CRIER'S CORNER
Written by: The Crier/SR Crew
Date Posted: 12/31/2010
HOW'S THE CRIER DOING?
After 17 weeks the blog results ATS (excludes “pushes”) for the Crier are as follows:
Local Games of Interest: 77-40 (2-1 last week)
Non-Millionaire Bowl Games: 2-4 (2-2 last week)
Millionaire Games: 58-44 (4-4 last week)
BCS Elimination Tournament: 9-6 (0-0 last week)
Total Record ATS: 146-94 (8-7 last week)
That's over 60% for all the non-believers out there.
Whether you follow the Crier in the blog or through the newsletter, there's plenty of action this weekend, as football winds down, so just continue to follow the rules and don't get cute and lose control because: "The Lord can taketh as well as giveth" (Crier 16:7).
Thanks for being with us through the Fall and Winter. Best of luck in all sports. Here's to a spectacular ending to the football season as it draws to a conclusion over the next five weeks.
Below is the schedule of the Crier's games from Saturday through next Tuesday (January 1-4). The remaining five bowl games to be played Thursday through Monday (January 6-10) will appear in a Peanut Gallery next Tuesday or Wednesday. Crier's Corner will appear here each Friday throughout the NFL Playoffs.
NON-MILLIONAIRE BOWL GAMES:
SATURDAY'S GAMES, JANUARY 1:
GATOR BOWL
Municipal Stadium – Jacksonville, FL
MISSISSIPPI STATE vs. MICHIGAN
At 501 yards per game, Michigan’s offense has improved dramatically. The lousy defense is a light year behind. No unit needed the extra practices more, except for maybe Mississippi State’s offense.
Preparing to face the Rich Rodriguez zone-read spread, Mississippi State is leaning on the know-how that helped them hold Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton to 136 yards passing and 70 yards rushing in a 17-14 loss. Besides containing Newton, the Bulldogs also contained Mississippi’s dual-threat quarterback Jeremiah Masoli in a 31-23 win in the regular-season finale. However, Michigan quarterback. Denard Robinson, runs a 4.3 40-yard-dash, faster than both, and faster than Mississippi State’s own leggy quarterback, Chris Relf.
An old bowl angle is to go against a favorite coming off a win against its archrival as Mississippi State is, especially if the underdog is coming off a loss to its archrival, which Michigan is. As for the also-important match-up, it’s not a bad one for Michigan because Mississippi State is in a similar boat program-wise after only two seasons in the Mullen regime, with an offense that while improved, is still over-reliant on the running game (68% of the snaps) and cannot yet play at warp speed (68.8 plays per game). Leading receiver Chad Bumphis is out with an injury, and nobody else has caught more than 22 passes. Bumphis accounted for 5 of the team’s total of 15 TD receptions. MISSISSIPPI STATE, 30-28.
ROSE BOWL
Rose Bowl – Pasadena, CA
WISCONSIN vs. TCU
The Badgers usually fare well enough out of conference against opposing speed-laden teams. Last season’s bowl win against Miami-Florida is the most recent example, and a blowout bowl loss to Florida State two seasons ago was a deceptive result that doesn’t tell the true story of that game, where they rushed for better than 200 yards and had entered the second quarter with a 0-0 score, but began turning the ball over to suddenly trail 0-21, with a team that was completing only 54% of its passes (this year’s bunch completes 74%).
Wisconsin has struggled in its most recent bowl games against opponents that could match their muscle. TCU is a smaller, speedy, crafty outfit that has scheduled non-conference outings vs. BCS Conference schools lacking in the kind of size that the Badgers possess. The Horned Frogs’ ultra- quick defense was able to contain the speed of Jacoby Ford and C.J. Spiller at Clemson last season, and the speed of the Rodgers brothers vs. Oregon State this season, as well as Baylor’s speed this season (Baylor also had a lousy defense. Wisconsin doesn’t).
