Hey everyone.
Rivalry week was awesome! ROLL TIDE pulls one out of the fire. Michigan exercises the Ohio St demons. BEDLAM didn’t fail to disappoint as Oklahoma St squeaked past Oklahoma. Upsets. Crazy finishes. Point spread HIGH JINKS. Doesn’t get better than this, buh buh.
Here’s the Week 13 boxscore and wagering review. Let’s do ittttt !
NOTE – This week will only be posting boxscore comments for TEAMS THAT ARE PLAYING AGAIN BEFORE BOWL SEASON. As much as peeps would like to read about New Mexico St vs Massachusetts……………..
Boxscore review
SEC
Georgia 45 Georgia Tech 0 – Great warm-up for the mighty Bulldogs…..Bennett played the entire game at QB (255, 4-0 TD to INT)….463-166 yard edge for Georgia total domination as 5-TD favs.
ROLL TIDE 24 Auburn 22 – 4 OT classic…..First IRON BOWL to go to overtime…..Auburn up 10-CACK 4th Q and somehow choke the game away…..Had chance to run out the clock…..Went out of bounds once and that saved Bama precious seconds…..Tide had to go 97 yards with under 2 min to play with no timeouts to force OT…..388-159 (!) yd edge for Bama….Auburn 7 (!) sacks…..ROLL TIDE with 6……ROLL TIDE star WR J Williams dn play 2nd half due to targeting but is eligible for entire SEC title game.
Big Ten
Iowa 28 CORN 21 – Yup….Nebraska found another way to lose in painful fashion and the only trick they haven’t pulled yet is having a game winning FG attempt blocked by GIANT CRAB-LIKE CREATURES FROM OUTER SPACE…..<grabs popcorn….waits for 2022>…..Nebraska led 21-9 after 3Q….Iowa wins 4Q by a score of 19-zip…..364-327 yd edge Iowa…..CORN played with backup QB.
Michigan 42 Ohio St 27 – Well done, Wolverines!….Finally get that long-waited win over Ohio St……487-458 yd edge….297-64 (!) on the ground….Michigan 4 sacks…Ohio St 0….Buckeyes QB CJ Stroud was very good (394, 2-0 TD to INT) but their D was abused by the Michigan ground game…..Wolverines vs the opportunistic Hawkeyes for all the Big Ten marbles.
Big 12
Baylor 27 Texas Tech 24 – Bears are off to the Big 12 Championship Game!!….Fantastic……Led 17-3 but had to hang on….Red Raiders miss long game-tying FG at the end….Baylor played with backup QB….434-386 yd edge Bears.
Oklahoma St 37 Oklahoma 33 – Wildly-entertaining BEDLAM classic…..Each team with a non-offensive TD…..Sooners offense held SCORELESS in 2nd half (def TD, safety) and blew 33-24 lead heading into 4Q…..Had chance to win late were sacked on 4th and 10…..441-354 yd edge for Oklahoma….6 sacks for Cowboys.
ACC
Miami 47 Duke 10 – Neither team playing again before bowl season but we know peeps need to hear about THE Miami Hurricanes…..and when Duke loses at anything that’s a reason for the planet to celebrate…..530-219 yd edge, Duke only TD on KR…..Miami QB Tyler VAN DIMES continues to impress.
Pitt 31 Syracuse 14 – Good tune-up for ACC title game….333-242 yd edge, 4 more TD passes for K Pickett who better get an invite to the Heisman festivities, yo……Held powerful Orange ground game to 25 (!) net rushing yards (had 5 sacks).
Wake Forest 41 Boston College 10 – Yes, guy….DEACS bag a trip to the ACC Championship Game with devastating road win….413-182 yd edge.
PAC 12
Utah 28 Colorado 13 – 444-148 yd edge, no problem, rematch with QUACK ATTACK on deck, 265 rush yds.
Oregon 38 Oregon St 29 – Ducks jump out early 14-CACK and never look back….Nice bounce-back game after getting POLEAXED by Utah…..who by the way….they play again in the PAC 12 title game….506-393 yd edge…Nice game for QB A Brown 275 pass yds 2-0 TD to INT.
Independents
Army 31 Liberty 16 – 384-322 yd edge for Liberty and held Army to 220 (!) rush yds but (-2) in t/o margin and allowed 5 sacks.
