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Best NFL Predictions: Broncos-Bears ESPN Monday Night Football

Sports betting picks and predictions are up for the Monday Night Football clash between the Broncos vs. Falcons as OffshoreInsiders.com has all the intel.

Ready to keep an undefeated record in tact? It was a weekend sweep for the Key POD as it just keeps rocking. Saturday Utah State stays well within the number and Sunday the Bills were a laugher, much like the Texans a week before. So the POD is undefeated all NFL season and on a 21-7 long-term NFL run. Get the Monday Night Football total as it is the strongest over/under all season regular or preseason.

You have seen winner after winner backed by hard-core sharp information when you have unlocked the same information whales use before playing their bets. If a day has an exception, the POD will pass. But today has a clear-cut best bet on the board. Get annotated documentation why this line is just too far off that is must be pounced on.

The biggest side selection, without question, is from GodsTips, the top NFL capper ever. Too many close calls early, but we came back by sweeping late and Sunday Night Football. The Chargers were a Wise Guy. Perhaps MNF may never be as easy pickings as it was in the late 80s through mid-90s, but we hover around 60 percent winners every year, hitting with the Ravens are our only Monday night pick last week. Stay undefeated on Monday Night Football with the Ravens-Falcons right in my backyard. Also get a baseball side. Duff is a best selling sports betting author.

Matt Rivers: That’s right, one play yesterday and it was a 400,000* outright winner on Cam Newton and the Panthers after the monstrous Saturday led by a pair of highest rated 500,000* bombs on the Pitt Panthers and James Madison. That’s 1.6 million stars of profit for the weekend as I blitzkrieged the man as per usual, absolutely blitzkrieged the guy, bang!

One rock solid lock today, a 300,000* NFL no-brainer involving the Broncos and Falcons. Another bang!

Now to MasterLockLine. A few pushes, but the Power of 620 hits the remaining three plays to go to 35-17 this season with college and NFL service picks. 12-1 this week, we have a clear-cut No. 1 NFL and college football combined service for both the regular season and going back to NFLX. Based on one-unit per bet, they are up +19.1 this season, more than three full units up on the No. 2. Prime Time NFL Total of the Month Broncos/Falcons

Baseball service out of Detroit became the first service EVER to have three straight MLB seasons in which they won at least 40 units (one unit per bet) in 2006-08 and are the No. 1 all-time MLB service in units won. Their top plays are Mandated Plays.  Mandated Play total of the Year goes in the 10 ET hour, so plenty of time to bet with MNF!

No. 1 MLB service this season is out of the Metroplex. They already are in with the American League Game of the Year. Now the NL Game of the Year. Get the picks now for all winning sports services.

Sports Service Bets Week 1 NFL Tips 2012

Week 1 NFL odds, point spreads, fantasy football projections, sports handicapping service selections and betting previews are up from OffshoreInsiders.com

From 2012 week 1 spread betting trends to fantasy football odds, the OffshoreInsiders.com Network is updated the famed sports betting Tailgate Party as bettors read this.

Nobody is hotter than the MasterLockLine. Get $213 worth of picks for just $16. The power of 620 sports services behind every play goes 10-0 Saturday and 18-2 with all football picks overall.

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4-0 with 10-Dime picks already. Service out the Hampton Roads is No. 1 in college and pro football combined in 2010-12. Stats are out of 620 services and syndicates monitored, rankings based on total net units won based on one-unit per play. Though every play wins at a remarkable rate, their highest rated are 10-Dime Plays. 10-Dime debut for 2012 with GA Tech covering Monday. Saturday it was Arizona State, Mississippi State coming through. 10-Dime side, 10-Dime total in NFL

Las Vegas service is No. 1 for 2010-12 all sports combined. Their highest ranked plays are four weight, though both three and four-weight plays are hitting above 68 percent the last two years. 2-0 4-Weight of NCAAF on Kentucky/Louisville OVER wins. Second of season on Ball State covering to Clemson. NFL regular season 4-Weight for Steelers/Broncos

