Thursday 10/4/18 thread for free handicapping service plays and expert predictions for NCAAFB, NFL & MLB games.
Jim Feist
10/04 02:05 PM PT / 5:05 PM ET
MLB (901) COLORADO ROCKIES VS (902) MILWAUKEE BREWERS
Take: OVER
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Mike Wynn
Free Play: Free Georgia St/Troy Under 54½ Points
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Razor Sharp
YOUR RAZOR SHARP FREE PICK FOR THURSDAY: NASHVILLE (NHL) -145 over NY Rangers
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Totals4U
Thusday's Free Selection: Winnipeg/St Louis over 5 1/2 goals
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Jeff Allen Sports
Thursday's Free Selection is on the Columbus Blue Jackets
Sharp Bettor
SharpBettor FREE Play for Thursday, October 4, 2018
10/04 05:35 PM MLB (903) ATLANTA BRAVES (M FOLTYNEWICZ - R) VS (904) LOS ANGELES DODGERS (H RYU - L)
Take : OVER
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Nevada Sharpshooter
Your free winner for Thursday: Take COLUMBUS (NHL) -140 over Detroit
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John Anthony Sports
Thursday's Free Selection: Colorado Avalanche - 160
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High Stakes Syndicate
Free Selection for Thursday: St Louis Blues - 130
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The Vegas Steam Line
Your free winner for Thursday: Take ATLANTA/LA DODGERS OVER the total of 7
Arthur Ralph Sports
FREE play THURS up NE Pats -10
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Hawkeye Sports
Thursday's Free Pick: Nashville - 145
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Huddle Up Sports
Free Play: Troy -15
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Golden Dragon Sports
FREE WINNER for THURSDAY: Troy -15'
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Easy Money Sports
Lee's Thursday Free Selection Is
Ottawa Senators +115
Platinum Plays
Free Pick the Milwaukee Brewers over Colorado In NLDS Game 1
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#1 Sports
Thursday's Free Selection: Chicago Blackhawks - 120
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Atlantic Sports
Thursday's Free Selection from Atlantic Sports: Columbus - 140
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Ray Chadwick
After getting taken to the woodshed 56-20 to open the season at home against Boise State, Neal Brown's Troy Trojans are riding a 4-game straight up and against the spread winning streak that includes a win at Nebraska.
Yes, Georgia State did come through with a convincing 46-14 home win over UL-Monroe their last time out (Troy also beat the War Hawks at UL-Monroe this year), the Panthers have lost touch in both of their road games in the dog role this year. Georgia State losing by 34 at N.C. State, and by 37 at Memphis!
Series numbers show the Trojans having won 4 of the 5 Sun Belt meetings, including a 34-10 rout in Atlanta in last year's meeting.
Yes, this price is a little "puffy", but right now Troy is on a roll, and I am not about to buck them on their home field. Lay the lumber with the Trojans.
3* TROY
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Tommy Brunson
Thursday free play is the playoff-savvy L.A. Dodgers to jump on the young Atlanta Braves early and coast to an easy 2 runs or better win.
Hyun Jin-Ryu has been pitching so well, it has afforded manager Dave Roberts the luxury of giving "ace" Clayton Kershaw an extra day of rest.
Ryu has come back from a groin injury and has worked his last 9 starts with an ERA of 1.88 with 53 strikeouts along the way. This is his first start of the year against the Dodgers, and he will go against Mike Foltyniewicz who closed the year with a 2-1 mark over his last 3, but also sports an ERA of 4.76.
The Dodgers won 5 of the 7 season series meetings against the Braves this year, and all 5 of the wins came by 2 runs or more.
Mark up another win by 2 runs or more tonight in Game One.
5* L.A. DODGERS -1 1/2 RUNS
Brandon Lee
Oct 04 '18, 5:05 PM in 4h
MLB | Rockies vs Brewers
Play on: Brewers -141 at BMaker
10* FREE MLB PICK (Brewers -141)
I'll take my chances here with Milwaukee to win at home in Game 1 of their NLDS matchup with the Rockies. The Brewers earned the top spot in the NL with a win over the Cubs in Monday's play-in game and Colorado won at Chicago on Tuesday in the Wild Card game. I just think the fact that the Brewers are going at this with a bullpen by committee approach has created value with Milwaukee, especially given how tough a spot this if for the Rockies, who will be playing in their 4th different stadium in the last 5 days and off an elimination game against the Cubs. I also trust this Milwaukee offense a lot more right now and they got one of the best bullpens in the game. Give me the Brewers -141!
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Sal Michaels
Oct 04 '18, 7:30 PM in 7h
NCAA-F | Georgia State vs Troy
Play on: UNDER 56 -110
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Cole Faxon
Oct 04 '18, 7:30 PM in 7h
NCAA-F | Georgia State vs Troy
Play on: UNDER 56 -110
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Bobby Conn
Oct 04 '18, 7:30 PM in 7h
NCAA-F | Georgia State vs Troy
Play on: Georgia State +15½ -110
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Info Plays
Oct 04 '18, 7:30 PM in 7h
NCAA-F | Georgia State vs Troy
Play on: Georgia State +15½ -110
Steve Janus
Oct 04 '18, 7:30 PM in 7h
NCAA-F | Georgia State vs Troy
Play on: Georgia State +16 -110 at Bovada
1* Free Sharp Play on Georgia State +16 -110
My money is on the Panthers to cash in a cover against Troy tonight. Georgia State got rolled in 3 straight games against Memphis, NC State and Western Michigan, but responded in a big way last week with a 46-14 thrashing of ULM as a 5.5-point dog. I look for the Panthers to carry over that momentum with another strong showing against the Trojans. Troy has won and covered 4 straight since that opening week loss to Boise State, but it's come against a soft schedule. Note that 1 of those wins was a mere 8-point win over the same ULM team that Georgia State just annihilated. Troy likely wins the game at home, but this will be a lot closer than most people think. Bet the Panthers +16!
