College Football Week 2
Week 1 Premium Plays: 6-0 (+12 units)
Week 1 Leans: 4-1 (+1.5 units)
Overall Premium Plays: 7-0 (+15 units)
Overall Leans: 4-2 (+1 unit)
Overall Combined Record: 11-2 (+16 units)
Week 1 Summary: Right where we left off. Clean sweep on the premium plays without breaking a sweat. That’s why they pay the kid the big bucks. Shoutout to the haters (Dan). Pray harder.
Week 2 Preview: I’m hungover to the tits after a work trip turned bender. Muscling this one out for my loyal followers. For the first time in over a year, I hate the slate. Sniper… not a shotgun. Really not much to say here other than thank god the Noles aren’t playing.
Week 2 Premium Plays:
Northwestern -2.5 (2 units): Rinse. Repeat. David Braun and the Wildcats have been a mainstay in the premium plays for the back half of last season and again to start out the 2024 season. A team that was on the brink of relegation to the FCS after a scandal prior to the 2023 season is now looking to make a bowl game in back to back seasons. The offense showed some growing pains in their opener against Miami (OH) but looks to right the ship at home on Friday night against Maalik Murphy and the Duke Blue Devils. Mike Wright showed his ability to push the ball down field as well as pick up yards on the ground. Coupled with a RB tandem that averaged over 4 yards per clip on the ground against a stingy Miami (OH) defense, this offense has some legs despite the low scoring affair in Week 1. I love Northwestern to get out to their first 2-0 start in almost a decade tonight against a Duke team that struggled to run the ball against Elon averaging just 2 yards a carry a week ago. Northwestern forever. 17-10.
Iowa -3 (3 units): Nepotism may be dead but Cade McNamara is back and he’s bringing points to the University of Iowa Hawkeyes. Brian Ferentz out, Tim Lester in. The mastermind behind the revived Hawkeyes offense is journeyman Tim Lester who spent time as the head coach at Western Michigan but most recently as an analyst for the Green Bay Packers. Both the Hawkeyes and in state rival Iowa State are in the top 10 in returning production…. Although that may not be a good thing for the Cyclones. Their defensive line was gaped by a North Dakota run game in week one that rushed for 174 yards on the ground while Iowa State found their success through the air with the guidance of veteran QB Rocco Becht. On the other side, we have a Iowa Hawkeyes offense that not only ran for 241 yards on the ground in their opener against Illinois State, but also were able to amass 251 pass yards and more receiving touchdowns than the entire 2023 season. A much improved, balanced offensive scheme and unit are going to lift the Hawkeyes over the Cyclones here. Expect a heavy dose of the run with McNamara doing enough through the air to keep the defense honest. Hawkeyes 31-10.
Kansas State team total over 27.5 (1 unit):
Kansas State is a dark horse for the new 12 team playoff this year and has the team to do it. They have a veteran defense coupled with a rising star QB in Avery Johnson and workhorse RB in DJ Giddens. Giddens ran for over 1200 yards a season ago and opened this season with 124 yards on 13 carriers in the Wildcats opener against UT Martin. Tulane is trotting out a true freshman QB in Darian Mensah who is going to need to impress if they want any chance of pulling off an upset. He is going to be tasked with navigating an opponent returning 70% of their defensive production and 64% of their TFL producers – in short, the defensive line is going to be an issue. Mensah has the benefit of playing at home but I think the Tulane defense is going to be on the field a lot. Wildcats have an offense tailor made to wear you down and I expect them to open this one up late. Wildcats get to the number in a 34-14 win on the road.
Leans (0.5 units each):
LSU -48.5: Cry baby cuck show Brian Kelly is going to throttle Nichols State. After losing to Florida State in the opener the previous two seasons, the LSU tigers faced Southern University and Grambling State and outscored them by a combined 137-27. Worth a sprinkle.
Nebraska/Colorado under 55.5: The center for Colorado looks like a practice squad guy at my former high school. Matt Rhule keeps this under control.
App State +17.5: Is Clemson capable of scoring 17 points?
Texas Tech/Wazzou over 66.5: RIP the Pirate
See you on the other side.
Cheers,
William Tickets
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