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You look at that lineup of ManU and wonder how they could ever go scoreless....

MacGuire (Englaand)....Fernandes (Port)...Hojlund (Danish striker)....Martinez (Arg).....a lot of shots w/o development.....far away shots.......Need to learn from the game of chess....development...

Good goalkeeping by Bournemouth, esp on a blast from hojlund....should be 3-1

La Liga

BTTS + Rayo or draw + over 1.5 1st H --I think this is a strange match, likely 1-1 at the half and stays there.....or wieder than that

EPL

Pool and Tott over + BTTS + over 1.5 1st H Just a lot of opportunities and no lead is safe. Pool is favored -1, but that has me thinking DRAW

Man and Bourne over 2.5 + Bourne or draw and BTTS  2-1 or 2-2 for the Cherry Bears

Italy--

Monza or draw + under 2.5 and 1st H under 1.5   JJ going to get pounded, but something tells me the nets will be hard to hit, esp after JJ got a shitload of fortunate goals in their last...

I usually hit 40% of these and somehow still make a profit

BOL y'all

Sure looks that way, especially since their defense (#1 redzone defense in CFB) has a lot more time to prepare, and this is not a home game in Oregon.

Oregon struts around like theyre Alabama, but they fade away when the lights are on in a meaningful playoff game.

Very public simpy comment.....who u like to cover?

yeah he runs as follishly as Tua....surprised no coach has gotten him to start sliding. he's already been knocked out this season.

Tenn QB will have to be the 2nd coming of Tua to give Tenn a chance.

Score should have been 28-10 were it not for a fluke INT.

Ohio St covers 2nd H. I do not know the style of the play....the points.

Lessons learned include the fact 1st round home playoffs are difficult for road teams. Clemson came close to covering because they give a continuous effort and have back class.

2nd Rd coming up will bring changes....many changes....dogs covering and winning SU.

they loked overwhelmed. QB had the jitters. Not well coached IMO.

They should have led 7-0 to start the game. They get an INT, get a 3rd and long conversion....and coach calls for a risky pass in the redzone. No need for that....get the early score, get the team settled in...get confident. Youre on the road, dumbass..... argh

Basically gave away 11 points early....This game should have been better executed. So it wasn't a truye reflection of Indiana football. No reason to have just 3 points at the half, except pure stupidity, poor coaching, poor control of nerves....

I have some thoughts on Tenn @ Ohio St.

Ohio St is more like a 'northern SEC school' more than strictly northern midwest Big Ten school. Takes about a half day drive from Tenn to Ohio, and Ohio borders W.V., Kentucky, and there's a lot of familiarity, lot of traveling and tourism back and forth.

Tenn offense can get critical 3rd downs from a mobile QB.

I see long drives from both teams, but no explosiveness. This will be low scoring. Weather could also be a factor. Clouds and chill factor are already there.....I think 46 points is asking too much of these offenses. WIll be a struggle, lots of punts, field position game with minimal risk taking.

When I see an under, I usually like the dog, but I will wait until gameday to decide. For now...

Tenn @ OSU UNDER 46

Teams 'noone' gives a serious chance of winning the NC:

Indiana

SMU

ASU

Boise St

PSU ***

Clemson

Teams mostly everyone agrees can win the NC:

Oregon

Ohio St

Texas

***Penn St never seems to win big games. Their HC would be fired if he were coaching at Ohio St or Michigan, but at Penn St he has had a long tenure of losing vs ranked teams, losing to Mich or Ohio St in meaningful games, losing the Rose Bowl to USC (had that one in the bag to the 4th qtr). They are vulnerable to any high scoring offense, and SMU faced a huge front line already in Clemson and did rather well in the 2nd H. That loss was a good one for SMU, a game to learn from, not have the nervous 1st H they endured vs Clemson. I'm expecting yet another huge loss for PSU--even when favored and at home.....and yet Penn St will still be enamored with Franklin....forever. SMU +8 and SMU ML

@Captain Lock

 If this were a bowl game at a neutral site. It is customary in CFB for linesmakers to "award" 2-3 points for the home team. Therefore -6.5 on a neutral field would be -3.5 to 4.5. This is a fact, whether it is a bad line in your opinion is just that, your opinion.

My opinion is that these run option teams know how to get blocks on everyone. And if the defense is keyed in and working off the blocks, they move to a RPO rather quickly. I think both teams move the ball tonight, under the lights. That isn't a fact until it happened.

