Free NCAAFB, NFL & MLB Service Plays For Saturday 9/1/18

Marc lawrence

Free play = tennessee
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Mike Wynn

Free Play: Free South Alabama +10 Over Louisiana Tech
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Razor Sharp

YOUR RAZOR SHARP FREE PICK FOR EARLY SATURDAY: Take SOUTH CAROLINA -29½ over Coastal Carolina
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Totals4U

Early Saturday's Free Selection: Marshall/Miami-Ohio under 51
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Atlantic Sports

Early Saturday's Free Selection from Atlantic Sports: Central Michigan + 17
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#1 Sports

Early Saturday's Free Selection: Central Michigan Chippewas + 17
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Platinum Plays

Free Pick the Cincinnati Bearcats +14½ over UCLA
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Easy Money Sports

Lee's Early Saturday Free Selection Is
Boston College -17½
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Nevada Sharpshooter

Your free winner for Saturday: Take ARIZONA ST -17½ over UTSA
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Golden Dragon Sports

FREE WINNER for SATURDAY: Kent State +16'
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Hawkeye Sports

Saturday's Free Pick: Wyoming Cowboys + 2
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Huddle Up Sports

Free Play: Texas State +16'
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Arthur Ralph Sports

SAT: KC Royals w/Filmyer PK
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The Vegas Steam Line

Your free winner for Saturday: Take OLD DOMINION -5½ over Liberty
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High Stakes Syndicate

Free Selection for Early Saturday: Washington State Huskies - 2
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John Anthony Sports

Early Saturday's Free Selection: Marshall Thundering Herd - 2 1/2
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Jim Feist

Jim Feist's Comp Pick, Saturday, September 1, 2018

CF (183) MID TENNESSEE STATE VS (184) VANDERBILT

Take: (183) MID TENNESSEE STATE

Reason: Your free play for Saturday, September 1, 2018 is in the College football contest between Middle Tennessee State and Vanderbilt. Your free play is on Middle Tennessee State.
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Jeff Allen Sports

Saturday's Free Selection is on the Atlanta Braves
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Roz Wins

Roz's Saturday, September 1, 2018, Free Pick

(205) WASHINGTON STATE VS (206) WYOMING

Take : Wyoming
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Sharp Bettor

SharpBettor FREE Play for Saturday, September 1, 2018

(175) BOISE STATE VS (176) TROY

Take : Troy
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Kenny Towers

FREE PLAY FOR SATURDAY - VANDERBILT -2½ over M. Tenn St
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SAL MICHAELS
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
Louisiana Tech vs. South Alabama
Free Play on Louisiana Tech -10 -109
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BOBBY CONN
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
North Carolina vs. California
1* Free Play on North Carolina +7½ -110
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JIMMY BOYD

1* Free Pick on Ohio State Buckeyes -36.5

The fact that Urban Meyer is suspended for the first 3 games and the Buckeyes have to replace J.T. Barrett, one of their most successful quarterbacks in program history, will have a lot of people afraid to lay this big number with Ohio State when they host Oregon State in Week 1.

Not me. I don't think the Beavers have any hopes of keeping this game close. Simply put, Ohio State is one of the most talented teams in the country and Oregon State is one of the worst Power 5 programs out there.

Last year the Beavers gave up a ridiculous 43 ppg and were atrocious against the run, allowing 326 ypg (5.5 yards/carry). Even if Dwayne Harris struggles at quarterback, which I don't think he will at all, the Buckeyes should run wild on this defense with the talent they have on the offensive line and at running back with JK Dobbins and Mike Weber.

Not to mention Oregon State is down their top returning tackler in safety David Morris. They will also be without projected starting defensive end Jeromy Reichner and starting corner Isaiah Dunn is questionable.

As for the Beaver's offense, I wouldn't be shocked if they didn't score until late when the game is completely out of hand. Oregon State only managed 20.7 ppg last year and will be starting a quarterback with 4 career starts against one of the best defensive lines in the country. Take Ohio State!
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KYLE HUNTER
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
Akron vs. Nebraska
Akron+26 -110

*3 Star Free Pick on Akron*

The Nebraska Cornhuskers hired the right guy. Scott Frost is going to do a great job with this program. Still, I have to believe it is going to take some time for things to work the way people are expecting. Frost didn't change the UCF program overnight, and Nebraska doesn't have the talent that Frost needs to be great right away. They are learning a new system, and they have a bunch of inexperience at key positions. Nebraska has been steamed by the betting public because of their love for Scott Frost.

