Ten Bold Predictions For The
Upcoming Season
Just ‘cause everyone else is doing one, I’m
going to do my own “10 Bold Predictions for the 2018 College Football Season!” These are bold because nobody else is giving
any of these scenarios or upsets a chance of happening.
1. New Coach Predictions: Nebraska will beat a top 15 team. Scott Frost will find a way to beat one of
the teams on the Cornhusker schedule that will be ranked in the top 10. Texas A&M does the same thing. Jimbo Fisher finds a way to beat somebody he’s
not supposed to in 2018.
2. LNU will not reach double
digit wins this season! LNU won a lot of close
games last season and were “weather gifted” in two games (PSU & Michigan)
that they should have lost. Look out for
the Opening Game opponent!
3. Tennessee will win
multiple games this year in the SEC. I
know, multiple could mean “2”, but they will win more than 1. Bonus: Pruitt may actually find a way to get the Vols
to a Bowl game!
4. Two teams from 1
conference will once again play in the CFP. But those two teams won’t be from the
SEC. Strength of schedule will finally
matter this year to the committee.
5. Clemson will lose one
regular season game. I know, they’ve done
that every season, so not a hard prediction to come true, but still, I’m
putting it in writing!
6. Arizona and new HC Kevin Sumlin
will win double digit games in the regular season! Sumlin
inherited QB Khalil Tate who closely resembles Manziel. And we know what Sumlin did with Johnny Money…When
I was perusing schedules over the weekend, I looked at Arizona’s and saw that
they have everyone “tough” at home (USC, Oregon and Arizona State). Their most difficult road game is at Utah.
7. LSU could be the “surprise”
team in the SEC West! LSU has Bama and cross
over Georgia at HOME… That’s a big
deal, especially playing in Baton Rouge.
If LSU can slip by Miami in the
first game, the showdown at Auburn on September 15th is set up. Win that one and everyone is talking about
LSU.
8. One of the AP pre-season
Top 5 Teams will not be in the Top 10 at the end of the regular season. Bama, Clemson, Georgia, Wiscy, & THE
STU. One of these guys is screwed. I think someone gets
surprised that is a potential “contender” in the CFP discussion. Bama has a weak secondary and Petrino isn’t
afraid to chuck it around. While
it might not happen this weekend, a pre-season Top 5 team will slide out of the
top 10 before season’s end.
9. The Best Team from the Big
iiX will have 2-losses. And that team will be
eliminated from the CFP because of those 2 losses. The final loss happening in the Big iiX
Championship Game, forcing the elimination.
10. A Team from the B1G East
will Win the B1G Championship. I know, this isn’t much
of a prediction, either, but I have a feeling that team will be playing a
1-loss Wiscy team. And the
two teams playing for the B1G Title will have met earlier in the
season.
THE FMQ
Now that I’ve been the FMQ
for multiple seasons, I ‘ve learned a couple of things:
1. As always, the FMQ seems to do better early in
the season (when the lines are screwy) and then when Vegas finally gets some
stats to look at, they get a little more tuned in.
2. I used to think “Focus on
2 or 3 teams”. It hasn’t worked out…With
the exception of Stanford and Mr. Lucky in the season Stanford went 11-1 ATS!!!
3. The opening week spreads
are some of the strangest you’ll see and there’s gifts on the board.
4. It’s time to GET BOLD
Early and try to make some dough!
A refresher:
We start the season out with $1,000 and hope to be on the winning side
at the end of the season! Simple
enough!
On to this
week’s picks:
New Mexico
State @ The Gophers (-21 O/U: 45): Strange spread (I think should be more?) I know NMSU just got CREAMED by
Wyoming. But, they now have 1 game under
their belt. The Gophers are going to be
in “First Game of the Season Mode” this week. NMSU on a short week. But I guess the Gophers get a game of film to
look at. Still, first games and large
spreads make me nervous.
Take the
Gophers and lay the 21 for $25
Take
the OVER for $25
Northwestern
@ Purdue (-3.5 O/U 51): Again, scratching my head. Everyone has the purple kitties finishing
ABOVE Purdue in the West. So why
aren’t the purple kitties laying points in this game? Road factor?
Purdue isn’t going to sneak up on anyone, still, I like a small home favorite
especially in the first game of the season.
Take the
Boilers and lay the 3.5 for $25
Take the
OVER for $25
Utah State @
LNU (-27 O/U: 51 MONEYLINE: $1,400): Hmmmm.
Strange line, indeed. I
don’t know who is making this line, but Friday night before Labor Day hasn’t
exactly been LNU’s night in past seasons. And this Utah State Aggy bunch is returning
all 5 O-Linemen and their QB. This team
was beating Wiscy at the half last season until Wiscy started doing Wiscy
things. Add a plethora of receivers and a
top NFL pick at tight end and you have the makings of an upset… I personally
think history rhymes here and while LNU plays well enough to win, they nevertheless
stumble
and bumble their way to a much closer margin of victory than this line
would lead you to believe.
Take the Aggies
and the 27 for $50
Take the
OVER for $25
Play Utah State
on the MONEYLINE for $30
Oregon State
@ THE Sex Toy University (-34.5 O/U: 64 THE STU MONEYLINE: -$4,500): Oregon State is the Rutgers of the Pac
12. OSU
only managed 1 (ONE) victory all of last season. On top of that, they ranked in the 100’s in
every measurable statistic on either side of the ball. Not saying that OSU isn’t good, it’s just
that they’re not very good. Sex
Toy U shouldn’t have a problem on Saturday. As confident as I am that STU will win, I
can’t pull the trigger on laying $4,500 to win a $100. But it should be a no brainer...
