BRIDGE BOWLS

Good to see no big plays(Bridge variety) until 12/30…we need a respite.

You betting on Houston, or a combo on them/against a depleted Auburn squad. That games kind of a head scratcher. Gotta think Cougs wanna be there more....

Bridge

@TRAIN69

Yeah got Houston +3 in the smaller bet department and just gotta hope Holgersen isin't seeing this as an unworthy bowl for his team .. Marcus Jones is the big opt out for the coogs, sure thing NFL DB and does the punt/kick returning think 4 TD's this year just a game changer .. but sounds like rest of the team is in .. And we'll see w Auburn they obvi have quite a few guys out besides tank the list is pretty long .. did hear they are getting some guys back healthy though .. tough to call it, taking points and put Houston in the Pleaser -4.5 .. wouldn't surprise me if one team shows up and is able to pull away .. 

ARMY -3 ... Pretty uncomfortable from the beginning w the busted first drive and Mizz backup QB hitting everything 14 of 16 in H1 .. D tightened up H2 and we're up five with the ball around mid field twice .. more/less a first down away from covering in the last few minutes .. shame .. thought we had it bagged a couple times ..

SMALLER

WAKE H1 -7

WAKE -13.5

Like both basically half a Bridge Play on each cant decide and wanted to move before the lines do ... Besides Rutgers being late to the party their real problem all year is covering deep ball passing teams and Wake shouldnt have any problem getting the ball down field .. Offenses can otherwise kinda get tangled up in their defense if just trying to run on them ... B10 didnt have that many deep ball passers but we saw Mich State with multiple huge TD bombs, Ohio State obvi no problem, Maryland had not proble getting things going .. even NU had a big TD pass on them .. some others struggled Penn St and Mich tried to muscle up w them in the trenches .. Wake offense too potent and dont think they balk at the chllenge when almost went bowl-less, def played well early LY vs Wisco .. Rutgers should show up excited but seems a very tricky situation and tough to imagine they are showing up bringing anything close to their A game ..

BRIDGE PLAYS
GEORGIA -7 
KENTUCKY -3
WISCONSIN -6.5
EAST CAROLINA +3
MICHIGAN STATE +3
UTAH / OHIO STATE OVER 65
SDSU -3 
ARMY -3 
BYU -8.5 
APP STATE -2.5 

SMALLER
HOUSTON +3
WASH STATE +3
MICHIGAN STATE +4
VIRGINIA / SMU UNDER 72.5

TEAM TOTALs
IOWA UNDER 21.5
VA.TECH UNDER 26.5
OK.STATE UNDER 21.5
GA.STATE OVER 27.5 .. BOOMROMP!!!
APP STATE OVER 34.5 

Q1 TEAM TOTALs
AUBURN Q1 TT UNDER 6.5
E.CAROLINA Q1 TT OVER 3.5
LOUISVILLE Q1 TT UNDER 6.5
UTSA Q1 TT UNDER 6.5 

FUN BET 6PT PLEASER 48-1
WYOMING -10 
SDSU -9.5 
MEMPHIS -15.5 - CANCELLED
HOUSTON -4.5

Eeeek .. Just broke a couple hours ago, Apparently some Wisco players and coaches with Covid too .. yikes .. the guys they can identify with the team in vegas makes me feel a little better .. think they for sure got word out to send pictures around in lieu of confirming whose in / out but quite a few guys we don't know the status of .. also not showing off any coaches .. 

BM taken the line down, they were always quick to pull a game for any covid news last year .. seeing it down to -6 at BoL and DK and BAS .. Not saying they know how significant this will be but seems quite a risk to leave the line out there until you know units won't be totally gutted here .. pretty unfortunate if its really bad I was looking forward to Wisco romping and still might .. don't forget ASU hasn't gotten off their plane yet .. would def wait before playing if you haven't, have to expect line to tighten on any kinda covid news .. good luck!