Wisconsin’s offense isn’t so much interested in getting to and around the edge. It won’t try to spread out a TCU defense that can cover ground. It’ll just plow straight ahead with an o-line that goes 327-322-323-315-313 across, against an opposing defense that plays a base nickel (4-2-5) with good size at the tackles, but those interior linemen and backers have rarely faced the repeated pounding they’ll take here. WISCONSIN, 27-24.
FIESTA BOWL
University of Phoenix Stadium – Phoenix, AZ
OKLAHOMA vs. CONNECTICUT
Tough matchup for a UConn squad that averaged just 65 offensive snaps per game compared to Oklahoma’s 87 snaps per contest. The Huskies must bust out their disco records and keep the Sooners in the low 70s, if they are to have a shot here.
First off, the UConn offense must possess the football for as long as possible. and QB Frazer’s game plan is simple: take snap, hand off to RB Todman. The Husky o-line should find some success against a decent but not great OU defensive front seven. If the running game doesn’t get going, then this game is over. The UConn secondary feasted all year on bad offenses in route to 19 interceptions and a defensive pass efficiency that ranked 16th nationally.
Sooner QB Jones and his stable of play-making athletes are light years ahead of any offense that the Big East has to offer. Despite the Sooners’ hyper-aggressive play, Oklahoma is good with the football and doesn’t turn it over much. Look for a game that is tight early, as the Sooner defense adapts to what UConn likes to do on offense. But with a margin of error that is smaller than Rex Ryan’s pinky toe (yeah, we went there), eventually OU will start scoring….Frazer will start throwing….UConn will start losing, big. OKLAHOMA, 35-14.
MONDAY'S GAME, JANUARY 3:
ORANGE BOWL
Sun Life Stadium – Miami, FL
VIRGINIA TECH vs. STANFORD by 1
This Stanford offense is as good or better than the Kansas offense of 2007 that beat Virginia Tech, 24-21, in the Orange Bowl: 211-256 Run-Pass per game for Jim Harbaugh’s Cardinal, led by NFL draft hype of quarterback Andrew Luck.
But Virginia Tech brings a more productive and better-balanced offensive unit than they had in the ’07 Orange Bowl: 209-202 per game, led by a more mature quarterback Tyrod Taylor, who totally blew the ’07 Orange Bowl with early turnovers. Taylor’s receiving crew has been upgraded as his collegiate career has progressed. Hokies’ RB Ryan Williams can score from anywhere on the field and is still flying under the radar for the chunk of games he missed in October and early November.
Good opposing offenses got their yards and points against Virginia Tech’s big-rep defense this season, from Boise State in the opener, to East Carolina and NC State in mid-September and early October, to Florida State late. But since the Hokies won the last three of that quartet, they should stay in the hunt however things go early. Stanford’s defense didn’t play too many teams whose wideouts can be standing in front of their defender one second, and be behind him the next. VIRGINIA TECH, 31-30.
TUESDAY'S GAME, JANUARY 4:
SUGAR BOWL
Superdome – New Orleans, LA
OHIO STATE vs. ARKANSAS
The last time the Buckeyes saw Arkansas starting quarterback, Ryan Mallett, he was wearing a Michigan jersey and mucking up the "Big Game" against Ohio State in relief. This time, Mallet will be in there at the start, with a lot more confidence and game action under his belt. But "Mr. Big Arm" and the Arkansas offense couldn’t crack 300 total yards in their bowl game against East Carolina’s defense last year.
Statistically, this Buckeyes’ defense is on a higher plane than that pretty good ECU defense from last season, allowing less than 100 rushing yards per game and less than 200 passing yards per game. Although the stat sheet shows Ohio State’s defense with only 18 sacks, it didn’t face many offenses whose QB needs more time than most to set up and release. “Only” 18 sacks, but with plenty of tape on Arkansas’ offense, a quality defense and all this time to get ready, impactful pressure and picks figure to be in the picture.
Arkansas backers will have to live with the still-unbalanced nature of the pass-laden Arkansas offense, its sub-par rushing totals, and a defense that yields greater-than-par rushing totals per game. For Ohio State, 10 seniors and a couple of juniors have a legitimate chance to be drafted into the NFL. OHIO STATE, 33-25.
