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January 3rd, 2013 By Andrew Ryan
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Our official Michigan Wolverines vs. Northwestern Wildcats pick is here at Cappers Info, as two great teams get set to square off on the college basketball odds. Join us for all of the great NCAA basketball predictions for what should be another great game on the college basketball schedule tonight!

Free College Basketball Picks: Michigan Wolverines @ Northwestern Wildcats
Date: Thursday, January 3rd, 7:00 ET
Location: Welsh Ryan Arena, Evanston, IN
Michigan vs. Northwestern Live TV: ESPN2

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The Michigan/Northwestern game might feel like a bit of an undercard battle between two teams out of the Big Ten on Thursday night with everything else that is going on in the world of sports, but this could be a fun one to watch. Northwestern is getting a heck of a lot of points for a home team in conference play, and what we have already seen early in the year with these conferences is that home court advantage really is making a difference, and it almost feels like the value of home court is getting bigger and bigger as the years go by. Yes, the Wolverines made it through the non-conference season undefeated and with very impressive marks, but we’re still not really all that sure who they beat of note. West Virginia? NC State at home? Bradley on the road? Pittsburgh on a neutral court? Arkansas at home? None of that was really all that impressive, and this could be as difficult of a game, factoring in home court advantage of course, as Big Blue has seen this year. We don’t think that Northwestern is going to quite have enough to figure out how to win this game when push comes to shove, but we do definitely want to have the points on our side. The Cats might be good enough to get into the dance this year, and with that on the line here in Evanston, that should be enough to at least keep this one within double digits.

Michigan vs. Northwestern Pick: Northwestern Wildcats +11
Michigan vs. Northwestern Prediction: Michigan 70 – Northwestern 64

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January 3rd, 2013 By Andrew Ryan
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The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Denver Nuggets are going to square off in a Thursday night NBA betting affair on January 3rd. Join us here at Cappers Info, as we make our predictions for basketball for what should be a great game on Thursday.

NBA Predictions: Minnesota Timberwolves @ Denver Nuggets
Date: Thursday, January 3rd, 9:00 ET
Location: Pepsi Arena, Denver, CO
NBA Betting Odds: Denver -7
Timberwolves vs. Nuggets NBA TV Schedule: Local TV

Denver is very quietly finding ways to win games at the moment, and the fact that the club has only played 11 games at home is quite scary for the rest of the Western Conference. It is so difficult to come to Pepsi Arena, it isn’t even funny, and the Timberwolves are about to find that one out. Minnesota just doesn’t have the guard play to keep up with what Denver is going to bring to the table, and one the team gets out and starts to run, it’s very difficult to keep up. It is going to take a yeoman’s effort tonight out of F Kevin Love to have any chance to win this game, and he is going to get a very tough draw on the defensive end of the court with C JaVale McGee bodying up with him. If Love is kept in check, like we think it is very possible that he might be, there is no reason to think that the Nuggs won’t easily make it 11-1 this year at home, and 21-13 ATS on the season. This is clearly the superior of the two teams, and it will show in the form of a double digit win for the hosts on Thursday night.

Timberwolves @ Nuggets NBA Pick: Denver Nuggets -7
Timberwolves @ Nuggets Score Prediction: Nuggets 106 – Timberwolves 93

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January 3rd, 2013 By Andrew Ryan

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NBA picks are one of our specialties here at Cappers Info, and we are set to make our free San Antonio Spurs @ New York Knicks picks and predictions for what should be a great clash on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.

Free NBA Picks: San Antonio Spurs @ New York Knicks
Date: Thursday, January 3rd, 7:30 ET
Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
NBA Betting Odds: New York -1
Spurs @ Knicks On TV Live: MSG

This is a big time game for both the Knicks and the Spurs. On one blush, it really seems like the Knicks, who are 12-3 SU and 9-6 ATS at home this year, are the right play. They’re a healthy team once again, and both F Carmelo Anthony and F Amare Stoudemire are back in the lineup together. Sure, G Raymond Felton is out of the fold still, but this is as healthy as this team has been in recent memory. Still, New York was beaten by the Portland Trail Blazers here at the Garden just a few nights ago, and that came in a game where Melo put up 45 points. The bottom line is the Stoudemire still looks rusty, and he isn’t ready to body it up with F Tim Duncan or F DeJuan Blain at this point. The Spurs have won seven games in a row, giving them the league’s longest winning streak, and they have scored at least 99 points in all of those games. They’ll get into the 110s again in this one, and in spite of the fact that they are playing on back to back nights in two different cities a long way from home, they’ll get the job done and walk away from the Garden victorious.

