SMART BET College Football Week 9

Week 9 shapes up with a lot of interesting plays. Making my first lock of the year bet and several other solid plays.

SMART BET LOCK: BYU vs GEORGIA TECH UNDER 50.5. Several reasons to love this play. First, BYU travels cross country for the second time in as many weeks, which should hurt their overall level of play. Second, BYU’s offensive line is really beat up after several key injuries continue to mount against them, Including the key loss of their center. Thridly, BYU’s strongest asset, their Defense I believe ranked 6th in country against the run, will square off against the one dimensional rushing attack of GT. Finally, this is a meaningless game for both teams, so a good reason they could come out completely flat. This is also GT’s break from the ACC schedule so there really isn’t a lot for them to get excited about here. I love the under here for a strong 2 unit play.

Ohio State (PK) over Penn State: Admittedly, PSU has played better than anyone really expected. You have to respect the effort and coaching of this team. To me though, there are way to many flaws in the PSU line-up when compared straight-up against OSU. OSU cannot be happy with the way they played the last couple of weeks. I expect a really focused squad here on the road. I still believe OSU has one goal and that is to go undefeated the rest of the way. Honestly, I don’t see anyone on the rest of their schedule that can beat them. I am calling for a blowout by early thrid quarter. PLAY ON OHIO STATE for 2 units.

Florida at GEORGIA (+6.5): Admittedly, Florida has looked progressively better with each and every game. However, this stretch of four games, (LSU, Vandy, SC, and now Georgia) is really really tough. Here is my opinion though, this is the best offensive team Florida’s defense will face all year. Throw out Georgia’s complete failure game at SC and the team looks great. They got hit in the mouth early and never recovered, it happens. They clawed out a win after that tough loss, which shows that Georgia is a solid football team. Georgia is undefeated at home and will be ready for this big match-up. Look for Georgia to play very well and potentially pull off the upset. GEORGIA (+6.5) for 1 unit.

Southern Cal (-6) at Arizona: Simple play here based solely on line value. If Az was getting 14, which I think they should be receiving, then I would love Az. USC still has an outside chance at playing for the title. They cannot afford a slip up here. Oregon is on deck. USC has to win out to have chance. USC for 1 unit.

GOOD LUCK.