Take THE Sex
Toy U and lay the 38 for $25
Take the
OVER for $25
Texas @
Maryland (+10.5 O/U: 57): Texas is not back yet. And Maryland has had this date
circled on the calendar since they beat Texas on the 40 Acres last season. Maryland wants validation. Both Terp QB’s are back. The Terps will be Durk-less, but
I still like a double digit HOME DOG!.
Take the
Terps and the 10.5 for $25
Washington @
Auburn (-3 O/U: 48): Again, if Washington is supposed to be a CFP
contender, why aren’t THEY giving the points here? I guess Vegas has these teams figured
out and Vegas likes the Tigers. I can
never seem to figure out Auburn (early) and Washington is in a pressure
situation as this is being billed as their “Must Win” game of the
season. I’m not going to
disagree, but I really don’t know who to trust.
Maybe it’s time to
PASS
Louisville @
Alabama (-28.5 O/U: 59.5 MONEYLINE: $1,500): Alabama is opening up the season with more
or less a brand new secondary. Louisville
is starting a 6’ 4” Soph QB that is rumored to be a dual threat. Petrino would like to win this game bad.
His record against Satan is 0-4. If the Cards can get out in front early and
force Bama to play catch up, this game could be interesting in the 4th
quarter. VanGoder (the guy that the domers
canned as d-coordinator 6 games into the season) is the D-coordinator
at Louisville now and that makes me nervous.
But, I like to pick big upsets early.
First game for both teams, you never know what you’re going to get.
Take Louisville
and the 28.5 for $35
Take the
OVER for $25
MONEYLINE: Take Louisville for $10
Miami @ LSU (+3
O/U: 48 MONEYLINE: LSU +$150): Hmmmm.
This line is definitely strange. Of course, I’m probably
guilty of remembering Miami’s last 3 season ending losses as the “Team”
Miami was all last season. I
thought Miami was a little over-rated and even commented on that in my blog
when they rose to number 2. But when
they blasted the domers, I was more convinced and on the bandwagon and
then they subsequently collapsed, with ugly losses. So, I can’t like the Canes in this game…
Take LSU and
the 3 for $25
Take the
UNDER for $25
VaTech @ FSU (-7.5 O/U: 57): Again, strange line as FSU was
fighting for a bowl berth last season and VaTech seemed to be emerging… New coach at FSU in Taggart, but, QB Fancois
is back in the line-up for FSU and Fuentes lost some key personnel from
last season. I guess it’s prudent to
take the home team here and lay the points, but I expect this one could
boomerang on me big-time.
Take FSU and lay the 7.5 for $25
Michigan @
the domers (EVEN O/U: 47) This spread seems a little off to me.
The reason I say that is the domers are replacing two key components of
an O-line that, at times, struggled with good defenses last season – See the
Miami game. Granted, Wimbush had
something to do with that, but he hasn’t left yet. The domers are also starting a frosh RB that
has exactly 0 (zero) college carries going up against Michigan’s D. In addition, there’s a new D-coordinator in South Bend as
Jimbo Fisher hired the former domer D-Coordinator at Texas A&M. Add that to a shaky last half of the season for
Winbush who couldn’t hit ANYTHING or anyone and you have a
head-scratcher of a spread right here. I
would have had Michigan laying around 3.5 up to 6 points to the domers. The
O/U seems a little odd as well as I think the first team to 21 wins.
Take Michigan
and lay the 1 for $50
Take the
UNDER for $25
PARLAY!
3 Bet/Team
Parlay: 6-1
The Sex Toy
U – Bama - Michigan: $50
All B1G
Parlay:
Utah State –
Purdue – Michigan: $50
TOTAL
BET: $600
Bank: $400
ETC
THE Sex
Toy University Scandal ISN’T GOING ANYWHERE Yet!
So, in the age of social media and only
having to tap away with your thumbs (not even that if you have voice
recognition) people can air their grievances and disagreements pretty quickly. And without even having to think about
it. Which can always be dangerous. They’re
really should be a holiday for this – Wait!
There is! 
A Festivus For The Rest OF
Us!!
Zach and his mother are now attacking THE Sex Toy University, Urban
Legend, and whoever else they can think of. This is going to blow up and continue to grow
until THE Sex Toy University does something about the situation. READ: They will have to can Meyer.
“I’m just wondering where [Meyer’s] mentor was in his
thinking,” Lynn Bruce wrote. “The Earle Bruce I know would be disappointed at
best. My father was fiercely loyal – to a fault I will agree – but he would
never compromise his integrity by apologizing to someone who has lied and
brought so much damage to HER OWN CHILDREN and so many others. He would never
bow down to anyone if it meant being dishonest.
Lynn Bruce said Urban Meyer
would have stood up for Zach, “IF he were honest….IF he had integrity…..IF he
were truly a Christian….””
Hoo Boy….Questioning Urban Legend’s Christianity….
I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if
Zach and his mother are the next featured guests on some wild ass reality TV
show.
Stay Tuned!!
