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    Emory Hunt
    +74
    (60%)
    3-2 in Last 5 NCAAF ATS Picks
    MEMP -20.5
    -110
    Spread
    Picked: Oct 2 @ 11:35am

    Analysis

    With potential weather looming in this Memphis/Charlotte game, I believe that actually will have an effect on the 49ers more so than the Tigers. Charlotte struggles to score the ball and will have issues in perfect weather. The fact that the weather could become an issue, will probably stop Memphis from scoring 40-plus, but not stop them from covering a nearly three touchdown spread.
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    Eric Cohen
    +49.5
    (55%)
    11-9 in Last 20 NCAAF Picks
    Over 59.5
    -112
    Over/Under
    Picked: Sep 29 @ 6:24pm

    Analysis

    If weather doesn't interfere, this top-25 matchup has shootout written all over it. The Crimson Tide have averaged 48 points per game and the Bulldogs 43 PPG this season. Both teams are combining to average more than 1,000 total yards per contest. And I'm not sold on either defense as both have shown leaks thus far. Which young QB, Keelon Russell or Kamario Taylor, takes a step forward towards an invitation to the Heisman Trophy ceremony? Expect at least six combined touchdown passes in the game. Alabama 38, Mississippi State 31.
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    Eric Cohen
    +49.5
    (55%)
    11-9 in Last 20 NCAAF Picks
    Under 47.5
    -108
    Over/Under
    Picked: Sep 29 @ 6:51pm

    Analysis

    I just don't see the North Carolina offense scoring much in this game. Notre Dame's defense is surrendering only 8.3 points per game and 199.3 yards per game, which is the best in the country. With rain projected in at least the second half, look for Notre Dame to get ahead early and for the contest to turn into a punt-fest in the second half. I would be mildly surprised if the Tar Heels got to double-digits. Notre Dame 31, North Carolina 7.
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    Tom Fornelli
    #1
    +602
    (59%)
    22-15 in Last 37 NCAAF Picks
    MICH -5.5
    -110
    Spread
    Picked: Oct 1 @ 12:58pm

    Analysis

    We're getting some value here. Michigan outplayed Iowa last week but got Iowa'd anyway. Minnesota won on the road against Washington, but the result said far more about the Huskies than Gophers. Michigan's defense will stymie the Gophers.
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    Tom Fornelli
    #1
    +602
    (59%)
    22-15 in Last 37 NCAAF Picks
    Under 46.5
    -111
    Over/Under
    Picked: Oct 1 @ 3:52pm

    Analysis

    It's a bet I've been making forever, and will continue to make until the end of time. The under is a cash machine in games between service academies. Even as they change, and the sport changes, the under cashes at an incredible rate.

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