Akron has a fairly strong defense, and they have a good coach in Tommy Bowden. The Zips won't overlook this game at all. My numbers had Nebraska by 20 here, and six points of value is hard to pass up.

Look for Nebraska to struggle more than expected here. Grab the points.

Take Akron.
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INFO PLAYS
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
Cincinnati vs. UCLA
1* Free Play on Cincinnati vs UCLA over 61 -110
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TOTALS GURU
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
UMass vs. Boston College
Free Total Annihilator On UMass vs Boston College over 58½ -110
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ALEX SMART
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
Louisville vs. Alabama
Louisville+24½

Camping World Stadium - Orlando, FL

My early season power rankings suggest Louisville is very under rated according to this line while, Alabama despite of being reliable top tier national program of late and ranked No.1 in the AP Poll is being over rated as a lot of key personnel changes are underway. It must also be noted that Louisville owns a strong 7-0 ATS record as double-digit dogs, and have covered 5 of their L/6 season openers . Alabama is also just 1-12 ATS as a non-conference favorite of 21 or more points. With that said, the innovative Bobby Petrino and company gets my support here in the underdog role despite of having to move the ball without LeMar Jackson who has now gone to the NFL. Note: Louisville still returns 7 starters on offense, and QB Jawon Pass has an arm that is stronger than his predecessor and must not be underestimated.

Play on Louisville to cover
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MATT FARGO
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
UMass vs. Boston College
UMass+18 -108

Expectations are high in Chestnut Hill as Boston College is coming off a pair of 7-6 seasons and it returns 16 starters. The Eagles finished strong last season with wins in five of their last six games but lost to Iowa in the Pinstripe Bowl to kill the offseason momentum. Defense used to be the strength of this team but they struggled mightily against the run last season and they lost five starters including All-ACC defensive end Harold Landy. On the other side of the ball, one big issue that could limit the Eagles is that quarterback Anthony Brown is recovering from a serious knee injury and only returned to live action recently. Massachusetts is coming off its best season since joining the FBS and while 4-8 does not look very good, it was considered a very successful season. What made it especially promising was that the Minutemen closed by going 4-2 in their last six games and of the eight losses, six of those were by 10 points or less and another loss to Mississippi St. by just 11 points. Like the Eagles, Massachusetts has 16 starters returning with the bulk of those on offense that was very potent down the stretch. Quarterback Andrew Ford was outstanding, throwing for 2,924 yards with 22 touchdowns and just four picks. The Minutemen have the advantage of already playing a game last week as they rolled over Duquesne and while the opponent was not a good one, it gives them game experience. They fall into a profitable situation where we play on road underdogs that averaged 400 or more total ypg last season, after gaining 6.25 or more yppl in their previous game.
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JACK JONES

Jack’s Free Pick Saturday: Northern Illinois +10.5

The Northern Illinois Huskies aren’t afraid of the big boys. They have been the best team in the MAC over the past decade and have pulled off several big upsets along the way. They beat Iowa on the road back in 2013. They won at Northwestern in 2014. They only lost by 7 as 34-point dogs at Ohio State in 2015. And they pulled the upset as 11-point underdogs at Nebraska in 2017.

This will be one of Rod Carey’s best teams yet at Northern Illinois. The Huskies return 14 starters, including eight on offense. Sophomore QB Marcus Childers will take the next step forward after earning MAC Freshman of the Year honors last season. All 5 starters return along the offensive line with 111 career starts among them.

The Huskies are coming off a great defensive season in which they gave up just 22.0 points per game. They have 6 starters back on D this year, led by 2017 MAC Defensive Player of the Year Sutton Smith at defensive end. He had 14 sacks plus another 15.5 tackles for loss last season and is a one-man wrecking crew.

Smith will certainly challenge an Iowa offensive line that will be missing its two starting offensive tackles in RT Tristan Wirfs & LT Alaric Jackson due to suspension. The Hawkeyes lack playmakers at receiver yet again this season, which is why a talented QB like Nathan Stanley won’t put up big numbers. And they lose their best playmaker from last season in RB Akrum Wadley, who accounted for 1,462 yards and 13 touchdowns from scrimmage in 2017.

