The 49ers plain and simple are a whole different team right now since Jimmy has taken over at QB.  San Fran is playing with a ton of confidence right now winning back to back road games.  This will be Jimmy's first start at home so you can expect another big effort 

I just think the Rams will have the edge here as their defensive line will take over the game against a very bad Seahawks offensive line.  Seattle made a nice comeback last weekend against the Jags, but the Rams present the same problem that the Jags did on defense.  I also don't think the Seahawks will be able to hold Gurley in check either

Dont like Miami at all here in this spot coming off a huge Monday win over the Patriots.  Now they are on a short travel week against another division rival.  The Bills still have a chance for the playoffs so you can expect a big effort. 

Just don't think the Ravens should be laying this much to anyone on the road.  This team gave it all they had last week against the Steelers.  This Browns team should have won last week having a 21-7 lead going into the 4th against Green Bay and they blew the lead and failed to cover giving up a TD in OT  

Two teams here I think going in different directions if you watch the game.  The Cardinals are playing with a lot of hear right now beating 2 playoff teams in the last 3 weeks only losing to the Rams.  The Redskins have completely thrown in the towel for the season and have so many injuries right now I think they lose out right

I have been against this Oregon team several times this season as they lost so much from last years great team.  This will also be their first true road game and Fresno St will be up for the challenge 

I'm not sold on Clemson at all and their record as they really haven't been challenged yet this season.  We are getting a good price on Florida because of this game being on a neutral court

This UCLA team still has a lot of talent on it.  I think this will be a tough spot for Cincy coming off a big win over Florida and now travel across country.  UCLA let one slip away blowing a lead and losing in OT @ Michigan.  The distractions are gone from UCLA now I think they win SU

Its safe to say Northwestern has underachieved this season, but they just have too much talen here compared to DePaul who isn't a very good team.  DePaul has been beating up on some pretty bad teams as of late that has them over valued 

I think the time is right now to buy on this Kentucky team.  Sure, they haven't looked great so far, but they have enough games under their belt now and have had some time off to get things squared away.  Va Tech has benefited from a easy schedule 

So Leonard is back for the Spurs, but they still lost to the Mavs.  I think it will take some while for them to gel.  Now they are playing the best team in basketball right now and the Rockets will want to make a statement no doubt about it.  I don't think the Spurs can hold them in check 

The Bulls have covered 5 straight and are playing their best basketball of the season.  Now this is a division rival here and I think they will be up for the challenge.  The Bucks are in a classic look ahead spot here with the Rockets on deck tomorrow

I think it will be hard here for the Pacers to get up for this game coming off that emotional game vs the Thunder where the trade happened this off season.  The Pistons got the monkey off their back last night granted against the Hawks, but still you have to start somewhere.  I look for the Pistons to win this game outright

Let's take the Colts here tonight as we see one of the oddest things in the NFL.  The Broncos were home dogs last week to the Jets and now are favored on the road?  This is a case that you very very rarely see.  So out of sure principle you have to take the home dog.  The Colts last two home games were against playoff teams and they lost to Pitt by 3 and the Titans by 4.  

I think this game will be closer than most people think.  I know the Cavs will want to put it to them here, but this young Lakers team can keep it within double digits.  The Cavs have had a very easy schedule here of late as well.  They are still dealing with some injuries and I don't trust the Cavs on defense at all

The Suns played a tough game last night and yes that back to back is in this line here fo sure.  The Raptors are also in a tough spot here playing their 4th straight road game in 6 Days.  I don’t see them blowing the Suns out here in a game they don’t care about

I like thenPelicans to get the job done here tonight.  I know the Bucks have been playing better as of late but those games were at home.  I still think this team underachieves and the matchup favors the Pelicans 

Yes the Thunder have been struggling but the return of George coming home and now all the media coverage that is happening with OKC the betting public doesn’t want a part of.  I think we get a monster effort here tonight from them

Really like the Longhorns here tonight facing a Michigan team that I believe will be bottom 5 in the Big Ten when it's all said and done.  They lost @ Ohio St by 9 who is not a tournament team this year.  They also lost to the worst SEC school on a neutral court in LSU.  Texas is a tournament team and I was impressed with a hard fought road win over VCU last game.  Texas has 2 losses to Duke and Gonzaga, nothing to hang your about there.

