Friday Night Football

Syracuse +4    3 stars

NFL SUNDAY ...early bird special

Bucs +2.5  2 stars - Bruce Arians has really been coaching up this team . Jameis Winston has been protecting the ball and playing the QB position much better under 'the QB whisperer' Arians.
Arians is pulling out all the stops with his London travel. He developed a sports science department and has the players using compression socks , taking  melatonin ,and wearing blue glasses when watching video equipment.  Hedgie thinks it helps but whether or not it does the Players believe in it.
 Panthers been playing well lately also.  But QB Kyle Allen has slowly been regressing and has fumble problems (6 fumbles past 2 games)  Hedgie expects  a costly fumble today from Allen as well. 

Seahawks . PICKEM  2 stars. -  Simply a play on the more rested team with the better QB.  Seahawks coming off a Thursday night game with extra rest and prep time while Browns return home on a short week after an abysmal performance.  Russel Wilson playing MVP caliber right now while Baker Mayfield is really struggling to see the field.

Bengals +110.5 1 star - hard to get on the Bengals BUT the trends suggest otherwise.  Ravens are a terrible home favorite as of late going 1-6-1 ATS . past 8.  Division game make double digits a play

Saints +3 .3 stars -  not sure why this line has moved up so much from -1.    Kamara is supposed to play and  Hedgie thinks saints should be favored by 1-2 points.   Great value getting a FG with saints

Rams -3 . 4 stars -  Rams NEED this game.  They have had extra rest and are back at home.  Similiar to the Browns the 49ers  are on a short week and must travel.  They are also down their starting FB Juszczyk who is integral in their offense .   


Cowboys -6.5 (-115) 1 stars - originally Hedgie  was leaning Jets +7.5 . when this line opened.  Sam Darnold returns as starting QB...BUT he'll be rusty and just last week his splean was swollen from Mono and hedgie doesn't think he'll be mentally ready.  Just last week when asked if he'd play he said . "I want to make sure i'm safe out there and not going to die" .   Ummm..... The Cowboys are down starting O linement but have the weapons to win here and will be ready after a bad home loss last week.



Vikings . -3.5 . PASS .   if this line hits -3 again . Hedgie will take Vikes . They play well at home and eagles secondary is still weak.

HEDGIE Friday AND Saturday NCAA - (2 plays FRI . & 5 plays Sat)

Friday:  __________________________

Virginia +2.5 2 stars -  UVA has had a week to prepare and is the better team here .

New Mexico +4 -  1 star - both these teams are not good. playing the home dog desperate to get a win.  



SATURDAY:  ______________________


Texas +10.5  2 stars - great rivalry . past 7 years the underdog has gone 6-1 ATS.  Herman is a great underdog coach going 13-3 ATS  at Texas


Houston +7.5 - 2 stars - Houston plays well at home.  Cinci coming off a big win last friday night where CFL had 4 turnovers.  Now cinci must travel as a road favorite.

Iowa +3.5 - 2 stars - Night game in Iowa is always tough on the visiting opponent.  Hedgie will side with a great defense at home with a veteran QB.  make sure you get +3.5 in what should be a low scoring battle.

Nevada -2.5 - 3 stars - Nevada had a real stinker their last game losing  to Hawaii by 51points !   They have a chance to redeem themselves at home. Expect a max effort here


Kentucky -6.5 - 3 stars - Kentucky coming off  two bad performances but gets  QB Sawyer Smith back. Line should be higher . grab less than a TD asap

Thursday Night NFL

It's REALLY HARD to make money laying double digits in the NFL.   Hedgie thought this last week when the Pats traveled to play the Redskins as 17 point favorites....so Hedgie watched and what was supposed to be a road game turned into a home game for the Pats with more Patriot fans in the stands.   Nonetheless, the Pats did what they do best - take opponents strengths away and Win.  They won 33-7  and covered the 17.  Now this week they return home and are installed as 16.5  favorites once again  to the NY Giants. There's more optimism surrounding the Giants these days with rookie D. Jones at QB.  But this is not the game to feel good about the Giants.  They have a short week, there's poor weather forcast and they will be playing without 4 key starters in Barkley , Gallman, Sheppard , and Engram.   
    Belechik might not even know which best player to take out of the game because there just aren't any.  Bill is  12-0 at home all time vs Rookie QBs and tonight is a rare opportunity to lay the double digits .

Pats -16.5 1 star

Patriots  24 - Giants 6

MNF

Think the Falcons miss  Kyle Shanahan ?  How bout the Redskins ?    The 49ers are 3-0 and averaging 32 points per game thus far.  Coming off a bye week I bet they have a wrinkle or two for the Browns.   Meanwhile, The Browns' offense seems to have finally started clicking ...this all points to :

49ers/Browns  OVER  47.5  3 stars

NFL sunday

Bears -5   3 stars  if line still there .   otherwise . pass

Vikings -5  2 stars

Jags +3.5 2 stars

Steelers +3.5 1 star