One of the dangerous traps into which I repeatedly fall in trying to handicap these games is that I take a liking to (or have an ongoing grudge against) certain teams and unwittingly transfer my biases to the analyses. It's a pretty serious sin, and it frequently is a costly one.
Fresno State is 2-1, 3-0 ATS. After a cupcake opener with Weber State (where Dick Motta made his mark before becoming the coach of the tenacious old Chicago Bulls, 1968-1977), Fresno State hung with the mui bueno Oregeon Ducks before losing 42-25 in week 2, then beat the snot out Colorado 69-14 last week. I'm betting that the week 3 team shows up against Tulsa.
The Sox just finished off the Royals, reducing their magic number to 13. It's all good!
So as I sat around this evening watching the White Sox try to move a little closer to a division title, I tried to disregard the emotions, this while looking for a couple of likely dogs to pair up to get a decent payday. I think I've found them. My pair is the Rodney Dangerfield no respect Memphis Tigers (+23 @ Duke) and the Fresno State Bulldogs (+5 1/2 @ Tulsa).
I'm going with Memphis because I don't think that Duke should give 23 points to anybody. Memphis isn't very good, but I don't think Duke is that much better. Memphis is 0-3, 1-2 ATS. The spread began at 24 and fell off 1, so there's some folks who agree with me.
The Sox just finished off the Royals, reducing their magic number to 13. It's all good!