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So last week I continued my mastery of the colleges with a 5-1 week, including hitting my first 4-star play with Michigan State, who covered by 16. In the pro's I went 3-2, but did lose my first pro 4-star play. (Houston won, but just missed the spread number) For the year I'm 10-6 on Top Plays.
Colleges
3-star Purdue (+4) Northwestern
Georgia (-14.5) Vandy
Baylor (+17.5) Oklahoma St.
North Carolina (-4.5) Virginia
Colorado (-3.5) K-State
4-star Missouri (+4.5) Texas
As I mentioned last week, the Wildcats have been lucky and I suspect Purdue will come out with an outright win. Before the season this was set to be a more than 4 TD spread, so I will take the much superior talent of Georgia. The Big 12 has 2 games that are impacted because of last week. The Cowboys upset Mizzou last week and have Texas on tap next week. Can you say trap? Texas won their game of the year, while Mizzou stumbled. This week we see why Daniels is better than McCoy, as the Tigers win outright in my Big 12 Game of the Year. Colorado is a more disciplined team. In a case of an excellent coach versus a bad one, take Butch Davis over Al Groh.
NFL
NY Giants (-10) San Francisco
Kansas City (+9) Tennessee
Dalllas (-7) St. Louis
3-star New England (-3) Denver
Not a big fan of taking a team off a Monday Night game, but Coughlin should have his guy's focused after getting embarassed last week. The Chiefs are miserable, but they do have a huge home field and the Titans are good, but not this much better on the road. The Cowboys have lots of problems, but the Rams have many more. As bad as the Pats have looked at times during this season, with a win here and a Bills loss, they could be tied for first. I will always take Belichek over Shanahan, if given the chance.
Oh Scott, if you bet on Clemson, my college, for the rest of the year I would not be surprised if they lost the rest of their schedule.
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