Wow, I may have to change the name of this column if things do not turn around. A less than stellar Black Friday has now dropped our record at win by two almost in the red down to (10-9). Things looked so good early with Houston rolling and the Razorbacks up 14-0 on LSU. I'll spare you from the head shaking. I decided to get back on track today, the best idea is to stick to my strengths: proven mid-majors and betting against Orangemen football. Let us see how that goes.
Cincinnati Bearcats -2.5 over Syracuse Orange
After a promising start and truly believe my hometown team was nationally relevant after a thumping of West Virginia one month ago, Syracuse has done their damnedest to prove me wrong. The last three games have been the worst football I have ever watched. It would be great if that changed, but I do not see it happening. Even though the Bearcats have played almost as bad since the injury to Zach Collaros, they still have plenty to blow out the Orange in Syracuse.
Connecticut Huskies -1 over Florida State Seminoles
Both teams are coming off disappointing losses to mid-majors that returned a lot of starters from a year ago. The difference was, the Huskies beat themselves while the Seminoles just got beat. Even after losing their heart and soul from the championship team to the NBA, UConn still has too much talent on this roster to drop two in a row.
Harvard Crimson -3.5 over Central Florida Knights
With no disrespect meant to the Knights who pulled off a a huge upset last night, Harvard is for real. They returned four starters and their sixth man and are (28-7) since the beginning of last year. They also played one of the most entertaining games of last season losing a one game playoff to Princeton by a single point. I cannot wait to pick this team to the sweet sixteen.
Akron Zips -4.5 over Detroit Titans
The Zips have so much talent that even though they returned two of their three leading scorers from an NCAA tournament team, neither of those two are top three on the team so far this season. Seven guys are piling on at least 8 ppg for their balanced attack. Do not let their .500 record fool you, Akron can hang with the big boys.
San Diego State Aztecs +4.5 over UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
This line really confused me. The Aztecs lost almost their entire impressive team from last year that earned a two seed and fell in a tight game to the eventual champion UConn in the sweet sixteen. After winning the Big West Conference title a year ago, the Gauchos have taken care of business winning all four games so far by at least 14 points. Looking deeper however, two of those wins were against non division one opponents while the Aztecs only loss came in a tight game at #12 Baylor. San Diego State also has won at Arizona and against Long Beach State who was the best team in the Big West last season and swept the Gauchos in the regular season. I do not understand why Steve Fischer's club is not favored but I will gladly take the points.
Godspeed
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