Miss St might be undefeated but they have played absolutely no one and this will be their first game on the road.  I also think the fact the Cincy is coming off 2 hard fought losses you can expect a big effort here.  

So Columbia only has one win on the season, but they have dropped several close games.  They have also faced a handful of teams better than Boston College.  Throw that in with the fact that this spot couldn't be any worse for BC coming off a huge upset win over #1 ranked Duke where they stormed the court.   This seems like a classic let down spot here

I'm not a believer in this Titans team at despite their record.  They beat the Texans and Colts the last two games who are two of the worst teams in the league.  People are forgetting that this Cards team two weeks ago beat the Jags 

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Going with Nevada here as this team should be undefeated with their only loss being last time out against Texas Tech in OT.  TCU is undefeated, but looking at their schedule this will by far be their toughest test.  

Like the Spurs here on their home court tonight against Boston.  The Spurs have been a different team the last 2 weeks from the start of the season.  I think we see San Antonio get the revenge here and a easy cover

The Pistons have easily been one of he biggest surprises so far this NBA season.  I think they could pull the upset here tonight of the Warriors as they defend their home court very well with a 8-2 record.  The Warriors are on their final stretch here of this long road trip.  Curry being out and Green being questionable I think we get a max effort here from Detroit and maybe a win

Let's take TCU here at home against SMU who is coming off a huge blowout win over USC.  I'm not sure how good this SMU team actually is as they lost a ton from last year.  I think the fact they did to that against USC has them over valued.  TCU does return key pieces from a NIT Championship team.  

I have backed Nevada several times this season and they are a perfect 8-0 on the season and 7-0 ATS.  Nevada has a bunch of transfers that were power 5 conference players so they wont be backing down here against Texas Tech

This really stood out to me as too many points here.  SDSU has played some pretty good competition this season beating Iowa and Ole Miss both away from home.  They also were tested at Kansas.  I just think with the Shockers coming off a huge win over Baylor and @ Oklahoma St on deck I think this is a let down spot for them 

I know VCU is on their home court but the talent gap here is just too big.  VCU is also down this season as every biggee named team they have played they have lost.  That includes Marquette and Michigan Not exactly the level of Texas.  I think Shaka knows the level of importance here for this returning to the school that put him in this stage.

Love West Virginia here tonight hosting Virginia who I think the betting public will be all over since they are the higher ranked team getting points.

West Virginia only loss was to Texas AM who is undefeated right now and that game was played across the pond so you can't really fault them for that.  

The style of play here plays a huge advantage for West Virginia playing at home as they will constantly put pressure on Virginia and make them play at a pace they dont like

The Jazz aren't getting enough respect considering that the Wizards are still without Wall.  The Jazz have quietly won 5 straight games and 6 of 7.  Gorbert is going to be back tonight as well which is a huge upgrade. 

The T Wolves are simply just way better than than the very banged up Grizzlies.  They haven't won a game since Conley went down and there is no reason to think things will turn around any time soon after them firing their coach.  

Let's take the Nets here tonight as they are in the classic home and home game here against the Hawks.  The Hawks just beat them on the Nets home court and more times than not the visiting team will win again.  

This is just crazy to me that the Sixers are laying double digits right now.  I doubt they have any interest in this game at all.  While the Suns may be tired I still think they give a good effort here trying to get a win late to wrap up their road trip.  

Was I ever impressed with the Buckeyes win over Wisconsin to open up big ten play.  I think Ohio St is just better than Michigan and not reading a lot of stock into Michigan beating Indiana who I think will be near the bottom of the Big 10 this season 

I'm not sure why UNLV is favored here but I was very impressed with UNI and what they did in the Bahamas tournament  beating SMU and and NC St and losing to Nova in the championship game.  UNLV has been hot rolling teams but in their first true road test against a different style I think the Panthers get it done

Wrong team is favored here in this game.  The Miami Heat played last night in a losing effort against the Cavs now travel to the Knicks. 

 I think the Knicks are in a good bounce back spot here after laying an egg against Portland last time out.  The Knicks have played very well at home with a 10-3 ATS record this season. 

I dont believe Penn St should be favored here in this spot.  Yes, they are a good team and have a lot of young talent.  They played one hard team and that was Texas A&M who is very good but they couldn't handle that.  NC St beat Zona and yes, Zona looks down but still they were 13 point underdogs. 

