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Abby Roux Takes Down Vegas Part VII
Abby has spent the last five days licking her wounds from last Saturday. She also has barked incessantly about two half point bad beats that could have flipped the juice in her favor and sent her to the pay window. But, bottom line, as Jim Mora once infamously ranted, “we couldn’t do diddly poo!”
Abby’s 3-5 win/loss week took her down to 13-15 against the spread this season. In the more important bones wagered she has still buried more than she has given, 37 of 73. And, she recommends that you start paying close attention to her hunch bets. Vegas is. Her hunch bet is now a gaudy 5 up and 1 down.
Out of the dog house and into the moola she goes. This week’s wagers are just below.
Indiana -2 v Maryland -The dumpster fire that is Terrapin football and the entire AD office takes flight to the heartland for an early kickoff. Anywhere is better for them than College Park, MD. Indiana at home is better than Indiana on the road. Two bones.
UCLA +13.5 at Arizona St. -Have the Sun Devils played well enough to be favored by two touchdowns against any PAC 12 team? The convincing win over Utah was quite nice, but……. Meanwhile, UCLA has lost two in a row while Ariz St. has won two in a row. Abby loves the spot. Two weeks ago, in the conference turned upside down, all dogs won straight up on Saturday. Abby expects more left coast madness. The Sun Devils should certainly win, but………. Three bones.
Tennessee +5.5 v Kentucky -Abby loves home dogs. Abby really loves home dogs playing a team that got pummeled by a Ga Bulldog a week ago.
Does Kentucky get up off of the floor and play for 60 minutes? Or, did last week take the fight out of the Wildcats? Abby likes the team with the blue tick hound in this one. Three bones.
Ohio State -3.5 @ Michigan St -THE Ohio State U. is looking for a place to lie down it seems. However, THE has only one loss and is much maligned for their season to date performance. Expect this to be back and forth for 50 minutes but THE covers late. They are going to lose to a team from Michigan soon, but Abby thinks it’s not this week. Two bones.
Two SEC teams are big 13.5 point underdogs this week. The Auburn Tigers(+13.5) travel to Georgia while Arkansas(+13.5) host the bruised Tigers of LSU. Abby is buying seven points for Georgia to get the line down to -6.5. She is putting them in a two team tease with Arkansas bought up to +20.5 It’s essentially a parlay of sorts that pays even money. Combine Georgia -6.5 with Arkansas +20.5. Two bones.
Ole Miss and their high-powered pass offense whistle stops in College Station. On a hunch Abby is barking about under 66 and 1/2. She likes to zig when others zag you know. There must be something about A&M’s Reveille and whistles that makes this game an itch that Abby must scratch.
The college football regular season is growing short. Enjoy the games.
Woof!