9/9/2017 (6-7, -1.33)
Northwestern Wildcats -2.5 (-110), 2 units: Value here on the Wildcats due to their less than stellar performance last week. Northwestern is still one of the most experienced, underrated teams in college football. The Blue Devils come in off an impressive win while scoring 60 points over North Carolina Central. The public is going to jump all over that and I'll gladly take the more talented, more experienced team with a small number
Cincinnati Bearcats +34 (-110), 1 unit: The Wolverines are overvalued here coming off an impressive win over Florida. The Gators offense is awful and as good as Michigan's defense is, they're not that good. This is the perfect opportunity for a letdown spot with a very inexperienced team facing a Bearcats coach that knows exactly how to game plan against Michigan with his Ohio State experience. Hold your nose, hope Cincy can find the end zone once or twice and stay within the number.
Penn State Nittany Lions -21 (-110), 1 unit: I really hate laying such a huge number in a rivalry game but the talent gap is too big to ignore. The Nittany Lions are incredibly talented on offense and the Panthers are not good enough to take advantage of any opportunities Penn State's defense might give them. The Nittany Lions have not forgotten about last year's loss and I expect they do not let up at any point to send a message and extract some revenge.
South Carolina Gamecocks +3 (-110), 1 unit: Both teams can score. Only one has any type of defense and that's the Gamecocks. I get the better defense, plus the points? The only reason I'm not playing this one at 2 or even 3 units is the number just does not make sense to me which tells me something might be fishy with this one.
Clemson Tigers -5.5 (-110), 1 unit: The Tigers lost a lot on offense from last year's National Champion. However, I think they have the best defense in the conference. Huge game, at night, in Death Valley and the number is under a TD? I just don't see War Eagle having any luck moving the ball. An insane home crowd carries Clemson to victory.
Georgia Bulldogs +5.5 (-110), 1 unit: A lot of love for the Fighting Irish after they beat Temple last week. To me the Bulldogs win was more impressive. They shut down a good App State team entirely. This is not Mark Richt's Georgia team. They are one of the best defenses in the country, they're disciplined and they play to their strengths. Rumor has it that half the stadium will be Georgia fans and I think the Dawgz D is the difference in this one.
Ohio State Buckeyes -7 (-120), 1 unit: Value here with the Buckeyes since they struggled early with Indiana. Once they settled down they were completely dominant. The Hoosiers actually have better offensive weapons than the Sooners. While Oklahoma's O Line should be an advantage, the Ohio State D Line is every bit their equal. This is also Riley's first "big" game and he's over matched against Meyer.
BYU Cougars +3 (-115), 1 unit: Hard to back the Cougars with the lack of offense they've shown in their first two games. However, they still have a good defense. The Holy War games are always close and when I can get the home team with a strong D and a FG in a game like this, I'll take it.
Stanford Cardinal +5.5 (-110), 1 unit: I was hoping the Trojans would win their opener easily so we could get a bigger number here. USC has the advantage under center as Chryst really hasn't faced a decent defense as a starter. However, the Cardinal have the better defense and a much stronger run game. Combine those things with a lot of time to prepare and I'll take the points in what should be a great game.