Navy 38 Temple 14 – 291-182 (!) yd edge in SNOT BUBBLER that somehow had 52 points scored….Just 219 rush yds for Navy at 3.7 YPC.
AAC
Cincinnati 35 East Carolina 13 – Greatest Team of All Time holds off the pesky ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Pirates………444-282 yd edge……EC just 54 rush yds….Ridder 2 INT….Cougars up next in AAC title game.
Houston 45 UConn 17 – Yes, guy….Houston has won 11 straight….472-238 yd edge….Tune 301 pass yds and 4 TD….Good warmup for Cincinnati next week!
Mountain West
Utah St 35 New Mexico 10 – led 28-CACK at half….punch ticket to Mountain West title game!….440-186 yd edge.
San Diego St 27 Boise St 16 – Impressive comeback!….down 16-3….Backup QB J Brookshire leads improbable comeback by doing damage thru the air….192 pass yds and TD off the bench….408-319 yd edge….Off to Mountain West title game to face the JUGGERNAUT Utah St Aggies.
Sun Belt
Appalachian St 27 Georgia Southern 3 – 328-200 yd edge in sleepy tune up for Sun Belt Championship Game.
Louisiana 21 ULM 16 – another scrappy effort from the Warhawks as yuuuuge underdogs….391-325 yd edge for Cajuns…..never really threatened, up 14-3 after first Q, ULM TD with one minute left to get close.
Conference USA
Western Kentucky 53 Marshall 21 – WHOA NELLIE….Toppers take down the division with TRUCKING of Marshall on the road…..down 14-CACK then BOOM…..485-325 yd edge….Marshall starting QB hurt not sure it would have mattered once WK got rolling…..Zappe another 4 TD passes (52 for the season).
North Texas 45 UTSA 23 – MEEP MEEP already had the division clinched….NICE work by Mean Green who won four straight to end the year and gain bowl eligibility….456-336 yd edge North Texas….and an impossible 340 rush yds…..Face the mighty TOPPERS next week for the C-USA title.
MAC
Kent St 48 Miami Ohio 47 (OT) – YES!….FLASHFAST survives 2-pt conversion attempt by Redhawks in first OT to win the division and head to Detroit for the MAC Championship Game….642-549 yd edge for Kent St….303 rush yds 339 pass.
Western Michigan 42 Northern Illinois 21 – Huskies mail it in with backup QB already had division sewn up…..636-291 yd edge for Broncos…..Still alive for a bowl berth but there are a lot of MAC teams with 6+ wins.
Betting review
Big plays
Western Kentucky
BYU
Wiscsonsin
Leans
8-11. LSU was close to moving from “lean” to a play but so was Wyoming, Boise St, and a few others that lost. Plenty of unpredictable outcomes as per usual during Rivalry Week.
Moneyline Underdog Plays <see blog>
Hit 2/5. Play the 3X,4X,5X. Got a late lucky win with LSU. Sooners blew it. Kentucky got there. Seminoles lose by 3. Beavers never in it.
Season win totals HEAT MAP <see blog>
Good results for MEGALOCKS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE SEASON WIN TOTAL CLUB members.
UTEP over 3 (WINNER)
Alabama under 11.5 (WINNER)
SMU over 6.5 (WINNER)
Buffalo under 8 (WINNER)
South Alabama over 4.5 (WINNER)
NC State over 6.5 (WINNER)
Western Kentucky over 5.5 (WINNER)
Kent St over 5 (WINNER)
Temple over 3 (PUSH)
Duke over 3.5 (LOSER)
FIU over 4.5 (LOSER)
Washington over 8.5 (LOSER)
Futures markets
MAC
Kent St +1400. MEGALOCKS FAUCI IN A GUILLOTINE FUTURES CLUB members stay tuned for hedging recommendations.
AAC
Houston +1300 is set to play Cincinnati for all the marbles, yo. Can they beat the Greatest Team of All Time?
National Championship
Georgia +880 looks solid. Let’s gooooooooooo.
Mountain West
San Diego St +1600. MEGALOCKS CRISIS OF THE VACCINATED FUTURES CLUB members stay tuned for hedging recommendations.
Heisman
Bryce Young +250 just might have had a Heisman moment vs Auburn. Probably won’t look good vs Georgia. Current odds at BOL as we approach press time…..Young -210, Stroud +425.
GOOD LUCK and ENJOY WEEK 14!