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Smitty

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Smitty's Car Care Bowl

new sponsor for today's first game.

look out, i'm on fire, hitting one bowl game in a row. that is not a misprint. i hit a game last night!!

north carolina (+2.5) 2 units. as nice a guy as bill stewart may be, he's done an awful job with a team many expected to contend for the national title. in fact, butch davis with time to prepare vs bill stewart... that is a big edge for nc right there. speaking of national title hopes, playing in this bowl game is a big disappointment for the mountaineers. they don't even have the motivation of getting stewart his first bowl win, because they took care of that last year. so how excited will they really be today?

the tarheels meanwhile went from 4-8 a year ago to 8-4 this year. this is their first bowl game in 4 years. they'll be pretty fired up for this.

under (46) 1 unit. this may be redundant, since nc's best chance of winning today is to keep it a low-scoring game. they averaged 31 points/game with tate in the lineup, and 23 points/game since his injury. their defense needs to step up and tackle today. the fact that they held georgia tech to 7 points (an 85-yard td run in garbage time) shows that this defense can maintain the discipline you need to slow down the wv offense.
 

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Smitty Champs Bowl

Smitty Champs Bowl

thanks, LA.

a battle of two mediocre teams here. florida state has talent, but they're not good. wisconsin is just bad. in past years, they've had just enough threat of a passing game so you couldn't put 11 in the box to stop the run. this year... i think you could put 11 in the box. other than beckum, there's not much to worry about. and this is hardly an original thought, but the big 10 was pretty bad this year.

the acc was actually down a little, too. and over the last few years, i don't know if there's another coach who has done less with so much talent as bowden. they continue to get big fast football players, but they aren't winning on a consistent basis.

anyways, almost everybody is on wisconsin, so regrettably i need to be on fsu.

florida state (-6) 1 unit
 

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Smitty's Nuts Bowl

Smitty's Nuts Bowl

normally, i wouldn't touch this, but i said i'd play every game, so here goes...

cal (-10) 1 unit. miami was actually decent away from home this year, plus they went 3-1 ATS as a dog. but cal was 8-2 as a favorite. that's enough for me.
 
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