Sugar Bowl and Recon
I like Oklahoma’s toughness and they showed some meddle winning in the last seconds at Oklahoma St to win the Big8-12-whateveritis. Alabama is also coming off that doozer of a loss to Auburn, so I expect a high scoring, fun, competitive game in New Orleans. Plus, since this game basically means nothing, the players were probably drinking in New Orleans the night before. I like OU at +17 and putting them in a teaser with the Over (53).
Early NFL Playoff recon:
SF -3 was EVEN on Monday…..it’s now at +105 and I’ll now have to “jump in it”. More excited about this now since the weather might be at -10 on Saturday night, and that favors the better running team, which are the 49ers. The under at 47 looks toasty, too. I just don’t think the Packers have figured out the run defense to stop the zone-read attack of Kaepernick. One also must wonder, despite his heroic performance in Chicago last Sunday (and covered the -3!), how Rodgers’ shoulder will hold up in the cold vs a physical defense.
Also will tease NO+3 with the Under at 60. Passing spread teams in winter weather, rookie QB in playoff football, and the fact NO is always a tough “out”. Foles might be gearing up for a Super Bowl run, though*
*I just wanted to type that up for the laugh :)
