Wake Forest and a few more

Wake Forest -17 over Army ****
1st half -10 ****
Last time they played each other last yr at the Point it was Wake winning 70-56. The most points Army has given up since Benedict Arnold tried to pass all the Army secrets to the British. Wake on offense should have no problems but can their defense stop the wishbone . last week Army played its worse game in years losing to Ga St. They couldn't run or pass and had 3 fumbles . Last yrs game was at Army. Think Wake blows them away with qb Hartman since Army has no pass rush . Think Wake takes out last years tape of game and figures out a better way to stop Army rushing attack which is not better then last years

Appa St -19.5 over Tex St ****
1st half Appa -10 ****
Not going to the game due to trip up to Dallas this weekend but Tex st D will not be able to stop Appa's offense.
UNLV +6.5 over San Jose St ***

Coastal -13.5 over UL Monroe ****
Blow out
Bama -24 over Tex AM ***
Even w/o Bryce do not diss Saban and revenge after last year. Not sure if Saban has ever lost to a former asst with revenge and smack talk . Saban will be up by 21 and still trying to put pts on the board.

WasH St +13.5 over USC **
Since Cameron Ward transferred from Incarnate Ward the cougs have covered I think every game. He is no longer a sleeper
FIU +5.5 over UConn **
Huskies a fav no way

JMU -11.5 over Ark St ***
La Tech -3 over UTEP ***
UTSA -7 over WKU ***
Texas -7 over OU **
Memphis -2 over Houston **
I am 0-3 backing Houston Need to get some boxes back

TCU -6.5 over Kansas ***
Bubble bursts
Best bets Wake over Army and Appa St

WAKE FOREST -15 army

When I first saw this line, I was like “mind blown”.  If Clemson was hosting Army at home, everyone would be pounding the table for Clemson as a 2 touchdown favorite.  Well, the punchline here is that Wake Forest is every bit as good as Clemson is.   They are…they really are. They proved it when they played them to OT in Death Valley. 

The fact of the matter is that the Demon Deacons are a powerful offensive team and the Cadets defense is just plain offensive.  Army is 0-3 against FBS schools this year and their defense has given up 37 points per game against those teams.  We’re talking decent opponents (Georgia State, Coastal Caroline and UTSA) but nothing with the firepower of Wake Forest and Sam Hartman and his core of receivers. Wake is averaging 300 yards per game passing and the Army secondary is going to look like pieces on a chessboard trying to cover the Wake receivers and Clawsen’s offense.  It gonna be ugly early.  There’s a very good chance that Wake Forest doesn’t punt this entire game.

Will Army move the chains on offense running the triple option?  Yes they will.  But there is not way they will be as effective moving the ball as Wake Forest will.  Last year, Wake scored 70 points against Army and this year’s Cadet squad is not nearly as good.  The fact that Wake went on the road against a very good FSU team last week and beat them handily should be evidence enough that this week’s game is going to be a joke.  Their offense is ranking 17th-best in the FBS with 40.4 points per game and they have played some legit teams.  The West Point defense is ranked 101st with 413.0 total yards given up per game.  Army lost by 17 points to Georgia State.  They have already proven that covering this spread won’t be easy for them.    Wake Forest’s run defense isn’t bad, holding opponents to only 135 rushing yards per game.  Once Army gets behind, they will have to get away from the triple option and throwing the ball for them is a comedy of errors. 

There really aren’t many scenarios where this game stays close since it’s not reasonable to assume that Wake Forest is going to struggle on offense – the weather forecast is for a clear and cool night with very light winds.  We will see a bunch of tight spirals from Hartman.  The hardest thing for him will be to decide on which open receiver to chuck it to.  The Demon Deacons in a rout. 

@iamhuge

 That Game wasn’t in Death Valley, ‘‘twas at wake.  Best of luck this weekend 

Army put up 595 yards last season on them, 450 yards rushing. What’s changed? 

I see no reason wake will stop army on the ground and after last years result, I can see army DOMINATING the TOP. I actually sold points when army was +17 and got +15.5 +103

you made this easy.

agree on first six.

disagree on second six.

i capped uconn game thinking it would be easy to back underdog fiu. numbers throw that theory out the window.

Army is not the same caliber team that they were last season...and Wake is a notch better...How do you explain the Army loss at home to a bad Georgia State team?  A lookahead?   The spread was Wake -3 last season @ Army...Now its 17...Is that too much, I guess we will find out...How motivated is Wake, after the win at FSU?  Wake is going into a bye week...

Death Valley travels well.

Like the Wake play but I am hammering that over. Currently 65.5 at FD. Easy