The Griff Report- Friday the 13th - September My Way

Well folks I’m back despite the bohemian tactics of the masonic demotic slaves to spread deception as a weapon hoping they would keep me stressing, maybe I’m the best one because the lord is where I get my blessings with gift here goes the next one.

It’s been a mediocre start for the perennial powerhouse with the returning QB as it took 3 quarters past before the tide swept in last week. A slightly bigger opponent in an unfamiliar environment this week as Alabama heads to Camp Randall to face their beloved Badgers. The line -16.5 a huge number one of the likes has never been covered in modern era football handicapping, the 3rd time they have been a double digit home underdog since 2005, both the others were to Ohio State. Does that mean the Badgers are a sure thing? Not according the betting community, the consensus rolling in on Bama 79% or it is before the Saturday public money. The Badgers may still have the offensive line to win against Western Michigan and South Dakota, but four quarters against the Tide and what is sure to be four quarter run attack. What does that mean for the betting on the game? Wisconsin will likely hang on like a man getting beat trying to slow down the arms to stop the damage early which may lead to a live bet opportunity on the Tide laying less that the 16.5, but that run attack doesn’t slow down and try to get away from the feeble attempt at wrist control it pushes forward grabs you by the eye sockets and beats your head into the wall. Look for a live bet if you have time to sit down and enjoy the game, but my pick is the only thing upset will be Wisky fans as the Tide Rolls in and sweeps out taking some confidence from the faithful.

115 Alabama -16½-108

Coach Kelly has been beating on the tables this year because his team was in position but maybe the best wide receiver group in college football was just so good that it left everyone saying , “did you see that !” in the opener. While I was in for the worst three hours in sports last week as South Carolina came in to Lexington and put a three hour beat down on the Wildcats, I watched every minute despite having every other 3:30 game correct. This here is a different matchup for both teams, the LSU defense will have to contain an athletic quarterback Saturday in Sellers and a senior running back Sanders. The Tigers have only beaten twice ever by the Gamecocks, 19-2-1 all-time for LSU in the matchup. Consensus 58% only a slight margin for LSU as what happened recently is in the minds of the public. This is still a freshman QB against what could still be a playoff team because in the format how you finish and play in your league will be weighed in heavily. Once again if you have time to sit and watch the you can probably get that perfect bet live time, but my I’m picking the irishman to have the eye of the tiger locked in for their SEC opener.

125

LSU

-6½

Speaking of the Irish and a team that just needs to finish strong to make the playoffs, the entire football world was shocked last week as NIU went to South Bend and stole that “Easy Money” from Irish backers. This week it’s Purdue, one of the longest most historical rivalries in the state of Indiana and college football as a whole. Consensus still has faith in ND here by a 2-1 margin on the road in West Lafayette. Last week a group of seniors ready to fight to the death for Northern Illinois, this Purdue team with Hudson Card at QB but the questions come from the receivers but this is an Air Raid offense not the Huskies run attack that shortened last weeks game. An injured non throwing shoulder for Leonard may make him less likely to take off on designed qb runs to limit the number of hits he takes, he is also dead last among power four signal callers thus far. Can the Boilermakers pull the upset? Are the Irish really not as good as fans thought? Purdue 13-26-2 all time at home vs. the Irish. Purdue may hang around but when I look at the head to head record I see a long list of ND victories from the last Purdue win in 2007, two 3 point wins for the Irish, a few 7-10 point wins and a few 14-16 point wins as its now 8 in row for ND in the series. Do you wait on the live bet or do the Irish come out fired up? Either way my pick is

149

Notre Dame

-9½

Central Florida head to Amon G. Stadium to face TCU in a game sure to have a lot ra ra for both sides. A million points? Well the total at 63 is probably a tight one with no advantage on either side. A one point spread for the home team favored but not by the typical “home field number of -3” This one I picked just incase anyone should read or hear it down at the real FSU where I attend, “Full Sail University” campus in Orlando also with UCF. The game on Fox and my pick here is the visiting UCF Knights, with 55% consensus in agreement

187

Central Florida

+2

+1

To my birthplace here where I’ll just give the info because my Wildcats are up against it. Vanda”Griff” had a rough three hours last week as UK was just stuck on 6 points all afternoon as the Wildcats just couldn’t keep him protected. As a Wildcat fan traditionally this a rough go vs. UGA having the last UK win in 2009, last year things went 51-13 Georgia and since Smart has been at the helm its been a one way street. One interesting note and I’m not quite sure who has the advantage from the situation of Brock Vandagriff coming from Georgia because he wasn’t going to get any playing time down there. He has a lot to prove on one hand, but how well does the UGA staff know him and what he’s good at as well as any tendencies they could possibly exploit? The -22 point line has 91% of the early consensus on the Bulldogs, hometown websites like Sea of Blue treating the Wildcats like Rodney Dangerfield picking that big win for the visitors. Wait just a minute tho, last year Georgia went 4-5 ATS in conference, 1-3 as an away team. Just about 10 points has decided the last four matchups in Lexington. Tell these fair weather fans that these Wildcats will have to feed off the energy the put in the ether, so get your tickets, or fire up your grill Saturday night as the college football world will have its eyes on the number 1 ranked team and their visit to the bluegrass state. We’ll see maybe Georgia overlooks this UK team and maybe Vandagriff has something to prove to his old team. I’ll take my beating with the Cats here and just leave it at that.

190

Kentucky

+23½

+22

Best of the rest and Griff’s Dogs? Here they go:

Texas -35

Oregon State +16

Central Michigan +20

U Mass +5

Sam Houston -5

Indiana -money line

Florida State -6.5

Florida +4.5

Pitt +2

Tulane +13

Utah State +20

Mississippi St-10.5

Ole Miss OVER TEAM TOTAL

SDSU/CAL UNDER 48

BC +15.5

I’ll be back soon with NFL Games for Saturday, As always best of luck and enjoy your Saturday