4* Money Maker RUTGERS

Going UNDER the total here. Ah Piscataway baby! As a Jersey guy, you know I will always be rooting for Rutgers to be good in Hoops and Football. Wish they could pull something off and just keep all the top NJ recruits in-state. Anyway. The total. UNDER for me. Tough travel spot for Washington cross country. We have Rutgers who is a run first, ground and pound team. Both teams have respectable defenses. This game has 23-20 written all over it. 4* Total Money UNDER Washington/ Rutgers

Taking the JAGUARS. Jags 0-2 and as Yogi Berra said - It is getting late early, or something like that! - I mean. Losing by 3 at Miami and a tough 5pt loss to the Browns. Can we get mad losing to a couple teams that are probably playoff teams? (Miami was before Tua hurt). Desperation mode perhaps? I'm taking the points. I can hear the masses. Bills can't win by a TD with Allan? Trevor stinks! Give me the dog 4* Money Maker JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

4* Money Maker KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

Going UNDER the total. Falcons appear to be still looking for their offense. The defense for me is a strong point for KC. I think they shut down Atlanta - who, is on a short week and needed everything in the tank to pull out a late win at Phily. For as great as the KC hype is, they could be 0-2! The Toe vs the Ravens. A PI call to get past Cincy. No Pacheco. Mahomes has as many TDs as INTs (3/3). 4* Total Money UNDER Chiefs/ Falcons

4* Money Maker LA RAMS

Taking MIAMI - TERRIBLE NUMBER Yes - but, if you watch my Look Ahead Lines Show, you would know why we are this one early. Seattle home vs Denver, road to NE, back home for Miami. While Miami would have extra prep and rest off Thursday Night Football. Well, losing your starting QB was not what I was hoping for. But also wasn't counting on an OT game either in NE. Still the dogfight I though it would be. Time for the ol' next man up for the Dolphins. Skylar Thompson has been in the system 3 years, and again, some extra prep time. Plenty of weapons to help him out at WR and at RB. Pretty much a step up game talent wise for Seattle as well. Denver and the Patriots don't have the kind of skill guys that Miami has. 4* Money Maker MIAMI DOLPHINS

Taking the COLTS. We are back for the trifecta on the Colts. +2.5 miracle in Week 1.. +4.5 loser in Week 2 when they went off as a favorite. I have been anti-Bears all off season. Not changing now. I know people think Caleb is the best thing since puffed rice. Guy wouldn't even list to CJ Stroud at midfield the Sunday night. What a child - let's add in their garbage HC. Bears have 1 offensive touchdown and Williams has been sacked 7 times. Somehow, they are 1-1 (we had the Titans +4.5!) and 2-0 ATS. I know Anthony Richardson is still in his growing pains stage. But we have seen flashes from him and, more importantly, WINS. Richardson and Jonathan Taylor should be able to score on this defense. Now that Bryce Young is benched, Caleb is the worse QB in the league after 2 weeks. 4* Money Maker INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

Taking the VIKINGS. I'll grab the home dog even off a huge win over the Niners. Texans a good team - but, the world saw them win on Sunday Night. There was already a lot of hype on Stroud and Houston to start. Yet - this line has dropped. As much as this could be a bad spot for Minny, how about Houston. Big win Week 1 at Indy. SNF win at home. Next week, home vs division rival Jacksonville. Have to grab the points here. 4* Money Maker MINNESOTA VIKINGS

Taking UCONN. Last game at home Huskies hammered Merrimack 63-17. This one is a bit tougher opponent. But they have gone from dog to a complete line flip favorite. I think it's the right move. UCONN will be pumped up at home. I think they can run the ball here. FAU is a team we went Under with in Game 1 vs Michigan State. We faded them in Game 2 vs Army for another win. We will hit the fade on them again here. Should be a low scoring, grinding run first game. I'm going with the home team.  4* Money Maker UCONN

Taking SOUTH FLORIDA. Huge spot for the home team - getting big bad Miami U to come on the road. Crowd will be pumped for sure. Miami is absolutely rolling right now. I mean look. We like the points. Bulls played Alabama tough for 50 minutes before falling about. I am sure they will bring that energy and more against an in-state, huge named rival like the Hurricanes. Canes should win this one. Is it by 20ish? Do they cover the 3+ scores. I don't think so. Much bigger foe in ACC rival Virginia Tech. Backdoor should be open and we get in there for a cover. 4* Money Maker SOUTH FLORIDA

