- Feb 12, 2005
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Time to sweep the afternoon/night bowl games.
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Soccer lean: Chelsea tomorrow morning. Home at Stamford Bridge. Liverpool is coming off a grueling fixture at Ethiad against Man City. Gerrard, Sturridge, Enrique unavailable for the match.
Chelsea wins by 2 goals. 3-1.
North Carolina -2.5
The coaching situation favors Cincinnati here as UNC is going through a transition. However, this Tar Heel team is fresh off a two-year bowl ban and should be very hungry to get back in the bowl mania mix, especially after starting the season 1-5. They went on a run late in the year to revive their bowl hopes. On top of it, the majority of their playmakers are Freshmen and Sophmore (those two classes have scored a ridiculous percentage of the teams TD's), so first bowl action should really have these kids revved up. Did I mention the game is in Charlotte, NC? The Bearcats are the more experienced bunch and have a strudy offensive line and a sixth-year senior at Q. They also played in this bowl game last year, so you could make an argument that Cincy offsets UNC's somewhat HFA because of the experience and familiarity aspect. Call it a wash, but what isn't is the SOS these two teams faced. Cincinnati played some bad bad teams. Five teams they played were in the bottom 10 in the nation in total defense. There's mention of their great D, which means they're probably pretty good, but the two best offenses they faced, they ended up giving up over 400 yards. While UNC only lost to bowl teams ("Isn't Cincy a bowl team?"...Well, yes), but what's most intriguing is the runt hey finished on. They have gotten better and better and better and come into this bowl hot. QB is a dual threat who keeps defenses alert and while he can't pass like Bryn Renner (who he replaced due to injury). Bearcats have no 1,000 yard rushers or receivers. Last but not least is the oft-overlooked special teams. HUGE advantage to UNC. Led the nation in punt returning and special teams happens to be a weakness of Cincy. I'll roll with UNC on this one.
2 for 2 Paul
thoughts on the Mich vs KState game ?
Not finding a solid angle with the MICH/KSST game except for Gardner being out, yet everyone is on Kansas St. Michigan +7 and the under of 52 might be the leans.
im staying away from the Mich game too
put a unit on Silva . hes more talented and i just cant see him losing twice after the way he was embarrassed last time . id be shocked if he doesnt come out focused and thirsty for blood