Kongpop Sukhibomrong, head of the famed Pan-Asian Syndicate has overtaken Statmaven Sports as the No. 1 all-time ranked sports service in terms of plays that were re-released on the MasterLockLine based on units won. 2 NFL totals

Sensational handicapper out of Philadelphia is No. 4 all-time in all sports and No. 1 since Jan 1, 2010 overall. He rated picks 5, 7.5, and 10 stars. He is No. 1 all-time NFL pre, regular, and postseason combined. Just one 10* out of the game and it’s on Niners/Packers.

Yes all of the above are on the MasterLockLine. Now to the single biggest bet of the day and talk about red-hot, LateInfo continues to amaze. It is a 16-2 overall tear on LateInfo. Get yet another winning lock on the early card. “Big Red” is a major figure and pioneer in offshore betting. He has unique access to professional oddsmakers and gamblers. All his bets are based on consulting with elite handicappers, pro bettors and linesmakers. He has a 1 ET winning side on the Rams/Lions.

Activated only as sharp information dictates and formally part of the FreeScoreboard scorephone days, since 2001 LateInfo is 70-80 percent in each and every sport, broken down college and pro separately.

Now to the only American bettor given the title of Grandmaster Sports Handicapper. That belongs to grizzled veteran Joe Duffy.

Sunday, it is a Wise Guy play on Patriots-Titans among five winners. GodsTips is the top NFL service off all-time. We started out the season with the Cowboys outright and build on the winnings this week. Get the strongest bet in the industry, a Wise Guy play from GodsTips.

Also with an early lock: The Key POD has never had a losing season in college or pro football. Get started with a 1 ET kickoff today. There is so much intel behind the Key Play of the Day, it is no wonder the winnings are almost unprecedented in sports betting lore. Computer angles, super systems, sharp service plays, auto-fade contrarian insight, sportsbook betting patterns analyzed, simulators, private and public betting databases and more result in the Key Play of the Day using the scientific method. Check out all the bullet points that document the Sunday lock.

Matt Rivers is on fire too. It is insane how fire hot I am right now, insane. 500,000* Syracuse with a beyond easy cover, 400,000* Purdue with a beyond easy cover, 300,000* Mississippi State with a beyond easy cover. The 200,000* on Savannah State was obviously no action thanks to mother nature so a 3-0-1 day and more than another cool million plus stats of profit.

It’s now six straight winning days with a profit of 3.9 million stars and also 11 of the last 12 days as I go north of an insane 6 million stars. Just another two more winners today as I kick off the NFL season in grand style. 400,000* Falcons-Chiefs along with a 300,000* Steelers-Broncos. I am not content and will win again as will you!

LSU makes it 4-1 with named plays in football for the Canadien Crew. The wunderkinds of the Canadian Crew have the Sunday Night Best Bet of the Month plus the NFL Total Best Bet of the Week among three huge pro football locks. Get the card now from the superstars.

The Great One Stevie Vincent has Level 4 and Level 3 pro football sides as he builds on a 4-1 football recent record. He has the highest winning percentage of any football handicapper on earth.

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Top Handicappers Picks: California vs. Syracuse, Florida at Texas A&M Purdue at Notre Dame, Michigan State at Central Michigan

What a TV schedule for college football scores and odds. One of the biggest plays in the industry starts at noon ET with Penn State vs. Virginia and it’s at OffshoreInsiders.com

Penn State at Virginia, Auburn at Mississippi State, Central Florida at Ohio State, Maryland at Temple Tulane at Tulsa, Miami (Fla.) at Kansas State, Southern California vs. Syracuse, Florida at Texas A&M Purdue at Notre Dame, Michigan State at Central Michigan are among the big TV winners.

We start with the handicappers breakdown with the famed Key Play of the Day. Noon ET ABC start Virginia hosts Penn State. A lot of very sharp money is matching with computer angles, trends, simulators and more. It is perfect. You can watch and you will win.

