Does anyone have brandon lang's info????
I have seen North Carolina but not confirmed
Marc Lawrence
5* GOM
Auburn
DOC
7* GAME OF YEAR
7 Unit Play. #32 Take North Carolina Tar Heels over Virginia Tech Hokies (Saturday 3:30 pm ABC) College Game of the Year. This game features two teams heading in opposite directions and Coach Davis has done a complete overhaul with the Heels. Their victory against Rutgers was no fluke as they return 10 starters on offense from 2007 led by QB TJ Yates. He had a good season as a freshman until he was forced to shut it down with a shoulder injury. He is now healthy and playing outstanding football. True, the Heels went 4-8 last season but when I dig deeper into that I see that four of those losses were by four points or less. I had this game painted back in August and I must admit that I was concerned with the narrow victory over McNeese St; however, looking into that game one must realize that the Cowboys went 11-1 last season including a win over UL-Lafayette.
This is not the same Tar Heel team that it was under Coach John Bunting and this is certainly not the same Hokie team Coach Beamer is accustom too. They lost heavy to graduation and this is their first true road game of the season. All three teams that played Virginia Tech have been able to move the football on them. Throw in revenge for the Heels as they outgained Va Tech in last year’s game despite losing, 17-10. They have extra rest for this game since they played last Thursday and this will be Coach Davis’s signature win at UNC. White and Blue dominate all the way to the bank. North Carolina 24, Virginia Tech 10.
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5 units Michigan State -8.5
5 units Rutgers -5
Best Bet
Arizona St
Regular
Tulsa
Indiana
SMU
Minnesota
Tulane
Blazer - 4* Idaho
4* La-Monroe
3* Boston College
3* East Carolina
3* Kent
Gold Sheet - 2* San Jose
1.5* East Carolina UNDER
1* Ohio St.
1* La-Monroe
1* Boise
1* Miami-Ohio
North Coast - 4* Toledo
4* Alabama
3* Pittsburgh
3* Rutgers
3* Purdue
Probability - 4* LSU
3* Wake Forest
3* New Mexico
3* Boise
GOOD LUCK GUYS!!!!
Larry Ness' Las Vegas Insider-MLB (8-3 in MLB the L8 days / 54-33 run with MLB Insiders)-Day
My Las Vegas Insider is on the Tor Blue Jays at 1:05 ET. The Red Sox may not be able to overtake the Rays in the AL East but a wild card spot is "theirs for the taking." Boston is 1 1/2 games behind first-place Tampa Bay but last year's champs can wrap up the wild card spot with a win Saturday, combined with losses by Minnesota and the New York Yankees. Beating Toronto tonight also officially eliminates the Blue Jays from any playoff consideration. Jon Lester (15-5, 3.15 ERA) has had a terrific season for the Red Sox and has been dominant against AL East opponents this year, going 9-1 with a 2.18 ERA in 14 starts (Boston is 11-3). He just beat Toronto and Halladay last Sunday in Fenway 4-3, going eight innings while allowing just one ER (I had Boston in that one). The win was his third straight, while posting an 0.87 ERA. Halladay takes an 18-11 mark (2.77 ERA) into this game and is hoping to get to 20 wins for just the second time in his career (won 22 games and the Cy Young award in 2003). He was pitching on just three days rest last Sunday and allowed only three runs (two earned) in seven innings. Interestingly, Halladay is the only pitcher with more wins against AL East foes than Lester this year, going 10-6 with a 2.97 ERA in 16 starts against division opponents. Considering last Sunday's results, this game sets up pretty well for Toronto and Halladay. As good as Lester has been this year, he's been much more effective at Fenway (10-1 with a 2.54 ERA in 16 starts / team is 14-2) than he's been on the road (5-4 with a 3.90 ERA in 15 starts / team is 7-8). Halladay really wants to win 20 and the Blue Jays sure want him to. For that to happen, he MUST win here. Expect a great effort from the veteran today. Las Vegas Insider on the Tor Blue Jays.
Good Luck...Larry
Larry Ness' Weekend Wipeout Winner-CFB (19-12 or 61.3 percent ATS start to FB '08!)