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2021/12/25/wisconsin-football-players-staff-affected-covid-ahead-bowl-game/9017279002/

@Bridge1

 Dam. I was ready to go big on wisc

@darren3472

Oh yeah cant hit it big with the limited info out there .. article listed off a bunch of the players identified in the pictures that UW released hanging out in vegas .. of the starters not pictured I count 2 DLs, 2 OL and didn't see any WR's or coaches .. which doesn't mean they aren't playing it means they weren't identified in the pictures released and would expect coaches to have separate flights, miss bowl events etc .. obvi don't know whats maybe missing in the 2-deep, hopefully UW gives us the scoop today ... 

I would def say don't take it off the radar and THE VERY LAST thing I would do right now is play on ASU thinking we got some inside intel we definitely do not ... I suspected something was going on since the line dropped from 7 to 6.5 and last week .. pretty suspicious considering ASU was getting gutted by the xfer portal, opt outs, NFL'ers and guys we just couldn't confirm going to practice and Herm's final interview before christmas didn't sound at how he usually sounds crisp and confident preparing for the opponent, etc .. Wisco had by accounts great practices everyone showing up no opt outs and getting guys back from injury .. didn't have any opt outs and got guys coming back from injuries, Chryst sounded like they were gettin ready .. 

Also, while I'm not one to play inside baseball with bookie lines and moves I don't think we're in for huge surprises at this point .. The game is in Vegas and if for some reason the sportsbooks didn't have a pal at UW's hotel to give them the inside scoop on who didn't check in then for sure some wiseguys woulda figured it out for them by now and game off the board or significant drop .. confirmed on my apps Circa and Southpoint have the line at 6 like everywhere else and word will spread quick that one of the bigger bowl favs has some order of covid problems and lines are 'starting to drop' .. not hard to gauge what Loser Q Public will do when this 1-900-INSIDERS-ONLY info hits his twitter feed .. gunna help them even out their handle lol .. I'll have some fun and predict nothing earth shattering is discovered at this point covid-wise and even if the line drops a little more to 5.5 or 5 it just gets bet back up to 6.5 maybe even 7+ before the game .. 

Is Tune playing for sure (as much as one can say these days) for Houston? I read in a forum someone questioning it, but cant find anything else....

Im gonna have a hard time not betting a Wisconsin/Minny ML parlay if I can get even money....regardless of Wisc issues....Az St missing top 2 backs and WV losing Leddy Brown is huge....Neither team can throw well, and now they will be with plan B or C backs....

Bridge

@TRAIN69

No idea on Tune buddy .. my top secret files on twitter show the latest to do with 'Houston' 'Tune' 'Bowl' is a guy smoking a bowl listening to a whitney houston tune 5 years ago .. Tune got his teeth kicked into the back of his head in that Army game when nobody wanted to play .. gets back up and they get crappy covid year he shows up for hawaii's big upset when nobody wanted to play .. guy is the leader of the team, great year, auburn bowl game they got a great shot in .... don't think he bails out of this one  .... but ya never know .. 

Yeah that's what I'm sayin here ASU already got THROTTLED from transfers and opt outs .. top 2 RB's is the headline but peep it closer .. top 2 corners, Butler (best LB?) out .. Merlin didn't play last game we'll see if he's in ..  Two OL's out of the starting group .. think its 3rd TE .. beatwriters under Coviet Red Star LEVEL 10 censorship of their practices but did confirm a bunch weren't seen going to the last practices and whole thing smells really bad for them IMO .. I don't see ASU's twitter account posting a customary 'off to our bowl game' airplane tweet so guess they aren't in vegas yet ... does kinda seem like a good time for a headfake of 'Wisco players have covid' a couple days before we find out how many ASU guys missed their flight .. idk maybe we find out Wisco only checked in true freshman at their hotel and the sportsbook director there forgot to ask the check in lady who showed up and before he faces the firing squad his last words are 'yeah I thought it was weird all these 18 year old wisco players were sneaking in to bet their lunch stipend on ASU' lol .. I don't think you'll be getting even money anything maybe line dips a little more .. maybe im wrong .. we'll see... 

