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Las Vegas - Gonna roll over to the college football slate, and look at a delicious three team 10-point teaser. Kicking it off in Chicago, which will be a neutral site for the Notre Dame/Wisconsin game. Taking the Fighting Irish, and gonna bump 'em up from +6.5 to +16.5 points against Wisky. Then we move down South and drop North Carolina from -12 to -2 points against Georgia Tech. Finish up out West, grab Stanford and pump the Cardinal up from +5 to +15 points against UCLA.
Read MoreLas Vegas - Before you get too excited about Wake Forest coming into the game against Virginia with a 3-0 record, lemme hit you with this. The Demon Deacons beat Old Dominion, Norfolk State and Florida State. Not exactly Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State. And guess what? The Cavaliers offense is gobbling up more yards than any of those teams. Virginia is #5 on the national offensive charts, averaging 559 yards per game, mostly on the right arm of Brennan Armstrong.
Read MoreLas Vegas - Tyrod Taylor...out. Deshaun Watson...who knows. So Houston turns to QB Davis Mills. WHO? Exactly. Lemme give you some dirt on Davis. Mills was a third round pick coming out of Stanford and got his feet wet last week after Taylor was hurt. He wasn't great, he wasn't terrible (8/18 for 102 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT). What about the QB on the other side of the field? The guy the Jets let go, Sam Darnold.
Read MoreLas Vegas - If you're thinking that following trends could be profitable, these are the numbers you might wanna digest. Solid week for the underdogs, posting a 9-6-1 spread record. Also a money making week for the road teams with a 10-6 mark. And if you're planning on betting only Overs, or, only Unders, the final tally from the week was dead even at 8-8. As usual, advantage BOOKIES!
Read MoreLas Vegas - Cincinnati is still in the hunt for the second Wild Card in the National League, just three games behind St. Louis. And the Reds will send their best arm to the hill, Tyler Mahle. With a 12-5 mark and a 3.59 ERA, Mahle ain't gonna get any Cy Young votes, but he is ultra dependable. And against the Pirates, he's ULTRA perfect. Looked back over his three starts against Pittsburgh this season, and here's the skinny.
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