Matt Rivers says:  Another sweep of the board yesterday with the 400,000* Yankees along with the 300,000* Cubs plus 175, 12-2. It’s now five straight winning days with a profit of 2.7 million stars and also 10 of the last 11 days as I approach an insane 5 million stars.

I absolutely love this slate today and am therefore releasing a rare four plays. I’m not a guy who likes to play a lot of games as that isn’t the formula for success. But today I am all in and ready to continue to completely dismantle that Crookie. The highest rated play of my life is here in a 500,000* USC-Syracuse mortal lock along with a 400,000* Purdue-Notre Dame, 300,000* Auburn-Mississippi State and 200,000* Savannah State-Florida State. Dogs, Chalk, Totals? Winners! Get Rivers 500K at OffshoreInsiders.com

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Now to the best ever: Fresh off hitting Utah State under as our only football play, the greatest handicapper in the land, GodsTips has seven college football winners for today. This includes the biggest pick in all of Creation, a Wise Guy play side. There are several line moves this week. Some are sharp, but should not be chased. There are some dumbo moves to fade. We have sharp versus square, competition consensus and so much more. Folks, 7-0 is within serious striking distance

Now to MasterLockLine, where you get $176 worth of picks for just $16. It’s a handicapper’s clearinghouse. Service out the Hampton Roads is No. 1 in college and pro football combined in 2010-12. Stats are out of 620 services and syndicates monitored, rankings based on total net units won based on one-unit per play. Though every play wins at a remarkable rate, their highest rated are 10-Dime Plays. 10-Dime debut for 2012 with GA Tech covering Monday. Three 10-Dime Plays Saturday

Right Angle Sports is the No. 10 handicapper off all-time, No. 4 totals handicapper in all sports is off a big opening weekend. They released six plays, though one was cancelled out by a superior service play. Get the five that survived the cut

Las Vegas service is No. 1 for 2010-12 all sports combined. Their highest ranked plays are four weight, though both three and four-weight plays are hitting above 68 percent the last two years. First Four-weight of NCAAF on Kentucky/Louisville OVER wins. Second of season on Ball State/Clemson side

As consistent of a winner in any sports as any service in the history of betting is Sports service out of Midwest is the No. 1 all-time CFB service in units won. Their highest rated plays are Executive Plays. Though two Executive Plays, one washed out by strong action the other way. Get the one Executive Play that survives.

Now to the famed Canadian Crew. The wunderkinds are licking their chops at the thought of the Washington vs. LSU contest. This is the ESPN Prime Time Best Bet of Month and is among three collegiate football sides and an over/under. There are so many ways to win in sports betting: sides, totals, motivation, scheduling, home/road performance, matchups, trends, angles, situations among others. The oddsmakers need to be right every game. Professional gamblers need only to exploit when the linesmakers fumble. The Canadian Crew has mastered that.

Less is more has always been the credo of The Great One Stevie Vincent. He has hit three straight NCAAF plays. He has fewer picks than most and a higher winning percentage than all. Today, get the High End Window O/U of the Year plus a Level 4 side as college football winning just keeps trucking on. Get this bombshell total in which you must bet 4-5 times your normal amount plus a really powerful side.

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Vegas Heisman Trophy Watch 2012: The Race Heading into Week Two

The first weekend of college football was a showcase for several preseason Heisman Trophy favorites. While some preseason picks struggled and made a trip to New York less likely, others seized the opportunity to throw their names in the race.

Each week, we’ll update the list with new stats and information as some players make their way into the Heisman conversation and others drop out. Here’s the watchlist heading into week two:

2012 Heisman Trophy Watch Week Two

Matt Barkley – QB, USC

Barkley was the Vegas favorite heading into the season, and he didn’t disappoint in the Trojans’ opener against Hawaii. The senior quarterback threw for a 75-yard touchdown on his first pass of the season, finishing with 372 yards and four touchdowns. He had 220 yards in the first half, and the number could’ve been significantly higher had his receivers held on to a few more balls.

