Spritzer
direct line.......................tennesse
ko.............................texas
tko........................ill st
tko..............................akron
5 star........................ohio st
nba gom......................pistons
tko.........................bucks
Cokin
fat man plays............mich st,gonzaga, chic(areana)
window..........................akron
under the hat.....................texas
3 star.....................tennesse
3 star.................sixers
Feist
steam...............fla atl
platinum.....................maryland
5 star..........................buffalo
total................suns over 03
personal best......................bulls
inner circle...................seat over 03.5
5 star.........................spurs
4 star........................raptors
personall elite............clev(areana)
Chris James Sports
4* Nebraska
2* Bowling Green
1* Toledo
2* Seattle
2* Milwaukee
FERRINGO
3-Unit Play. Take Rider (-3) over Marist
2-Unit Play. Take Drake (-2.5) over Illinois State
2-Unit Play. Take Colorado (+11) over Nebraska
1.5-Unit Play. Take Virginia Tech (+10.5) over Clemson
1.5-Unit Play. Take UNC-Wilmington (+7) over George Mason
Akmens
NHL
Avs/Dallas o 5.5 +120
NBA
Lakers -14
CBB
E Mich/N Ill o 137
AFL
Utah/Clev u 109
Chicago +1
Chi/Philly u 107
KC -5
Bob Balfe
NBA Basketball
Sonics +11 over Raptor
College Basketball
Kentucky -2.5 over Florida
Ohio State -1 over Michigan State
Savannah Sports
3 Units Akron -3
2 Units Miami-Ohio -13
The Fat Jack
INDIANA -8 1/2
SETON HALL -9
Larry Ness
Legend: George Mason
20* San Diego
INDIAN COWBOY
PLAY OF THE DAY: OKLAHOMA STATE vs TEXAS
Play: Oklahoma State +11.5 (College POD)
Comments: INDIAN COWBOY'S PLAY OF THE DAY: Oklahoma State +11.5 (College POD) This is my college basketball POD. This makes a lot of sense for a lot of reasons. Yes, I know it's Texas senior day today, but Oklahoma State is beginning to get revenge on all teams they had previously lost to. Think about it, this team has won outright lately winning 5 in a row with their last loss by 8 points to Oklahoma at home to their arch rivals. This will get this team fired up likely to play a Texas team in which it is their respective senior's last game before the Big 12 Tourney as well. Remember, although Oklahoma State struggled early, they have turned it around lately beating top 40 Baylor by 10 at home, beating Texas A&M by 4 on the road who is a top 40 team, beating Kansas by 1 at home, beating top 80 Missouri on the road outright, beating Nebraska at home by 14 and losing to Oklahoma recently. This team lost by just a bucket to Texas at home, similar to A&M and they got revenge on A&M. Am I saying that this team is going to be Texas outright on Senior Day - no. But, I am saying they are likely to lose by single digits here and I'm willing to make a wager on that with revenge, on a bounce-back and playing much better basketball in the second half of the season. The Cowboys are 5-1 ATS against teams with a winning % of 60% or better.
PLAY OF THE DAY: SEATTLE vs TORONTO
Play: Toronto Raptors -12.5 (POD)
Comments: INDIAN COWBOY'S PLAY OF THE DAY: Raptors -12.5 (POD) I still have to finish researching the full card. Today might be the exception where I might have more than 1 play because I got onto the research late. But for now, just 1 play, I'll note on the capperslounge blog the total number of plays. thanks. Long story short here, the Raptors got beat by the Sonics earlier this year back in December, the Sonics have lost the cover in their last 2 road games including an ugly loss their last ballgame. The Raptors come off a loss to the Wizards at home, this team has to regroup without Bosh and come together and typically they are one of the best in bounce-backs after a straight up loss and covering the next game's spread. I like the Raps at home, off a loss and with revenge in this ballgame. The Raptors rae 9-2 ATS following a straight up loss. I'm considering adding Ohio State as I write this as well so please check back soon. Once again, today is an exception given that I started the research a bit later so I'm not going to have time to decide between these plays for just 1 POD so I might ride with the top plays. thanks.
