Powerplaywins
UConn -13
Winners Inc. Guaranteed Selections
5000* GRAND SLAM BASEBALL LATE INFO WINNER
Toronto w/Burnett -149
5000* BOOKIE-BUSTING COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOTALS WINNER
Baylor and Connecticut OVER 51.5
5000* GRAND SLAM BASEBALL WINNER
Tampa Bay w/Jackson -117
Vegas Runner
Connecticut / Baylor Over 51.0 2* NCAAFB TOTAL
Guys, I highly recommend taking this as soon as you can because even though the books are expecting some UNDER work based on these primarily running teams...I have been told they will probably move it up to deter any "steam" from the outfits...whose numbers show the exact same results as mine, that we will see a lot more points than many expect...VR
TOR (-150) vs BOS 3* BEST BET of the DAY
Ben Burns
6* Top Baylor vs U Connecticut UNDER 51.5
5* Best Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox
Which way on Toronto/Boston?
Ben Burns
6* Top Baylor vs U Connecticut UNDER 51.5
5* Best Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox
Which way on Toronto/Boston?
Toronto Blue Jays
WiseGuyHandicapping
2 Units Baylor +12
3 Units Tampa Bay Rays -120
1 Unit Boston Red Sox +135
1 Unit Detroit Tigers -105
Millionaires Club Guaranteed Selections
90% LATE STEAM COLLEGE FOOTBALL TOTALS WINNER
Baylor and Connecticut UNDER 52
Matt Fargo
2 Units Baylor / Connecticut Over
Larry Ness
Prime Time Delight (4-0 the L2 days in all sports / 19-11 start in FB '08!)
My Primetime Delight is on U Conn at 8:00 ET. Baylor opened its season with three straight home matchups, beginning with a 41-13 loss to Wake Forest. The Bears were able to rebound with back-to-back wins over Northwestern State (51-6) and Washington State (45-17). As for U Conn, the Huskies have opened by winning three straight games. The year began with a 35-3 victory over Hofstra, followed by a hard-fought 12-9 OT win over Temple on the road and then this past weekend, the Huskies continued their strong start with a 45-10 rout of Virginia. It was marked the ninth consecutive victory for the Huskies at Rentschler Field. Baylor has a new coach in Art Briles, who won four state high school titles and in five years at Houston, took the Cougars to four bowls. However, in Baylor, he takes over the Big 12's worst team. The Bears are 11-85 all-time in league play. Freshman QB Robert Griffin has led the team to two straight wins after the Wake Forest loss and last week (vs Wash St), set a school record with 217 rushing yards (on just 11 carries). He's 33-55 (62.3) through three games with 548 yards (4 TDs / 0 TDs). The people of Waco are very excited but hold on. Against Wake (at home!), the Bears totaled only 250 yards with just 15 FDs. The team ran for 94 yards (34 attempts), as Griffin had 29 YR on 11 carries (11-19 passing for 125 yards 0 TDs / 0 INTs). Is it really significant the he and the Bears were good against Northwestern St and a pathetic Wash St team (Cougars are 0-3, allowing 50.0 PPG and 475.7 YPG!)? Randy Edsall is in his 10th year at U Conn and has overseen the tremendous growth of this football program. The Huskies finished 9-4 last year and for the first time in school history, entered the top-25 in the polls. U Conn is getting ready to get back in the polls this year, after its 3-0 start. They've been led by RB Donald Brown, who has 566 YR (7.2) and eight TDs. He had 206 yards and three scores last week vs Virginia (U Conn ran for 382 yards!) and the team averages 297.7 YPG (6.9) on the ground with 11 rushing TDs on the season. QB Tyler Lorenzen hasn't been asked to do much this year but he's capable, if nothing special. Along with Brown, it's the U Conn defense which is the star of the team. The Huskies have allowed a total of just 22 points in three games (7.3 per) and rank 15th nationally, allowing 229.0 YPG. U Conn is allowing just 66.3 YPG on the ground (2.6 per) and is No. 1 in passing efficiency with zero TD passes allowed with six INTs. Baylor has been a DREADFUL road team (first TY), going 6-46 SU the last 10 years. The Bears have been a road dog in 48 of those 52 games, going 2-46 SU and 18-30 ATS. The Bears have not beat a non-conference BCS team on the road since 1996, and are 0-6 SU and 2-4 ATS during that span. As mentioned earlier, U Conn has won NINE straight at home, is 15-4 ATS in its last 19 home games and 14-7-1 as a home favorite since 2000. All Huskies in this one. Prime Time Delight 15* U Conn.
