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AWESOME ANGLE OF THE WEEK BUBBLE PLAY AGAINST any TRIVIATRIVIA TEASERTEASER favorite from Game 7 out off their fi rst loss of the season if they BURST THIS WEEK'S AMAZING SITUATIONAL PLAY (1) did not lose by 18 or more points, (2) allow more than 16 PPG, and ATS W-L Record This rising-star head coach is a dog lover, going 10-2 ATS (3) they’re facing a .333 > avenging foe. Since 1980: in his career when taking more than 7 points. And the better the competition, the better his team performs, going 6-0 ATS in this role Play AGAINST: 15-2-1 versus .570 or great opponents. Who is this week’s fabulous fi do? FLORIDA & FLORIDA STATE (88%) For the Trivia Teaser answer, turn to page 8. Be sure to check out the COACHES LEAGUE for ATS records on every View Marc's Awesome Angle Of The Week College & NFL coach in 16 key situational roles. Simply log on to www. PLAYBOOK.com and click on the COACHES LEAGUE. at the PLAYBOOK.com website!

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TEAMS KEY FACTS, STATS & ATS TRENDS TEAMS KEY FACTS, STATS & ATS TRENDS Saturday, October 31 Thursday, October 29 Clemson SERIES: 7-3 L10 away… 0-7 away vs conf revenge Miami 15-2 in 1st BB A (1-0 TY)… 0-4 RD’s vs .750 > opp NC STATE SERIES: 4-1 L5… 11-3 home w/ conf revenge NEW ENGLAND 15-2 in 2nd BB div games… 1-4 Thursday off div game Maryland 1-9 vs conf revenge… 1-6 aft Penn St… 1-3 vs rested opp Sunday, November 1 IOWA 7-1 w/ conf revenge… 4-1 w/ rest… 5-2 Game Eight Detroit 0-7 bef Green Bay vs opp w/ rev… 2-7 vs AFC opp Stanford SERIES: 3-1 L4… 1-4 away off BBB HG… 2-8 aft Wash Kansas City SERIES: 5-1 L6… 0-4 vs NFC (0-3 TY)… 1-4 bef rest WASH ST 4-1 bef Ariz St… 8-3 as conf HD’s 8 > pts… 5-2 aft Ariz Minnesota 5-0 in 2nd BB A… 1-6 .500 > Away Four Georgia 5-1 as dogs off 3+ ATS losses… 1-6 as dogs 8 < pts CHICAGO SERIES: 8-3 L11 / 6-1 L7H… 2-8 H w/ rev bef BB A Florida SERIES: 5-2 L7… 4-0 off SU conf loss 7 < pts… 1-5 aft Lsu Tampa Bay 7-1 vs opp off BB A… 6-1 A off non-div bef BB H Usc SERIES: 5-0 L5 away… 3-1 aft Utah… 1-4 Game Eight ATLANTA SERIES: 3-1 L4H… 4-1 H btwn 2A… 2-7 H off BB A CALIFORNIA 1-4 bef Oregon… 1-3 off Weekday gm… 3-7 aft Ucla NY Giants 10-2 dogs off H vs opp off A (1-0 TY)… 10-2 Away Four Notre Dame 1-4 in 1st of BB RG… 4-12 aft score 40 > pts NEW ORLEANS SERIES: 3-1 L4 / 4-0 L4H… 2-9 w/ rev off BB dog roles TEMPLE 6-1 aft ECU… 5-1 as HD’s 4 > pts… 8-2 Game Eight San Francisco 4-1 Away Four vs .500 > opp… 7-2 A off BB H Oklahoma St SERIES: 5-1 L6 / 3-0 L3 away… 3-1 aft Kansas ST. LOUIS 7-0 off AFC (1-0 TY)… 4-1 vs opp w/ single rev TEXAS TECH 8-3 home off BB RG… 2-6 home w/ conf revenge Arizona 8-0 A vs < .333 opp… 1-6 off MNF vs opp w/ rev Vanderbilt 5-1 in 1st of BB RG… 1-3 as DD non-conf RD’s CLEVELAND 5-0 off SUATS loss vs opp off MNF… 4-0 aft score < 7 pts HOUSTON BOWL revenge from LY… 3-1 as non-conf favs > 8 pts Cincinnati 11-1 off A vs .500 > opp off A… 1-8 w/ triple rev S Carolina 3-1 Game Eight… 1-5 aft Vandy… 1-4 w/ conf revenge PITTSBURGH SERIES: 3-0 L3 / 4-1 L5H… 9-0 .500 > Game Eight TEXAS A&M 9-3 in 1st of 3 straight HG… 2-9 vs revenge in SEC San Diego 4-1 RD’s vs opp off MNF… 0-4 vs opp w/ single rev Oregon St 1-6 w/ conf revenge L2Y… 2-5 as conf dogs > 21 pts BALTIMORE 10-2 HF’s bef rest… 0-4 off BB NFC games UTAH SERIES: Fav 3-1… 0-5 as favs 11 > pts vs Pac 12 Tennessee 3-13 vs div opp off dog role of 4 > pts LG Syracuse 5-2 dogs 14 > pts vs SEC… 7-3 in 1st of BB RG HOUSTON SERIES: 7-1 L8 / 4-1 L5H… 5-0 vs opp w/ double rev FLORIDA ST SERIES: 3-0 L3 home… 9-2 as conf HF’s > 17 pts NY Jets 9-2 Away Three off div game… 0-6 aft NE vs opp w/ rev Tulane 6-2 w/ conf revenge… 1-8 as conf dogs 21 > pts OAKLAND 6-1 w/ double rev (1-0 TY)… 5-1 .500 > vs .500 > opp MEMPHIS SERIES: 8-0 L8… 1-7 in 1st of BB HG… 1-6 aft Tulsa Seattle 8-0 bef rest… 1-5 off A vs opp off A (0-2 TY) Michigan 4-1 off SU conf loss 4 < pts… 0-3 w/ rest… 1-6 Game Eight DALLAS SERIES: 6-2 L8 / 4-1 L5H… 2-11 H aft NY Giants MINNESOTA 7-0 as HD’s 8 > pts… 4-1 aft Nebraska… 3-1 Game Eight Green Bay 10-1 w/ rest… 2-13 .850 > vs .850 > opp DENVER 4-0 vs opp w/ rest… 8-1 .900 > off non-div vs .900 > SMART Monday, November 2 BOX Indianapolis 4-1 in 2nd BB NFC games… 1-6 < .500 MNF w/ rev STANDING 8-COUNT CAROLINA SERIES: 4-1 L5… Host 6-1 in Carolina MNF games Imagine being a 10-win team last year and now a losing squad at this WEEK EIGHT BYES: stage of the current season. How diffi cult of a job is it for a coach to get BUFFALO, JACKSONVILLE, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON his team psyched to play this week, you ask? Plenty. According to our database, losing teams in Game Eight of the season who won 10 or more games last year are 28-44-1 ATS since 1980, including 15-32-1 ATS If these same teams allow more than 24 or more PPG on the season. INCREDIBLE STAT OF THE WEEK One team on this week’s card fi gures to taking a ‘Standing 8-Count,’ namely Colorado State. Talk about being staggered: after going 10-3 last season, the Rams lost their head coach and are just 3-4 this season. The Rice Owls are 15-1-1 ATS as conference home dogs off a win, Worse, if these wobbly standing 8-counters are facing a foe that surrenders 25.5 or fewer PPG on the season, they dip to 7-21-1 ATS, including 12-0-1 the last thirteen. including 4-16-1 ATS at home. Be sure to read the INCREDIBLE STAT OF THE WEEK each week in the PLAYBOOK Football Newsletter! With CSU taking on a surging San Diego State squad this week, look for the Rams to take it squarely on the chin. Sound the bell.

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Remember: You Have A PLAYBOOK BEST BET Whenever Our Predicted Margin Of Victory Is 6 Or More Points In Favor Of Your Line Bulldogs Hunker Down, Topple Gators In SEC East War... Saints Get Marching, Cut Eli & The G-Men Down To Size... Thursday, October 29 Buffalo over MIAMI OHIO by 11 PITTSBURGH over N Carolina by 3 The 3-4 Bulls’ 24-point rout of Ohio last Saturday keeps their bowl hopes alive as winnable games against Miami Ohio (tonight), Akron A busy Week Nine Thursday card kicks off in Pittsburgh with the top and UMass still dot the 2015 slate. (However, if a six-win MAC team spot in the ACC Coastal on the line. And if this game is like any of the were to garner a bowl bid, it would surely make one of Robert Ripley’s Panthers’ previous fi ve contests, you’ll likely need to stay tuned to the museums.) And though the Bulls don’t do much roaming outside of end as all fi ve have been decided by a touchdown or less, including UB Stadium (7-28 SU since 2010), we don’t see a problem running with three by a mere fi eld goal. We see more of the same tonight in the them tonight in Oxford as the RedHawks have dropped 22 of their Steel City, though the Tar Heels (2-0 SUATS) have been Kryptonite last 24 conference games, including all three to these same Bulls. And to Pitt in this matchup since the Panthers joined the ACC in 2013. despite failing in their lone favorite role this season (lost to Nevada as However, Marc’s 2011 BLACK BOOK suggests ‘The Times They Are 2-point chalk, 24-21), the Bulls are a money-making 8-1 ATS in MAC A Changin’ as it reminds us to fade teams off a SU win who were play since 2013 when asked to lay points, including 4-0 ATS on the 6-7 the previous season. Our machine also warns us to be wary of road. ‘Believe it or not’, that has us leaning towards laying points on the Heels as they are just 1-4 ATS after clashing with Virginia while the road with a losing team. Tell that to Ripley – but only if you must. the Panthers have been very profi table as home dogs off a SU win, posting an 11-3 ATS mark, including 8-1 ATS in conference play. And GA SOUTHERN over Texas St by 28 bucking the ‘best defense is a good offense’ adage, our MIDWEEK If you thought General Custer was in the wrong place at the wrong time ALERT feels that UNC’s 24th-rated attack should have their ‘Heels’ when he ended up near the Little Bighorn River, we wouldn’t suggest full with a Pitt stop-unit that owns the No. 7 overall defense in games being in Dennis Franchione’s shoes tonight in Statesboro. That’s because this season versus fellow FBS foes. Either way, the Heinz Field crowd his Bobcats must tackle a Georgia Southern squad that saw its perfect 10-0 will be waiting in anticipation as this one has last-minute written all Sun Belt record since joining the conference last season come to an end over it. Thus, if the Panthers are still taking come kickoff, so are we. at the hands of Appalachian State last Thursday night. The top rushing W Michigan over E MICHIGAN by 24 team in the land was held to 188 yards on the ground and 13 points in the loss (they were averaging just under 400 RYPG and 40 PPG before If the sun rises in the east, it must miss Ypsilanti as the Eagles (1-7, the setback) which has us putting this week’s over/under on Southern at 0-4) are nesting in their usual MAC West basement. And speaking 425 rushing yards and 54 points (and that might be low considering the of west, P.J. Fleck’s Broncos remain unbeaten in league play (3-0) ‘Cats arrive with the 124th-rated rush defense and have allowed 55 PPG following last week’s 22-point win over Miami Ohio, and should stay on the road this season). And remember, State is just 1-11 SU and 2-10 that way for at least a couple of more weeks (next up is a home date ATS the last three seasons when it allows more than 200 rushing yards. with Ball State) before meeting Bowling Green, Northern Illinois and Yikes! Still worried about laying the lumber with the agitated hosts? Toledo to close out the regular season. With a 5-0 SUATS away record Don’t be – the Eagles are 8-4 ATS in SU wins since joining the ranks of in conference play since the start of last season, this 108-mile road the FBS. Hence, we say lay it AND play it as the Eagles offer no ‘Southern’ trip down I-94 won’t even require a rest stop – though the Broncos hospitality to Franchione and company tonight in Paulson Stadium. did stumble in their last visit to Rynearson Stadium, 35-32, in 2013. In fact, before last year’s 51-7 rout of the EMUs, Western somehow had TCU over West Virginia by 19 dropped three straight in the series. That won’t be the case tonight, While the Horned Frogs are a cut above the ‘rest’ (12-0 ATS) when given though, as the Eagles’ 119th-rated defense has been torched for 52 extra time to prepare, the Mountaineers have been put to ‘rest’ when PPG over their last fi ve outings – not a good sign against a Broncos’ playing against Big 12 opposition with additional time off, posting a weary attack that is averaging 43 PPG over that same span. Yes, we don’t 0-7 ATS mark. Rest assured, that’s not the only trend that has us hopping butter our bread by playing double-digit road favorites but this with the Frogs tonight in Fort Worth. No, the Horned Ones are 12-1 ATS one ‘sets’ up in the west for another road cover. Lay it or leave it. off a SU win versus a foe off back-to-back SU losses and 4-0 ATS as double- digit conference home favorites. That should rest our case but we’re not Marc was the No. 1 ranked football handicapper in 2014 by the about to – you guessed it – rest on those laurels. Not when our MIDWEEK SPORTS MONITOR in Oklahoma, including a jaw-dropping 28-9 in the ALERT chimes in with this: TCU is winning the stat battle in Big 12 play by NFL. His Preferred Picks Executive LTS Football Service has enjoyed 188 YPG while conference foes are outgaining West Virginia by 66 YPG SEVEN WINNING SEASONS IN A ROW! this season. Yes, the series visitor (3-0 SU, 2-1 ATS) has had its way in this matchup since WVU joined the conference in 2012 and, of course, Frogs HC Gary Patterson has fi lled more holes this season – especially to a defense $99 Football Weekend Of Winners that had to replace eight starters by Week Four – than Huggy Bear from Starsky and Hutch. However, if you’re hopping aboard the TCU train, this should put your mind at rest: the Mounties are 1-6 SU in their last seven LTS Service 23-13-1 This Season! conference games, including 0-3 SUATS this season, and 1-5 ATS in Game Get every College Football and NFL release Seven dating back to 2009. Ok, we’ll give it a rest. You know what to do. Marc makes this Saturday thru Monday FOR ONLY $99 COMPLETE. Includes Marc’s Oregon over ARIZONA ST by 6 legendary NFL GAME OF THE MONTH this Another matchup involving rested opponents fi nds the Ducks hitting Sunday. Don’t miss a single selection – only Tempe with a 13-2 ATS log away with time off and, more importantly, a two losing weekends this season. To register, healthy Vernon Adams Jr. back under center. Adams returned to action last week in Washington after missing 11 quarters with a broken index fi nger log on to the store at www.PLAYBOOK.com (an injury he actually suffered in the season opener but played through or call our Customer Service Department it for a few weeks) and promptly tossed for 272 yards and two TDs while today. All major credit cards accepted for showing fl ashes of the ice-in-his-veins player who thrived in late-game instant service. You’ll be glad you did! situations while at Eastern Washington. In fact, Huskies DT Elijah Qualls – who also faced Adams when the sled dogs beat EWU, 59-52, early last 1.800.321.7777 season (a game in which Adams threw for 7 TDs) – said of the signal-caller, “We don’t have a on our scout team that can simulate what