4* Total Money UNDER Toledo/ Western Kentucky

Taking OKLAHOMA STATE. Alan Bowman baby! Gotta love 7th year starting QBs. 3 years at Texas Tech - 2 at Michigan - 2nd year here with the Cowboys. Looks like Cam Rising will be out though. Hopefully he gets another redshirt and comes back. That cat is good when he plays. But it looks like Ex Jet, Denver Bronco Zach Wilson's younger brother Isaac will get the call again. Not bad last start at Utah State. But this might be a tad tougher of a matchup. Have to give the defensive edge to Utah. We got two pretty good coaches. Should be an absolute rock fight. Will grab any points with the home team here. 4* Money Maker OKLAHOMA STATE

4* Total Money OVER Duke/  Mid Ten State

4* Money Maker ARKANSAS 

4* Total Money OVER Arizona State/ Texas Tech

Going UNDER the total here? Am I missing something here? Houston scored on a punt return of 75 yards. And had TD runs of 37 and 65 yards. And a 44 yard TD Pass. That is 146 yards. 3 plays. Huge chunk of your 380 yards offense. Not buying it. That is a fluke 33 points. 16-12 at Oklahoma. 27-7 home loser to UNLV. Zero offense that game. I know that Cincy can really stink it up on defense. But as I look now, this line is now 46.5. 4* Total Money UNDER Houston / Cincinnati 

Going to lay it with OHIO STATE. Michigan State is just another cupcake for the Buckeyes to eat. So no look ahead spot. They have won 56-0 and 52-6 their last 2 games. Is Marshall going to score 10 points this afternoon? I don't think so. These guys have scored more than 14 on the road in just 3 of their last 8. - 56-14 is a cover!  Probably will grab some their FH also. 4* Money Maker OHIO STATE

Going OVER the total here. Madison in off a bye week. Should have some trickery up their sleeves to steal a few points. Yeah. I get it. 13-6 vs Gardner Webb last time Madison took the field. Does not concern me. North Carolina beat Charlotte 38-20 - James Madison took care of them 30-7. We will see points NC dropped 45 last game on a cupcake. I think this one both of these guys get to 24 and that doesn't even count OT! 4* Total Money OVER James Madison/ North Carolina 

Taking the PATRIOTS. What have we seen from the Jets that warrants a TD spread? Is it because the Patriots are off an OT game and it's a short week? This team was pegged as one of the worse in the NFL to start the year, and all it has done was beat Joe Burrow in Cincy and lose a tough OT game. Jets are off b2b road games and are also in a short week situation - and laying points vs a defense first team. May also be looking under here. 4* Money Maker NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

Taking the EAGLES. Forget about Cousins 3-10 MNF Record. Cousins dropped 4 TDs on these guys almost exactly a year ago to the day when he was with Minny. But that just shows you how short a rehab he has had. Falcons looked terrible last week. Giving up 6 FGs to Josh Fields is one thing. This Philly offense is pretty legit. Green Bay has a pretty solid defense and we saw the Eagles move the ball. I know that no team is as bad as they look one week (except for maybe the Panthers). But, home opener. Monday Night. A new offensive toy in Barkley to get the crowd pumped up. Eagles by 10. 4* Money Maker PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

Taking the TEXANS. I told you in the Mid Day Money and Look Ahead Lines way back in March to take this Game 2. I told you on the Week 1 Look Ahead Lines show. I told you all week long to take this game. Now. I thought the Colts would lose and we would cover with the Titans. Titans, well. A terrible way to not cover for us. I know this line has moved. Just another reason to turn into the Look Ahead Lines Show I do LIVE every Sunday night at halftime.  Heck. Sometimes I do the Pre- Looky Looky on Wednesday when the lines come out to tell you where spreads are going to be.. I don't care that this is a 6 or 6.5. TEXANS FH is -3.5. I don't think this is close. Bears defense might stymie Levis. But the Texans are different. And just because we cashed on the Colts +2.5 last week doesn't mean we don't like Houston. Did you see the Bears offense? Or lack of it? People think this is a 10 win team? Yeah. Trey Lance MVP Ticket holders when he was drafted by the Niners probably think that. You want a Look Ahead Winner. Grab the Colts right now at ML -130 next week vs these Bears. Because when the Bears get mauled, that line will be 3. B2B road games for a rookie QB. Get outta here. Take the TEXANS to the Bank $ 5* Best Bet HOUSTON TEXANS

