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Eastern Michigan +31½ over BOWLING GREEN (6:00 PM)<o></o>
Bowling Green has been rolling over everyone recently and in fact, over their past four games they’ve outscored the opposition by an amazing count of 200-59. As a result of those lopsided scores, they’re a hugely inflated price here against a pretty good EMU team that is 3-1 in conference play and 2-1 on the road. EMU is led by QB Matt Bohnet, who already has thrown for more then 1700 yards and 15 TD’s while getting just five passes picked off. Bohnet is as electrifying a QB as any in the conference and spotting him and the Eagles here 31½ points is simply too large a head start. Furthermore, the Falcons run defense has been extremely shaky and the way to keep an explosive offense off the field is to try and run the ball, an area that EMU can exploit. Don’t get us wrong here, Bowling Green is tops in the MAC and have a QB that is tearing up the nation. However, the fact remains that this line is inflated and we believe EMU will stay well within this range. Big overlay. Play (#169) Eastern Michigan +31½ (Risking 1.65 units to win 1.5).<o></o>
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Florida +7 over GEORGIA (3:30 PM)<o></o>
The annual “World’s Largest Cocktail Party” has a couple of different sub-plots tied to it, most notably the firing of Gators coach, Ron Zook after last week’s disastrous loss to Mississippi St. It’ll be interesting to see how the Gators respond. This has been a year of total distractions for the Gators and as a result they’ve come up lame on a few occasions. Fact be known that the players love Zook and their loyalty will show up in this game with a huge effort. Furthermore, despite being just 4-3, the Gators have a ton of talent and that includes QB Chris Leak who has completed better then 60% of his passes. This is a good Florida team that is well balanced offensively and while the defense hasn’t been great, it will face a Bulldog squad that has trouble moving the ball and that should bode very well here. The Bulldogs do possess a great, great defense that might just be the nations best. However, with their backs to the wall we expect the Gators to come out and bring their absolute best to the table here in support of Zook. Additionally, this annual game has always brought out the best in the Gators and for some odd reason they always find a way to win at this yearly get-together. Expect this one to be close throughout. Play (#151) Florida +7 (Risking 1.65 units to win 1.5).
<o>Michigan St +11 over MICHIGAN (3:30 PM) </o>
<o>Spartans may have hit their stride at precisely the right moment. While many believe that the last game torching of the Golden Gophers was just an aberration, we beg to differ. This is a different Spartan team then the one we saw earlier in the year. State QB, Drew Stanton is finally healthy after battling a knee injury over the past two years and when he’s healthy as he is now, he’s as dangerous as anyone. Stanton is on the verge of making a big name for himself and watching him you get the feeling that you’re watching a future star emerging. The Wolverines are 7-1 and they possess a very good defense indeed. However, despite winning they seem to have a few lapses every game and that already includes an alarming 18 turnovers. Something just doesn’t sit well with us in regards to this Wolverine team. They seem to get a ton of breaks and just when you think they are finished they come up with a huge play to get back in the game or take the lead. This is a huge inter-state rival and one thing we know for sure is that the Spartans will be well prepared to do battle. The Wolverines may be well prepared too but they had their big win last week over Purdue and something tells us that this one is going to be very close indeed. Line is a tad too fat. Play (#109) Michigan State +11 (Risking 1.65 units to win 1.5).</o>
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<o>SYRACUSE –3 over Connecticut (12:30 PM)<o></o>
We know that the Huskies are 5-2 and that they’re considered to have a strong attack, however, we’re not buying into that one bit. This is a team that has played one road game all year, a 27-7 loss at Boston College, and the Dome is unlike anything they’ve seen. The Orangemen are 2-1 at home with their only loss coming by four points against nationally ranked Florida St. They’ll get their stud RB, Walter Reyes, back for this one after he sat out last week with the flu. Back to UConn. They’ve played two good opponents this year, West Virginia and the aforementioned Eagles, and they lost them both, easily. They squeaked by Duke 22-20 and they allowed Temple 31 points in a 45-31 win and they also did not have an easy time against Pitt. This is a team that has put up some good numbers on both sides of the ball but all those stats don’t mean a damn thing when the opposition has been as weak as the Huskies have faced. Fact is, the Owls, whose offense has been shaky at best this year, torched them for 475 yards last week. Huskie QB, Dan Orlovsky has looked good on numerous occasions this year but against tougher competition he’s looked anything but good. The Huskies are getting way too much credit that they don’t deserve. The Orangemen have struggled too, however, based on strength of schedule (they’ve played Purdue, West Virginia, Florida St, and Virginia), the Orangemen, especially in their own crib, are the superior team here, make no mistake about that. The Huskies have not shown us that they can compete on the road and they haven’t shown us that they can compete with good teams either. At the Dome, the Orangemen are a very good team indeed. Play (#130) Syracuse –3 (Risking 1.65 units to win 1.5).<o></o>
