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Admit it, you were cheering for Cincy to make the extra point to beat Pitt, weren’t you? Weren’t you!!? You have no shame.
-Brandon, University of Pittsburgh
A disgruntled and confused gambling addicted sports fan is a great way to start a mailbag.Brandon is talking about last season’s Cincy-Pitt game. Cincy (-2) scored in the last minute to tie the game, 44-44. If Cincy made the extra point, (which they did) they would win yet not cover. BB took Pitt +2.
The reason Brandon is upset is that Pitt was a BB favorite all through the year. We were 3-0 ATS when taking the Panthers. (-7 vs. Navy, -7 @ Louisville, +2 Cincy) We loved the Panthers and their little 5’8 ball of fire in the backfield.
But Brandon is like the girl who doesn’t get you’re just hooking up for fun. Brandon, we didn’t want anything serious. We just liked Pitt (and that freak Jon Baldwin) because they made us money. None of us wear Pitt Panthers shirts and none of us like Wannstedt’s mustache. It was about the money the whole time. Brandon went against The Golden Rule – don’t bet on your favorite team – and he paid the price.
I’ve replaced Brian Kelly before, and I can do it again.
-Butch Jones, Cincinnati, OH
Actually Butch, we agree with you. Most preseason publications are picking West Virginia and Pittsburgh to win the Big East. This site thinks it is more of a 3-horse race with Cincy having a legitimate shot. But we’re not sleeping on UConn. Okay we just named 50% of the Big East.
Defensively, Cincy does not stack up well against WVU and Pitt. The Bearcats gave up 45, 21, 36, and 44 points in the last 4 games of last year’s regular season, and won all the games. Tony Pike is gone, but he was annoying anyway. He rocked new wave porno facial hair and was 14 minutes from banging all his friend’s moms. “Tony you’re amazing.” “I shouldn’t do this – you’re my best friend’s mom.”
Zach Collaros covered well for Pike last year. He completed 75% of his passes, and even had a 75 yard run against South Florida. The schedule is tough, but Cincy has a week off before traveling to WVU and then gets Pitt at home.
More likely than not, none of these Big East teams will go undefeated in conference. A 1 loss team could take the conference down. More importantly, all 4 of these Big East contenders have tough early season out of conference games that should give us plenty of betting info while also giving us an opportunity to feel out public perception.
We’re a sleeping giant. I know it. Let’s go Bulls!
-A.J. Tampa, FL
Sleeping giant? No, not really, but this team does have some interesting storylines. Holtz was 18-8 ATS in 2006-2007 with East Carolina. It’s all about expectations, and he has a strange way of exceeding them, or at least keeping them really low. He’s like the fat grumpy uncle at Christmas. If he gives you a $20 gift card, you’re effing stunned. Maybe that’s the key in life – keep expectations insanely low.
South Florida will be a fun team to bet on all year. Wait a second, every team is fun to bet on, what the fuck are we talking about? But in USF’s case, they have a risk/reward young talented duel-threat QB and very good offensive line. The bad news for USF fans is the schedule is an absolute nightmare. They travel to play Florida, Miami, WVU, and Cincy. Not exactly an ideal way of transitioning from the Matt Grothe era. (There was a Matt Grothe era?)
The good news is if we can rise above the bullshit and find out what the public thinks of this USF team, there will be amazing value in betting on them with such public opponents.
Top 5 coolest names? (I’m submitting this for every conference)
-Will, Charlotte, NC
5. Teddy Dellaganna, P, Rutgers – You talkin’ to me?
4. Jock Sanders, WR, WVU – We guess it’s an ironic name, since he’s 5’7
3. Rock Keys, DT, Louisville – He should really join Tony Pike on the cover of a porn DVD
2. Moise Plancher. RB, USF – Rhymes with “noise” or sounds like “moist”? Please lord let it just rhyme with “noise.”
1. Van Chew, WR, Syracuse – Van Who, Its Van Chew.
Besides Devine & Lewis, who’s the best running back in the conference? If you say Joe Martinek, I will buy the full season package again.
-Darren, Burlington, NJ
Darren, we all know that you will buy the package no matter what. (Didn’t you try that last year too?)
We’re going with Delone Carter of Syracuse. Carter is now on a 9 player list of backs to rush for 1,000 yards at Syracuse, and you know most of the others. He did it despite an anemic passing game and an unstable o-line.
You’d appreciate him more if you didn’t hate Syracuse so much Darren. You bet on Rutgers -9 in the Carrier Dome last year didn’t you? We told you not to do that.
Did the site feel good about winning your bet on Rutgers when they played UConn after the death of Jasper Howard?
-Mike, Storrs, Conn
Come on, we took Rutgers +7 – it was a good bet. It’s not like we took them money line on the side, and made a killing when Rutgers scored at the end of the game… actually starting to feel bad now.
Tell me Robert Sands isn’t the most exciting player in the conference. Say it, I dare you.
-Robert, Morgantown, WV
This is not an argument that we care to get involved in. Robert Sands is the safety that we all create in our NCAA football dynasties on XBox. I think it’s possible that he was actually created in some freak science experiment gone wrong at EA sports.
Have draft boards come out yet? How is Sands not the #1 safety on the board? Or maybe he is, but he has a mean streak that scares the hell out of GMs. He has the dreads too. They add something, don’t they? Robert Sands is 6’5 220 and he plays safety. The concerns are that he’s more of a run stopper than a free safety, but he had 5 interceptions, and when did run stopper become a bad thing?
Just to be argumentative and make a most exciting player in the conference list:
Noel Devine, RB, WVU
Jon Baldwin, WR, Pitt
Robert Sands, S, WVU
Armon Binns, WR, Cincy
Delone Carter, RB, SU
Oh we left off Dion Lewis? Well it’s our list – go make your own.