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AWESOME ANGLE OF THE WEEK EARLY PLAY ON any college football team in TRIVIATRIVIA TEASERTEASER Game Two of the season with rest off a win if they won 7 or more games last BREATHER THIS WEEK'S AMAZING SITUATIONAL PLAY season and are facing a .500 or less foe who allows more than 24 PPG on the ATS W-L Record It doesn’t happen often but taking points has proven to be a winning season and was a dog in its last game. Since 1990: lottery ticket when backing this coach, who is 7-1 ATS as a dog in his career, including 3-0 SUATS versus undefeated opposition and 3-0 SUATS when Play ON: 20-4 getting more than 9 points. Who is this week’s puppy monster? NAVY MIDSHIPMEN (83%) For the Trivia Teaser answer, turn to page 11. 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!

page 2 • www.PLAYBOOK.com • 1.800.PLAYBOOK FOR A COMPLETE 2-MINUTE HANDICAP OF EVERY GAME 2-MINUTE ON TODAY'S CARD, VISIT www.PLAYBOOK.com HANDICAP ATS = Against The Spread • A = Away • Con = Conference • D = Dog F = Favorite • H = Home • Rev = Revenge • R = Road • SU = Straight-Up College Football Games NFL Games All results are ATS – Against The Spread – and most recent, unless noted otherwise. Content contained in this report remains the exclusive private property of PLAYBOOK™ and PLAYBOOK.COM™ and may not be reused or disseminated in any form without express written consent of the publisher. TEAMS KEY FACTS, STATS & ATS TRENDS TEAMS KEY FACTS, STATS & ATS TRENDS Saturday, September 19 Thursday, September 17 No Illinois 10-2 in 1st of BB RG… 7-2 as non-cond dogs 17 > pts Denver 8-0 1st BB A vs div… 11-1 A vs div… 6-1 Thursday OHIO ST 8-2 as non-conf HF’s 24 > pts… 4-14 in 2nd of 3 str HG KANSAS CITY 1-7 Home One… 3-11 H off non-div bef BB A (0-9 favs) S Carolina SERIES: 7-1 L8 / 4-1 away… 7-1 as conf dogs 8 > pts Sunday, September 20 GEORGIA 4-1-1 home w/ conf rev… 5-2 aft Vandy… 1-3 Game Three Houston 5-1 vs NFC South… 5-1 A Game Two… 4-1 Away One Auburn SERIES: 4-1 L5… 0-5 Game Three… 1-4 as RD’s < 6 pts CAROLINA 1-8 Home One favs… 1-5 H vs AFC South LSU 7-3 w/ conf rev… 3-1 aft Miss St… 1-8 as HF’s 7 < pts Tampa Bay 7-0 w/ rev in AFC sandwich… 3-9 dogs after AFC game Mississippi SERIES: 7-3 L10 / 5-1 away… 2-12 vs conf revenge NEW ORLEANS SERIES: 1-3 L4 / 1-3 L4 H… 5-1 Home One ALABAMA 4-1-1 home w/ conf revenge… 6-2 in 1st conf gm San Francisco 14-3 off non-div vs AFC… 1-4 A vs AFC North Nebraska 1-5 vs non-conf revenge… 2-5 as non-conf RD’s PITTSBURGH SERIES: 2-5 L7… 7-2 Home One vs non-div MIAMI FLA 11-0-1 as non-conf HF’s 8 < pts… 7-2 w/ non-conf revenge Detroit 0-5 Away Two vs div opp w/ rev… 1-5 bef Denver Georgia Tech 4-0 in 1st RG… 4-1 Game Three… 1-5 in 1st of BB RG MINNESOTA 0-7 Home One… 0-6 1st BB H off non-div NOTRE DAME 5-2 in 1st of BB HG… 3-7 Game Three New England 0-6 RF’s btwn 2 H… 1-5 A in 2nd of 3rd AFC opp Smu SERIES: 6-3 L9… 1-7 aft N Texas… 1-5 away bef BB HG BUFFALO 19-5 Game Two (7-1 vs div)… 1-6 vs div after Indy TCU 6-1 as favs > 28 pts… 3-1 in 2nd of BB HG Arizona 6-1 A btwn 2 H… 5-1 vs non-div bef San Francisco Stanford 6-0 Game Three… 5-0 as dogs 8 > pts… 9-1 bef Oregon St CHICAGO 1-6 H vs non-div opp off HG… 3-14 in 2nd BB H USC 1-3 in 3rd straight HG… 2-5 Game Three… 2-5 bef Ariz St Tennessee 1-8 in 2nd BB A… 2-10 Game Two off non-div Air Force 4-1 in 1st RG… 7-2 as non-conf dogs 15 > pts CLEVELAND 10-1 1st BB H vs non-div… 7-2 bef Oakland MICHIGAN ST 7-3 as non-conf HF’s 15 > pts… 0-5 bef C Michigan San Diego 1-5 Game Two RD’s < 7 pts… 2-7 off NFC vs opp w/ rev Byu 3-1 aft Boise St… 0-6 Game Three… 2-6 in 1st of BB RG CINCINNATI SERIES: 4-1 L5… 5-0 Game Two… 6-2 H btwn 2 A UCLA SERIES: 4-1 L5… 4-0 as non-conf HF’s 10 < pts St. Louis 7-1 A btwn 2 H… 3-11 Away One Utah 4-1 Game Three… 3-1 bef Oregon… 0-4 as RF’s 7 > pts WASHINGTON 10-2 w/ rev bef NY Giants… 0-5 Home Two FRESNO ST 4-0 as HD’s < 11 pts… 1-7 Game Three… 2-8 vs Pac-12 Atlanta 4-1 vs non-div after Philadelphia… 2-9 Away One NY GIANTS SERIES: 2-6 L8 H… 6-1 bef Wash… 1-5 H after Dallas SMART Baltimore 5-0 in 2nd BB A vs non-div… 8-2 after Denver BOX OAKLAND SERIES: 2-9 L11… 2-7 in 2nd BB H… 2-7 Home Two HD’s Miami 8-1 off NFC vs opp w/ rev… 5-1 A vs opp off DD SU loss TRIPPING UP JACKSONVILLE 2-11 in 2nd BB H vs .500 > opp… 2-9 Home Two Week Three of the college football season is extremely signifi cant. For Dallas 7-1 Away One… 15-4 dogs in 2nd BB div games teams that are off to a 2-0 start, another victory means they’re halfway PHILADELPHIA SERIES: 1-3 L4 / 0-3 L3 H… 4-0 H vs opp off H home to becoming bowl eligible. For teams that have yet to visit the winner’s circle, another loss could spell doom for their season. Seattle 6-1 < .500 dogs after St Louis… 0-5 Away Two RD’s However, when it comes to covering the pointspread, a home game in GREEN BAY 6-1 Home One… 1-5 off SU win vs opp off SU away loss Week Three can be quite profi table for teams appearing in certain roles: Monday, September 21 Game Three Home Teams Off A SU Underdog Win – The optimum Ny Jets 0-7 off SU Game One win vs < .500 opp… 1-4 L5 MNF A role occurs when our home dog winner takes on a non-conference foe INDIANAPOLIS 8-1 MNF favs… 12-2 favs aft allow 24 > pts in Game Three as these teams have gone 41-22-2 ATS. This week we fi nd Bowling Green, Toledo and Washington State in this money-making situation. FYI: when these teams take the fi eld with a 2-0 SU mark for the season, they improve to 36-14-2 ATS. Say hello to the Rockets. Game Three Home Teams Off A SU Favorite Loss – Once again, non- INCREDIBLE STAT OF THE WEEK conference opponents provide the perfect fodder as our teams stand 67- 46-1 ATS in this role. This week fi nds Maryland and New Mexico State Indianapolis Colts Andrew Luck poised to regain their footing after suffering a setback as chalk. When is 14-1 SU and ATS in games off a loss these same squads are playing off a home loss, the results improve to 34-21 ATS. Finally, bring their foe in off a spread win and our Game Three during his NFL career. homers zoom to 16-6 ATS. Keep your eye on the Terrapins. Be sure to read the INCREDIBLE STAT OF THE WEEK each week in the PLAYBOOK Football Newsletter! There you have it… no sense in tripping up this week. Simply follow our advice and enjoy the games.

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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 Navy Torpedoes Invading Pirate Ship In AAC Opener... Broncos Silence Crazy Little Women In Kansas City... Thursday, September 17 expecting that door to be ajar this week, not with the Demon Deacons standing 7-1 ATS versus .333 or less opposition. Yes, the Deacons 3 BEST BET stumbled late last week at the Carrier Dome but they look to be a vastly improved squad from last year’s 3-win edition. And the reason could be LOUISVILLE over Clemson by 8 QB John Wolford (started every game as a freshman last season) who has garnered the praise of his . “Physically, he’s different,” Dave For the second straight week, the league where they ‘run for only fun’ Clawson said. “He’s faster, more athletic. He did a great job in the weight (tell that to Reggie Bush’s parents’ mortagage company) gets things room.” And though we’re aware that the Black Knights outstatted the going in the Bluegrass State. Last week it was Western Kentucky Deacs on this fi eld in a 24-21 loss last year, the problem with riding but tonight the scene shifts to the northern part of the state where shotgun today into Winston-Salem is the Cadets’ 8-17-1 ATS log in games the desperate Louisville Cardinals look to bounce back from an 0-2 versus the ACC, including 0-8 SUATS if this line should fall ‘between the start after getting upset at home by Houston as double-digit chalk. 3’s’ (where it originally opened). Regardless of the closing number, we Obviously, this ACC opener becomes Priority One for the Redbirds. expect Clawson’s crew to be wide ‘A-Wake’ for this winnable nooner. Lay Their 6-2-1 ATS log with conference payback (Louie lost a 23-17 it if you play it. decision in Clemson last year despite holding the Tigers to 229 total yards) should help, along with head coach ’s 11-3 ATS mark at home with revenge. Making matters worse for Dabo’s crew is UUPSETPSET GAME OF THE WEEK UUPSETPSET a trio of crummy Clemmie numbers: 0-5 ATS away versus a foe with conference revenge, 1-4 ATS as league favorites of 7 or less points and UMASS over Temple by 3 3-8 ATS in weekday roadies. However, the fi nal ‘Bobby trap’ comes As high as we are on the Owls this season, two wins in the hand courtesy of The Clincher: Petrino is 8-1 SU in his career off back- (we’ve cashed with Temple both weeks) is not worth one double- to-back losses, including 5-1 SUATS versus winning opposition. digit bird on the road. Maybe that’s not quite how the saying goes but the Owls’ surprise win at Cincinnati – coupled with their monumental upset of Penn State the previous week – puts these Friday, September 18 Birds in a precarious spot today. Not only does our MIDWEEK ALERT remind us Temple was outstatted by 261 total yards, our well-oiled Florida St over BOSTON COLLEGE by 4 machine informs us that since 1980, only TWO teams have opened While we’re not putting much stock in BC’s season-opening 24-3 win over with back-to-back underdog wins and then went favored on the road Maine or last week’s 62-0 shellacking of Howard – a game in which the in Game Three of the season. How did they fare, you ask? Well, Troy Bison were held to 11 total yards and shortened to 10-minute quarters by dropped a 22-18 decision at New Mexico State in 2004 as 9.5-point mutual request in the second half – we must point out that undefeated favorites and East Carolina edged the Green Wave, 28-24, at Tulane home dogs off a SU win of 35 or more points are highly profi table, posting in 2008 as 12-point chalk (once again, you’re not fi nding this stuff on a 43-22-1 ATS record since 1980. (Where else but Playbook can you fi nd that Wikipedia!) In addition, the Minutemen arrive to this home opener kind of information?) We’re not about to fade that – not with the Eagles fresh off a 48-14 beating in Colorado, and that brings into play their a touch below Bo Derek with conference revenge (9-0 ATS) and 4-0 ATS as 4-0 ATS mark at home after allowing more than 32 points. Led by home dogs of 7 or more points. This Friday night affair is also not an ideal 6’6” NFL QB prospect Blake Frohnapfel, the Minutemen offense spot for Jimbo’s bunch as the Seminoles are 0-4 ATS in the fi rst of back-to- improved dramatically last season (15 points and 139 yards per game) back road games, 3-7 ATS as weekday favorites and 4-11 ATS in their 15 and we’ll look for a better effort today in front of the home faithful. as chalk. And don’t forget – the ‘Noles had their tomahawks full with the And speaking of faithful, our steadfast database puts the fi nishing defensive-minded Eagles last season in Tallahassee, squeaking out a 20-17 touches on this one as it supplies The Clincher: 17 returning-starter win. Look for more of the same tonight in Chestnut Hill as BC improves to home dogs off a SUATS loss of more than 20 points are 16-6 6-2 ATS in this series since 2008. ATS when hosting a foe off back-to-back SUATS wins, including 11-1 ATS as a double-digit dog. To which we say just a minute, ARIZONA ST over New Mexico by 21 men… take the points! Despite our ‘Golden Hurricane’ warnings (our Playbook Newsletter writeup had Tulsa over New Mexico by 3), the betting public was all over the Lobos last week as they pushed the line a full 2.5 points (opened at 4, closed at 6.5) by kick-off. Fortunately, our Doppler was on target as the MARC LAWRENCE'S Hurricane ripped through Albuquerque in a 40-21 thrashing. With that – along with apologies to Al Roker – we’ll play meteorologist, once again, tonight in Tempe. And ‘Sun’ is not in the forecast for ‘Devil’ worshippers COLLEGE FOOTBALL as ASU brings the No. 116th-ranked rushing defense (allowing 231 RYPG) UNDERDOG into this tilt. Not a good ‘omen’ against a New Mexico squad that makes its living on the ground (292 YPG, 5.8 RYPC). Yes, the Sun Devils also GAME OF THE MONTH! shined in New Mexico last season in a 58-23 rout but Lobos HC Bob Davie Goes Saturday, September 19th is 9-4 ATS as a double-digit dog with revenge. More importantly, the visitors have a huge look-ahead with USC on deck and our database reminds us that Todd Graham’s group is 0-4 SUATS since 2011 before www.PLAYBOOK.com engaging in Trojan warfare. ‘Weather’ or not you agree, this becomes $50 Pay After You Win • $30 Prepaid With Guarantee a must take. On The PLAYBOOK CUBE App Saturday, September 19 $50 Pay After You Win • $30 Prepaid With Guarantee Wake Forest over ARMY by 8 The Cadets shot down last week’s INCREDIBLE STAT OF THE WEEK (0- 1.800.321.7777 20 SU, 1-19 ATS last 20 road affairs) with a late back-door cover – on a FREE WITH $99 FOOTBALL WEEKEND OF WINNERS 71-yard TD pass, no less – in a 22-17 loss at UConn. However, we’re not