Geno Smith – QB, WVU

The last time America saw Smith on the field, he and the Mountaineers were obliterating Clemson, 70-33, in a game where Smith threw for 401 yards and six touchdowns. He seems to have picked up right where he left off after the bowl game. Against Marshall last weekend, he completed almost 90% of his passes, 323 yards and four touchdowns.

De’Anthony Thomas – RB/WR, Oregon

Thomas doesn’t get a ton of touches, but he doesn’t need to.  Against Arkansas State in the season opener, Thomas played less than one quarter and scored three touchdowns. He averaged 21.3 yards per carry and 13.8 yards per catch. Sure, the Red Wolves just aren’t the same class as the Ducks, but don’t forget, in last year’s Rose Bowl against Wisconsin, he had just two carries: for 91 and 64 yards.

Le’Veon Bell – RB, Michigan State

The Spartans’ junior running back stole the show in the season opener and helped Michigan State get the win over the Boise State Broncos. He ran for 210 yards and two touchdowns, but he also had a whopping 50 touches (44 carries, 6 catches). He averaged 4.8 yards per carry but the Heisman race is a marathon, not a sprint; it’ll be difficult to sustain that pace until December.

Marcus Lattimore – RB, South Carolina

Everyone wondered how he’d come back from last year’s season-ending ACL injury. After losing a fumble on his first carry, he showed why he was in the Heisman conversation last season before being injured. Lattimore had 23 carries for 110 yards and 2 touchdowns and was the SEC Offensive Player of the Week. Not a bad way to start a Heisman campaign.

Tyler Wilson – QB, Arkansas

Wilson had a great game in the Razorbacks’ opener, with 367 yards and 3 touchdowns in the warm-up win over Jacksonville State. If he can continue that pace – completing 70% of his passes – throughout the SEC schedule, he’ll make a strong case for the trophy.

Marqise Lee – WR, USC

After one game, USC fans speculated that Matt Barkley’s biggest competition for the Heisman might be his own teammate. Lee, the sophomore who Trojans coach Lane Kiffin says might end up being “the best ever” to play at USC, is the one who turned Barkley’s first pass of the year into a 75-yard touchdown. He also had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the second half and after the first week, he leads the nation in all-purpose yardage (282). The scary thing about his performance against Hawaii? As good as he was, anyone watching knew he could be better: Lee had a couple dropped passes that would’ve gone for big yards, if not scores.

Montee Ball – RB, Wisconsin

Ball didn’t have an impressive week in the opener, averaging just 3.8 yards per carry. The Badgers relied on him heavily: he had 32 carries and three receptions for 151 total yards and a touchdown. Ball’s still very much in the race, but if he continues to have such a daunting workload, it’ll be harder to stay fresh and post the numbers he’ll need to win the Heisman.

Denard Robinson – QB, Michigan

Robinson earned himself the “Overrated” label when Alabama rolled over the Wolverines in prime time during the biggest game of Opening Weekend. He threw for exactly 200 yards and one touchdown, but he completed just 42.3% of his passes and threw two interceptions. Robinson can still have a stellar year, but as the adage goes, “A first impression is a lasting impression.” It’ll be tough for him to come back to the win the trophy after last week.

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Another sweep of the board yesterday for Matt Rivers with the 400,000* Yankees along with the 300,000* Cubs plus 175, 12-2. It’s now five straight winning days with a profit of 2.7 million stars and also 10 of the last 11 days as I approach an insane 5 million stars.