Taking the BRONCOS. Oh how I love a little home dog. Especially one with a rookie QB vs a pretty good defense. Edge Steelers there yes. But how about the Pitt offense? Missing in action with Fields. Not shocking. Points at premium, I will grab them. Will also be on the UNDER in this one as well. 2 Poor offenses. I don't think we see 31 points. 4* Money Maker DENVER BRONCOS

Taking the COWBOYS. Last game here that meant something Dallas got trucked by Green Bay giving up 48 points. 3 straight 12 win season with nothing to show. So lets give Dak the biggest QB contract ever and toss it another small country GDP for Lamb! Look. I think Dallas has some problems. But thrashing the Panthers 47-10 does not count for much in my book. I think Parsons has 3 sacks today vs Carr. Cowboys offense too explosive for New Orleans to handle. 4* Money Maker DALLAS COWBOYS 

Taking MINNESOTA. So we get the Niners off a win, on MNF, short week, traveling, and a favorite. San Fran throttling the Jets the last thing everyone saw from Week 1 of NFL. Not that many will remember Minny clubbing the Giants like baby seals. All I hear in my giant potato sized head is -- If San Fran can beat Aaron Rodgers like that, how the heck can't they beat Sam Darnold by a Touchdown. Vikings beat the Niners last year. Maybe they dust off a new wrinkle and pull the outright win again. 4* Money Maker MINNESOTA VIKINGS

Taking the RAVENS. No matter the outcome vs the Chiefs, this was going to be a play. Wish I got the 7.5, but I think Baltimore wins by 10. Extra rest. Off a loss. Vegas cross country flight. A team I think wins 5 games. Big spot for Baltimore here to show the league they mean business. Add in a new QB with Minshew. A new OC. A new system. I don't like laying a big number in the NFL, especially here in Week 2. But this is a spot the Ravens must have after the way they lost last week. 4* Money Maker BALTIMORE RAVENS 

 Taking the JAGUARS. Oh brother. Had the Browns last week, at least we caught them as a dog. What a joke. Don't get me started on QBs playing in the preseason. I think after the Jags rip these guys by 20 on Sunday, Watson is benched. I gave him the benifit of the doubt last year coming back and being rusty. Zero excuse. Browns defense didn't look all that great. Last year, it was horrible on the road. And last year, I am pretty sure the Jags were a little bit of a public darling to make a deep playoff run. Nearly pulled off an upset last week in Miami, they drop 30 here and color Cleveland black and blue. 4* Money Maker JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 

4* Total Money OVER Bucs/ Lions

4* Total Money OVER Toledo/ Mississippi State

Taking COLORADO STATE. Had these guys last year and they nearly pulled it off in double OT. The Primes have 2 players. You need more than that to win games at this level. Still can't run the ball. QB throwing his OL under the bus. Coach throwing reporters out. A total hot mess. Rams with a chip the size of the entire State of Colorado on their shoulders here. A one score game for sure and we are grabbing any and all points with the home dog. 4* Money Maker COLORADO STATE 

4* Total Money OVER New Mexico/ Auburn

4* Total Money OVER UAB/ Arkansas

Taking THE U. You know from my Mid Day Money Show that I am a fan of the U. Banner hanging on the door. Signed Howard Schnellenberger mini helmet. But I am a fair fan when it comes to any team I root for. And you know I do not love the HC. But the offense is purring scoring 97 in it's first two games - and yes 41 came vs a real SEC school in Florida. Time to pad the stats, get the boosters paid on their bets, and run it up here vs Ball State. Who - gave up 34 to Southwest Missouri State. Canes should drop a 54 spot at a minimum. 4* Money Maker MIAMI HURRICANES

Taking WASHINGTON. Only a PAC 2, but the Apple Cup lives! Another November Rivalry Week Game in September. We'll take it! Look. I get it QB + WR are in the NFL. HC is at Alabama. How are we laying points to a team that scored 70 (Portland!) and then a nice little 36 piece against Texas Tech. I like this Washington coach though. Fisch did a nice job with the offense at Arizona, and in Will Rogers from Mississippi State, he gets a guy who was completely 70% of his passes before dipping to 60 last year in 8 games. Think we have the better also. 4* Money Maker WASHINGTON