page 4 • www.PLAYBOOK.com • 1.800.PLAYBOOK he can do. The dude is a hell of a quarterback.” That’s bad news for an ASU team that looks like a M*A*S*H unit and has had no success stopping a Quack Attack that is 8-0 SU and 6-1-1 ATS in this series since 2005. Worse, the Devils have been asked to lay points only twice in the last 15 meetings and both times they lost the game outright. In addition, a 1-8 ATS log as home favorites with revenge off a double-digit ATS loss compels us to take what we can get. And that’s just what we’ll do as those previous four Thursday selections (all favorites) fi nds us completely out of costume. Friday, October 30 Louisville over WAKE FOREST by 14 How ironic is it that ‘Devil’s Night’ fi nds the Demon Deacons posing as an ACC football team? Just when you thought that Dave Clawson’s defense was the real deal – holding FSU to 24 points and then tossing a shutout at BC – they go and get lit up for 50 points in Chapel Hill and then give up 28 1st-quarter points at home to NC State last week. They get the chance to redeem themselves tonight in front of the home faithful against a Louisville offense that has been pretty much non-existent all season long. Then why are we leaning toward laying doubles on Tobacco Road with a Cardinal crew that let us down as a 5* Best Bet on these pages last week? For starters, Louie held Boston College to a season-low 79 total yards in the non-cover 17-14 win, including minus 14 yards on the ground – which is not a good omen for a Demon rushing attack that is ranked 113th in the nation. In addition, UTAH ST over Wyoming by 24 our NCAA Coaches Database tells us that Cardinals’ HC Bobby Petrino The Cowboys are usually a sight for Utah State’s sore eyes as the Aggies have does his best work this time of the year, posting a 37-9 SU and 31-14-1 outscored the Pokes 118-29 in the past three meetings. And those eyes must ATS mark without rest from Game Seven out. The Redbirds have also also be seeing red as State returns home off a confounding 48-14 loss at San been a Mariano Rivera-like 16-4 SU in the season’s fi nal fi ve games over Diego State. The good news is Matt Wells’ gang still control their destiny the past four years. Wake’s 8-1 ATS log at home off a SU home loss in the MWC Mountain Division but can he get them off the proverbial mat certainly catches our attention but their lousy 4-13 ATS mark in this quick enough to cover tonight’s hefty spread? A 7-2 ATS mark off a SU building in SU losses won’t have us selling our soul for this bunch. We favorite loss along with a 13-3 ATS log in regular-season weekday games won’t make you do it but lay it if you play it tonight in Winston-Salem. says yes. So does Wyoming’s 3-8 ATS record away off a previous away game versus .666 or less opposition. However, our MIDWEEK ALERT insists the East Carolina over UCONN by 12 Cowboys are a better team then their 1-7 record indicates and it may be What they call Devil’s Night in the Midwest is known as Mischief Night right as the ‘Boys have been outgained by only 19 YPG versus fellow FBS along the East Coast, so it’s not surprising to fi nd the Huskies out and foes this season – and have covered fi ve of their last six games, including looking to ruin East Carolina’s chance at a fourth straight bowl berth. each of the last four. We know Wyoming won’t lasso the outright win but as The 4-4 Pirates may need three more wins to secure a bid, though a six- the hosts reach for the Visine, we’ll reach for the points. You know the drill. win AAC squad (this conference has three teams in the Top 25) with a more-than-adequate non-conference slate (Florida, BYU, Va Tech) and a solid bowl history may be attractive to the sponsors. Nonetheless, Ruffi n Saturday, October 31 McNeill’s men can’t let this one get away and UConn’s 3-10 ATS log as a NAVY over South Florida by 6 dog under second-year HC – along with an 0-2 SUATS record Is this a trick or have the Bulls treated their fans to three straight wins for after clawing with Cincinnati (average loss coming by 38 PPG) – says the the fi rst time since early 2011? No, that’s the smell of Peanut Butter Cups in Huskies don’t have enough bite to make that happen. And with the the Tampa air as QB Quinton Flowers’ single-game rushing record by a USF Pirates coming off a tough loss last Thursday at home to Temple, that quarterback (201 yards) led the Bulls to a 38-14 victory over SMU, and a third brings McNeill’s 9-3 ATS mark off a SU loss versus a foe off a SU loss into straight win since dropping their conference opener, 24-7, to mighty Memphis. play, including 5-0 ATS the last fi ve. However, ECU’s 1-14 ATS log as road And speaking of the Amway Coaches Poll 16th-rated Tigers, that’s just who favorites of more than 6 points has us spooked. So before we throw on the Middies may have their sights trained on as they set sail for Memphis next the eye patch, we’ll take a close look at the closing line. If it drops to 6 or Saturday. In addition, QB Keenan Reynolds has his own personal agenda as less, we’ll talk the talk and walk the plank. We suggest you do the same. he’s just two rushing touchdowns shy of Montee Ball’s NCAA record of 77. As for the numbers, they don’t tell us much as the Midshipmen are 3-10 ATS UUPSETPSET GAME OF THE WEEK UUPSETPSET as double-digit home favorites while the Bulls are a negating 1-7 ATS away after winning as chalk and scoring 35 or more points. Thus, we’ll just hang on RICE over Louisiana Tech by 3 the Annapolis sidelines and watch while enjoying whatever treats they give If you happened to be in Ruston at the end of November last year, out (probably something healthy like Granola Bars) in Memorial Stadium. you’ll recall there was no need to order in Mr. Chang’s as there was Marshall over CHARLOTTE by 17 plenty of fried Rice to go around Joe Aillet Stadium. In fact, the With apologies to Chico Escuela (a SNL character from the late 1970’s), Techsters ordered a No. 76 (that’s a 69 with seven fortune cookies) October has been very, very good to the surging Herd as they have allowed on the defenseless Owls as in a 76-31 massacre. And while Skippy (HC only fi ve touchdowns in four league games, ranking in the Top 5 nationally. Holtz) has been our best friend throughout the years when taking Marshall has also forced 11 more turnovers then they have committed this points, his 9-16 ATS log as road chalk – including 4-10 ATS versus a month – another top-fi ve FBS number. The problem, though, in backing the foe with revenge – reminds us it’s better to receive than give. Our Herd today in Charlotte is a 1-4-1 ATS record in the fi rst of back-to-back away INCREDIBLE STAT OF THE WEEK on page 3 also sends out the games. We also wouldn’t blame them for over-looking the cellar-dwelling same vibe as the Owls have been money in the bank as conference Niners as they have bigger C-USA East fi sh to fry in the upcoming weeks. home dogs off a SU win. So while we could end this analysis by However, this is nothing more than a half-hearted vote for the struggling saying you’ll be hungry in an hour and that you’re lucky number 49ers, who have dropped fi ve straight after opening the season with a pair is +12 (this spread), you still may want to check out this little gem of wins (Georgia State and everyone’s favorite doormat, Presbyterian). Yes, courtesy of Confucius, err, The Clincher: Rice head coach David the wheels are coming off in all phases for Brad Lambert’s group and it Bailiff is 13-4-2 ATS at home with revenge, including 6-0 wasn’t more evident than in last week’s 44-10 shellacking in Southern Miss SUATS when his team’s win percentage is greater than .333. as the Niners gave up kick return for a touchdown, missed a pair of fi eld goals, had a 13-yard punt that set up a Golden Eagle score and had a 75- yard touchdown run negated by a costly penalty. We’ll still take if forced to NOTE: Home team is shown in ALL CAPS. PLAYBOOK make a decision but one thing’s for certain: Chico would have been ‘berry, selection is Underlined and Bold. Should we pass or not have a berry proud’ of the Herd as they notch their fi fth October win. strong opinion on a game, neither team will be bolded. (continued on next page

1.800.PLAYBOOK • www.PLAYBOOK.com • page 5 Nebraska over PURDUE by 14 Well, at least Darrell Hazell won his ‘last-longer’ bet with Al Golden! But it won’t be by much. For the second time in three years, it appears the Boilermakers’ lone win will come against Indiana State as Hazell’s 1-18 SU Big Ten record reminds us that a win is not on the horizon. Certainly not today as the 3-5 Huskers are on the verge of staying home for the holidays for the fi rst time in eight years. Our only concern is that the Boilers arrive with rest while Nebraska hasn’t had a breather all season long. And those nine straight Saturdays must seem even longer for HC Mike Riley as his fi ve grueling losses have been by a combined 13 points! Here’s a scary thought – we could easily be talking about an unbeaten Cornhuskers squad heading into the fi nal month of the season. That’s not the case but it’s more than enough to back them against a Purdue team that is 0-4 SU and has seen both its points and total yardage decrease since David Blough took over under center. Thus, we say lay it as Hazell may soon fi nd himself eating at Joe’s Stone Crab in South Beach after cashing in his bet with Golden. 4 BEST BET NC STATE over Clemson by 3 There is not a soul in the world – not even Dave Doeren’s mom – that APPALACHIAN ST over Troy by 28 would step in front of the Clemson Express following the Tigers’ 58-0 Troy awoke from the dead last week in Las Cruces, routing New Mexico waxing of Miami last week. In fact, the Colts’ special teams coach State, 52-7, for its fi rst FBS win of the season and just the Aggies’ second probably spent more time drawing up that fake punt than the Tigers road win in 12 tries. However, they simply just don’t have enough to have trailed this entire season (six minutes). No, that can’t be possible! atone for last year’s 53-14 home drubbing to Appalachian State. As it Then why has Doeren’s Wolfpack earned Best Bet status this week? is, the Trojans have been piling up the frequent fl yer as this fi fth For starters, Clemmie is looking dead-ahead to a revenge match with roadie has already seen them hit Raleigh, Madison, Starkville and last FSU and a 3-7 ATS log before facing the Seminoles tells us they have week Las Cruces. And App State’s aforementioned win over Troy was a not been focused the prior week. They are also a winless 0-3 ATS after major confi dence builder for the Mountaineers. Before that game, the meeting Miami so this Florida sandwich may just be what Doeren Mounties were 0-4 versus FBS squads but have gone 12-1 since, including ordered – especially when you consider that the striped ones are 0-7 last week’s impressive win over Georgia Southern. Now App State is the ATS away versus a foe with conference revenge. And that fi ts like an 20th team nationally to become bowl-eligible and the fi rst from North inevitably botched punt by an Australian kicker to Carolina. A look-ahead to Arkansas State, who is also unbeaten in Sun the ‘Pack’s 11-3 ATS mark at home with conference revenge. Even a Belt play – along with last week’s big win – prevents us from completely 4-1 ATS series history since 2010 favors State. All that and there’s still snapping the rubber band (as in a Best Bet). However, a 6-1 ATS record room for The Clincher: Marc’s ‘Kick In The Assets’ angle from after scoring 28 or more points, as well as a defense that has not allowed the 2007 BLACK BOOK points out the fact that undefeated more than two touchdowns in any of its six victories this season, has us road favorites from Game Five out, off a DD ATS win facing a laying if we’re playing. .500 or greater conference foe off a SUATS win, are just 8-34-4 ATS since 1980. Massachusetts over BALL ST by 1 It’s been a rather quick decline for Pete Lembo’s Cardinals, who went from a double-digit win team in 2013 to a losing team last year to a team IOWA over Maryland by 20 riding a fi ve-game losing skein this season – and whose only wins have The 2-5 Terps came up with a big effort under interim HC in come against VMI and Eastern Michigan. The current fi ve-game skid is the last week’s 31-30 loss to Penn State at Baltimore but the