GAMES OF LOCAL INTEREST
SUNDAY, JANUARY 2:
TENNESSEE at INDIANAPOLIS*
After suffering through the worst three-game stretch of his career, Peyton Manning has turned it on in the last three weeks, leading his team to three consecutive wins and the driver’s seat in the AFC South. The Colts finally play a Week 17 game with some meaning and the entire Indianapolis team has a hint of desperation to them, making them a feared and formidable opponent with the playoffs approaching.
All semblance of fear and desperation left the building in Tennessee weeks ago, despite the best efforts of Jeff Fisher. Now the Titans are playing out the string for one more year, undone by turmoil and inconsistent play from a team with the talent to perform much better. Tennessee hasn’t beaten Indianapolis since October of 2008, a span of four straight games.
With so much on the line for the Colts, you can expect another Herculean effort from the older Manning. While Indianapolis has struggled to run the ball for most of the season, their backfield is healthy for the first time in months, and there is finally some talent at RB with a healthy Donald Brown and Joseph Addai. That versatility will come in handy against a Titans defense that has collapsed down the stretch. INDIANAPOLIS, 31-19.
JACKSONVILLE at HOUSTON* (Please see “Millionaire Games” below.)
DALLAS at PHILADELPHIA* (Please see “Millionaire Games” below.)
TAMPA BAY at NEW ORLEANS*
During these 17 NFL weeks, we’ve noted New Orleans’ poor record vs. the spread off short weeks a few times: it’s 0-2 ATS this season, and was 0-3 ATS last season.
As noted in last week’s Best Bet winner on the now 9-win Bucs, they are gung-ho, hell-bent on 10 wins, and have been since before the season started. They are a longshot for the post-season and need other teams to lose, but they’ll show up playing a hair-on-fire game here regardless of the fact that other teams are essentially deciding their fate while they are banging heads in a revenge game vs. a division rival that embarrassed them in Tampa by the score of 31-6.
One caution flag on road underdog backers of this Tampa team 6-0 ATS in the role this season and 11-3 ATS in the role since last season is this: Without running backs Bush and Thomas, the Saints out-gained them by 200 offensive yards in that first meeting, and the Turnover Ratio was even. NEW ORLEANS, 33-23.
MILLIONAIRE GAMES
SATURDAY'S GAMES, JANUARY 1:
DALLAS FOOTBALL CLASSIC
Cotton Bowl – Dallas, TX
NORTHWESTERN (+9.5) over TEXAS TECH
Against an offense that nets only 3.8 yards per rush attempt, passes more than it runs and won’t punish them at the line of scrimmage, Northwestern’s defense doesn’t appear to be overmatched. Northwestern’s squirrel-powered offense also possesses something that can frustrate a team like Texas Tech – it stays on the field and strings together long drives, keeping opposing offenses that like to establish rhythm with their own up-tempo, high play count approach – like Texas Tech (81 plays per game) – frustrated on the sidelines.
Texas Tech backers are encouraged because a few too many of those long, Northwestern drives seem to end in missed Stefan Dimas field-goal attempts, or turnovers. Red Raiders' backers are also encouraged by the absence of Northwestern’s #1 quarterback, Dan Persa, injured and out. Still, how does a defense like Texas Tech give up 463 yards per game when the offense is on the field for a nation’s high 81 plays per game? By being terrible, as terrible or worse than Northwestern’s alleged stop unit.
In this horse race, you get Northwestern with “weight off” for the apprentice jockey, who at 6’6”, can nevertheless see over his offensive line (unlike many Big Ten passers) and gun them from the gate against an opposing defense known for giving up ground. Without Persa, Northwestern, already with 7 wins, basically played two exhibitions to close the season, against Big Ten muscle of Illinois and Wisconsin that were playing for stuff (bowl eligibility for Illinois, Rose Bowl berth for Wisconsin), before regrouping and training up to the big match race. NORTHWESTERN, 33-30.