I think we are getting a pissed of Thunder team at a discount because of their road struggles.  They should be more than motivated to take it out on a Magic team that clearly isn't the same from how they started their season.  The Thunder have also 3 days off here which is a big advantage

I'm not looking much into the Wizards beating the T Wolves last night without Wall.  The T Wolves has yet to figure anything out this season as far as I am concerned.  I also think we get a nice bounce back performance from the Sixers after getting beat easily by the Cavs

Iowa hasn't been up to par so far this season.  They have looked pretty sluggish on defense thus far and lost to some sub par competition.  A big thing though here is that Nick Baer returns for them tonight and he is the do everything type of player than really rallies this young team.  This just seems like a ton of points here

Let's take the Bulls here as I think they will be eager for a win.  They know they can beat the Suns who really aren't much better than they are.  These two teams have already faced one another with the Suns beating them.  I think the Bulls get their revenge here as Booker is still a big question mark to play tonight 

I'm banking on Northwestern coming out of their so called little funk.  They lost to Creighton at home, but that actually doesn't look that bad as Creighton is a very good team especially at the guard position this year.  NW did just get blown out by Texas Tech and I'm going to give them a pass here for that as they shot 26% from the field.  I'm not sure how good this Tech team actually is.  Most people had Tech around the bottom 5 of the ACC while NW near top 5 of Big Ten so at a PK I think this is great value 

Like Virginia here facing a Wisconsin team that to no surprise is struggling.  Wisconsin only has one starter back from last years team.  At first glance you most will look and say wow Wisconsin getting this many points.  But, Virginia is a team that really passes the eye test right now as their smallest margin of victory was 9.  

Have to take Duke here in the title game tonight against Florida.  This Duke team is just loaded with talent up and down their roster.  I really think this line will climb throughout the day so grab it now.  Florida is getting a lot of respect because they have covered against Stanford and Gonzaga. Duke is a whole different animal here take the Blue Devils 

Stanford gets some relief here tonight playing Portland St.  I think they will be eager here to leave this tournament with a win.  Stanford has lost to Florida and Ohio St.  Prior to that they hosted a home game vs North Carolina.  So it's been a rough stretch but I think they respond here tonight

Like Michigan St here as I think the public will be all over North Carolina catching points.  The Spartans returned all their stud sophomores and possible player of the year in Miles Bridges.  Sparty to me looks like the 2nd best team in the country so will gladly lay the -1

This is the spot here to back the Rams as they are coming off a loss @ Minnesota that ended up being a blowout.  The Saints are red hot right now but the teams they have been playing aren’t exactly world beaters.  The betting public loves offense but give me the home team and their good defense 

I will take Ohio St here as I think they should actually be favored.  This Butler team is way down this season.  Butler was blown out against Texas and then barely beat Portland just by 2 points.  Ohio St didn't play well against Gonzaga but the Zags made everything they looked at.  I liked their bounce back performance against Stanford

The Titans shouldn’t be laying more than a FG on the road.  I need to see more from this team before I am a believer.  The Colts while they may not be racking up the wins they are still a competitive team especially at Home.

The line just had been inflated big time as they Eagles continis to blow teams out. I don’t think that will happen here as there is no motivation for them to do so.  Also the Bears play a style that generally keeps them in the ball game.  

Cant lay this big of number with the Chiefs as they have looked really bad the last month.  Is this team capable of blowing the Bills out sure they are, but I need to see it first.  I think we get an extra motivated Bills team here with Tyrod returning at QB. 

The Bengals saved their season last week with a win at Denver.  Now there is no doubt we will get a motivated team to show up against a division rival.  The Browns after last week losing another game in the 4th, they are running out of steam here. 

I think we are going to see a pretty max effort here from Fresno St trying to beat Bosie St, but the case here is that the Bulldogs actually believe they can.  The betting public will gladly lay the points with Boise simply because they are a house hold name now to the average fan in football.  Fresno St brings a nasty defense to the table at home giving up just 2.9 yards per carry.  I think Boise is on upset alert here

This Duke team is a lot better than they are getting credit for here.  They had a stretch where they lost 3 games in a row and they were all by 7 points.  Those are clearly coin flip games that didn't go their way but the markets react to that since they lost SU.  

This is also a role that Wake isn't familiar with as they have only been a double digit favorite once they season and that was against Utah St.  

