Black & White Picks

VerticalStripes · Dec 22, 2004

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Bowling Green -3

UNDER 67 1/2

Line will probably get better as the day goes on.

All of my plays are the same. If it's good enough to play, don't :hump: it up by adjusting the bet. I have good info so just keep watching. Cash when you get ready. Dorothy ain't in Kansas anymore. Stripes are vertical.

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VerticalStripes · Dec 22, 2004

Well, the price of the OVER/Under has gone to 63 points! Gonna have to go with the OVER 63 points now! Rain don't matter....these teams will score over 30 points each! Good Luck!

VerticalStripes · Dec 22, 2004

OK....this is what makes this such a good play:

Bowling Green has outscored opponents 163-27 in the first quarter this season and have typically been way ahead by halftime.

Should be a shootout featuring two of the nation's top 10 offenses. Bowling Green's offense ranks in the Top 5 nationally in passing, total yards, scoring and pass efficiency.

Bowling Green quarterback Omar Jacobs has thrown 36 touchdown passes, more than any Division I-A quarterback. Plus, tailback P.J. Pope has run for 947 yards and 13 touchdowns and caught 49 passes.

Memphis also has an impressive offensive package, but leans far more on its running game. Williams has run for 1,828 yards and 21 touchdowns and Wimprine has passed for 2,568 yards and 18 touchdowns.

History is on the offenses' side: The GMAC Bowl winner alone has produced 64, 38 and 49 points the past three years! And Marshall's 64-61 victory over East Carolina in 2001 still stands as the highest-scoring bowl game.

Memphis and Bowling Green have been vulnerable against the pass. The Falcons, however, have come up with 23 sacks and forced 23 turnovers.

Jacobs ranks second nationally in total offense and passing yards and has thrown only three interceptions. His next touchdown, rushing or passing, will set a new MAC record. He's tied with Chad Pennington, Ben Roethlisberger and Josh Harris with 40.

Rain or Shine....this total will go over by halftime!

Stripes are always vertical!

VerticalStripes · Dec 22, 2004

I'll be back for tomorrow's winners. Just keep watching....the stripes don't lie and they're always vertical! :suomi:

VerticalStripes · Dec 23, 2004

Can't help it....going with both games and the Totals tonight! Make some CASH$!

Marshall +2
Under 53 1/2

Marshall started 0-3 after losing close ones to Troy, Ohio State and Georgia, all three, very good teams. Then they won five straight before consecutive road losses to Akron and Bowling Green. Bowing Green has one of the top 10 offenses in the country and we saw that last night.

Stan Hill (59.7 percent completions) is one of the conference's better quarterbacks. Not a lot of great receivers, but they can catch. Josh Davis (81 catches, 847 yards) was his only go-to guy this year. RB Earl Charles (815 yard) leads a good but not great rushing attack. The defense has one-man, DE Jonathan Goddard, that can do it all. He leads the country in both sacks (16) and tackles for loss (28). Free safety Chris Royal is a national leader in interceptions with six.

The Bearcats had a miserable 2-4 start, which included a loss to a terrible Army team. They did knock off Memphis and Southern Miss during a four-game winning streak, but they have been inconsistent and both Memphis and Southern Miss's defense has been questionable this year. Their last game of the season was a 70-7 loss to Louisville. To make matters worse, starting QB Gino Guidugli (24 touchdowns, seven interceptions), missed the last game of the season against Louisville with a broken hand. The Bearcats lost 70-7!

This is another game that begs you to take the potentially high powered offense of Cincy, but at the end of the night it'll be the Bearcats with hoof marks on their foreheads.

Wyoming +12 1/2
OVER 57

Wyoming makes its first bowl appearance in 11 years and the whole state, all 14,000 of them, will be there in Las Vegas to watch. Wyoming has played four overtime games at Sam Boyd Stadium and may play a fifth tonight.

UCLA has dropped three of its last four postseason games, including a 17-9 loss to Fresno State in last year's Silicon Valley Classic.

The Bruins have been up-and-down all season, losing four of their final six games after a 4-1 start. UCLA may not have leading rusher Maurice Drew back at full strength. Drew sat out UCLA's game against Oregon on November 13 with an ankle injury and had only two carries for minus-five yards against USC.

The big name of UCLA begs you to bet on them, but by the end of the night, it'll be the Bruins that have been roped and tied.

Vertical

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