OUTBACK BOWL
Raymond James Stadium – Tampa, FL
FLORIDA (-7) over PENN STATE
Transition is the theme in Gainesville, but the change in coaching staff and schemes starts January 2. Until then – Urban Meyer is still the guy and the energy created by his near-term departure could power a small city. Every player on the Gators roster was recruited by Meyer and his staff, and despite coordinators interviewing for and taking other gigs, the focus at Gator practice has been intense.
Penn State certainly doesn’t want to give Meyer a win as a parting gift, but they just don’t have the personnel to hang for 60 minutes. Let’s start on the offensive end where PSU starts a freshman QB. Penn State averaged a respectable 374 yards per game this year, but averaged less than 290 yards against Ohio State, Alabama, and Iowa – all teams that rank in the top 15 nationally in total defense. The Gators defense ranked #9, and will provide all kinds of issues for this Big Ten offense. When the PSU running game stalls, QB McGloin will be forced to throw into the teeth of an opportunistic secondary that grabbed 17 picks this season. Plus, the UF punting unit ranked 5th nationally in yards per punt – meaning that JoePa’s offense will have a lot of green to cover if they stop the Florida offense.
Speaking of offense, Meyer’s has been anything but turbo-charged this year. But it all gets rolling with a creative rushing attack that will find holes in a Lion defense that gave up 4.5 yards per carry to rank 84th nationally, one spot behind defensive lightweight Kentucky. With extra time to prep and the ability to dump his heart and soul into one game, Meyer will have the Gators offense chomping. FLORIDA, 34-14.
CAPITAL ONE BOWL
Citrus Bowl Stadium – Orlando, FL
MICHIGAN STATE (+10) over ALABAMA
Because ’Bama is ’Bama, they were over-valued at the betting window in 2010. That trend continues into 2011. On the field, this is a decent matchup for Michigan State. Alabama comes right at you with a pro-style offense and that plays to the strength of the Spartans’ defense – a group that was just as stingy vs. the run as the vaunted Alabama defense. The MSU secondary will have some trouble containing Tide QB McElroy, but this group that gave up 18 TD passes also snatched 17 interceptions so they aren’t complete pushovers.
On offense, Sparty QB Cousins is a vet behind center. That is huge when playing against the multitude of schemes that Nick Saban and Kirby Smart throw at an offense. Cousins has a nice o-line, talented WRs, and two young backs that can make plays. Off the field, Saban has had to manage multiple distractions – including NFL talk with a bunch of his underclassmen, his offensive coordinator interviewing for and being turned down for the Colorado job, and his defensive coordinator being offered a position by Florida.
Up north, Michigan State has been nothing but focused, as coach Dantonio knows a win here probably pushes his team into the Top 5 in the final polls. “This football team has been special. So that will carry us,” said Dantonio during a bowl prep interview. When they’re getting double-digits, we think they’re pretty special, too. ALABAMA, 28-27.
SUNDAY'S GAMES, JANUARY 2:
JACKSONVILLE (-2.5) over HOUSTON*
Even lowering the boom on unrealized expectations hasn’t been enough for the Texans to get off the schneid, as Texas’ weak sister has now lost four in a row, again. They’ve got nothing left to play for but pride, but it’s becoming increasingly obvious that pride is in short supply in Houston.
Jacksonville blew their best opportunity to steal the AFC South last weekend, with David Garrard throwing a game-clinching interception in overtime. Now the Jaguars must defeat the Texans, and hope that the Titans can upset the Colts, for Jacksonville to sneak into the playoffs. With the Colt game at 1:00 EST and this game at 4:15 EST, the Jaguars will know whether or not this game means anything. If the Colts lose, you know the Jaguars will come out firing on all cylinders, and to their credit, motivation hasn’t been an issue for the Jaguars – it’s been consistency in execution that’s been the problem.
Luckily for them, they face a Houston team that echoes those mishaps, but compounded in scope. Maurice Jones-Drew and David Garrard will both be out of the game due to injuries, so it's Trent Edwards' turn to look like Joe Montana vs. a team that has the NFL-worst pass defense. JACKSONVILLE, 33-22.
