So with a limited set of games tonight three stand out as very strong plays.
Detroit -5.5-
They typically play very strong at home and have played an incredible schedule against tough competition. Wright St is down 3 of their top 7 scorers, including their best overall player by far JT Yoho. They've played two games without him and lost at home to Valpo by 10 and at Milwaukee by 26, failing to cover each by a wide margin. One of the other 3 injured guys went out in the beginning of their last game.
This screams to pound Detroit. Am I missing something?
Army +5.5-
American is a very low scoring team who plays almost all games down to the wire. They have only two wins all year by more than 4 points, home or away, and that's not going against great competition. Compare that to Army who's played a much tougher schedule wins against Air Force, VMI and at USC. Army also scores a lot of points so they can crawl back into the game if they get down at some point.
Again, why would we not hammer Army? I see a lot of people on the board picking American so please share your rationale.
Oakland +2
This is the third game I like a lot but not to the extent of the previous 2. Oakland plays well at home with wins over Green Bay and Valpo in recent weeks. They did lose at Clev St a few weeks back but only by 4. Two players who performed well in that game are likely out in this one. Marlin Mason is questionable with illness and had 11 and 8 the first meeting and Artis Yates is out after having 14 points against them.
Again, what's the play for Clev St here? Oakland seems like a very strong play.
Thoughts would be much appreciated before I hammer all three of these.
Thanks and BOL tonight!
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