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Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but Best Bets once again had a winning
weekend in Week 4. Not only did we have our fourth straight winning weekend, but we once again went 2-1 in our Best Bets and 4-2 overall in our picks. That’s four straight weeks of a .666 winning percentage. That’s how you make the big bucks, friends. On the season, Best Bets sits at 8-4 and our total picks sit at 16-8. We were on the right side of the Mizzou-South Carolina pick since we took that line early in the week at USCe +13.5. I knew all along Sellers would play so that seemed like easy money even if I expected the Tigers to win. Utah greatly disappointed but Oklahoma pulled away late from Auburn to give us another winner. We’re carrying the hot streak into Week 5, so let’s get to it!
Best Bets
LSU (+2.5) @ Ole Miss
This line is favoring Ole Miss for the sole reason that LSU didn’t look incredible offensively when defeating Florida two weeks ago. I think it’s clear at this point that Florida has a pretty darn good defense and LSU quickly discovered that they didn’t need to light up the scoreboard to win that game. I feel better about the Tigers’ chances of putting up points against Ole Miss this week and I think they’ll win the game by touchdown, even if it’s in Oxford.
Auburn @ Texas A&M (-6.5)
I really think this will be same song, second verse for Auburn this week when they have to go on the road to play the Aggies. Texas A&M presents almost the exact same challenges for the Tigers that Oklahoma did last week: stout defense, good pass rush and a mobile quarterback who can make plays out of structure. They may not lose by double digits again, but I do think they’ll lose by a touchdown.
Ohio State (-8.5) @ Washington
Washington has had a nice start to their season with three straight blow outs. The problem is they have played an absolute garbage schedule so far, so those results really don’t mean anything. It’s kinda wild to me that Ohio State is only laying 8.5 points here, so I’m going to take that spread and run with it. Ohio State should win this game easily and thus give us some free money.
Worth a look
Western Kentucky (-5.5) @ Missouri State
Western Kentucky is once again lighting up scoreboards under Tyson Helton and I’m really not sure why linemakers think the Bears are going to be able to keep this one close. Yes, this game is in Springfield and yes, Missouri State is off to a better-than-expected start to their inaugural FBS season at 2-2, but they only beaten a beleaguered Marshall team by one point as well as an awful FCS team in UT-Martin. I think the Hilltoppers have an easy time of it on Saturday.
UCF (+5.5) @ Kansas State
If you’ve followed Best Bets for the last year or so, you’ll know that I’ve been conductor of the Fade Avery Johnson Train since day one. And I’ve been right. Kansas State is 1-3 and might as well be 0-4 based on their near loss to FCS North Dakota a few weeks ago. UCF is coming off a blow out of Bill Belichik’s Tar Heels and I don’t think they’ll have much competition in Manhattan this week either. The fact that they are underdogs at all is strange to me so I’ll definitely pick them plus the five-and-a-half points.
Cincinnati @ kansas (-6.5)
It always feels dirty to me to pick the beakers to cover a spread, but I like making money almost as much as I hate kansas. Cincinnati is one of the weaker Big 12 teams while the Jayhawks have bounced back since losing to their fathers a couple weeks ago. This game is in Lawrence and I expect kansas to win by double digits, even if typing those words puts a bad taste in my mouth.
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