11-5-08

[Mr. IWS]

Vernon Croy's *25 Unit CFB MAC GAME OF THE YEAR**:

25 Units, Take Northern Illinois ATS, This pick falls into one of my elite CFB systems and I have the Huskies winning this game SU Wednesday so grab the points. The huskies have had to face a lot tougher opponents so far this season than Ball State and it will show as they stun the Cardinals Wednesday. The Huskies defense is very solid with opponents averaging just 227 ypg against them over their last 3 games and just 266 ypg overall this season. The Cardinals defense is not great with opponents averaging 366.5 ypg against them at home including 170 rypg and 196 pypg this season. The Huskies will be able to move the ball efficiently against this Ball State defense and they are averaging over 27 ppg this season. The Huskies are very good at running the ball and they will wear down this already mediocre Cardinals defense which will open up their passing game Wednesday night. The Huskies are a perfect 5-0 ATS in their last 5 road games and the Cardinals are just 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games against a team with a winning record. Grab the points and take the Huskies as my CFB MAC Game of the Year.

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Re: 11-5-08

Patron
Frank Patron
7500 Unit Wednesday Night Lock
Akron Zips -6

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Re: 11-5-08

Kevin O’Neill

Northern Illinois (+10) over Ball State
Odd Wednesday night game, but once baseball ends there’s a lot of midweek games in a conference desperate for exposure. Northern Illinois better get used to it. The Huskies are playing four straight games on either Tuesday or Wednesday nights. And the first one is the toughest, as NIU takes on the top team in the league, the Ball State Cardinals. Undefeated, with wins over Navy and Indiana, Ball State has a high-powered passing attack led by Nate Davis. Davis is logging 66% completions, a TD/INT ratio of 15/5, and 8.9 yards per pass attempt. He has been bothered by the career-ending injury to top target Dante Love only slightly. Davis is obviously outstanding. But this is no walkover for Ball State. Northern Illinois is a fine three-loss team, with competitive losses at Minnesota, at Western Michigan, and at Tennessee, all by 4 or less, all spreadcovering defeats. Offering a lot of deception, multiple formations, and a varied attack make NIU difficult to defend. In their game-clinching drive against Bowling Green, the Huskies operated out of five different formations. The various quarterbacks they’ve had to use this season, and the different styles of those quarterbacks, means that opponents have to prepare for plenty of different looks. But the key to this selection is Northern Illinois’ pass defense. With a QB as accomplished as Davis, you have to be able to slow down the pass. The Huskies are uniquely qualified to do that. NIU has what is clearly the best pass defense in the conference. They allow only 5.4 yards per pass attempt, 6 interceptions and only 7 touchdown passes, all outstanding numbers. In conference play it drops to 4.8 yards per pass attempt. They are easily the best pass defense that Davis has faced, as Ball State’s two top non-conference opponents both have poor pass defenses, with Navy allowing 8.5 yards per attempt and Indiana permitting 8.0. Will the quality of this defense mean that it’s finally time for the loss of his top target to come into play? When you look at results in conference, these opponents are pretty equal. Northern Illinois has close losses against better opponents (Minnesota and Tennessee) than anyone Ball State has played. These teams have blown out both mutual opponents. Ball State has beaten Toledo 31-0 and Eastern Michigan 38-16. It was Northern Illinois over Toledo 38-7 and Eastern Michigan 37-0. You would expect that in the same conference teams would have more than two mutual opponents by now, but Toledo and EMU is all there is. Jerry Kill, the first year Northern Illinois coach was known for pulling off upsets over more talented teams in 1-AA, and is 3-0 to the number as an underdog here. From what we know about him and what he’s showing, it would be no surprise if Kill were coaching in the Big 10 or Big 12 in a few years. Northern Illinois hangs around for a long time. Ball State by only 4

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Re: 11-5-08

kelso

5 Northern Illinois (+9 ½) over BALL STATE

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Re: 11-5-08

LVTR

Northern Illinois +9.5


Indiana Pacers +3.5

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Re: 11-5-08

BOB AKMENS FULL CARD FOR TODAY

10* akron -6.5

10* pistons under 183

10* suns -3.5

10* hornets -9

PASS ON NHL

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Re: 11-5-08

charlies sports
wednesday nov 5, 2008.

ncaaf. toledo @ akron over 54 (500* )
ncaaf. ball st -9 (30*)
ncaaf. toledo+6' (20*)
ncaaf. niu @ ball st under 47 (20*)
nba. knicks-5 (10*)
nba. t'wolves+4 (10*) free play

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Re: 11-5-08

Northcoast Full Service Line
J B Sports 3* Spurs

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Re: 11-5-08

Pure Lock

Toledo +6.5

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Re: 11-5-08

Andre Gomes

Indiana vs Phoenix
NBA - 503 Phoenix Suns @ 504 Indiana Pacers

The Suns cruised in New Jersey yesterday by defeating the local Nets by 114-86, in a game which ended up being under the total posted, when this was a game to go over the total posted by about 20 points. What we have today is a line which is basically the same from yesterday, so we have value on the over.

Phoenix completely dominated yesterday’s game in the paint, with Amare and Shaq not giving any chance to the young frontcourt of the Nets. This will be a back to back game for the Suns and in physical terms, a letdown could be expected for today, however their win yesterday was so easy that the Suns were able to rest all their players. The player who spent more time on the court yesterday was Amare with 28 minutes. The team reached halftime with 65 points scored, while shooting more than 75% FG! Amazing!

For this game against the Pacers, the edge that I’ve referred on my picks on Phoenix yesterday remains, as the frontcourt of the Suns can’t be defended in normal conditions by the Pacers. Indiana’s best Center Nesterovic will be out and the Pacers will need to use their rookie Roy Hibbert on this position. We have seen yesterday what happened with the rookie Brook Lopez and for today the scenario will basically be the same.

On the other side, the Pacers are coming to this game with a lot of confidence. After all, they defeated the Celtics at home by 95-79, in a game where the team had an amazing ball movement with 20 assists and 12 turnovers and had a lead at one point of 25 points over the current champions.

Last season, both games between these two teams ended with a lot of points: 238 and 251 points and this team of the Pacers is 10-2 Over in their last 12 home games against a team with a winning road record. We have in here a game between two very confident teams and with ability to score a lot of points, so I’m taking the over in here.

Pick: 3 units (Regular Play) on 503/504 Over 201,5 @1.96 on Canbet

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Re: 11-5-08

Vegas Sports Experts

10* Take N. Illinois (+9.5) over Ball State (NCAA Power Play)
8:00 PM EST

Northern Illinois
• 5-1 ATS when playing in the month of November the last 3 seasons
• 8-1 ATS as a road underdog of 7.5 to 14 points
• 5-0 ATS in road games when the total is between 42.5 and 49 points

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10* Take Toledo (+5) over Akron (NCAA Power Play)
8:00 PM EST

Akron
• 0-7 SU vs. Toledo since 1992
• 1-7 SU & ATS after having won 2 of the last 3 games
• 2-9 ATS coming off a win the last 3 seasons

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Re: 11-5-08

NSA

20* n ill
10* tol

10* char
10* clv
10* bos

10* edm

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Re: 11-5-08

SEBASTIAN:

COMP-NBA Detroit/Toronto UNDER

100* Vegas Steam Play: Northern Illinois, buying hook to +10.

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Re: 11-5-08

KELSO


25 units

Utah Jazz -6 1/2

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Re: 11-5-08

NoRtHcOaSt MaRqUiS,sponsered,tOlEdO,bye +7,marvin.this is a top opinion,also a regular opinion on nOrThErN iLlInIoS +10