It happened just the way I thought it would.
And I told myself when it did, 200 dimer #3 in a row was already in the cue on these Rams!!!
The last game of the regular season between these two in Boise was on senior night and the Rams were 6-point underdogs.
They had already won the first meeting at home back in January 75-72.
Both teams came into this match up on fire.
CSU was riding a 6-game winning streak both SU and ATS while Boise was riding a 5-game winning streak (4-1 ATS.)
It was a great game to watch and Boise was in complete control up 60-51 with 11:01 to go when Colorado State woke up.
Over the next 6 minutes the Rams went on a 21-4 run and after a Nique Clifford layup with 5:03 to go, they had a 71-64 lead and coasted to the 83-73 win.
Before the conference tournament started this week, ESPN's Joe Lunardi, who nailed 67 of the 68 teams last year, said this:
"Colorado State still has to win their conference tournament to get into the big show.
Well, so good so far as they crushed Nevada on Thursday 67-59 and #1 seed Utah State last night 83-72.
Trust me, they probably win that game by 20 if they don't miss 14 free throws.
They have won 14 of their last 16 games SU with the 2 losses being on the road at New Mexico and Utah State
The Lobos on February 5th got them 87-65 while the Aggies on February 11th got them 93-85.
They haven't lost since winning 9 in a row SU and 9 in a row ATS
This is a very dangerous basketball team right now playing their very best basketball of the entire year right now.
As for Boise State, with that win over New Mexico last night Lunardi says they are now on the "first four in" line.
They have margin for error. CSU has NONE.
The Rams were the better team in the 1st meeting versus Boise State, they were the better team in the 2nd meeting versus Boise State.
And guess what, they will be the better team in this 3rd meeting tonight.
Congrats to the Colorado State Rams, you are going to the big show!!!!!!!!!!
They will be denied history on Sunday.
In watching the Kansas City Chiefs going through the motions of their season, there was an incredible amount of luck in their 15-1 record.
You realistically, by no stretch of the imagination, can tear that 15-1 record to 9-7 in a blink of the eye.
It started with the Ravens week 1, Bengals week 2, Falcons week 3, Tampa OT week 9, Denver week 10, Raiders week 13 and Chargers week 14.
And when push came to shove, Carolina was sniffing the outright win before losing 30-27.
I get it, winning teams find a way to win but in my opinion, this Chiefs team has been living on borrowed time all year long and guess what? Their time is up.
They are playing a team today that is better than them. Better O'line. Better D'line. Better Running game. Better defense.
Yes, the Chiefs have the better QB and the better coach, but neither one of those things mattered when KC lost their only Super Bowl to Tampa Bay.
And you know why it didn't matter? No, it sure as fuck wasn't Tom Brady, he was atrocious in the game!!! It was because the D'line of the Bucs dominated.
And that my friends is my #1 key to this Super Bowl.
It was the main reason I told the world the Giants would beat the 18-0 Patriots and it's the main reason I am on the Eagles here.
Is it hard to go against Mahomes? Absolutely, he is hard to beat. Just ask the Niners who were up 10 in the 4th quarter of both their Super Bowl losses.
Or these Eagles, who put up 35 points on these Chiefs in the first go-round, the most points in Super Bowl history by a losing team.
They too sat back and watched Mahomes beat them in the 4th.
Does Hurts make me nervous? Not really. The kid was in his 2nd year when he lit up the Steve Spagnola defense and he is only better now.
My only concern, the only thing that makes me nervous, is defensive coordinator Vic Fangio.
He has yet to beat Mahomes. 0-6 as head coach of Denver. 0-2 as defensive coordinator of Miami. Defensive consultant for Philly in the first loss here.
So yes, that 0-9 is staring me and everyone else who likes the Eagles here.
But here's the thing.
You take away the 6-game stretch Philly had to close last season, a stretch of coaching controversy and injuries, they are 44-8.
And over these last 3 years they have the highest proportion of dominant wins of any team in the league.
Just look at this year.
After starting 2-2, they went 15-1 and the only loss, at Washington week 16, was because of a 3rd down drop by Devonte Smith which would have ended the game.
They really should have closed the season a perfect 16-0!!!!!!!!!
A better Kansas City team was dominated by an inferior Philly team in the last Super Bowl matchup but figured out a way to win.
This time around, the better team wins and that team is the Philadelphia Eagles.
Spagnola will do everything in his power to take away Barkley and that puts Hurts in a position to have the game of his life, which I believe he will.
And that is why he will be the MVP.
Fly Eagles Fly. You are World Champions ...
FINAL SCORE: 31-20
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Where do I start? Let's just say Hollywood would not have made a movie based on my life as a professional sports handicapper, "Two For the Money," if I wasn't a winner!
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Al Pacino plays my boss, Renee Russo plays his wife and Matthew McConaughey plays me. "Two For The Money", debuted in theaters in October of 2005 and is widely available on DVD and you'll always find it playing on one of the major streaming services.
I was born in Midland, Michigan in 1963. Sports was always my first love and I was a great athlete in high school, lettering in two sports, but my dreams of playing college ball were cut short by a knee injury.
With my playing days over, I decided to see the world by joining the Navy in 1981, getting stationed aboard the Battleship New Jersey, where I eventually became the youngest sailor to ever qualify as a master helmsman in the ship’s history.
After being honorably discharged in 1984, I traveled the world for three more years before ending up in Las Vegas in 1987. It was there I entered the sports handicapping industry, building my reputation by validating my opinion to customers worldwide. The daily highs and lows of competing against the Vegas oddsmakers filled the void left by the end of my basketball career.
In 1989, I joined a nationally-known sports service based on the East Coast and immediately embarked on one of the most historic winning streaks ever witnessed in the handicapping world. After an incredible six-year run, I just had a feeling my life story would make a fascinating movie. But, with that decision came the realization that my dream would only be fulfilled by leaving the business.
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