Saw these and grabbed them early
Kansas (+3.5) over South Florida
South Florida showed a lot of weakness last week against central Florida. The most obvious one was not taking advantage of mistakes. The bulls had over 500 yards of offense, CF gave them over 170 yards in penalties and this game still went into OT. Selvie is a great defender but know that he is the focus of the line he is seeing a lot of double teams and against CF he did not record one sack. Also the offense has shown that it is all us to Grothe to make it happen on important downs of they are in trouble. Grothes ability to scramble and make things happen has allowed the Bulls to recover in bad situations. It was all up to Grothe because Mike Ford was out last weekend and his bad ankle might not be up to the challenge this weekend. The SF defense has shown they are a good unit but how will they handle a team that has won their first two games by over 30 points. SF have been giant killers at home over the past few seasons but Kansas has a very effcient offense and a good enough defense to win this game which I think they will. The question for Kanssas is in the running game and in this the third game the line needs to play better to open up holes. With such a strong passing game their is not reason the O-line cannot get off the ball and open some lanes for Crawford or Sharp. This will be a good game but in the end I think Kansas has the passing attack to exploit a secondary that was hit hard by the draft and graduation. The over aggressive defensive line for SF will try everything to get to Reesing and the screen should be a great play to keep them off balance. With the SF special teams being unreliable in field goals and the poor kick coverage the jayhawks might be able to make something happen in that department. I think Kansas has an underratted defense, after all they have to be pretty good because they practice against that unit everyday. Still they need to get to Grothe, use a spy and LB gap blitzing to keep him contained. Force him to pass and he will make mistakes. Then the offense can take advantage and get ahead, by getting ahead the SF offense will lose the ability to run the ball and grothe running for his life will struggle to be accurate.
GT (+7) over Virginia Tech
Seriously, a TD? I do not care if this is in blacksburg. It was 3-0 to FURMAN at half. VT has zero going in the department of offense. They have holes in the defense against the run and GT's triple option should be a serious problem. I mean it could not get uglier for GT against BC yet they were able to make it happen when they needed a play. Thee reason the yellowjackets were in thae game was because of the defense. That is very good news for GT backers considering Glennon cannot move in the pocket and when rushed he freezes. Sean Glennon completed 54% of his passes and has 3 picks verse 1 TD, yet Beamer has stuck by him. My WORRY.... the second half of VT verse furman. Taylor took 17 snaps to Glennons 8, that is not what the "splitting snaps" would have dictated. Does this mean Glennon will be pulled early for the more effective Taylor, which could be a bad thing for GT backers. Taylor rushed for a team-high 112 yards, and the team scored two of its three touchdowns. I like the GT speed to be able to handle Taylor a little better than Furman but he is a very skilled players and could make a big impact. What I LIKE... against Furman the hokies ATTEMPTED THIRTEEN PASSES and Glennon threw a pick. So GT has to know VT is not going to come out slinging the ball threw the air. They lost their top three recievers from last year and the best WR option for VT is a converted qb. So GT has to play run and scramble all afternoon. Using that strong defensive front and get to the QB or running back in the backfield. GT cannot allow VT to run the ball and the hockies will have a very tough time scoring points. The have an offensive co that is very run oriented and with his play calling and the lack of a passing attack I see no reason for GT not to know what the hokies will try to do. The yellowjacks can score, the VT defense is extremely aggressive and the triple option will eat that up and then the hokies will struggle on offense. All of those facts make it very easy for me to grab GT with a TD lead.
Cheers
Irish
Kansas (+3.5) over South Florida
South Florida showed a lot of weakness last week against central Florida. The most obvious one was not taking advantage of mistakes. The bulls had over 500 yards of offense, CF gave them over 170 yards in penalties and this game still went into OT. Selvie is a great defender but know that he is the focus of the line he is seeing a lot of double teams and against CF he did not record one sack. Also the offense has shown that it is all us to Grothe to make it happen on important downs of they are in trouble. Grothes ability to scramble and make things happen has allowed the Bulls to recover in bad situations. It was all up to Grothe because Mike Ford was out last weekend and his bad ankle might not be up to the challenge this weekend. The SF defense has shown they are a good unit but how will they handle a team that has won their first two games by over 30 points. SF have been giant killers at home over the past few seasons but Kansas has a very effcient offense and a good enough defense to win this game which I think they will. The question for Kanssas is in the running game and in this the third game the line needs to play better to open up holes. With such a strong passing game their is not reason the O-line cannot get off the ball and open some lanes for Crawford or Sharp. This will be a good game but in the end I think Kansas has the passing attack to exploit a secondary that was hit hard by the draft and graduation. The over aggressive defensive line for SF will try everything to get to Reesing and the screen should be a great play to keep them off balance. With the SF special teams being unreliable in field goals and the poor kick coverage the jayhawks might be able to make something happen in that department. I think Kansas has an underratted defense, after all they have to be pretty good because they practice against that unit everyday. Still they need to get to Grothe, use a spy and LB gap blitzing to keep him contained. Force him to pass and he will make mistakes. Then the offense can take advantage and get ahead, by getting ahead the SF offense will lose the ability to run the ball and grothe running for his life will struggle to be accurate.
GT (+7) over Virginia Tech
Seriously, a TD? I do not care if this is in blacksburg. It was 3-0 to FURMAN at half. VT has zero going in the department of offense. They have holes in the defense against the run and GT's triple option should be a serious problem. I mean it could not get uglier for GT against BC yet they were able to make it happen when they needed a play. Thee reason the yellowjackets were in thae game was because of the defense. That is very good news for GT backers considering Glennon cannot move in the pocket and when rushed he freezes. Sean Glennon completed 54% of his passes and has 3 picks verse 1 TD, yet Beamer has stuck by him. My WORRY.... the second half of VT verse furman. Taylor took 17 snaps to Glennons 8, that is not what the "splitting snaps" would have dictated. Does this mean Glennon will be pulled early for the more effective Taylor, which could be a bad thing for GT backers. Taylor rushed for a team-high 112 yards, and the team scored two of its three touchdowns. I like the GT speed to be able to handle Taylor a little better than Furman but he is a very skilled players and could make a big impact. What I LIKE... against Furman the hokies ATTEMPTED THIRTEEN PASSES and Glennon threw a pick. So GT has to know VT is not going to come out slinging the ball threw the air. They lost their top three recievers from last year and the best WR option for VT is a converted qb. So GT has to play run and scramble all afternoon. Using that strong defensive front and get to the QB or running back in the backfield. GT cannot allow VT to run the ball and the hockies will have a very tough time scoring points. The have an offensive co that is very run oriented and with his play calling and the lack of a passing attack I see no reason for GT not to know what the hokies will try to do. The yellowjacks can score, the VT defense is extremely aggressive and the triple option will eat that up and then the hokies will struggle on offense. All of those facts make it very easy for me to grab GT with a TD lead.
Cheers
Irish
