Quinn Ewers was knocked out in the 1st quarter last year. Week one had plenty of excitement with Florida State crushing LSU in the second half, Duke upsetting Clemson and Colorado taking receipts.
And the Doofus was excited too, starting the season 7-3. Hopefully that trend continues.
Plenty of intriguing matchups this week starting with
Alabama -7.5 vs Texas – This time next year, this will be a conference game. It’s a rematch of Bama’s 20-19 win on a FG with 10 seconds to go. Horn’s QB Quinn Ewers looks to pick up where he left off. He was knocked out of last years game with 1st and goal late in the 1st quarter.
Both teams are loaded with NFL talent but Bama just doesn’t seem to be as loaded as in prior years. It’s a revenge game for Texas too.
But I’m going with Bama to cover. The Longhorn DL struggled against a bad Rice team. Bama will dominate in the trenches. The hook keeps me from betting this one though. No quatloos.
And the Doofus was excited too, starting the season 7-3. Hopefully that trend continues.
Plenty of intriguing matchups this week starting with
Alabama -7.5 vs Texas – This time next year, this will be a conference game. It’s a rematch of Bama’s 20-19 win on a FG with 10 seconds to go. Horn’s QB Quinn Ewers looks to pick up where he left off. He was knocked out of last years game with 1st and goal late in the 1st quarter.
Both teams are loaded with NFL talent but Bama just doesn’t seem to be as loaded as in prior years. It’s a revenge game for Texas too.
But I’m going with Bama to cover. The Longhorn DL struggled against a bad Rice team. Bama will dominate in the trenches. The hook keeps me from betting this one though. No quatloos.
Michael Pratt is the best QB in the nation according to PFF Tulane vs Ole Miss over 65.5 – Bruce’s Northwestern Wildcats have been flushed down the tioilet and are half way to the water treatment plant by now so he switching over to his other alma mater, Tulane. Tulane is coming off a huge 12-2 season capped off with a huge win over Southern Cal in the Cotton Bowl.
Lane Kiffins Ole Miss offense keeps rolling up the points. They hung 73 points on Doofus Daughter #3’s Mercer Bears.
Tulane may be missing RB Tyjae Spears, who is off playing with the Titans. But they return star QB Michael Pratt. Pratt threw for over 3,000 yards last season and, according to PFF, was the highest rated QB last week throwing for 294 against South Alabama.
I’ll stay away from the spread but will take a flyer on the over. I’ve had a lot of success this year taking unders with the new running clock but these teams can light up the scoreboard. And besides rooting for overs is much more fun. Just a quatloos though. 65.5 is a lot of points.
Lane Kiffins Ole Miss offense keeps rolling up the points. They hung 73 points on Doofus Daughter #3’s Mercer Bears.
Tulane may be missing RB Tyjae Spears, who is off playing with the Titans. But they return star QB Michael Pratt. Pratt threw for over 3,000 yards last season and, according to PFF, was the highest rated QB last week throwing for 294 against South Alabama.
I’ll stay away from the spread but will take a flyer on the over. I’ve had a lot of success this year taking unders with the new running clock but these teams can light up the scoreboard. And besides rooting for overs is much more fun. Just a quatloos though. 65.5 is a lot of points.
TCU converted 10 of 16 3rd downs Colorado -3.0 vs Nebraska – Is Colorado for real or was TCU a one hit wonder last year. Coming into the season, no one thought that this game was must see TV. But Prime, backed up what is big mouth preached in last weeks upset.
Lost in the huge upset win was how bad the Buff defense was. They failed to get a sack or tackle for loss and allowed TCU to convert 10 of 16 third downs. That is making Matt Rhule drool. His pro style grind it out offense is built to beat those type of defenses.
Yet, I’m still going with Colorado. Nebraska let up 8 of 17 third down conversions (with and over 7.8 yards to go). More disturbing is the way Nebraska just can’t win a one possession game.
I’ll hold my nose and put a quatloos on the Buffs.
Lost in the huge upset win was how bad the Buff defense was. They failed to get a sack or tackle for loss and allowed TCU to convert 10 of 16 third downs. That is making Matt Rhule drool. His pro style grind it out offense is built to beat those type of defenses.
Yet, I’m still going with Colorado. Nebraska let up 8 of 17 third down conversions (with and over 7.8 yards to go). More disturbing is the way Nebraska just can’t win a one possession game.
I’ll hold my nose and put a quatloos on the Buffs.
Phil Longo and tanner Mordecai has Bucky going through the air Wisconsin -6.0 @ Washington State – Another revenge game on tap with a twist. Wisconsin changed its head coach. Luke Fickell then brought in Phil Longo as OC who is known for his high scoring passing offenses. Add in QB transfer Tanner Mordecai and Bucky looks to move from it’s traditional dominant run game to beating you throw the air.
Washington State brought in a new OC too, Ben Arbuckle from Western Kentucky. He also looks to put beat you through the air. Good news for QB Cam Ward who struggled against Wisconsin last year, throwing for only 200 yards.
Wisconsin is the better team but may have difficulty with the long road trip to Pullman. I’ll take Bucky but no quatloos.
Some games I will be investing in though.
Utah -7.5 @ Baylor - I usually preach don’t overreact to week 1. Teams that start off on the wrong foot quickly make changes and bite you in the back pocket.
But what was that Baylor? There’s upsets but the Bears were dominated by really bad Texas State team.
Utah is today’s Mark Dantonio Spartan teams at their best. Sound dominating football. They will easily dispatch a Baylor team that looks totally lost. Put me in for the first Mega Bet of the year.
More to come
Washington State brought in a new OC too, Ben Arbuckle from Western Kentucky. He also looks to put beat you through the air. Good news for QB Cam Ward who struggled against Wisconsin last year, throwing for only 200 yards.
Wisconsin is the better team but may have difficulty with the long road trip to Pullman. I’ll take Bucky but no quatloos.
Some games I will be investing in though.
Utah -7.5 @ Baylor - I usually preach don’t overreact to week 1. Teams that start off on the wrong foot quickly make changes and bite you in the back pocket.
But what was that Baylor? There’s upsets but the Bears were dominated by really bad Texas State team.
Utah is today’s Mark Dantonio Spartan teams at their best. Sound dominating football. They will easily dispatch a Baylor team that looks totally lost. Put me in for the first Mega Bet of the year.
More to come