The Hawkeyes lose six of their top eight tacklers defensively. They must break in three new starters at linebacker. And their depth along the defensive line is in question for the opener because both Brady Reiff and Cedrick Lattimore are out with suspensions. Both are on the 2-deep at defensive line.

Rod Carey is 11-3 ATS as a road underdog as the coach of Northern Illinois. Carey is 22-10 ATS in all road games with the Huskies. Better yet, the Huskies are 13-4 ATS in their last 17 games a road underdog of 7.5 to 14 points. Northern Illinois is 16-5 ATS in its last 21 vs. Big Ten opponents. The Huskies are 34-16-3 ATS in their last 53 road games overall. The Hawkeyes are 1-5 ATS in their last six vs. MAC foes. Bet Northern Illinois Saturday.
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DOUG UPSTONE
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
Texas State vs. Rutgers
UNDER 47

On Saturday, Play Under teams when the total is between 42.5 and 49 (TEXAS ST. and RUTGERS) in the first week of the season, after closing out last season with two or more straight losses, against an opponent in the first month of the season, after closing out last season with two or more straight losses. In the last 25, this situation is 38-8 UNDER, which is 82.6 percent!
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KENNY WALKER
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
North Carolina vs. California
North Carolina+7½ -110
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R&R TOTALS

R&R Totals FREE CFB Over-Under Saturday 9-1-18

UNDER 63 1/2 Massachusetts/Boston College
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MATT JOSEPHS
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
Florida Atlantic vs. Oklahoma
OVER 69

The Sooners begin their quest to return to the college football playoff on Saturday as they host Florida Atlantic. Kyler Murray is foregoing baseball for now as he inherits the quarterback position from Baker Mayfield. Murray will be doing a lot of handing off to Rodney Anderson who rushed for over 1,000 yards in 2017. There's some talent at wide receiver and the line is pretty strong. The Sooners defense has six starters back and they were an exploitable unit at times last season. The team gave up 54 to Georgia, 41 to Baylor and 38 to Iowa State. Florida Atlantic went 11-3 last season and brings back 15 starters of their own. Devin Singletary leads the way on offense and "Motor" ran through pretty much all of his opponents last year. This would be a revenge game for quarterback Chris Robison who used to be a Sooner. We don't know if he or DeAndre Johnson will be under center for this one. FAU's defense returns a bunch of starters, but they struggled against teams with an offensive pulse. FAU allowed 42 to Navy, 31 to Wisconsin and 34 to Buffalo in 2017. I think the Sooners rock and roll early putting up big time amount of points in a big win over FAU.
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FREDDY WILLS

NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018

Oklahoma -20.5 1.1% Free Play

This line opened up at -24, and has dropped down to a point where I think there is value on the heavy favorite. I have said Oklahoma is a team you could fade this year in LIncoln Riley's second year, but this is the type of game I think they may want to come out and blow out Florida Atlantic. FAU is getting a lot of credit here and actually taking a good % of the bets with some even calling for a possible upset, because Lane Kiffin is there and they won 10 straight games a year ago, and finished 10-3-1 ATS.

10-3-1 ATS to me means we are going to have value fading FAU and the line is already giving us 3.5 points of value. I actually looked back at non-power 5 schools and head coaches in their second year and FAU is in a major fade spot. Teams with coaches in their second year at a non-power five school following 9 or more wins ATS have gone a combined 14-25 ATS over the last 5 seasons. FAU is also returning just 5 starters on the offense from last year and they are breaking in a new QB and they will have to face an Oklahoma defense that should be much better in 2018.