question becomes longest under Lembo and it may get a lot higher should they falter this can Locksley get them off the mat knowing that defeat realistically ended afternoon as they close out the season with three schools who are sitting any hopes for a third straight bowl campaign? Even if the answer is yes, over .500. “It’s a tough time for all of us,” Lembo said. “Believe me, I’m not the Hawkeyes have too much on the line to overlook the Turtles as an immune to it either. I’m human, too.” Lucky for Lembo, he catches a UMass unbeaten regular season is looking more and more likely – especially squad that has to be beside themselves after blowing an 18-point halftime considering that Captain Kirk’s crew fell, 38-31, in College Park last season. lead against 20th-ranked Toledo. In fact, not only did the Minutemen lose That also brings into play Iowa’s 7-1 ATS mark with conference payback the game, they lost the money as the Rockets (-14.5) ignited for 41 second- (2-0 ATS this year), as well as Maryland’s 1-9 ATS log versus a foe with half points in the 51-35 win. So what do you do with two teams who would conference revenge. The Hawks are also 4-1 ATS with rest while the Terps rather be at a frat Halloween party than a meaningless MAC scrimmage? are 1-3 ATS against rested opposition. You know we love to fade unbeaten You take the squad that is 6-1 ATS after scoring 35 or more points (UMass) squads but those are just too many one-sided numbers to buck – and we and not the one that is 1-6 ATS as a favorite of more than 3 points (check haven’t even factored in Iowa’s 12-1 ATS record before facing Indiana or line) with revenge (Ball State) – especially when the former is on the take! Mary’s beat-up 1-6 ATS log after battling Penn State. The only concern is Enough said. the host’s 2-10 ATS mark as conference chalk of more than 14 points but with all the other numbers pointing towards Iowa City, the ‘Eyes have it WISCONSIN over Rutgers by 17 today at . If we’re giving the 3-4 Knights a pair of wins to close out the season (at Army, home to Maryland) – and that’s a big if – Kyle Flood’s crew Mississippi over AUBURN by 3 must still muster another victory to hit the alleys for a fi fth consecutive Ole Miss did it with defense last week as they held Texas A&M to 3 points, season. That won’t happen today in Madison (or next week in Ann which is only the second time since 2003 the Aggies have scored less than Arbor, for that matter), though the Badgers may as well be walking the 7 points. That effort was even more surprising with the absence of All- streets of Philadelphia after the bruising and battering they took in a America DT Robert Nkemdiche, who sat out last week after going through hard-fought 24-13 win last Saturday in Champaign. And those injuries concussion protocols. The Rebels fi nd themselves at No. 21 in this week’s may be enough to close a gap that saw Bucky walk away with a 37-0 Coaches Poll and, surprisingly, they are still in control of their own destiny whitewashing last year on the banks of the Ol’ Raritan, though the in the SEC West – a fact that has the SEC hierarchy up at night with the Wisky defense appears to be rounding into form after holding three of thought of Ole Miss winning the title as a 2-loss team. Auburn has cashed its last four foes to season-low yardage. The crew from Camp Randall three straight at home in this series and fi ve of six overall but this season is also 9-2 ATS versus a foe off a SU loss of 14 or more points but we they’re only 1-6 ITS while allowing 68 YPG more then they gain. Now add can quickly offset that with the Knights’ 6-1 ATS log as road dogs of in a draining 4 OT loss to Arkansas that certainly left a scar. “It’s a feeling 20 or less points versus Big Ten opposition. Thus, like the Ball State/ you never want to experience,” said freshman cornerback Carlton Davis, UMass contest, we fi nd ourselves on the outside looking in and leaning who fi nished with eight tackles and three pass break-ups. “It’s a painful towards the points… but only if Tony Soprano’s kid puts a gun to our feeling. It’s like a nagging stab.” So now we do what we do best: when the heads. situation looks right to back one side, we’ll fl ip sides. Mississippi is 1-9 ATS page 6 • www.PLAYBOOK.com • 1.800.PLAYBOOK as road chalk off a win, including earlier this season when as a 7.5 favorite at Florida they came up on the short end of a 38-10 fi nal. Finally, this is only TAKE YOUR CHOICE: Auburn’s third appearance as a home dog in Gus Malzahan’s career. FYI: he is 2-0 SUATS in this role, covering by 10 and 16 points. MARC LAWRENCE’S ARKANSAS ST over Georgia St by 14 PERFECT SYSTEM CLUB The Red Wolves had one game circled during the preseason and it certainly wasn’t a Georgia State team they beat 52-10 last year. Arkansas State is (67% This Season) or off a double revenge win versus ULL, a team that gave them their lone ECONO CLUB SERVICE! home loss the last time they hosted them, which also cost ASU the Sun Belt Title. “Payback,” linebacker Xavier Woodson-Luster said. “It feels good (65% This Season) to fi nally beat them.” Now, to make this sandwich even tastier, Arkansas State travels to Boone, North Carolina next week to face the only other Season-Ending Special undefeated conference team, Appalachian State. Georgia State continues to improve as evidenced by their 11-3 ATS record as road dogs. The Panthers $149 Each Thru The End also know that in their last visit here, they had a 142-yard edge (432-290) Of The Regular Season! in a 35-33 loss – despite being 24-point underdogs. With the visitor 2-0 ATS in this series, the Red Wolves’ bad number versus bad teams (1-6 ATS at Or better yet, take them both home versus sub .500 teams playing with revenge) and the Panthers’ good and SAVE BIG BUCKS. Sign number versus good teams (7-0 ATS away versus teams at .500 or better) on today in the store at makes this a take. PLAYBOOK.COM or call toll-free Central Michigan over AKRON by 8 for instant credit card service! Winning on the road is never easy. “I’m just really proud of our kids for hanging in there and never throwing in the towel,” fi rst-year head coach 1.800.321.7777 John Bonamego said. “We made the plays when we needed to make them.... It just feels really good to get a win on the road and get back to .500.” That after the Chippewas got their fi rst road victory of 2015 in last week’s 2-point win a Ball State, a game in which they dominated on The numbers are close, yet team ‘A’ (Stanford) is now traveling for the fi rst the fi eld, winning the stats 434-299. Despite not covering last week and time in four games with a No. 8 bulls-eye on their backs... and they’re almost posting a 1-3 SU road record, we have no problem backing them here. Not a two TD favorite! The Cardinal are also 1-4 ATS away off back-to-back-to- many teams, let alone one from the MAC, can travel to Michigan State, back home games, and just 2-8 ATS the game after facing Washington. And Syracuse and Western Michigan and outgain EACH of them with a year-to- while their defense was stout in their last road game, they allowed 275 date road average of +88 YPG. Akron stands at 3-4 on the season but when passing yards to the No. 120-ranked Oregon State pass offense. Now they those two wins came against Eastern Michigan and Savannah State, we’ll face the No. 4 ranked pass offense of Washington State, a team that has call that record tainted. The Zips also got bounced last week, 59-10, and gained season-high yards versus their last two foes. The Cougars are also their getting outscored 38-0 down the stretch has us fading them. Central 5-1 ATS in Game Eight, and 8-3 ATS as conference home dogs of 8 or more has covered fi ve of six in this series and has dominated to the tune of 18-3- points. With their confi dence soaring after winning three straight Pac-12 2 ATS as a MAC favorite of 7 or few points. Again. wins for the fi rst time since 2003, we may be witnessing the birth of an actual home-fi eld advantage at Martin Stadium. WASHINGTON over Arizona by 1 Both are off losses and while there is no embarrassment for the Huskies 5 BEST BET losing as 2 TD dogs at Stanford, the Wildcats dropping a home game as TD favorites over Washington State is quite another matter. These two teams Georgia over Florida by 13 are injury-riddled with most of Arizona’s on the defensive side where Jaybird The Bulldog, our SEC scout, got a call from a longtime Georgia they have already started 22 different players. Meanwhile, Washington season-ticket holder just minutes after the Dawgs outlasted Missouri, will have at least three defensive starters questionable, as well as QB Jake 9-6, in an epic snorefest two weeks ago. When Jay asked his friend Browning. Last season, Washington traveled to Tucson and looked to have if he was planning on making it to this year’s Georgia-Florida game, pulled the upset as a 9.5-point underdog. Instead, the Huskies fumbled on the man replied, “Jaybird, I would rather face open-heart surgery.” fi rst down with just over one minute left, allowing Arizona to convert a Such is the mood in Athens as Mark Richt and company arrive as 47-yard FG with no time left. While those memories are surely remain clear underdogs in today’s meeting. The Gators were a favorite or pick’em to them, the Huskies are 0-7 ATS at home versus a foe off a SU loss as a at the ‘World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party’ for six straight seasons favorite. We’re not in the business of handicapping which trainers (at least under , winning fi ve of the six games on the scoreboard. not human trainers) will do a better job with the walking wounded, so But in the last four seasons, the Gators have been favored only once we’ll pass for now and check the elongated injury-report later in the week. (6.5-point chalk in 2012), and they lost that one outright, 17-9. With San Diego St over COLORADO ST by 11 both teams off a Bye, the edge goes to Georgia head coach Richt who The only thing we could fi nd similar between these two foes is that both is 3-1 SUATS as a dog with rest. In addition, his teams are 5-1 ATS as are off SU wins as 4-point conference home dogs. That was Colorado State’s dogs off three or more spread losses, and are seeking revenge for fi rst MWC win as the Rams are -122 YPG in conference action. Not so for last year’s 38-20 loss as 11.5-point favorites. “We’re in a one-game San Diego State, who is 4-0 in the MWC and +223 YPG versus conference playoff,” Georgia senior inside linebacker Jake Ganus said. “It’s do or foes. So why are the Aztecs only 4-point road chalk? We asked that same die every Saturday for these next three SEC games. Win or go home, question as San Diego State is riding a riding 4-0 SUATS win streak, while so we’ve got to fi nd a way to win.” This rivalry has come down to holding three of its last four foes to season-low yards. Head coach Rocky running the ball as the team with the most rushing yards has won Long’s teams show as much improvement during the season as any and it’s nine straight – including last year when the Gators rushed for a magnifi ed down the stretch: his stop units have led the Aztecs to a 20-4 SU mind-boggling 418 yards. However, it will likely be their Achilles’ and 17-5-2 ATS regular season record from Game Six out. Let’s not forget heel here today as they’re averaging a feeble 99 RYPG and only 2.9 that the sun worshippers have also won four in a row SU both in this series YPR in conference action this season. And we’d be remiss if we didn’t and at Fort Collins – and each of San Diego State’s last 13 wins overall have mention the dreaded ‘Bubble Burst’ hanging over the Gators’ heads. been by 10 or more points. The Rams are a strong fade from this week’s For details, read The Clincher: Marc’s AWESOME ANGLE OF THE SMART BOX (page 3) and we couldn’t agree more. WEEK on page 2. Stanford over WASHINGTON ST by 6 Usc over CALIFORNIA by 10 Here is our version of a blind taste-test, where we compare each of these Relaxed [ri-lakst]: being free of or relieved from tension or anxiety. At 4-3 teams last three games. Team ‘A’ played THREE home games versus UCLA, and coming off back-to-back losses with a player-friendly interim head Washington and Arizona and went 3-0 SU, averaging +146 YPG. Team ‘B’ coach in Clay Helton, USC displayed how much talent they still possess, played only ONE home game versus Oregon State while also traveling to and how well they can play free of pressure in their 42-24 dismantling of Arizona and Oregon, yet they also went 3-0 SU while averaging +127 YPG. (continued on next page) 1.800.PLAYBOOK • www.PLAYBOOK.com • page 7 PLAYBOOK NEWSLETTER SUPERSTORE NOW OPEN! • The nation’s top selling football newsletters – now available all under one roof! • Instant delivery. Download your favorites on-demand starting on Tuesdays each week! Visit www.PLAYBOOKSUPERSTORE.com Today!

