Battalion74

YTS: 57-52

POD: 5-7

POW: 2-0

Duquesne, -4 (POD)

YTD: 57-51

POD: 5-6

POW: 2-0

Cincinnati, +6.5 (POD)

YTD: 52-46

POD: 4-6

POW: 2-0

Central Conn, -5.5 (POD)

Villanova, +9.5

Wagner, ML

Purdue, -4

Iowa, -4

UCLA, -5

YTD: 49-46

POD: 3-6

POW: 2-0

Bryant, -15.5

Marshall, -5 (POD)

Little Rock, -5

This one ranks right up there for the year.  It's college basketball and it does happen from time to time.  It can go the other way, for example if you had St. Johns or in my case last night, Arkansas.

Point is (and I have to remind myself of this too): stick to the plan.  Don't over react.  I stand by the Xavier pick; I felt I capped it correctly and it didn't work out this time.  In a funny way, it's what makes the game actually fun to be a part of.  So unpredictable at times.

I'm raising my glass to the game.  Here's to you St. Johns, thanks for reminding me of my feelings...

@Thinkb4ubet

 Agree with your write up.

To further Xavier, they have the D to stymie RJ Luis to the extent Georgetown did last week...

Flipside is that Conwell will need to be sharp on the jump shot, especially from 3.  Since the New Year, he is below his average and that worries me here.  He shot poorly in the earlier game and that was definitely a difference...

As for the total, it's in line with my numbers, leaning on the high side.  If Luis has a big night I thing the number goes over.  Key is to make him work for his shots.

GL!

YTD: 44-41

POD: 3-5

POW: 2-0

Army, -1

Navy, -1

The Citadel, +15.5

Florida, -11

American, -6

Clemson, -14.5

East Tennessee St, -14.5

Xavier, +7.5 (POD)

Arkansas, +1.5

Nevada, +7

Ole Miss, -3

YTD: 39-36

POD: 2-5

POW: 1-0

Ohio, -8

Akron, -12

Bowling Green, +10.5

Tennessee, -8.5 (POD)

UCF, +16

West Virginia, -8

Creighton, -6.5 (POW)

Iowa, -7.5

UCLA, -3.5

BYU, -4.5

YTD: 35-35

POD: 1-5

Prairie View, -3.5

LIU, -7.5

SE Louisiana, -5.0 

Georgetown, +9.5 

FDU, -3.5 (POD)

Saquon had two big games vs the Commanders already this year.  

Even the Rams who saw him recently couldn't do a darn thing about it yesterday.

And don't even bring up the week 16 win...  Eagles lost that game, Washington didn't win.

It's a nice story, Daniels and all but let's be real.  Eagles have been the best team in the NFL all year.  That continues to New Orleans in 3 weeks.

Watch the replay carefully.

The throw was delayed resulting in the ball not being out in front of Andrews, who tries to turn against his momentum, ends up slipping on his plant foot and tries to secure the catch while he falling to the ground and being short of the goal line in the process.

The act of Lamar having the ball in a throwing state catches Andrews off guard and throws the timing of the play right out the window.  Andrews was expecting the throw well before it was thrown to him.  

Andrews now has to consider where the marker is (you can see had he caught the ball, he was short).  His concentration from just 'catch the ball and walk in' snowballs into 'turn body, secure footing, secure catch, make sure I'm in bounds'.  Concentration goes out the window.

Harbaugh failed to use his last timeout to allow the players to catch their breath and settle emotions.  It's the season on the line and you don't want to talk it over one more time?  

Now if you will say Andrews should have caught the ball easily because he's an NFL receiver, then it's also true to say that as an NFL MVP QB Lamar should easily have been able to hit a pass from 8 yards out perfectly to a moving target. 

Neither player executed the play to an NFL standard and the coach got caught up in the moment and didn't call a timeout.

Details win Championships, not big plays.

Bottom line, Rams keep this close.

I go back to week 12 with the Eagles closing line of -3 in LA.  Eagles went on to decapitate the Rams on SNF, Barkley having a monster game.

But today's number stinks.  Opening up at -5 which I think is a premium to flip the game back to Philly, we've shot up to 7.  I don't see this as pro money, it's everybody and their uncle running to the window with this easy game.  All the while nobody has mentioned Hurts' concussion that we're not too far removed from (as witnessed by his relatively quiet game last week).  Is he better this week?  I suppose...

Sirianni?  Don't really trust this guy when McVeigh is on the other side.  One is 3-3 in the playoffs, the other is 8-4 with a SB title.  And that loss in week 12 makes me like the Rams even more.

Obviously going against the grain here but give me the Rams and the points.

LA, +7.0 LARGE

LA, ML small.

GL.

What do NFL results have to do with refs?  They call the game, the game is over...

I don't understand what you're getting at.

Once Hutch was knocked out for the year, Detroit was doomed...

As for the play calling, it's what the Lions are; they play checkers not chess.  Quick and fast, makes for great Monday morning fodder on the pod cast circuit and maybe that's the point.  The Lions are in the news; good bad or ugly.  In a way, they became an important franchise over the past 3-4 years.  Imagine saying that 10 years ago...

Hindsight is what it is.

Live by the sword, die by it.

YTD: 34-34

POD: 1-4

POW: 1-0

Nebraska, +9.5

Youngstown St, -8.5 (POD)

YTD: 32-28

POD: 1-3

Lindenwood, +6.0

Vandy, +5.5

West Georgia, ML

Syracuse, +4.0 (POW)

YTD: 32-26

POD: 1-3

Oregon, -2.5

USC, -1.5

East Texas A&M, -6.0

YTD: 32-26

POD: 1-3

LeMoyne, -3.0 (POD)

YTD: 32-26

Kansas, -14.5

Oakland, -9.5