YTD – 7-5 +$659

Money bet Week #1 = $1,031

Bankroll YTD = $1,690

Money risked YTD = $2,766

Profit/Loss = $659

Return on Total Money Risked  = 23.8%

Return on Initial Bankroll = 63.4%

Closing Line Value – 2.6 pts

 

I will using the above calculations to show you return on my picks.  So far, Year to Date(YTD), we started with $1,031 in bets in Week 1 and our bankroll is $1,690. You would have returned 63.4% on your $1,031 you started with. In total, you would have risked $2,766 in bets made and returned $659 in profit, which is 23.8% on total money risked.

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RECAP

 

Back to the winning ways. Started the week out great with 2 easy wins on Thursday. La Tech destroying UNT and Houston Team Total hitting early in the 2nd half. Saturday has my first big dud of the year. No Chance for a win in the CMU game. MAC teams have just been brutal out of conference and I should have seen the signs there but thought CMU might be the class of the MAC. Losing their star RB due to criminal charges hurt as well, but would not have made up for the margin of error.

 

PLAYS

 

Mississippi St/LSU U50 risking $321 to win $300

Like this under alot. This is the marquee matchup in the SEC this week. Florida/Bama will get the hype but I think the Tide win that one rather easily.  This game will let us know whether Miss St is for real or not.  I like the Under here because the defenses are ahead of the offenses on both sides of the ball. LSU did get gashed early vs Wiscy but buckled down and have played solid defense. Add in the Death Valley at night factor and the LSU defense should be good to go. Miss St also sports one of the best defenses in the country and from what we have seen from LSU, they are not even close to resembling a high powered offense. LSU has run the ball almost 70% of the time and that should continue with the troubles at QB. I look for a grind it out game and I think it will be hard for one of these teams to break the 30 pt mark which one will need to hit the over.

 

Colorado -7 vs Hawaii risking $330 to win $300

I saw some things I’ve liked from Colorado last week vs Arizona St. Their offense can move the football and they have some big time playmakers there with WR Spruce. Hawaii is coming to the mainland and I look for them to struggle in their first game with travel. In the last 2 years. Hawaii has kept 2 games from losing under a TD and that was to lowly UNLV and Wyoming. I look for Colorado to get a nice win under their belts here and pull away from Hawaii late

 

West Virginia +11 vs Oklahoma risking $220 to win $200

This play has dropped down significantly so hopefully all of you got a good #. I have been impressed with WVU so far this year and being at home at night in Morgantown, and you have a tough situation for Oklahoma.  Oklahoma is one of the best teams in the country but I think they will be for a dogfight in this one. WV showed they can score with the big boys putting up massive # on Maryland and moving the ball vs Alabama. This line was too big and it was a value play for me and it looks like the sharps and books agreed on this side.

 

Florida St – 20.5 risking $330 to win $300

I said before the lines came out that if Florida St was under 3 TD’s I would bet them and here we are.  I think this will be a beating. Florida St was unhappy with their performance vs Oklahoma St and they are gonna want to show why they are defending champs with a message in this game. I think the matchup is more advantageous this year than last year’s beating at Clemson. Clemson’s offense is poor. They had one first down vs Georgia in the 2nd half. YIKES. This is not the Okie St offense that kept close with the Noles. Clemson is gonna find it hard to comeback from a deficit in this game without a passing attack and the Noles should take advantage of Clemson playing out of their comfort zone and prone to making mistakes. Add that the game is in Tallahassee and Noles should roll her with a statement game.

 

Maryland -1 risking $214 to win $200

Maryland is the better team here and I think they go to Cuse and win one. Cuse beat up a CMU team that isn’t very good. That CMU team learned of their star RB Rawls getting arrested and suspended and then went out and laid a dud vs Cuse.  Cuse offense is still not very good while we know Maryland can put points up on the board.

 

Iowa +7 risking $214 to win$200

Too many points here.  Perception on Iowa is low coming off 2 clunkers with one being the rivalry game vs Iowa St. Pitt perception is up with that primetime win over BC and James Connor playing amazing. I look for this to be a tight ballgame where Iowa can win.  This should be slugfest and I think 7 points is just too much.

 

So Miss -2.5 risking $214 to win $200

I like So Miss to get a win here. Big drop off in opponent with So Miss already playing Miss St and Bama and now get a good chance to get another W. I think Appl St still rolls with the perception of that win over Michigan but they are not a good football team. I look for So Miss to win this one rather easy.