Fridays Service Plays

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Michael Cannon Money Train Friday Picks:

10 Dime –

TROY
Take the points with Troy tonight when they host Oklahoma State.
Troy had two brutal road games to open the season, losing 46-26 at Arkansas and 59-31 at Florida. They went 1-1 ATS in those two games and just barely missed cashing against the Gators as a 26-point dog.
The Trojans are led by senior quarterback Omar Haugabook, who was named the Sun Belt’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2006 when he passed for 21 touchdowns and ran for five more. He has great size and can make plays with his arm and scrambling ability.
Oklahoma State may be without starting quarterback Bobby Reid, who left last week’s win over Florida Atlantic with a twisted ankle.
Running back Dantrell Savage, who ran for 820 yards and eight TDs last year, is also questionable for tonight’s game.
Troy is 14-1 SU when playing at home off a SU loss. They have also won 37 of their past 43 home games, with only three of those defeats coming by more than seven points.
Oklahoma State may be caught in a look-ahead situation here, as they have a shootout with Texas Tech next week.
Troy, on the other hand, will be fired up for their home opener on national TV.
Take the points with Troy as they battle Oklahoma State to the wire.

5 Dime –

PIRATES (With Snell and Oswalt as listed pitchers)
Take the Pirates as the large road dog tonight over the Astros.
The Bucs will hand the ball to Ian Snell tonight and I know he’s had a rocky second half of the season, but he has looked better over his last two starts.
The right-hander is 1-1 with a 1.93 ERA in those two starts, spanning 14 innings. The Pirates refuse to quit on the season, however, and I expect them to come into this matchup more than confident they can bring home the win.
That’s because the Pirates are 9-3 against the Astros this season and they took two out of three from Houston in Minute Maid Park the last time they played here, from Aug. 24-26.
I know Roy Oswalt is slated to start for the Astros and he’s having another dominant season, but that just gives us a better return on the Bucs.
Take the Pirates as the big road dog as they grab the win.

MARINERS (With Shields and Hernandez as listed pitchers)
Take the Mariners as the home chalk tonight over the Devil Rays.
Felix Hernandez will start for Seattle and he has won six of his last seven decisions. He hasn’t been very dominating recently, but he continues to receive a lot of run support from his teammates and this is a game they have to win if the Mariners are to stay in contention.
Tampa Bay is 1-7 in the last eight meetings in Seattle and I don’t like their chances against Hernandez.
Take Seattle as the home chalk for the win.

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Steam Play
Oklahoma State Under 63½

LT'S LOCK

Todays selection:

Over 62 in the OSU/TROY game

Current streak: 2 losses

Overall record: 489-388-18

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Cappers Access

Sport Favorite Underdog Line Pick
(Fri) MLB Cardinals Cubs 105 Cardinals
(Fri) MLB Yankees Red Sox 105 Yankees

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Wunderdog

Game: Oklahoma State at Troy (Friday 9/14 8:00 PM Eastern)
Pick: Troy +10
Troy comes home licking their wounds after back-to-back losses on the road at Arkansas and Florida. Talk about a tough schedule! They gave up 105 total points which is why they are getting double digits at home in this one. But, they covered the spread at Arkansas and just missed covering by a field goal at Florida. They face a good Oklahoma State team here, but let's be honest. The Big 12 is not the SEC. Losing big to Arkansas and Florida on the road is going to be expected from Troy. They now get a primetime matchup with no competing football games and they get it at home. Troy won seven of their last eight games last season and returns nine defensive starters. The bigger question coming into this season was offense as they returned just five starters from that squad. The fact that they put up 26 against Arkansas and 31 against Florida should tell us that isn't so much a concern. That's 57 points vs. SEC elite! There will be no intimidation here as Troy faced tougher foes than the Cowboys in the first two games. Instead, they'll be pumped to put up a good showing for the home crowd and the national TV audience. In contrast, Oklahoma State may come in a bit overconfident after their 42-6 home trashing of Florida Atlantic. The betting public is all over Oklahoma State here (77% on the Cowboys). We'll go the other way and back the home dog getting a hefty 10 points.

