Week 13 and more

[russ1945]

Saw some discussion about Phil Steele over the weekend. Phil Steele is 46 yrs old guys and that picture you see is him.
Think about it he does work for ESPN and they are not going to identify someone as Phil Steele who is not Phil Steele. Here is something from wiki about him.

Phil Steele

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Copies of Phil Steele's 2010 College Football Preview at Borders inSan Francisco.​

Phil Steele (born c. 1960) is an American sportswriter and analyst who focuses exclusively on college and professional football.[SUP][1][/SUP] He currently writes a column for the Orlando Sentinel,[SUP][2][/SUP] and is considered a "highly respected prognosticator" within the sports media.[SUP][3][/SUP] His company, Phil Steele Publications, produces the annual preseason magazine Phil Steele's College Football Preview, which he personally writes in almost its entirety.[SUP][4][/SUP] The first edition was published in 1995.[SUP][5][/SUP] In a comparison of the major preseason college football magazines, ESPN writer Pat Forde said:

All the mags have their merits . . . But Phil Steele owns the genre . . . The 46-year-old uses a cookie-cutter layout for every team, and his writing will never be nominated for a Pulitzer. But he does author every two-page team preview himself, and he crams stats, facts and figures into every nook and cranny.[SUP][1][/SUP]
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The magazine was similarly praised by the News & Observer and Rivals.com.[SUP][6][/SUP][SUP][7][/SUP] Chris Stassen, owner of football.stassen.com, has tracked the preseason magazines' accuracy since 1993 and rates Phil Steele's as the most accurate in its predictions.[SUP][8][/SUP][SUP][9][/SUP]
Steele has been a member of the All-America, John Mackey Award, Davey O'Brien Award, Lombardi Award, and the Ted Hendricks Award voting committees.



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[russ1945]

What a week for the top 25 right. #1 Miss St, #6 Ariz St, #9 Auburn, #16 Neb, #17 LSU, #18 N. Dame, #19 Clemson, and Duke #21 all bit the dust.

Miss St out gained Alabama 428 to 335 yds and had 26 1st downs to Bama's 17. The 3 Int's hurt.

KU had 418 total yds against TCU

Oregon St rushed for 247 yds against Ariz St.

Barrett for Ohio St out gained Minn 389 to 303 yds all by himself

Washington had 504 total yds to Arizona's 375 but had 3 fumbles.

Wisconsin had a track meet against Nebraska, pretty ugly.

 

[russ1945]

Week 13 presents some interesting matchups some of which could be influenced by the weather conditions at game time. If you watched the Ariz St game it looked like their players were more concerned about staying warm than anything else. Lol
W. Vir (-2) came out favored over Kansas St. Very interesting.

North Carolina coming off a win and Duke coming in off a loss. LY Duke won 27-25.

Mizzou is the Rodney Dangerfield of the SEC. They are 8-2 overall and 5-1 in conference and they are (+3.5) against Tenn who is 5-5 overall and 2-4 in conference.

BC came out -20 against B College and are at home. Is this the weekend they finally run up a score.

Ole Miss is -3 at Arkansas who is riding a lot of emotion and again have the home field advantage.

Notre Dame cannot be feeling too good and Louisville is no pushover. ND came into the season with the #1 toughest schedule and it is beginning to take it’s toll.

Arizona ventures to Utah for what could be a chilly game. Utah is (-3.5).

 

[russ1945]

The 8 teams now in the AP top 25 that were not in the AP preseason poll are a combined 53-26-1 ATS (67%). They are Miss St, TCU, Arizona, Georgia Tech, Marshall, Mizzou, Colorado St, and Duke. Arizona is only 3-7 ATS. If you omit them the other 7 teams are 50-19 ATS (72%).

 

[CoachCB]

Russ, if Phil Steele was born in 1960 he's not 46 years old...

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Glad to see Muschamp go. Shame it's a year late. I think the roster is in good shape if there aren't too many transfers and Juniors turning pro (Fowler is gone, I hope Bullard comes back). The new coach needs to salvage a decent recruiting class....focusing on LB's, DL and WR. Foley said during the presser that they will bring in an offensive minded coach. Gundy, McElwain, Freeze, and Mullen are a few names. Personally, I'd rather not see Mullen. The others would make me happy.

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Sad to see Gurley go down w/ an ACL.

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Duke cost me money Saturday (but I've made some off of them this year).

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Thoughts from anybody on the Arkansas/LSU outcome?

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How did Ohio State lose to Va Tech...at home? That loss alone should keep them out of the playoff. The B10 is horrible!


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FSU has made a deal with the devil....

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Auburn needs a DC.