Utah. While struggles playing under pressure may not help win a Pac-12 or Georgia Tech over VIRGINIA by 1 National Championship, those don’t concern us here as we look for another Stanford-Cal had ‘The Play’, Auburn-Alabama ‘The ’ and now we strong effort from the Trojans against a foe they’ve beaten 11 straight add ‘The Miracle Blocked Field Goal’ to the list, which last week snapped times, covering fi ve of the last six and cashing in each of their last six trips the Yellow Jackets’ 5-game SUATS losing streak while handing Florida State to Berkeley. We may have seen the Bears fall back to reality last week as its fi rst defeat of the season. The question for Georgia Tech is now this: does UCLA scored on all six of its fi rst-half possessions. Cal has struggled the that win give the Yellow Jackets enough momentum to win four of their game after facing the Bruins, going 3-7 ATS. The Bears have also gone 1-4 last fi ve games and become bowl-eligible? Or will it be a big-time letdown, ATS before Oregon, 1-5 ATS in Game Eight and 1-3 ATS off a weekday game. allowing Virginia to claim one of the four wins it desperately needs to California’s situation may sound familiar to longtime PLAYBOOK readers as reach the postseason? Tech’s defense fi nally played up its potential versus they are now suffering from Marc’s ‘Only The Good Die Young’ syndrome. the Seminoles, holding star RB Dalvin Cook – the only player with 1,000 As fi rst explained in the 2009 BLACK BOOK, teams who start the season 5-0 rush yards and over 8.0 YPR – to 82 yards and 4.8 YPR. This series has been or better and then suffer two losses in a row are a 19-35 ATS proposition at dominated by the home team, cashing seven of the last eight, with the home in conference games. Now go ahead and mount that Trojan horse! Cavaliers also 9-1 ATS after North Carolina. The numbers say back the host Notre Dame over TEMPLE by 3 and with Georgia Tech having been a conference road favorite of more ESPN’s Game Day has been in Philadelphia for Penn-Harvard and will be back than a FG only twice since October of 2013 (and failing to cover both), we for Army-Navy, but ‘when pigs fl y’ is what 100% of you would have said this won’t be cavalier about backing the Cavs today. summer when asked of the chances of having Reece, Coach and the boys visit for a Temple football game. They’re here primarily because the Owls Oklahoma St over TEXAS TECH by 6 are 7-0 for the fi rst time ever in their 121-year history, thanks to a defense The Cowboys continue to fl y under the radar, as they remain unbeaten that shut out East Carolina in the second half last week. The Owls’ offense with this being their toughest road game remaining. Last week, just hours was fl at, and Temple was outstatted for the game, but they still found a way after a homecoming tragedy took place, they pulled together and played to score 14 4th-quarter points. “I told them it was the best win I had ever perhaps their best game of the year, beating Kansas, 58-10. The Pokes been part of,” head coach Matt Rhule (the answer to this week’s TRIVIA gained a season-high in yards and fi rst downs while also allowing season- TEASER on page 2) said after the game. “I told the East Carolina kids as lows in the same two categories – and we expect that same passion this they left that they outplayed us and probably deserved to win.” Meanwhile, week. Oklahoma State is now using a 2-QB system with J.W. Walsh as the the Irish are 1-4 ATS in the fi rst of back-to-back road games and 4-12 ATS goal-line specialist and that move has made them much more productive after scoring over 40 points. And despite the hype, the Irish may very well in the red zone. Walsh’s 7-0 ratio is bolstered by six rushing TDs and he be looking ahead to a revenge meeting with Pittsburgh next week. Notre accounted for fi ve combined TDs in last week’s game. Texas Tech was run Dame head coach Brian Kelly is 6-9 ATS as a road favorite of 8 or more points, over last week versus Oklahoma and to show how inept their defense was, including 1-4 ATS versus opponents with a .500 or better record. As for the the Sooners posted 35 fi rst downs while running 79 plays, or just over a fi rst Owls, they’re now 6-0 ATS off back-to-back wins against a non-conference down every two plays. The Red Raiders are only 2-6 ATS after Oklahoma foe and 5-1 ATS as a home dog of over 4 points. To paraphrase song lyrics and have been money-burners seeking revenge, going 2-6 ATS at home and made famous by Jon Bon Jovi, the father of Notre Dame CB Jesse Bongiovi, 2-12 ATS with revenge versus an opponent off a SUATS win. It has been the Irish are (a little more than) halfway there. Oh, and their College Football a Cowboy-dominated series of late, with Oklahoma State cashing fi ve of Playoff hopes are livin’ on a prayer with any win good enough. six – including three straight here in Lubbock. Look for more of the same. page 8 • www.PLAYBOOK.com • 1.800.PLAYBOOK Oklahoma over KANSAS by 41 When you’re perusing the fi ne list of newsletters available at PlaybookSuperstore.com, we’re guessing that several will mention this is a ’trap game’ for Oklahoma with Baylor on deck. Don’t buy it, as our Powerful Database tells us the Sooners are 9-1 ATS in the game prior to Baylor. Another indication to bypass any look-ahead thoughts is that Oklahoma has dominated the second half of games this year, outscoring every opponent in the second half by scores of 24-0, 31-7, 21-14, 20-17, 14-10, 20-0 and 35-10 last week. The reason for the Sooners’ second-half success is simple: when killing the clock, you run the ball and with a pair of quality backs such as Samaje Perine, who rushed for 201 yards and 4 TDs last week, and Joe Mixon, who rushed for 154 yards and 2 TDs. That’s how to keep the chains moving! This week, OU’s 2-back tandem gets to tee off on a KU defense that allows 245 YPG rushing and 5.5 YPR in conference action. Add in Oklahoma being 5-0 ATS Game Eight and 10-1 ATS after Texas Tech, and the Sooners should keep the scoreboard operator busy this afternoon. The Jayhawks have covered four straight in this series and are 5-2 ATS as home dogs of over 20 points, but they’re also 2-10 ATS before Texas. To be brutally honest, Kansas fans are just waiting on the hoops season to start. 3 BEST BET IOWA ST over Texas by 3 The Longhorns failed to crash and burn following a monster win fourth time in fi ve weeks with SEC revengers versus Florida, Kentucky, Texas over Oklahoma as they derailed Kansas State in dreary, monsoon- A&M and Tennessee yet to come. Vandy is now 1-3 ATS as a double-digit like conditions last week, scoring with 1:47 remaining to grab the non-conference dog and is no stranger to taking points versus non-Power cover. Now they play only their third true road game of the season 5 teams: this year they were took 2.5 points at home versus WKU and the and while both foes (Notre Dame and TCU) were superior to this Iowa same 2.5 versus Middle Tennessee at LP Field, but could only muster a 1-1 State squad, Texas TOTALED just 10 points and 28 fi rst downs, proving SU record. Houston has revenge from the Compass Bowl loss in 2013 and how feeble the offense truly is. A quick glance shows the Cyclones are is 5-0 ATS in the fi rst of three straight home games. While we hate laying allowing 465 YPG but when we take away games versus the No. 2 pass points into an SEC team, but it’s much easier when they have yet to score offense of Texas Tech and the No. 5 pass offense of TCU, we discover over 17 points versus any FBS for this year. These Cougars under new HC they are only allowing 372 YPG... and this week they face Texas’ No. have shown they can handle the pressure as they already went 122 pass offense. Iowa State’s defense also just held Baylor to a season- into Louisville, departing with a 34-31 win and a 462-395 yard edge, before low 485 yards, which is amazingly 235 yards below their average. fi nishing last week with 52 unanswered points versus UCF to overcome a Meanwhile, Iowa State’s Paul Rhodes is 8-2 ATS at home off back-back 10-7 defi cit. We’ll continue to ride their momentum while Vanderbilt’s 3-8 losses versus sub .700 opponents. Our head coaching database supplies SU and 2-9 ATS mark in games off a SU underdog win cements it. The Clincher: Texas’ Charlie Strong is 1-7 ATS as a conference favorite of 4 or more points off back-to-back straight up wins. TEXAS A&M over South Carolina by 21 Interim HC Shawn Elliot led USC (East) to its fi rst SEC win this season but needed a +3 turnover ratio to accomplish it. While securing a 19-10 victory PENN ST over Illinois by 3 over Vanderbilt, the depth to which this team has truly fallen was on Rule No. 1 is that when you’re favored in a football game, you have to display as they were 1-point home favorites after laying 22.5 on the road score more than your opponent. Penn State has done that four times under the previous year. Now off a Bye, the Gamecocks make their fi rst road trip head coach James Franklin. Rule No. 2 is that if you’re favored in a football in a decade without the Ol’ Ball Coach. The Aggies will welcome them game by around a touchdown, you must win by more than a TD to cover. with open arms, ready to take out their frustrations after back-back losses Therein lies the problems as the Nittany Lions have won exactly ONE Big – including only the second time a Kevin Sumlin-coached team was held to Ten game by that margin in the season-and-a-half since Franklin became under 7 points. A&M’s offense has averaged 518 YPG excluding Alabama, the coach. Including today’s contest, Penn State fi nishes the season with while South Carolina has allowed each of their three SEC road opponents six straight opponents that beat them last season. And while the Nits are to score FBS season-highs in points. Meanwhile, the Gamecocks are 0-2 already 0-2 ATS in that run, this game has the least meaning as (1) the ATS off a SU win this year, 1-5 ATS after Vanderbilt and only 1-4 ATS with Lions are off a SU win from last week and (2) last year’s defeat was their conference revenge. Cocky’s plumage continues to wither. road fi nale and came the week after their emotional, bowl-clinching win. The Illini have covered four of fi ve in this series and have gone 6-1 ATS in Tennessee over KENTUCKY by 10 trips to Happy Valley. They are playing very competitively this season in It’s rare that Wildcats fans were excited in late October about a sport not the conference under interim coach Bill Cubit, getting outgained by only played on the hardwood. Kentucky started this season 4-1, including 2-1 37 YPG despite being an underdog in each by over a TD. With Penn Statae in the SEC, but those wins came against what we know were this year’s again celebrating bowl eligibly and an offense averaging 40 YPG less than bottom-tier teams in South Carolina and Missouri. After an all-out effort their hard-trying invader, it’s Illini-time again. in a 3-point loss to Auburn, the wheels have come off and disappointment has set in after a 26-point loss to Mississippi State. “It’s not hard to regroup HOUSTON over Vanderbilt by 20 when we’ve got Tennessee coming in next week,” quarterback Patrick Winning a conference game isn’t that big of a deal – unless you’re Vanderbilt Towles said after the game. “We feel like they didn’t get our best shot last HC Derek Mason, who lost his fi rst 11 SEC games in a row before fi nally year, so we’re excited about this one. We’ve got to play like we’ve got a big breaking his maiden last week. Now the Commodores are traveling for the chip on our shoulder.” On the fl ip side, Tennessee may own only one win in their last four games, but when the losses were to Florida, Arkansas and Alabama – by a total of 11 points – HC Butch Jones can use it as a building block. Tennessee’s defensive line had its best game of the season against Marc Lawrence’s USA Today one of the SEC’s best offensive lines in Bama. The Crimson Tide had allowed SPORTS WEEKLY COLUMN! just eight sacks going into the game, but the Vols fi nished the day with fi ve. A few weeks ago in in the Michigan/Michigan State game, we stated Every week during the 2015 NFL season, Marc is that sometimes it’s good to be the little brother. In this case, though, it’s writing a column for USA Today Sports Weekly. better to be the Big Brother (Tennessee 7-1 SUATS in the last eight series games). And fi nally this from the all-knowing database: the last nine SEC Pick up a copy at newsstands weekly or to teams who lost but covered the spread to Alabama are 7-2 SU and 8-1 subscribe to to: usatoday.com/SportsWeekly ATS in follow up games. With the stands at Commonwealth Stadium fi lled with as much orange as blue, we’ll expect another win and cover by the or call 1.800.872.0001. Don’t miss it! 