BALTIMORE* (-10.5) over CINCINNATI
Baltimore is famous for disrespecting the Cincinnati Bengals; the Ravens – Ray Lewis in particular – felt incredibly slighted in losing two games to Cincinnati last year, as the Bengals rode a 6-0 AFC North record to the division title and playoffs. Of course, the Ravens failed in their first attempt to exact a little revenge in Week 2, losing by five in Cincinnati, which has caused this tiff to boil over in overdramatic fashion, as these things are wont to do when Lewis and the Baltimore defense is involved.
Suffice to say, the Ravens are about as motivated as you can get for a regular season finale, heading into a home match-up against Cincinnati. The Bengals showed signs of life for the first time this season in defeating San Diego and snuffing out the Chargers’ playoff hopes, riding the backs of their young receivers in the process.
Baltimore, unlike San Diego, will not allow Cincy’s young receiver corps much room to maneuver, not when a victory coupled with a Steelers' loss could result in the AFC North title and first round bye in the playoffs. Carson Palmer will find much less room in the pocket than last week, and should once again turn into a pumpkin against a ferocious Ravens team that is peaking at just the right time. BALTIMORE, 33-11.
DETROIT* (-2.5) over MINNESOTA
Just what the Vikings wanted, not! Close their home slate with an outdoor game where they were humiliated by division-rival Chicago, stay in Philadelphia an extra two days because of a snowstorm in Philly that forced a Sunday game to Tuesday, then close the season with another road game, off a short week, at the end of a disastrous season where they pretty much got what they deserved for buying into Brett Favre, and having two defensive players who sued the NFL after being nabbed on substance-abuse things last season.
The entire “vaunted” defense has played most of the season like it’s been off steroids, or something like that. Too many rushing yards allowed, too few sacks, too few turnovers (Detroit’s defense has acquired more) for a unit that has been known for the opposite. The punishment is not over. Now, Minnesota has to lose to a division rival it has beaten six straight times, and 16 times in the last 17 meetings dating back to 2002.
Whether Brett Favre chooses to play or they need him to play, or if rookie Joe Webb is playing in a loud dome, or the Vikings have to resort to using the guy they just picked up off a couch (Patrick Ramsey) in the event Webb gets hurt, the Lions’ improving defensive front seven is the wrong unit for the Vikings’ offense to be facing right now, with two starting guards out, and RB Adrian Peterson banged-up and possibly shelved for a rather meaningless game in the Minnesota scheme of things. DETROIT, 31-13.
DALLAS (+7) over PHILADELPHIA*
“There is nothing to be gained against Dallas, but a lot can be lost,” wrote one Philadelphia sportswriter in the middle of this week. Although we usually don’t feel comfortable agreeing with what regular ol’ sportswriters happen to think, they can be right once in a while and there is historical precedent for the Eagles to give a lot less than the “A” effort in this particular game.
Head coach Andy Reid is a well-known tank-jobber in what are rightfully termed “meaningless games.” The Eagles are locked into the #3 NFC post-season seed. They cannot avoid it. They will be hosting a playoff game on this field next week. Already, Philly’s quarterback Michael Vick – the only quarterback with whom they can dominate a game has missed Thursday’s practice.
In 2004, after the Eagles had clinched the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs with two regular-season games to go, Reid changed the lineups around for the final two games, and lost them both, by 13 points to the St. Louis Rams and by 28 points to the Cincinnati Bengals (a 7-8 team going in). The Rams game was on a Monday Night, away. "We knew we weren't going to play the whole game, but we wanted to do our best," then-Eagles’ DB Lito Sheppard said of the regulars, who trailed 10-7 at the half. Then-starting QB Donovan McNabb played only one series. His back-up was Koy Detmer, who went 1-for-6 before third-stringer Jeff Blake came on in the fourth quarter. “That gave the night the feel of an August preseason game for the Eagles,” said the Associated Press recap. Then, off the short week, the Eagles totally tanked a home game to Cincinnati.
