On
this Day 10 Years ago….I wrote this.
http://michiganmanmmq.blogspot.com/2007/11/bos-gone-today-of-all-daysnovember-17th.html
Angelique C. has a great column today that you should read
as well….
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/2016/11/16/schembechler-recalled-charismatic-confident-caring/94000776/
Has
it really been 10 years???
Moving
Right Along!!!
WTF…It’s
like a guy can’t take a long weekend around here without the wheels falling completely
off the Maize and Blue wagon!
Michigan loses to sludge-fart Iowa…
A disturbing Trend: Michigan
cannot get a first down in crucial games late (sparty last year and Iowa this
year…)
And Speight’s out with a collarbone injury…
Vegas lines on Michigan-Bama jump 8 points on THAT news…
Before you all start losing your collective minds, in the
words of George Bailey…
Just
remember that this thing isn’t as black as it appears….
If you recall, the MMQ scouting report in the Pre-Season
Classic was calling for O’Korn as the starter. Some of you may remember that as a sophomore
at Houston, O’Korn was the Player of the Year in Conference USA
and had the stats to match. O’Korn get’s
Jimmy’s offense and is a step up in mobility from Speight. Plus experience. Yeah, there will be starter jitters and it
is, unfortunately, Indiana in November.
Recall last season’s 2 OT thriller and multiple other close contests with
the Hosers, who still are not yet Bowl eligible and would prefer to lock that
up sooner rather than later.
But, I also believe that Harbaugh can coach QB’s and the
transition may be pleasantly surprising!
Or
Total Chaos. We’ll
see.
THE
CFP
Michigan loses and everyone was expecting a drop by the committee,
but Michigan maintains 3rd position. READ: The
Hay is In the Barn. If you were
undefeated through 11 weeks of Football, the committee is going to reward you. The
suckeyes move up to the #2 spot pissing off everyone in Louisville and the
ACC. Clemson loses at home, but
still maintains the 4th position.
Somehow….
So,
- Bama
- Suckeyes
- Michigan
- Clemson
- Louisville
- Washington
Michigan and the suckeyes will sort things out in Columbus
on November 26th. Bama, we
can assume, could lose the Iron Bowl and still be in the SEC title game and at
this point, IMHO, has clinched a CFP berth.
The SEC Championship will change nothing at this point.
Clemson
NEEDS to WIN OUT or a door will open for someone. South Carolina is playing better
football. If Washington can win out, it
would appear that the Huskies are in.
But they have to win. It’s
November…Anything can happen.
As a result of some of the latest Committee rankings: There are plenty of folks that are screaming
for an expansion (to 6 or 8 teams) in the CFP and I think I’m really on the
fence right now. Granted, I would love
to have all the Conference Champions be represented in the CFP. You win your conference, you’re deserving,
but you
MAY NOT BE one of the top 4 or 5 teams in the country (WVU or
Oklahoma). But you’d make the play-off
and that would still make the regular season important.
On the other hand, if you want the hottest teams (LSU and
USC) in the play-off with 3 losses each (going towards 8 teams in the play-off),
you’re starting to slip down the slippery slope to an NFL style system where a
team that’s playing better than when the season started has a shot at knocking
off someone that’s been playing consistently all year.
That’s the rub and the trade-off. Reward the season or find out who’s playing
the Best Football RIGHT NOW.
Like I said, I’m on the fence. Stick with 4 teams. Reward the Deserving Season and the record. Go to 8 teams. Reward the Hottest Team Playing RIGHT NOW. IMHO: We’re
not ready for a Basketball style tourney with 2 seeds going down to 15 seeds.
Oops….Is
my that my “love of sparty losing”
showing again? 0-2 on the hoops
season, BTW!!!
The
FMQ
Of
course, there’s this guy:
At 12:24 p.m. PST on
Saturday, six minutes before the Clemson-Pitt game was to kick off, a bettor
logged into the William Hill app, offered to gamblers who live in the state,
and customized the following parlay moneyline bet:
-Unranked Pitt to beat
No. 2 Clemson
-Unranked Iowa to beat
No. 3 Michigan
-No. 20 USC to beat No.