I absolutely love this slate today and am therefore releasing a rare four plays. I’m not a guy who likes to play a lot of games as that isn’t the formula for success. But today I am all in and ready to continue to completely dismantle that Crookie. The highest rated play of my life is here in a 500,000* USC-Syracuse mortal lock along with a 400,000* Purdue-Notre Dame, 300,000* Auburn-Mississippi State and 200,000* Savannah State-Florida State. Dogs, Chalk, Totals? Winners! Click now to access

NBC College Football Bets: Purdue Travels to South Bend to Take on the Fighting Irish

The greatest handicapper in the land, GodsTips has seven college football winners for today. This includes the biggest pick in all of Creation, a Wise Guy play side. There are several line moves this week. Some are sharp, but should not be chased. There are some dumbo moves to fade. We have sharp versus square, competition consensus and so much more. Folks, 7-0 is within serious striking distance. Click now to access

Notre Dame, fresh off their week one victory over Navy in Dublin, makes its home debut this Saturday against long time in-state rival Purdue. Notre Dame heads into the game with backup quarterback Tommy Rees and inside linebacker Carlo Calabrese available for the first time this season, fresh off their one game suspensions. Purdue’s starting quarterback Caleb TerBush will be making his first start of the season against the Irish. Notre Dame leads the series with a record of 55-26-2. The game will be broadcast at 3:30pm EST on NBC.

Purdue are one of the great spread success stories over the 20 year history of the modern spread offense. Former head coach Joe Tiller and former offensive coordinator Jim Chaney devised a pass-heavy scheme that made future NFL quarterbacks Drew Brees, Kyle Orton and Curtis Painter stars at the college level, while giving a head ache for the Big 10. Purdue was on the vanguard of an offensive revolution that has completely changed football from the NFL on down to high school. The increased emphasis on five defensive back defenses, like the one Notre Dame used last week against Navy, is directly tied to the spread offense.

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College Football Gambling and Betting Tips

Top sports betting services have checked in with substantial Pitt vs. Cincinnati betting predictions and OffshoreInsiders.com breaks it down. The Bearcats are now (-5) with a total of 50.

Top sports handicappers picks for Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati football tips service bets are led by the Grandmaster himself, Joe Duffy’s GodsTips.

Now to the real and only Matt Rivers. Like I said yesterday this is the roll of a lifetime as all I do is destroy that Crookie. Dallas came out and did exactly what the squares said they were not going to do. But I am no square and rolled as I always do. Two more winners today, a 300,000* Pittsburgh-Cincinnati along with a 200,000* involving the Cubs and Nationals. The profit is basically 3 million stars over the past 9 days and it is only getting better today!

Because the MasterLockLine monitors each and every one of the nation’s top sports service, handicappers, tip sheets and syndicates, you will get every Game of the Year play worth betting. Every last one in the industry is yours. That’s why you get more legitimate service Games of the Year on the MasterLockLine than anyone else.

Here is the MasterLockLine menu: Service out the Hampton Roads is No. 1 in college and pro football combined in 2010-12. Stats are out of 620 services and syndicates monitored, rankings based on total net units won based on one-unit per play. Though every play wins at a remarkable rate, their highest rated are 10-Dime Plays. 10-Dime debut for 2012 with GA Tech. Second is on the side of Cincinnati/Pittsburgh

Mon Valley Sports is the top regional teams specialist in all of sports. In 18 previous years, they have hit no worse than 53 percent in sides and totals involving the Steelers, Pirates, Pittsburgh and West Virginia, the latter two in football and basketball, plus Duquesne in NCAAB. Over the last 13 years, they hit better than 59 percent. College Football Total of the Month on Pittsburgh/Cincinnati over/under.

Now to the powerful betting syndicate, The Canadian Crew. The wunderkinds swept NCAAF Saturday. But while many gamblers were chomping at the bit for more bookmaker punishment Sunday and Monday, the boy wonders at the Canadien Crew said nothing rose to the level that the three winners did. So the first pick since the sweep goes tonight. It is the ESPN Thursday Night Best Bet of Month on Cincinnati-Pittsburgh.

