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Texas Longhorns @ Alabama Crimson Tide Thursday January 7, 2010 8:10 pm
At 8 pm, our selection is on the Texas Longhorns + the points over Alabama, as Texas falls into several of my best systems, with records of 44-14, 21-7, 82-42, 55-26, 65-26, 98-62, and 84-40 ATS. Let's take a look at our 84-40 angle. It goes against .500 (or better) teams ... read more
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Cincinatti Bearcats @ Florida Gators Friday January 1, 2010 8:30 pm
At 8:30 pm, our selection is on the Cincinnati Bearcats plus the points over Florida. This is a great matchup between two teams that have a combined record of 24-1, yet the focus is more on the coaches than the players. Urban Meyer stunned the sports world when he announced ... read more
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Florida State Seminoles @ West Virginia Mountaineers Friday January 1, 2010 1:00 pm
At 1 pm, on New Year's Day, our selection is on the Florida State Seminoles + the points over West Virginia. The "marquee" game on New Year's Day may not be the Rose Bowl between Oregon and Ohio State, or the Sugar Bowl between Cincinnati and Florida, but rather this ... read more
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Tennessee Volunteers @ Virginia Tech Hokies Thursday December 31, 2009 7:30 pm
At 7:30 pm, our selection is on the Tennessee Volunteers plus the points over Virginia Tech, as Tennessee falls into several of my best bowl systems (which have records of 65-25, 97-61, 68-37, 36-13 and 44-13 ATS). I've believed that Virginia Tech has been overrated for much of this ... read more
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Navy Midshipmen @ Missouri Tigers Thursday December 31, 2009 3:30 pm
At 3:30 pm, our selection is on Navy + the points over Missouri. Over the last 19 years, no team has been a better "road warrior" than Navy, as the Midshipmen are an incredible 81-38 ATS when playing away from home, including 5-1 ATS in College Bowl games. Additionally, ... read more
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Air Force Falcons @ Houston Cougars Thursday December 31, 2009 12:00 pm
At 12 Noon, our selection is on the Air Force Falcons plus the points over Houston. The Cougars have quarterback Case Keenum, a Davey O'Brien Award finalist, and the nation's top-rated pass offense (450 ypg), but this is the worst match-up possible for Houston, as Air Force ... read more
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Bowling Green Falcons @ Idaho Vandals Wednesday December 30, 2009 4:30 pm
At 4:30 pm, our College Football Game of the Month is on the Idaho Vandals + the points over Bowling Green, as Idaho falls into several of my best systems, which have records of 64-27, 18-9, 59-26, 76-40, and 50-25 ATS. Bowling Green is, ostensibly, the hotter of the two clubs, ... read more
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Wisconsin Badgers @ Miami Florida Hurricanes Tuesday December 29, 2009 8:00 pm
At 8 pm, in the Champs Sports Bowl, our selection is on the Wisconsin Badgers + the points over Miami Fla. This is a game where I don't quite understand the pointspread. By my numbers, the game should be a PK'em, yet Wisconsin has been installed as an underdog of MORE ... read more
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UCLA Bruins @ Temple Owls Tuesday December 29, 2009 4:30 pm
At 4:30 pm, our selection is on the Temple Owls plus the points over UCLA, as Temple falls into a 64-26 ATS system of mine that plays on certain teams in bowl games off upset losses to end the regular season. Also, I have a 2nd bowl system that applies to the Owls that's 77-40 ... read more
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Texas A&M Aggies @ Georgia Bulldogs Monday December 28, 2009 5:00 pm
At 5 pm, our selection is on the Texas A&M Aggies + the points over Georgia. The Bulldogs come into this game with a porous defense that's given up over 26 ppg this year. And that's a huge negative indicator for Bowl teams. Indeed, since 1980, Bowl teams that ... read more
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Texas A&M Aggies @ Georgia Bulldogs Monday December 28, 2009 5:00 pm
At 5 pm, our selection is on the Texas A&M Aggies + the points over Georgia. The Bulldogs come into this game with a porous defense that's given up over 26 ppg this year. And that's a huge negative indicator for Bowl teams. Indeed, since 1980, Bowl teams that ... read more
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Kentucky Wildcats @ Clemson Tigers Sunday December 27, 2009 8:30 pm
At 8:30 pm, our selection is on the Kentucky Wildcats plus the points over Clemson. The Tigers have been installed as a big favorite in this game, notwithstanding the fact that they've dropped their last two ballgames -- 34-17 as a 3-point road favorite to South Carolina, and ... read more
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Boston College Eagles @ USC Trojans Saturday December 26, 2009 8:00 pm
At 8 pm, our selection is on the Boston College Eagles + the points over USC. This season has certainly not been up to the usual standards of Southern Cal, and the reality is that Pete Carroll's men were overrated from the start. Other than a victory at the Horseshoe ... read more
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Ohio Bobcats @ Marshall Thundering Herd Saturday December 26, 2009 1:00 pm
At 1 pm, our selection is on the Marshall Thundering Herd + the points over Ohio. Marshall has lost three of its last four games (as well as its last three ATS), including a 52-21 blowout at the hands of UTEP in the season finale. The following day, Marshall's head coach, ... read more
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SMU Mustangs @ Nevada Wolf Pack Thursday December 24, 2009 8:00 pm
At 8 pm, our selection is on the SMU Mustangs + the points over Nevada. This game is similar to our New Mexico Bowl selection on Wyoming over Fresno State last Saturday, as the teams statistical profiles fit a system in which the underdog has covered 23 of 24 Bowl games when ... read more
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BYU Cougars @ Oregon State Beavers Tuesday December 22, 2009 8:00 pm