“The Philadelphia Eagles played as though nothing was on the line,” said the AP recap following the 38-10 loss to Cincinnati. An interesting thing about that game is that Cincinnati’s quarterback against a relaxed Eagles’ defense was Jon Kitna, who could return from a brief injury absence to play in this game for the Cowboys. "It's their first team against our second and third teams. It didn't look well," Eagles coach Andy Reid said afterwards. Hopefully, he’ll be saying the same thing after this Sunday’s game.
The Eagles’ regular season will have concluded with three games vs. NFC rivals in four weeks, a grind in itself. With the odd non-division game of the quartet, vs. Minnesota, causing all kinds of havoc after being shifted from Sunday to Tuesday, you have a situation where Philadelphia enters this game off a very short week, shorter than the usual Tuesday to Sunday off a Monday Nighter. Meanwhile, Dallas has a longer lead-in than usual because they last played on Saturday. It’s a revenge game for the Cowboys, their third such game against an NFC East rival this season. They avenged an opening-day loss to Washington several weeks ago (didn’t cover), and had earlier avenged a Monday Night home loss to the New York Giants with a road win only a few weeks later.
Although it appears as though Stephen McGee will appear for Dallas at quarterback, the kid will have more than a full week of practice, can move better than most people are aware (he gained lots of rushing yards in the Texas A&M offense), and would be playing with absolutely no pressure on him, against an injured defense where linebackers and defensive tackles have been limping off the field a lot lately, and defensive backs had been hurting before that.
The Philadelphia coaching staff is pretty cozy in their status. The entire Dallas coaching staff is still using this game, on top of the others since Wade Phillips was fired, as a resume-builder. Dallas is talking about playing seldom-used wide receivers in this game, which is just fine. Wide receivers are the least important part of a football team, especially one that has Marion Barber, Felix Jones, and Tashard Choice in the backfield, targeting a weakened Philadelphia defensive front. DALLAS, 26-10.
BUFFALO at NY JETS* (TOTAL UNDER 39.5)
The Jets spent an extra day in Chicago because of last Sunday’s snowstorm in New York. A regular week becomes a short week, and their chance to improve from a #6 playoff seed in the AFC hinges on other teams winning and/or losing.
Head coach Rex Ryan says that quarterback Mark Sanchez will start, but is also hinting that back-ups Mark Brunell and Kellen Clemens will see action. Also, that rookie running back Joe McKnight could get “extensive” action in the game. Sounds like a vanilla offensive game plan is in effect. As a playoff team without a bye, the Jets want to see a game with as few snaps as possible. The fewer the number of snaps, the less chance for injuries.
Meanwhile, “I’ve got to get this defense fixed,” Ryan said earlier in the week, after the unit allowed 25 first downs at Pittsburgh and 6.0 yards per play at Chicago in back-to-back games. Returning home, for a visit from Buffalo, is a good way to ‘get the defense fixed.” The Jets have been banging Bills’ QB Ryan Fitzpatrick around since he was Cincinnati’s back-up, and Fitzpatrick is not 100% healthy, having missed practice Wednesday. The Bills’ braintrust has expressed a desire to get RB Fred Jackson up and over 1,000 yards for the season. He needs 108, and should get carries early and often – against a good run defense. BUFFALO, 13-12.
ST. LOUIS (-2.5) over SEATTLE*
Pete the Cheat! Thanks for showing up in the NFL again, on this particular Seattle team! It was nice to bet against the guy, the team, and win. The “story line” here boils down to the winner winning the NFC West and hosting a playoff game next weekend as an underdog.
The Rams are better-coached, less injured on both sides of the ball, have better offensive and defensive statistics and commit fewer turnovers. A head coach like St. Louis’ Steve Spagnuolo, when he has a decent defensive line like he has with these Rams, will send them after a bad offense with a bad line and a less-than-mediocre running game (like San Francisco’s last week), and let the pressure dictate the flow of the game.