Taking WEST VIRGINIA. Well. Hokies let us down Week 1 vs Penn State. Time for a little State of PA Payback in the Backyard Brawl with Pittsburgh. And a quick note - how about all these rivalry games in September! - ok - Pitt. What a comeback vs Cincy last week. Anything left in the tank after that 4th quarter? Is it a rallying cry to save Narduzzi's job and get him off the hot seat? Beating Albany is no great shakes for the Hokies. But for me, they have the much better QB in Garrett Greene, plus a pair of RBs who went for over 700 and over 800 yards last year. Hokies saw that comeback - not going to take their foot off the gas. 4* Money Maker WEST VIRGINIA

Taking PURDUE. Just an absolutely brutal loss for the Irish last week as 28 point favorites losing outright to Northern Illinois. This line of course ticked down a bit. Have to grab the Boilermakers as a home dog off an early bye week. Haven't seen anything that says the Irish win by 2 scores. I do also have the UNDER in this one. 4* Money Maker PURDUE

4* Total Money UNDER Notre Dame/ Purdue

4* Money Maker BOSTON COLLEGE

Taking MEMPHIS. Maybe Florida State figures it out with their bye week. But I don't trust them. We have faded them since Game 1 vs Georgia Tech - I told you these guys were frauds. DJU. Guy is on his 3rd team in 3 years. Now. Maybe an ACC line can bully an AAC line. But Memphis coach Silverfield is former Norvell guy. So he knows the ins and outs. Plus. We get the ole little brother big brother here with the small conference. And honestly. I think we have the better QB right now. This offense was really good last year. Granted, most teams aren't as talented as Florida State, but this team has some issues right now. Finally. How many people are thinking to themselves - no way Florida State starts 0-3. All they have to do is win by a touchdown. Yeah. Well FSU was a Top 10 team in August. Here we are now. 4* Money Maker MEMPHIS 

4* Money Maker WISCONSIN 

4* Money Maker TULSA 

Going OVER the total here. We can say with 100% FACT that the WILDCATS will win. Now, the home or away team, doesn't matter to me. I think we see plenty of points. Don't be worried about Arizona's 22-10 win last week. A game they were down 10-6 at the half. They were just playing to get to this spot. We have 2 talented offenses and questionable defenses. And when I see teams "Ranked" in the teens like this, I can't but think of the 38-34 game that is on tap tonight. K State run game will wear the defense down. And K State defense will have trouble getting off the field on 3rd downs. I was shocked this total didn't open at 60. I'm looking forward to 14-14 after the 1st quarter. How about an OT bet? 4* Total Money OVER Arizona/ Kansas State

Taking KANSAS. Bad loss for Jayhawks last week as Daniels throws 3 INTs and 4 turnovers in total. That does not translate into covers, so a win + cover was way out of the question.  But off a sloppy game, and coming home, I like the spot. UNLV scored 72 last week vs Utah Tech. Come on. Even their win at Houston including a Pick 6 to get them more than 20 points. And that against a worse team with a new HC and terrible roster. Jayhawks a tad better. And as much as I do like Barry Odom running things for Vegas, the home team should score a 10 point win tonight. 4* Money Maker KANSAS

Taking the J E T S Jets Jets Jets here on Monday Night Football. Line has dropped since I posted this up. But if you listen to Mid Day Money, you know I talked about this game way back on March 5th when I did a Live Show with the Westgate lines. My biggest concern was Rodgers being back and not playing basically a full year. But he has a rebuild line, and play makers around him. His OC is here. And he has a defense that talks so much crap, they better deliver since they ran a 1st round draft pick out of town. Honestly - I am a bit shocked this line has come down this much. You know me. A 6, 6,5 dog, I am all for it. You can hear people saying,  how doesn't so and so win by a touchdown! Look. Niners a good team. But this line here screams to me to take the New York. Haven't moved on the under yet, but I am interested. 4* Money Maker NEW YORK JETS