The Great One Stevie Vincent has hit two straight collegiate football picks. Less is more has always been the credo of The Great One Stevie Vincent. He has fewer picks than most and a higher winning percentage than all. That is why he spread them out, but they come up roses when the numbers dictate. Just one play tonight, but it is the best bet by any handicapper on the Panthers/Bearcats total. Click now to access all top pro bets.

Odds NFL Week 1 2012 Regular Season: Giants vs. Cowboys Start If Off

Here are betting lines for Week 1 NFL point spreads 2012.  The Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants spread picks starts it all out.  Top NFL wagering experts have already researched some of the odds and pro gamblers picks will be posted on OffshoreInsiders.com

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08:30 PM 451 Dallas Cowboys +3½ +180 45
452 New York Giants -3½ -210 45
01:00 PM 453 Indianapolis Colts +9½ +390 42
454 Chicago Bears -9½ -475 42
01:00 PM 455 Philadelphia Eagles -9 -395 41½
456 Cleveland Browns +9 +325 41½
01:00 PM 457 Buffalo Bills +3 +130 40½
458 New York Jets -3 -150 40½
01:00 PM 459 Washington Redskins +9½ +380 50
460 New Orleans Saints -9½ -465 50
01:00 PM 461 New England Patriots -6½ -265 47
462 Tennessee Titans +6½ +225 47
01:00 PM 463 Jacksonville Jaguars +4 +175 38
464 Minnesota Vikings -4 -205 38
01:00 PM 465 Miami Dolphins +12 +520 42½
466 Houston Texans -12 -660 42½
01:00 PM 467 St. Louis Rams +9 +340 46½
468 Detroit Lions -9 -410 46½
01:00 PM 469 Atlanta Falcons -3 -145 41½
470 Kansas City Chiefs +3 +125 41½
04:25 PM 471 San Francisco 49ers +5½ +200 45
472 Green Bay Packers -5½ -240 45
04:25 PM 473 Carolina Panthers -1 -133 47
474 Tampa Bay Buccaneers +1 +113 47
04:25 PM 475 Seattle Seahawks -2½ -145 41
476 Arizona Cardinals +2½ +125 41
08:20 PM 477 Pittsburgh Steelers +1 -105 44½
478 Denver Broncos -1 -115 44½
07:00 PM 479 Cincinnati Bengals +6 +245 41
480 Baltimore Ravens -6 -290 41
10:15 PM 481 San Diego Chargers -1 -120 47½
482 Oakland Raiders +1 +100 47½

College Football Lines Week 2 of 2012 For Sports Handicappers Picks

Week No. 2 college football betting lines are up for sports handicappers picks. It was a winning week for sharps in opening week handicappers such as GodsTips, Right Angle Sports, and the Canadien Crew.

