coastal

Las Vegas - Off to London we go, specifically Stamford Bridge, to take a look at Chelsea vs. Sheffield United. We like Sheffield's logo, or badge as they call it in England, with the two swords crossed, but it's gonna be Chelsea that takes three points in this match. The Blues have been playing some gorgeous football, again, that's what they call it in England, and have not lost since back in September. But it's the last five games that are STUNNING. They've kept FIVE CLEAN SHEETS, again, that's what they call a shutout over there, outscoring the opposition 10-0. And as long as my guy, Édouard Osoque Mendy is between the pipes, it's gonna be a Chelsea morning, afternoon, and evening, depending on where you watch. Oh yea, also gotta tell you that the Blades from Sheffield have gone TEN games without a win, and are averaging a HALF A GOAL per game. All over the BLUES!!!

When the sun goes down, we're gonna head to Conway, South Carolina, and take a bite of Coastal Carolina -18 points over South Alabama. Jamey Chadwell has his kids playing out of their minds. Picked to finish LAST in the Sun Belt, the Chanticleers are sitting with a 6-0 straight up PERFECTO and 5-1 against the spread. And their QB, Grayson McCall has been PHENOMENAL, hitting on 69% of his passes for 1,184 yards, 15 TDs and only 1 INT. This redshirt freshman probably will be playing on Sunday in a few years. Coastal was OFF the charts last week against Georgia State, rumbling to a 51-0 blowout. And this was a Panther team, playing AT home, that came in leading the Sun Belt in scoring, averaging 42 points per game. Also kinda love that they have nicknamed the D, and call it the BLACK SWARM! Probably gonna try and get in touch with DJ, Dustin Johnson, a Chanticleer alum, and see if he agrees with my pick. And just as a reminder, a Chanticleer is some kind of rooster, but with a VERY bad ATTITUDE! Gimme Coastal C for the money!!!

If you need to tease, try this. Take Cincinnati down from -13 to -3 points over Houston. Grab Indiana, and bump the Hoosiers up from +3.5 to +13.5 points against Michigan. Close with Iowa State, and drop the Cyclones down from -14 to -4 points over Baylor.

And finally, as we get ready to finish the evening with THE game of the week, if Notre Dame can't cover this +5.5 point spread against a banged up Clemson team WITHOUT Trevor Lawrence, then my name is NOT Benjamin O'Eckstein!!! Irish eyes and wallets should all be smiling when the final gun sounds!

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And for my millions of horse racing fans, here's my guy, Martin Calia, and some winners from the Breeders' Cup...

Race 4 Filly and Mare Sprint...the bet is #9 Bell's The One. With so much speed in this race with Gamine, Serengeti Empress and Speech it should set up nicely for a closer like Bell's. Got $20 win on #9 Bell's the One and a $5 exacta of 9 over the 2/7.

Race 5 BC Turf Sprint...the bet is $20 win on #3 Imprimus and a $2 exacta wheel 3 with all.

Race 6 BC Dirt Mile...the bet is $20 on #10 Complexity. The Chad Brown trainee is 3 for 3 at the distance and will be tough to beat in his current form.

Race 7 BC Filly and Mare Turf...the bet is $20 win #6 Rushing Falls who is 5 for 6 over the Keeneland turf course and will probably try to take them gate to wire.

Race 8 BC Sprint...the bet is #10 Yaupon $20 win and $2 exacta wheel 10 with all.

Race 9 BC Turf Mile...the bet is $20 win on #12 Uni is trained by Chad Brown and is 8 for 11 at the distance.

Race 10 BC Distaff...the bet is #10 Monomoy Girl. She is 12 for 14 lifetime, 3 for 3 at the distance of a mile and an eighth, 1 for 1 on the Keeneland turf course and the defending Champ! BEST BET of the day $100 win #10 and a $2 exacta wheel 10 with all.

Race 11 BC Turf...like #1 Arklow a little bit better than #2 Magical so the bet is $20 win on #1 and a $10 exacta box 1 and 2.

Race 12 BC Classic...second best bet of the day is #2 Tiz the Law. This is a tough group with Maximum Security, Improbable, Tom's d'Etat, Authentic, By My Standards, and Tacitus, but having the inside post over most of these contenders will give him the edge. FULL BENJAMIN to win on #2 Tiz the Law and a
$5 exacta wheel 2 with all.