Las Vegas insider-MLB (7-3 run L7 days / 53-33 with MLB Insiders s/May 26!)
My Las Vegas Insider is on the NY Mets at 7:35 ET. Let me get the bad stuff out of the way, first. The Mets still have last year's monumental late-season collapse "hanging over their heads" plus they haven't exactly been 'on fire' in September, going 6-6 after a 3-0 start to the month. What's more, the Mets are 0-6 in Atlanta in '08, batting a sad .221 as a team while averaging 2.5 RPG. The team's struggling bullpen (4.98 ERA since the break) has been just ABYSMAL in its six Atlanta games, posting a 9.53 ERA. So why is my LONE play in Friday's MLB on the Mets? Let's start with Oliver Perez. Perez had a huge "bounce-back" season in '07 (15-10, 3.56 ERA) and while his overall mark in '08 is just 10-7 (4.09 ERA), he's been very good since late June. Perez has allowed three ERs or less in 12 of his last 15 starts, with the Mets going 11-4. The lefty will face an Atlanta team which has struggled all year vs left-handed starters, going 19-30 overall (4.3 RPG), including an 11-23 mark (3.9 RPG) vs lefties in night games. Getting the start for Atlanta is lefty Jo-Jo Reyes. Reyes is having a miserable season, as he enters the game 3-11 with a 5.50 ERA in 20 starts (team is 6-14). He'll enter this game 0-7 with a 6.80 ERA in his last 10 starts and is facing a New York team which is 32-20 vs lefties this year, including going 24-8 in night games (5.7 RPG). Las Vegas Insider on the NY Mets.
Andrew Powers Guaranteed Selections
BASEBALL UNDERDOG GAME OF THE YEAR
Pittsburgh w/Snell +110
Northcoast Marque
Baylor/UConn Over
Dave Cokin
Hat UConn
Wildcat
Minnesota Twins
Chris James Sports
3* POD Connecticut -12.5
O.C. Dooley
"1 UNIT" BASEBALL UPSET SHOCKER
Giants +220 at Dodgers
Veteran hurler and former Cy-Young award winner Barry Zito is attempting to avoid losing a major-league high 17 games tonight. Even though Zito has proved to be one of baseball's biggest free-agent busts, the bottom line is that San Francisco suddenly has WON 5 of his last 6 starts including THREE IN A ROW. For those of you who are true baseball fans, you know that this Giants/Dodgers rivalry is the most intense out in the western time zone. I am fully aware that Los Angeles comes into tonight riding a 15-3 overall tear which has opened up a 3' game lead in the National League West division chase. I am also aware that the Dodgers have won 15 of the past 19 games in front of their own home fans who have been piling in to see Manny Ramirez who now has 44 RBI in just 45 games with his new team. But the fact of the matter is that Los Angeles was EXTENDED into extra innings yesterday at Pittsburgh and has had to fly through 3 different time zones without the benefit of a day off. San Francisco actually did not have to fly that far as they just wrapped up a series in the desert of Arizona. I am aware that veteran Greg Maddux has not lost verusus the Giants since way back in 2003 and is coming off a brilliant TWO HIT performance. But the fact of the matter is that Los Angeles only has a 7-5 lead in this years rivalry with San Francisco who once again has been WINNING with Zito on the mound. There will be alot of viewers watching in the Bay Area as tonight's game is being broadcast on the local NBC-TV affiliate. San Francisco just happens to be a positive "9-3" on the ROAD this campaign after playing 6 consecutive contests on the highway. But the big news from the database is one of the strangest trends I have come across this season as Barry Zito has WON at a vicious "6-1" clip following a start where he issued 5+ walks.