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Lock of the Year!

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Posted Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:39 AM   11 comments
Yeah, right! No such thing....I just want people to read my opinion on this game.
Baylor 34  Connecticut 10
 
First, lets give Baylor some credit for beating WF on the road. They held off a furious Wake rally to hang on.WF is a notoriously good 2H team (ask Stanford). This team is making great strides, they lost at home to WF by 4TDs LY
 
On to the UConn Game.....
Baylor has a HUGE edge in athletes! One Conn. defender called Griffin the fastest player he has ever played against. U Conn lost 2 #2 DC's on D from last year and didn't match up well with Frosh Griffen then.
Another matchup I really like is 6'4" track member WR Gettis (caught 5 vs.WF) against small, inexperienced Conn DBs.....
 
QB Frazer out for UConn. Backup QB for a team that doesn't throw the ball well anyway. Edsall is an excellent coach, UConn has simply lost too much talent for that program to immediately excel.
 
UConn must regroup quickly from tough loss to UNC. They blew a 10-0 4Q lead and now get to travel to Waco to play a 4PM local time game. Expect UConn to wilt in the TX heat after chasing Griffin all day....
 
Oddsmakers don't miss much. There is a reason Baylor is laying DD's    Good luck!
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Ice4Blood says:
09/16/09 12:47AM
Trooper... couple other angles that i think favor Baylor in a big way...

 

1) deflating loss for UConn will make it hard for them to be up for the start of this game...

2) Baylor has had two weeks to prepare, so they will be ready!

kickinA says:
09/16/09 12:49AM
Sounds good and I concur wholeheartly with the pick. Also a close loss to UNC doesn't mean much as the ACC is very much down this year.

 

Go Bears!

dytide says:
09/16/09 02:12AM
Uconn QB Endres battling stomach virus.

Freshman QB Box might play.

 

 

bookieassassin says:
09/16/09 03:09AM
thanks trooperman......think thats a damn good idea.....key as the iceman stated is huskies on the road .....off PHYSICAL / EMOTIONAL loss.......vs a RESTED / fired up to the max......baylor team

*this is a HUGE game for baylor.....(with only northwestern st on deck) 
*a MUST win for any bowl chances.....> their "winnable" games are on the road......AND instead of getting ttech at home.....it's at JERRYWORLD...

* uconn is tired and beat up.....on field for 70 plays/almost 34 min LW)

     QB out.....b/u sick.....as mentioned by dityde (didn't some dick threaten you for not posting correctly ? wtf....TRUE Fr Box (want to redshirt......evidently pretty green).....has been running #1
     TE  is out
      2 BEST Def players are ?........stud MLB / captain Lutrus has neck inj.....DE Witten (7 sacks already !!!!1 wtf ?)...is sick too...
starting  S Junior will play very banged up.....backups at LB....CB....and S are out....for good measure...throw in the fact that since fall camp 6 other players on D have left /hurt/susp  (1 starter +2 key b/ups + 3 knuckleheads or so...)....

* another key to bears now is that they have some size/ability on DL....penn st transfer Taylor (6-4 / 360) < can move.....also blocking back on SY situations !....other DT is 310.....both DE's 6-6ish /270 ish......+ great MLB....other 2 v solid.......SO now.....teams like uconn can't just run the ball all f'in day.......keeping Griffin OFF the field...

* was thinking weather not bad ....even cool.....forgot ...not for uconn...low 80's...humidity  70%.....30% chance of rain....("prestige" turf).....> huskies grass team

* Robert Griffin is the fastest player to play QB.....in the history of college football....and 60% passer .....LY 3 picks /267 attempts...

NORMALLY.....i would avoid this type of game.....(bears in unfamiliar role...+...10 poor value?..++++...).....but agree with you boys.....matchup /situational factors favor the bears in a BIG way......no way huskies keep pace
KendoOCD says:
09/16/09 03:13AM
Looks good the only thing i dont like is the L word
Ice4Blood says:
09/16/09 03:15AM

 

all of this is great info... but just wanted to highlight this statement... this guy can play!  doubt Baylor has had a defensive player like this before... or not in a long long time, at least...

this game seems like a well-kept secret right now... 3rd string QB for a team whose 1st string QB is already really bad?  ouch!  just seems like a bad bad spot for UConn...

might have to double up my small bet on this one... was hoping to get (-7) or (-8)... but (-10) still looks like solid value...

KomebacKid says:
09/16/09 04:37AM
wow dude... you are laying -10.5 on BAYLOR? you know we're talking about baylor... i would be careful... they beat a garbage wake forest team.. uconn should have beaten unc, who is way better than wake (i think? never know with the shitty acc)... but BAYLOR?
Ice4Blood says:
09/16/09 05:27AM
UNC is "way better than Wake"?  i beg to differ...

 

Baylor is way better than Wake, UNC or UConn... i'll tell you that much right now!

Trooper64 says:
09/16/09 11:05AM
Great info, Bookie....

Makes the pick that much stronger.

 

Kendo-believe me, I was kidding....based on my avatar, you know I have been around long enough to know there are no locks!

 

BOL

Trooper64 says:
09/16/09 11:13AM
Also...

Thanks for your contribution, Ice! Not only do I respect your opinion, I enjoy the fact that you call posters out when they are inaccurate. You make a difference.

 

jmw59 says:
09/16/09 12:00PM
Other than the "L" word in the title.

 

Very good thread.  Tons of great info.

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