The only sad thing about today is that we all have ti wait 364 days until Thanksgiving. It was a beautiful one here in central New York. Football was played in summer ware and football did not disappoint with the exception of the Detroit Lions offense and the self control of Ndamukong Suh. I cannot pretend to understand what the man is thinking anymore. We will have more on this next week. It was not the best day for picks on turkey day at win by two, but I would pick the same games again. Baltimore decided to show up and the Lions offense did not. That does not happen every day. That Harvard team is for real though. I am definitely not going to be picking against them as a 13 seed in March. Yesterday set me back to (9-6) overall but I think Black Friday is going to be rebound day. As always, follow me on freesportsbet.com at RobWinBy2Sports.
Houston Cougars -3 over Tulsa Hurricane
If any Conference team is going to cut down the Cougars run at perfection it will be Tulsa. After starting the season (1-3) with losses to Boise State and both top 5 interstate rivals, the Hurricane rebounded to put together an impressive conference season with an average margin of victory of 24 points per contest. The problem is, Case Keenum has broken almost every passing record while leading Houston to trounce conference opponents by a whopping average of almost 38 points. The Cougars have let teams hang around so I would not be surprised if this is close for a half, but Tulsa will lose to their fourth top ten team this season today.
Arkansas Razorbacks +12 over Louisiana State Tigers
After the Oregon game way back in August, I made a firm announcement to no one that the Tigers will be national champs come January. While that prognostication has proven worthy of consideration, I have to double back on myself today. I hate to use this method to pick games, but after the way the end of this season has played out, my gut tells me the Razorbacks keep this close a win outright at the end. After Oregon, Oklahoma State, Boise State, and maybe even Alabama lost out on their chance at the national title from missed field goals while Stanford and Oklahoma also fell short in dramatic fashion, it seems the leader in the clubhouse is not a safe place to reside. I have to believe the trend is going to continue in this wacky season and Arkansas will find a way to pull this one out or more likely the Tigers will make a fatal error that will cost them. At the very least, twelve points is just too many.
Villanova Wildcats +1 over Saint Louis Billikens
The Billikens have been impressive, as has the rest of the Atlantic 10, in the early season winning all of their games by digits. On the other side, Villanova has been less than spectacular with a close call over time win over fellow Big 5 La Salle. Even though the Wildcats are coming off a season where they lost their last six games, they still won 21 games and reached .500 in conference while Saint Louis only won 12 games all season. Jay Wright's squad takes care of business here.
Syracuse Orange -8.5 over Stanford Cardinal
I am going to continue to be a homer for this Orange team until they show me a reason to believe otherwise. They are ten deep and no matter how a game starts, wearing the opponent out and taking over the game with an offensive run is inevitable. Stanford has shown they are much improved from last years sub .500 campaign but it just will not be enough to handle one of the two best teams in the country.
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