Hey everyone.
Here’s the Week 14 Boxscore and Wagering review.
As in previous seasons, we’ll only report on the teams that are playing during the upcoming Championship weekend.
Let’s do itttt !
Boxscore review:
ACC
SMU 38 California 6 – The Mustangs ended the regular season in style!….Up 21-CACK at the half….415-254 yard edge for SMU but note that they were penalized 17 (!) times for 137 yards and they’ve had trouble with discipline all season (#131 penalty yards per game)….Another strong effort from the defense who didn’t allow Cal to get anything going whilst booking 5 sacks.
South Carolina 17 Clemson 14 – Legendary performance from ALL-MEGALOCKS TEAM QB LaNorris Sellers who rushed for the game-winning 20-yard TD on 3rd and 16 with just over a minute remaining…..Clemson took the ball well into FG range but QB Cade Klubnik threw an INT…..432-419 yard edge for South Cackalacky….They outrushed Clemson 268-139…..Sellers had 164 yards passing, 166 yards rushing (2 TD).
Big 12
Arizona St 49 Arizona 7 – The Sun Devils rolled up and smoked their rival and jet into the Big 12 title game full of confidence…..Up 35-CACK at the half…..646-210 (!) yard edge for Arizona St, 284 rush yards and 362 yard thru the air…..RB Cam Skattebo 21-177, 3 TD.
Iowa St 29 Kansas St 21 – WHOA, NELLIE!….The Cyclones have their first 10-win season in school history and they did it with a victory over Kansas St in FARMAGEDDON……Led 24-14 at the half…..Kansas St cut the lead to 24-21 in the 3Q but that was it for them….364-324 yard edge for Kansas St but they had a ton of miscues including a ridiculous safety taken by QB Avery Johnson, a blocked FG, (-2) in t/o margin.
Big Ten
Oregon 49 Washington 21 – Nice tune-up for QUACK QUACK…..462-244 yard edge, 226 rush and 236 pass….Oregon’s defense tallied an impossible 10 (!) sacks….Note that star WR Tez Johnson played (3-36, TD) and said he was now 100% healthy (“veteran maintenance”) after missing a few games.
Penn St 44 Maryland 7 – Maryland scored the first TD and that was it for them….412-194 yard edge for Penn St who were 5/15 on 3rd down and 4/5 on 4th down….Everyone’s favorite HC James Franklin says “Why not throw a TD pass on the last play of the game up 38-7 from 15 yards out on the last play of the game?….I’m JAMES FREAKING FRANKLIN!”
SEC
Georgia 44 Georgia Tech 42 (8 OT) – What a game!….Georgia Tech led 27-13 with five minutes left…Georgia tied it up and won the game in EIGHT OT……563-405 (!) yard edge for Georgia Tech and they outrushed mighty Georgia 260-108…..Incredible performance from GT QB Haynes King who threw for 303 yards (2 TD) and rushed for 110 yards (3 TD)….Georgia QB Carson Beck with a brilliant game, 28/43 297, 5-0 TD to INT.
Texas 17 Texas A&M 7 – Dominating performance from the Longhorns who outgained the Aggies 461-248….They led 17-CACK at the half and the only Texas A&M TD came on a 93-yard INT return…..Texas A&M +5 backers must have felt like they spent a week in the HOLE at SHAWSHANK PRISON after this game….Down 17-0 and the bet looks lost….Pick 6!…17-7….One more TD and we cover!…..Aggies 2nd and goal at the Texas 2-yard line with 5 minutes left! We can do this!….Ok, 3rd and goal at the Texas 1-yard line! We’re gonna cover!….Ok, 4th and goal at the Texas 1-yard line! We can do it!…..STOPPED…..If that wasn’t torture enough, Texas A&M was driving late around midfield looking for some SWEET BACKDOOR COVER ACTION but they fumbled….Game over….Start the cars….Thanks for coming! Texas covers.
AAC
Army 29 UTSA 24 – The Roadrunners were playing great football coming into this game and Army pulled out the win….They’ll be hosting Tulane in the conference title game!…..404-324 yard edge for Army….UTSA did a great job vs the run holding the Black Knights to 217 yards on the ground (3.6).
Memphis 34 Tulane 24 – Yes, guy….Memphis plays their best game of the season taking down Tulane in convincing fashion on their home field…..460-374 yard edge for the Tigers and they outrushed the Green Wave 242-57 (!)…..Memphis was 10/16 on 3rd downs and +3 in t/o margin.
CUSA
Get ready for a rematch!
Western Kentucky 19 Jacksonville St 17 – The TOPPERS earn a spot in the conference title game and a rematch with Jacksonville St thanks to a 50-yard FG with three seconds remaining! Clutch, yo….426-328 yard edge for WKU and Jacksonville St was just 2/14 combined on 3rd and 4th down…..Gamecocks will host the CUSA Championship Game.
