I haven't looked into either of these games enough to know whether or not they make good plays, but based on emotion alone, I think I'm going to lay some cash on the following:
1) Chicago @ Washington (Thursday game)...After Taylor's death, the last second loss, and all of the player's going down to MIA for the funeral, I can't see how the Skins will even care about this game. Not sure what kind of karma I'd be asking for by cashing in on a tragedy, but if its on the board, its fair game. Obviously the line hasn't been posted, but I'd expect it to open up close to even.
2) Oklahoma vs. West Virginia...Every year there seems to be a team that wants to prove why it should have been in the championship vs a team that blew its chance. I think WV (possibly without Pat White) will lay an egg because they won't be able to get up for this game...all they had to do was beat a 3-7 Pitt team to go to the championship game and they blew it. They will definitely be playing their next game with the "what if" attitude and should be somewhat distracted. OU on the other hand will be trying to prove why they should be in the championship game. Finally, OU is just a much better team. One problem may be the line...you may have to get this one early as it could grow as the game gets closer. I'd expect the line to open around a TD, but probably a little more (more like OU -8).
Also, not sure where I saw this, but I saw a stat about the Cowboys having a really good record after the Thanksgiving game. Basically the stat was because of the extra prep time for the next game...well, since they played their next game on Thursday as well, I'm thinking this stat may carry over to next weeks game. The one negative/positive is that they are playing the Lions...Negative = spread probably opens around -14...Positive = the Lions are proving to be the same old Lions (Detroit homer here).
As I said above, I haven't researched these games...just looking at the intangibles. Thoughts?
1) Chicago @ Washington (Thursday game)...After Taylor's death, the last second loss, and all of the player's going down to MIA for the funeral, I can't see how the Skins will even care about this game. Not sure what kind of karma I'd be asking for by cashing in on a tragedy, but if its on the board, its fair game. Obviously the line hasn't been posted, but I'd expect it to open up close to even.
2) Oklahoma vs. West Virginia...Every year there seems to be a team that wants to prove why it should have been in the championship vs a team that blew its chance. I think WV (possibly without Pat White) will lay an egg because they won't be able to get up for this game...all they had to do was beat a 3-7 Pitt team to go to the championship game and they blew it. They will definitely be playing their next game with the "what if" attitude and should be somewhat distracted. OU on the other hand will be trying to prove why they should be in the championship game. Finally, OU is just a much better team. One problem may be the line...you may have to get this one early as it could grow as the game gets closer. I'd expect the line to open around a TD, but probably a little more (more like OU -8).
Also, not sure where I saw this, but I saw a stat about the Cowboys having a really good record after the Thanksgiving game. Basically the stat was because of the extra prep time for the next game...well, since they played their next game on Thursday as well, I'm thinking this stat may carry over to next weeks game. The one negative/positive is that they are playing the Lions...Negative = spread probably opens around -14...Positive = the Lions are proving to be the same old Lions (Detroit homer here).
As I said above, I haven't researched these games...just looking at the intangibles. Thoughts?
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