College Football Power Plays

[PowerPlays]

Hello all, here are my first official plays posted at rx.com.

Syracuse -2,5
This is only the second road game for Uconn this season. Bad timing, as their D allowed 508 rushing yards in last two games, and now they face Syracuse who average 207 rushing yards per game at home. Uconn's # of turnovers increased in each of their last 3 games, going from 1 to 4 in four weeks. As for Syracuse, their # of turnovers is going down, from 4 to 1 in three weeks.Syracuse is a different animal at home this year, and lately they have been explosive at home after a big road loss. Syracuse wins this one by 10 and covers the spread.


Kansas State -2,5
This young Kansas State team is looking for some respect, after a very poor start of the season. They played well in their last two games, losing a close one to Oklahoma and beating Nebraska. They run the ball well at home (211 rushing yards per game) and their D was good against the pass lately, allowing 137 PY or less in 4 of their last 5 games. That's exactly what you need to beat this one-dimensional TT team ( They had a TOTAL of 111 rushing yards on offense, and defensively they allowed 222 rushing yards PER GAME in their last three games) . Last three years TT got hammered after facing their arch rivals Texas. They will lose by 7-14 tomorrow.


Texas AM -13,5 HT
Well, this one has 'blowout' written all over it. TAM will try to win this one early, as they do not want to play Baylor tight for 3 or 4 quarters, before their clash with Oklahoma. That's why I like the first half line better. As we all know, there is a huge talent gap in between these two squads, as TAM has a huge edge on both sides of the ball. TAM beat Baylor by 63 last year and by 41 in 2002. TAM average 203 rushing yards per game and Baylor allows 190. TAM has only 1 (!!!) turnover in 7 games this season, and their turnover ratio's at +16 so far this year. BAY forced 0 turnovers in their last 4 games, while comitting 12. TAM wins this one by 24-34 with a 17 pt lead at ht.


POWER PLAY OF THE WEEK (Cincinnati -5,5)
This season, Cincinnati is known for their loss to Army. But people stil do not realize how much better that Army team is this year. Their defense stil sucks, but their offence is very, very solid. Cincinnati lost that game, had a bye after it, and then came back and CRUSHED Memphis as a 7 pt home dog. This is exactly what they will do to TCU tomorrow. Cincinnati, a very good revenge team in recent years (13-5 ATS last couple of years, 34-2 ATS in last 36 revenge wins), is coming off of their biggest win in 3 years, and they will try to revenge their worst loss in as many years. These two teams are going in opposite directions now. Cincy got their fare of shame against Army, had a bye week to regroup, and came back strong. TCU survived the scare @ Army earlier this year, had a bye week after that game, and then got hammered at UAB the following week. They have been very weak on the road this year, and Cincy has been very good at home. Cincy averages 229 rushing yards per game at home, and they only allow 81. TCU has the edge on offense, CIN has the edge on defense. The defense will prevail, in a 2 TD victory for Cincy.


Have a nice and safe weekend friends,

PowerPlays

 

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POWER PLAY OF THE WEEK (Army-2,5)

Well, I was waiting for this line to go back to -1 or pk, but obviously that will not happen. However, I'm stil very confident in this selection, even at -2,5. As I said in my Cincy vs TCU writeup, not many people believe in Army's improvment, but I do, and here is why. Just look at Army's last three games (2-1 su, 3-0 ats, against SFL, CIN and TCU). If you compare this year's and last year's performance by Army against those three teams, you'll find out that Army improved on average by: 28 ppg (last year they lost against these three teams by 20 ppg on average, this year they won by 8 ppg), 200 total yards per game (140 rushing) and almost 5 turnovers per game (!!!). Last year against SFL, TCU and CIN their turnover ratio was -7, this year it is +7. Overall this year they run for 193 yards per game, compared to ECU's 85.7 RYPG. Ecu allows 243 RYPG as well. Army D is stil a concern, but they have enough offense and good special units to beat a team like ECU. In last three games Army's turnover ratio is +7. In that same period of time, ECU turned the ball over 8 times and forced only 3 turnovers. Army is going for another revenge win here and last year the game vs ECU was actually their second best game of the year. Their best game of the year was against Cincy, and this year they crushed that team. As for ECU, their win vs Army was their only win of the season last year. They outrushed them by 116 yards and they had 2 to's less than Army. But the times have changed big time, especially in the Run/TO departement. And if you are wondering about a possible lookahead situation for Army (they have AF next), I will only tell you that they own a 7-0 ATS record in last 8 years prior to their matchup vs Air Force. Well rested and excited Army team wins and covers another one.

 

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2-1 early plays.

Here is my game of the month. Usually I do not share this kind of plays but...

GOM : Northern Arizona -2,5

Inside info play. I know that some people will give me hell now, but I do have some key info on this game. It's up to you to play it or not. GL.

 

[ProphetablePicks]

cut it with the inside info crap. it won't work around here. stop with all the drama, just post your plays and if you win you will gain the respect and attention of people on this board. good luck

 

[ProphetablePicks]

how did N.Arizona do??? LMFAO.....

inside info......stop with the BS chief. :coffeetim

 

[NickyDeuces]

Here is my game of the month. Usually I do not share this kind of plays but...QUOTE]

Funny stuff. We must appear to be stupid. Of course with all the daily games of the year and locks around this place, the forum somewhat draws this kind of post. Still, some are good for a laugh.