Ferringo NFL
-Unit Play. FIRST HALF: Take New England (-9.5) over New York Giants
Note: If the Patriots do not cover this halftime number I, personally, will be doubling down on either the third quarter line or the second half line. I just don't see a scenario where the Pats don't destroy the G-Men, who don't have the corners to slow down the N.E. offense. Have to play it by ear.
Even if the Giants play their starters, their secondary will get shredded by the New England attack. The Pats will enter this game motivated and will try to put this one away early. They know they will have two weeks before their next game and they do not want to face the wrath of Belichick of they play a sloppy game. The Pats are going to put a bow on their perfect regular season and there really isn't much New York can do about it.
Insider Sports Report
4* Penn St./Texas A&M (NCAAF) UNDER 52
Range 54 to 50
3* C. Florida -3 over Mississippi St. (NCAAF)
Range -1.5 to -5
3* New England/N.Y. Giants (NFL) OVER 46.5
Range 44.5 to 48
Elite Sports Picks
New England -13.5 over N.Y. Giants (NFL)
Discount Sports Picks
20* C. Florida/Mississippi St. (NCAAF) UNDER 55.5
5* Wake Forest -1.5 over UConn (NCAAF)
LT PROFITS comp
Texas A&M +6.0 (-110)
The Big Ten has struggled as Bowl favorites in recent years, and the Penn State Nittany Lions will put that trend to the test when they face the Texas A&M Aggies in the Aggies’ home state in the Alamo Bowl.
Not only will the Aggies have most of the crowd support, but they also discovered their offense late in the season. They saved the best for last, as they rolled up a whopping 533 yards of offense in their 38-30 upset of Texas. They showed some nice balance against the Longhorns, as the running of sophomore Mike Goodson opened up the airways for quarterback Stephen McGee via play action passes. If that game was not a mirage, we feel that the Aggies will be a tough team for Penn State to defend here.
Yes, the Nittany Lions only allowed 17.6 points per game, ranking them eight in the nation in scoring defense, but they are not accustomed to facing teams with the speed that A&M possesses. It is no secret that the Big Ten is full of plodding teams, and PSU played a very soft non-conference slate.
All things considered, we give the Aggies an excellent chance to win the game on the field, and do not forget that Big Ten favorites are just 2-14 against the spread in bowls since 2000!
CFB Free Pick: Texas A&M +6
Leroy's Contest Final
Nick Bogdanovich
460 Okla St -4
452 Calif -3.5
435 Seahawks +1
420 Eagles -7.5
428 Packers -4.5
443 Chargers -8
BEST BET
477 Kansas +3.5
DOC
420 Eagles -7.5
428 Packers -4.5
445 Rams OV 48
463 Wisconsin UN 59
476 Oklahoma -8
474 Georgia -7.5
BEST BET
491 Ohio St UN 49
ARMVIN SPORTS
CFB
CONNECTICUT at WAKE FOREST Over 48
NHL
TORONTO -105
ATLANTA -141
CBB
TEXAS -7.5
BRADLEY -5.5
TENNESSEE 1.5
DEPAUL -2
NOTRE DAME -18.5
UL - LAFAYETTE -8
NC WILMINGTON -4.5
WRIGHT STATE -1.5
Burns
Liberty Bowl Blowout----Miss St
Total Annihilator----Under UConn/WF
Personal Fave-------Wake Forrest
NFL Sat TOY---------Under NYG/NE
NBA Dec Div GOM-----Pacers
College Dec GOM-----Dayton
False Favorite-----Belmont
NHL GOW---------Thrashers
Larry Ness' LEGEND Play (9-2 last 3 CFB regular seasons / 1st of two in TY's bowl season!) -Saturday
My LEGEND play is on Penn St at 8:00 ET. Talk about a coaching mismatch! It's Penn State's Joe Pa (22 bowl wins!) vs Gary Darnell, filling in for the fired Coach Fran (never recovered from the revelations he was providing inside info to boosters). Darnell has been in a situation like this before, stepping in for Galen Hall of Florida back in 1989, who was fired. The Darnell-led Gators lost 34-7 to Washington in that year's Freedom Bowl. Is a similar fate in store for the Aggies here? Just maybe! A&M's season disintegrated quickly after a 5-1 start with the Coach Fran allegations. Only a season ending 38-30 win at Texas, got the Aggies an invite to this bowl. Penn St was a disappointment this year as well at 8-4 but Paterno has a special knack of getting his team prepared to play bowls and the matchups are favorable. A&M is a run-first team (215.6 YPG / 4.8 per), with QB McGee (858 / 5.0) and huge FB Lane (746 / 16 TDs). However, PSU ranks 6th in the nation against the rush, allowing just 87.9 YPG, 2.6 YPG and only seven TDs! While QB Morelli did most of his damage against lesser opponents this year, he has an outstanding trio of WRs in Butler, Williams and Norwood. The A&M pass D is slow and in road games at Okla, Missouri, Tex Tech and even pathetic Mia-Fla, the Aggies allowed over 1,300 yards passing, 77.3 percent completions and failed to intercept a single pass in attempts! After sitting out the postseason in '03 and '04, Paterno's led his team to bowl wins over quick and athletic teams FSU ('05) and Tennessee ('06). Meanwhile, A&M has been to just two bowls over the last five seasons, losing 38-10 in the '04 Cotton Bowl (Tenn) and 45-10 in LY's Holiday Bowl (Cal). The San Antonio site should favor A&M but the Cotton Bowl venue didn't seem to help much in '04, nor did the team fare very well in its last appearance in this game, a 24-0 Alamo Bowl loss to Penn St in '99! Second verse same as the first! LEGEND Play on Penn St
Larry Ness' 20* MVC Game of the Year (8-1 last three Saturdays in college hoops!)