As mentioned with Tampa Bay and running back LeGarrette Blount last week, a power running back like Steven Jackson of St. Louis has yet to meet a Seahawks' defensive front seven player he didn’t like – to run through and over on his way into the matador secondary. St. Louis won the first meeting 17-3, and although the Rams are merely 1-6 SU away from Edward Jones home-dome this season, we’ll go back to what we said last week. When does a 1-6 SU road team become a 2-6 SU road team? When they face a home team that 1) stinks, 2) stinks, 3) has injuries, 4) stinks. ST. LOUIS, 24-13.
NEWSLETTER RESULTS - Week #17
Week #17 resulted in a profit again for the Crier, as he won 4.4 units going 7-5 ATS. For the first 17 weeks of the season, the record is now 197-122 (almost 62% for the mathematically-challenged) for a cumulative profit of 104 units.
By playing the newsletter games, your results should have been the same as or close to the Crier's results depending on your lines compared to the Crier's with maybe a 5-10% margin of difference, either way.
For those smart and lucky ones who have been receiving and following the Crier's selections, bowl coverage will conclude with the next issue, as we cover the last five bowl games.
For those football followers who want to play hoops, contact the Crier and he will e-mail you the daily action starting next Monday, January 3, through the end of the regular NBA season in mid-April. If you thought the Crier knows his College Football, wait till you see his College Hoops "expertise".
Good Luck, as we continue in the backstretch of the football season playing with a lot of "house money". Last week's newsletter results follow:
Week #17 (using Crier’s lines):
Date W/L Team Line Opponent Amt. Of Play Final Score
Dec. 22 W Boise State (N) -16.5 Utah BB 26-3
Dec. 24 W Tulsa +10 Hawaii* BB 62-35
Dec. 25 W Arizona* +7 Dallas RP 27-26
Dec. 26 L San Francisco +2.5 St. Louis* RP 17-25
Dec. 26 W Tampa Bay* -5.5 Seattle BB 38-14
Dec. 26 W Baltimore -3 Cleveland* BB 20-10
Dec. 26 L Houston -3 Denver* RP 23-24
Dec. 26 L Houston Over 48.5 Denver* RP 23+24=47
Dec. 26 L San Diego -7 Cincinnati* BB 20-34
Dec. 26 W Florida International (N) +1.5 Toledo RP 34-32
Dec. 27 W New Orleans +2.5 Atlanta* RP 17-14
Dec. 27 L Georgia Tech (N) +3 Air Force RP 7-14
* - Home team
N - Neutral site
SBB - Super Best Bet (3 units)
BB - Best Bet (2 units)
RP - Regular Play (1 unit)
Week #17
Type of Wager: W-L (excludes “pushes”); Profit/Loss (Cumulative in parentheses)
NFL Results ATS
Super Best Bets: 0-0 = 0%; 0 units (1-1 = 50%; -.3 units)
Best Bets: 2-1 = 66.7%; +1.8 units (32-20 = 61.5%; +20 units)
Regular Plays: 2-3 = 40%; -1.3 units (34-28 = 54.8%; +3.2 units)
Week #17 Totals: 4-4 = 50%; +.5 units (67-49 = 57.8%; +22.9 units)
College Football Results ATS
Super Best Bets: 0-0 = 100%; 0 units (10-2 = 83.3%; +23.4 units)
Best Bets: 2-0 = 100%; +4 units (51-32 = 61.4%; +31.6 units)
Regular Plays: 1-1 = 50%; -.1 units (69-39 = 63.9%: +26.1 units)
Week #17 Totals: 3-1 = 75%; +3.9 units (130-73 = 64.0%; +81.1 units)
Total Combined NFL and College Football Results ATS
Super Best Bets: 0-0 = 0%; 0 units (11-3 = 78.6%; +23.1 units)
Best Bets: 4-1 = 80%; +5.8 units (83-52 = 61.5%; +51.6 units)
Regular Plays: 3-4 = 42.9%; -1.4 units (103-67 = 60.8%; +29.3 units)
Week #17 Totals: 7-5 = 58.3%; +4.4 units (197-122 = 61.8%; +104 units)
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL THE GAMBLERS OUT THERE - MAY 2011 BRING YOU MORE WINNERS!
THE CRIER/SR CREW
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