08:00 PM 301 Pittsburgh +3½ 49
302 Cincinnati -3½ 49
08:00 PM 303 Utah -7 54
304 Utah State +7 54
12:00 PM 305 Penn State +10 44
306 Virginia -10 44
12:00 PM 315 Central Florida +17½ 50½
316 Ohio State -17½ 50½
12:00 PM 329 Miami Florida +7 52
330 Kansas State -7 52
12:00 PM 351 Auburn +3 47
352 Mississipi State -3 47
12:00 PM 355 Maryland +10 44½
356 Temple -10 44½
12:00 PM 367 North Carolina State -6 50
368 Connecticut +6 50
12:00 PM 369 Tulane +25 59
370 Tulsa -25 59
12:20 PM 343 East Carolina +22
344 South Carolina -22
12:30 PM 319 Ball State +27½ 66½
320 Clemson -27½ 66½
03:00 PM 325 North Carolina -8 54
326 Wake Forest +8 54
03:30 PM 307 Indiana -13½ 51
308 Massachusetts +13½ 51
03:30 PM 309 Air Force +21 61½
310 Michigan -21 61½
03:30 PM 321 Rice +9½ 61
322 Kansas -9½ 61
03:30 PM 331 Michigan State -23½ 48
332 Central Michigan +23½ 48
03:30 PM 333 USC -27 58
334 Syracuse +27 58
03:30 PM 335 Purdue +14½ 52
336 Notre Dame -14½ 52
03:30 PM 337 South Florida +1 54
338 Nevada -1 54
03:30 PM 345 Iowa State +3½ 46
346 Iowa -3½ 46
03:30 PM 359 Florida +1½ 53
360 Texas A&M -1½ 53
03:30 PM 389 Western Kentucky +40 53½
390 Alabama -40 53½
04:00 PM 323 Toledo +3 55½
324 Wyoming -3 55½
04:00 PM 339 Wisconsin -7½ 51
340 Oregon State +7½ 51
06:00 PM 379 Akron +23½ 55
380 FIU -23½ 55
06:30 PM 341 Fresno State +34 73½
342 Oregon -34 73½
07:00 PM 311 New Mexico State +21 58½
312 Ohio -21 58½
07:00 PM 317 Idaho +16½ 50
318 Bowling Green -16½ 50
07:00 PM 347 Washington +24 53
348 LSU -24 53
07:00 PM 349 UTEP +7½ 55½
350 Mississippi -7½ 55½
07:00 PM 353 Texas Tech -17½ 60
354 Texas State +17½ 60
07:00 PM 381 Louisiana Lafayette +3 64½
382 Troy -3 64½
07:00 PM 383 Florida Atlantic +8 48
384 Middle Tennessee -8 48
07:00 PM 385 Memphis +23 56
386 Arkansas State -23 56
07:00 PM 387 Louisiana Monroe +30½ 57
388 Arkansas -30½ 57
07:30 PM 313 Kent State +7 41
314 Kentucky -7 41
07:30 PM 363 Nebraska -5 61
364 UCLA +5 61
07:30 PM 365 Army +4 48
366 San Diego State -4 48
07:45 PM 327 Georgia -3½ 55
328 Missouri +3½ 55
08:00 PM 357 New Mexico +37½ 53½
358 Texas -37½ 53½
08:00 PM 361 Louisiana Tech -4 60½
362 Houston +4 60½
08:00 PM 371 Vanderbilt -3½ 54
372 Northwestern +3½ 54
10:30 PM 373 Duke +14 58½
374 Stanford -14 58½
10:30 PM 375 Oklahoma State -13 70
376 Arizona +13 70
10:30 PM 377 Illinois +1½ 48
378 Arizona State -1½ 48

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Handicapping College Football: Georgia Tech

The No. 1 best selling sports betting eBook, “Sports Betting Secrets, Handicapping Myths, Wagering Tips” is a treasure chest of college football gambling intel and information. But handicapping teams on a year-by-year basis is also of importance and that’s what we’ve done with the 2012 GA Tech football preview.

In order to become a highly recruited elite player you have to either be invited or figure out a way to show up at some manufacturer’s sponsored combine event and display your talents to the recruiting site experts.  If not, then you are quickly relegated to the category associated for lesser talented players with a very limited upside potential.  Coach Paul Johnson of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets could care less as he subscribes to the time tested old school way of finding football recruits; looking at them play football and their character as a person.

As the college football offseason slowly comes to an end along with the inordinate amount of; “off the field incidents” and numerous player suspensions, perhaps it’s an opportunity to take a deeper look into this problem in conjunction with the current manner of football recruiting and reassess the actual meaning of a student/athlete.  While all of the football playing schools now have summer recruiting events to get players onto campus and determine their potential for success, apparently this is no longer enough.

Given that all of this occurs in the summer when players are on break from high school prior to entering their senior seasons of eligibility, isn’t it ironic that these events take place simultaneously with State and local fairs around the country.  You know, those places with their midway rides, Ferris wheel, and competitions where you can throw a baseball and knock down the metal milk jugs and just have a real good time.  But the parallels with the fairs and football recruiting services is not only remarkably similar, it is identical.

