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...YTD...250-233-7..Overall this Season
Thursday Nite: Poinsettia Bowl
(8-4) Navy at (8-4) Utah
1st Bowl Game of the Year..Game will be Played at San Diego...There will be more of a Crowd for Navy Since there is a Large Naval Presence in the Area and will have More Fans than Utah which are Having Problems Selling Tickets...Navy will have a New Head Coach as Coach Johnson Moves on to Ga Tech and Off Coor Niumatalolo will Take Over..In Most Games a New Coach that Coaches a Team for 1st Time in a Bowl Game does not win the Game But this is a Coach that is with the Team and has Been Promoted up to Head Coach..On the Other Side Utah has Played Great in Post Season Winning 6 Bowl Games in Row (Only behind Boston College 's 7 Games in Row) and Did this when Coach Meyer went to Florida and Both Meyer and New Coach Whittingham were Co Coaches in the 2004 Fiesta Bowl...Utah Won those and Covered as Favorites and as Dogs...Navy Offense is Built to Run the Ball as for the 3rd Time in 3 Years they have Lead the NCAA in Rushing with the Triple Option Attack...This will be the 1st Meeting Between these 2 Teams But Utah Faces that Type of Offense Each Year when they Play Air Force...This will be Navy 5th Straight Bowl so they are Use to Post Season Play Also...Utah is 6-2-1 ATS as a Favorite of 7+ Points last 2 Years...Navy is 10-1 ATS in their Last 11 Games Vs the MAC...Over is 8-2 in Navy Last 1o Games on Neutral Field and Over 9-3 Last 12 Non Conf Games Played....Utah is 7-2 Last 9 Games on Grass...and Under is 6-2 in their Last 8 games Utah has Played..Both have Played Air Force this Season with Navy Winning: 31-20 while Utah Lost to them 20-12....But Utah Played in the Game without QB Johnson that was Hurt in the 1st Game of Season Vs Oreg St with a Hurt Shoulder..Game with be Between If Navy Can Run the Ball and Keep Up with Utah Scoring Vs Them...Since Navy Defense is Ranked #117th But Finished with 4 Straight Wins to Get to a Bowl (But All Teams were Below 500 that they Played..Including a Win vs Notre Dame for 1st Time after 43 Years in Row...Main Concern for Utah is the Heath of DT Gabe Long with Hurt Shoulder Since He is the Best D Lineman on Team..Remember the Defense was a Building Work as Offense Tryed to Keep Utah Winning as they Went 1-3 in 1st 4 Games Only to Go 7-1 Last 8 Games Losing the Last Game of Season to BYU (Which went 8-0 in Conf Play) and Scored a TD with 38 Seconds Left then Only have Ball Knocked Down in Endzone by BYU to Hold on to the Win...Big Wins by Navy was Air Force and Notre Dame and Bad Loses Vs Ball St...and Delaware...Utah Big Wins Vs Louisville and UCLA but Lost Vs Air Force and Oreg St But without their Best QB Johnson Playing...As for a Total ..Utah has Only had 1 Game of 12 that Game Total was Over 64/65 Points was Game at Louisville.44-35 for Total of 79 Points..Other 11 Games were Under that Amount..But the Louisville Game had a Team with Poor Defense that Lets Teams Score and Try to Outscore them this Year...Like this Navy Team...Navy Must Score with Utha Because I do Not Thank Navy can Shut Utah Down and Play Sound Defense...Navy Offense is Ave 40 Points/Game while Utah Offense is Ave 26 Points/Game while Navy Def is Allowing Teams to Score 37 Points Per Game (With a Strength of Schedule of 89th) and Utah Defense is Holding Teams to 16 Points/Game 3rd Best in Nation behind Va Tech 2nd (15.5 pts/Game) and Ohio St 1st (10.7 pts/Game)..(Strength of Schedule of 56th)...Utah has Allowed 1564 Rushing Yards this Season But Only 989 Yards Final 10 Games Holding Teams UNDER 100 Yards Rushing per Game..4 Games Utha Lost they Allowed Almost 140 Yards Rushing a Game...Some Other Advantages is Utah Kicking Game is That Sakoda has Kicked a School Record 19 FGs thgis Season Including 10 of them From 40 Yards or Longer..Good Weapoon to have..If Navy Scores 39.9 Points or More they are 6-1 this Season...Navy enters Game on 4 Game Winning Streak while Utah has Won 7 of Last 8...I Have Utah Winning this Game By 9.3 Points on Capping Thing I Use and Utah Winning By 10.5 Points on another...Game Lokks like an Under Game with Line Opening at 67 Total Points and have Dropped Since and Side of 9 1/2 that has Dropped to 7 1/2 and 8...Here is What I See..Navy Running Sytle of Team with Pass Now and Then Vs a Team that is Well Balanced...This Game will be a Type that Navy will have to Score with Utah Much Like the Louisville Game and Sent the Total Over with Utah Winning By 10 Points..Even with Most of the Crowd Cheering for Navy..Also Strength of Schedule: Navy is 89th and Utah is 56th...Playing Stronger Teams Make you a better Team Playing Vs Other Teams that Played Weaker Teams as Year Goes On...So..Me Thinks...
Pic: Utah -7 1/2
Pic: Navy/Utah...Over 64 1/2
Football Time..!!
Good Luck to Everyone..Hammer em..!!
