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    Add one more . . .

    Washington, then Iowa, and now Northwestern. . . Meaningless FG here for the cover.:facepalm:
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    Illinois - Coaches threaten to boycott game

    Three Illinois coaches threaten boycott unless contract issues resolved It already was among the strangest bowls in the world. Illinois (6-6) enters the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl on Saturday with a six-game losing streak, which might be unprecedented for a bowl team. UCLA (6-7) needed a waiver...
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    2H St. Bonaventure/Illinois

    Taking Illinois -7 in the 2nd half. Expected the slow start after the big win over Gonzaga Saturday. Think they will get it together in the 2nd half and at least cover the 2nd half number.
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    Saturday Big Ten plus One Other

    Indiana +14 - As much I love my Illini's 5-0 start and as much as I'd like to see an out and out thumping by them today, I just don't see it happening. Indiana is bad but they have kept all their losses close at home, including last week against Penn St, who are comparable to Illinois this...
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    Trying to Hit the Spot - My NFL Plays

    YTD: 0-1 Going to try and keep all my NFL plays in one thread this season. I have been bad at keeping track of my record so hopefully this will make it a little easier. Started off on the wrong foot on Thursday going with the Saints. Thought the Packers would come out flat and they . . .um ...
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    Week 2

    YTD: 0-0 Hit with Wisconsin early but didn't post it so won't count it in my record. Going with these mid-afternoon games: Penn St. +10.5 (1 unit) - Call me a Big Ten homer if you will, pretty much anytime I can get the Lions catching double-digit points in a home game I am all over it...
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    Bielma looking for a beatdown . . .

    I bet on Wisconsin, so it doesn't bother me but a true dick move by Bielma there. Up 35-0 with a minute to go and he throws a 40-yard bomb on 3rd and 9. :nono: Don't know what you're trying to prove at that point.:shrug:
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    New Orleans Tonight

    Saints +4 (1 unit) Jumped on this a few days ago as I felt sure that the line would go down to 3.5 or even 3. Guess I should have waited since it's up to 4.5 now at most places. Don't think I'll need the extra half point though. Actually, I am tempted to go with the Saints on the ML here. I...
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    Best Things to do in Boston

    Going to Boston next weekend (the 19th-21st) to see my Cubbies take on the Red Sox at Fenway. Right now we've got tickets to Friday's game and may or may not pick up tix to Saturday's game too depending on how much the price comes down. Regardless, we'll definitely have all day Friday and...
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    Bears/Packers - what the line tells us

    Anyone who has been into one of my threads knows that I'm a huge Bears fan, so take all this with the appropriately sized grain of salt. Packers opened as a 3-point favorite; so what does that tell us? It tells that Vegas thinks that the general public is not taking the regular season into...
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    Seahawks This Weekend

    Huge Bears fan here and I really don't like going against them. I'm also not one of those who thinks that the Bears have just been lucky all year. They certainly have gotten a lot of breaks but they're also a very solid if unspectacular team. All that being said, 10.5 is just waaaaay too big...
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    BCS Warm-Up Game

    BC +8 Well, I've gotten my a$$ handed to me this bowl season (fortunately the NFL has been much kinder) but I'm a glutton for punishment and I really like BC tonight. Think the public is a little too enamored with Nevada's win over Boise. But Nevada is a run-first offense and that's the one...
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    5 Games For Sunday

    YTD: 11-4 on posted plays Like a lot of games early, and that always scares me a little bit.:scared . But I learned that when I like a game I need to just bet it and not try to differentiate between the ones I like and the ones I "really" like. Invariably I cost myself money when I do that...
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    Chargers Tonight

    YTD: 10-4 on posted plays San Diego -10 Another one that I'm doing through gritted teeth. Both the Chargers and 49ers have dumbfounded me at various points so far this year. Nevertheless, I *think* that San Diego is actually getting things figured out. I'm going to treat the Oakland game a...
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    Bills and Skins in the Early Games

    YTD: 8-4 on posted plays This is always an interesting time of year to wager on the NFL. On the one hand you've got a lot of games in hand which give you a pretty good idea of who's good and bad overall and also what each team does and doesn't do well. On the other hand, as the people in...
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    Sunday Plays - Buffalo and Cleveland

    6-3 YTD on posted plays. Buffalo +6 The Minnesota/Buffalo line has the wrong team favored IMO. It has been nearly two months since the Bills lost a game by more than 3 points and that was before Fitzpatrick took the reins. The Vikings, on the other hand, have had more than a couple games in...
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    Sunday plays

    4-1 YTD on posted plays Don't like anything as much as I've liked the last couple weeks, but still like a few. Giants -7 (bought down from 7.5) - Call me a non-believer but I just don't think this Jacksonville team is very good. They have survived the last two weeks off of sheer luck (against...
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    Ravens Large

    1-0 YTD Won my first and only posted play last week with the Bears, and I like this one just as much. Normally I'm not a fan of laying points on the road, especially double digits. But I think this is a pretty unique case. When the Ravens and the Panthers step on the field today, quite...
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    Bears Today

    Call it a homer play if you like, but the Bears take this one today. Bears are probably the least respected 5-3 team in history. There are a lot of legitimate reasons for that, but on the flip side the Vikings are probably the most respected 3-5 team in history. Vikings had a nice comeback at...
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    St. Mary's -6.5 (2H)

    St. Mary's shooting awful in the 1st half, but looked a little better towards the end. Don't expect the ice-cold shooting to continue. They will either pull out the win or keep it very close down the stretch.
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