What I remember the most from the State fairs are those events for the rural kids enrolled in the 4-H club who raised the biggest pig or best cow that they entered in the contest to compete for the blue ribbon, or the mothers who baked their special pie or signature entree’ for the taste contest with a panel of judges composed of the local rotary club members and other assorted chamber of commerce types.  Is this stars rated football recruiting any different?  Would a major sausage manufacturer really care what some local business owner thought was a prized sow or bovine?  Was the Pillsbury Corporation going to buy Daisy Mae’s recipe for corn bread because two out of three judges working at the local hardware and corner drug store voted it the best ever?

This current atmosphere of stars recruiting is no different than these State fair events with their local “experts” looking at a pig or devouring a slice of rhubarb pie then awarding the blue ribbon to the contestant of their choice.  In fact this recruiting process is just as ridiculous.  I was recently reading a “scouting report” of a player who has offers from several major schools that said; “he lacks the ability to get penetration into the backfield and therefore will not make much of an impact at the next level.”  Naturally the person who wrote this critique did not attach his or her name to the report but they are no doubt an “expert.”  Much like the individual who after hearing Elvis Presley audition said; “don’t quit your day job.”

In the past few seasons since Coach Paul Johnson arrived at Georgia Tech he has had numerous players graduate early with eligibility still remaining to play another year of college football.  However, several of these players have elected to forgo their last season of football and take a job offer from Microsoft Corporation and immediately begin their career with a Fortune 50 Company.  While none of these players were five stars recruits they did contribute and became members of a team that won an ACC Championship and lots of games the past four seasons.  The epitome of what a student athlete should strive to be in this era of college football.

Unfortunately, the current trend of recruiting highly rated stars players has resulted in a disturbing reality that these kids are entitled to do what they want once they arrive on campus which has resulted in an alarming number of arrests, suspensions, and dismissals from these schools.  This privileged evolution has just now recently created the situation whereby a recruit in essence has said; I will come but only if you also bring several of my teammates.  Although now both the school and player are backpedaling and indicating; “that comment was taken out of context.”  Only time will tell if this is true or false once signing day arrives in February, 2013.

For the life of me I cannot ever remember reading about the owner of the biggest pig or best cow in the State ever getting arrested for engaging in a fist fight at a bar, or the winner of the best pie taken to jail for carrying a gun or being under the influence of narcotics.  Nor do I know if the blue ribbon prize winning sow became pepper bacon at the local meat market, or if the recipe for the best cherry pie was sold to a nationwide franchised restaurant chain.  But here is what I do know; the current media hype surrounding college football recruiting is quickly becoming out of control.

As it stands now the proverbial tail is wagging the recruiting dog at most schools, thankfully not at Georgia Tech.  It was very refreshing to read about a recent recruit who gave an oral commitment indicating that he selected the Institute because of their highly ranked computer program.  Perhaps having players obtain employment with a major five stars Computer Corporation in that academic field was a helpful component that also went into this player’s decision making process.  Although I will wait for the actual signing on the dotted line come next February given the last minute recruiting drama that too often occurs, this is the type of student/athlete that I will enjoy watching compete for the Yellow Jackets.  Perhaps Microsoft will too.

I will also observe with great interest the player who was the brunt of that unflattering scouting report and see how he performs as a student/athlete at the next level.  I’m actually keeping my fingers crossed and looking forward to him hopefully electing to attend Georgia Tech and have numerous games much like the non five stars DT from Maryland had last year who couldn’t be blocked and made 22 tackles against the Yellow Jackets.

BTW, the player from Maryland was an All ACC first team DT and potential All American heading into this season despite being a meager two (2) stars player coming out of high school according to the recruiting experts.  Who knows, maybe his mother never won a blue ribbon for the best pie at the State fair but certainly raised one heck of a football player that the recruiting services didn’t think merited much of a look.  Go figure.

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