Oklahoma meanwhile I have mentioned that I don't trust Kyler Murray, but in a game against a C-USA opponent I see no problem with this offense putting up huge #'s. last year against UTEP & Tulane, Oklahoma scored 56 points. The Big 12 has outscored the C-USA by 22 points on average over 40+ games since 2010. There is obviously a big talent gap, this game is at Oklahoma, and Oklahoma is very motivated to prove that their offense won't miss a beat without Baker, and that their defense is better and they are still the team to beat in 2018.
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Chip Chirimbes

Texas vs. Maryland Noon ET

Terrapins (+) over Longhorns

'How soon they forget!' Do any of you guys remember that these two clubs meet in their opening game last season and Texas was a heavy (-18) favorite and got completely demolished 51-41 and they struggled to overcome it the rest of the season. I haven't heard a thing about it. I've heard of the death on campus and the powerful Texas offense that brings thoughts of Earl Campbell, Rickey Williams and Vince Young to mind as well as a coach that can 'heal' other people's relationships. Enough of that stuff. I just believe this will be an emotional test for Maryland and I expect the best they have out of them here. By the way the Terrapins have some quality players of their now on offense a veteran line and multitude purpose runner. Take MARYLAND!
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CAPPERS CLUB
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
Central Michigan vs. Kentucky
Central Michigan+17½

This play just missed out on our premium card. The Central Michigan Chippewas and Kentucky Wildcats face off on Saturday and in this game the underdogs have the value.

The Kentucky Wildcats are hyped up every year and every year they turn into be big disappointments.

The Chippewas are going to be a good team in the MAC this year and there is no reason they should be this big of underdogs.

Back the Chippewas.
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ROB VINCILETTI

The College Football comp play is on Akron plus the 26 points at 8:00 eastern.

Akron is the beneficiary of a 30-9 opening week system that plays against Nebraska and any game 1 favorite that won 5 or less last year vs a team that won 4 or more. These teams are 9-30 ats since 1990. Akron has covered the last 4 on the road with a total that is 52 to 56. The Huskers have failed to cover 5 of 6 at home if the total is 49 to 56. The Huskers lost 5 of 7 at home last year and allowed 36 points here. Nebraska wins but Akron gets the cover. Take the 26+ points.
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BEN BURNS
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
UNLV vs. USC
USC-26 -110

If you're looking for a "blowout" on the first full Saturday of football, check out USC. The Trojans, who are 18-1 their last 19 home openers, know that they have a pair of fairly tough road games (Stanford & Texas) coming up in Weeks 2 and 3. They also know that if they can survive those two games, they have a great shot at running the table. That makes taking care of business and building confidence crucial here. The Rebels may be improved from last season but we won't see that here; the Trojans are a National Title contender. Expect a "statement blowout." Consider laying the points with USC.
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BRAD DIAMOND
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
UTSA vs. Arizona State
Arizona State-19½

I am putting this up early as the line has been moving. Arizona State could be under valued from the power rating standpoint. The futures for winning the conference 100/1. UTSA has just 10 starters returning which bring an effective yield of 40% production. Get this now!
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DUSTIN HAWKINS
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
Oregon State vs. Ohio State
Free Play on Oregon State vs Ohio State under 64½ -110
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RED DOG SPORTS
Soccer | Sep 01, 2018
Southampton vs. Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace-102

I think we see a 2-1 win by Crystal Palace on Saturday. This soccer match takes place in England.
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ART ARONSON
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
Louisville vs. Alabama
This is a 1* FREE PLAY on Alabama.

Louisville faces off with No. 1 Alabama in Orlando in a neutral site affair on Saturday night and in our opinion, this one has “blowout” written all over it. The Cardinals finished 8-5 last year, eventually losing 31-27 to Mississippi State in the TaxSlayer Bowl. The Crimson Tide were 13-1 and they’d go on to beat Georgia 26-23 in OT in the title game. Note that these teams haven’t played each other since 1991. While the Cardinals finished with an overall winning record last year, they were a poor 4-4 in ACC action. Both teams have plenty of positions to fill, but we expect Louisville to struggle more without Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson under center. And despite the turnover for Alabama, the Tide are once again expected to lead the country on both sides of the ball this season. Alabama’s run game will be on full display here, keep your eyes on Damien Harris (had 1,000 yards and 11 TD’s last year) and Najee Harris (370 yards, three TD’s.) It also doesn’t hurt that two competent athletes will be battling it out for the No. 1 QB spot between Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa for the Tide. We think the “bigger” and “deeper” SEC defending national Champions take full advantage of a Louisville team which is looking for an identity early. Lay the points, play on ALABAMA.