**Note..I'll Keep All Pics on One Post and I will Post this Quickly so I can get on the Pittsburgh/St Louis NFL Game Writeup....BOL..:sm:
Thursday Nite: Poinsettia Bowl
(8-4) Navy at (8-4) Utah
1st Bowl Game of the Year..Game will be Played at San Diego...There will be more of a Crowd for Navy Since there is a Large Naval Presence in the Area and will have More Fans than Utah which are Having Problems Selling Tickets...Navy will have a New Head Coach as Coach Johnson Moves on to Ga Tech and Off Coor Niumatalolo will Take Over..In Most Games a New Coach that Coaches a Team for 1st Time in a Bowl Game does not win the Game But this is a Coach that is with the Team and has Been Promoted up to Head Coach..On the Other Side Utah has Played Great in Post Season Winning 6 Bowl Games in Row (Only behind Boston College 's 7 Games in Row) and Did this when Coach Meyer went to Florida and Both Meyer and New Coach Whittingham were Co Coaches in the 2004 Fiesta Bowl...Utah Won those and Covered as Favorites and as Dogs...Navy Offense is Built to Run the Ball as for the 3rd Time in 3 Years they have Lead the NCAA in Rushing with the Triple Option Attack...This will be the 1st Meeting Between these 2 Teams But Utah Faces that Type of Offense Each Year when they Play Air Force...This will be Navy 5th Straight Bowl so they are Use to Post Season Play Also...Utah is 6-2-1 ATS as a Favorite of 7+ Points last 2 Years...Navy is 10-1 ATS in their Last 11 Games Vs the MAC...Over is 8-2 in Navy Last 1o Games on Neutral Field and Over 9-3 Last 12 Non Conf Games Played....Utah is 7-2 Last 9 Games on Grass...and Under is 6-2 in their Last 8 games Utah has Played..Both have Played Air Force this Season with Navy Winning: 31-20 while Utah Lost to them 20-12....But Utah Played in the Game without QB Johnson that was Hurt in the 1st Game of Season Vs Oreg St with a Hurt Shoulder..Game with be Between If Navy Can Run the Ball and Keep Up with Utah Scoring Vs Them...Since Navy Defense is Ranked #117th But Finished with 4 Straight Wins to Get to a Bowl (But All Teams were Below 500 that they Played..Including a Win vs Notre Dame for 1st Time after 43 Years in Row...Main Concern for Utah is the Heath of DT Gabe Long with Hurt Shoulder Since He is the Best D Lineman on Team..Remember the Defense was a Building Work as Offense Tryed to Keep Utah Winning as they Went 1-3 in 1st 4 Games Only to Go 7-1 Last 8 Games Losing the Last Game of Season to BYU (Which went 8-0 in Conf Play) and Scored a TD with 38 Seconds Left then Only have Ball Knocked Down in Endzone by BYU to Hold on to the Win...Big Wins by Navy was Air Force and Notre Dame and Bad Loses Vs Ball St...and Delaware...Utah Big Wins Vs Louisville and UCLA but Lost Vs Air Force and Oreg St But without their Best QB Johnson Playing...As for a Total ..Utah has Only had 1 Game of 12 that Game Total was Over 64/65 Points was Game at Louisville.44-35 for Total of 79 Points..Other 11 Games were Under that Amount..But the Louisville Game had a Team with Poor Defense that Lets Teams Score and Try to Outscore them this Year...Like this Navy Team...Navy Must Score with Utha Because I do Not Thank Navy can Shut Utah Down and Play Sound Defense...Navy Offense is Ave 40 Points/Game while Utah Offense is Ave 26 Points/Game while Navy Def is Allowing Teams to Score 37 Points Per Game (With a Strength of Schedule of 89th) and Utah Defense is Holding Teams to 16 Points/Game 3rd Best in Nation behind Va Tech 2nd (15.5 pts/Game) and Ohio St 1st (10.7 pts/Game)..(Strength of Schedule of 56th)...Utah has Allowed 1564 Rushing Yards this Season But Only 989 Yards Final 10 Games Holding Teams UNDER 100 Yards Rushing per Game..4 Games Utha Lost they Allowed Almost 140 Yards Rushing a Game...Some Other Advantages is Utah Kicking Game is That Sakoda has Kicked a School Record 19 FGs thgis Season Including 10 of them From 40 Yards or Longer..Good Weapoon to have..If Navy Scores 39.9 Points or More they are 6-1 this Season...Navy enters Game on 4 Game Winning Streak while Utah has Won 7 of Last 8...I Have Utah Winning this Game By 9.3 Points on Capping Thing I Use and Utah Winning By 10.5 Points on another...Game Lokks like an Under Game with Line Opening at 67 Total Points and have Dropped Since and Side of 9 1/2 that has Dropped to 7 1/2 and 8...Here is What I See..Navy Running Sytle of Team with Pass Now and Then Vs a Team that is Well Balanced...This Game will be a Type that Navy will have to Score with Utah Much Like the Louisville Game and Sent the Total Over with Utah Winning By 10 Points..Even with Most of the Crowd Cheering for Navy..Also Strength of Schedule: Navy is 89th and Utah is 56th...Playing Stronger Teams Make you a better Team Playing Vs Other Teams that Played Weaker Teams as Year Goes On...So..Me Thinks...
Pic: Utah -7 1/2
Pic: Navy/Utah...Over 64 1/2
Football Time..!!
Good Luck to Everyone..Hammer em..!!
**Note..I'll Keep All Pics on One Post and I will Post this Quickly so I can get on the Pittsburgh/St Louis NFL Game Writeup....BOL..:sm:
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