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1.800.PLAYBOOK • www.PLAYBOOK.com • page 9 team that was shafted on the fi nal play of the game for the second week in a row! Even worse for the ‘Noles, they’ve got to take care of business here with no less than big, bad Clemson waiting on the horizon. FSU is a not- Never Pay For A so-encouraging 2-6 ATS before tangling with the Tigers while the Orange touch down in Tallahassee with a 7-3 ATS record in the fi rst of back-to-back road games. Da Cuse has also cashed in three of its last four outings this Losing Pick Again. season, including a solid cover against mighty LSU in late September. Top it off with Marc’s AWESOME ANGLE OF THE WEEK on page 2 and we’ve Expert Advice. Expert Handicappers. gone from a mere liking to a genuine Orange crush. Grab the points! You Win Or You Don’t Pay. UL-LAFAYETTE over UL-Monroe by 10 Today’s battle for the UL-Hyphen Trophy fi nds both Louisiana schools in dire straits. If not for woeful New Mexico State, ULM would fi nd itself at rock-bottom in the current Sun Belt standings. And if not for scheduling PB perts FCS patsy Nicholls State (0-12 in 2014), the Warhawks would currently be X www.playbook.com nesting atop a win-column goose egg in 2015. Looziana ain’t much better but at least the Ragin’ Cajuns enter off a few extra days rest since dropping a 10-point decision to Arkansas State last Tuesday. That defeat did not sit well with Lafayette’s Jr. redshirt QB Jalen Nixon, who vowed change would UTAH over Oregon St by 20 take place when the Cajuns square off with their in-state rivals. “I’m going Here’s a tough nut to crack. We feel the Utes can’t be trusted tonight to make sure me, as a leader… I’ll be on the team harder than I ever have after they saw their perfect season – and prospects of making the College been and challenging people, because we cannot accept losing,” Nixon Football Playoffs – go down the drain in last Saturday’s sobering 42-24 said. “We can’t accept being at 2-4. That’s not a refl ection of our program. setback against USC. The problem is we can’t really make a case for the We’re better than that.” Nixon has a good shot at backing up the tough down-and-out Beavers, not when last week’s ‘Behind The 8-Ball’ SMART talk as UL-Monroe’s shaky defense has allowed season-high yards in its last BOX fades OSU in a major way off its SU favorite loss to Colorado. First- two outings, including an embarrassing 14-point defeat at Idaho, and the year HC Gary Andersen is probably wishing he’d stayed at Wisconsin Warhawks are a dreadful 0-6 SU and ITS in FBS matchups this season. A instead of taking over this crumbling program, and his chances of cashing few rays of hope for ULM: the series visitor has covered in fi ve straight only the team’s second ticket in 2015 don’t look good: Oregon State is a games and 10 of the last 11 get-togethers, while the last 16 meetings have dismal 1-6 ATS when playing with Pac-12 revenge of late and just 2-5 as a produced 10 outright upsets. Despite the good history, it’s diffi cult backing conference dog of more than 21 points. However, Utah hasn’t done much a near-cellar-dweller like Monroe against a Cajun bunch that’s claimed the better in today’s role, going 0-5 ATS as chalk of 11 or more points versus cash in fi ve of the last seven series matchups. Worse for the Warhawks, conference foes and covering only two of the last six series meetings with they’re being outgained by 258 YPG in Sun Belt contests this year while ULL the Beavers. The Utes will be glad to be back at Rice-Eccles Stadium where has enjoyed a 113 YPG edge. The bottom line is this Halloween afternoon they’re undefeated this season but after plummeting from No. 7 to No. 14 hatefest looks to be all trick and no treat. Pass. in the Amway Coaches Poll following Saturday’s Hindenburg-sized Bubble Burst, they’ll force us to put on the brakes here. If you’re still interested, W Kentucky over OLD DOMINION by 28 start crackin’. It’s called adding insult to injury. Not only did Old Dominion get whacked by FIU, 41-10, despite putting up almost 500 yards of offense, Monarchs QB CINCINNATI over C Florida by 28 David Washington – who passed for four TDs while leading his team to a Never have we seen a quality program disintegrate from one season to 37-34 victory over Charlotte the previous week – was knocked out of the the next as quickly as Central Florida’s. As a result, embattled 12-year HC game with just 10 minutes remaining and did not return. ODU head coach George O’Leary has called it quits. “In an effort to allow UCF to accelerate Bobby Wilder confi rmed that Washington would be unavailable for today’s its search for my successor and clarify the facts regarding my future plans, early start, replaced by redshirt freshman Shuler Bentley. That’s a pretty I am retiring effective immediately,” O’Leary announced on Sunday after tough pill to swallow, especially with the Monarchs now 0-9 ATS off a SU a 59-10 beatdown by Houston dumped his Knights to 0-8. loss, and just 2-12 ATS in their last 14 games, including 0-6 ATS this season. coach Danny Barrett (ironically a UC grad) steps up as interim head coach Yikes! No chance the Hilltoppers will come in overconfi dent after getting but his prospects for fi nding the winner’s circle are non-existent in today’s schooled by No. 4 LSU at Death Valley last Saturday, 48-20. WKU’s 20 points high-noon clash at the Queen City. And while Cincinnati has failed to scored against the Tigers marked its lowest output since managing just 14 register back-to-back wins all season, the Bearcats’ three defeats came in a season-opening road win at Vandy. Despite being outpointed 34-13 against unbeaten Temple, unbeaten Memphis and 6-2 BYU – a far cry from in the second half of the loss, head coach Jeff Brohm remained optimistic. facing this bunch of tarnished Knights. Cincy will also benefi t from the “I think we came here ready to play,” said Brohm. “We battled and gave fact that QB Gunner Kiel appears to have won his job back. “It hurt,” Kiel them a football game. Of course you want to win, and it would’ve been said when asked what it was like to be on the sidelines watching redshirt great to do that, but that’s an outstanding football team. They’re 7-0 for freshman Hayden Moore take his place. “To fi nally be back out there is a reason. They’re 4-0 in the SEC for a reason.” The Hilltoppers may own a the best feeling ever.” Head coach Tommy Tuberville added, “I think he’s troublesome 0-5 ATS mark of late as conference chalk versus a foe playing going to be real hard to get that No. 1 position away from.” Kiel shouldn’t with revenge but with top-notch QB Brandon Doughty facing a defense have much trouble today against a Central Florida defense that’s given up he can dominate here, ODU will simply be unable to trade points and stay a whopping 8.2 yards per pass this year. One of the day’s most lopsided close. Lay it if you play it. stats also favors the hosts: Cincy is outgaining AAC opponents by 263 YPG this season while the Knights are losing ground to conference foes by 176 SOUTHERN MISS over Utep by 27 YPG. With the Bearcats now 5-1 ATS when playing home off a previous How ‘bout them Eagles? Talk about a rags-to-riches saga: their win over home game and a new captain aboard the UCF Titanic, there’s only one Charlotte last week moved SMissy to 5-3 on the year – and those fi ve way to look here. wins are more than the Golden Eagles’ win total from the previous three seasons combined. “It’s big now,” third-year Southern Miss head coach FLORIDA ST over Syracuse by 17 Todd Monken said. “When you get to fi ve, you know what the next one While both teams are down after heartbreaking losses last week, the is (bowl eligibility).” USM has also made a big leap forward on the big ‘Bubble Burst’ suffered by Jimbo Fisher’s Seminoles was one of the board. During the aforementioned 3-year run of futility, the Eagles were most gut-busting ever witnessed in college football. It’s clearly the most favored fi ve times and lost all fi ve outright (they were also underdogs in punishing we’ve seen since Auburn’s ‘Kick Six’ win over Alabama in 2013 18 straight games heading into 2015). But this season, Monken’s men have and Michigan’s stunning last-second giveaway to the Spartans two weeks won and covered all three of their appearances as chalk in lined contests! ago. Ironically, the Florida State fi eld goal that was blocked and returned The result? Southern Miss is favored by over three TDs at Roberts Stadium 68 yards for the game-winning score by Georgia Tech’s Lance Austin was this afternoon, a spread the team has laid only fi ve times in the past ten the Seminoles’ fi rst offensive turnover of the year – and it was the fi rst time years. Normally, we might challenge that, especially with UTEP coming off they’ve worn Garnet in a true road game since visiting Tech in 2008 (they an out-of-nowhere 27-17 victory over Florida Atlantic last week. Miners lost that game, too). So with FSU having its 28-game conference winning head coach Sean Kugler was positively ecstatic over the win. “I’m extremely streak snapped – and, like Utah, in serious jeopardy of falling out of the proud,” Kugler said. “Coming off the bye week, people are on your tails, playoff race – we’re not exactly eager to lay the big wood against a Syracuse people are not expecting us to do anything, we were beat up. I’m proud of page 10 • www.PLAYBOOK.com • 1.800.PLAYBOOK the way we fought.” Stirring words, coach K, but the truth is a pair of goal Marc was the No. 1 ranked football handicapper in 2014 by the line turnovers by FAU actually did the trick. The reality is UTEP’s soft ‘D’ has yielded 496 YPG to FBS foes this season, and allowed FIU and New Mexico SPORTS MONITOR in Oklahoma, including a jaw-dropping 28-9 in the 27 PPG and 179 YPG more than they normally gain. Meanwhile, the hungry NFL. His Preferred Picks Executive LTS Football Service has enjoyed