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[russ1945]

wiki must have boobooed. Could have been a typo. Still ESPN would not let anyone other than the real phil steele be on their network.

 

[russ1945]

I guess this is my Revenge GOY. Last year Baylor rolled into Stillwater to play Oklahoma St sporting a 9-0 record. Much to everyone's surprise OSU beat them 49-17. That alone makes it a revenge game. Now add in a couple of more factors. Baylor has the home field advantage this year and were off last week so they have extra time to heal and to prepare. They are still in the running for the playoffs (having beaten TCU I think they deserve it). In addition Mike Gundy is the center of attention concerning the Florida vacancy and a comment from T. Boone was not necessarily a vote of confidence that he likes where OSU is right now. Put it all together and Baylor will probably try to make a statement with their effort this Saturday and OSU may not be as focused as it might need to be.

 

[russ1945]

I am already getting ready for bowl season. I have been monitoring philsteele.com who has his 2014-15 Bowl Projections online and updates them from week to week. It is interesting to see how many have them changed from week 11 to week 12.

Heart of Dallas Bowl – changed from Cal vs. Rice to N.W. vs. Rice
Independence Bowl – changed from Vir Tech vs Temple to VT vs Arkansas
Holiday Bowl – changed from Maryland vs Arizona to Iowa vs. Arizona
Liberty Bowl – changed from Texas vs. Florida to W Vir vs Florida
Russell Athletic Bowl – changed from N Dame vs Kansas St to Clemson vs. Kansas St
Texas Bowl – changed from W Vir vs Texas A&M to Texas vs Texas A&M (very interesting)
Belk Bowl – changed from G Tech vs LSU to N Dame vs LSU
Foster Farms Bowl – changed from Iowa vs USC to Maryland vs USC
Fiesta Bowl – changed from Arizona St vs Michigan St to UCLA vs Michigan St
Orange Bowl – changed from Clemson vs Miss St to G Tech vs Miss St
Rose Bowl (Playoff Semifinal) – changed from Ala vs Oregon to Fl St vs Oregon
Sugar Bowl (Playoff Semifinal) – changed from Fl St vs Baylor to Ala vs Baylor (interesting)
Armed Forces Bowl – changed from Ohio vs Houston – changed to Cal vs Houston
Cactus Bowl – changed from Texas St vs. Washington to Michigan vs. Washington
Birmingham Bowl – changed from Memphis vs Akron to Memphis vs S Car

That is a lot of action for just a one week period. I will track this out until season’s end and the bowl’s are finalized.

 

[GoSooners]

OU vs Michigan in the Disappointment Bowl

 

[8ate]

Michigan can still salvage the season with a victory over the Buckeyes..!!

 

[russ1945]

OU vs Michigan in the Disappointment Bowl

Mayfield being denied was a big factor in the end.

 

[russ1945]

Strongly suggest you check vegasinsider.com for the weather forecasts for each and every game saturday. Rain is everywhere. Go the the lower right hand side of the home page.

 

[tmader7]

"Wisconsin had a track meet against Nebraska, pretty ugly."

Correction, Melvin Gordon had a track meet against Nebraska, LOL. Saw the post about Phil Steele above. You ever watch CFB Daily, The Edge on ESPNU? He's on that show several times with picks. What I like about his stuff are the stats he recites. Show runs at 1 pm Fridays, repeats at 2 and then they show it twice more, midnight and I think 11 am on Saturday. Really good show, lots of great info to assist your gambling habit, lol. GL this weekend.

~T~

 

[dabigdawg3]

Strongly suggest you check vegasinsider.com for the weather forecasts for each and every game saturday. Rain is everywhere. Go the the lower right hand side of the home page.

Russ1945.....got any parlays this week buddie?

 

[russ1945]

Russ1945.....got any parlays this week buddie?

I have been cut off on anything more than 2 teamers but I can bet a 2 team round robin with a 3 team kicker. I do have a 3 team ML parlay with USC +145, Mizzou +150, and Maryland +180. My top 5 teams are Baylor, Wisconsin, Miss St, La Tech, and Mizzou. Also like Mich St, E Carolina, and Florida St (think they might try to run it up). BOL

 

[tmader7]

I have been cut off on anything more than 2 teamers but I can bet a 2 team round robin with a 3 team kicker. I do have a 3 team ML parlay with USC +145, Mizzou +150, and Maryland +180. My top 5 teams are Baylor, Wisconsin, Miss St, La Tech, and Mizzou. Also like Mich St, E Carolina, and Florida St (think they might try to run it up). BOL

Miss State is gonna roll my alma mater, I'm thinking 55 to 10, one of my favorite plays of the day. GL Russ.

~T~