Indiana @ ND OVER 52

In state rivalry game for a rivalry that has not existed. Why these two have not played ea other in how many years.....so me thinks the Committee steered the rankings to get this matchup.

Weather is chilly...but no snow is forecast. Apparently no wind, but 13 mph is enough to move a flag.

ND coach is good after a layoff. Expecting plays just for Indiana in this one. Indiana's best chance is to score, and score a lot.

Final score prediction ND 38 Indiana 27

ND should be favored by 4 but playing at home makes this a TD favorite. I like the over as a safer bet than the side. However playing a playoff game at home is a new thing to see in CFB and I am intrigued how this will pair out......

Metz

Bayern

Girona

Happy 20th of December!

Mitrovic (Gent) looks really overweight. He reminds of Steven Seagal.

I have not seen a -600 favorite lose in months. This is the way this Conference is, esp when teams are through....theyre just running around like a freindly.

Did a cursory glance of my record, and shows my winning % is just above 40%. My apologies.

Truth hurts, but will try get better.

Looks to me like on any given day in this Conference tournament, any team can find luck, and there is no huge seperation. Linesmakers putting -2.5 on Chelsea, despite missing their Ukranian star Mudryk for a doping test fail.

Leans:

Mlada Boleslav ML +400

Shamrock +2.5/+3 will lose by exactly 2

Gent -1.5/-2 Probably win by 2

Dinamo Minsk +1.5   Lose by 1 or draw. Throwing out their last loss where a 1-0 match got away from them late. Forgiven...

Rapid Vienna pk -112  Likely catch all the breaks for a 2-1 win

Vitoria Guimares +235  Don't think anyone wants to play and Portuguese side in Portugal

Real Betis -1.5/-2  Win by 2....well they should've won by 2 or more in their last match.....

Just going to play Raiders ML.

Learned my lesson last two NFL losses. Had LAR ..knew they would win, and yet played around with the "style of winning," figuring both teams will try to reach 30 points, outduel the other..... WRONG. Rams went 3 and out first 4 times.......Onle had a FG at the half.

Had among other winning wagers, GB over Sea....knew Sea was living dangerously, enormously lucky, but tried to combine the wager with style of winning, over......but Seattle had no interest in scoring early...just a FG at the half, critical 3 and outs and so am just playing a side.

ATL no chance at the win tonight, but will not risk a good selection with a risky "style" option trying to get greedy.

Fear their decision making.

They should have broken in Michael Penix several weeks ago during this 4 game losing streak.

Raiders thrive on the MNF spotlight.....

Fear any team that has to "win to get in" and makeup for a .500 season with a good run at the end----aint gonna happen (often).

They only have 2 wins over this number -6 and those two games were close, too.

They should not be favored by more than -2.5 if at all.

Raiders or pass.

Arse harassed all day looked pathetic, as if they've never faced a hectic defense before....

How Liverpool scored a man down is beyond explanation....but shows they might be in good form despite the bad result today...

Nice parlay in Bundesliga. Looking for a 1-0 type win from Pauli to close the day on a positive note

UNLV is a solid FB team. Makes the Rebels the spot play at this point.... Thanks for the info

Arsenal -1.5  I hate playing for a 2 goal win, but they come in more than -1 for some odd reason...the books know something, and try scare off the players. Not scared.

Liverpool Under 3....looks like a 1-0 Liverpool win, maybe they boot one in late to seal it...attacking is just not chaotic or productive enough

St Pauli Under 2,5 Looks like a 1-0 St Pauli win...Line should be 2, maybe it moves to that before kickoff (?). Love their defending....

Mainz-Bayern Muenchen BTTS and Over 2,5 I see this as a 2-2 draw, if Mainz gets a few breaks, they could get the W.

Atalanta ML -185 and Juventus ML parlay

This game is arguably better than 90% of the Bowl Games, due to the focused play, the attention to details, the passion....

I like both QBs for getting 3rd and 4th down conversions. Both teams got 14 points losing to Notre Dame, and I see the losing side getting at least 14+ today. I think the winning side gets to 24+.

Lot of 4th down gambling near the red zone, so will need some smart play calling and execution for those key conversions .....

This makes the over the play, since 38 is very close to the booked number of 40. The under is just an automatic W year after year, but I am sold on the solid QBs, the 3.5 yards rushing.....hopefully they decide to kick some FGs and not forego the points....also hope there are no redzone fumbles. Both teams ought to move the ball with efficiency.

No 16-10 bullshit....execution and commitment....

Army 27 Navy 24