page 4 • www.PLAYBOOK.com • 1.800.PLAYBOOK MICHIGAN over Unlv by 31 Given UNLV’s penchant for taking to the highway like the Griswolds on a family ‘Vacation’ (4-23-1 ATS when off a SUATS loss), this trip to the Big House could get uglier than usual. That’s because (A) the Rebels may be without starting QB Blake Decker who left last week’s game against UCLA with a hamstring injury, (B) the Wolves have devoured losing teams in this building (13-0 SU, 10-1 ATS) since 2010, (C) Michigan head coach is 17-9 ATS at home in his college football coaching career, including 5-1 ATS as a favorite of more than points, and (D) All of the above. We’ll let you make the fi nal decision but ‘A’ should be considered strongly as Rebels’ back-up QB, Kurt Palendech, completed just 4 of 15 passes for 4 yards in Decker’s absence. ‘D’ is also under serious consideration and not just because we were always told to answer ‘all of the above’ when given the choice on those meaningless nationwide academic tests (when the hell do we ever have to fi nd the diameter of anything?) but because the Wolverines’ defense is surrendering 20 fewer points and 298 fewer yards per contest. Thus, it doesn’t take a genius to fi gure out this ‘SAT’urday contest: lay it or leave it. Ball St over EASTERN MICHIGAN by 8 Pssst… Eastern Michigan’s win in Laramie last week was its fi rst road win since November of 2012 and only its second win in that time span over a team that doesn’t reside in the FCS or is not named Western Michigan. Sure, second-year HC Chris Creighton has the EMUs headed in the right direction but at 1-8 SU in games off a SU underdog win, we simply can’t Buffalo over FLA ATLANTIC by 6 join the Steve Miller Band and ‘Fly Like an Eagle’ today in Ypsilanti. After We realize there won’t be any games played in Manassas, Virginia this all, the Gonads haven’t dropped the ball in MAC openers of late, posting season and that Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson won’t be calling the shots a 4-1 SUATS mark since 2010. And under Pete Lembo, the Redbirds are a but it appears that we’re going to be on some sort of ‘Bull Run’ this solid 17-7 SU and 14-10 ATS in league play. Our concern with the men from year… especially when Lance Leipold’s defensive-minded Bulls are taking Muncie is a 2-6 SU record in their last eight away games and laying points points. With no line at press time, we’re not sure if that will be the case on the road with a 525-YPG defense. So instead of ‘slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ this week in Boca Raton as Owls’ QB Jaquez Johnson (ankle) is a game- into the future with this little MAC matchup, we’ll let our ‘spirit carry us’ time decision. However, should the Owls come favored, we just may go right to the sidelines where we’ll take a seat and observe. We suggest you ‘Civil War’’ on this one as FAU dressed up four times as chalk last season, do the same. promptly losing ALL FOUR in SU fashion. On the fl ip side, the Bulls are a confi dent 3-2 SUATS all-time versus C-USA foes. And if Leipold’s stop-unit MIDDLE TENNESSEE over Charlotte by 21 can play anywhere close to what they did in last week’s loss at Penn State Thanks to an opening slate that included victories over lowly Georgia State – holding the Nittany Lions to just over 300 total yards – the banged-up (though the Panthers did win at New Mexico State last week) and FCS Owls will have trouble reaching the red zone. Either way, we can’t make lightweight Presbyterian, the 49ers’ transitioning to a FBS squad has yet a big move until the status of Johnson is determined and the line settles to hit rough waters. That is, until now. We’ll be the fi rst to admit that the in but we’ll be ready to go to war with Leipold’s bunch. ‘Civilly’ speaking, Blue Raiders took a step back in 2014 after bowling the previous campaign of course. but we’re big fans of Rick Stockstill and his squads have shown they can handle this kind of number (8-3 ATS as home favorites of 12 or more points, WISCONSIN over Troy by 38 including 4-0 ATS versus a foe off a SU win) – though it looks a little rich After getting shut down by the Tide in Jerry’s World in the season with the Raiders limping home from a beatdown in Tuscaloosa. However, opener, the Badgers were back to their usual non-conference home we’re not about to question the oddsmaker as that loss to the Tide disguises shellackings with a 58-0 blanking of Miami, Ohio. And with Hawaii the Blue Man Group’s 6-1 SU and 4-1 ATS mark off their fi rst setback of the making the trek to Camp Randall next week, pity the Trojans as there season. With that we say, ‘hush, hush, sweet Charlotte’ fans… but you can won’t be any Big Ten look-aheads in sight. Thus, once again, it should cry as MTSU hands your 49ers their fi rst loss of the young season. Slight be ‘all systems go’ on the Madison mauling front as the Troy boys are a lean to the hungry hosts. sorry 1-31 SU and 13-19 ATS in their last 32 lined non-conference road games. Worse, fi rst-year head coach Neal Brown arrives with a squad MINNESOTA over Kent St by 28 that is an uncompetitive 1-6 ATS as dogs of 20 or more points since There’s no doubt that the Flashes sail into the City of Lakes on a charter as 2009, including a 49-21 beatdown as 25-point dogs in Raleigh to open they held last week’s opponent, Delaware State, to MINUS 33 net yards in a this season. Yes, it’s a long way for Trojans’ supporters to travel from 45-13 victory (the Hornets scored both of their TDs on fumble recoveries). In Troy to Madison but those 952 miles by car may just seem like a walk addition, April Goss became just the second woman ever to score in an FBS in the park compared to the 60 minutes that Neal Brown and company game by converting an extra point. But folks, that was the same Delaware will face on the Camp Randall playing fi eld. Like a groupie at a Rolling State team that fi nished ninth (2-10) in the MEAC last season. Heck, it may Stones concert – an easy lay. as well have been the 1916 Cumberland squad that tallied negative 96 yards in a 222-0 loss to Georgia Tech or the College of Faith (an online institution NORTH CAROLINA over Illinois by 14 in Charlotte) team that fi nished with minus 100 net yards in a 71-0 loss to The Tar Heels catch Illinois in between NC A&T and Delaware scrimmages Division II’s Tusculum College (the oldest in the state of Tennessee) in last so the unbeaten Illini should garner all of their attention. The visitors year’s opener. To that we say, it’s time to put an end to these ‘scrimmages’ certainly have the attention of our 2011 BLACK BOOK as ‘The Times They for FBS teams – though they do pad the opponent’s coffers. So much for Are A-Changin’ Betcha Didn’t Know article points out the advantages of the editorial and back to the analysis. What we do know is that Goss won’t fading a 6-7 team (from the previous season) on the road off a SU win. be kicking any extra points this week as Kent has been smoked by the Big It’s a nice angle and equally as nice for Carolina coffers is the fact that Ten, posting an 0-11 SU and 1-10 ATS mark, including 0-8 SUATS the last Illinois interim head coach is just 7-14-1 ATS in games off back- eight meetings. That doesn’t bode well against a Minnesota group that to-back wins dating back to his days at Western Michigan. While we’re is 4-0 ATS in the fi rst of back-to-back homers and 4-2 ATS in their last not thrilled with UNC’s 2-6-1 ATS mark in its last nine games against six versus the MAC. And with the Jerry Kill’s bunch hosting another MAC undefeated opposition or the line move that is approaching double- squad next week (Ohio U), there should be no look-ahead as the Gophers digits after opening at Carolina -6.5, we’ll sing along with Dylan today reward their ATS backers. Only one way to look here. in Chapel Hill. So ‘come gather ‘round people’ and watch an unbeaten team ripe for defeat as their ‘old road is rapidly agin.’ And though this line is not yet drawn, unlike the times, our opinion on this one is not NOTE: Home team is shown in ALL CAPS. PLAYBOOK a-changin.’ Another must lay. selection is Underlined and Bold. Should we pass or not have a strong opinion on a game, neither team will be bolded. (continued on page 7)

1.800.PLAYBOOK • www.PLAYBOOK.com • page 5 Marc was the No. 1 ranked football handicapper in 2014 by the SYRACUSE over C Michigan by 10 SPORTS MONITOR in Oklahoma, including a jaw-dropping 28-9 in the The Chippewas gave Big 12 power Oklahoma State all they could handle in NFL. His Preferred Picks Executive LTS Football Service has enjoyed a season-opening 24-13 loss but we’re not sure getting just a touchdown SEVEN WINNING SEASONS IN A ROW! today at the Carrier Dome (they took 21 at home in the loss to the Cowboys) is enough as a trip to East Lansing against big brother is lurking on deck. And with Syracuse 20-2 SU and 14-2 ATS against the MAC since 1980, you Marc Lawrence’s $99 FOOTBALL know the Orange are welcoming the Chips with open peels. However, the problem with backing Scott Shafer’s squad today is three-fold: (1) their win WEEKEND OF WINNERS! over Wake Forest last Saturday was of the inside-out variety as they were outgained by over 100 yards, 419-317, (2) LSU comes calling next week and Includes Marc’s College Underdog Game of the Month that marks the fi rst time an SEC team has visited the Carrier Dome since Yes, you’ll get ALL of Marc’s award-winning 2001, and (3) a win today matches their entire win total from 2014. All PREFERRED PICKS Late Phone Football those factors certainly dampen the spirit to lay much here but, like last Service releases this weekend, including his week, the ‘Cuse cannot afford to let this one get away if they hope to hit the alleys for the third time in four years. A hesitant lean to the determined famous COLLEGE FOOTBALL UNDERDOG hosts. GAME OF THE MONTH, all for just $99 complete! Don’t miss a single selection Northwestern over DUKE by 1 – win with a DOCUMENTED CHAMPION After acing the West Coast exam with a 16-6 home win over Stanford in this weekend at a price you can afford. To the season opener two weeks ago, the Wildcats’ ‘brainiac tour’ makes a register, log on at www.PLAYBOOK.com or stop in Durham. And though Duke HC David Cutcliffe fi gures to throw just call our Customer Service Department in a couple of trick questions, Northwestern HC is a Sylvan today. All major credit cards are accepted Learning Center-like 16-8 ATS as a road dog since 2008, including 3-0 ATS for instant service! in non-conference tests. And Fitzy is well aware that a win today, coupled with a victory next week at home over Ball State, will have the Wildcats unbeaten heading into their Big Ten opener. The Blue Devils, meanwhile, 1.800.321.7777 don’t have the luxury of a Ball State on deck as they jump into their Wow! A 4-1 winning weekend included Marc’s NFL Opening Week conference schedule next when they host Georgia Tech. And history tells Play of the Year WINNER with BUFFALO over Indianapolis! us the Dukies are a wreck before facing Tech, posting a 1-5 SU and 1-4-1 ATS record in games before meeting the Yellow Jackets. So in what fi gures to be a low-scoring affair (Duke has given up 7 points in two contests while OHIO ST over No Illinois by 28 Northwestern just 6 points in its two games), we’ll grab the hook as a late We know what you’re thinking. There goes the Playbook, once again, fi eld goal could decide this one… especially with the Brainiac AND Cardiac fading the No. 1 team in the country. Sure, we have a penchant for beating Cats in town. the best and yes, Ohio State, backed by all of those good non-conference numbers, could name the score in most cases. However, the TEXAS A&M over Nevada by 39 Buckeyes didn’t bring home the loot in last week’s 38-0 win over Hawaii The Aggies are off to a 2-0 SUATS start and looking every bit like a major as 43-point chalk and their casual 4-14 ATS mark in the second of three contender in the rugged SEC West. And yes, we know that Auburn had a straight home games suggests Meyer’s men may again fall short today in major scare and Hogs’ fans had their worst day since Oscar Mayer invented the Horseshoe. As it is, the Huskies are the best the MAC has to offer as turkey bacon in 1986 (who the hell eats that?) and Porky’s was blown to evidenced by their sparkling 59-13 SU record the past fi ve-plus seasons – bits fi ve years earlier. In fact, the only thing keeping us from pulling the with only TWO LOSSES in those 72 