College Football Saturday !!
Yesterday's Premium Play - 3* USF = WINNER
Yesterday's Free Play - None
**Very happy we cashed in on our CFB 3*** play with USF...Good game as they hung tought he entire first half..Second half Memphis stepped it up on defense, but made a key mistake late in the game with a PI call..That allowed USF to punch it in late in the game..We get the cover as we got +10 early in the week..Keep an eye on the weather today..Rain all over the east coast..Games will be impacted in a mjor way.
Today's Free Plays (2)
Vs. 128 Michigan St. / 127 Purdue OVER 56.5 PinnacleAnalysis: Michigan St. has been boring the last few weeks..Now they get into conf play for a game here with Purdue and i expect them to really turn up the offense...Purdue on defense has all kinds of issues....Mich St Connor Cook should have a field day with this Purdue secondary..They rank 108th in the nation against the pass and they allow 265 yards per game...Not very good...Purdue with the rush defense is poor as well..They are allowing almost 180ypg on the ground..So Mich St can go any which way they prefer here in this one...Mich St needs a staple win..i still believe flashy wins help at the end of the year..They should get a big boost here in confidence if they really take it to the Boilermakers...Mich St on defense has been rather blah this year..If you go off of stats, this game goes well over the total.....Michigan St struggles against the pass as well..Now they have played pass happy teams and have also been ahead in games...So that kinda hurt them in the stat area...Teams have moved the ball through the air though on this team...A good rush defense for Sparty, but still allowing 115ypg on ground..Purdue has a decent offense from what i have seen week after week...Purdue passing attack is decent enough to put up points on the board here Vs. Mich St..even if they gets away from Purdue, they have the talent to score late in garbage time if need be...Purdue has over 1000 yards passing so far in 4 games..They get about 260ypg...They also rush for about 160ypg...So we have offense on the field..A poor defense..And Michigan St defense that will bend, but won;t break...I see this one getting over the total here...I got this one in the area of 43-21 area
121 Ohio (-140) Pinnacle vs 122 AkronAnalysis:A tough game here for both teams..Big rivalry game here and Ohio is the better team..This opened up -4 and now is down to -2.5...I'll play the ML here because these games can be close and a 1 pt game is not out of the question......I think this number goes back up and this is more of a setup move....Ohio on the year has looked very good...They have some quality wins under the belt and played a tough Minnesota Gopher team right to the wire..Now that win might hurt this team if they didn't have the veteran leadership they have and a good coach in Frank Solich.. Solich always gets his kids up to play and will do it again today...I like the fact that this is an in-state battle..A letdown off a loss here looks to be the case for Ohio perhaps...Any other team outside the conf might be a different story...Not for today's game though....Ohio on the year avg' 31.2ppg...They have beaten Idaho in Idaho, and they scored a season high of 45 points..They also beat Marshall by 11 points..Took care of SE La St..and again played to the wire against Minnesota and lost by 3...The defense for this team is always solid...Year in and year out Solich gets this defense ready to play on Saturday's..I expect the Bobcats to come in here ready today..They allow just 19ppg and that number may in fact improve after this game today.On the offensive side of the ball for Ohio we have QB Derrius Vick..Vick has been very solid this year...His 51-75 passing for 742 yards spreaks volumes in my eyes..Vick has done enough this year to keep the Bobcats moving on offense and out of trouble..On 3rd down he has been very good..He has 6TD's on the year and only 2 Int's...He is not the runner most would expect..He is cool and calm, he stays in the pocket and delivers the ball...He suffered a bit of a ankle injury, but is 100% playing for this game...RB Ouelette and Patterson are a tough act to stop....Ouelette is a bruiser and will wear down this Akron front...Ohio ranks 58th in the rush and they are tied with USC for that spot...Passing the ball the Bobcats are 50th in the nation just shy of 1,000 yards passing..Ohio is very balanced..Very....When we look at Akron we can't help but notice the lack of a passing game..They rank in at 93rd in the country...Now the 93rd passing attack has to face the 67th passing defense in Ohio...Ohio gave up a ton of 2nd half passing yards when the game was in hand...Idaho threw the ball 48 times...A decent amount in garbage time...Same goes for SE La St...They threw the ball 32 times..Yards gobbled up in the 4th from them being down big as well....Marshal and Minn, both teams just over 30 passing attempts..Marshall threw the ball quite a bit as well in the 4th...So the Bobcats can hold up in the pass game and the passing defense IMO is much better then 67th in the nation...I think Akron will have trouble through the air with QB Thomas Woodson...He is completing just 50% of his passes and has 3 TD's total in 3 games..He also has 2 Int's in 3 games...He just isn't solid enough and being a Sophmore he lacks that big game pressure..I think that pressure will hurt him here in this contest...Ohio may in fact keep him in the pocket because he is a threat to run..The Ohio defensive front is pretty solid though...They have a total of 9 sacks on the year...They rank right near the top at 31st in sacks...A Qb who isn't very accurate worries me with pressure..They tend to skip reads, then run or force throws after they are tired of getting hit...I think this happens and we see turnovers here from Woodson...Akron O-line is pretty decent as they brought back 3 OL to the field..They can hold up, but i'm not 100% sure they can hold up very long Vs. Ohio's defensive front here...Akron is coming off a road win Vs. ULL and Ohio off a loss to Minn...One would think Ohio is the team that is more hungry here...Ohio is looking at a bowl bid this year that is much better then the Potato Bowl...They lead the Mid American Conf East...They can go a full 2 games ahead of the next best team which i think is Bowling Green.....This game may come down to a special teams score....We have one of the worst punters in the nation..It will be crucial for the Bobcats to avoid bad field flips here....Akron has almost the same issue, but they are not as bad.....I really think we get this win here today with our QB play though...He is the highest rated QB in the Mid American Conf..Yes, even higher then the Bowling Green QB...We also get the nod in the turnover dept as well...Akron moves the ball bit by bit..The avg yards per play is about 6.6 for the Zips...That is one of the worst marks in the Mid American...At the end of the day we get the nod in Coaching, QB play, Defense....The Bobcats are the better team and i expect them to rebound off a tough loss to a good team in Minnesota..The Ohio backers should show some decent crowd support as weel for the Bobcats....This should be a great game and i wish this one was being played mid week..Bobcats take care of business in a close one.
Let's Make It 3-0 CFB Run !!
Best Of Luck !!