My Weekend Wipeout Winner is on Indiana at 7:00 ET. Brad Hoke is in his sixth year at Muncie, Indiana and this is the best team he's had. The Cardinals are off to a 3-0 start (first time since 1988), coming off a 7-6 season in '07, which included an International Bowl loss to Rutgers (52-30). Junior QB Nate Davis passed for 3,667 yards last year (30 TDs / 6 INTs) and has completed 75.0 percent for 916 yards through three games TY, with nine TDs and three INTs. He's really been helped by the return to health of RB MiQuale Lewis, who's been lost to injuries (dislocated shoulder in '06 and torn ACL in '07), each of the last two seasons. Lewis has 363 yards (6.1 per) through three games but who knows how long he'll stay injury-free (history says, not much longer)? Indiana's also unbeaten (2-0), as Bill Lynch enters his second year as the team's head coach. He took over last year, after Terry Hoeppner lost his battle with cancer in June of '07. Lynch led the Hoosiers to their first bowl appearance since 1993 last year and after easy wins over Western Kentucky and Murray State to open '08, a win here gets IU to 3-0 before Big 10 play begins next week (home to Michigan State). QB Kellen Lewis (66.7 / 314 YP / 2 TDs and 1 INT) is again the team's leading rusher (736 yards LY on 5.0 YPC awith 9 TDs) with 183 yards on just 10 carries (two TDs). However, he's not the only one running well, as the Hoosiers have opened the '08 season averaging an impressive 275.5 YPG on the ground (5.9 YPC), albeit against modest competition. While Ball State is 3-0, let's note that the Cards are 0-19 all-time vs current Big 10 members, with the average margin of defeat coming by 21 PPG. The Cards lost at home to Indiana in '06 (just 24-23) but by the score of 38-20 in Bloomington last year (trailed 24-0 at the half). This is not a good scheduling spot for Ball State, as the team is off a conference road game last week (a 41-24 win at Akron) and plays Kent State next week in its Homecoming game. Meanwhile, the Hoosiers had an "off week" last Saturday and will be highly motivated to open 3-0 after last year's 7-5 regular season. Lewis threw for a career-high 354 yards vs the Cardinals in last year's game (plus had four TD passes, one shy of his single-game high) and I expect him to out-duel his counterpart Nate Davis again on Saturday. The Hoosiers have dominated opponents from the MAC, posting a 32-4-1 mark all-time and that includes a 20-game winning streak. Weekend Wipeout Winner on Indiana.
Good Luck...Larry
Larry Ness' 15* Bailout Game of the Week (8-3 MLB run the last eight days!)
My 15* is on the Colo Rockies at 8:05 ET. The Rockies made a dramatic second-half run last year and wound up in the '07 World Series. What a difference a year makes. Colorado batted an NL-high .280 last year and scored more runs (5.28 per game) than any NL team other than the Phillies. However, in '08, the Rockies have hit .264 as a team and their scoring average is down to 4.57 RPG. More importantly for us bettors, the Rockies went from being MLB's biggest "money-makers " at plus-$2,466 to falling to 26th of 30 teams against the moneyline, at minus-$1,907. The Rockies swept the D'backs in last year's NLCS but for most of this year, it's been Arizona with the upper hand. However, the D'backs have played very poorly down the stretch and enter this game 3 1/2 games behind the Dodgers, who lead the division. Arizona has completely fallen apart away from Chase Field, as last night's 3-2 loss at Coors was the team's 11th straight road defeat. Why should anything change tonight? It shouldn't and I don't expect it will. Doug Davis (6-8, 4.30 ERA) has not allowed more than three ERs in any of his last seven starts but he's picked up just win during that stretch (team is 4-3). That's what happens when the team doesn't "hit behind you." He'll be opposed by Colorado's Aaron Cook, who is finishing off the best season of his career. Cook made this year's All Star game and will take a 16-9 mark (3.95 ERA) into this contest (team is 19-12 in his starts). That's a far cry from his last two seasons, in which he went a combined 17-22, with Colorado going 20-36 in his starts. Colorado ended Arizona's season last year in the NLCS and this year, could help "drive a stake through the heart" of the team's playoffs hopes with wins Saturday and Sunday. First things first. Colorado wins tonight! Bailout Game of the Week 15* Col Rockies.
Good Luck...Larry
Larry Ness' NFL 25* (won LEGEND last Saturday with Oregon St, 45-7)
My NFL 25* is on the Was Redskins at 1:00 ET. Everyone knows the storyline. The Cards own just ONE winning season since moving from St Louis to Arizona for the start of the 1988 season (that came in 1998). That was also the team's last postseason appearance and the Cards opened this year with the NFL's longest-active postseason drought of nine consecutive playoff-less years. So what's going on in '08? The Cards are one of 10 teams to have opened 2-0 and Kurt Warner has gone "Back to Future," looking as little like he did from 1999-2001 (well, almost). Warner's completed 70.4 percent for 558 yards with four TDs (0 INTS) and a QB rating of 128.5. In Boldin (14 catches / three TDs) and Fitzgerald (nine catches / 20.4 YPC) he has one of the NFL's best pass-catching duos plus the team's defense, ranks fifth in PPG allowed (11.5) and seventh in YPG allowed (263.5 YPG). The Cards' decision to go with Kurt Warner as their starting QB has been a good one so far, as the team's 31-point effort last week vs Miami was Arizona's 10th straight game in which it has scored at least 20 points, the longest current streak in the NFL! The Redskins come in 1-1, losing at the NY Giants in the season's first game but then beating the Saints last week (29-24). The 'Skins mustered only 209 yards in the season-opening loss to the Giants but had 455 yards against the Saints. QB Campbell looked confused vs the Giants but was 24-of-36 for 321 yards (1 TD / 0 INTs) vs New Orleans, while RB Portis has been solid in both games, gaining 84 vs the NYG and 96 vs New Orleans. Moss has 12 catches and has a TD catch in five straight games, while fellow WR Randle-El has 11 catches in the first two games. TE Cooley has just six catches but don't worry, he's averaged just about 65 catches per season the last three years. Washington's defense is solid and it should get pressure on Warner. The Cards can no longer depend on James (3.5 YPC through the season's first two weeks / 3.6 YPC over his first two season with Arizona) to give them a solid running game, which means all the pressure is on Warner and his talented WRs. Washington held a very talented New Orleans offense to just 16 FDs (3-of-10 on 3rd down), 250 total yards and just two offensive TDs, as the Saints' third TD came on a 55-yard punt return by Bush. Brees, who passed for 343 yards with three TDs vs Tampa Bay, was held to just 216 yards with one TD and two INTs by the Redskins. At 2-0, the Cards could get to 3-0 with a win here. That's a significant mark, as over the last five years, 24 of the 26 teams which have opened 3-0 have made the playoffs, including all 14 teams which got to 3-0 over the last three seasons. The Cards I "know and love" will find a way to lose here. Let's note that since the 2000 season, the Cards are just 14-51 SU on the road (including their Week 1 win at San Francisco this year). A quick check of the record book shows that just TWO of those 51 losses have come by LESS than three points. NFL 25* on the Was Redskins.