games by more than 30 points – and trigger with the Aggies, besides the fi ve-touchdown line, is a look-ahead a 9-1 ATS mark versus the Big Ten since 2008. And with the sled dogs a with Arkansas. Other than that, there’s no reason to even sniff the Wolf comfortable 10-2 ATS in the fi rst of back-to-back road games, we’re not Pack as they are 2-5 ATS as dogs of 24 or more points and were ripped about to lay fi ve touchdowns into this MAC dynamo. Even with Ohio State’s apart by Arizona (outgained by 243 yards) in a 44-20 loss as 9-point home conference opener still two weeks away (another MAC invader, Western dogs just last week. We don’t like their chances today and neither should Michigan, comes to Columbus next week), the points are the play today in you. We can’t believe we’re saying this but (gulp) lay the lumber as A&M Ohio Stadium. improves to 4-0 ATS versus the Mountain West. NC State over OLD DOMINION by 21 OREGON over Georgia St by 41 At fi rst glance, this 18-point road number appears a bit tall, considering Duck fans are ready to hit the panic button after their team’s crushing loss the Monarchs are coming off a respectable 6-6 campaign in their inaugural to Michigan State on Saturday night but they need to cool off and give QB FBS season and have made a 2-0 splash to start this year. However, a deeper Vernon Adams, Jr. some time to jell with his teammates on offense. After all, look into this non-conference clash suggests the oddsmaker is on point he lost valuable time to work with the fi rst unit when he transferred from as the Wolfpack are 51-8-1 ATS (12-1-1 ATS versus non-conference foes) Eastern Washington and his arrival in Eugene was delayed by ineligibility in its last 60 SU road victories and fi gure to be a team on the prowl in issues. Sure, the Ducks dropped to No. 13 this week in the Coaches Poll but 2015 behind former Florida QB . Yes, Ballard Stadium will to be fair, a couple of critical plays were all that prevented Oregon from be abuzz this afternoon but it’s showcase games like this where the loss of knocking off the Spartans: two 4th-down stops (one at the MSU goal line) four-year starting QB Taylor Heinicke will stand out the most. And unlike and an overthrown wide-open receiver with less than 2 minutes to play. Elvis, who left his home in Norfolk, Virginia and straddled that greyhound Still, don’t think we’re going overboard to back the Ducks this week in a and rode into Raleigh and on across Caroline, our ‘Promised Land’ sends us pummeling of Georgia State after that rare defeat. Yes, the Ducks will be in the other direction. But like the King, we’ll lay it or leave it. looking to atone but you know our position on 40+ point favorites – we treat them like anthrax samples at a Pentagon lab and look the other way. OKLAHOMA over Tulsa by 24 Actually, the Panthers have covered the last fi ve times they got a spot of We realize that there have been no Hurricane warnings for Bob Stoops’ 24 or more points and are 9-3 ATS in their last 12 road games despite troops of late as the Sooners have throttled Tulsa by an average score of winning just two games in three previous seasons. In addition, they rolled 51-12 in the last fi ve meetings dating back to 2007. However, this looks like up 589 yards in a 34-32 win last week over New Mexico State. However, if a bad spot for Big Game Bob and company as the Sooner Schooner arrives you must play this contest, get out the industrial-sized clothespin… you’re off a dramatic, come-from-behind overtime win (one that cost us a sweep surely going to need it here! of our Late Phones) over Tennessee and their Big 12 opener looming on deck. As it is, the Hurricane are 6-1 ATS in the second of back-to-back road Rice over North Texas by 13 games and 5-1 ATS as dogs of 25 or more points. And in case you haven’t A loss to the Longhorns is not something you want on your resume right noticed, the Tulsa offense has been Golden under fi rst-year head coach Phil now, but the Owls outscored Texas 14-0 last week in the fourth quarter and Montgomery, accounting for 600 yards in each of its fi rst two contests. And did get the half-point back door cover. Rice can take some solace in the though we can’t call for a shootout at this OK corral – not with the Sooners fact that they outstatted the Horns, 462-277 in the loss, but they certainly allowing 13.5 points, 240 yards per game and a meager 3.3 yards per play can’t overlook the Mean Green here as the Owls were tripped up on their – we will grab the generous points with little brother as the wheels on the last visit to Denton in 2013 and must be on guard this go-round. In spite of Schooner may be a bit fl at for the start of this historically one-sided affair. last year’s backslide for North Texas, there is quite a story going on for the page 6 • www.PLAYBOOK.com • 1.800.PLAYBOOK Green Ones under head coach Dan McCarney, who is welcoming walk-ons to the football team with open arms. A total of 47 walk-ons dot the roster, including 36 with no scholarships, while 32 former walk-ons have gone on to earn fi nancial aid from the university. “They’re basically guys who believe in themselves. You see guys swell up clapping for them,” reports TE coach Nick Quartaro. It’s a nice story but we swell up fading bad teams against decent teams while not having to lay a big number, so we’ll side with David Bailiff, who has plenty of talent in the backfi eld. Freshman RB Samuel Stewart rushed for 130 yards last week and scored some ESPN airtime with a Superman-like dive for a TD against Texas. KANSAS ST over La Tech by 3 We realize this is not the best place to fatten your bankroll with a visiting team as Grandpa Snyder is deadly in the stadium bearing his name (80-40 ATS overall), but at 2-0 on the season (against sisters of the poor) and with Big 12 play just around the corner, we’ll take a stab today. Especially after watching Tech QB look like he has shaken off the disastrous effects of a nightmare career in Gainesville (can you say ‘scapegoat’?), throwing for 357 yards and rushing for 55 more in a narrow 41-38 defeat to Western Kentucky. The Bulldogs were steamed by bettors to the favorite’s role in that one, but fell behind early and couldn’t quite complete the comeback. Louisiana Tech was 4-0 SUATS in lined games off a loss last year, and it’s never hard taking double digits with a coach like Skip Holtz, who is 38-18 ATS as a dog in his career. Senior RB Kenneth Dixon has logged nearly 3,700 yards rushing and 56 TDs on the ground in his lengthy and 4 BEST BET illustrious career, but he will be going up against a K-State defense that has allowed just 98 yards on 61 carries this season. Junior QB Joe Hubener Auburn over LSU by 6 leads the Wildcat attack, called upon after Jesse Ertz was knocked out for the season with a knee injury suffered on the third play of the opener. Skip Auburn QB Jeremy Johnson rallied his team with a 10-yard TD pass to the chase and grab the points. with under a minute remaining to send last week’s game to OT, and the defense took over from there in a heart-stopping win over GEORGIA over South Carolina by 13 Jacksonville (as a 40-point favorite). However, it makes you wonder – It’s not often that you fi nd the Ol’ Ball Coach taking this many points, what did QB Nick Marshall mean to this team? Now 2-0 with a pair but when you do you gladly accept them. is a sterling 20-6 of 7-point wins, Aubbie is 0-2 ITS and averaging just 364 YPG (down ATS as a conference dog of more than 6 points, including 7-1 ATS when from 493 YPG in the fi rst two seasons under Gus Malzahn). Johnson coming off a loss, but he will be facing the remainder of this campaign (fi ve interceptions in the fi rst two games) needs to get better quickly with a new QB pupil after losing starter Connor Mitch for the season with a trip into Death Valley this week as LSU is looking for payback with a separated shoulder suffered against Kentucky. Junior Perry Orth from a 41-7 pasting laid on them by Auburn last season. So what replaced Mitch and nearly led the Gamecocks back from a 24-7 halftime we have here is a PLAYBOOK shocker: Take the Points! Before your defi cit. But after the Wildcats returned a Pharoh Cooper fumble 98 yards jaw hits the table, remember we’re talking about a quality dog off a on a tying 2-point conversion attempt to put two points of their own on despicable performance and Malzahn is 9-3 ATS when getting points, the board, it was a late Orth misfi re picked off by Chris Westry that sealed including 3-0 ATS versus undefeated foes. More numbers to back it the defeat. In last season’s installment of this rivalry, South Carolina won up: LSU is 1-8 ATS as home chalk of 7 points or more and Les Miles for the fourth time in the last fi ve seasons, 38-35. Georgia HC Mark Richt is just 8-22-1 against the number as a conference home favorite off is also just 20-33 ATS as a favorite of 13 points or more, including 6-15 ATS a win. You can rip Auburn all you want but they’ve covered four of versus a foe off a SUATS loss. Despite the Dawgs having revenge on their the last fi ve meetings between these yellow and orange tigers, and minds and Richt owning a stable of fl ashy running backs, there’s only one the fact of the matter is LSU is playing worse. The Bengal Tigers have way to look here. been outgained in four of their last fi ve games, and are averaging less than 16 PPG in their last six. Heck, they only converted two fi rst 5 BEST BET downs last week against Mississippi State! But when push comes to shove, the well-oiled machine comes up with The Clincher: Miles is NAVY over East Carolina by 16 1-11-1 ATS in his career in conference home openers. It appears that Pirates HC Ruffi n McNeill has found a suitable replacement for his graduated stud QB Shane Carden in junior Blake ALABAMA over Mississippi by 3 Kemp (333 yards and 3 TD strikes versus Florida), but replacing RB In yet another PLAYBOOK exclusive from our all-knowing database: there Leon Allen’s 864 yards on the ground has been more of a chore. The have been only four teams that managed to score 70-plus points in back- Gators held East Carolina to just 15 yards rushing on 17 carries in to-back games to open the season dating back to 1980. Those teams are a rematch of last year’s Birmingham Bowl, as Florida forced Kemp 4-0 SU and 3-1 ATS in follow-up contests – winning every game by double- into a red-zone fumble with 21 seconds left to hang on for a 31-24 digits! After all the up-and-down struggles with Bo Wallace under center, victory. Meanwhile, the Middies leave their role as an Independent Hugh Freeze had to look no farther than the family of Buffalo Bills Hall- and will make their AAC conference debut this week. The game of-Famer Jim Kelly to fi nd a more reliable leader. Kelly’s nephew Chad has fi nds them in a cozy spot because they’re 12-3 SU and 11-4 ATS in tossed six TDs thus far versus just one pick, and while he has yet to prove games with rest after scoring more than 35 points in their previous himself against a Top 10 program like Alabama, his skill position support contest. Behind silky-smooth senior QB Keenan Reynolds, who ran looks up to the challenge with explosive players like Walton, Treadwell and for a second-quarter TD in the opener against Colgate and now Core. Besides, the Tide (3-7 ATS in the series) has always had their hands needs just 13 TDs on the ground to pass Montee Ball for the all-time full with Ole Miss, including last season when the Rebs shocked Bama in NCAA mark, HC Ken Niumatalolo will look to make a splash in his Oxford, 23-17, as 4-point dogs. Hugh Freeze is 10-2 against the spread as inaugural conference outing. And with the Pirates possibly primed a conference dog, and while we certainly respect the revenge incentive for a letdown following their big effort in that bowl revenger last along with Nick Saban’s 17-game home winning streak, we just can’t get week (not to mention having Virginia Tech on deck), we’re anchoring past that 70-point stat mentioned above. down as we turn to The Clincher: See this week’s AWESOME ANGLE on page 2. Virginia Tech over PURDUE by 1 When arrived in West Lafayette in 2013, most Purdue fans greeted him as a savior but knew in their hearts that a coach’s fi rst year can often be Year Zero. 