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College Football Week 0 Spreads

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College football is back tonight, sort of. No matter what Jon Bois says. There are just two games on the docket to wet our appetite–Miami vs. Florida in Orlando and Arizona at Hawaii. Week 0 Away Home HFA IAW Spread Vegas Miami 19.91 Florida 11.26 0 -8.65 -7 Arizona 25.04 Hawaii 36.79 1.02 10.73 11 My rating likes Florida to cover, but that number has dropped from 7.5 to 7 in correlation with the total dropping from 50.5 all the way to 46. Some of that total drop is Miami making a QB move, but the majority of it is … Continue reading College Football Week 0 Spreads

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Meet The Mules–Fall Edition

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Fairfield Community High School held its annual Meet The Mules festivities Friday night, giving local sports fans their first looks at the 2019 squads. Players from football, volleyball, girls tennis, golf and cross country were all introduced, with the volleyball and football squads providing short scrimmages for fans to get familiar with the teams. Both football and volleyball are coming off record-breaking seasons last year, with both setting school marks for wins. The football squad scrimmaged first, utilizing the practice field as the game field was resodded in the spring and still wet from rain earlier in the week. The … Continue reading Meet The Mules–Fall Edition

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ACC Football Spread Predictions

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Here are the predicted spreads for every ACC football game, based on my preseason power ratings. In the Atlantic, national frontrunner looks like they will be a two-touchdown favorite in every regular season game of the year, and would be as well in any version of an ACC championship. The race is for second, where I have Florida State regrouping in Willie Taggert’s second year. Over in the Coastal Division, Miami hosts Virginia Tech in week five and Virginia in week six, giving them a slight edge in the conference race. Those are the next two teams in my power … Continue reading ACC Football Spread Predictions

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Big Ten Football Spreads

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Here are my preseason spreads for every Big Ten game, based on my preseason power ratings, in which Illinois in nearly a touchdown favorite four times. They could get to five wins and buy Lovie another year. They should be 3-0 when I make the trek north for the Nebraska game. Let’s hope I don’t tailgate enough I forget I’m suppose to be cheering for the home team. It has happened before. Sorry Clark. And if Michigan does not get Ohio State this year, they probably won’t under Jim Harbaugh. Ohio State has the better schedule, but that season finale … Continue reading Big Ten Football Spreads

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Take The Points 8-15-19

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Time for the weekly edition of Take The Points on Wabash Catch TV, airing Friday mornings on Wabash and live on Youtube. On the show this week were Bruce, Jamey, Lucas and Weez. This week’s show:0:00–Intro/Community Events/National Holidays15:55–Local sports gambling options coming online, including the new sportsbook at the Tropicana Evansville. 25:30–SEC season win total over/unders39:30–Big 10 season win totals52:40–MLB talk SEC Over/Under Picks SEC East Bruce Jamey Weez Lucas Vanderbilt 4.5 Under Under Under Under Kentucky 6.5 Over Under Under Under Tennessee 6.5 Over Over Over Over South Carolina 5.5 Over Over Under Over Missouri 8.5 Under Under Over … Continue reading Take The Points 8-15-19

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SEC Season Spread Projections

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With the preseason power ratings out of the way, time to move on to looking at schedules and spreads. Going conference for conference, it only make sense to start with the SEC. This table includes each team’s power rating, the opponent’s power rating, a home-field advantage figure and then the predicted spread for each game based on all of the above. The spread record is not an actual win-loss guess. It just counts games favored as a win and games as an underdog as a loss. There are much more intricate percentage chance of wins formulas that spit out more … Continue reading SEC Season Spread Projections

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Smashy Smashy Ball Is 15 Days Away

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The Illinois high school football season is just 15 days away. The Mules, coming off a 10-1 season and back-to-back undefeated regular seasons open with a home game against the Sesser-Valier Red Devils. Evening practices are underway for Coach Justin Townsend and the Fairfield gridiron gang. It was also a good time for Wabash General Hospital Athletic Trainer Sarah Turner, who has a ridiculously good looking husband, to review proper equipment removal in case of a spinal injury with the local medical staffs and JFL admins. Continue reading Smashy Smashy Ball Is 15 Days Away

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Preseason Betting

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The NFL preseason kicks into high gear tonight with 11 preseason games. Most will tell you not to bet preseason games. I would say the same if you are a casual bettor. But, the pros will tell you it is actually easier to best preseason game, if you pay attention. For the casual fans, I’d say stay away unless you are trailing a pro you trust. Even then, normal betting thought applies. I am not one of those guys good enough to tail. That being said, I have Oakland -5, Buffalo +2.5 and NY Jets -2.5 in week one. What … Continue reading Preseason Betting

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Take The Points 8-2-19

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As some of you may know, Wabash Catch TV does a weekly sports talk show in the Friday morning slot of Big Talk with Bruce Dickey. I am a mostly regular guest on the show. We put zero show prep work into it, we shoot it live, we typically decide during commercial breaks what we are going to talk about next (sorry Bruce, probably wasn’t supposed to admit that), and I thoroughly enjoy it every time. Just a few buddies sitting around jibbering and jaberring about what ever comes to mind. This week’s show:Community events–2:11National Holidays–Ice Cream Sandwich, IPA Day, … Continue reading Take The Points 8-2-19