AAA Sports
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JESSE SCHULE
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
Washington vs. Auburn

This is a Free NCAAF play on the Washington Huskies.

If you happened to catch my longshot pick for the Heisman Trophy, you probably already know I am big on the Huskies. Here are some of the things I said about Washington: "Two years ago Jake Browning led all Power 5 quarterbacks with 43 TD passes. He’s coming into his senior year surrounded by the most talented group in the Chris Peterson era. The Huskies are ranked 6th overall, the favorites to win the PAC12." Auburn is ranked 9th overall, and yet the Tigers will be a favorite at a neutral site game in Atlanta in Week 1. The knee jerk reaction is to think that because Auburn beat Alabama last season, and went on to play Georgia in the SEC Championship Game, that they are the better team here. Once you get past the SEC bias, you see that Washington actually ranked first nationally against the run in 2017, allowing just 2.6 yards per game. These teams match up pretty close in every category, except for the quarterback position. Jarrett Stidham struggled against top defenses last season. He threw for just 79 yards in a loss to Clemson, 145 yards in a loss to Georgia, and 165 yards in a loss to LSU. Give me the better quarterback and give me a couple points, and I'll take the Huskies as the DAWGS! Take WASH. GL,
Jesse Schule
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CALVIN KING
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
Washington State vs. Wyoming
[1%] Free Play on Washington State -1
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STEVE JANUS

1* Free Sharp Play on Troy +10½ -110

My money is the Trojans to cover the number at home against the Broncos. Boise State may not be as big a public team as they were in the Chris Petersen days, but the public still loves to back this team. With the Broncos ranked in the preseason Top 25, I believe it has Boise way overvalued here on the road against a good Troy team that gave the Broncos all they could handle in Boise last year (also season opener). The Trojans are trending up under head coach Neal Brown. They are 21-5 the last two years, which includes last year's big upset of LSU in Baton Rouge. They got a much better home field edge than people realize and if the Broncos aren't careful they could lose this game outright. Bet Troy +10.5!
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JOSEPH D'AMICO
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
UNLV vs. USC
UNLV+26½ -110

Saturday's FREE NCAAF WINNER: UNLV

Game 189.

1:00 pm pst.

Southern Cal had to replace a few major cogs in their offensive wheel, including a QB that went #3 in the Draft. Even with Sam Darnold at the helm LY, the Trojans were pointspread poison, going just 3-10-1 ATS. This is an ideal spot for UNLV as USC has Stanford on deck and will be looking forward. Tony Sanchez has improved the team in each of his 3 seasons as HC. The team is 11-4 ATS as a road underdog and has covered all 3 away outings vs. Power-5 teams (Michigan, UCLA, Ohio State). SoCal has failed to cover 5 straight vs. non-PAC 12 opposition as is notoriously slow starters, going 1-6 ATS the L7 in the month of September. Take UNLV. Thank you.
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LARRY NESS
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
West Virginia vs. Tennessee
West Virginia-9 -110

My free play is on West Va at 3:30 ET. West Va was 7-3 and on the verge of entering the national rankings after beating 28-23 Kansas St on Nov 11 of last season. However, the Mountaineers lost the following week to Texas, ended the regular season by getting blown out at Oklahoma and then lost 30-14 to Utah in the school's bowl game. West Va opens the 2018 season ranked 17th in the AP and will square off against Tennessee in the Belk College Kickoff, which is being played in Charlotte, N.C. The Volunteers are coming off a 4-8 season in which they were winless in the Southeastern Conference at 0-8 (school record for SEC losses). The contest marks the first-ever matchup between the two programs.

Tennessee has a new head coach in Jeremy Pruitt, who was the former defensive coordinator at Alabama. Pruitt takes over a defense that was besieged by injuries last season and allowed 29.1 PPG (the school's most since 2012). The offense also had its problems, ranking last in the SEC in scoring at 19.8 PPG, down from 36.4 the previous season. The Vols averaged just under 300 YPG and had featured a stretch in which they went over a month without scoring an offensive TD. QB Jarrett Guarantano went 4-2 as a starter last season and completed 62 percent of his 139 passes for 997 yards with four TDs and two interceptions. He is expected to start but graduate transfer Keller Chryst, 11-2 as starter at Stanford the last two years (54.2 completion percentage, 962 yards, eight TDs, four Interceptions) is also expected to contribute.

