2nd "Biggest Bet of Year" Plays:
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***** Stanford +10 (over Wash st) *****
I was predicting the line would go up from 9 seeing how Wash st blew out Oregon on the road. Not to mention the generous ranking the Cougars got. Glad I waited.
I expect an ambush waiting for the Cougars when they prowl into Stanford. Cardinals have been beat for the last two games(both on the road) against Wash and USC. Their last home game was over 5 weeks ago, and finally are back and hungry. And now that I just found out Wash st top tackler will not start, questionable if he will play or not. Either way, I love this play.
Cardinals ain't great, but they are battle tested, and lots of teams ranked 20 to 40 in the rankings would end up 2-2 if they had the exact same schedule as the cardinals.
Wash st's 5 wins are pretty good since three came on the road. But only one was exceptional, the oregon one. If you look at it closely, all the other teams they played weren't that good. Even stanford could beat new mexico and arizona at home. Idaho is absolutely bad, and Colorado is no where near as good as before. I think everyone will be targeting the blow out win at Oregon as wash st's seal of approval to be ranked in the top 10 and the double digit spread. However, I am heavily considering that game at Notre dame where wash st faultered. Stanford doesn't have a prolific pass offense. Notre dame doesn't either, but they still won. And Cardinals are similar to Notre Dame.
Oregon was not fired up for the Wash st game. Like Oregon''s receiver Samie Parker said about that game(i got this from yahoo), ``We were still thinking about the Michigan game, and I really don't think we were really fired up. Everyone is usually fired up in the locker room, but we were really quiet today. We were just kind of waltzing around, and I don't think we were ready to play.''
Cardinals are finally home after over 5 weeks away from home, they won't be walking around for this game against the 6th ranked Wash st. After they blew their chance to beat a ranked team in USC at the Coliseum, I am sure they are lucky and hungry to have another chance at a highly ranked team at home. They will battle hard. Cardinals should move the ball much better against wash st's defense. And Wash st's offensive players aren't as talented as USC's offensive players. I doubt Stanford will make this an air attack game, they will run the ball, especially with Wash st's nice blitz defense. I feel stanford's defense will rise up and hold wash st and take this game down to the end.
Stanford has allowed an avg of only 6 pts per game in the second half this season. San jose st scored 0 pts in second half. Byu scored 7 pts in the second half. Wash scored 14 pts in the second half. USC scored 3 pts in the second half. Byu, wash, and usc games were all on the road, so Stanford should perform even better at home.
0-1 (-5.5 units)
***** Stanford +10 (over Wash st) *****
I was predicting the line would go up from 9 seeing how Wash st blew out Oregon on the road. Not to mention the generous ranking the Cougars got. Glad I waited.
I expect an ambush waiting for the Cougars when they prowl into Stanford. Cardinals have been beat for the last two games(both on the road) against Wash and USC. Their last home game was over 5 weeks ago, and finally are back and hungry. And now that I just found out Wash st top tackler will not start, questionable if he will play or not. Either way, I love this play.
Cardinals ain't great, but they are battle tested, and lots of teams ranked 20 to 40 in the rankings would end up 2-2 if they had the exact same schedule as the cardinals.
Wash st's 5 wins are pretty good since three came on the road. But only one was exceptional, the oregon one. If you look at it closely, all the other teams they played weren't that good. Even stanford could beat new mexico and arizona at home. Idaho is absolutely bad, and Colorado is no where near as good as before. I think everyone will be targeting the blow out win at Oregon as wash st's seal of approval to be ranked in the top 10 and the double digit spread. However, I am heavily considering that game at Notre dame where wash st faultered. Stanford doesn't have a prolific pass offense. Notre dame doesn't either, but they still won. And Cardinals are similar to Notre Dame.
Oregon was not fired up for the Wash st game. Like Oregon''s receiver Samie Parker said about that game(i got this from yahoo), ``We were still thinking about the Michigan game, and I really don't think we were really fired up. Everyone is usually fired up in the locker room, but we were really quiet today. We were just kind of waltzing around, and I don't think we were ready to play.''
Cardinals are finally home after over 5 weeks away from home, they won't be walking around for this game against the 6th ranked Wash st. After they blew their chance to beat a ranked team in USC at the Coliseum, I am sure they are lucky and hungry to have another chance at a highly ranked team at home. They will battle hard. Cardinals should move the ball much better against wash st's defense. And Wash st's offensive players aren't as talented as USC's offensive players. I doubt Stanford will make this an air attack game, they will run the ball, especially with Wash st's nice blitz defense. I feel stanford's defense will rise up and hold wash st and take this game down to the end.
Stanford has allowed an avg of only 6 pts per game in the second half this season. San jose st scored 0 pts in second half. Byu scored 7 pts in the second half. Wash scored 14 pts in the second half. USC scored 3 pts in the second half. Byu, wash, and usc games were all on the road, so Stanford should perform even better at home.
