11 Expert Picks
UNLV is 9-1 straight up when they are a favorite...
The Hawaii Bowl features an intriguing matchup...
Pitt thrived on the road this season...
Would anyone like to volunteer to join Clemson's
Will LSU be motivated to play in the Texas Bowl?...
USC will take the field without some playmakers
One star is staying, one is leaving.
Will Bryce Underwood play for Michigan? ...
Is Alabama undervalued? ...
Take advantage of this opening line in the Rose Bowl...
Will Cincinnati's late season slide continue in the Liberty Bowl?...
It's been a storied run for the Redbirds during this playoff season. Both teams are built similarly in the trenches on both sides of the ball. They also love to establish the ground game as well. Villanova has the better secondary and are more apt to connect on some much needed passes if the run game should come to a halt. And that'll be the difference here vs Illinois State.
Bit of a funny/sad story as mentioned in the newsletter. Biggest Bears regular-season game in a decade tonight. And yet I will be at a staging of "A Christmas Story" on ice or roller skates or mud or some craziness because someone clearly doesn't know me ... or sports. So I'm gonna play games in that entire show window as an excuse to go to the lobby and sit at the bar (there better be one). Sorry "gotta work". Have I mentioned I love this job? Gets me out of so much. Like the Curb episode where Larry uses his mother's death to get out of everything. I see Emory Hunt is on the Cats; will punch up to 3. True home game.
Does JMU stand any better chance tonight than Liberty did against Oregon two years ago at Fiesta Bowl? We're hardly sure, as that game ended 45-6 in the Webfoots' favor. Moreover, the Dukes, for all of their accomplishments, are in a transitionary period as HC Bob Chesney will be off to UCLA as soon as the season ends, and JMU took a good while before finally pulling clear from big underdog Troy in the Sun Belt title game two weeks ago. Oregon has KO power with QB Dante Moore, loads of weapons, and a 38 ppg offense, not to mention having nearly a year to stew over a poor playoff effort in the Rose Bowl vs. Ohio State last January 1. Play Oregon
What a fantastic matchup here in the FCS Semi-finals between two heated rivals. This game is always one of the better ones on the calendar and we get it for the right to go to Nashville for the FCS Championship. This line jumped a full point during the week, but I can't jive with that number in a game of this magnitude with two teams of the same caliber. Expect this to come down to a field goal or less.