David Chan's 5* Sunday Afternoon BIG MAC ATTACK
REASON FOR PICK: The Ohio Bobcats have been a steady money maker here at home, recording a 47-21-1 ATS ledger over their last 69 lined games. Not only do they catch Buffalo in a big letdown spot, but they also come in determined to snap a two-game skid of their own. I'm comfortable laying double digits in this one.
Buffalo played it's home finale on Monday night, and the Bulls put on quite a show, dismantling Bowling Green by a 96-50 score. Now here comes the hard part, following up that performance with another strong effort on Sunday. I don't think they have it in them. The Bulls have just one road win to their credit this season and that came against a miserable Northern Illinois team. They are 4-3 ATS on the road in MAC play, but they've also been blown out against Bowling Green, Toledo, and most recently Akron. They're 0-5 in their last five trips to Athens, losing four of those games by 13 points or more, including a 16-point setback last season.
Ohio will definitely want to erase the memory of back-to-back losses against Miami-Ohio and Akron. The Bobcats had their undefeated home record spoiled by the Zips earlier this week. Still, they're 9-3 ATS at home this season, and 28-12 ATS in their last 30 home games against an opponent that owns a losing road record. I see this as the perfect spot for the Bobcats to get back on track heading into the MAC Tournament.
Buffalo hasn't shown much defensive tenacity on the road, something they would need to hang around in this contest. They come in allowing over 80 points per game away from home. Meanwhile, their offensive production has also taken a major hit out on the trail, where they shoot just 38.4% as a team.
Ohio took the first meeting in Buffalo this season by a nine-point margin, easily covering the 3.5-point spread. That result could have been a lot uglier were it not for 16 Bobcats turnovers, and Buffalo shooting well above its season average from beyond the arc. The Bulls won't be so fortunate this time around, as Ohio will not be in any sort of giving mood. I'm confident we'll get a wire-to-wire winner here. Best of luck, DC.
Dr Bob
Ohio State (-1) 3-Stars at -2 1/2 or less, 2-Stars at -3.
South Carolina (+15 1/2) 2-Stars at +15 or more.
Gonzaga (-12 1/2) 2-Stars at -13 or less, 3-Stars at -12 or less.
Davidson (-8 1/2) 3-Stars at -9 or less, 2-Stars up to -10.
Cincinnati (+12 1/2) 3-Stars at +11 or more, 4-Stars at +13 or more
Pointwise Newsletter
Rating:1 Texas
Rating:3 C. Michigan
Rating:4 Clemson
Teddy Covers
Weekly Arena Football
AFB Philadelphia +2.5
ANALYSIS: For Week 2 in the AFL, well need a second release. There are two games that still dont have lines; we could have action on both, and a third game with key injury information that could move the line in our favor. The second release time will be at 9 AM Pacific Time on Sunday morning.
Last week, very quietly, in a non-TV game on a busy AFL Saturday, the Philadelphia Soul scored 11 touchdowns on 11 possessions in their season opening blowout over Orlando, a model of offensive efficiency. Then, on Monday Night, Chicago took advantage of numerous San Jose breakdowns on both sides of the football to notch what might appear to be a similar result in the nationally televised ESPN2 affair. To the casual bettor, Chicago might look every bit as good as Philadelphia, if not better. But savvy AFL bettors can tell the difference between the two performances quite clearly, giving us tremendous line value in a game where the underdog should be the favorite. Had the Soul been on national TV last week instead of the Rush, they probably would be the favorite, giving us a clear indicator of how misleading Chicago?s Monday Night performance actually was.