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></o>Bowling Green has been rolling over everyone recently and in fact, over their past four games they’ve outscored the opposition by an amazing count of 200-59. As a result of those lopsided scores, they’re a hugely inflated price here against a pretty good EMU team that is 3-1 in conference play and 2-1 on the road. EMU is led by QB Matt Bohnet, who already has thrown for more then 1700 yards and 15 TD’s while getting just five passes picked off. Bohnet is as electrifying a QB as any in the conference and spotting him and the Eagles here 31½ points is simply too large a head start. Furthermore, the Falcons run defense has been extremely shaky and the way to keep an explosive offense off the field is to try and run the ball, an area that EMU can exploit. Don’t get us wrong here, Bowling Green is tops in the MAC and have a QB that is tearing up the nation. However, the fact remains that this line is inflated and we believe EMU will stay well within this range. Big overlay. Play (#169) Eastern Michigan +31½ (Risking 1.65 units to win 1.5).<o
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></o>The annual “World’s Largest Cocktail Party” has a couple of different sub-plots tied to it, most notably the firing of Gators coach, Ron Zook after last week’s disastrous loss to Mississippi St. It’ll be interesting to see how the Gators respond. This has been a year of total distractions for the Gators and as a result they’ve come up lame on a few occasions. Fact be known that the players love Zook and their loyalty will show up in this game with a huge effort. Furthermore, despite being just 4-3, the Gators have a ton of talent and that includes QB Chris Leak who has completed better then 60% of his passes. This is a good Florida team that is well balanced offensively and while the defense hasn’t been great, it will face a Bulldog squad that has trouble moving the ball and that should bode very well here. The Bulldogs do possess a great, great defense that might just be the nations best. However, with their backs to the wall we expect the Gators to come out and bring their absolute best to the table here in support of Zook. Additionally, this annual game has always brought out the best in the Gators and for some odd reason they always find a way to win at this yearly get-together. Expect this one to be close throughout. Play (#151) Florida +7 (Risking 1.65 units to win 1.5).
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>Michigan St +11 over MICHIGAN (3:30 PM) </o><o
>Spartans may have hit their stride at precisely the right moment. While many believe that the last game torching of the Golden Gophers was just an aberration, we beg to differ. This is a different Spartan team then the one we saw earlier in the year. State QB, Drew Stanton is finally healthy after battling a knee injury over the past two years and when he’s healthy as he is now, he’s as dangerous as anyone. Stanton is on the verge of making a big name for himself and watching him you get the feeling that you’re watching a future star emerging. The Wolverines are 7-1 and they possess a very good defense indeed. However, despite winning they seem to have a few lapses every game and that already includes an alarming 18 turnovers. Something just doesn’t sit well with us in regards to this Wolverine team. They seem to get a ton of breaks and just when you think they are finished they come up with a huge play to get back in the game or take the lead. This is a huge inter-state rival and one thing we know for sure is that the Spartans will be well prepared to do battle. The Wolverines may be well prepared too but they had their big win last week over Purdue and something tells us that this one is going to be very close indeed. Line is a tad too fat. Play (#109) Michigan State +11 (Risking 1.65 units to win 1.5).</o><o
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>SYRACUSE –3 over Connecticut (12:30 PM)<o></o>We know that the Huskies are 5-2 and that they’re considered to have a strong attack, however, we’re not buying into that one bit. This is a team that has played one road game all year, a 27-7 loss at Boston College, and the Dome is unlike anything they’ve seen. The Orangemen are 2-1 at home with their only loss coming by four points against nationally ranked Florida St. They’ll get their stud RB, Walter Reyes, back for this one after he sat out last week with the flu. Back to UConn. They’ve played two good opponents this year, West Virginia and the aforementioned Eagles, and they lost them both, easily. They squeaked by Duke 22-20 and they allowed Temple 31 points in a 45-31 win and they also did not have an easy time against Pitt. This is a team that has put up some good numbers on both sides of the ball but all those stats don’t mean a damn thing when the opposition has been as weak as the Huskies have faced. Fact is, the Owls, whose offense has been shaky at best this year, torched them for 475 yards last week. Huskie QB, Dan Orlovsky has looked good on numerous occasions this year but against tougher competition he’s looked anything but good. The Huskies are getting way too much credit that they don’t deserve. The Orangemen have struggled too, however, based on strength of schedule (they’ve played Purdue, West Virginia, Florida St, and Virginia), the Orangemen, especially in their own crib, are the superior team here, make no mistake about that. The Huskies have not shown us that they can compete on the road and they haven’t shown us that they can compete with good teams either. At the Dome, the Orangemen are a very good team indeed. Play (#130) Syracuse –3 (Risking 1.65 units to win 1.5).<o
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