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LT Profits NCAAF
Troy 2*


JB NCAAF
Troy 2*


Brandon Lovell
10* Braves/Nats under 9
5*Royals +200

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Jimmy Broadway

500 Stars Over Oklahoma St and Troy

300 Stars Troy

200 Stars Cubs

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Chris Jordan

1,000♦ ROCKIES (LIST Fogg and Willis)

The Marlins open a six-game road trip with the first of three at Colorado, and if you had the conception they've been ordering room service for quite some time – you're not mistaken.

Florida is in the middle of a stretch of being away for 12 of 15 games, with the three home games taking place Sept. 10-12. Prior to that it was six straight in Washington and Philadelphia.

Now they come to the Mile High City and are faced with playing in the altitude for three straight before turning around and going to Atlanta. In franchise history, the Marlins are 17-34 at Coors Field, and I don't see anything improving for this visit.

We side with Josh Fogg, who has pitched well in his last three starts, but more importantly go against Dontrelle Willis, who is 1-12 in his decisions since May 29. The hard-throwing southpaw comes in off a rough outing at Philadelphia, where he gave up seven runs on Sunday in just three innings. Take the home chalk in this one.


300♦ TROY

I know the Cowboys are stacked in certain areas, but if Larry Blakeney did his homework - looking carefully at the Georgia game - he will be able to expose the same weaknesses the Bulldogs did two weeks ago. Georgia was able to throw on the Okla State secondary, and there's no reason to believe senior Omar Haugabook cannot do the same with the nation's 42nd best passing offense.

On defense, an experienced D-Line will push this Cowboys O-Line around, as we saw Okie State struggle in pass protection and yet to clear holes for the running game. Forget last week's win over tiny Florida Atlantic, things have yet to click.

Home opener + national television + 12th man in the stands = I expect Troy to play a sharp, football game with few mistakes. Look for this one to come down to the fourth quarter.



200♦ ASTROS RUN LINE (LIST Oswalt and Snell)

Lay the run line in this one, as Roy Oswalt against these Bucs is as automatic as it gets. And while you baseball fanatics may be curious about his recent downfall – he's yet to record a quality start in three of his past four outings and has a 6.39 ERA in September – this is the perfect opponent for him to turn things around against.

Forget the fact the Astros are a whopping 80-39 in the southpaw's last 119 starts, he's a perfect 4-0 in his last five starts against the Bucs, and has given up just four earned runs over 34 innings of work against them. That's a stifling ERA of 1.05. That includes two starts this season, in which he's given up two earned runs in 14 innings and is 1-0. Lay the run line with Houston and Oswalt.



200♦ NATIONALS (LIST Chico and James)

How would you feel if you went to Turner Field and gave up six runs to the Braves? How would you feel if NONE of them were earned? That's Matt Chico, and that's what he'll be thinking about when toeing the rubber tonight against Atlanta and Chuck James, who Chico opposed on Sept. 8.

The crafty southpaw fell victim to a shoddy defense, which committed three errors behind Chicago, who took the loss and remained winless since July 31. Nevertheless, he is 2-2 with a 2.18 ERA in four meetings with the Braves this season. In revenge against James, I'll side with Chico and the Nats here

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Brandon Lang


10 DIME

TROY


5 DIME

Yankees - Specify Pitchers - Pettitte vs Matzusak


Free Pick - Mets -1 1/2 runs

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feist

special total................................milw over
platinum......................................tex


Spritzer

ko...........................cubs
tko...............................laa

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IndianCowboy

Troy+10.5

Yanks ML (Pod)
Colo Under 11

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Wolkosky Milan

NCAAF:

10* OKST -10
10* OKST/TROY OVER 62

MLB:

10* MARINERS
10* ROCKIES
10* FLA/COL OVER
10* YANKEES
10* ATL/WAS UNDER

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Ferringo


6-Unit Play. Take #928 Seattle (-140) over Tampa Bay (10 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14)
Note: This is our Game of the Month.

I went to bed last night with the Mariners down 5-1 to the D-Rays thinking our 1.5-Unit play had busted. I woke up and found out that YET AGAIN the Tampa Bay bullpen has blown up and allowed the Mariners to come back. It has to be getting old for the D-Rays, who appear to have mailed it in for the year.