My 20* is on Wichita St at 8:00 ET. Keno Davis (Dr. Tom's little boy) has taken over for his dad at Drake this year and has caused quite a stir. Drake lost three starters from LY's 17-15 team but enters its conference opener at 9-1 (only loss at St Mary's 72-66). The guard play of Young (17.4), Houston (15.9) and Emmenecker (3.2-4.0-4.9) has been superb, while the 6-8 Cox (11.0-8.9), swingman Korber (8.6-3.6) and 6-8 Heemskerk (8.1-3.5) make up the frontcourt. Two of Drake's early wins have come over Iowa St at home (79-44!) and a 56-51 win at Iowa on Dec 14 which ended a 20-game losing streak in Iowa City (last won there in 1967!). Wichita St lost early Dec games to Tex-Arlington (was unbeaten at the time) and at UMKC (no excuses!) to fall to 5-4. However, the team has rebounded nicely with home wins over LSU (67-47) and UAB (61-52). The Shockers were coming off a 26-win season heading into LY and opened 9-0 (ranked as high as No. 8) but finished just 17-14. Winthrop head coach Greg Marshall took over TY and before the year is over, I'm expecting good things from this team. Three seniors lead the way, the 6-7 Thomasson (11.0-4.0), swingman Couisnard (10.9-5.9) and guard Braeuer (10.4-3.9-3.6). The other starters are 6-6 junior Clemente (6.4-8.4) and soph guard Mekel (9.7). In the early going, 6-7 freshman Durley (8.3-4.2) is looking like a 'player!' Here's the problem for Drake. That HUGE win at Iowa was 15 days ago and the team hasn't played since. Drake went 11-3 in non-conference play LY but then just 6-12 in the MVC, including 2-8 on the road. Meanwhile, the Shockers have played three times (including two nice home wins) since Dec 14. I expect Drake to be a little 'rusty' and that's deadly on the conference road. MVC GOY 20* Wichita St.
Asa 7* BOWL GOY
Alabama -3 1/2
Sharp Betting Service
WF (free pick)
Miss St (Regular pick)
Penn St (Play of the Day)
ATS LOCK
4 Wake Forest -1 1/2
3 New England -13
Hoops
6 Memphis -8 1/2
5 Miami Ohio -3
5 LaSalle +18 1/2
4 Wyoming -10
ATS FINANCIAL
3 C Florida -3
3 Penn St. -5
Hoops
4 LSU -4 1/2
3 Texas - 7 1/2
3 Alabama -12
Marco D'Angelo
Penn St triple dime-7* High Roller
JIMMY KRUGER
# 413 Connecticut – Wake Forest UNDER 48 - Bronze 3*
Two teams who play conservatively on offense with the goal of not making mistakes.Neither team is very proficient in passing the ball. UConn is mediocre overall offensively not averaging over 200 yards running or passing.Each team’s goal is to win with a good ground attack and good run defense.This eats up clock.
The two teams are surprisingly similar.Both are scoring at a 28 points per game average They are doing it on average total yardage with UConn accumulating 358 yards per game and Wake only 334.Wake’s run defense is superior to the Huskies while UConn’s run offense is superior statistically to the Demon Deacons. Kind of cancels each other’s advantage out.
Good defense is played by both teams with Connecticut ranking 31st in the
nation and Wake Forest 38th The Huskies have given up more than 19
points only twice this year while only five of Wake’s pervious 26 opponents have scored more than 24 points in a game.
The UNDER is 11-4 in UConn’s last 15 non-conference games and after a poor showing defensively where they give up over 450 yards, the Huskies are 24-11 UNDER.Wake Forest has gone UNDER the total to a 14-4-1 rate in their last 19 non-conference games.
Take UNDER!
Diamond Dave
4* Wake Forest (-2)
4* Miss St (+3) Better team dogged, contained McFadden, will handle Young
4* Penn St (-5) Coaching change has A&M in flux
Sebastian
20* NY/NE under
20* Wake
20* Penn St.
50* Miss St.
NBA
10* Ind
20* Atl
20* Char
NCAAB
10* Memphis
10* Wich St.
10* LSU
20* Alabama
20* Dayton
John Fina
NFL GOY
NE Under 47.5
3-Team College Football Bowl Parlay for Saturday!
Wake-2.5
Mississipi St. Over 54.5
Tex A&M Under 52.5
NBA Key release Pistons
Alex Smart
Ark Little Rock -4
Oklahoma +12.5
Feist
bowl goy..................penn st
total.........................cavs over 86
inner circle.....................bobcats
5 star executive..............mavs
personal best..................north iowa
platinum.....................townson
platinum.....................arizona
inner circle......................troy
inner circle........................uab
5 star executive.................san diego
4 star executive...................temple
3 star executive.....................dayton
3 star executive.....................james mad