At 8 pm, on Tuesday, our selection is on the BYU Cougars plus the points over the Oregon State Beavers. The Las Vegas Bowl, which matches a Pac-10 squad against the Mountain West runner-up, is the first of this season's bowls that involves two Top 25-ranked teams. Oregon ... read more
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Middle Tenn State Blue Raiders @ Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles Sunday December 20, 2009 8:30 pm
At 8:30 pm, our selection is on the Southern Miss Golden Eagles minus the points over Middle Tennessee, as So Miss falls into 59-25, 93-50 and 9-1 ATS bowl systems of mine. The Blue Raiders come into this game on a red-hot six-game SU/ATS winning streak, but over the past 30 ... read more
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Central Florida Golden Knights @ Rutgers Scarlet Knights Saturday December 19, 2009 8:00 pm
At 8 pm, our selection is on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, as Rutgers falls into 58-25, 62-25, 84-56, and 66-37 ATS Bowl systems of mine. Additionally, Rutgers has been terrific over the years vs. non-conference opposition, going 34-16 ATS since 1997, including 19-6 (76%) away ... read more
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Wyoming Cowboys @ Fresno State Bulldogs Saturday December 19, 2009 4:30 pm
At 4:30 pm, in the New Mexico Bowl, our selection is on the Wyoming Cowboys + the points over Fresno State. Last year, the Bulldogs played in this very same bowl game, and were outscored 20-7 in the 4th quarter by Colorado St en route to a 40-35 defeat. Wyoming last played ... read more
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Houston Cougars @ East Carolina Pirates Saturday December 5, 2009 12:00 pm
At 12 Noon, our Conference Championship Game of the Year is on the Houston Cougars minus the points over East Carolina in the Conference USA Title game. The Pirates will have the advantage of playing this game at home, but that's really never worked out for teams in Conference ... read more
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Cincinatti Bearcats @ Pittsburgh Panthers Saturday December 5, 2009 12:00 pm
At 12 Noon, on Saturday, our Big East Underdog of the Year is on the Pittsburgh Panthers. Last week, Pitt was favored by 1 point, but lost by 3 points to WVU on the game's final play, but I love the Panthers to rebound here, and hand the Bearcats their first loss of the season. ... read more
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West Virginia Mountaineers @ Rutgers Scarlet Knights Saturday December 5, 2009 12:00 pm
At 12 Noon, on Saturday, our selection is on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights minus the points over West Virginia. Rutgers has lost its last 14 meetings with the Mountaineers, but should snap that losing streak this weekend, as WVU is ripe for a letdown following its big win over ... read more
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Rice Owls @ Houston Cougars Saturday November 28, 2009 8:00 pm
At 8 pm, on Saturday, our Conference USA Game of the Year is on the Houston Cougars minus the points over Rice. Two games back, the Cougars were upset by Central Florida, and were on the outside looking in with regard to the Conference Championship game going into last week's ... read more
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Florida State Seminoles @ Florida Gators Saturday November 28, 2009 3:30 pm
At 3:30 pm, our selection is on the Florida Gators minus the points over Florida State, as Florida falls into 119-69 and 199-114 ATS systems of mine that play on certain home teams off blowout wins. (Last week, Florida whipped Florida International 62-3.) Additionally, ... read more
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Pittsburgh Panthers @ West Virginia Mountaineers Friday November 27, 2009 7:00 pm
At 7 pm (time change), on Friday, our selection is on the Pittsburgh Panthers minus the points over West Virginia. This is a huge rivalry game (known as the Backyard Brawl), between the two universities separated by a mere 75 miles along Interstate 79. It's the 14th oldest rivalry ... read more
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Nebraska Cornhuskers @ Colorado Buffaloes Friday November 27, 2009 3:30 pm
At 3:30 pm, our selection is on the Nebraska Cornhuskers minus the points over Colorado, as Colorado falls into several negative systems of mine, with records of 57-121, 26-71, and 43-106 based on the numbers from its previous game. Last week, the Buffaloes suffered a 3-point ... read more
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Alabama Crimson Tide @ Auburn Tigers Friday November 27, 2009 2:30 pm
At 2:30 pm, on Friday, our Underdog Shocker is on the Auburn Tigers plus the points over Alabama, as the Crimson Tide fall into two negative systems of mine that are 35-53 and 34-73 ATS since 1980. Additionally, Alabama shut Auburn out last year 36-0, and I have a "shutout ... read more
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Texas Longhorns @ Texas A&M Aggies Thursday November 26, 2009 8:00 pm
At 8 pm, our selection is on the Texas A&M Aggies plus the points over Texas. After losing to the Aggies in 2006 and 2007, Texas won last year's game 49-9 as 35.5-point favorites. This rivalry is so intense that each of the schools mentions the OTHER in its fight ... read more
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California Golden Bears @ Stanford Cardinal Saturday November 21, 2009 7:30 pm
At 7:30 pm, our selection is on the Stanford Cardinal minus the points over California, as Jim Harbaugh's men fall into two angles that combine for a 28-0 ATS record. Last week, Stanford went into Los Angeles, and completely thrashed the USC Trojans 55-21 as an 11 point underdog. ... read more
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Florida Atlantic Owls @ Troy Trojans Saturday November 21, 2009 4:15 pm
At 4:15 pm, our Sun Belt Conference Game of the Year is on the Troy State Trojans minus the points over Florida Atlantic. This is a game that the Trojan players have had circled on their calendar for weeks. Last year, in the 5th game of the season, Florida Atlantic's ... read more
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