College Football Begins!
God. The Georgia at Oklahoma State game is starting, and Matt Millen is one of the two talking heads in the booth. How he still has any credibility is beyond me. I hope he at least winces every time they show Matt Stafford wearing a Lions jersey. They are already showing him, since his departure, as well as Knowshawn Moreno's set the stage for Georgia's season. Millen ought to be sweating like a whore in church, but I'm sure he's not. Charlatan.
Georgia is driving and looks like they are about to score. Unfortunate, since I have OKLAHOMA STATE(-5)overgeorgia. If Big 12 defenses are going to be this unreliable I may want to adjust my betting strategies now.
Ugh. Georgia's QB just completed a 5 yard touchdown pass into double coverage. Maybe Georgia is just too athletic. If their defense can contain the allegedly high-powered offense this could get ugly quick.
Speaking of adjusting my betting strategies, 3 of my 4 picks this weekend are of Big 12 teams. In addition to Oklahoma State I took OKLAHOMA(-23)overbyu. I guess it's a home game for the Sooners, though they're playing it in the Cowboy's cavernous new stadium with the low-hanging scoreboard. I'm convinced the Sooner faithful will make the trip in numbers great enough to make some noise, which is apparantly very difficult, due to the outsized acoustics of the joint.
If they can't, I'm sure their date against Texas in a few weeks will do the trick.
If the 'Horns and Sooners can't pull it off, it ain't happenin'.
As far as I know BYU has a decent team. Missouri had a decent team and lost to Oklahoma,
62-21. On the other hand, Oklahoma State lost to tehm only 61-41, not enough to cover this spread, though they did cover the actual ten point spread.
I'm counting on Oklahoma's high-powered offense already being in mid-season form, so they can cover as long as their defense makes a reasonable effort. This is my reasoning as well with Oklahoma State. I see Georgia having a better shot if they were to play a bowl game later on.
I have baylor(+2.5)overWAKE FOREST. I've underestimated trips into the forest in the past. I believe I lost with Boston College going there a year or two before they joined the ACC. Hopefully Robert Griffin III will give the Deamon Deacons more than they can handle. The announcers are talking about the '08 Big 12 Freshman of the Year as a Heisman sleeper, or perhaps a serious candidate in a year or two.
My last pick is lsu(-18.5)overWASHINGTON. While I don't expect the Tigers' offense to be in mid-season form, I do expect the Huskies to be about as crummy as they've been the last few years.
The Oklahoma game has just started. No score yet. BYU is actually threatening right now, near field goal range depending on how good their kicker is. Oklahoma State's defense stiffened, and they won, 24-10. Baylor won too, 24-21. I think they were up 24-7 earlier.
Michigan State beat Montana State, 44-3. Michigan beat Western Michigan, 35-7. Penn State beat Akron, 31-7. Unfortunately they were favored by 30. Ohio State hung on to beat Navy, 31-27, scoring their last 2 on an interception of a two-point conversion attempt by the Midshipmen. OSU always botches their early cupcake games. Of course Navy is less of a cupcake than the last few losers mentioned, or Nevada Reno, for that mattter. They lost to Notre Dame, 35-0.
In the games I bet on, Oklahoma State beat Georgia, 24-10. Baylor held on to beat Wake Forest, 24-21. Oklahoma lost to BYU, 14-13, and LSU failed to cover the 18 point spread, beating Washington, 31-23. Washington looked really sharp, the few plays I watched before I fell asleep. They should string up whatever network genius thought it was a good idea to start a game at 10:30, West Coast be damned. Apparantly the rumors that Tyrone Willingham can recruit are true.
So I went 2-2. And Matt Millen is still out there, getting paid for his football expertise. Don't take any wooden nickels.
Georgia is driving and looks like they are about to score. Unfortunate, since I have OKLAHOMA STATE(-5)overgeorgia. If Big 12 defenses are going to be this unreliable I may want to adjust my betting strategies now.
Ugh. Georgia's QB just completed a 5 yard touchdown pass into double coverage. Maybe Georgia is just too athletic. If their defense can contain the allegedly high-powered offense this could get ugly quick.
Speaking of adjusting my betting strategies, 3 of my 4 picks this weekend are of Big 12 teams. In addition to Oklahoma State I took OKLAHOMA(-23)overbyu. I guess it's a home game for the Sooners, though they're playing it in the Cowboy's cavernous new stadium with the low-hanging scoreboard. I'm convinced the Sooner faithful will make the trip in numbers great enough to make some noise, which is apparantly very difficult, due to the outsized acoustics of the joint.
If they can't, I'm sure their date against Texas in a few weeks will do the trick.
If the 'Horns and Sooners can't pull it off, it ain't happenin'.
As far as I know BYU has a decent team. Missouri had a decent team and lost to Oklahoma,
62-21. On the other hand, Oklahoma State lost to tehm only 61-41, not enough to cover this spread, though they did cover the actual ten point spread.
I'm counting on Oklahoma's high-powered offense already being in mid-season form, so they can cover as long as their defense makes a reasonable effort. This is my reasoning as well with Oklahoma State. I see Georgia having a better shot if they were to play a bowl game later on.
I have baylor(+2.5)overWAKE FOREST. I've underestimated trips into the forest in the past. I believe I lost with Boston College going there a year or two before they joined the ACC. Hopefully Robert Griffin III will give the Deamon Deacons more than they can handle. The announcers are talking about the '08 Big 12 Freshman of the Year as a Heisman sleeper, or perhaps a serious candidate in a year or two.
My last pick is lsu(-18.5)overWASHINGTON. While I don't expect the Tigers' offense to be in mid-season form, I do expect the Huskies to be about as crummy as they've been the last few years.
The Oklahoma game has just started. No score yet. BYU is actually threatening right now, near field goal range depending on how good their kicker is. Oklahoma State's defense stiffened, and they won, 24-10. Baylor won too, 24-21. I think they were up 24-7 earlier.
Michigan State beat Montana State, 44-3. Michigan beat Western Michigan, 35-7. Penn State beat Akron, 31-7. Unfortunately they were favored by 30. Ohio State hung on to beat Navy, 31-27, scoring their last 2 on an interception of a two-point conversion attempt by the Midshipmen. OSU always botches their early cupcake games. Of course Navy is less of a cupcake than the last few losers mentioned, or Nevada Reno, for that mattter. They lost to Notre Dame, 35-0.
In the games I bet on, Oklahoma State beat Georgia, 24-10. Baylor held on to beat Wake Forest, 24-21. Oklahoma lost to BYU, 14-13, and LSU failed to cover the 18 point spread, beating Washington, 31-23. Washington looked really sharp, the few plays I watched before I fell asleep. They should string up whatever network genius thought it was a good idea to start a game at 10:30, West Coast be damned. Apparantly the rumors that Tyrone Willingham can recruit are true.
So I went 2-2. And Matt Millen is still out there, getting paid for his football expertise. Don't take any wooden nickels.
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