Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Pumpin for Thursday: Week 2

(Each Thursday I will make my spread prediction for the ESPN Thursday Night Game which I give weekly to my friend Josh
for his sportsbook account. As for you...all picks are for entertainment purposes only. You can't sue me to recover loss wagers)


Oregon State (-3.5) at Cincinnati, Over/Under=45.5



Vegas Algebra says: Oregon State 24.5, Cincinnati 21



My thoughts: Two Thursdays and so far two road favorites. Interesting although Vegas is really putting Nippert Stadium on a pedestal with this tight spread. Yvenson Bernard is a star whom the country may not get many chances to know. This is one of the few times he will be on a national stage. Sammie Stroughter is also expected to play for Oregon State returning from 'personal issues'. Cincinnati has a young team but they are capable of scoring too.



Suggestion: Learn two lessons from last week and take Oregon State. 1) Road favorites can cover on Thursday (LSU over Miss St.), 2) The mid-bottom of the Big East can't compete with the Pac Ten (Washington over Syracuse). I like the over, as I usually do on Thursdays and Oregon State. Speaking of LSU and Syracuse. I wonder what Joseph Addai and Marvin Harrison are upto these days?

Yvenson Bernard should be able to run over Cincinnati

1 comment:

Paul said...

Yikes! Cincinnati kills Oregon State and some junk points could have covered the over but the 4th quarter was scoreless. That brings the total to -20 (vigs) and the record to 2-2 for the season.