4* Total Money OVER Rams/ Lions

Taking the BROWNS. These guys always find a way to hurt me. But not as much as the Cowboys burying their fans. Look. This might be a bad year in Dallas. Dak wants a ton of money. Lamb, as I write this August, wants his money. They bring back Zeke to run the ball. They thought he was done, and let him go - somehow, he has gotten  better with age - as if he is a fine wine. And the OL is rebuild. We know Cleveland will bring the defense here at home. 4* Money Maker CLEVELAND BROWNS

4* Total Money UNDER Washington/ Tampa Bay 

Taking the BRONCOS. Not a lot of love for these guys. I don't even know who their starting QB will be as do these write ups. Won't matter to me though. The World is down on Denver, and that means I will be cuddling them like a small child. Broncos staff is out to prove themselves after last year. Not sure I trust Seattle to cover in what should be a close to a field goal type of game. 4* Money Maker DENVER BRONCOS 

Taking the CHARGERS. I think this Vegas team will be an absolute mess this season. At least the Chargers went with a new HC and have a new attitude about themselves. Last years wins for the Raiders, in my eyes, some flukes in there. I understand wanting to take divisional dogs. But I think that Vegas wins maybe 4 or 5 games, and a home opener vs a team with a new HC is not the spot for one of them. 4* Money Maker LA CHARGERS

Taking the TITANS. This is me fading the Bears and their rookie QB. So they get a new OC and some new weapons. They still have a terrible HC. Guy is the worse. Not much expected out of the Tennessee. That's fine, I will grab an ugly dog vs a team that people are high on. 4* Money Maker TENNESSEE TITANS

Taking the COLTS. Oh man. Everyone loves CJ and the Texans. Great year last year. Last year.. That was last year. Now the league has a years worth of film and tendencies of the QB and the HC. Indy has their own QB who was kinda special when he wasn't hurt. Give me a home dog in a division game 100% of the time. 4* Money Maker INDIANPOLIS COLTS

Taking the PANTHERS. Yes. This team is an absolute mess. But there is zero chance I will be laying anything with the Saints. I like Saints unders, but I was hoping this would be more than 40.5 - Panthers need a quick start. They need to show off some offense. No better place then in a controlled dome setting vs a team that I don't think is very good. Give me non stop Chubba Hubbard. I don't care. This is a FG game. 4* Money Maker CAROLINA PANTHERS

4* Total Money UNDER Cards/ Bills 

4* Total Money OVER Mississippi State/ Arizona State

Taking NEBRASKA. Huge revenge spot for the Cornhuskers. You know my thoughts last year and this year on Colorado. Joke. Over Rated. We cashed fading them last week, we will do it again this week. Better coach and play calling will win out here. Still not a sniff of OL play or a run game from the Buffs. 4* Money Maker NEBRASKA

4* Money Maker UCF 

4* Money Maker EAST CAROLINA 

Going OVER the total here. OD nearly scored the upset last week vs South Carolina. A couple bad turnovers cost them that one. They did put up 19 on the road vs an SEC team. Good to see. ECU is not a SEC defense. They are barely a AAC defense. They put up some points last week. Great. Can they get half that this week vs OD who might be a little banged up from their last game. Will OD be looking ahead to Virginia Tech? I think we see this game soar over the 50 point mark and probably hit 60. Sun Belt Fun Belt for the Monarchs of Old Dominion. 4* Total Money OVER ECU/OD

4* Total Money OVER South Alabama/ Ohio 

Taking IOWA. It is that time of year to bring football offenses back to the stone ages.  Some real grind out, rock fights in this series. Win margins of 7-3-10-1-10-3 the last few years. Iowa winners of 8 of the last 10, the Iowa State win, 2022, a 10-7 win at home. Normally would I put much into a 21-3 win over North Dakota in Week 1 with a huge rival on deck. No. Would I put anything into Iowa scoring 40 after being up 6-0 at the half vs Illinois State. Eh. Probably not. But the fact that Iowa QB McNamara showed signs of life is a good sign for what has been an offense, let's just be nice, an offense that was horrific last year. Home team gets it done it for me. 4* Money Maker IOWA

Taking NAVY. I know laying double digits with a Navy bunch is a tough pill to swallow. But there is no Warner to throw the ball for 400 yards. 51-3 losers last week, Temple is a bad team. We also get the ole Revenge Angle. How do you have Zero Turnovers, force 4 and still lose 32-18 to Temple. Well - Navy did it last year in Philly. Time for some sweet payback. I don't think the Owls score 10 this game. Also like the Under in this one. 4* Money Maker NAVY