West Va QB Will Grier is the top returning signal-caller in the Big 12 (64.4 completion percentage & 34-12 TD-to-INT) and he owns two big-time returning targets. Senior WR David Sills V (60 receptions, 960 yards) tied for the national lead with 18 TD receptions last season and is joined by Gary Jennings Jr. (Big-12 leading 97 receptions, 1,096 yards). Defensive coordinator Tony Gibson needs to improve a defense that surrendered 31.5 PPG and 446 yards YPG, as both totals represented the school's most since 2013.

Tennessee has won nine straight openers but is a woeful 6-34 against ranked teams over the last eight seasons. West Va's Holgorsen has changed his scheduling philosophy since taking over West Virginia eight years ago, trading in early-season contests against FCS foes for the likes of Virginia Tech, Penn State and Alabama in an attempt to build a national powerhouse. The 17th-ranked Mountaineers open this season against a Power 5 opponent for the fourth time in five years. No way Tennessee has the defense to contain Grier and his one-two receiver 'punch,' nor does the Tennessee offense have the firepower to match West Va score for score. Lay it!
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STEPHEN NOVER
NCAA-F | Sep 01, 2018
UNLV vs. USC
UNLV+26

UNLV is a borderline bowl team and catch USC at a good time. The Trojans are breaking in several new players, including three offensive linemen and have replaced Sam Darnold with true freshman JT Daniels. I'm high on Daniels, I just question how good and turnover-free he will be in his first start. Southern Cal has huge look-ahead games the next two weeks with road matchups looming against Stanford and Texas. So this is an excellent situational spot for UNLV. The Trojans care far more about upcoming Pac-12 rival Stanford than a middle-of-the-road Mountain West Conference foe such as UNLV. The Rebels are going to be far more enthused about this matchup than USC. The southern California region is prime recruiting area for UNLV.

The Rebels own the firepower to hang in against USC. Rebels quarterback Armani Rogers is a dual threat, one of the best in the Mountain West. Rogers is from LA so he certainly won't lack motivation. Rogers can make big plays and he has talented receiving targets and stud running back Lexington Thomas, who rushed for 1,336 yards while averaging 6.3 yards per carry last year. USC lost much of its pass rushers from last season and will be without injured Porter Gustin, one of its best defensive players. The Trojans haven't been good as chalk versus lesser foes under Clay Helton, while the Rebels have proven to be an excellent road underdog covering 11 of their last 15 games as an away 'dog under Tony Sanchez. UNLV is 6-1 in its past seven road contests.
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PURE LOCK

Pure Lock's FREE CFB play Saturday 9-1-18

Houston -25 1/2 -124
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MIKEY SPORTS

Mikey Sports FREE CFB play Saturday 9-1-18

Miami Ohio +2 1/2 -108
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JOHN MARTIN

1 Unit FREE PLAY on UNLV +26

The UNLV Runnin’ Rebels are a team on the rise under Tony Sanchez. They have gone from 3 to 4 to 5 wins in each of Sanchez’s first three seasons, improving every year. I think they have a great shot to get to a bowl game this year with 14 returning starters. The Runnin’ Rebels won three of their final five games last season. They havee an explosive offense behind RB Lexington Thomas and QB Armani Rogers, who combined for 2,116 rushing yards and 25 rushing touchdowns last year. The defense has seven starters back and should be the best stop unit that Sanchez has fielded in his time here. USC returns 13 starters but loses QB Sam Darnold, RB Ronald Jones and WR Deontay Burnett to the NFL. Those were their best three players on offense last year. With a two-game road trip at Stanford and at Texas on deck, I think the Trojans could be overlooking UNLV here enough to not cover this 26-point spread. Give me UNLV.
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Sports Book Edge
Kevin 'Bubba' Smith
'Railside' Harry MLB Expert
#189/0 UNLV/USC Over
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Priority Sports Info
Roy Maddux
#153 Houston
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TDS Pucks & Dunks
Sloan Shannon
Home of the Dog Pound
#151 Florida Atlantic
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Billy Irish Picks
Billy Irish
Original Pot of Gold Top Play
#212 Notre Dame
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Winning Colors Pks
TJ Elliot
Football & Basketball specialist
#165/6 Kent St.Illinois Over
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Todays Round Robin
Harry Walker
Free:#201 West Virgina
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Golden Locks Sports

