My good buddy has some bets placed already. Some that I dont think are necessarily smart.
Would love OTs thoughts.

S. Carolina -6.5
Wazzu +12.5
Stanford -26
Navy +15.5
W. Virginia -25
Illinois -10.5
Iowa st. +1.5


Wug?

The lines that stick out the most to me are

Georgia Tech +7.5
UNLV +8.5
Ball State -3.5
Buffalo +38
Ohio State -23
Washington State +13

GL (I just gave myself the kiss of death IMO)

 

Originally Posted by DaVols

The lines that stick out the most to me are

Georgia Tech +7.5
UNLV +8.5
Ball State -3.5
Buffalo +38
Ohio State -23
Washington State +13

GL (I just gave myself the kiss of death IMO)

You basically just picked my tread contest picks.

Fuck yo kiss of death man. Back to the drawing board.

Sbeezy's picks (YTD 0-0):

Ball State/EMU Under 58.5
BYU/WashSt. Under 65
Duke/FloridaIntl Under 52.5
Ohio +6
Northern Illinois +10
NIU/Iowa Under 50

 

Originally Posted by The Smoking Pimp

Cowherd has South Carolina at number 6, lots of love for the Cocks in the national media. I see them as an 8-4 team this year or possibly worse if Vandy upsets them tommorow night. Might be wrong tho, wont be the last time if so. Lattimore is possibly the most overrated player in the country, he will not be the best back on the field tommorow night that is for sure(He has a career 4.9 rushing average which is the national average for backs). He might put up better numbers tho since So Carolina defense is much better than Vandys is

You been drinking? Value in anything Cowherd says is lolz. Than you state that Lattimore will put up better numbers cause their defense is better than Vandy's? Da fuck did I just read.

Half a level, but yea that explanation helped. Thanks.

 

Originally Posted by The Smoking Pimp

Even though I think Stacy is the better back.

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Bet lunch with a guy at work. He gave me Bama straight up against Michigan. He is an ex Tex AM tight end so no clue where his confidence in Michigan is coming from.

 

Originally Posted by DRock

nebraska covers -20, southern miss beat writer watching practice was on radio saying its so bad they are going to rotate 2 qb's which we all know means you have no qb's. at least one of them is playing first college game ever. offense will not do anything. defense will wear out. nebraska has veterans. easy blowout

I would go under 52.5 before I would take NU to cover the 20 honestly. I can see a 30-13 type game.

Northwestern -1 over Syracuse

Wazzu cover and over. Easy $

 

Originally Posted by BigStack Husker

Anyone like Iowa St at home against Tulsa getting a point? ISU really doesn't underachieve since Paul Rhodes has taken over the program. Don't know much about Tulsa other than they had GJ Kinne and a good WR last season.

I think this game is a pass, Iowa State usually doesn't play very well the week before their big game against Iowa. I also don't like Jantz very much at QB. With Tulsa, you've got ex-NU QB Cody Green at the helm, he didn't really show too much when he was at Nebraska, they do have Ja'Terrian Douglas/Thomas as a nice weapon.

 

Originally Posted by The Smoking Pimp

Even though I think Stacy is the better back.

are we sure Stacy is even the best back on Vandy? He couldn't beat out Norman as a frosh/soph and only started when Norman got hurt... he also had the benefit of playing with Rodgers and Norman did not

 

Originally Posted by DAWS

are we sure Stacy is even the best back on Vandy? He couldn't beat out Norman as a frosh/soph and only started when Norman got hurt... he also had the benefit of playing with Rodgers and Norman did not

Darren McFadden and Felix Jones could not beat out Darius Howard at Arkansas for two years, they are in the NFL, he is a bumb. Bad Comparison sir. Often times coaches cannot see the talent like last year took 5 games for Rodgers to get on the field over the dreadful Larry Smith for Vandy

 

Originally Posted by Tread

Look, I think the SEC is over-inflated more than most ppl, but there is no denying they produce the best defensive linemen of late and have most of the great defenses recently. Saying that Lattimore is average because he has a 4.9 avg is an incredibly dumbed-down opinion. His avg may be among the national avg, but the avg back playing in the SEC would not get anywhere near 4.9ypc. If you have a ton of carries and are averaging 5 yds/carry in the SEC, you are doing a damned good job.

Look at LaMichael James, there are some on this board who soiled their shorts everytime he touched the ball. But in the 2 games he played against SEC defenses he averaged 3.3 ypc on 31 carries.
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I agree with your first paragraph, but the LaMichael James comparison isn't a good one. First of all, James actually played 3 games against the SEC (2011 LSU, 2010 Auburn, and 2010 Tennessee, which is the one you forgot) had 47 carries, and averaged 5.0 ypc. So there's that.

And that goes directly into the point I was going to make before I looked it up and saw that he played Tennessee too...comparing James' numbers against two teams that played in the national championship game to Lattimore's numbers against everybody is a remarkably unfair comparison, for obvious reasons. Lattimore's feasts against teams like Tennessee are counting in his numbers just as much as grindfests against Alabama.

fwiw, the apples-to-apples comparison between Lattimore and James is that both played Auburn and Tennessee in 2010. Their numbers from those games:

James vs. Tennessee: 16 carries, 134 yards, 8.4 ypc 1 TD
James vs. Auburn: 13 carries, 49 yards, 3.8 ypc, 0 TD
Total: 29 carries, 183 yards, 6.3 ypc, 1 TD

Lattimore vs. Tennessee: 29 carries, 184 yards, 6.3 ypc, 1 TD,
Lattimore vs. Auburn: 16 carries, 84 yards, 5.3 ypc, 0 TD
Total: 45 carries, 272 yards, 6.0 ypc, 1 TD