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Mike Williams
Oct 04 '18, 7:35 PM in 7h
NHL | Blue Jackets vs Red Wings
Play on: Red Wings +120
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Kenny Walker
Oct 04 '18, 7:35 PM in 7h
NHL | Predators vs Rangers
Play on: Predators -150
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Stephen Nover
Oct 04 '18, 7:35 PM in 7h
NHL | Blue Jackets vs Red Wings
Play on: OVER 5½ -101
This shapes up as a higher-scoring game than the oddsmakers think considering the circumstances. Columbus has one of the best goalies in hockey, Sergei Bobrovsky. But he's not getting the start. Instead it will be backup Joonas Korpisalo in net. That's a huge dropoff. Bobrovsky wasn't sharpe during preseason, but neither was Korpisalo with an .889 saves percentage and allowing 4.4 goals a game. Remember, too, the Blue Jackets won't have their star defenseman, Seth Jones, during at least the first month due to a sprained MCL he suffered in preseason. The Blue Jackets also will be without defensemen Ryan Murray, further weakening their blue line depth. The Red Wings should be faster this season with a lot of young players. They went 7-1 in preseason averaging 4.5 goals. Detroit scored at least three goals in each of its preseason games. Detroit, though, is dealing with a cluster injury problem on defense. The Red Wings are likely to be missing at least three of their top six defensemen. Definitely out are MIke Green and Niklas Kronwall. Jonathan Ericsson is doubtful. Trevor Daley is banged-up, too, but is expected to play although at less than 100 percent. These injuries mean the Red Wings will be playing at least four rookie defensemen, including Joe Hicketts and Filip Hronek, both of whom were supposed to be assigned to the American Hockey League but are now forced to play. The Blue Jackets' top line of Artemi Panarin, Cam Atkinson and Pierre-Luc Dubois can take advantage. Panarin scored a franchise-best 82 points last season with 27 goals and 55 assists. Sparked by that line, the Blue Jackets went Over the total in 19 of their last 26 games. The Blue Jackets averaged 4.7 goals in eight preseason games, scoring at least four goals in seven of the preseason matchups.
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Jimmy Boyd
Oct 04 '18, 8:00 PM in 7h
NCAA-F | Tulsa vs Houston
Play on: OVER 70 -102
1* Free Pick on Tulsa/Houston OVER 70
I'm expecting a lot of offensive fireworks and a easy cash on the OVER in Thursday's AAC action that has the Houston Cougars hosting the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.
This Houston offense is no joke. The Cougars are 2nd in the country in scoring at 52.3 ppg and lead the nation in total offense at 608.5 ypg. They have scored a minimum of 45 points in each of their 4 games. They have one of the more electric quarterbacks in D'Eriq King, who comes in completing 63% of his attempts with a 15-1 TD-INT ratio and has rushed for 107 yards and 5 scores. It's not just him, they got playmakers at both receiver and out of the backfield.
I just don't see this Tulsa defense being able to slow them down, especially on the road in a prime time matchup. The numbers aren't terrible for the Golden Hurricane defense so far, but a lot of that has to do with the schedule. I know they held Texas to 28 points, but the Longhorns had close to 500 yards and were up 21-0 before letting their foot off the gas in the 2nd half leading up to their game against USC.
The key here is that I think this Tulsa offense is going to be able to move the ball and put up some points against this Houston defense. The Golden Hurricane have shown the ability to pick up big chunks of yards, but turnovers have killed them. They have coughed up the football 13 times in 4 games. The Cougars have a great defensive player in Ed Oliver, but have allowed over 400 yards in each of their 3 games against FBS opponents and that includes 439 to a bad Rice offense.
I think we see more of the same with Houston scoring close to 50 and I see Tulsa flirting with 30 to have this thing flying past the mark. Take the OVER!
Mark Wilson
Oct 04 '18, 8:00 PM in 7h
NCAA-F | Tulsa vs Houston
Play on: UNDER 71 -110
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Ross Benjamin
Oct 04 '18, 8:00 PM in 7h
NCAA-F | Tulsa vs Houston
Play on: Houston -17½ -106
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Dustin Hawkins
Oct 04 '18, 8:05 PM in 7h
NHL | Jets vs Blues
Play on: Jets +110
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Marc Lawrence
Oct 04 '18, 8:20 PM in 7h
NFL | Colts vs Patriots
Play on: OVER 52½ -110
Play - Patriots-Colts OVER (Game 302-301).
Edges: Pats: 5-1 OVER as double-digit home favorites last season … Colts: 7-0-1 OVER last eight games in this series … We recommend a 1* play on the OVER total in this game. Thank you and good luck as always.
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Brad Diamond
Oct 04 '18, 10:05 PM in 9h
NHL | Flyers vs Golden Knights
Play on: Flyers +140