Taking BAYLOR here. I do like Utah a lot. I think they win the Big 12. They probably score a win in the playoffs. They are good. Love the HC. They have their QB back. What is not to like? Well A huge spread. It has since come down a bit. Makes sense to me. They beat the Bears by double digits and move on. No need to get fancy here. In state rival Utah State on the road next followed by a road trip to Oklahoma State. Not loving that Tarleton State picked off our Baylor QB TWICE last week! But, with the Bears HC clearly on the hot seat. Some miracle 12-2 season. Then 6-7 and 3-9. He needs to stay within 2 scores this afternoon. 4* Money Maker BAYLOR

Taking SOUTH CAROLINA, again. What a terrible game last week vs OD. Go +3 in TOs and can't even come close to sniffing a cover in a 23-19 dog fight. But now we get double digits from Kentucky. Looking at the last 3 games. 17-14 SC - 24-14 SC - 16-10 UK, we see some close games. Carolina will bring some defense. This should be a slow paced game. Even if the Wildcats get up, a TD will get us in through the back door. 4* Money Maker SOUTH CAROLINA

4* Total Money UNDER Temple/ Navy

4* Total Money UNDER Charlotte/ North Carolina

Taking TEXAS. This line is now over 7 points! This is why you watch my Mid Day Money Show and Look Ahead Lines. 4* Money Maker TEXAS LONGHORNS 

Going OVER the total here. So Tulane knocked these guys off a couple years ago as a dog. Revenge? Eh. A don't overlook your opponent spot. Sure. I can do that one. Green Wave dropped 52 on SE Louisiana last week. Started a red shirt freshman in that one. Ty Thompson was a 5 star recruit who was at Oregon the last 3 years. Whoever is behind center, I see some points on the board. Kansas State goes as Avery Johnson goes. And that means they will score close to 35-40 themselves. I think this one sales into the mid 50s. 4* Total Money OVER Kansas State/ Tulane

Taking ARMY. Love me some doggy Cadets in this spot. FAU off a tough game at Michigan State. Now they get the triple option from Army. Good luck with that. Army will control the clock. Pound these guys into submission. I think Army can surprise some teams in the AAC. 4* Money Maker ARMY

Taking ARKANSAS. I think this is it for Arkansas HC Pittman with former HC Bobby Petrino on the staff. Not much to be seen beating Pine Bluff 70-0. But what I do know is that on the road last year, the Razorbacks were a handful. 34-31 losers at LSU getting 18 -- 27-20 losers at Ole Miss getting 13 -- 24-21 losers at Alabama getting 19 (and after the Ole Miss loss) -- 39-36 winners in The Swamp catching a FG. Like I said earlier. Petrino back in town and will be running the offense. Good measuring stick vs Oklahoma State, but the spread is a great equalizer. Grab those points. 4* Money Maker ARKANSAS

4* Money Maker KANSAS STATE

Taking the EAGLES here in Brazil. Philly another team that wants to erase a bad season from memory. What a collapse! Look - the HC is on the hot seat. Guy brings in a new OC and DC. If this goes sideways, he is out. Green Bay is the NFC version of the Texans. A lot of hype. We were all over Love and the Packers last year. Not sure if it is over hype or just right. Packers should be playoff bound. But Eagles I think come out strong here to start their season to silence their critics. 4* Money Maker PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

4* Money maker BYU 

Taking the RAVENS. Talk about having a game circled. Baltimore absolutely needs this one. If you listen to Mid Day Money or Look Ahead Lines, you have heard me talk about this game since the lines came out. Ravens here for no other reason then they need to get the AFC Championship Game out of their heads. Chiefs with nothing to prove. They are the Super Bowl Champs. I'll take any points, sprinkle some ML, and might also be looking at the under in this one. 5* Best Bet BALTIMORE RAVENS