#204 California
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Valley Sports

#151 Florida Atlantic
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Vegas Hotsheet

#209 Old Dominion
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Weekend Warrior
Mark Mayer

#202 Tenn
#203 No Carolina
#208 Oregon
#200 S0 Carolina
#189 UNLV
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Cappers Access

#174 Maryland
#192 UConn
#101 Tennessee
#211 Michigan
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JEFF BENTON

Your Saturday freebie is the Houston Cougars over the Rice Owls.

It's a new era at Rice, as long-time coach David Baliff has been replaced by former Stanford offensive coordinator Mike Bloomgren, while former Michigan DB's coach Brian Smith will be in charge of shoring up a defense that has allowed right at 35 points per game over the last 3 seasons.

Let's start there, as you can assume the Houston Cougars are going to post at least 5 TD's which would definitely be enough to cover this big impost.

This will be the Owls second game of the season, and if the first is any kind of a barometer, this could be a long afternoon at Rice Stadium, as the Owls needed a closing minute score to rally for the 31-28 win over - wait for it - Prairie View!

Houston brings a more talented edition cross-town than last week's foe, and they have won and covered the last 4 series meetings, including a 38-3 beatdown last year in the second game of the season.

Major Applewhite is in his second season at the helm for Houston, and he has a very talented QB in D'Eriq King calling the shots. He is a dual threat that will be able to run the ball when he needs to, and also spread the field all afternoon long.

The Cougars did not start a senior last year, but this season there are plenty of them set for their last campaign, and they do have future NFL defensive tackle Ed Oliver leading the stop unit that figures to force a few Rice turnovers that should also lead to some short-field points for the visiting Cougars.

Blowout City before it is all said and done. Houston by 30 points.

3* HOUSTON
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RAY CHADWICK

Tennessee has parted ways with Butch Jones, and now former Alabama assistant Jeremy Pruitt leads Orange Nation in a rebuild. Hopes are high, but high-hopes cannot play the game on the field for the Volunteers, and this game being played in Charlotte shapes up to be a Mounties win and cover if you ask me.

West Virginia now has senior leadership in Will Greir under center, and bring back plenty of starters from last year's underachieving 7-6 team. Right now that offense that Grier is piloting is way ahead of the Tennessee attack that was held to 17-points or less in half of their dozen games just a season ago, and while Pruitt was the D.C. for the Crimson Tide, I don't expect his Vols defense to be anywhere near "top shelf" just yet.

The Mountaineers have flirted with "big" seasons in the past, but this could very well be the season they actually do something. A convincing win in this "neutral" site spot could be the springboard Dana Holgorsen's team needs to get the ball rolling in Morgantown.

I am going to lay the wood with West Va.

2* WEST VIRGINIA
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TOMMY BRUNSON

Saturday free play winner is Oregon to blast Bowling Green.

It is now Mario Cristobal's turn at head coach in Eugene, as last year's assistant takes over for now Florida State head coach Willie Taggart. Cristobal is the third coach in three years at Oregon, but the schedule is very kind for his debut, as Bowling Green (2-10 last year, 4-8 the season before last) comes calling. Then its Portland State next week with San Jose State and finally Stanford closing out 4 straight at home for the "itching to go" Ducks.

Justin Herbert is back at quarterback and the junior enters the season in full health. The Ducks were able to cover 4 of 6 last season when laying double-digits, while the Falcons went just 3-9 against the spread last season including losing to South Dakota. Bowling Green also could not convert when getting double-digits from the oddsmakers, as they dropped 4 of 6 against the spread in that role.

Cristobal did coach his team in a bowl loss to Boise State, expect him to let the dog eat in his home debut, as Herbert shows that he is NFL-ready with a huge game tonight at home.

Big price here, but this one could see Oregon reach the 50-point plateau, so I say "lay away!" with the Ducks.

3* OREGON
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Randy Chambers

MICHIGAN
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Chris Ruffolo

WEST VIRGINIA
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Mark Roberts

PHILLIES
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Andrew Jett

TB RAYS
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