Dogs Howl in Week 3
It’s been a very unusual start to the NFL season as many teams are playing above or below their projections. Eleven underdogs covered the spread and there were 8 upsets in week 3, that’s 50% of all games resulted in upset wins. Surprisingly we find Kansas City, Chicago and Pittsburgh the only 3-0 teams heading into week 4. The Chiefs and Bears are certainly suprises as both were projected to finish last in their respective divisions. (Read full Article Here)

Packers @ Bears
Both teams come in 2-0. The Packers “no surprise” but the Bears, well they were predicted by many to finish last in the division this year. Which Bear team will show up tonight is the question, the one that got lucky in week one when Detroits game winning TD was overturned, or the one that beat the heavily favored Dallas Cowboy’s. (Read full Article Here)

TCU -17.5 @ SMU
In a bid to retain the “Iron Skillet”, TCU will be looking to extend their 17 game regular season win streak tonight against local rival SMU, and should not have a problem doing so. However, covering a 17.5 point spread may not be as easy a chore. Both teams have shown they can move the ball and put up points. SMU has average 30 ppg in their first 3 games and TCU 45.6 ppg. SMU came within a TD of upsetting heavily favored Texas Tech in week one 27-35 four costly turnovers might have cost them a win. TCU’s average points are slightly skewed as they played AA Tennessee Tech and ran up 62 points against them. (Read full Article Here)

Mistakes Sport Bettors Make…#1 of 5

One of the book maker’s favorite clients is the “action player”, the one who has to make a play on every game that is televised. If you have ever visited a Las Vegas sport book, you will see a big “TV” symbol on the betting board next to the games that are being televised. Why? Because they know that action players will make bets on those games even without a justifiable reason for making the bet. Thus turns out to be at best a 50/50 proposition for the bettor and the book and in that scenario the book wins the bettor loses because of the vig or commission. (Read full Article Here)

The Cincinnati Bearcats 40-7 win over Indiana St on Saturday was a bitter sweet victory as the Bearcats offense stuggled for 3 quarters of the game. They went into the lockeer room at half time amidst boos from the grandstand with only 12-7 They put up 28 points in the third quarter helped by a Indiana St fumble on the 10 yard line which led to one of Cincy’s scores. It appears (Read full Article Here)

Being Aware Of Game Situations Is Important To Winning

In Revenge:
UTEP @ Houston… Houston will be in revenge having been upset last year by UTEP 56-41 as a 14 point favorite…
Iowa St @ Iowa….Although it wasn’t an upset loss, Iowa State will be looking for revenge as their were somewhat humiliated last year getting beat by Iowa 35-3 on in front of their home crowd as only a 6.5 underdog.
Michigan @ Notre Dame…Even though they were just a small 3 point favorite last year, the Irish were upset by Michigan 36-24
UAB @ SMU….SMU will be looking for revenge having been upset last year by UAB 35-33 as a 11 point favorite.
Colorado St @ Nevada….Nevada will be in revenge when they host Colo St on Saturday. They were beaten soundly last year by the Rams 35-20 as a 4 point road favorite.
Arkansas St @ UL Lafayette….Lafayette was embarassed on their home field last year getting upset by Ark St 21-16 as a 13.5 home favorite. (Read full Article Here)

I don’t quite understand the late action going on Mississippi St as this line has gone from Auburn a -3.5 favorite at opening and is currently sitting at -1.5. Auburn is 6-2 ATS in their last 8 meetings and 3-1 when playing at Miss St, have won 8 of the last 9 SU. The line move might be a reflection of the loss of 1400 yard rusher Ben Tate and QB Chris Todd. However, the Tigers have two RB’s that will be able to pick up most of that slack in the rushing department. As a freshman last year Onerio McCalebb picked up over 600 yards and averaged 5.4 yards per carry and senior Mario Fannin has just been waiting for his chance behind Tate. He is averaging 8.4 yards for his 34 rushes last year. They still return all receivers and a total of 7 starters on an offense that averaged 33.3 points per game in ’09. (Read full Article Here)