Eagles are outgaining conference opponents by a whopping 231 YPG in SEVEN WINNING SEASONS IN A ROW! 2015. Along with a 3-1 SU and 4-0 ATS mark at Hattiesburg this season, a healthy dose of double revenge should spur the Eagles to break open the 6-win champagne today. $99 Football Weekend Of Winners FLA ATLANTIC over Florida Int’l by 1 LTS Service 23-13-1 This Season! No, it ain’t Michigan versus Ohio State, but with Miami high-tailing it out Get every College Football and NFL release of town for a date in Durham, this combination Homecoming / Halloween Marc makes this Saturday thru Monday clash between ‘crosstown’ rivals should be the hottest-selling ticket in South Florida this weekend. But that’s just so people can dress in bizarre costumes FOR ONLY $99 COMPLETE. Includes Marc’s and go trick-or-treating in the FAU dorms later that evening. As for the legendary NFL GAME OF THE MONTH this football game, not so much. Florida Atlantic’s 1-6 record pales next to FIU’s Sunday. Don’t miss a single selection – only 4-4 mark but the Owls nonetheless have a few things in their favor. The dog two losing weekends this season. To register, has cashed in four of the last fi ve meetings, winning three games outright, log on to the store at www.PLAYBOOK.com and the International boys are just 2-8 ATS in their last ten versus foes off a or call our Customer Service Department SU favorite loss. FIU is also starting to get a bit one-dimensional on offense. today. All major credit cards accepted for In last Saturday’s 41-12 rout of Old Dominion, 390 of the Panthers’ 484 instant service. You’ll be glad you did! yards gained came courtesy of QB Alex McGough’s arm, a 31-of-39 passing performance that enabled the black cats to score the game’s fi nal 27 points. Don’t see that happening today, not with FAU looking to get even for last 1.800.321.7777 season’s 38-10 pounding at FIU. We like Homecoming dogs with revenge, especially in rivalries like this. NOTE: check status of SR QB Jaquez Johnson SMU over Tulsa by 3 – he’s huge for the Owls’ chances of success here. We may upgrade this play We thought great things might await the Mustangs this season after they on the Weekend Update Phone should we confi rm his status. beat North Texas in Week Two and put 37 on the board in a losing effort against TCU the following Saturday. But with an 0-4 SU and 1-3 ATS slide Utsa over NORTH TEXAS by 8 (outscored by over 18 PPG) since chasing the Horned Frogs, it turns out While inhabitants of central and southern Texas are being tormented that SMU is just one big tease. Funny thing, though: sometimes we like by major fl ooding, the citizens of Denton (north of Dallas) are suffering being teased. It’s not that hard when the Ponies have dominated this series through their own cruel fate: being fans of the North Texas Mean Green. spreadwise for the last 10 years, going 8-2 ATS overall, 4-1 ATS on this fi eld To say the bottom has fallen out of this program is an understatement. Less and 9-1 ATS as underdogs. Tulsa doesn’t show up barefoot today, boasting than two years ago, these guys went 9-4 and clobbered UNLV in the Heart of an impressive 11-1 ATS mark on the road after scoring 35 or more points, Dallas Bowl. They’ve won just four games since, falling to 0-7 this year after including 3-0 ATS this season. SMU head coach Chad Morris, who also a road loss to Marshall last week, the second contest since interim coach appears to have been fooled by his team’s fast start, had this to say after Mike Canales took over for Dan McCarney, who was fi red fi ve games into a disappointing 24-point loss at lowly USF last week: “Offensively I was the season. But just as it’s hard to take the points with a garbage-can team very disappointed with the way we played.” Jeez, that’s more terrifying like UNT, it’s equally as tough to lay the number with the 1-6 Roadrunners. than a Nick Saban rant, particularly in light of the fact that the Mustangs For openers, they’re 0-5 ATS off a SUATS loss versus a foe off loss. They also outgained the Bulls in the defeat. Tulsa does Dallas after losing a 66-42 lost the stats, 556-205, in a 22-point loss to Southern Miss last week. Most shootout against unbeaten Memphis last Friday night, a game that saw concerning, though, is the Alamo boys’ lack of experience. UTSA head coach Hurricane WR Keyarris Garrett set an American Athletic Conference record Larry Coker (don’t hold your breath waiting on a call from Miami, Mr. C) has with 14 catches for 268 yards and three touchdowns. We like fading record- been so beset with injuries that he’s put 18 fi rst-time starters on the fi eld for setting teams and players in their next outing – and will continue to do so San Antonio this season. Wow, we’re not even sure Carnac The Magnifi cent here. Mustangs notch win No. 2 on a dog-day afternoon in Texas. could correctly pick the outcome of this tragedy. Our advice to you is not to mess with Texas – and avoid this game like the plague. Va Tech over BOSTON COLLEGE by 7 Hokies limp into Beantown after being upset in their last two contests, the DUKE over Miami Florida by 7 most recent a spirit-draining 4-overtime loss to Duke in the rain at Lane We were on the phone last week with Jaybird The Bulldog, our SEC scout, Stadium. Now sitting at 3-5, Virginia Tech is in serious jeopardy of staying while watching the closing moments of the fi rst half between Clemson home for the holiday for the fi rst time since 1993 under HC Frank Beamer… and Miami Florida. When the Tigers scored on a 6-yard TD run with under unless the Gobblers win three of their fi nal four games. Remember, this was a minute remaining to take a 42-0 lead, Jaybird remarked, “I can tell you supposed to be the year that the Hokies at least threatened to return to one thing about this game: when it’s over, there will NOT be a traffi c jam their ‘championship level’, when double-digit win seasons were the norm. in the parking lot.” Yes, after Miami suffered its worst loss in school history, Instead, it’s a fourth straight year of irrelevance in the Coastal Division race the ‘Fire Al Golden’ sky banner usually seen above Sun Life Stadium will – and scrambling in the fi nal month of the season just to get to one of the no longer be necessary: one day after AD Blake James suggested Golden ACC’s lower-tiered bowls. Hey, with coaches dropping like fl ies this week, might be allowed to fi nish the season, the school did an about-face and it’s probably safe to say that even coaching legend Frank Beamer will be gave Al his walking papers. Golden leaves with a 32-25 record at the school on the hot seat if this team blows his bowl streak. But while the Hokies are and a disappointing 17-18 mark in the ACC. However, the Miami brain trust likely to be in desperation mode today, Boston College will continue to should have considered giving him another week since Al posted a 3-1 lose close games because of its sputtering offense (three of BC’s fi ve losses SUATS effort against the Blue Devils during his tenure. Good news, though, came by a total of 8 points). The Eagles’ attack keeps falling deeper into for interim HC Larry Scott: the Hurricanes are a smokin’ 10-1 SU in the last the abyss each week, averaging an anemic 9 points and 234 yards per game 11 games versus Duke (favored in all 11). And though the media is ready versus FBS opposition this season. And things may not improve with backup to bury the Miami program, the Canes still own a winning record for the QB Troy Flutie having to fi nish last week’s game when stater Jeff Smith was season, and close their schedule with four winnable contests. That being squashed on a TD run. The Eagles are 1-6 ATS at Chestnut Hill versus a foe said, we’d like to see how Miami reacts to losing not only a brutal game to with revenge (beat the Hokies, 33-31, in Blacksburg LY) and have lost fi ve Clemson, but also their head coach and starting quarterback (Brad Kaaya straight to the number before playing NC State. Desperate trumps hapless questionable with concussion). The Blue Devils should come in high as kites every time. Lay it. after their historic 4-overtime win at Virginia Tech (Duke’s 12th win in its last 13 road games). Ironically, HC was on the losing end of Idaho over NEW MEXICO ST by 1 the longest CFB game ever played, a 7-OT affair against Arkansas in 2001. It’s party time in Moscow, and we’re not talking about the communist One good sign for Cutcliffe here: the series host has covered four of the last party. The confetti and streamers are for the University of Idaho Vandals, fi ve meetings. We’re not one for laying points with perennial series dogs riding a 2-game win streak for the fi rst time since 2009! And if you can but these Blue Devils are sneaky good (25-9 SU and 22-9 ATS since start of wrap your head around this, the Spud boys could actually go bowling if 2013) – and the Hurricanes may be trying to fi nd their bearings. With no they win their next two over New Mexico State and South Alabama, then line at press time, we’ll pass for now. (continued on next page) 1.800.PLAYBOOK • www.PLAYBOOK.com • page 11 average in last week’s 31-14 loss to the Middies. “They defi nitely get after it.” With the visitors now 6-2 ATS when playing with conference revenge, and Memphis just 1-7 ATS in the fi rst of consecutive home games, we’ll see if the praise is justifi ed in the Liberty Bowl tonight. Take it or leave it. TQSFBE Michigan over MINNESOTA by 7 If there was one guy in the country that had to breathe a huge sigh of relief when Georgia Tech’s ‘Kick Six, Part Two’ toppled Florida State last Saturday night, it was Michigan head coach . Victimized by a similarly unbelievable ending in the Wolverines’ home loss to Michigan State on the game’s fi nal play (Grantland’s Matt Hinton called it, “the single most PGGFOTF soul-crushing sports moment I’ve ever witnessed”), Harbaugh can argue that the Wolverines are not cursed and can regroup after such a harrowing defeat. “It’s about that resolve, the steel in our spine,” Harbaugh said. “We IT’S HERE! move forward. There’s a lot of fi ght in our guys, and I’m proud of that.” Everything you The Golden Gophers are another disappointed team after last week’s 23-point loss to Nebraska, a game where Minnesota’s defense allowed need to win this a season-high 48 points. Before that game, however, Jerry Kill’s ‘D’ had football season allowed just 19 PPG and a season-high mark of 27 points. “I don’t think in the easiest- the mood’s bad,” Kill said. “They were disappointed after the Nebraska to-use App you’ll game, but there’s a lot of football to be played.” At least the Gophers ever fi nd… the got All-Big Ten cornerback Briean Boddy-Calhoun back from a knee injury PLAYBOOK CUBE. after missing the previous two games. Minny also needs two more wins to become bowl-eligible and faces a closing slate of Ohio State, Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. Michigan heads to TCF Bank Stadium with a 6-1 ATS series record against Minnesota in their pocket, not to mention a perfect 6-0 ATS road mark when playing off a SU loss. But the Wolverines are also a mere 2-9 ATS away from Ann Arbor when seeking conference revenge and the Gophers can claim an eye-popping 7-0 ATS record as home dogs of 8 or more points. All things considered, we like Michigan to eke out a close win while Kill and company pocket the loot.

