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College Football Handicapping & Marquee Match-ups– Positive ATS Profiles in Week 2

College Football handicapping – Saturday, September 7 by @FairwayJay The second week of the college football season is met with cautious optimism, as line moves and adjustments can be significant and (over)reaction sometimes severe. Let's keep you grounded with some 'Fairway Fundamentals' in the running game and also some situational and technical Against the Spread (ATS) insight. Teams that run the ball effectively and/or slow down the opponents running game continue to be profitable ... More

College Football Handicapping – Contrary Concepts

Adapting to linemaker adjustments in College Football Handicapping - by @FairwayJay Week 2 of the college football season is ‘adjustment’ week, as many lines and point spreads are significantly adjusted by the linemaker based on teams’ opening week performances. The linemaker may over-adjust for a team’s recent performance while also understanding that much of the betting public is likely to support the positive performing team. When a team performs poorly and/or the final score is not ... More

College Football Handicapping – Colorado State vs. Colorado

Breaking down the experience and coaching edge - College Football Handicapping Colorado vs. Colorado State at Sports Authority Field @ Mile High Stadium Line: Colorado State -2.5 Total: 48.5 Experience and cohesiveness edge: Colorado has a new head coach, new offensive and defensive coordinators and new starting quarterback. Mike MacIntyre is in his fourth season overall as head coach after a positive plan and marked improvement guiding the San Jose State program for three ... More

College Football Handicapping – Opening Week

Friday's College Football Handicapping opening week match-ups and ATS notes Western Michigan at Michigan State Line: MSU -28 Total 44.5 New Western Michigan head coach PJ Fleck is youngest head coach in FBS. Inflated line based on Broncos fall to 4-8 last season and MSU Spartans top-tier defense. Note Michigan State’s offense fell from 31 ppg to just 20 ppg last season, and the Spartans were 0-7 ATS as home favorite last season. Texas Tech at SMU Line: TT -5 Total 59.5 I ... More

Miami Hurricanes Huge Favorite Over Florida Atlantic in Opener

Top ACC Coastal contender and more Miami wins this season Florida Atlantic at Miami, FL Line Miami -31.5 Total 53.5 Florida Atlantic moves to Conference USA following a 3-9 SU season in the Sun Belt. The Owls did produce profit last season at 8-4 ATS including 6-1 ATS as road ‘Dog, but they are over-matched in this contest. Still, will Miami blow through the Owls like a Hurricane with a big state rival Florida on deck next week? Miami head coach Al Golden is solid and the Hurricanes ... More

Michigan State QB Andrew Maxwell Named Starter

Michigan State Sophomore QB Connor Cook to also get a look in Friday’s opener Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio has finally come to a decision on the starting quarterback position for his Spartans. Senior Andrew Maxwell has been named the starter for the opener against Western Michigan on Friday, August 30th in East Lansing. The Spartans are a prohibitive 28 point favorite with the lowest posted total on opening week at 44.5. Sophomore Connor Cook, who was in competition with ... More

Louisville Cardinals to be heavy betting favorites throughout 2013 season

Senorise Perry named Louisville Starting RB, Michael Dyer Back Up The Louisville Cardinals are known nationally for their prolific passing attack led by Heisman candidate QB Teddy Bridgewater. What is often left out of the discussion is Louisville’s 105th ranked rushing offense last season which averaged just 123 rushing yards per game (ypg) and 3.5 yards per rush (ypr). Those rushing numbers were nearly identical to the previous season in 2011 (122 ypg/3.5ypr) Head Coach Charlie Strong ... More

Jameis Winston Named Florida State Starting QB

Seminoles heavy favorites again in ACC Redshirt Freshman Jameis Winston will be the man leading the Seminoles offense this season. Jameis Winston will have large shoes to fill with previous ‘Noles quarterback E.J. Manuel having been the first QB selected in last spring’s NFL Draft. Jameis isn’t one to shy away from the spotlight though. The Alabama native was the #1 overall QB in the nation coming out of High School and was a starting outfielder on the FSU baseball team during the ... More