MAC
Miami Ohio 28 Bowling Green 12 – The Redhawks easily disposed of Bowling Green and they’ll get a chance to defend their MAC title….Miami led 14-5 at the half….Bowling Green cut the lead to 14-12 early in the 4th quarter but the Redhawks immediately responded with a 72-yard TD pass….376-261 yard edge for Miami and they outrushed the Falcons 121-51…..They were a combined 4/11 on 3rd/4th downs….BG was 3/16.
Ohio 42 Ball St 21 – The Bobcats got off to a 21-CACK lead and coasted….475-375 yard edge for Ohio, 270 yards on the ground and 205 yards thru the air….Note that the Cardinals had a big passing day….QB Kadin Semonza was 29/47, 333 yards, 3-0 TD to INT, Ohio had two 100-yard rushers (QB Parker Navarro, RB Anthony Tyus) and recorded four sacks.
Mountain West
Boise St 34 Oregon St 18 – The Broncos got off to a hot start (14-zip after first Q), star RB Ashton Jeanty rushes for 226 (!) yards, 465-342 yard edge for Boise St who will host the title game…..Beavers fall to 5-7 and will be home for the holidays.
UNLV 38 Nevada 14 – The Fremont Cannon stays with the Rebels!…..520-359 yard edge including an impossible 352 yards on the ground…..UNLV was 8/12 on 3rd down, 2/11 for the Wolfpack ……RB Jai’Den Thomas and QB Hajj-Mailk Williams each rushed for over 100 yards…..Don’t look now but UNLV is 10-2 and very much in contention for a CFP berth.
Sun Belt
Louisiana 37 ULM 23 – We’re not happy to see ULM fall short of achieving their 2nd bowl bid in school history but they’ve haven’t won a game since the second week of October so it’s not like they didn’t have their chances to book a 6th win….”Sharp” action will finally have to stop supporting the Warhawks at the betting windows…..at least for another eight months…….413-355 yard edge for Louisiana who were tied at the half 13-13 but they asserted their dominance in the 2nd half.
Marshall 35 James Madison 33 – Great job by the Herd! They were down 17-zip at hafltime (!!) but battled back to win the game in 2OT on the road….Misleading final as JMU had a 382-261 yard edge but couldn’t salt the game away….Marshall was outrushed 244-141.
Betting review
“Official” plays / Large plays
South Carolina +2.5 (W)
Liberty ML (L)
“Leans” / Regular plays
3-2.
ML Underdog Parlay Club
1/5. Couldn’t get three of them home this week.
See the ML Underdog blog posts for more details. It’s been a spectacular ride for ML UNDERDOG CLUB this year!
Season Win Total Club
Congrats SEASON WIN TOTAL CLUB! 7-2 this year with three ‘pushes’.
Vanderbilt over 2.5 – WINNER! They’ve got six wins and are heading to a bowl game.
Indiana over 5.5 – WINNER! 11-1 and off to the CFP!
Troy under 6.5 – WINNER! The Trojans finished the year at 4-8.
Navy over 5.5 – WINNER! Eight wins already and they’ve got the big game with Army on December 14th.
Connecticut over 4.5 – WINNER! Seven wins and heading to a bowl game.
Michigan St over 4.5 – WINNER! Five wins for Sparty.
Arkansas St over 6 – WINNER! Haters of the AWOOOOO Red Wolves have to do some soul searching. 7-5, BAY-BEE.
Louisiana Tech under 5 – PUSH.
FIU over 4 – PUSH.
Hawaii over 5 – PUSH.
Temple under 2.5 – LOSER. Owls finish the season at 3-9. HOOT HOOT! Congrats to the Owls and ‘over’ backers.
Arizona St under 4.5 – LOSER. Congrats, Sun Devils who are off to Big 12 Championship Game!
Futures and Props Club
As per usual, we’ll post our suggested ‘hedging’ activities on this week’s QUICK TAKES page. They’ll also be noted on the Futures blog page.
Oregon to win the Big Ten at +250 looks spicy! They battle Penn St for all the Big Ten marbles.
SMU at +2000 is live! They take on Clemson this week in the ACC Championship Game.
Iowa St +1000 is live! They battle Arizona St this week in the Big 12 Championship Game.
Miami Ohio (+240) faces Ohio in the MAC Championship Game. Dominant win over Bowling Green to get to the dance.
Oregon to win it all at +750 and Georgia at +325 are live. Miami +6600 is on life support after choking vs Syracuse and based on principle, we’d much rather see a team like South Carolina (or SMU if they lose to Clemson) get into the CFP.
Enjoy the games this week, PLAY SAFE, and we’ll talk to you on these pages after Championship weekend!