Good Luck...Larry
Larry Ness' Las Vegas Insider-CFB (75% ATS with FB Insiders in '08!)
My Las Vegas Insider is on Tulsa at 7:00 ET. Rocky Long returned to his alma mater, taking over the reigns of the New Mexico program in 1998. The Lobos had been to just one bowl since 1961 prior to his arrival but Long led New Mexico into a bowl game in FOUR of his first nine seasons. The problem being, the Lobos went 0-4 SU and ATS in bowl games from '02 through '06. However, in his 10th season at Albuquerque ('07), Long led the Lobos to a 9-4 season, including the school's first bowl win since the 1961 Aviation Bowl, when they beat Nevada 23-0 in the New Mexico Bowl. However, his 'honeymoon' with the faithful didn't last long (pardon the pun), as New Mexico opened the '08 season with home losses to TCU (26-3) and Texas A&M (28-22). The natives had become more than a little restless in Albuquerque with the Lobos' poor start but New Mexico "eased the pain" somewhat with last week's 36-28 home win over Arizona. The Wildcats had opened the '08 season 2-0 with wins of 70-0 (Idaho) and 41-16 (Toledo) but in their first road game, turned the ball over FIVE times. New Mexico owns an excellent RB in Rodney Ferguson (back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons) and he's opened '08 with 352 yards (5.7 YPC) in three games. However, QB Donovan Porterie (3,006 YP and a 15-9 ratio LY) has not been sharp, as he's thrown for only 280 yards (in three games!) to open '08, while throwing four INTs without a TD pass. The Lobos takes to the road for the first time in '08 and will face a Golden Hurricane team which has averaged 50.5 PPG (7th-best in the nation) and 578.0 YPG (3rd-best) in winning two road games at UAB and North Texas. Granted those weren't real 'tests' but this team (nine offensive starters are back) averaged 41.1 PPG and 543.9 YPG in '07, which ranked them No. 1 in total offense. Not returning this year was QB Paul Smith (5,065 YP with 47 TDs in '07) but new QB David Johnson has opened by completing 79.0 percent of his throws for 750 yards with nine TD passes and not a single INT! Steve Kragthorpe began the turnaround at Tulsa in 2003 and he led the Golden Hurricane to three bowl games in his four years at the school. When he left for Louisville after the '06 season, his DC from 2003-05 (Todd Graham), returned from a one-year stint as Rice's head coach, to assume control of the program last year. All Graham did in his one year at Rice ('06), is end a 45-year bowl drought at the former SWC school. Graham led Tulsa to a 10-4 mark in '07, one which included a 63-7 GMAC Bowl win over Bowling Green. The Tulsa 'D" leaves a lot to be desired but I don't think New Mexico has any chance of "trading points" with Tulsa. I also expect Tulsa's defense to perform better here in its home opener than it has on the road. Tulsa was off last week and only has Division I-AA Central Arkansas up next. Meanwhile, the Lobos play their first road game of the season and have state rival New Mexico State ("The Battle of I-25") up next. Golden Hurricane win in a rout in this one. Las Vegas Insider on Tulsa.
Good Luck...Larry
Opposite Action Plays
ARKANSAS +9.5
Mike Lineback
BOISE ST. +10
Pacific Star
ARIZONA ST. +7
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We are going to run with the Dawgs today
Moneyline Bets each game except Iowa not available as it is a pickem contest
Bet em to win
NC State +
Tennessee +
Boise State +
Wake Forest +
Str8 Bets
Georgia -7
Iowa pk -110
Alex Smart
KENT ST.
AUBURN
Dave Cokin
College GOY
Toledo
SEC GOY
Arkansas
Dave Cokin
Window Pittsburgh
System Troy
Preferred Picks
5* Auburn
Billy Coleman 4* Misp, Fla, ND
3* Miss st, Rice, NM st, Az
Jim Feist
Blowout GOW
Michigan St
4* Arkansas
Platimum Miss St
Platimum Tenn