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1.800.PLAYBOOK • www.PLAYBOOK.com • page 7 football), now is the time for Hazell to fi nally deliver. So, you can imagine that Georgia Tech over NOTRE DAME by 2 “Here we go again!” was heard across Indiana when Marshall used bookend The loss of QB for the season with a broken ankle, which pick-6’s to throttle Purdue in the opener, 41-31. However, QB Austin Appleby follows the previous season-ending injuries to starting RB Tarean Folston bounced back against Indiana State after the four INTs versus the Herd and and DT Jarron Jones, will likely be devastating for Brian Kelly. With tossed four TD passes with no picks (three of the TD strikes covered over 50 DeShone Kizer’s inexperience and lesser mobility compared to Zaire, yards). Granted, the Sycamores are a far cry from the Hokies, and Purdue Kelly had to simplify the playbook in practice this week – and the tough hasn’t won back-to-back games since 2012, but Hazell does appear to have schedule waiting ahead will not help matters. The 13-4-1 ATS mark for the his team on the verge of a breakthrough this season. For Frank Beamer, his Irish as a home dog coming off a win, and Kelly’s dog log of 29-15-2 versus Virginia Tech squad hung tough in the fi rst half against the Buckeyes before the spread make this a tough call against a classic Georgia Tech team Ohio State’s sheer talent advantage turned the game into a blowout. The that has a ground attack virtually unrivaled in college football. Many loss of QB Michael Brewer to a broken collarbone for the season has the of the TV analysts are calling the Yellow Jackets “severely underrated” natives restless in Blacksburg but Brenden Motley is the signal-caller for now, and expect Paul Johnson’s team to blast off here and move into the Top and talented freshman Dwayne Lawson is waiting for his shot after Beamer 10 next week. Also, don’t forget that the Ramblin’ Wreck has covered burned Lawson’s redshirt on the third play of the game against Furman. four straight meetings in this series. This just in from the all-knowing Keep in mind that Tech has covered just fi ve of their last 18 road tilts, and is database: CFB teams in Game Three who scored 60-plus points in their 1-3 ATS in their last four road openers – not to mention going 2-10 ATS after fi rst two games of the season are 5-0 SUATS dating back to 1980. We scoring 35 or more points. Just Due it... and take the points. really need to see Kizer in his fi rst start before making a judgment on the Golden Domers, so unlike most plays in Johnson’s fl exbone offense, we’ll OKLAHOMA ST over Utsa by 24 have to pass here. The Cowboys defeated UTSA 43-14 last year, and 56-35 two seasons ago but haven’t been all that impressive thus far in 2015. Sophomore QB Mason WASHINGTON over Utah St by 3 Rudolph did rack up 435 yards through the air against Central Arkansas but Heading into the season the Huskies were 14-2 SU over the fi rst four games is obviously still going through on-the-job training (only fi ve career starts) of the season in the last four years, including 12-0 at home. They added a and must cut down on his mistakes. The ground attack was anemic against home victory over Sacramento State last week following the narrow loss to an inferior opponent: most glaring was Chris Carson’s 42 yards on 15 carries. Boise State in the opener. Our concern here is the dismal 1-4 spread mark as Meanwhile, the Roadrunners stayed with Arizona opening week and trailed a favorite versus Mountain West foes. Meanwhile, the Aggies are coming by just a point at halftime (behind three TD passes in the fi rst half by Blake off a gutty effort versus arch-rival Utah last Friday, and are now 13-1 ATS Bogenschutz) before the game slipped away – but then were stopped in as a dog of 5 or more points. Exercise caution, though, as Utah State is just their tracks at Kansas State last week. This was expected to be a rebuilding 1-17 SU versus the Pac-12 since 1983. Utah State QB Chuckie Keeton is back year for Larry Coker after 38 seniors used up their eligibility in 2014, but for a fi fth campaign with the Aggies after playing only nine games over we must note Coker’s solid ledger as an underdog (19-12-1 ATS), although the past two seasons because of two injuries to his left knee, while Huskies he is just 7-16 ATS overall in games off a SUATS loss. For Mike Gundy, his HC Chris Petersen has settled on Jake Browning as his QB. RB Myles Gaskin rebuild was last year and while Rudolph and his 16 returning starting are still leads the way for the Washington backfi eld as the freshman scored three learning, the Cowboys appear to be a step ahead of UTSA. Still, with OSU’s times while rushing for 146 yards last week. This matchup sure has the look Big 12 opener up next versus Texas, we’ll take a seat on the sidelines here. of a “whoever scores last wins” type of game – and with that, the points become the play. MIAMI FLA over Nebraska by 10 ’s fi rst road foray with the Huskers heads into a dangerous setting TEXAS ST over Southern Miss by 6 and while it’s not like the old Orange Bowl, Al Golden still has a respectable Both teams got a breather in Week Two after being sacrifi ced to major spread mark of 12-7 at Dolphins Stadium. Golden also owns a sparkling conference schools in the opening week: the Golden Eagles hammered 11-0-1 ATS mark as home chalk of 8 or less points versus non-conference Austin Peay, 52-6, while the Bobcats cruised past Prairie View, 63-24. foes, plus a 4-1 spread record with non-conference revenge at home. It So what conclusion do we draw from those results? The answer is appears that the Canes are ready to break on through to the other side little to none. What we do know is SMissy is 2-17 SU in its last 19 road for their embattled head coach, but will still need a better effort from the outings and they haven’t won back-to-back games since Larry Fedora defense here against Nebraska’s QB Tommy Armstrong, Jr. and his favorite was last seen roaming the sidelines in 2011. We also know that Texas targets Brandon Reilly and Jordan Westerkamp. The Canes recovered from State defeated USM, 22-15, in Hattiesburg as 7.5-point dogs in the last a lackluster fi rst half against FAU last week (when the Owls started turning meeting between these schools in 2013. The biggest edge is most likely over the football) and RB Joseph Yearby was a bright spot, rushing for 157 Dennis Franchione for TSU, who is 60-44-2 ATS at home in his career, yards and catching three passes for another 97 yards. Be aware that Mike including 40-25 against the number versus an opponent off a win. Riley is just 4-8 SUATS in his career in fi rst road games, including 2-7 SUATS Finally, the Bobcats rang the register eight times last season, and are versus non-conference opposition. With the corn boys forced to deal with a little more accustomed to being on the winning side of the ledger – the oppressive heat and humidity of South Florida’s September dog days, which is where the victors will fi nd themselves – so we lean towards the we’re willing to lay the small price here. veteran head coach this week.

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page 8 • www.PLAYBOOK.com • 1.800.PLAYBOOK Cincinnati over MIAMI OHIO by 27 The Bearcats were stunned by upstart Temple in their conference opener last week despite outgaining the Owls, 557-296, as fi ve turnovers did them in. The game was close at halftime with the Owls leading 10-6, but whatever Temple coach Matt Rhule said to RB Jahad Thomas at the break was certainly effective as the junior took the second-half kickoff 100 yards for a TD and scored from 52 yards out on the Owls’ next possession. Cincy QB Gunnar Kiel will need to clean things up after tossing four sloppy interceptions, which totally offset his 427 yards passing in the contest. The good news for the Bearcats moving forward is Tom Tuberville has made a living on the road when facing foes off a loss where he is 27-10 ATS in his career, including 21-4 ATS when playing off a conference game. For a team that has outgained its foes by 325 YPG this season, this number is defi nitely manageable. Especially when you look at how thoroughly the Wisconsin defense shut down the RedHawks (157 yards) after allowing the Tide 502 yards of offense the week before. With Miami losing nine straight in this series against the Bearcats – and a pointspread near 20 – you should be able to easily identify the winner here. Miami’s 7-29-2 spread mark in SU home losses seconds that notion. TOLEDO over Iowa St by 16 HC Matt Campbell took the lead in a very successful week for #MACtion with the upset of Arkansas in Fayetteville on Saturday and the Rockets now have a confi dent glare about them – so it’s not surprising that the sharpest tool in the shed, the SMART BOX, agrees. Toledo has also held its own against at Hawaii in their season opener. These two arch-enemies have alternated the Big 12, going 3-0 SUATS as a host. Meanwhile, the Cyclones head into victories over the last four years with Colorado falling as small chalk in last the Glass Bowl in bummer-letdown mode after coughing up a second half season’s opener, and a full complement of healthy starters returning to both lead to Iowa at home last week. They managed just 63 yards rushing against programs makes this is a tough call. However, the Buffs do catch CSU and Iowa, not a good sign against a Rocket defense that held Razorback RB Alex new coach Mike Bobo reeling from last week’s gut-wrenching overtime loss Collins to 54 yards on 20 carries last week. The Cyclones are also 1-6 SU and to Minnesota at Fort Collins, and our all-seeing database doesn’t like the 2-5 ATS as dogs coming off a loss to the Hawkeyes and Iowa State defeated fact that new coaches who open with a win, then lose Game Two, are just Toledo in Ames last season by a 37-30 score. You can toss in revenge for the 13-29-1 ATS when not playing a true road game. Meanwhile, MacIntyre Rockets as one more factor. Finally, the fact that the Cyclones own a 2-13 SU boasts a healthy 14-6 ATS record when playing off a win, including 7-2 away mark in their last 15 games cements it. Rockets’ red glare! ATS versus non-conference opponents. With this being the fi rst of three straight away games for the Rams – coupled with the after-effects of losing ARKANSAS over Texas Tech by 14 in OT – we cast our vote the Buffaloes’ way. My, how quickly a conference championship run can be dashed by a single loss. So much for Bret Bielema spending time criticizing Ohio State’s MARYLAND over South Florida by 13 schedule and talking about how tough his slate was – we’re pretty sure Jeez, Louise. When we predicted last week that Maryland would be exposed he wasn’t even thinking about losing to Toledo! Of course, those hopes by Bowling Green, we certainly didn’t expect the Terps to roll over and play were a little on the high side anyway, especially when you consider that dead in the 4th quarter. After rallying to tie the game at 27-all, Maryland’s just getting out of the SEC West would take a miracle performance in the ‘defense’ was torched for 21 unanswered points on three Bowling Green fi rst three weeks of October, which are set to include trips to Knoxville and TD passes, just a small portion of the embarrassing 692 yards they allowed Tuscaloosa. Well, no need to worry about that now. We would normally be to the Bee Gees. The good news for UM head coach Randy Edsall is his wary of the Hogs’ 3-12 ATS mark in games before playing Texas A&M but 11-4 ATS mark (including 3-0 ATS as chalk) in bounce-back affairs after last week’s home loss to Toledo makes that stat irrelevant. As for the Red dumping the previous contest as a favorite. His adversary today, USF head Raiders, the good news is that road teams in Game Three of the season man Willie Taggert, strolls into College Park after taking home the cash who scored 59 or more points in each of their fi rst two games are 8-2 SU in last week’s 20-point loss at Florida State – pumping his career mark in and 7-2 ATS since 1980. The bad news is that both of the losses came as road games to a jaw-dropping 23-5-1 ATS. But before you get too bullish underdogs (0-2 SUATS). The Razorbacks hold a 9-4 ATS edge over Texas on South Florida, bear in mind that Taggert has played back-to-back away Tech, including last season’s 49-28 thrashing at Lubbock in a pick ‘em affair. games just three times since landing in Tampa, and his resulting 0-3 SU and Toss in Bielema’s 4-0 ATS record versus undefeated foes last season and the 1-2 ATS mark is not encouraging – especially when staring down the barrel Hogs should get things back on track here. at a big revenge game versus Memphis next week. So with one eye on the SMART BOX and the other on a shaky old Edsall, it’s our belief the ‘Clever BOWLING GREEN over Memphis by 6 Compartment’ (and a QB switch from Perry Hills, who started the fi rst two How hot are the Tigers? The Tigers are so ‘en fuego’ under Justin Fuente games, to junior Caleb Rowe) counters Edsall’s old-style ways enough to that they will dress up as road favorites against a team that just wiped out put the Terps into the winner’s