{"id":5517,"date":"2009-09-11T09:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/colorado-vs-toledo-espn-daily-line\/"},"modified":"2009-09-11T09:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-11T14:34:00","slug":"colorado-vs-toledo-espn-daily-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/colorado-vs-toledo-espn-daily-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado vs. Toledo ESPN Daily Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In what has been one of the better starts ever for sharp gamblers, but a horrible beginning for the square player resumes tonight at <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> travels to <st1:City><st1:place>Toledo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in <span class=SpellE>nonconference<\/span> <span class=GramE>action.<\/span> The ESPN betting odds has the Buffs at -3.5 at every <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linetrackers.com\/\">sportsbook<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Handicapping notes: <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Toledo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 2-0 straight up to Big 12 foes in the last four years. They&#8217;ve beaten a BCS opponent three straight years. Each team is off a horrible loss, <st1:City><st1:place>Toledo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> by 21 against Purdue and <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> imploded at home to CSU. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In that game, the Rams allowed five plays of 20 yards or longer. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>As a result of the embarrassing loss to CSU, this is probably the biggest game of CU coach Dan Hawkins career. He is a very disappointing 13-25 straight up since taking over at <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It&#8217;s a short week for both, but more so for <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> which played on Sunday. The Rockets played Saturday. <st1:City><st1:place>Toledo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 44-11 straight up their last 55 home games. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Colorado<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> strong safety Patrick <span class=SpellE>Mahnke<\/span> is probable after missing last week and the Buffs will need him. Last week <st1:City><st1:place>Toledo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> threw the ball 67 times. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Many experts expected this to be the breakout year for Buffs RB Darrell Scott, yet he was benched last week because of struggles in pass blocking. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Colorado<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has a very inexperienced offensive line as three linemen made their first career start last week and a fourth started for the first time at a new position. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Weather should not be a factor here. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Against the spread records: The Buffaloes are 1-7 after scoring less than 20 points in their last contest. They are on <span class=GramE>an<\/span> 0-6 skid after getting less than 275 total yards previous game. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Toledo RB Morgan Williams is out, serving the back end of a two-game suspension. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Rockets are 27-13 in their last 40 home games, but 2-8 as an underdog of 3.5-10 points. <\/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>The MasterLockLine has the top plays from the top sports services in their highest ranked sports. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s 25-9 in football including 10-2 in <span class=SpellE>NCAAF<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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>Already 2-0 with his record shattering college football plays on 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. Biggest Friday night <span class=SpellE>NCAAF<\/span> <span class=SpellE>nonconference<\/span> parlay bet ever 900,000 on Oregon\/Toledo side and over\/under. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\">Click now to purchase<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/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>In what has been one of the better starts ever for sharp gamblers, but a horrible beginning for the square player resumes tonight at Colorado travels to Toledo in nonconference action. The ESPN betting odds has the Buffs at -3.5 at every sportsbook Handicapping notes: Toledo is 2-0 straight up to Big 12 foes in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/colorado-vs-toledo-espn-daily-line\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Colorado vs. Toledo ESPN Daily Line<\/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-5517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5517","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=5517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}