{"id":5496,"date":"2009-09-05T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-05T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/minnesota-syracuse-illinois-missouri-army-michigan-middle-tennessee-state-clemson\/"},"modified":"2009-09-05T08:15:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-05T13:15:00","slug":"minnesota-syracuse-illinois-missouri-army-michigan-middle-tennessee-state-clemson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/minnesota-syracuse-illinois-missouri-army-michigan-middle-tennessee-state-clemson\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota-Syracuse, Illinois-Missouri, Army-Michigan, Middle Tennessee State-Clemson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<h1><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\";font-weight:normal; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Key <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lines-maker.com\/\">college football injuries<\/a><span class=GramE>,<\/span> live updated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoresoddspicks.com\/\">scores and odds<\/a> are up on the OffshoreInsiders.com. The <font color=\"#333333\"><span style='color:#333333'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Articles\">free pick<\/a> <\/span><\/font>section has a compendium of betting information and here is the latest installment. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<h1 style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><st1:State><st1:place><b><font size=3   face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Minnesota<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> vs. <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Syracuse<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Handicapping notes: <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> welcomes back RB Duane Bennett who missed most of last year with a torn ACL. He was well on his way to being the Gophers featured running back last year before going down in the second game. His return should improve a running game that was dead last in the Big 10 and 104<sup>th<\/sup> nationally. The Gophers are returning to their running roots after two years of a spread offense.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br \/> <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Syracuse<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> starting QB Greg <span class=SpellE>Paulus<\/span> gets the start after starring at Duke in basketball. He has not taken a snap since high school. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Against the spread records: The Golden Gophers are 6-1 on the road. The Orangemen are 7-16 as an underdog and 3-8 at home. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Top expert pick on this game: <\/span><\/font><\/b>From the power of <span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/masterlocklinecom.html\">620 sports services<\/a><\/span> behind every selection, the MasterLockLine it&#8217;s The Duke, Jonathan <span class=SpellE>Mardukas<\/span> built up a large scorephone following over the last dozen or so years.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-style:italic; mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>With a database that goes back to 1980 the MasterLockLine say he is the top ranked college and pro football handicapper EVER<\/span><\/i>. Thursday, he starts out the year with that historic pick on <st1:State><st1:place>South   Carolina<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. Minnesota\/Syracuse is his top rated regular season <span class=SpellE>interconference<\/span> pick ever. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to purchase<\/a> every top sports service pick for $16. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<h1><st1:State><st1:place><b><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Illinois<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> vs. <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Missouri<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Handicapping notes: This game is being played in <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>St.   Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. The last two meetings in the Edward Jones Dome produced 168 combined points. Illinois QB Juice Williams returns after setting a stadium record for total offense in last year&#8217;s meeting. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Against the spread records: The Tigers are 8-2 outside the conference. The Fighting <span class=SpellE>Illini<\/span> <span class=GramE>are<\/span> 0-7 as favorites of 3.5-10. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Top expert pick on this game: <\/span><\/font><\/b>From the power of <span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/masterlocklinecom.html\">620 sports services<\/a><\/span> behind every selection: An attorney\/law professor\/pro bettor turned pro bettor\/professional handicapper out of Tri Cities, TN is best known for being the greatest SEC handicapper of all-time. However, he is also the top <span class=SpellE>NFLX<\/span> totals handicapper, based on all-time units won. Supreme Selections are his highest rated plays. <span class=GramE>Supreme Selection Missouri\/Illinois.<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to purchase<\/a> the MasterLockLine and get every major sports service pick now for just $16. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Army vs. <\/span><\/font><\/b><st1:place><font  size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Eastern  Michigan<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Handicapping notes: Army first year coach Rich <span class=SpellE>Ellerson<\/span> brings in the double-eagle defense which has overachieved relative to its talent elsewhere. They also have a ball control offense led by freshman QB Trent <span class=SpellE>Steelman<\/span>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Against the spread records: Also from power of <span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/masterlocklinecom.html\">620 sports services<\/a><\/span> behind every selection, the MasterLockLine it&#8217;s Sports service out of Midwest is the No. 1 all-time CFB service in units won. Their highest rated plays are Executive Plays. <span class=GramE>Two Executive Plays Army\/<\/span><\/span><\/font><st1:place><span class=GramE>Eastern Michigan<\/span><\/st1:place><span class=GramE> and San Diego State\/UCLA.<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to purchase<\/a> from the MasterLockLine. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Middle <\/span><\/font><\/b><st1:State><st1:place><font   size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Tennessee<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'> vs. Clemson<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Handicapping notes: Nine members of <span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>MTSU&#8217;s<\/span><\/span> coaching staff either coached or played at Clemson. The Blue Raiders return <span class=GramE>41 letterman<\/span> from a team that beat <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Maryland<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> last year. Also over the last two years, they&#8217;ve played their BCS foes competitively losing to <st1:place><st1:City>Louisville<\/st1:City>, <st1:State>Virginia<\/st1:State><\/st1:place>, and <st1:State><st1:place>Kentucky<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> by a combined 24 points. Clemson starts a freshman QB Kyle Parker.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Against the spread records: <span class=SpellE>MTSU<\/span> is 6-1 outside the conference. The Tigers are 4-11 their last 15 as home favorites and 4-10 their last 14 overall. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Top expert pick on this game: <\/span><\/font><\/b>Nobody disputes that the top football handicapper of all-time is Grandmaster <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">sports handicapper<\/a> Joe Duffy of GodsTips, the CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com. Yet another NFL preseason windfall is in the books, including going 9-2 in the week three, the one that simulates the regular season&#8212;and it sure did for us. We are 2-0 in college football with <st1:City><st1:place><span class=GramE>Bowling Green<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Boise<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. We have 11 sides up for Saturday now. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to purchase<\/a> the entire card for $17. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key college football injuries, live updated scores and odds are up on the OffshoreInsiders.com. The free pick section has a compendium of betting information and here is the latest installment. \u00a0 Minnesota vs. Syracuse Handicapping notes: Minnesota welcomes back RB Duane Bennett who missed most of last year with a torn ACL. He was well &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/minnesota-syracuse-illinois-missouri-army-michigan-middle-tennessee-state-clemson\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Minnesota-Syracuse, Illinois-Missouri, Army-Michigan, Middle Tennessee State-Clemson<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}