circle today. a Big Ten bowler on the road last week! The Falcons scored 42 points in the second half to pull off an upset of Maryland in College Park and ended up MISSOURI over Connecticut by 17 with 692 yards of total offense – 200 of them coming on 15 completions Hard to get a handle on the two-time defending SEC East champion Tigers by QB Matt Johnson to WR Roger Lewis. However, it’s not totally shocking after a pair of disturbingly lackluster efforts to start the season. Nothing that the Falcons got this big win since BGSU has been bowling each of the wrong with a Missouri defense that’s yielded just 11.5 points and 209 yards last three seasons and head coach Dino Babers is intent on making it four per game but QB Maty Mauk is unquestionably the new FBS poster child straight. What is a bit surprising is that Bowling Green will be taking points for inconsistent play. Mauk has completed only 48% of his throws for fi ve after winning 13 of their last 14 home openers, recording SU victories in 13 TDs and three INTs so far, and needs to get it going before Mizzou opens of their last 17 overall home games and going 5-1 SUATS as non-conference conference play against Kentucky the following week. Overall, it’s just home dogs. Whew! With a huge conference opener on deck next week a bad fl at spot for Gary Pinkel’s crew as they’ve gone 1-8 ATS recently for the Tigers against Cincinnati, we can’t blame Elvis’ legion if they aren’t when playing at home between road trips and 1-5 ATS as non-conference hitting on all cylinders today, but we can pretty much guarantee that this home favorites of more than 14 points. We’re aware that 2-0 Connecticut’s will be a fun game to watch. And down goes Memphis! wins have come against the likes of Villanova and Army but the sled dogs appear to be coming around in their third year with Bob Diaco, a former Colorado over Colorado St by 10 (at Denver) Notre Dame DC, allowing just 358 YPG in their last six contests. UConn also Okay, ready? Take a puff… hold it in… longer… longer… yes! It’s time takes the fi eld in this high-nooner with a record that would make Gary again for the annual ‘Stoners Bowl’ between Colorado and Colorado State Cooper proud, going 7-1 ATS in the last eight tries as a non-conference at appropriately named Mile High Stadium in Denver. And while the pot dog of 20 or more points. And with the Huskies covering three of their last jokes may be fl ying fast and loose in tonight’s telecast on CBSSN, the reality four meetings with SEC schools, we have no problem fading the up-and- is that CU head coach Mike MacIntyre needs a win here to fend off the down Mauk here. wolves that started howling immediately after the Buffaloes got way-leid (continued on next page) 1.800.PLAYBOOK • www.PLAYBOOK.com • page 9 ONLY AT THE PLAYBOOK SUPERSTORE WILL YOU FIND… • The nation’s top selling football newsletters – now available all under one roof! • Instant delivery. 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Florida over KENTUCKY by 7 TEXAS over California by 3 The Wildcats turned more than a few heads when they snapped a 5-year, Sound the alarm – California head coach Sonny Dykes is bringing his Air- 22-game road losing streak by beating South Carolina last Saturday. Raid offense to Austin this evening in an effort to secure his fi rst 3-0 season So after winning its fi rst SEC opener since ambushing Arkansas in 2007, start at Berkeley. No doubt the Golden Bears have become the ‘fl avor of UK returns to Commonwealth Stadium to take on a Florida team that’s the month’ for September: the spread on this contest opened at Cal -3, whipped ‘em like a red-headed stepchild: the Gators are 34-1 SU in this then quickly zoomed to -7. Yes, we know Texas is bad but is a line swing of series, including 28 straight wins (13 in a row on this fi eld). Tough to buck this size justifi ed? The Bears are outgaining foes by almost 260 YPG and last such one-sided history, even if the spread on today’s matchup is the lowest year’s 40-PPG defense has held its two opponents to just 21 total points. in this series since 1988. The 2-0 Bluegrass Cats stand a weak 12-20 ATS in But we can’t look past the fact that this same stop unit (9 starters return) SEC games off a SU dog win, plus they’ve been out-yarded in both wins. was gutted for 47 points and 589 YPG last year when playing on the Pac-12 Still, we’re not exactly looking to put reptile on our menu here. Not after road. Texas managed a wire-to-wire win over Rice last week after Strong Florida had to fi ght tooth-and-claw to stave off East Carolina in last week’s demoted two assistants and handed the play-calling chores to WR coach 7-point win as 20-point chalk. And certainly not when McElwain’s fi rst road Jay Norvell. Still, the Longhorns’ sluggish start to the season (0-2 ITS – lost trip of the season is also his SEC opener – against a UK team that’s already the stats by an average of 275 YPG) puts Charlie Strong back on the hot 1-0 in conference play. The fact that new coaches in Game Three, off one seat in Austin. Fortunately for devout Bevo followers, Strong can claim loss exact, are 55-82-4 ATS since 1990 further clouds the issue. While we a 5-1 ATS effort against non-conference foes off back-to-back victories, won’t be ordering up a platter full of Gator tonight, we will acknowledge plus his ‘Horns are 5-1 ATS when made the home underdogs to a non-con Florida’s series dominance by calling for an outright UF win. As for covering opponent off a SU win. That’s a whole lot better than California’s 15-36-2 the spread, however, you’re on your own. ATS mark in its last 54 games as road chalk, including a ledge-jumping 6-24- 1 ATS as a favorite of less than 8 points. Or to use an Erectile Dysfunction INDIANA over Western Kentucky by 6 metaphor, sometimes a lethargic offense simply needs to be introduced Hilltoppers got revenge for a 59-10 thrashing at Louisiana Tech in 2014, to a ‘loose’ defense to gets things back up and operating again! Take the edging the Bulldogs by 3 points last Thursday night in Bowling Green. But points as we feel Cal could be the Cialis that Strong so desperately needs. HC and company paid a huge price for the win, losing star RB Leon Allen (1,500 yards last year) for the season with a knee injury. “It’s OREGON ST over San Jose St by 6 going to be a challenge,” said Brohm, and he’s not kidding: WKU owns Spartans are on our ‘100-yard improved defense’ list from last season but a poor 0-4 SU and 0-2-2 ATS record versus teams currently residing in the they spoiled a really nice angle – Air Force was just 2-16 ATS when taking Big Ten. The last meeting in this series resulted in a 17-point Indiana win on a MWC foe after facing a non-conference opponent – when they were at Western Kentucky in 2010, and with the Hoosiers off to their fi rst 2-0 grounded by the Flyboys in a 37-16 loss at Colorado Springs last Saturday. start since 2010, a win here goes a long way toward helping IU land its However, we’re not about to pull the plug on Ron Caragher’s team just fi rst bowl bid since 2007. Have great respect for Hilltopper QB Brandon yet. Yes, the Force rushed for an impressive 428 yards against SJSU but Doughty (69% completions for 325 YPG) but with WKU’s defense getting the Spartan ‘D’ won’t see anything resembling that here tonight. Neither shredded for 486 YPG, there’s just no value here – especially with Allen offense could get it going last week: San Jose struggled to gain 290 yards seated on the pine. Indiana coach Kevin Wilson is only 5-5 ATS as a home versus Air Force while the Beavers managed an embarrassing 138 total favorite in his four seasons with the Hoosiers; however, he knows a big yards against Michigan. New Oregon State HC fi nds himself win here and next week against Wake Forest just might save his job. Lay in the same new-coach role as Florida’s Jim McElwain (new coaches in Game it if you play it. Three, off one loss exact, are 55-82-4 since 1990) and that’s not a favorable page 10 • www.PLAYBOOK.com • 1.800.PLAYBOOK stat for team that’s currently riding a horrid 2-9-1 ATS losing streak. Can’t pull the trigger, though, when we’re reminded that the Spartans are on an even worse 2-10 ATS run over the same time span. When you’re forced to choose between two teams that appear to be equally bad, our advice is to take it or leave it… but mostly just leave it. TCU over Smu by 33 The old ‘Alphabet Bowl’ fi nds the gap widening between these two former rivals, yet the belief here is that will begin instilling new blood into the SMU program in the very near future (you’d need a blood transfusion, too, if you opened the season against Baylor and TCU in the fi rst three weeks). Not convinced? Last year the Mustangs fell 43-6 to North Texas, a team they beat last week, 31-13! As always, the Horned Frogs – and any other serious contender in the Big 12 – know they have to win big every week just to maintain their position in the rankings. And where normally we might be concerned about a TCU look-ahead to next Saturday’s conference opener against Texas Tech, the Frogs’ 82- 27 destruction of the Red Raiders last season pretty much removes such a distraction from tonight’s equation. Even so, laying over fi ve TDs is not in our wheelhouse, especially when both squads show up with confl icting numbers. While the Ponies have actually covered six of the last nine series meetings, they’ve also failed to cash in ten consecutive Game Three situations. And though TCU may own a 6-1 ATS mark of late as a favorite of more than 28 points, the Frogs have fl oundered against non-conference foes with revenge, going just 2-7 ATS. You know what to do here: apply clothespin to nose, take the points – and pray. QB Maxwell Smith transferred in from Kentucky but he hasn’t been the answer, throwing more interceptions than touchdowns while accounting NEW MEXICO ST over Utep by 3 for just 118 passing yards per game. Of course, when you shoot yourself Okay, let’s see if we fi gure this one out! UTEP opened the season 0-2 SUATS, in the foot with penalties – 12 for 126 yards – like they did against Cal last was outscored 117-33 and out-yarded 1164-618 – yet the Miners are going week, the Aztecs are no cinch to improve their shoddy 1-5-1 ATS mark in out as road chalk this week! WTF? We don’t think so, not with the square their last seven tries as double-digit chalk. Until Long revives the offense, root of winning (aka: the SMART BOX) working in the Aggies’ favor we can’t lay this kind of wood… even if it’s part of the USA’s Road Roast. tonight. After choking as a rare home favorite last Saturday – NMSU lost to a Georgia State squad that dropped its season opener at home to Charlotte Stanford over USC by 1 and had won ONE game in the last 25 starts – the Aggies are back in their No. 7 Trojans have outscored foes 114-15 to start the season but folks, this customary role of home underdog. And while a 4-6 ATS home dog mark is NOT Idaho or Arkansas State they’re playing today. Stanford delivered under head coach Doug Martin doesn’t have us doing handstands, New an uncharacteristically poor performance in its season-opening loss at Mexico State’s 3-0 ATS mark off a SU favorite loss when facing a losing foe Northwestern but made amends by throttling UCF last week, 31-7, and gives us a glimmer of hope. Toss in UTEP’s money-burning 3-10 ATS record takes the fi eld here with some major revenge on its side. Not only did the as road chalk and you’re better off not mining for any pointspread gold Cardinal have a 16-game home win skein snapped by the Trojans in a 13-10 with Sean Kugler’s prospectors. Aggies, outright! loss last year (The Tree dominated the stats, 413-291), they also dropped a 20-17 decision in 2013 at USC as 4-point chalk. Stanford’s chances to get PENN ST over Rutgers by 12 even are bolstered by some good ATS history. The Tree has gone 3-1-1 ATS There was plenty of optimism to start the season in Happy Valley but it’s in the last fi ve trips to the Coliseum, 6-0 ATS in the last six Game Three’s, quickly vanishing with each passing game. And speaking of the passing 5-0 ATS as underdogs of 8 or more points and 4-1-1 ATS in the fi rst of back- game, Penn State’s is in shambles: QB Christian Hackenberg, who was to-back road games. Whew! Those results look even better for Stan when supposed to make great strides in 2015, has managed just 115 passing yards we get a look at So Cal’s 1-5 ATS failure as a double-digit favorite in this on 48% completions while throwing for just ONE touchdown and a meager series, as well as a 3-6-1 ATS mark at home off a home game when facing 4.4 yards per attempt. But even with the Lions’ anemic 260-yard offense a Pac-12 opponent. And USC head coach has