2017-18 Bowl Season: #WINNERS from Scott Van Pelt! #BOWLMANIA edition

Here’s the WINNERS from Scott Van Pelt last night/this morning.  There’s still time to get these before bowls kickoff today so go get that money.

UNT+6.5 vs Troy
Boise St+6.5 vs Oregon
MTSU+3.5 vs Ark St

2017-18 Bowl Season: #BOWLMANIA picks from Phil Steele!

Dari & Mel picks from 12/30:
Louisville-6.5 vs Miss St
Michigan-7.5 vs S.Carolina
Auburn-9.5 vs UCF

Strong as Steel picks 12/28:
Wake Forest vs TAMU over 65.5
Wake Forest-3 vs TAMU (lean only)
Ariz St+7 vs NC State
NW-7.5/8ish vs Kentucky (didn’t give a line)
Utah St-4 vs NM State
USC+7.5 vs Ohio State
Louisville-6.5 vs Miss St
Iowa St+4 vs Memphis
Penn St-2 vs Washington
Wisconsin vs Miami FL under 45
Michigan over S.Carolina (didn’t explicitly give a play but said after Jan 1 the favorites take over)
Auburn-9.5 vs UCF (Auburn wins by double digits)
LSU vs ND under 51.5
Georgia/OU no strong feeling on the game
Alabama-3 vs Clemson

Picks from Dari & Mel 12/23:
KState-2.5 vs UCLA (they gave him -2)
Okla St-4 vs VT
Texas+2.5 vs Missouri (Texas outright)

UPDATED PICKS 12/20/2017:

Houston vs Fresno St under 50
Utah-6.5 vs WVU
NIU+4.5 vs Duke
Duke over NIU (straight up)
KState over UCLA
FSU over S.Miss
S.Miss+16.5 vs FSU (closer than the experts think)
BC over Iowa
BC+2.5 vs Iowa
Purdue over Arizona
Purdue+3 vs Arizona
Texas over Missouri
Texas+3 vs Missouri
UVA vs Navy under 55
Okla St over VT
TCU over Stanford (slight lean)
Mich St+1 vs Wash St
Mich St over Wash St

Here are the bowl picks and plays from Phil Steele on his Strong as Steele podcast.  Listen to the whole thing for full analysis.  He gives some straight up picks and some against the spread, but a little nugget on each game either way.

NC A&T over Grambling State (lean NC A&T-9.5)
Troy over UNT (right on the number)
WKU over Georgia St
Oregon over Boise St
CSU+5.5 vs Marshall
Ark St over MTSU
Akron+22 vs FAU
FAU over Akron
SMU vs LT over 70
FIU+7 vs Temple (who wins is a tossup)
Ohio over UAB
C.Michigan over Wyoming
TTU+2.5 vs USF (he said he thinks they have a good chance to pull the upset)
SDSU over Army
App St+8 vs Toledo (decided by a FG either way)

Picks from Dari & Mel 12/16
Ark St vs MTSU over 60
Akron+23 vs FAU

2017-18 Bowl Season: #BOWLMANIA picks and ATS plays from Rufus Peabody!

Rufus Peabody dropped his Bet the Process podcast with Jeff Ma today and dropped some picks on us in the PROCESS.  I’ll be tracking his official plays against the spread, bowl picks, and his picks ATS for a dinner bet with Jeff Ma separately.  Take what you want and leave the rest.

Rufus Peabody: Twitter 12/13
Arizona-3.5 vs Purdue
Troy-6.5 vs UNT
Army+7 vs SDSU
VT+4.5 vs Okla StScreenshot 2017-12-15 07.32.28

Bet the Process Plays 12/14:
Alabama-2.5 vs Clemson
Troy-6/-7 vs UNT

Unofficial plays against Jeff Ma:
Troy-7 vs UNT
WKU-6.5 vs Georgia St
Boise St+7.5 vs Oregon
CSU-5.5 vs Marshall
Akron+22.5 vs FIU
LT+5 vs SMU
Temple-7 vs FIU

Unofficial plays against Jeff Ma 12/21:
TTU+2.5 vs USF
UAB+7 vs Ohio
C.Michigna+3 vs Wyoming
Army+6 vs SDSU
App St+7 vs Toledo
Houston-2.5 vs Fresno St
Utah-6.5 vs WVU
Duke-5 vs NIU
UCLA+2 vs KState
FSU-16.5 vs S.Miss
BC+2.5 vs Iowa
Arizona-3.5 vs Purdue
Texas+2.5 vs Missouri
UVA+1 vs Navy
VT+4 vs Okla St
TCU+2.5 vs Stanford
WAsh St-1.5 vs Mich St

Updated picks against Jeff Ma 12/29 (if he HAD To play them)
TAMU+3.5 vs Wake Forest
Ariz St+7 vs NC St
Kentucky+9 vs NW
Utah St-4 vs NM St
Ohio St-7.5 vs USC
Miss St+6.5 vs Louisville
Iowa St+4 vs Memphis
Washington+2 vs Penn St
Wisconsin-4.5 vs Miami FL
S.Carolina+7.5 vs Michigan
Auburn-9.5 vs UCF
LSU-3 vs ND
OU+2.5 vs Georgia
Alabama-3 vs Clemson