The Texas defense is the real deal Bruce was worried, There hasn’t been many updates to the Big Book of Guesses Have no fear, all is well. Just work has been a bit overwhelming. Mrs Doofus continues to throw me into the cauldron of gainful employment but like Glorida Gaynor, I will survive.
As I write this, I have a quatloos bet on the under 52.5 in the Penn State SMU game. I figured that SMU would struggle in the cold. So far so good as SMU has three picks already.
But two of the picks have been pick sixes. Pick sixes are under killers.
Here’s the rest of today’s picks.
Texas -13.5 vs Clemson – Clemson is the Indiana of the ACC. I mean who have they played? It got embarrassed by Georgia at a neutral site, lost to Louisville at home and lost to South Carolina in the regular-season finale. Against those teams, the Tigers offense struggled to score, Georgia (3 points), Louisville (21 points) and South Carolina (14 points).
The Texas defense is for real and will easily contain the Tiger offense. It ranks on the Top 10 in just about every category you can think of.
Texas has struggled on offense too but has the receivers to exploit a shaky Clemson secondary.
As I write this, I have a quatloos bet on the under 52.5 in the Penn State SMU game. I figured that SMU would struggle in the cold. So far so good as SMU has three picks already.
But two of the picks have been pick sixes. Pick sixes are under killers.
Here’s the rest of today’s picks.
Texas -13.5 vs Clemson – Clemson is the Indiana of the ACC. I mean who have they played? It got embarrassed by Georgia at a neutral site, lost to Louisville at home and lost to South Carolina in the regular-season finale. Against those teams, the Tigers offense struggled to score, Georgia (3 points), Louisville (21 points) and South Carolina (14 points).
The Texas defense is for real and will easily contain the Tiger offense. It ranks on the Top 10 in just about every category you can think of.
Texas has struggled on offense too but has the receivers to exploit a shaky Clemson secondary.
Tackle me if you can Ohio State Tennessee +7.5 @ Ohio State – Another southern team travels up North. But its not as far as you might think with Knoxville about 5 hours from Columbus.
Ohio State has shown it can’t win the big games under Ryan Day. Four straight losses to scUM and a near miss against Oregon.
This is not your Tennessee offense of years past. They love to run, hitting the ground on 61% of snaps, using a number of run concepts from inside zone, counter and power. Running back Dylan Sampson has been one of the toughest rushers in the nation, averaging 3.6 yards after first contact while creating 70 missed tackles. scUM was able to pound the ball against a Bucknut defense that is suspect in the middle. The Vols will expose this weakness.
Ohio State’s offense has been limited as well. Injuries are starting to pile up on the OL. Blindside tackle Josh Simmons' has a season-ending injury and along with Center Seth McLaughlin's injury has put the damper on the Bucknut rushing attack, Michigan stuffed 42% of Ohio State's attempts.
The Tennessee defensive line, particularly the edge positions, should dominate against the run and pass.
I’m going to put a small investment on the Vols money line too at +225
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