struggled to a on course to sabotage their season, something far worse is going on in 1-5 SUATS record in conference affairs when playing off consecutive wins New Jersey right now. Rutgers star WR Leonte Carroo, the team capain with the last coming by more than 35 points. If that’s not enough, see this and best player on the squad, has been suspended indefi nitely (again) by week’s TRIVIA TEASER on page 2. head coach Klye Flood, who said, “It’s currently under investigation.” In fact, Flood’s program has been besieged by issues off the fi eld, including Pittsburgh over IOWA by 3 the arrests of six players who have since been dismissed. We want no Panthers did not miss a beat after losing the services of stud RB James part of that, even with the Scarlet Knights’ competitive 7-2 SU and 6-3 Conner in their season opener, fl attening Akron, 24-7, in a game where ATS record in road openers. Tonight’s game marks the second of a badly- they held the Zips to a mere 110 yards of offense (it’s a Pat Narduzzi thing). needed 5-game home stand for Penn State, whose confusion lessens the Interesting to note that in the seven seasons when Narduzzi was DC at impact of HC James Franklin’s 10-4 ATS mark off a win versus a foe off a SU Michigan State, his Spartan stop-units held Iowa to an average of just under loss, including 5-1 ATS at home. Like a vertically-challenged customer at the 22 PPG. And despite the fact that the hosts have averaged a tidy 31 points Chicken Ranch, let’s call this a small lay. and 451 yards per game in their 2-0 start, we’re still not sold on this year’s Hawkeyes – especially with HC just going through the motions SAN DIEGO ST over South Alabama by 14 of late (26-25 SU and 22-25 ATS the last four seasons). Pitt has cashed four Not sure how these two geographical misfi ts got together but this is the straight tickets when playing with Big Ten revenge off a win, and the Black second leg of the Jaguars’ Offi cial 2015 Road Roast. Last week’s 39-point Cats are looking for payback from a 24-20 home loss as 6.5-point favorites loss to Nebraska pushed South Alabama’s recent record as a 20-or-more- in 2014. The Hawkeyes got their pound of fl esh in last week’s revenge win point road underdog to 0-3 ATS – with the average loss coming by 32 over hated Iowa State to help cap off another outstanding week of Best points! But even though San Diego State isn’t laying 20 points here, we Bets on these pages, but we think a natural letdown is in order here. A cannot in all good conscience recommend a play on the Aztecs until they solid take. get their offense untracked. Yes, SDSU did put 37 points on the board in its win over FCS rival San Diego in Week One, but ’s offense barely MICHIGAN ST over Air Force by 20 cracked the 300-yard barrier in the process. For the second straight year, The Force couldn’t have picked a better spot to challenge 4th-ranked the glaring defi ciency on Long’s team is at the quarterback position. Senior Michigan State. Falcons are off a 37-16 beatdown of San Jose State and will have two weeks off after this one to prep for military rival Navy. Even better, they catch Sparty off a huge revenge win over Oregon, a game NOTE: Home team is shown in ALL CAPS. PLAYBOOK where the Ducks won most of the stats except for the fi nal score. MSU also selection is Underlined and Bold. Should we pass or not have a hasn’t had much luck in the second game of three straight homers, posting strong opinion on a game, neither team will be bolded. (continued on next page) 1.800.PLAYBOOK • www.PLAYBOOK.com • page 11 backup Tanner Mangum kept the ‘Y’ close until the game’s fi nal play – where he completed a 42-yard Hail Mary (or would that be a Hail Joseph?) to Mitch Mathews for a stunning 33-28 upset of the Huskers. Last week the Cougars returned to Lavell Edwards Stadium for their home opener against Boise State, a game where BYU overcame a 10-point 4th quarter defi cit with TQSFBE two Mangum TD passes and a pick-six to shock the Broncos, 35-24. Now the sky-high Cougars take their ‘band of brothers’ act to the Rose Bowl but we think Bronco Mendenhall and company will come crashing back to earth in a big way here. For openers, the 2-0 Bruins have cashed in four of the last fi ve meetings between these two while BYU is just 2-10 ATS off a SU dog win versus a foe off a double-digit SU win. And despite their recent heroics, PGGFOTF the Mormons are riding an 0-6 ATS skid in Game Three and a 2-6 ATS effort when playing the fi rst of back-to-back road games. That won’t bring home IT’S HERE! the bacon against what could be head coach Jim Mora’s biggest collection Everything you of talent yet. QB Josh Rosen has moved right in to replace departed star need to win this Brett Hundley while the 12th-ranked Bruins’ (Amway Coaches Poll) defense has allowed only 19 total points. Yes, Mora appears to be sitting on a keg football season of dynamite and we’re not about to light up this fuse! UCLA’s 9-0 ATS mark in the easiest- in games versus non-Pac 12 foes when playing off a pair of SU double-digit to-use App you’ll lined victories cements it. No Hollywood ending for the Cougars tonight.

ever fi nd… the PLAYBOOK CUBE. Utah over FRESNO ST by 1 Speaking of Hollywood, we think it’s appropriate that Kyle Whittingham takes his Utah team to the $5-dollar cinema on Friday night to check out AVAILABLE 2013’s sleight-of-hand hit, ‘Now You See Me.’ That’s because his Utes are SOON quickly turning into 2015’s Smoke-and-Mirror specialists, going 2-0 in the win column but 0-2 In The Stats. Hey, this is far from a recent trend: Utah had been out-gained in 22 of its last 37 games since 2011! And with the visitors now 0-4 ATS of late as road favorites of 7 or more points, it would not surprise us to see another disappearing act here tonight. Granted, Fresno may be somewhat of a tough sell after the Bulldogs gave up 607 yards and 73 points in a blowout loss at Ole Miss last week but keep in mind that Download your the trip to Oxford was FSU’s fi rst game east of the Mississippi since… well, FREE CUBE since they lost to the Rebels on the same fi eld in 2010. Now Tim DeRuyter’s App today and Bulldogs are back on familiar soil, where they’ve posted an eye-popping win tonight! 18-2 SU record in their last 20 home games. They’ll also be foaming at the mouth to get even for last year’s ugly 59-27 setback to the Utes, and their recent 4-0 ATS success as home dogs of less than 11 points suggests it could happen. Can’t back a Utah offense that’s averaging 24 PPG when QB Travis Wilson had his shoulder dinged in last Friday’s win over Utah State. Yes, the Utes will probably manufacture another Houdini-like SU escape tonight but a woeful 1-7-1 ATS mark in the last nine tries. And since the Spartans won’t look for the Bulldogs to bark their way to the pay window. be tested again until visiting Michigan on October 17th, they have nothing to gain by running up the score in a game where they’re laying almost four TDs. Air Force won’t get its customary 6 yards per carry against this rugged PRO FOOTBALL defense but if the Flyboys’ attack starts to click, they can really speed up the clock and shorten the game. Our database chimes in with this nugget: military dogs of 20 or more points are 72-36-4 ATS since 1980, including Thursday, September 17 4-1 ATS when both team are undefeated. It all comes down to just how bloodthirsty Michigan State HC is at this juncture in the 5 BEST BET season. We think he knows full well that nine more games are on tap after today before the Big Ten championship game in December. Translation: Denver over KANSAS CITY by 11 Dantonio takes his foot off the gas if Sparty rolls up a big, early lead. What do we have here? The kingpins of the AFC West division, taking points from the wannabe. Yes, the Chiefs have yet to taste WASHINGTON ST over Wyoming by 14 defeat in 2015, sweeping all four games in the preseason and then Can WSU head coach Mike Leach take a deep breath now? After leading spoiling Houston’s home opener last week. Today, however, they fi nd the entire way in last week’s game at Rutgers, his Cougars blew a 20-12 themselves laying points in this series for the fi rst time since 2011 lead in the 4th quarter and had to score on an 8-yard TD pass with just when they laid a fi eld goal here in the teepee, only to lose the game 13 seconds remaining to avoid starting the season at 0-2. Now they get to 17-10. And we see déjà vu once again today. For openers, Denver host a shell-shocked Wyoming team that lost to North Dakota in its opener, QB Peyton Manning has won 41 of his 54 games since coming to then followed up with a downright humiliating 48-29 loss to mediocre the Broncos. He is also 6-0 SU in games against KC since arriving Eastern Michigan as double-digit chalk! The Cowboys aren’t quite Idaho- in Denver. Toss in the Broncos’ stellar 8-0 ATS mark in the fi rst of bad yet but they’ve now lost nine of their last ten games. And thanks to back-to-back away games when facing a division foe, their 12-0 SU a rash of injuries to key personnel and players suspensions (maybe they and 11-1 ATS mark in the last 12 division roadies and we suddenly should transfer to Rutgers), the boys from Laramie don’t look to be getting have an abundance of ammunition. The Chiefs’ 1-7 ATS log in home much better anytime soon. How about this neat cross check from the mean openers adds more fuel for the fi re. The fact that Kansas City was machine: college football teams in Game Three, off a SU underdog win, outgained 396-330 in last week’s win spells checkmate. And if you are 17-6 ATS since 1990 when facing a foe off a SU favorite loss, including a still need more convincing, there is always The Clincher: Manning wallet-fi lling 11-2 ATS at home. Meanwhile, Wyoming limps into Pullman is 18-1 SU in division games with the Broncos. with a 1-6 SU and 2-5 ATS record against Pac-12 foes and it’s possible QB Cameron Coffman might not suit up this week (listed as probable with a knee injury). No matter… look for Wazzu to snap an ugly 6-game home Sunday, September 20 losing skid at Martin Stadium tonight – and bring home the money, as well. Houston over CAROLINA by 1 UCLA over Byu by 21 or Ryan Mallett? Who is it gonna be? Only head coach Bill Not even a polished Hollywood scriptwriter could have penned a drama O’Brien knows which quarterback will be behind center in this cross- as stirring as BYU’s improbable 2-0 start to the season. In Game One at conference South division duel. Regardless, we do know that when you Nebraska, the Cougars lost all-world QB for the season but have a two-headed quarterback, you have no quarterback. So it’s up to page 12 • www.PLAYBOOK.com • 1.800.PLAYBOOK O’Brien to settle and decide. From our perspective, the 9-win Texans fi nd themselves trailing fi rst place Tennessee (!) in their division, while the fi rst place Panthers hope to remain atop the NFC South with a win today. We look for a reversal of fortune, though, with Houston standing 3-1 SUATS as a dog versus the NFC South and Carolina just 2-4 SU and 1-5 ATS home all-time against teams from the AFC South. Filter in the Cats’ lousy 3-7 SU and 1-8 ATS mark as favorites in home openers and suddenly there is no longer a problem in Houston. NEW ORLEANS over Tampa Bay by 14 The old gray mare… she just ain’t what she used to be. If you think we’re referring to Saints quarterback , you’re mistaken. We’re talking about the Superdome, the home to the once mighty New Orleans football team. A place where Sean Payton’s gang had won 20 games in a row – until last year’s loss here to San Francisco. The unraveling has led to an unheard of 5-game home losing skid for the Saints. It all fi gures to end today with Shamus Winston and the Bucs in town as Tampa brings an onerous 11- game away losing skein of its own into the fray. It’s certainly comforting knowing N’Awlins is 25-2 ATS in its last twenty-seven SU victories here in the Superdome, whereas the Bucs are 10-40 ATS in their last fi fty SU defeats. Giddy-up and head to the winner’s circle, Saints fans. PITTSBURGH over San Francisco by 13 San Francisco looked sharp in Jim Tomsula’s debut as its new head coach Monday night, holding the Vikings to a mere 3 points. Their reward is a trip to the other coast in a dreaded 1:00 PM ET (10:00 AM body clock) start. Coupled with Pittsburgh returning home off a Thursday night loss to the Patriots, the Steelers can thank the schedule maker for today’s set-up. To that our all-knowing database reveals Pittsburgh QB Ben Roethlisberger is 4-0 SUATS at home versus NFC West opponents in his NFL career. With Frisco just 2-8 ATS as a dog after playing under the Monday Night lights, we can look only one way in this ‘Spinning Wheel’ affair.

