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THE GOLD SHEET Published Weekly by: Nation-Wide Sports Publications 4717 Van Nuys Blvd., 3rd Floor Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 (800)798-GOLD (4653) www.goldsheet.com COLLEGE FB PLAYOFF SEMIFINALS! NATION-WIDE SPORTS PUBLICATIONS COPYRIGHT © 2016 VOLUME 59 DEC. 31, 2015 - JAN. 3, 2016 NO. 18 RECORD OF OPPOSING BOWL COACHES GOLD SHEET BOWL COVERAGE! Following is the complete TGS bowl schedule for the next four weeks; KEY: SUR—Career straight-up record in all bowl games as head coach keep this for handy reference. (including games at previous school, if any). PSR—Pointspread record as head Issue No. 16...Twelve bowls from Dec. 19-24 (Dec. 19-New Mexico, Las coach in bowl games. FAV—Pointspread record as a bowl favorite. DOG— Vegas, Camellia, Cure Orlando, New Orleans; Dec. 21-Miami Beach; Dec. Pointspread record as a bowl underdog. PICK—Record in “pick’em” bowl 22-Famous Idaho Potato, Boca Raton; Dec. 23-Poinsettia, GoDaddy; Dec. games. *-Coaching change or pending change since end of season. 24-Bahamas, Hawaii). To be mailed, and available online, December 14; COACH SUR PSR FAV DOG PICK TGS EXTRA!!! bowl issue also available December 14. Issue No. 17...Sixteen bowls from Dec. 26-30 (Dec. 26-St. Petersburg, Tom Herman, Houston — — — — — Sun, Dallas, Yankee Pinstripe, Independence, Foster Farms; Dec. 28- Jimbo Fisher, Florida State 4-1 3-2 2-1 1-1 — Military, Quick Lane Detroit; Dec. 29-Armed Forces, Russell Athletic, Arizona, Texas; Dec. 30-Birmingham, Belk, Music City, Holiday). To be Mark Dantonio, Michigan St. 4-4 5-3 — 5-3 — mailed, and available online, December 21. Nick Saban, Alabama 6-8 6-8 4-5 2-3 — Issue No. 18...Twelve bowls from Dec. 31-Jan. 2 (Dec. 31-Peach, Cotton, Orange; Jan. 1-Outback, Citrus, Fiesta, Rose, Sugar; Jan. 2- Bob Stoops, Oklahoma 8-8 6-10 3-7 3-3 — Taxslayer Gator, Liberty, Alamo, Cactus). To be mailed, and available Dabo Swinney, Clemson 4-3 4-3 1-3 3-0 — online, December 28. Butch Jones, Tennessee 2-2 3-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 Issue No. 19...The CF Playoff title game (Jan. 11-at Glendale, Az). To be Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern 1-4 4-1 — 4-1 — mailed, and available online, January 4. Jim McElwain, Florida 1-0 1-0 — 1-0 — Jim Harbaugh, Michigan 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 — Bowl predictions previously released in Issue #17 (TGS pointspread choice in CAPS): Brian Kelly, Notre Dame 4-3 2-5 0-3 2-2 — Urban Meyer, Ohio State 9-2 9-2 7-2 2-0 — St. Petersburg Bowl: MARSHALL 27 - Connecticut 13 Sun Bowl: WASHINGTON STATE 36 - Miami-Fla. 30 Kirk Ferentz, Iowa 6-6 8-4 1-0 7-4 — Heart of Dallas Bowl: SOUTHERN MISS 28 - Washington 31 David Shaw, Stanford 2-2 2-1-1 1-1-1 1-0 — Pinstripe Bowl: INDIANA 42 - Duke 35 Independence Bowl: TULSA 28 - Virginia Tech 33 Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss 2-1 2-1 2-0 0-1 — Foster Farms Bowl: UCLA 42 - Nebraska 31 Mike Gundy, Oklahoma St. 6-3 5-4 4-3 1-1 — Military Bowl: NAVY 27 - Pittsburgh 19 Quick Lane Bowl: CENTRAL MICHIGAN 27 - Minnesota 26 James Franklin, Penn State 3-1 3-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 Armed Forces Bowl: AIR FORCE 36 - California 33 Bryan McClendon, Georgia* — — — — — Russell Athletic Bowl: NORTH CAROLINA 33 - Baylor 27 Bill Snyder, Kansas State 7-9 5-11 5-7 0-3 0-1 Arizona Bowl: NEVADA 27 - Colorado State 24 Bret Bielema, Arkansas 3-4 4-3 1-0 3-3 — Texas Bowl: TEXAS TECH 38 - Lsu 40 Birmingham Bowl: MEMPHIS 37 - Auburn 31 Dana Holgorsen, W. Virginia 1-2 1-2 0-2 1-0 — Belk Bowl: MISSISSIPPI ST. 38 - N. Carolina St. 28 Todd Graham, Arizona State 3-2 3-2 1-1 2-1 — Music City Bowl: LOUISVILLE 31 - Texas A&M 20 Holiday Bowl: WISCONSIN 27 - Southern California 26 TGS Recommends... Top Bet.eu, SportsBettingOnline.ag and MyBookie.ag have become The NFL Playoffs are NEXT! preferred outlets for serious wagerers. Each offering a variety of choices, Our NFL Late Phone Service is READY: quick payouts, generous bonuses, and state-of-the-art website, these sites set the new industry standard! Our Pro LTS Picks are 29-18 in units the Click on the banners for each at www.goldsheet.com...or last eight weeks!!! Call Top Bet.eu Toll-Free 1-877-528-6748 The Bowl Package is 143-112 the last Call SportsBettingOnline.ag Toll-Free 1-888-815-5874 ext. 2215 16 seasons!! 