4* Money Maker BOSTON COLLEGE

4* Total Money OVER LSU/USC

4* Total Money OVER Wyoming/ Arizona State

4* Money Maker HAWAII

4* Money Maker SOUTH CAROLINA 

Taking SYRACUSE. I am buying some of the hype here on the Cuse. But also think Ohio is not that good a team. 11 guys of the MAC Championship team hit the portal. This program is in the MAC. They don't reload, they actually rebuild. Fran Brown bringing a lot of hope to the Orange and he is getting a rebuilding MAC team breaking in a new QB and plenty of new pieces on defense. Not that games 1 are statement games or stuff like that. But a new HC + QB - I would like to think both want to make good impressions. Going to lay it here - Cuse by 20+ ! 4* Money Maker SYRACUSE

Taking the HURRICANES. Yes. If you watch Mid Day Money everyday you see my Miami Hurricanes Banner hanging in the background. Those titles are a LONG Time ago. I think this is the Hot Seat Bowl. Whoever loses, I don't think they make it through the season. The wheels will come right off their bus that is driving off a cliff. I actually like the over here a bit also. Both offenses should be able to score. I don't want to say, whoever has the ball last wins. But I think both these guys are desperate for a win. Overall roster, I think Miami is the better team. That is where we put our money today. 4* Money Maker MIAMI HURRICANES

Taking WEST VIRGINIA. I think the Mountaineers keep it within a score here vs Penn State. WVA really surprised me last year with a really solid season. The expanded playoffs has Penn State pumped since when you lose every year to Michigan and Ohio State, you can't win the Big 10 and get a playoff bid. They can eke out a win here and still get an invite. West Virginia is a live home dog for me. Franklin always seems to mess things up with really good teams. Mountaineers a pretty good team, so we will take a cover instead of an outright win. 4* Money Maker WEST VIRGINIA 

4* Total Money UNDER Clemson Georgia

4* Money Maker SACRAMENTO STATE

4* Total Money OVER Alcorn State/ UAB

4* Total Money UNDER Coastal/ Jacksonville State

Taking NORTH DAKOTA STATE here. Now. Colorado is not New Mexico. But Montana State, the 4th ranked is sitting as an 11pt favorite right now on the road. NDST is ranked #2, and playing, albeit a much better team. But nearly 10 points? Coach Prime has painted such targets on his kids back with his attitude and they kids don't have the talent to deliver. You don't think this small school will want to come in here and absolutely punish the Louie Luggage? I don't see Colorado winning 5 games this season. This will probably be a 'public pro' play. I don't care. I don't the Buffs are any good. 4* Money Maker NORTH DAKOTA STATE

Taking GEORGIA TECH. Florida State reloads and has a chip on its shoulder after the way last season ended. Not a fan of their QB. Guy couldn't get it done at Clemson. Tech offense not terrible. For me though - this game is in Ireland. Florida State has all the pressure on them. Not much expected from Georgia Tech this year. Enough points where the backdoor is good enough for a cover. 4* Money Maker GEORGIA TECH  -- Don't love 10.5 as much as 13.5... FH UNDER 27.5 in play for me .. Be sure to find MID DAY MONEY my Daily Live Show so you know to take this 2 months ago!

Taking the NINERS. So if you think the league is 'scripted and RiGgEd' then of course you are already on the Chiefs. Swift and Kelce..Mahomes as an underdog.. Andy Reid off Bye Week. Maybe Reid or Kelce or both retire and go out on top. Look. Forget that noise. The down grading of San Fran has been an over reach. I know SF HC is a guy I bash sometimes. 28-3 in Super Bowl. Loser. Up 20-10 going into the 4th vs these Chiefs in Super Bowl. Loser. Up 17-7 entering 4th vs Rams in Championship Game. Loser 20-17. With all that being said, he is not, I mean, he can't, turn into the Baltimore OC and decide hey.. I know the Bills went for 180 on the ground vs these guys. Look, we get 15 yards on our 1st rush, lets switch things up and not run the ball anymore and pass pass pass. CMC will be fed the ball until he pukes. Jump on him 2 TDs for +200. And Kansas City. Yeah I can bash SF and their HC. But how about KC -- LY vs Philly. Down  24-14 at half. Huge 4th Q rally for the win. How about SB vs Tampa. I don't think they know they had a game scheduled, 31-9 loser. How about 2020 vs San Fran. Down 20-10 entering the 4th. Rally time. So we get 2 good quarters of football in 3 Super Bowl Games. With scripted plays and extra rest. I am going better team. San Fran has been pretty much the best team all year. Get that ring baby! 4* Money Maker SAN FRANCISCO 49ers 