Detroit over MINNESOTA by 3 opening games, winning fi ve of the games on the scoreboard. It’s time for Minny’s mighty disappointing showing at San Francisco Monday night – and Cutler to dumb it down and let the talent on the fi eld take over. Until then, the Lions’ laid-back effort at San Diego, sets up this headed-for-the-cellar it’s the same old, same old. NFC North confrontation. Puzzling for Detroit was the fact that head coach Jim Caldwell had been a fast starter in September (now 9-4 SU and 8-5 ATS CLEVELAND over Tennessee by 10 in his NFL career). He’ll need help today as the Lions are just 3-8-1 ATS of In what could be a matchup of 1st round picks from the last two drafts, late in this series. The Viking oblige, though, at 0-7 ATS in home openers Johnny Manziel and Marcus Mariota appear to be on and 0-6 ATS in the fi rst of back-to-back home games when playing off a opposite ends of the ladder. Johnny Backup fumbled away Cleveland’s non-division game. Further enhancing Detroit’s position, our keen machine chances in a demoralizing 21-point loss to the Jets, while the gun-slinging notes NFL teams at home in Game Two of the season who managed to Hawaiian produced a fl awless effort in his NFL debut in last week’s score 3 or fewer points in Game One are just 2-10 ATS, including 0-4 ATS 28-point romp over Tampa Bay with an NFL perfect 158.3 QB Rating. since 2005. Unlike Lance Armstrong, these numbers do not lie. However, as Blood Sweat and Tears often reminds us, the game of life is simply a Spinning Wheel, and what goes up, must come down. In today’s 3 BEST BET case, our gravity-defying database hits us up with this dandy: NFL teams in Game Two, off a season-opening win in which they beat the spread by BUFFALO over New England by 10 31 or more points, are a meager 2-11-2 ATS since 1980. Worse, they are 0-8 ATS in this role if the win came as an underdog. Gulp. Tennessee’s 1-8 It was quite impressive. Tyrod Taylor making his fi rst start behind center ATS record in the second of back-to-back away games, and Cleveland’s in fi ve years last week, his fi rst ever in the NFL. Behind Taylor, the Bills 10-1 ATS log in the fi rst of back-to-back home games when hosting a beat back the most touted team in the AFC this season, the mega- non-division foe, cements it. We’ll step up, hold our nose and order up popular Indianapolis Colts. Don’t look now but Buffy’s back for more some Brownies. You should, too. this week. An impressive 19-5 ATS mark in Game Two of the season, including 7-1 ATS when facing an AFC East rival, sets the table. Enter CINCINNATI over San Diego by 7 the defending Super Bowl champion , fresh off Yet another coast-to-coast affair to be contested in a 1:00 PM ET time slot a -led ‘take that and shove it’ performance over Pittsburgh – one of four such games involving West Division teams today. Meanwhile, to kick off the season last week. So which team is most likely due for a both clubs enter off convincing opening-day victories in which each team return-to-earth effort today? For the answer we turn to our powerful put 33 points on the scoreboard. Game Two’s have been to the Bengals’ database, and it notes: Defending Super Bowl champs are 18-31 ATS liking as evidenced by their 5-1 SU and 5-0-1 ATS record. In addition, the when undefeated and laying points on the road, including a paltry Striped Cats have cashed in each of the last four regular season meetings 2-12 ATS in this role during Game Two of the season. And to top it in this series. Conversely, Diego has struggled in Game Two’s, going just off, we hand it off to The Clincher: New England is 0-7 ATS in its 11-22-2 ATS overall since 1980, including 5-14-1 ATS when facing a foe off last seven games after facing the Pittsburgh Steelers. a season-opening win. No, even though summer is over, it’s not time just yet to set our clocks back an hour. It just feels that way for today’s West Arizona over CHICAGO by 6 Coast visitors. Let’s get this out of the way right now. The Bears, under new head coach John Fox, are a dramatically improved team over last year’s 5-11 edition. WASHINGTON over St. Louis by 3 Simply look at last week’s 31-23 loss to the Packers, a game in which The Kirk Cousins saga continues. After building a 10-point lead over Miami Chicago actually outgained Aaron Rodgers and company. By comparison, last week, Cousins – now 2-8 SU as a starter in this league – blanked out, Green Bay manhandled Da Bears, 38-17 and 55-14, in the two meetings last allowing the Dolphins to escape with a 17-10 win. But let it be known the season. The problem – as it’s always been since his arrival – is QB Jay Cutler. loss was not on Cousins’ shoulders. A combination of special teams gaffes The too-smart-for-his-own-good signal caller is just 35-27 SU and 21-39-2 and a litany of penalties is what did the Redskins in. They look to make ATS at home, including a ridiculous 17-22 SU and 13-26 ATS mark versus amends today against a St. Louis squad that fl ew into FedEx fi eld on a kite greater than .375 opposition. Adding to the Windy City woes today is the following last week’s upset win over Seattle in overtime. Given its gaudy fact that the Bears are 3-14-1 ATS at home in games off a home game. 1-12 SU and 3-8 ATS mark in road openers the last 13 seasons, and a 2-15 Meanwhile, the Cardinals have cashed checks eight straight years in road- (continued on next page) 1.800.PLAYBOOK • www.PLAYBOOK.com • page 13 TTHEHE PPLAYBOOKLAYBOOK FFOOTBALLOOTBALL NNEWSLETTEREWSLETTER RROCKS!OCKS! • $2600 Net Profi t last season • $7250 Net Profi t last two seasons • $780 CFB Net Profi t last season • 13-6 Awesome Angle last season • 26-12 Awesome Angle last two seasons • 12-6 Upset Special last season • 23-13 Upset Special last two seasons WWW.PLAYBOOK.COM 1.800.PLAYBOOK LAST WEEK BEST BETS 5-1! SEASON NOW 8-1! 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SU log (0-9 away) in games after skirmishing with Seattle, expect the kite while it been a visitor-dominated series of late (6-1 SU and 7-0 ATS), it’s been to experience a crash landing on Sunday. Granted, the Skins are just 1-9 nightmare city for Dallas QB Romo, who is just 18-30 ATS in his NFL career ATS as NFC West Division hosts, but the St. Louis letdown factor is simply versus NFC East opponents, including 0-3 ATS in games in which his team too appealing to pass. So if you’re inclined to run with the Rams today, arrives undefeated. It also appears Philadelphia may have found itself a remember this: The last fi ve NFL teams to open the season with a SU home legitimate quarterback of its own in Sam Bradford, who completed 32 passes win as an underdog and then go out as a road favorite in Game Two are 1-4 for 336 yards and a TD in Monday night’s 26-24 loss at Atlanta. FYI: According SU and 0-4-1 ATS. Good luck. You’re going to need it. to Eagles ace reporter Howard Eskin, Bradford received precautionary X-rays on his ankle following the game, which were reported negative. Meanwhile, NY GIANTS over Atlanta by 7 Philadelphia coach was busy taking fl ack for not utilizing ex- Who’d a thunk it? Eli Manning had a major brain fart, one so bad it cost his Cowboy DeMarco Murray (8 carries for 9 yards) in the loss to Atlanta). A team a critically needed win at Dallas last Sunday night. Instead of taking a $42 million situational running back sharing the ball with Darren Sproles sack and letting 40 seconds run off the clock before kicking a score-padding and Ryan Matthews doesn’t make sense. Look for that to change for Murray fi eld goal, he threw a pass out of the end zone, stopping the clock and thus against his ex-mates today. Marc’s featured MAGGIE MAY article inside this awakening Tony Romo and his charges. The rest is history as the G-Men week’s BETCHA DIDN’T KNOW column on page two cements it as the Eagles have now lost fi ve straight games to the Cowboys. The best antidote for comfortably knot things up at 1-1 on the season with the Cowboys today. a nightmare like that is a win today. And with Atlanta entering off a nip- and-tuck upset win over Philadelphia Monday night – part of a 3-0 NFL Seattle over GREEN BAY by 1 Best Bet sweep in the Playbook newsletter – the setup couldn’t be better. When Green Bay was sent packing from the playoffs is a bizarre twist of Especially with Falcons QB Matt Ryan just 1-6 SUATS in road openers in his events in their game with Seattle last season, it cost them a trip to the NFL career. Through it all, expect Eli to make short memories for Giants fans Super Bowl. But before knee-jerking and diving blindly into the revenge here today where they handled Atlanta, 30-20, last season. Again. waters in this contest, you should be aware this is not a one-way Green Bay street. Sure, quarterback Aaron Rodgers is 45-11 SU and 35-18-3 ATS Baltimore over OAKLAND by 13 at home throughout his NFL career, including 5-1 SU and 4-1-1 ATS as a The season is only two weeks old and already the Raiders are in disarray. favorite versus NFC West opponents. And the Packers are 6-1 ATS in home If this sounds like a story from the past – it is. Starting safeties Charles openers and 6-1 ATS when playing with triple revenge-exact. However, you Woodson (shoulder) and Nate Allen (knee) are out, and CB DJ Hayden’s need to beware of the fact that Seattle QB is a mighty mean ankle injury means he could miss today’s game as well. If you’re a player at 7-4 SU and 10-1 ATS in his NFL career as a dog, and a perfect 5-0 SUATS DRAFTKINGS, expect Joe Flacco to be well-populated on plenty of rosters in games off a loss when facing an opponent off a win. Remember, Seattle in this week’s $10 Million Dollar fantasy football contest. The Ravens enter has started the season 0-2 only once under Pete Carroll, in 2011 – the only today’s contest 5-0 ATS away in non-division games when playing off an year