vegastimetravel

Wow, just wow....

I grew up in the Syracuse area loving the orange my entire life!

Been living in Las Vegas since 2002 now and have followed a mostly dismal and inconsistent SU team ever since, while also following our local UNLV Rebels program over the years. UNLV playing in a much weaker conference top to bottom has typically been thin trying to recruit mid level talent into a program with a coaching carousel and not much stability.

But something has shifted here in Las Vegas with Head Coach Barry Odom and his OC Brennan Marion. It's undeniable, the culture, the energy, the work ethic and the play on the field...these kids believe, and are proving it with focus and execution that seems to get noticeably better every week. The Kansas game was the proof for the defense...make it an ugly game, keep it close anyway you can and you'll have an opportunity to win in the 4th qtr...they did. (see "Andy Reid game play theory") The circumstances 2 weeks ago with Matthew Sluka leaving the program, after a 3-0 start was a huge gut punch...but this team chewed that sh*t up, spit it out, and answered the bell with a vengeance last week and somehow played laser focused and absolutely boat raced Fresno State. The talent on this team is legit. 

Syracuse had the bye week before the Stanford game and I don't think the time off served them well at all. They came out so flat and lacked crisp timing most of the Stanford game....I love Kyle McCord's start to the year...love his story and the chip on his shoulder coming over from Ohio State, and it's clear that he's got a pro arm...BUT he had a terrible game against Stanford. Bad choices and his accuracy was off. 

I think this may be a difficult spot for the Orange this week in Las Vegas. It's their first road game of the year and they are facing a UNLV team that has a whole lot of talent and speed that is now believing that they belong. Confidence is powerful and this coaching staff has this team in the right frame of mind.

One month ago, if you told me that I was going to say what I'm about to say....I'd tell you no chance...But I think that this game might get ugly for SU and this momentum thing is real for the Rebels.

SU 24 - UNLV 43

"Out to prove a point tonight ...That ai has no place in sports handicapping!!"

Boston Celtics - 7 

Well holy Sh*T! That wasn't intentional!!

This is my fault for extracting the data list of the criteria from Chat GPT ....and after a quick reference check on Statmuse.com, they are actually ALL F*cking inaccurate!! My sincere apologies and also a HUGE LESSON in trusting any data/criteria from and ai source without verifying! Also, honestly based most of my analysis on the historics of teams being up 3-0 in the NBA finals, dropping game four by a wide margin....then looking at their response for a game 5!! And thus my sh*t $1650/$1500 Celtics -7 (-110) at STN needs to "get lucky" !! Sorry again on this shit data guys! 

Best of luck tonight for those of you on Boston - 7 and F Luka tonight! 

 Here are the results for NBA Finals history where a team up 3-0 loses game 4 by 15 points or more, detailing their performance in game 5:

As much as I'd like to believe that we'll get to see a game six and build the excitement and add questions to the Boston Celtics ability to close out.....History won't deviate tonight. After an absolutely brutal beat down in Dallas, I think the Celtics will be laser focused tonight and operate with accuracy and precision on offense and on D. In fact, I think they try to exceed the beatdown that they just were the recipients of and if they are hitting the 3's in Q3, this could get out of hand for Dallas. Either way my money will be on the home team mo-jo that should be electric tonight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tHyPKjGXPc

@vegastimetravel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tHyPKjGXPc

This is some funny, yet pretty solid matchup reviews! Dude is hilarious but knows the fight game!

https://youtu.be/3tHyPKjGXPc?si=Owuk8ZANJrIP5p35

Excellent point! I think he and this Texan D is going to be fired up for this home game! Flacco flat out torched them on Christmas Eve and Matt Burke and Demeco Ryans have certainly made some adjustments this time around. I expect this to be a hard fought battle on both sides of the ball this time with a game that comes down to the last possession.  

BREAKING NEWS  

Due to the Bowl Championship Series clause that clearly states:

The State University of any other participating regional same state College Team, who barely hangs on to win a semi final game by 6 points or less, with a cumulative total score of 66 points or more and when the opponent has burnt orange within their team colors, shall replace said Institution's Team in the Championship Game. All associated compensation, contracts and FANS will immediately be surrendered and transferred at that time.  

Michigan - 20.5   Wash State    o/u 47.5

@richamp

 Against 2 of the "weakest" defenses?? I think you mean bad O's against very solid D's 

@Airman69

 I get it..... but an even more telling result to validating this Alabama selection is they will likely provide major challenges to Michigan on both sides of the ball. I don't think J.J. Mccarthy will be very comfortable in this matchup...I could be wrong but I'm seeing this line to be a PK (EVEN) at kickoff, which is really amazing if you think about it!

Certainly sets up some incredible games!

BOOM.....

If it were a system of "Standings' not "Rankings", FSU would definately be in....

BUT without their Jordan Travis, they are not one of the best 4 teams....Their D was amazing tonight 100%....Having said that, I think they would loose to all of the other 7 teams that I've listed....and possibly a couple others as well.

NCAA Football’s last year of the 4 Team Playoffs for the National Championship is in the biggest chaos of its history!!! 

What will unfold with the final 4 selections tomorrow will no doubt be unfair to one, possibly two deserving teams!!

My predictions on what the committee will decide tomorrow are the 4 best teams after the last games today;

1. Michigan

2. Washington

3. Texas

4. Alabama

OUT 

5. FSU

6. Georgia

7. OSU

8. Oregon

do pick Buffalo -7.5 surprise do