Hello Pregame! I missed last week, but back now for a short week. Not much to look back on, as this past weekend was rather uneventful. Ohio State had a close call and Nebraska suffered a surprising home loss. The 4 playoff teams remained the same.
The upcoming Thanksgiving weekend promises to be much, much different. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite sports weekends of the year. There may not be a better sports weekend each year than Thanksgiving. Major college football reaches its climax, the NFL heads down the stretch and college basketball really gets going. And this weekend is full of incredible college football games for sure! Plus, I will close out with what truly is a LOCK!
Here's what I see this weekend. Feel free to comment as you wish.
1. I really want to bet on Mississippi State. I was surprised to see them favored. I worry that I would bet on them as a fan, not a handicapper. My oldest son is a freshman at MSU, so I really want them to win over Ole Miss in the Egg Bowl. However, that performance by Ole Miss last Saturday was simply embarrassing. I've got to think Bo Wallace puts up some big numbers against this Miss State defensive secondary.
2. Who would ever thought they would see the day that there was a 20 point spread on the line of a Michigan-Ohio State game?
3. I would be very careful about betting Alabama -9.5 over Auburn this weekend. If this line moves above 10, I'm all over Auburn.
4. I also want to take Texas over TCU, but I would like to see if this line moves above 6.5. The Horns are playing much better football. I'll take Texas at home with a touchdown over TCU any day.
5. I'm a little suspicious of the USC-ND line. SC by 7.5? The Trojans have lost 4 games this season, but have responded to each loss with a win. Still seems like a high line to me.
6. I look at some of the bigger lines, such as Baylor -24.5 vs Texas Tech, and Kansas State -28 vs Kansas, and I am inclined to take the favorite. Really not a good environment for these underdogs. But I hate laying that many points. My take is to look at the totals on these games.
LOCK OF THE CENTURY!!
This is the most awesome, absolute best lockdown bet of the year, even the century! And it's this: The best game of the weekend will be the Shawnee Mission East Lancers vs the Hutchinson Salt Hawks for the Kansas Class 6A state football championship in Emporia, KS on Saturday.
Huh?
Obviously, this one is personal for me. My youngest son starts on the offensive line for the Lancers who are currently 12-0 and ranked #1 in the state of Kansas. They are going for their first football state championship in the school's 57 year history. The Lancers knocked off #2 ranked Olathe North 36-35 in double OT last Friday night in one of the most thrilling games I have ever seen at any level. It's not often a big game lives up to the hype, and this one exceeded it. So I will be sitting in the stands at Emporia State University this Saturday afternoon watching my son and his teammates do all they can to win the school's first football state championship.