they’ve missed the playoffs. And then there’s the poor performance away game. And speaking of Flacco, he is a jaw-dropping 22-1 SU in games record by NFL home teams in Sunday night games (on a 1-6 SUATS run of off a loss versus an opponent off a loss in his NFL career. That ties into what late). We’re not just blowing caution to the wind... we’re getting set to is likely the stat of the year in the NFL today: the Raiders are 6-132-2 ATS in blow the Cheeseheads’ candles out. games they lose SU on their home fi eld dating back to 1977. Yes, you read that right. It’s no wonder Al Davis is rolling over in his grave. Monday, September 21 Miami over JACKSONVILLE by 10 4 BEST BET The feeling in the Dolphins locker room at halftime of the Redskins game was one of edginess. Here were the Fish, a team that laid out more money INDIANAPOLIS over Ny Jets by 17 during the offseason that any other in the NFL to improve its talent level, The best-laid plans went up in smoke for the Colts when they forgot yet with only 7 points to show for its effort. Had it not been for a 17-0 to show up for their game with the Bills in Buffalo last Sunday. After scoring effort to close out the game, Miami would have been the laughing all the chatter about Indy being the wise guys’ pick to make it to the stock of the NFL. Fortunately, they awoke in time to eke out a 7-point win Super Bowl this season – that’s what it is, just chatter. The two highly- to avoid red faces of their own. The task today looks manageable, facing acclaimed veterans they added to the lineup, WR Andre Johnson a Jacksonville team that is a winless 0-9 SUATS during the month of and RB Frank Gore, were simply little more than window dressing as September under its head coach, Gus Bradley. Miami brings a nifty 6-1 Johnson caught four passes for 24 yards while Gore galloped eight ATS away mark into the contest in games when playing off a SU away win time for just 31 yards. Simply put, the Colts threw a shoe. Tonight they versus an opponent off a SU loss. Which ties neatly into this fi ne-tuning host the now-soaring Jets who disposed of Johnny Turnover and the fact from the database: Since 1980 there have been only four teams in the Browns in impressive fashion last week. The Flyboys are just 1-4 ATS in NFL that were away in Game Two of the season, playing off a SU away win, their last fi ve Monday Night appearances on the road. On the fl ip side, taking on a foe off a season-opening home loss. These stay-put-as-you-are Indianapolis is 8-1 ATS as a Monday Night favorite, and 8-0 ATS off a teams are a perfect 4-0 ATS. And the beat goes on in J-Ville. SUATS loss when taking on an opponent off a SU home win. For it all, expect new plans to be in place for a reversal of fortune tonight. You PHILADELPHIA over Dallas by 11 can bank on it. And you can also bank on The Clincher: As supplied If it weren’t for the Packers-Seahawks rematch this week, this game would by our Incredible Stat of the Week on page 3, Andrew Luck is surely have been the featured Sunday night showdown. Nonetheless, it’s a 14-1 SU and ATS in games off a loss in his NFL career. dandy with these two NFC East combatants locking horns at the Linc. And 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. 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AN 'OVER / UNDER' The fi rst 8 games of the NFL schedule are listed below. As always, the number listed fi rst is the ‘OVER’ and the REPORT ON THIS number listed second is the ‘UNDER’. The ENTIRE 2-minute Handicap (all 16 gms) along with this week’s 3 NFL WEEK'S NFL CARD O/U BEST BETS will appear in the 2015 ‘TOTALS’ TIPSHEET by Victor King – the defi nitive weekly OU newsletter. A single issue is only $8.00 (or $99 for the season). Sent via email on Tuesdays. Call the PLAYBOOK offi ces to get BY VICTOR KING on the 2014 “Totals Train”! … *This week’s Playbook O/U TREND play: Lions @ Vikings ’UNDER’ the TOTAL. 2015 – WEEK TWO GAME MATCHUPS KEY OVER/UNDER STATS Denver 3-0 O/U aft Bal...5-1 O/U bef non-conf RG... 5-2 O/U L7 as div dogs... but 1-7-1 O/U L8 vs KC (34.8 ppg)... 2-5 O/U Thursdays KANSAS CITY 2-0 O/U aft Hou... but 0-5 O/U home bef Mon gm... 2-9 O/U Game 2... 1-4 O/U aft score 27 > pts... 1-3 O/U Thursday HG Houston 5-0 O/U away vs NFC South... 5-1 O/U aft KC... 6-2 O/U as non-div RD’s 4 < pts... 7-2 O/U Game 2 (50.5 ppg) CAROLINA 3-1 O/U Game 2 (48.3 ppg)... but 0-3 O/U in 1st of BB HG... 2-9 O/U L11 as non-conf HF’s... 1-4 O/U aft Jax... Tampa Bay 5-2 O/U aft Ten... 7-3 O/U in 1st of BB RG... but 0-2 O/U Game 2... 1-4 O/U w/ div rev LY... 2-10 O/U off SU home loss 21 > pts NEW ORLEANS 5-1 O/U div HF’s 5 > pts... 7-2 O/U Game 2 (51.2 ppg)... 5-2 O/U bef Car... but 1-4 O/U in 1st HG... 3-10 O/U L13 vs TBay (45.5) San Francisco 4-1 O/U aft Mon gm... 4-1 O/U bef Ariz... 3-1-1 O/U Game 2 (44.8 ppg)... but 0-7 O/U aft Min... 0-7 O/U vs AFC North PITTSBURGH 7-3 O/U aft Thur gm... but 0-10 O/U Game 2 (27.2 ppg)... 1-8 O/U as non-conf HF’s 4 > pts... 1-3 O/U aft NEng... 2-6 O/U bef Stl Detroit 0-3 O/U bef Den... 0-2 O/U Game 2 (38.5 ppg)... 1-6 O/U L7 divison RG... 2-6 O/U vs div revenge.. 2-6 O/U aft allow 31 > pts MINNESOTA 0-5 O/U w/ division revenge... 0-3 O/U L3 vs Det (25.7 ppg)... 1-4 O/U as div HF/HD 3 < pts... 2-10 O/U Game 2 (39.4) New England 7-0 O/U w/ div revenge... 4-1 O/U bef Jax... 6-2 O/U L8 vs Buf (58.3 ppg)... but 0-3 O/U Game 2 (32.8)... 2-5 O/U off Thur win BUFFALO 4-0 O/U as dogs in 2nd of BB HG... 3-1 O/U Game 2 (52.8 ppg)... but 1-6 O/U in 1st of BB div gms... 3-7 O/U at Indy Arizona 3-0 O/U L3 vs Chi (50.0)... 4-1 O/U as RF’s L27... 8-2 O/U away vs NFC North... but 0-4 O/U Game 2... 2-6 O/U bef SF CHICAGO 5-0 O/U L5 vs NFC West... 2-0 O/U Game 2 (54.5)... 6-1 O/U off home ‘Over’... 7-2 O/U at HG vs GB... but 0-10 O/U bef Sea Tennessee 4-1 O/U in 2nd of BB RG... 3-1 O/U Game 2 (44.3 ppg)... but 2-8 O/U away vs AFC North... 1-3-1 O/U bef Indy CLEVELAND 3-0 O/U L3 vs Ten (50.8 ppg)... 4-1 O/U bef Oak... 3-1 O/U Game 2... but 0-6 O/U L6 home games... 2-6 O/U vs AFC South

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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 133 C MICHIGAN 171 MEMPHIS 4 PLAYBOOK SUBSCRIBERS: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 12:30 PM 3:00 PM TIME CHANGE 134 SYRACUSE 5 10 172 BOWLING GREEN 6 If you have not received your PLAYBOOK Weekend 101 DENVER 11 135 NORTHWESTERN 1 173 COLORADO CBSSN 3’ 10 Update Phone Number, 8:25 PM 12:30 PM 7:00 PM @Denver, CO 102 KANSAS CITY CBS 1’ 136 DUKE 3 174 COLORADO ST please call 1.800.752.9266. 103 CLEMSON 4’ 137 NEVADA 175 USF 7:30 PM 12:00 PM 12:00 PM TIME CHANGE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 104 LOUISVILLE ESPN 8 138 TEXAS A&M SEC 29 39 176 MARYLAND ESPNU 8’ 13 139 GEORGIA ST 177 CONNECTICUT 261 HOUSTON 1 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 2:00 PM 12:00 PM TIME CHANGE 1:00 PM 140 OREGON PAC12 46’ 41 178 MISSOURI ESPN 22 17 262 CAROLINA 3’ 105 FLORIDA ST 9 4 141 RICE 6 13 179 FLORIDA 3 7 263 TAMPA BAY 8:00 PM 2:30 PM 7:30 PM TIME CHANGE 1:00 PM 106 BOSTON COLL ESPN 142 NORTH TEXAS 180 KENTUCKY SEC 264 NEW ORLEANS 10’ 14 107 NEW MEXICO 143 LOUISIANA TECH 181 W KENTUCKY 265 SAN FRANCISCO 10:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM TIME CHANGE 1:00 PM 108 ARIZONA ST PAC12 24’ 21 144 KANSAS ST FSN 10 3 182 INDIANA ESPNN 2 6 266 PITTSBURGH 6 13 145 S CAROLINA 183 CALIFORNIA 3 267 DETROIT 3 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 6:00 PM TIME CHANGE 7:30 PM 1:00 PM 146 GEORGIA ESPN 15 13 184 TEXAS FOX 3 268 MINNESOTA 3 109 WAKE FOREST 3 8 147 EAST CAROLINA 185 SAN JOSE ST 269 NEW ENGLAND 1’ 12:00 PM 3:30 PM 8:00 PM 1:00 PM 110 ARMY CBSSN 148 NAVY CBSSN 4 16 186 OREGON ST PAC12 9 6 270 BUFFALO 10 111 TEMPLE 11 149 AUBURN 6 187 SMU 271 ARIZONA 2 6 3:00 PM TIME CHANGE 3:30 PM 8:00 PM 1:00 PM 112 UMASS 3 150 LSU CBS 7 188 TCU FSN 38 33 272 CHICAGO

113 UNLV 151 MISSISSIPPI 189 UTEP 5 273 TENNESSEE 12:00 PM 9:15 PM TIME CHANGE 8:00 PM 1:00 PM 114 MICHIGAN NL 31 152 ALABAMA ESPN 8 3 190 NEW MEXICO ST 3 274 CLEVELAND 4 10 115 BALL ST 7 8 153 VIRGINIA TECH 5’ 1 191 RUTGERS 275 SAN DIEGO 3:00 PM TIME CHANGE 3:30 PM 8:00 PM 1:00 PM 116 E MICHIGAN 154 PURDUE ESPNU 192 PENN ST BTN 8’ 12 276 CINCINNATI 3’ 7 117 CHARLOTTE 155 UTSA FOXS1 193 SOUTH ALABAMA 277 ST. LOUIS 3 7:00 PM TIME CHANGE 3:30 PM 8:00 PM 1:00 PM 118 MIDDLE TENN 18 21 156 OKLAHOMA ST 25’ 24 194 SAN DIEGO ST 15 14 278 WASHINGTON 3 119 KENT ST 157 NEBRASKA ESPN2 195 STANFORD 1 279 ATLANTA 12:00 PM 3:30 PM 8:00 PM 1:00 PM 120 MINNESOTA BTN 22’ 28 158 MIAMI FLA ABC 3 10 196 USC ABC 9’ 280 NY GIANTS 2’ 7 121 BUFFALO 6 159 GEORGIA TECH 2 197 PITTSBURGH 3 281 BALTIMORE 13 12:00 PM 3:30 PM 8:00 PM 4:05 PM 122 FLA ATLANTIC NL 160 NOTRE DAME NBC 1’ 198 IOWA BTN 3’ 282 OAKLAND NL 123 TROY 161 UTAH ST PAC12 199 AIR FORCE 283 MIAMI 4 10 3:30 PM TIME CHANGE 5:00 PM 12:00 PM TIME CHANGE 4:05 PM 124 WISCONSIN BTN 35 38 162 WASHINGTON 5’ 3 200 MICHIGAN ST ABC 26’ 20 284 JACKSONVILLE 125 ILLINOIS 163 SOUTHERN MISS 201 WYOMING 285 DALLAS 12:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 4:25 PM 126 N CAROLINA ESPN2 6’ 14 164 TEXAS ST 1’ 6 202 WASH ST PAC12 NL 14 286 PHILADELPHIA 4’ 11 127 NO ILLINOIS ABC 165 CINCINNATI 18 27 203 BYU 287 SEATTLE 1 3:30 PM TIME CHANGE 3:30 PM TIME CHANGE 10:30 PM 8:30 PM 128 OHIO ST ESPN2 33 28 166 MIAMI OHIO 204 UCLA FOXS1 15’ 21 288 GREEN BAY NBC 3’

129 NC STATE 16 21 167 IOWA ST 205 UTAH NL 1 7:00 PM TIME CHANGE 8:00 PM TIME CHANGE 10:30 PM MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 130 OLD DOMINION 168 TOLEDO ESPNN 6’ 16 206 FRESNO ST CBSSN 131 TULSA 169 TEXAS TECH PLAYBOOK MIDWEEK ALERT 289 NY JETS ESPN 12:00 PM 7:00 PM 1.800.752.9266 8:30 PM 132 OKLAHOMA FOXS1 30’ 24 170 ARKANSAS ESPN2 9’ 14 www.PLAYBOOK.com 290 INDIANAPOLIS 6 17 page 16 • www.PLAYBOOK.com • 1.800.PLAYBOOK