Duke showed last week they still have some fight left in them with a great performance against Georgia Tech.  I think we get another here and with Wake coming off a huge win for them beating NC St I think this is the right spot

This is a nice in state rivalry but only one team generally show up in this game and that is Georgia Tech.  They won out right last year in Athens, lost by 6 the year before and the two before that both went into OT.  While Georgia can still control their own destiny here I think the Yellowjackets would love nothing more than to spoil their season.  When playing Georgia Tech and their option attack you really need to be fully committed in stopping that or they will make you pay.  I also think Tech last week was clearly looking ahead to this game 

Really like UCLA here to finish the season strong and they need this game in order to make a bowl game.  They just fired head coach Jim Mora Jr but I think they will be a good thing for this team.  Last week put up over 500 total yards on USC and out gained them by 84 yards.  

Yes, the Bruins struggle on defense but Cal is terrible on offense averaging under 3 yards per play rushing.  Cal is just 1-4 on the road this season and gave everything they had against their rival last week 

I know Vandy has played a pretty tough slate so far but they just aren't passing the eye test.  They were blown out yesterday to a good Virginia team so clearly the line has been adjusted already with Seton Hall now being 6 point favorites here.  Seton Hall really let that game slip away yesterday down the stretch.  Seton Hall just has too many players here with Carrington and Delgado.  

I like Michigan St here today play a UConn team that is down this season.  I know they beat Oregon yesterday but that is a Oregon team that lost a ton from last years final four team.  This Spartan team is loaded with key players back from last years team.  I dont see them having an issue here with UConn tonight

Gotta like Texas here after we saw what they did @ West Virginia last week.  Texas has won 3 of their last 4 games and could easily be 8-3 right now with two other games that came down to the final possession and they lost both.  They also have a lot better defense that can maintain Tech and their air raid offense that does struggle on the road.  It's also a night game which adds value with the home team 

I thought Rhode Island was lucky yesterday late in that game to even come away with a win.  This Virginia even though they did lose a lot they seem to pick back up from where they left off.  Rhode Island has their best player out in Matthews and Virginia is a team that will make you work for everything especially on offense. 

I'm actually shocked that Iowa is taking this much money.  I really think both teams are very similar it's just that Iowa had a out of body experience and beat Ohio St which everyone remembers.  This Huskers team didn't quit last week when they got down early to Penn St.  That is always a good sign to look for at this point in the season.  I also think since it's senior day Nebraska will show up plus they have the revenge angle here as well.  Iowa has nothing to play for here period.   

I'm not putting much stock into last weeks game as the Giants beat the Chiefs.  The Chiefs clearly aren't the same team as they were the first month of the season.  I think that has the Giants over valued plus the Chiefs had some very costly turnovers.  I also think Washington is the most underrated team in the NFL now.  People forget just a couple games ago they went into a healthy Seattle team and won on their turf.  Their recent losses including last week where they dominated the Saints for 85% of that game and blew it late.  I think they rally here and destroy the Giants 

The Vikings just don't get much love and all they do is simply win and have won 6 straight.  They have covered 5 straight now.  I really don't have much faith in this Lions team as they have beat the Packers without Rodgers, the Browns which they could have easily lost, and the Bears last week as that was another coin flip game as well. Vikings defense is nasty and will contain Stafford and company here

Like the Thunder here as they will be going all out to beat the Warriors tonight.  I think they actually get the job done here.  I know they have been struggling but this is a game that has been circled on the calendar.  

No surprise that LSU got blown out to Notre Dame last night as LSU is the worst team in the SEC.  I thik Marquette will do the same to them as they were just ice cold and LSU did their arguably their best offensive player last night.  

The Celtics are on a 16 game winning streak and this is just the game and situation where it comes to an end.  Miami will bounce back with two days off and getting blown out on their home court.  I also think the Celtics are tire here we saw them go into OT against the Mavs last game

The Raptors have covered and won 4 straight game and one of those games included a blowout win over the Knicks.  The Knicks are just playing better than a lot of people thought they would.  They have won 5 of their last 8 games and have covered 4 of their last 5.  Raports made 56% while Knicks shot under 35% last game that was the difference 

Portland is now playing better winning 4 of their last 5.  There is no doubt the betting public will be all over the Sixers.  I actually think Lillard and McCollum will be the difference as the Sixers don't play much of defense.