Taking the NINERS. Great year for Detroit. How can we not be happy for this bunch. I think they are a talented group. Coach will make a bonehead play here today that will get San Fran to that 10pt margin though. Niners the more conservative bunch for sure - but slow and steady will win this race. I think the Lions will want to run the ball a lot. They don't San Fran getting shots. But this Niners defense is pretty solid. Good teams find ways to win when they play poorly. And these guys played poorly last week. Everyone saw it. Everyone reacts to it. Lions had good fortune in both home playoff wins. This team is average at best on the road. Ravens crushed you. Bears beat you. Wild games in New Orleans and vs the Chargers. You had a nice game 1 in KC. You lost in Dallas. Calls go both ways sometimes. That being said, I think people are underestimating the Niners. And I am pretty sure they know exactly what to expect out of Goff, since they saw him plenty when he was on the Rams. No edge there. Niners by 10! . 4* Money Maker SAN FRANCISCO 49ers 

 Taking BALTIMORE. I understand all of the Mahomes and KC love. Guy as a dog. How cna I knock you for grabbing points. He crushed me last week. Totally different team, and HC here in Baltimore than in Buffalo. Bills were pretty banged up on defense. They caught some breaks, and were still in position to win the game, settled for a tie, and blew it. Ravens seem to be on mission this year. The KC flaw has been their offense all season. It is why the Ravens are the home team. I don't think the Chiefs can stop this offense. Also will be on the Over 44.5 in this one. 4* Money Maker BALTIMORE RAVENS

4* Total Money OVER Chiefs/ Ravens 

 Taking the BILLS. You can go back to videos of me in November saying the Ravens are the best team in the AFC. But the team nobody will want to play is Buffalo. This team has been playing basically 1 and done football since November. Allen still makes mistakes, but he more than makes up for them. 44 touchdowns with those INTs. Let us not forget that the Bills have beat KC 3 straight times in the regular season the last 3 years. Now. KC wiht the 2 AFC Championship wins. But those are in KC. Time for Mahomes to win an actual true road game. Those Super Bowl teams a bit different than this Chiefs model. KC is all defense. Should be a battle, but give me the home team to get there double championship revenge here. 4* Money Maker BUFFALO BILLS

4* Total Money UNDER Chiefs/ Bills 

4* Money Maker TAMPA BAY BUCS

Going UNDER the total here. As explosive as GB looked last week, SF defense just a tad bit better than Dallas. I think Dallas thought they were winning by 30 and thought, hey, if GB wants to run, let them. We don't need to stop the run. I think this is a grind out game. Love will face what I think is his toughest defensive test. GB will want to rely on Jones. CMC, who might still be banged up, will get a work load probably split with Mitchell. Ground out style, some over the top to Dabo. But low scoring for sure. 4* Total Money UNDER Packers/ Niners

4* Money Maker BALTIMORE RAVENS

Going UNDER the total. I know the Philly defense has not been good lately - but can we really believe in the Tampa offense? The last 2 weeks is has been anemic. And Philly. 31 + 33 vs Arizona and the Giants. The Bucs actually have a decent defense. And if we look over the last 6 games for the Eagles, we see those 2 30pt outbursts - but how about 10-17-13-19 in 4 other games. Don't think we see a 'turn on' switch for a shoot out here. 4* Total Money UNDER Eagles/ Tampa 

4* Total Money UNDER Steelers/ Bills

Taking the RAMS. What is there to say? A great story line between these teams and the QBs. Both with a chip on their shoulder. What defense will be able to exploit what it knows about their old QB? I think that LA has the edge on the sideline. Everyone loves Detroit Dan. But the guy can't run this like a Madden game vs his buddies. But we know he will. He will make a mistake that will cost the team here. Rams have been really good down the stretch. 7 of 8. Maybe should have gotten that 8th in OT in Baltimore. I don't want to hear about the Dallas game. Fluke plays for both teams. Dallas fumbles out of endzone on their way to a 14-3 lead and the Lions are dead in the water. Instead, we get a fake punt. A tripping on Dallas instead of Detroit. And Mike McCarthy doing what he does. Lose games. But thankfully, the Lions coach was even worse. Rams Super Bowl HC won't make that kind of dumb decision. 4* Money Maker LA RAMS

4* Total Money OVER Rams/Lions