Posted Monday, August 20, 2012 02:42 AM
am not going to say anything about their 'game plan' or what they're running - which won't have any bearing on Rice because they won't do that game plan until after they close practice to public - but ....
I was impressed with the tempo. I've been to UCLA and USC practices for 5 years - this squad is quick off the ball - moreso than any UCLA team I've seen in practice. Jonathan Franklin is a fine, fine back; low center of gravity, cuts on a dime, burst of speed off the cut and strong - difficult to tackle. He'll average 4-5 yards a carry this year barring injury.
Brett Hundley throws a sweet ball. More importantly, he doesn't look or act like a RS freshman; more mature. Anything can happen first game, but, UCLA has a lot more talent than Rice, no question about that. I think Brett will quickly realize this and assert himself in the game and use it to establish is career at UCLA. He needs to do well (and he can against Rice) and Mora wants a huge first game to start his tenure at UCLA.
Impressed also with corrner play and defensive secondary generally. Bruins have athletes behind the front 7 and I think will get more than their share of picks this year.
Also I am impressed with how practice is run - more like a pro practice in how they move from sets and conduct themselves generally. It looks like a pro team; not a bunch of amateurs. I think the 2 weeks in San Bernardi... [More]
Posted Thursday, October 14, 2010 03:22 PM
I am posting the selections made so far by cappers - others will be added later - up to 5 pks by each capper. Pks are spread over successive posts due to post-length limits by Covers'....BOL to everyone in week 7!....
BADLANDS
WVU MOUNTAINEERS -10 LARGE
I’ve been waiting for
this game. This is a very bad south Florida team. I watched their
whole game last week against Syracuse. Jim Levitt and matt grothie made
this program pretty good but it’s taken a huge step back this year. South
Florida 3 wins have come against a 0-5 western Kentucky team, a 1-4 Florida Atlantic
team...and..Stony brook. I watched both their games against Florida and Syracuse
and they can’t do anything on offense and lost I believe 4 starters on d that
went to the NFL or graduated. Daniels has been awful at
qb. Against Florida he was 5-20 for 84 yards, 1 td 4 int. last week
against Syracuse he was 9-23 no tds and 2 picks. even against
western Kentucky he only had 57 passing yards and they only won by 12 at
home. he can run but it’s going to take a lot against wv. south floridas only chance is if they can run and wv is giving up 86 rypg. on the
flip side Florida ran for 250 yards on s. Florida so gl stopping devine. Unless
WV doesn’t show up or just kills themselves with turnovers and penalties, I don’t
see how they don’t win by 20+. west Virginia 31 s. Florida 10
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Posted Friday, October 08, 2010 12:50 PM
Week 6 selections are below - submissions and writeups still pending in a couple cases. It's been an up and down season for many, but overall we are solidly in the black. ICE4BLOOD is having a *tremendous* year on top plays, as is Boom. BOL to all!
(NOTE: Plays continued over two postings due to Covers' post-length limitations)....GWJTF
BADLANDS
Submission pending.
BOOM_BOOM
Oregon -34.5 3 units
Alabama - 8 2 units
NCST -9.5 2 units
Wake Forrest + 5 2.5 units
Michigan S.T / Michigan Under 63.5 2.5 units
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Posted Friday, October 01, 2010 03:46 AM
After another solidly profitable
weekend from our cappers, week 5 selections are below (continued on next
post due to Covers’ limits on post length)….Write-ups will be added when
available.
BADLANDS
WESTERN MICHIGAN +3
WYOMING +4
WISCONSIN -2
L.S.U. -16
ARKANSAS STATE +4.5
BOOM_BOOM
NAVY + 9.5
Clemson + 3
TCU -33
ASU / Oregon S.T over 56
Notre Dame -2.5
2 Bonus strong plays:
Wyoming / Toledo Over 48.5; NCST +4.5
(write-ups continued in next post…GWJTF)
Posted Thursday, September 23, 2010 03:39 PM
Below are top pks for week 4 from four of the best cappers on Covers...writeups will follow when available...(picks continued on successive posts due to character limits per posting - GWJTF)...BOL to all
BADLANDS
Baylor -7
West Virginia +10
Wyoming +14
Georgia Tech -8
Fresno State +3
BOOM_BOOM
Stanford -3;
South Florida-27;
N.Texas / Florida Atlantic under 52;
Wyoming +14;
Oregon / ASU over 54
ICE4BLOOD
Pitt (+3.5)... gotta roll with Pitt in the Thursday night dog roll... they seem to do well as a dog... wish i was getting 4 points, and you might be able to closer to gametime... but then again, you might only get 3 if you wait... the best way to bet this game, is to do nothing until halftime... if, at HT, you can get Pitt at a line that gives you (+4.5) or even (+6), you are in business... prediction: Pitt 20-17
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