4 Washington
The odds, which are
automatically added up by the app, spit out at 396 to 1.
By the time the night
was done, Pitt beat Clemson 43-42, Iowa beat Michigan 14-13 and USC beat
Washington 26-13.
After the games were
over, the bettor, Jeff Swartzlander, walked into the Silver Seven sportsbook
behind the Las Vegas strip and collected his winnings of $792 on a $2 bet...
Sigh…I
need to bet more “winning” parlays.
Opposite week kind of sucked. I haven’t called “re-load” yet, but I’m getting
dangerously close to running out of betting cash. It’s been a wild and crazy season, and I need
to nail a week to stay in business!
Last week’s results – Michigan didn’t help me at all….
So let’s see what we can do with the mess this week.
Thursday
Night Lights!
Louisville
@ Houston (+14.5)
I’m calling this the “Don’t Get NO RESPECT!” Game of the Season. Why?
Louisville is pissed that their only loss is to Clemson (on Clemson’s
turf) and they destroyed #24 FSU by 45 points.
Problem is: Louisville SOS sucks
and FSU losing has brought them down.
Houston, on the other hand, sort of fell off everyone’s radar after
upsetting Oklahoma but then losing to Navy.
This is Herman’s last chance to audition for a National Audience for
whatever school is going to hire him. I
know I shouldn’t, but there was a time when Houston could play Defense.
Take Houston
and the 14.5 for $10
Suckeyes
@ Sparty (+21.5)
The “Somebody I Hate Is Gonna’ Lose Bowl” for
sparty. Suckeyes got a huge shot in the
arm from the CFP committee that acknowledged their existence and have minimized
the PSU loss on the road. However, Spary
was able to soundly defeat Rutgers and maybe has turned a corner, if that’s
possible. I know I’ll probably hate
myself for this, but I have a feeling Sparty keeps it closer than 3 scores with
the suckeyes looking ahead to next weekend and at peeking at the
Michigan/Indiana score.
Take sparty
and the 21.5 for $40
Florida
@ LSU (-13.5) ORIGINALLY - LSU (-3)
When this game was supposed to be played in Week #6, LSU
was only a 3 point favorite. My, oh my,
how times have changed in 6 short weeks.
LSU is playing much better and I was taking them and laying the 3 points
then….I feel okay about laying 13.5 this weekend.
Take
LSU and lay the 13.5 for $20
Wash
State @ Colorado (-4.5)
This seemed like a tricky spread – AT FIRST – but then I
looked at a couple of things: ATS record
and Colorado’s ATS record at home where the air is a little thinner up in
Boulder. Yeah, that’s an advantage for
Colorado.
Take the
Buffalos and lay the 4.5 for $10
Va
Tech @ Domers (-1)
So Vegas thinks this is an ACC coin flip. I see this as a Fuente statement game of
sorts and he wants a pelt on the wall.
The Domers are definitely going through the motions at this point and if
Va Tech can play their A-game, I’m not sure it’s this close.
Take Va
Tech and the 1 for $10
USC @
UCLA (+12)
UCLA is a team that’s trying to find itself. Since Utah, USC HAS FOUND itself. If you were able to catch any of the USC
Washington game, you know what I’m talking about. I know, rivalry. But this feels different now.
Take
USC and lay the 12 for $40
Indiana
@ Michigan (-24) O/U: 52.5
This game hasn’t been decided by more than the spread above
in I don’t know how long. Where that
spread even came from is kind of beyond my comprehension. Therefore, I’ll be taking the road dog and
laying points in this one, but the Over/Under was also intriguing. Look for that in the parlay.
Take Indiana
and the 24 for $20
Parlay!
USC –
Sparty – Indiana: $40
USC –
Indiana - Mich/Indiana OVER: $40
MLB
Note: Verlander
just misses winning the Cy Young Award and he captured a majority of the 1st place votes.
But Kate Upton’s Tweet takes the cake!!!!
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