Felix Hernandez has the type of stuff to cool the D-Rays’ bats and he has been outstanding in the start after he gets lit up. Felix has given up five or more runs four other times this season and his record is 3-1 with a 2.67 ERA. He is also 5-2 with a 2.29 ERA after yielding 10 or more hits in his previous starts. Well, he got touched for seven runs and 10 hits on Sunday at Detroit so that sets up nicely for us here. Felix has cashed in eight of his past 10 home starts and is 8-1 in his last nine starts overall. James Shields is just 3-13 as a road dog, 6-15 on the road, 8-20 as an underdog, and 1-8 on the road against a team with a winning record. The Devil Rays are a horrible road team (29-79 recently) and are just 4-11 in the Emerald City. Shields’ ERA is a full run-and-a-half higher on the road this season and he did lose his last start in Safeco. Hopefully that TB bullpen can come through for us one more time!!!

2.5-Unit Play. Take #908 Houston (-170) over Pittsburgh (8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14)
1-Unit Play. Take #908 Houston (-1.5, +135) over Pittsburgh (8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14)
You only pay the juice if you lose and Roy Oswalt doesn’t do much losing. He is 80-39 in his last 119 starts, 73-31 as a favorite, 43-13 at home, and 39-16 in divisional games. The wheels came off on Ian Snell a long time ago and the Pirates are 3-9 in his last 12 starts and 1-9 with him as an underdog. Pittsburgh has had the upper hand in this series this year, but they are still just 16-43 in their last 59 meetings in Houston and Oswalt has won six of his last seven starts against the Pirates. Roy hasn’t given up an earned run in his last three home starts (20 innings) and he has a miniscule 2.03 ERA in Houston this year.

2-Unit Play. Take #920 Toronto (-1.5, +105) over Baltimore (7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14)
1-Unit Play. Take #920 Toronto (-175) over Baltimore (7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14)
Blue Jays vs. a lefty? Check. Team that’s mailed it in on the season? Check. Home team that’s won six of seven over floundering divisional opponent? Check. Yup, I like the Blue Jays to take the edge off after a frustrating series with the Yankees by bashing in the Orioles.

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Big Al's Full Service Clients:

3* Texas Rangers

3* LA Dodgers

3* Under Tampa Bay/Seattle









Jeff Bonds

Nl Power Angle Total Of The Week

Atlanta/Wash. Under 9.5

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COMPUTER PLAYS

BEST BET
* * *Cleveland Indians - 210 * * *

Colorado Rockies - 140

San Diego Padres - 160

Seattle Mariners - 140









Rocketman Sports

Atlanta @ Washington 7:05 PM EST
Play On: 1* Atlanta -125 (James/Chico) Listed

Atlanta is 13-4 when playing with a day off this year. Atlanta is scoring 5.5 runs per game on the road this year. Atlanta, as a team, is hitting .275 overall this year and .285 on the road this season. Washington is only scoring 4 runs per game overall this year and 3.8 runs per game at home this season. We'll recommend a small play on Atlanta tonight! Thanks and good luck, Rocky

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Ben Burns' ESPN TOTAL OF THE WEEK (100% YTD on Totals!) -- FRIDAY

Ben Burns followed up Wednesday's 2-0 card by going a tidy 3-1 yesterday, including a winner with the "under" in the TCU/AF game. Ben is hitting better than 70% (12-5) for the season and he's now a PERFECT 3-0 with his over/under picks. If you like those kind of super stats make sure to join this renowned "Totals Guru" for his #1 ESPN T.O.W!

Oklahoma State / Troy over



Ben Burns' Friday Night CFL BLOWOUT WINNER (5-1 L2 days!)

Documented Football Champ Ben Burns is currently on a remarkable 40-19 run on the diamond, capping off what has truly been an amazing year. He is also off to a terrific 12-5 start to the college football campaign. Additionally, after Monday's easy winner, Burns is now an awesome 14-5 his L19 NFL picks. Today he extends that DOMINANCE to the CFL arena!

Edmonton Eskimos

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SEBASTIAN SPORTS

10* LA Dodgers

10* Seattle under

10* San Fran under

20* Chicago Cubs under

50* N.Y.Yankees

7* Troy St. over