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True freshman quarterback Brett Rypien, who committed fi ve turnovers against Utah State, was back to the solid form he showed in his previous starts for BSU, going 22-for-28 for 211 yards and close out the regular season with a victory over Texas State. However, three touchdowns – without a turnover. Both teams are armed with good before things get too giddy, we should point out that the last time Idaho numbers in this afternoon matchup from Sin City: Boise is 18-4 ATS when laid points on the road it was right here to these same Aggies in 2011 – and playing off a win and facing a losing foe off back-to-back defeats while the Vandals lost the whole game, 31-24. They certainly should catch NMSU UNLV owns a surprising 7-0 ATS mark as double-digit dogs off consecutive in a depressed state after the Aggies were battered, shattered, creamed losses. These two last met in 2011 and 2012, and despite 25 and 27-point and reamed by 1-win Troy in last week’s Homecoming game, 52-7. “That wins for Big Blue, the Broncos failed to cover in either meeting. Look for is the head coach’s fault when your team goes out and looks like we did more of the same at Sam Boyd Stadium today. tonight,” said HC Doug Martin, whose team dropped to 0-7 on the season and 0-3 in the . “I apologize to NMSU fans and people UCLA over Colorado by 24 who care about the program because that was a complete embarrassment. Things are a bit tense in Westwood these days. Even after beating previously I’m totally responsible for that. We will never look like that again.” Hmmm, ranked California last Thursday at the Rose Bowl, 40-24, UCLA head coach doesn’t that sound an awful lot like what Al Golden told the media after Jim Mora was in a combative mood, loudly cursing at a UCLA offi cial as last week’s burial by Clemson? Our all-knowing database didn’t get all that he entered the postgame news conference. Mora still hasn’t gotten over excited over this heavyweight clash, either, pointing out that the series host being knocked for a loop when his Bruins were manhandled in back-to- has won the last fi ve games SU on the scoreboard. That’s it. Sorry, but we’ll back losses to Arizona State and Stanford, and a win over Cal won’t be need a lot more than that before we buddy up to one of these losers. It enough to quiet the masses. Cue the Buffaloes, who have been lost and won’t be on TV so, why get involved? wandering since bolting from Big 12 pastures (8-32 SU versus Pac-12 foes), and are always ripe for a beating by upper-echelon conference programs MEMPHIS over Tulane by 24 like the Bruins. Ralphie brings some wretched numbers to Pasadena, going We’re curious as to the dollar amount in Memphis head coach Justin 1-5 ATS as a conference dog of 19 or more points, and 3-7 ATS away from Fuente’s buyout clause… because you know the Big Boys will be coming Boulder when seeking conference revenge. And with Colorado off its fi rst after him with open checkbooks before the season even ends. As for Pac-12 win after 14 straight league losses, there’ll be no sneaking up on the Fuente’s Tigers, they just keep rolling along on an incredible 14-game win Bruins this afternoon. UCLA winds up the regular season with road trips skein. This from a program that won just fi ve games in the three years prior to Utah and USC, so look for Mora to keep the pedal to the metal here. to JF’s arrival. Even so, no team is immune to an occasional letdown and Freshman wonder QB Josh Rosen got back in the groove against Cal with 3 a mega-letdown is in order for the Tigers following last week’s impressive TD passes, zero picks and 399 aerial yards. Toss in a Colorado rush defense 66-42 trouncing of the Golden Hurricane at Tulsa. And while Memphis QB that gets gouged for 5.1 yards per carry and we know where our bread is Paxton Lynch has the look of a quarterback about to go No. 1 in next year’s buttered. Lay it. draft, the tariff on this game has us thinking green – as in the Wave. Hey, when you’re getting almost 4 TDs and a quality player like Navy QB Keenan Air Force over by 11 Reynolds warns you that 2-5 Tulane is seriously underrated, it could be The Norm Chow Farewell Tour wasn’t supposed to go this way. Now in time to listen. “Tulane is really good,” said Reynolds after the Green Wave his 43rd year as a college football coach, many hoped the affable Chow rush defense held Navy to 202 fewer yards on the ground than its season would go out on a winning note in his fi nal season as head coach at page 12 • www.PLAYBOOK.com • 1.800.PLAYBOOK Hawaii. But after a fi fth consecutive loss, the 2-6 Warriors (0-4 in the MWC) MARC LAWRENCE'S look like they’ll be home for the holidays for a fi fth straight year. UH’s underachieving record is no accident: the Islanders have gone 1-6 ITS in FBS games this campaign and are -9 in turnovers in conference games. NFL GAME OF Air Force ain’t exactly a powerhouse, losing three of its last fi ve games, but the Falcons are 3-1 in the Mountain West playoff chase and rack up a THE MONTH! respectable 434 YPG on offense. Yes, laying a touchdown seems like a lot Goes Sunday, November 1st! for a team looking for its fi rst road win of the season but if you think that number’s rich, consider this: Air Force is winning the stats by 115 YPG in This Play Documented 38-16-2 ATS! MWC games this season while Hawaii losing is losing them by 140 YPG. It’s a virtual certainty that the Flyboys will outrush Hawaii tonight, and they’re www.PLAYBOOK.com 8-2 ATS in their last 10 outings when outrushing their opponent. Air Force $50 Pay After You Win • $30 Prepaid With Guarantee hastens the end of an era in by handing Chow his seventh loss of the year. On The PLAYBOOK CUBE App PRO FOOTBALL $50 Pay After You Win • $30 Prepaid With Guarantee 1.800.321.7777 Thursday, October 29 FREE WITH $99 FOOTBALL WEEKEND OF WINNERS NEW ENGLAND over Miami by 10 It would be easy to join the Campbell soup line for a free taste of Dolphin this week but we’ve never been one to ask for a handout. We turn instead Tampa’s 7-1 ATS record versus opponents off back-to-back away games to our primary source of nourishment – the well-oiled machine – for all is certainly encouraging. As is its 6-0 ATS in 4th away games of the season the fodder we need in this AFC East division tilt. For openers, we fi nd a the past six years. Atlanta regrouped, albeit barely, off its fi rst loss of the quarterback in who has carved up division foes when playing campaign when they edged out winless Zach Mettenberger (0-7 as a starter off a pair of wins, going 16-4 SU and 14-6 ATS – including 4-0 SUATS versus in the NFL) and the banged up Titans last week. We’re still not convinced sub .500 foes – in his career with New England. In addition, the Patriots the Dirty Birds are for real and with it, we’ll fade the fowls’ 2-7 SUATS mark stand 15-2 ATS in the second of back-to-back division games. Meanwhile, at home in games off back-to-back travelers in this Johnny Depp special. the Fish have struggled in Foxboro when facing Brady (16/1 TD INT ratio this season), going 1-12 SU and 4-9 ATS, and are currently 0-4 ATS as road 5 BEST BET dogs versus .750 or greater foes. With NFL teams who are off back-to-back spread wins of 30 or more points now 0-3 SUATS since 1990, look for the NEW ORLEANS over NY Giants by 13 Pats to continue to play the Defl ategate chip to their advantage once again To say the Giants cost us – and the Cowboys – dearly last week would tonight. be an understatement. Thanks to the latest Dallas ‘pick machine’ (aka ), New York managed to survive a 460-289 negative Sunday, November 1 yardage differential and escape with a 7-point win and cover over the ‘Boys last week. Don’t expect Drew Brees to be as gratuitous in Kansas City over Detroit by 7 the Superdome this Sunday, though, where he has been picked only London calls for the fi nal time this season and with it, you have to give the once this season. New York’s 0-6 ATS away mark when facing foes NFL its due. Where else but in England can they produce a game between with single revenge-exact (beat the Saints, 52-27 in New York in last two NFL dregs and gain primetime billing and worldwide viewership? meeting in 2012) helps set the table. And its 0-5 SUATS record in non- It’s the fi fth time they have paired losing teams together in this battle division games after facing the Cowboys compliments it. On the fl ip of English muffi ns. And according to our all-knowing database, favorites side, New Orleans’ 4-0 ATS mark as a host in this series works hand in playing at Wembley Stadium with the better record are now 8-1 SU and 6-3 hand with its 3-0 SUTS log at home against NFC East opposition. After ATS, with Buffalo blowing in this role last week. Andy Reid is 3-0 SU and 2-1 snapping a puzzling 6-game home losing skid with a pair of wins and ATS in his career against the Lions, but 0-5 SUATS his last fi ve games against covers in their last two home games, the home-loving Saints appear teams from the NFC North. The Lions have problems of their own, with back on track in the Dome. The Clincher: Saints head coach Sean a coaching staff shakeup this week after having surrendered season-high Payton is 20-2 SU and 18-4 ATS home with New Orleans in yards in each of their last two games. And bouncing back after a meeting games versus non-division opponents off a SU win. with Minnesota has been a task for Detroit, too as evidenced by its 0-5 ATS mark in games after facing the Vikings. We’re not sure fi nding an answer to all their woes will happen across the pond, either. Can we add ST. LOUIS over San Francisco by 11 Jim Caldwell to the dead list of NFL coaches getting the pink slip after You have to feel sorry for Jim Tomsula. A hard worker and a good guy, he lounging in London? Stay tuned? inherits one of the most coveted jobs in the NFL with a Homeland pipe bomb planted in his offi ce, while having to give off the look of a man CHICAGO over Minnesota by 6 brimming with confi dence that he can take down the Ayatollah. You Surprise. If the NFL playoffs were to start this week, one of these two NFC know he’s sweating bullets given the ragged performance of his team, North rivals would have a ticket... and it’s not the Bears. Mike Zimmer’s winless away and in the division this season. Could it have anything to Vikings were pretty much a Vegas ‘wise guy’ pick in the preseason and do with the fact his squad has been outscored 67-10 in NFC West games, they have not disappointed, breaking out to a 4-2 start and a second-place and 120-52 on the road, in his tenure? We’re guessing it also has to do standing in the Black-and-Blue division. To remain in the talk, however, with Frisco’s 0-6 ATS log away between home games when facing division they must do something they haven’t been able to accomplish since 2012 – opponents. Or perhaps the fact that the leader of your ground troops, QB the last year they went to the playoffs – and that’s to win three consecutive Colin Kaepernick, gets blown to hell as a dog in division duels (1-6 SU and games. We do know they’ve failed miserably when playing in a division 1-5-1 ATS, scoring 17 total points in his last three tries. Al Qaeda, err, the game off a division game and are facing an avenging foe, going 3-13 ATS in Rams are 7-0 ATS after playing an AFC opponent and 6-1 ATS in games after this role when they own a .500 or greater record. On the other side of the surrendering less than 10 points when facing a foe off a double-digit loss. If coin, the in-and-out hibernating Bears are 6-1 SUATS the last seven games it weren’t for ’s soft heart as a favorite, we’d be ready to declare as a host in this series. And behind a sneaky good defense, they have also San Francisco in a state of emergency. held no less than four opponents to season-low yards this year under John Fox and DC . We smell an upset. Arizona over CLEVELAND by 10 Oh my. How is it Mike Pettine prepares for a visit from the NFC West ATLANTA over Tampa Bay by 1 division leaders after watching them manhandle AFC North rival Baltimore One has to wonder how the young Bucs will respond after blowing a 24-0 this past Monday night? Without much sleep, we guarantee you. Only the lead at Washington last week. Our best guess is they will be unfazed by fact that the Cardinals had a punt blocked in the waning moments of the it all. Behind the league’s 5th best overall defense and an offense that game kept them from securing the spread. And then we learn this from is getting better by the week, ’s charges know they were Marc’s USA TODAY SPORTS WEEKLY column: Bruce Arians is 26-4 SU and demolished, 56-14, here last year and will be looking for atonement. (continued on next page) 1.800.PLAYBOOK • www.PLAYBOOK.com • page 13 New York