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Las Vegas - Lets go BOWLING baby!!! The madness kicks off today with the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl featuring Buffalo as a -6.5 point favorite over Charlotte. If you wouldn't mind, gimme your most IDIOTIC bowl name on the board, and we'll see if it matches up with mine. Anyway, Makers Wanted is a slogan, a call-to-action for Elk Grove Village, which is home to the largest industrial park in the United States. Useless info, but you never know when it'll come up on Jeopardy!
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Las Vegas - Rolling down to Texas and gonna rock UTEP +12 points over Houston. El Paso has been on quite a tear, winning eight of its first nine and covering five of the last six. And the Miners should be ready to rumble against the Cougars who have a solid 6-3 overall record but have covered only two of the last eight.
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Las Vegas - Just finished a five hour marathon study session on the college bowl games. Me, my dog and a few mugs of Intelligentsia coffee and a box of Cheez-Its. Which, by the way, is now a bowl game. And I'm ONLY half way through. HALF WAY! Yea, have twenty done, and TWENTY still to go. FORTY FREAKIN' BOWL GAMES! Are you KIDDING ME!!! When I was a wee lad, back in the day, WAY back in the day, we had the Orange, Sugar, Cotton & Rose. And ALL on New Year's Day.
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Las Vegas - Nashville is in to New York to do the NY double. They played the Rangers last night and get the Islanders tonight. The Isles have really prospered with Barry Trotz behind the bench, with 46 points, just four behind the Capitals, for 2nd place in the Metropolitan Division. They play an exceptionally tight defense, and in the last 11 games, have gone Under nine times and pushed the total twice.
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Las Vegas - Not too excited about laying a 9 spot, but do have some numbers that might make your decision a little easier. The Saints have been elite this season with a 10-3 straight up record, and profitable against the spread at 8-5. However, New Orleans at home, kinda EH, at 3-4. If you play totals, the Saints have gone high seven times, and low six. Indy comes marching in with a 6-7 overall record, 6-5-2 against the spread.
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