Sharp Edges: My first, and, last recommendations on the week were probably the most obvious ones as well, at least that's what my handicapping uncovered. Washington was in its last home game of the year. Not that big a deal, but, it became a big deal with the realization it would be Jake Locker's, an NFL QB Prospect, last home game. It didn't hurt that the Huskie offense was far superior coming into the game than the Bruins offense.
At the other end of the weekend, I decided to make a recommendation almost totally in my belief that Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly is a very good coach. If he was a good coach, Kelly would use the Navy loss as a learning tool in playing the option. It has always been my opinion that many teams have trouble with the service academy option because those squads simply do not see that type of offense that often. Kelly saw the option against Navy, and I was very confident he'd get his superior athletes to defense it well. Kelly did, and I proceeded to win my biggest recommendation of the weekend...
I'm not a big believer in "the line's telling me something," but, in the Rutgers-Cincy game, the line was telling me something. Cincinnati was playing horribly coming into the Rutgers game, and, Rutgers was playing everyone close, even in losses. So, how could Cincy be favored by 12.5 points? The line seemed so messed up, I decided to stay away from the game. Final Score: Cincy 69, Rutgers 38...Another pretty easy handicap was deciding Michigan would not be able to stop Wisconsin. They couldn't...Believe it,or not, in the Pitt-USF game, I had more confidence in Pitt's freshman QB Sunseri, than I had in the more experienced Daniels of USF. Pitt's loss to Uconn notwithstanding, I just thought the Panthers were the better team. Just looking at the Gold Sheet from last week, and noticed they liked both Army and USF. C'mon, Gold Sheet, you should have consulted with the Edge!
I have to pick up my daughter so will return with the second half of "EDGES," featuring the Dull Edges of the week!
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