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The winner's statistics are listed season have made this clash between old southern rivals about as meaningful first. Scores and pointspreads (in parentheses) are results of most recent meetings in series. P—Pick as their expansion-era battles of the late ‘60s. But now that Atlanta has Game. SR—Series Record (official league games only), with team leading in series, number of games straightened out after losing six in a row, the Falcons seem more likely to run won, lost and tied. NL—No Line. TGS Key Releases are underlined and denoted with stars. Some frequently-appearing abbreviations. HC—Head Coach. “O”—Offense. “D”—Defense. through the regular-season tape. Especially with WR Julio Jones (18 catches DDs—Double Digits. OL—Offensive Line or Lineman. DL—Defensive Line or Lineman. KR-Kick past two weeks) back to his early-season form and Dan Quinn’s defense Returner. o.c.—Offensive Coordinator. d.c.—Defensive Coordinator. YR—Yards Rushing. YP— displaying some bite in the Falcs’ recent wins over the hot offenses of the Jags Yards Passing. recs.—Receptions. ints.—Interceptions. STs—Special Teams. ypg—Yards per and Panthers. Drew Brees’ sore foot didn’t bother him last week vs. Jackson- Game. ppg—Points per Game. ypc—Yards per Carry (or Catch, for receivers). LY—Last Year. TY— ville. But his injury must be monitored for this finale. The Saints are close to This Year. Y—Year or Years. TDP—Touchdown Passes. FA—Free Agent. SU—Straight Up. Games being the most-scorched NFL pass defense–EVER! are listed in the Don Best rotation used in the majority of Las Vegas sportsbooks. (15-N. ORLEANS 31-Atlanta 21...25-23 32/81 21/150 30/39/0/304 30/44/0/263 0/0 5/3) All score predictions are made with Las Vegas pointspreads and over-under lines in mind. Please (14-ATLANTA 37-New Orleans 34...28-30 25/123 28/139 31/43/0/445 29/42/1/333 1/1 1/1) note: All selections indicating a preference for the underdog do not necessarily forecast the underdog (14-Atlanta 30-N. ORLEANS 14...18-22 22/81 18/57 30/40/0/322 30/47/2/271 1/0 3/2) as the straight-up winner of the game. A predicted victory by the favorite of less than the pointspread (15-N. ORL. +3' 31-21 n52; 14-ATL. +3 37-34 (OT) o51’; Atl. +6 30-14 u56...SR: Atl. 49-44) on the game indicates the underdog is the preferred side in the game. iii OVER THE TOTAL HOUSTON 28 - Jacksonville 27—The Texans iiiKEY RELEASESiii have shuffled QBs (winning games with four of them, including Cleveland and CAROLINA by 22 over Tampa Bay Dallas castoff Brandon Weeden the past two weeks!) as most teams do nickel backs. But even in must-win mode to secure the AFC South and with QB of NEW ENGLAND by 19 over Miami ------------------------ choice Brian Hoyer perhaps back from concussion, not sure Houston has it easy OVER THE TOTAL in the Jacksonville-Houston game vs. the potent Jags, who continue to play hard for well-liked HC Gus Bradley iiiiiiiiiiiiiii (feeling heat from owner Shad Khan). If J’ville (NFL-worst 2.5 ppg in the first Q) ever stops hurting itself with slow starts, Blake Bortles (now 35 TDP) can make SUNDAY, JANUARY 3 the Texans sweat before they punch their playoff ticket. Defense-shy Jags New York Jets 23 - BUFFALO 17—Last chance for Buffalo to salvage “over” 4 of last 5; 8 of last 11. something from a campaign that has failed to live up to Rex Ryan’s bluster, (15-Houston 31-J’VILLE 20...24-26 31/95 21/83 24/36/0/287 30/53/3/311 1/0 1/0) although a win would get Bills to .500 and give Rexy a satisfying sweep over his (14-Houston 27-J’VILLE 13...19-17 42/173 22/74 13/19/0/131 20/40/1/188 1/0 0/0) former employer while possibly denying the Jets a playoff berth.