Jon Bon Jovis Soul just might be the best team in the league right now. Quarterback Tony Graziani battled injuries last year, but in the eleven regular season games that he was healthy enough to play, Philadelphia averaged more than 64 points per game. In the five games that Graziani was hurt, the Soul averaged 41 points per game. Clearly, this is a quarterback that makes an enormous difference to his team when he?s on the field. Last week he threw 15 complete passes. Nine of them were for touchdowns. That?s one heck of a ratio, folks. While Chicago is most assuredly a better defensive team than Orlando, we?re still talking about an elite level offense here, capable of putting up points in bunches.
Chicago forced five San Jose turnovers on Monday Night, but if you watched the game, you know that those turnovers were not forced the Sabercats werent sharp in any aspect of the game. Rush QB Shedrick Bonner hit wide open receivers downfield repeatedly due to breakdowns in the Sabercats secondary. San Jose fumbled snaps, they ran poor routes, and the Rush were good enough to take advantage. But make no mistake about it ? this is still an offense with six new starters among the eight players on the field, with a seventh starter shifting positions, a team bound to go through their fair share of growing pains in the weeks to come. Aging QB Shedrick Bonner: It's going to take a little time for us to see the same things on every play, but each week we're going to get better and better.? Bonner got away with a handful of truly awful passes on Monday Night, but against Philly, those mistakes are likely to come back to haunt him. Take Philadelphia.
Teddy Covers Added to ticket
AFB 20* Big Ticket: Kansas City -4.5
ANALYSIS: Games are won and lost on the line of scrimmage, and this game presents one of the biggest mismatches that we’ll find in that department. The New York Dragons offensive line is a disaster area. We saw their starting quarterback Aaron Garcia, go down with injury week 1. We saw the backup, Rohan Davey, get sacked four times, under pressure constantly as his offensive line was unable to protect him. The Dragons were stopped on downs twice, threw a pair of interceptions and lost a fumble, all largely due to their inability to handle the pressure in the trenches. 5.5 yards per play in the AFL simply isn’t going to cut it.
This is a Dragons team that went 5-11 last year, with nine rookies and five second year players on their rebuilt roster. We saw them go 2-6 SU at home in ’07, with four of those losses coming by three touchdowns or more at a half-full Nassau Coliseum. They lost by double digits in Week1 to a team that went 2-14 last year, despite a kickoff return touchdown on the final play of the game. This is a bad football team, plain and simple.
I bet against KC last week, and was fairly lucky to get the pointspread cover, as the Brigade were significantly better on both sides of the football than I expected. It starts at quarterback, where John Fitzgerald showed little rust after taking a year off from playing last season – he might be even better now after coaching in the AFL2 league last year. Fitzgerald threw for five touchdowns against Tampa Bay while running for two more. The receiving trio of Jerel Myers, Charles Frederick and Mike Horacek (making a return to New York, his former team) caught 25 passes for 296 yards.
But more than anything else, it was the Brigade defense that impressed in Week 1, putting all kinds of pressure on Brett Dietz throughout the game, stopping Tampa Bay on downs in two crucial spots, while forcing them into five different fourth down situations. This defense has the capacity to eat the Dragons offensive line for breakfast, and we know they can win on the road, knocking off elite contenders Philly and Columbus down the stretch last year, while blowing out bad teams like Las Vegas and Grand Rapids on the highway. The Brigade won ten games last year and expect to be a playoff team again in ’08, making this a key game in their season, after a missed field goal attempt got them off to an 0-1 start last week. Big Ticket: Take Kansas City. Current Line KC -4.5, worth playing up to KC -7.
Pointwise Phone Plays
4* C. Michigan
3* Texas,Philly(NBA),Drake
2* Tennessee,San Diego
ASA ARENA
5* Philly
Robert Ross
Game: Boston Bruins at New York Rangers
Prediction: New York Rangers
Reason: Boston has won the first three meetings this year but off an emotional home revenge win over Washington yesterday won't have enough to overcome the revenge-minded Rangers today. Take New York!