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Las Vegas - First lemme tell you about the Carrier Dome in Syracuse. It's OLD, it's BORING and it's UGLY! But MAN is it LOUD! If you just looked at the Orange's overall record, 3-3, they would appear to be only average. However, where it REALLY matters, in the bank account, the 'Cuse is on FIRE. They have covered four in a row and five of the last six. On the other side of the field, Clemson is working on a NEGATIVE perfecto. The Tigers are 0-5 against the spread this season.
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Las Vegas - Not just any thumb, it's the RIGHT THUMB! TB12's right thumb. So, if you're Bruce Arians, do you sit Tommy Terrific and let the thumb get two weeks rest before facing the Bears on October 24? Or do you start Brady and roll the dice? Whew, tough one. Which makes the handicap tough as well. Normally, we would just phone in a bet on Tampa without even thinking, but with the thumb, this is anything but normal.
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Las Vegas - If you're all about underdogs in the NFL, you were probably flush after the first four weeks with the dogs sitting at 38-24. If you played all the dogs this past week, you gave back some of your cash, but still were in the black. It was a 7-9 cover mark, but the dogs are still barking with a 45-33 record after five weeks.
Great little piece of minutiae from my old Philly Daily News guy Ed Barkowitz.
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Las Vegas - Anyone know where Appalachian State is? No Google plz. Okay, it's in Boone, North Carolina, which is in the Western part of the state, a few miles from the Tennessee border, and smack in the middle of the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains. What's also gorgeous is the Mountaineers 4-1 record as they fly down to Lafayette, Louisiana to take on the Ragin' Cajuns. Shawn Clark took over at App State after Eli Drinkwitz took the Missouri job, and Clark is 14-4 since putting on the headset.
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Las Vegas - Not sure about laying seven with Baltimore now that Carson Wentz is throwing darts again (only one INT so far this season), so we'll try some halftime action. Thinking about the Ravens on the money line to win the 1st half, and if the Colts go into the tunnel with a lead, would come back HARD with Lamar Jackson in the 2nd half. Of course, if Baltimore cashed the 1st half bet, we're off to the spa for a massage!
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