Birdman's Saturday

I assume that Murdoch will be posting some winners as well, but here are my thoughts as well as The Sixth Man's Favorite NCAA and NFL games.

My favorite game of the day is New Mexico +4 at home against BYU. The Lobos are TOUGH at home and BYU is a bit sketchy on the road. NM lost their opening game at UTEP, but have rattled off 3 solid victories including a road win at Arizona. BYU is 2-2 on the year with their 2 losses coming on the road at Tulsa and at UCLA. The Lobos should have the home crowd behind them and be able to move the ball at ease on the porous BYU defense. BYU, on the other hand, will find the going tough against a stout NM defense.

New Mexico +4 (***)

I also like UConn -16 against Akron. Akron is bad...really bad (their record does not even come close to being indicative of how bad they are). THey have no offense at all and are putrid on the road. UConn, on the other hand, has an explosive offense. They are 4-0 and beat 3 of those opponents by more than 20 points (2 of those on the road). Akron can't keep up in this one.

UConn -16 (**)


Sixth Man's Selections:
The Sixth man LOVES the following 2 games:
NCAA: Nevada -3 (buy the 1/2 point)
NFL: Detroit +3

As he is hitting at about 75% so far on his picks on this site, you might want to go with him.