Jets over OAKLAND by 6 The Jets gave their all against the win-machine at New England last week. So now the question begs: is there anything left in the tank for this week’s coast-to-coast matchup? After all, the Flyboys are 0-6 ATS after playing the Patriots when facing an avenging opponent (beat Oakland, 19-14, in season opener last year). What we do like, though, is the moxie of this team behind fi rst-year mentor Todd Bowles. They just happen to be the only team in the loop that has outgained EVERY opponent they’ve faced this season. They are also 16-4 SUATS in games with a win percentage of more than .400 when facing an AFC West foe off a win. The Raiders enter off a huge win over division rival San Diego, sporting a 1-10 ATS record in games after playing the Chargers when seeking revenge against a non- division opponent. Oakland’s 2-13 SU and 3-12 ATS mark in games off a SU division win cements it. 4 BEST BET Seattle over DALLAS by 16 We understand Jerry Jones’ logic in starting Matt Cassel over Brandon Weeden in the absence of star QB Tony Romo. After all, despite an impressive 71-for-98 with 738 yards and a 92.1 QB Rating, Weeden is 1.800.321.7777 0-12 SUATS in his last twelve NFL starts... and that’s the bottom line. Cassel’s NFL career record in home starts isn’t a lot better though, just 16-21 SU and 15-22 ATS, including 6-16 ATS versus sub .500 opponents 24-5-1 ATS versus .500 or less opponents, including 12-0 SU and ATS 10-1- and 2-6 SU and 1-7 ATS when facing a foe off a win of more than 1 ATS when the foe is playing off an away game. Tie that to the Redbirds’ 14 points. Enter the revitalized Seahawks, off Thursday night’s 20-3 8-0 ATS away record versus .333 or less opponents and you now know why shutdown of San Francisco, and in full remembrance of last year’s Pettine has not had much sleep this week. Then, just as he’s about to close stunning 30-23 loss as 10-point home chalk to Dallas. It goes hand his eyes for an hour or so, it hits him: the Browns are 0-4 SUATS all-time in hand with the Cowboys’ 0-7 ATS record at home versus avenging against .600 or greater NFC West opposition. It’s lights out in the Dawg sub .500 opponents. With a Bye week up next and the famed defense Pound this week. looking better by the game (held three of its last fi ve foes to season low yards), we turn to The Clincher: Seattle is 6-0 SU and ATS in Cincinnati over PITTSBURGH by 1 games before its Bye week. Lots of history and trends supporting Pittsburgh in this mega-huge AFC North division contest on Sunday and we’re not biting... just yet. Yes, it would be easy to jump on the 4-3 Steelers trailing the 6-0 Bengals. 3 BEST BET Especially knowing the Steel Curtain is 10-2 SU and ATS at home off a loss of 10 or more points, and standing 6-2 SUATS the last eight games as a host DENVER over Green Bay by 7 in this series. And that’s not to mention Cincinnati’s 1-8 ATS record when A true clash of the Titans kicks off under the Sunday night-lights playing to avenge three consecutive losses suffered against an opponent. in this pairing of 6-0 unbeaten Super Bowl hopefuls at Mile High. Our problem is that 5-0 or greater undefeated teams playing with a week Ironically, both teams arrive with an extra week to prepare, a of rest in the NFL are 16-4 SU and 15-5 ATS since 1980. At press time, Cincy situation that in the past has greatly favored the team with the is a 1.5-point favorite, leaving us in a quandary for the moment. But with better rush defense. According to our all-knowing database, 5-0 or Big Ben due back this week, this line is certain to settle in once an offi cial greater teams playing with a week of rest are a sparkling 13-1 SU announcement is made. We’ll likely have more on this game at that time. and 12-2 ATS during the regular season since 1980 when facing an Note: be sure to listen in to Marc’s AGAINST THE SPREAD Football Podcast opponent that allows 3.8 or more Yards Per Rush on the season. Toss this Thursday at www.PLAYBOOK.com for more up-to-the-minute insight in the Packers’ lousy 2-13 ATS mark when .850 or greater versus .850 on this game. or greater opponents and you can understand our infatuation with BALTIMORE over San Diego by 4 the Broncos. Yes, we realize Green Bay is 10-1 ATS in its last eleven games when rested, and Aaron Rodgers over A matchup of hard luck teams fi nds the 2-5 Chargers taking on the 1-6 appears to be a current-form mismatch on paper, but Manning is Ravens in Baltimore this Sunday. And with that we ask, “Who’da thunk 26-4 SU at home with the Broncos, including 4-1 SUATS versus .714 it?” Not when the Ravens’ season win total was 9, and San Diego’s 8, at the or greater opponents. Plus, his defense is better than it’s ever been. start of the 2015 campaign. Making matters worse for the Bolts is another Besides, rest can often be a magic elixir for 39-year old future Hall east coast 10 AM body clock start time (they are 0-3 SU and 1-2 ATS this of Fame quarterbacks. The Clincher: Denver is 14-3 SU and ATS season in early kicks). Thanks to ’ bionic arm, Diego has actually home with rest after Bye week. outgained each of its last fi ve foes despite suffering losses in four of the games. The problem is they are 1-5 ATS in games after facing the Raiders. The Ravens check in at 9-1 SU and 8-2 ATS as home favorites before a Bye Monday, November 2 week, and will likely be giving their all in an effort to not be a 1-7 team at the break. As IBM once proudly said, “You Make The Call.” CAROLINA over Indianapolis by 3 The 6-0 Panthers continue to defy most handicapping logic, knocking HOUSTON over Tennessee by 6 off anyone standing in front of them. They’ve also managed to grab the Yet another game circled with quarterback issues. This time it’s whether cash in fi ve of those games – all against foes who are 15-26 combined or not Marcus Mariota will make it back behind center for the Titans. on the year – with nary a single win versus a winning opponent. And One thing is for certain – he’d better be if Tennessee stands any chance somewhat in ‘Carnak’ fashion, we might add, as the MIDWEEK ALERT of snapping a 5-game losing skid. There is only so much a Top 5-ranked informs us Carolina is outgaining its lightweight foes by a mere 5 Yards defense can do before eventually breaking its back trying to support a non- Per Game this season behind the league’s 22nd ranked offense. That’s existent offense. And rest assured, backup QB Zach Mettenberger and his not to say it’s been any better for the Colts, the ONLY team in the league 0-7 SU and 2-5 ATS career mark as a starter in the NFL is a non-existent that has yet to outgain an opponent this season. Our problem with this answer. Certainly not with the Titans just 1-9 ATS versus opponents that contest is best described in two words: line value. At the beginning of allowed 40 or more points last game. The good news for Houston, who the season CG Technologies in Las Vegas listed the Colts as a 1-point returns home from its massacre in Miami, is a 5-1 ATS log in its next game favorite in this contest. Sure, a lot has transpired since, but we’re still after allowing 35 or more points. That, and Brian Hoyer’s shiny 6-0-1 ATS talking about an Indianapolis squad that is 15-1 SU and 14-2 ATS off a mark in games off a SUATS loss throughout his NFL career. But because it’s SU and ATS loss in games behind QB Andrew Luck, and a Carolina club not in our nature to lay points with inferior defenses – where the hell is J.J. who is just 1-6 ATS in the second of a 3-game home stand. Hold your Watt and Jadeveon Clowney, anyway – we’re forced to take a seat on the nose, take the points, and watch it all play out under the magic of the sideline in this AFC South division debacle. Monday Night lights. page 14 • www.PLAYBOOK.com • 1.800.PLAYBOOK Now in its 30th year, the WISE GUYS CONTEST is a $10,000 winners- take-all handicapping event sponsored by PLAYBOOK.com. All plays are WISE GUYS CONTEST graded against the lines posted after 4:00 PM Mondays on the WISE GUYS CONTEST page at PLAYBOOK.com. Each week below we'll post Single Plays A $10,000 Contest Sponsored by PLAYBOOK.com from the Top 20 point-earners. Following the play is their overall Win-Loss record / Double Play record / Total Points earned to date.

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Listed next to the games below are two entries: OL is the SportsOptions.com opening line on the contest and PB is the PLAYBOOK margin. You have a PLAYBOOK Recommendation whenever our predicted margin of victory is 6 or more points off the opening line. Remember, opening lines are subject to change during the week so always check YOUR CURRENT LINE against the PLAYBOOK line to determine a fi nal play. All times listed are Eastern Standard Time • Games in Offi cial International Rotation sequence • Dates & times subject to change OL PB OL PB OL PB OL PB 129 MASSACHUSETTS 1 167 VANDERBILT 205 AIR FORCE 7’ 11 HAPPY 1:00 PM TIME CHANGE 7:00 PM TIME CHANGE 10:30 TIME CHANGE 130 BALL ST 3 168 HOUSTON ESPN2 13’ 20 206 HAWAII CBSSN HALLOWEEN FROM THE 131 RUTGERS 169 SOUTH CAROLINA PLAYBOOK MIDWEEK ALERT 12:00 PM 12:00 PM TIME CHANGE 1.800.752.9266 PLAYBOOK STAFF! 132 WISCONSIN BTN 20 17 170 TEXAS A&M SEC 14 21 www.PLAYBOOK.com 133 NEBRASKA 11 14 171 TENNESSEE 7’ 10 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 12:00 PM 7:30 PM TIME CHANGE SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 134 PURDUE ESPNU 172 KENTUCKY SEC 101 MIAMI 135 CLEMSON ABC 10 173 OREGON ST 251 DETROIT 8:25 PM 3:30 PM TIME CHANGE 7:00 PM 9:30 AM at London, Eng 102 NEW ENGLAND CBS 8 10 136 NC STATE ESPN2 3 174 UTAH PAC12 23’ 20 252 KANSAS CITY 3’ 7

103 NORTH CAROLINA 1 137 MARYLAND ABC 175 CENTRAL FLORIDA 253 MINNESOTA 1 7:00 PM 3:30 PM TIME CHANGE 12:00 PM TIME CHANGE 1:00 PM 104 PITTSBURGH ESPN 3 138 IOWA ESPN2 18 20 176 CINCINNATI ESPNN 23 28 254 CHICAGO 6 105 W MICHIGAN 19 24 139 MISSISSIPPI 5 3 177 SYRACUSE 255 TAMPA BAY 7:30 PM TIME CHANGE 12:00 PM TIME CHANGE 12:00 PM TIME CHANGE 1:00 PM 106 E MICHIGAN 140 AUBURN ESPN 178 FLORIDA ST ABC 19’ 17 256 ATLANTA 7’ 1 107 BUFFALO 7’ 11 141 GEORGIA ST 179 UL-MONROE 257 NY GIANTS 7:30 PM TIME CHANGE 7:00 PM TIME CHANGE 5:00 PM TIME CHANGE 1:00 PM 108 MIAMI OHIO 142 ARKANSAS ST 19’ 14 180 UL-LAFAYETTE 12’ 10 258 NEW ORLEANS 3’ 13 109 TEXAS ST ESPNU 143 C MICHIGAN 3 8 181 W KENTUCKY 24 28 259 SAN FRANCISCO 7:30 PM TIME CHANGE 2:00 PM 12:00 PM TIME CHANGE 1:00 PM 110 GA SOUTHERN 19’ 28 144 AKRON 182 OLD DOMINION 260 ST. LOUIS 7’ 11 111 WEST VIRGINIA 145 ARIZONA 183 UTEP FSN 261 ARIZONA 5 10 7:30 PM 11:00 PM TIME CHANGE 2:30 PM TIME CHANGE 1:00 PM 112 TCU FS1 14 19 146 WASHINGTON FS1 NL 1 184 SOUTHERN MISS 20’ 27 262 CLEVELAND

113 OREGON 6 147 S DIEGO ST CBSSN 3’ 11 185 FLORIDA INT’L 3’ 263 CINCINNATI 3 1 10:30 PM 3:30 PM 3:30 PM TIME CHANGE 1:00 PM 114 ARIZONA ST ESPN Pk 148 COLORADO ST 186 FLA ATLANTIC 1 264 PITTSBURGH 149 STANFORD ESPN 13 6 187 UTSA 9 8 265 SAN DIEGO FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 10:30 PM TIME CHANGE 7:00 PM 1:00 PM 150 WASHINGTON ST 188 NORTH TEXAS 266 BALTIMORE 4’ 4 115 LOUISVILLE ESPN2 11 14 151 GEORGIA 13 189 MIAMI FLORIDA 267 TENNESSEE 7:00 PM 3:30 PM @Jacksonville, FL 7:00 PM 1:00 PM 116 WAKE FOREST 152 FLORIDA CBS 1 190 DUKE ESPNU NL 7 268 HOUSTON NL 6 117 EAST CAROLINA 6’ 12 153 USC 6’ 10 191 TULSA 3’ 269 NY JETS 1’ 6 7:00 PM 3:00 PM TIME CHANGE 4:00 PM TIME CHANGE 4:05 PM 118 UCONN ESPNU 154 CALIFORNIA FOX 192 SMU ESPNN 3 270 OAKLAND 119 LOUISIANA TECH 9’ 155 NOTRE DAME 9’ 3 193 VIRGINIA TECH 3 7 271 SEATTLE 5 16 8:00 PM 8:00 PM TIME CHANGE 12:30 PM TIME CHANGE 4:25 PM 120 RICE FS1 3 156 TEMPLE ABC 194 BOSTON COLLEGE 272 DALLAS 121 WYOMING 157 GEORGIA TECH 4 1 195 IDAHO 3 1 273 GREEN BAY 10:15 PM 3:00 PM TIME CHANGE 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 122 UTAH ST ESPN2 23’ 24 158 VIRGINIA 196 NEW MEXICO ST 274 DENVER NBC Pk 7 159 OKLAHOMA ST 3 6 197 TULANE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 3:30 PM 7:00 PM TIME CHANGE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 160 TEXAS TECH 198 MEMPHIS CBSSN 26 24 123 SOUTH FLORIDA 161 OKLAHOMA 36 41 199 MICHIGAN 12’ 7 275 INDIANAPOLIS 12:00 PM 3:30 PM 7:00 PM TIME CHANGE 8:30 PM 124 NAVY CBSSN 9 6 162 KANSAS FS1 200 MINNESOTA ESPN 276 CAROLINA ESPN 6’ 3

125 MARSHALL 20 17 163 TEXAS 8 201 BOISE ST 19’ 17 NFL WEEK EIGHT BYES 3:30 PM TIME CHANGE 7:00 PM TIME CHANGE 3:30 PM TIME CHANGE 126 CHARLOTTE 164 IOWA ST FS1 3 202 UNLV ESPNU BUFFALO, JACKSONVILLE, 127 TROY 165 ILLINOIS 203 COLORADO PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON 3:30 PM TIME CHANGE 12:00 PM TIME CHANGE 3:00 PM TIME CHANGE 128 APPALACHIAN ST 22 28 166 PENN ST ESPN2 7 3 204 UCLA PAC12 19’ 24 FREE PICKS: 1.714.228.6272 1.800.PLAYBOOK • www.PLAYBOOK.com • page 16