EAST CAROLINA +3 - CANCELLED

E.CAROLINA Q1 TT OVER 3.5 - CANCELLED

BC players tested 30 times a day till cancel threshold reached ..   

VIRGINIA / SMU UNDER 72.5 - CANCELLED

UVA cancelled after getting the idea from BC .. 

@Bridge1

 Bro so annoying feel like these teams are taking the easy way out 

@green33

Yeah it could be .. I think BC really was in line to play though, they had a buncha guys coming back next year and I was actually worried they would show up big in this one esp after they had the boise bowl cancelled, cincy blowout, passed on a bowl last year .. players shoulda been excited for this one but no surprise the bowl lightning bolt struck them again .. But I hear ya .. interesting how much easier it is for me to pick which team cancelled instead of which team covered .. 

COVID taking its toll on bowl games as well as the NFL. Read where one NFL team going to play with just 13 players on defense. Hard enough to handicap games and throw in many key players out  makes it virtually impossible. Very tough  post season to gain any traction with. Thanks for taking a conservative course, Bridge.

SMALLER

NC STATE -1.5

Feel better close to the game / recent depth chart released for these guys and everyone's on it .. Assuming UCLA bringing more/less everyone but already had one covid fatality in the secondary by all accounts Qwauntrezz Knight was a real solid glue guy for them back there where Chip likes guys cross trained at CB and Saf and guy was also a legit playmaker leading the team w 9 TFL's .. Pass D has been a problem all year (like Haener's Heisman game) and flip side Leary w an incredible 35-5 ratio with the Wolfpack .. things get tough if UCLA's run D can stop them up but NC hasn't exactly EXCELLED rushing in that many games this year and just found ways to get it done .. going for 10th win which is rare air for this program .. wasn't the dream season they wanted but this is a Wolfpack crew that really started from the almost the very bottom certainly bottom of the P5 teams two years ago, hung tight improved and getting rewarded .. UCLA a real quintessential disappointment of CFB for well over a decade maybe two .. even w the hot start beating LSU they turn around and go way under expectations and vs a schedule that underwhelmed .. def a team we can ask 'what's yer best win' .. lose to all the good teams plus Fresno State .. 

There's some maybe could be covid concerns now w UCLA .. nice to have other teams worried about that .. and only one defense gunna be out there and bring alotta pressure and UCLA gives up as much as they get in the Sack/TFL department .. Not the case with NC State this year .. Probably is a fan edge for UCLA but not expecting a raucous UCLA fan crowd to show up like we saw for UTSA in Frisco or anything close to something that disruptive .. The total does seem appealing but if you like the wolfpack then have to not be thinking shootout here .. if just having fun might check NC State -1.5 / Under 60 parlay .. seems to be a natural fit .. and UCLA score def fluctuates down vs the better defensive competition .. 

SMALLER

WASH STATE +3 - CANCELLED

Wasn't a sure thing by any means but had one team for sure (still) hungry to show up and other team lost quite a few of their best players and coaching staff .. 4 point line swing .. bummer .. 

Any thoughts on today’s game? 

Thoughts on Utah- Ohio State game? 
Im leaning on Utah… Wish it would go to +7

Still like that Utah/Ohio St O65 with Wilson and Olave out? 

@TRAIN69

 Think Utah can hang? 

@TRAIN69

 That’s what I am thinking too! Hoping for +7. 
Heard anything from Wahoo? Still remember that Legendary Wahoo-Train bowl run 

That was an awesome thread/post. Cant remember but pretty sure we hit 75% give or take, with all kinds of chatter and bets.

half the predictions i see for georgia vs michigan have michigan winning outright. i wonder what these same people would have thought before michigan beat osu and georgia lost to the heisman winner. 

@TRAIN69

 It still seems like some unknowns in Ohio State players. Line went from +6.5 to +5 yesterday