowery. 'We've had nine turnovers in three games, and a lot of them in the red zone. We're real close.' . . . It's the window pane they can't break. It's the scream caught in their throat.") . . . I'm not a big supporter of teams that get destroyed AND shutout in their last game, even less so when they are going back on the road, even less so when they had a short week.
GL
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