Spurs @ Knicks Pick: San Antonio Spurs +1
Spurs @ Knicks Final Score Prediction: Spurs 112 – Knicks 102

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January 3rd, 2013 By Jack Wilshire

I’ve been studying the ‘total’ for the Fiesta Bowl odds for quite some time, and I’m ready to make my Fiesta Bowl picks for the clash between the Kansas State Wildcats and the Oregon Ducks. The Oregon vs. Kansas State kickoff is set for 8:30 p.m. ET at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ, and I’m going to show you which way to bet on college football to make your CFB pick on for this great game.

2013 Fiesta Bowl
Oregon Ducks (11-1, 7-5 ATS) -8
Kansas State Wildcats (11-1, 9-2-1 ATS) +8
Over/Under 73.5

The ‘total’ in the Fiesta Bowl has come down just a bit over the course of the last few weeks, and I wish that I had gotten in on this one prior to the drop. Every single year, I see the Ducks have these ‘totals’ in the 60s and the 70s, and almost every year, I seem to be disappointed. Last year in the Rose Bowl, there were 83 points, but the year before in the BCS Championship Game was 41 points, and the Rose Bowl in 2009 featured just 43 points. The difference this year is that there is a team on the other side of the field that is known for its offense with a Heisman Trophy finalist at quarterback and not teams like Auburn and Ohio State that were just as known for their defense as anything else.

Of course, I think the real key to this game is going to be the Kansas State defense. This unit really isn’t all that bad. The Cats allowed just 119.2 rushing yards and 21.1 points per game this year, and if you don’t believe just how good this team can be defensively, ask the Oklahoma Sooners (19 points), West Virginia Mountaineers (14 points), Texas Tech Red Raiders (24), TCU Horned Frogs (10), and Texas Longhorns (24). That doesn’t mean that the Ducks are going to be stuck in the 20s, but the truth of the matter is that even in the low 30s, this is still likely to be an ‘under’ game.

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I’ll also admit that I’m a bit wary over the idea that the Ducks scored at least 42 points in all but one game that they played this year. However, with a month and a half off since their last game played and all of the distraction with Head Coach Chip Kelly and the NFL teams that are interviewing him, but I really don’t think that that is helping put points on the board. I think that the defense is going to come up with a decent effort from the Ducks, knowing that this unit has been underrated for most of the year. I just don’t think that this one is going to get to such a big time number.

Oregon vs. Kansas State Picks & Tips: Under 73.5

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January 3rd, 2013 By Jack Wilshire

5Dimes SportsbookMy 2013 BBVA Compass Bowl picks between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Pittsburgh Panthers are all set and ready to go here at Cappers Info. The BBVA Compass Bowl kickoff starts at 1:00 p.m. ET at Legion Field in Birmingham, AL, and I’m going to be your expert college football handicapper that points you towards the winning bet for the Ole Miss vs. Pittsburgh game.

2013 BBVA Compass Bowl
Pittsburgh Panthers (6-6, 7-4-1 ATS) +3.5
Ole Miss Rebels (6-6, 9-3 ATS) -3.5
Over/Under 54

It’s interesting to think that all of the action has been on the ‘under’ in this game publically, as that’s generally a sign that offenses are being underrated. That makes matters especially unclear when the ‘total’ continues to rise. This is as sharp of an ‘over’ play as you’ll find in a bowl game, and I’m here to take the fullest advantage of it in a game that many think is going to be nothing but a snoozer that you’ll want to sleep through before getting ready for the NFL playoff games.

The Panthers aren’t as god awful of an offensive team as you would figure. The club did put up 400.4 yards per game and 27.4 points per game this year, and for as much as the team hates to be in Birmingham for the Compass Bowl for the third straight season, it does have to be out for some payback after scoring just six last year in this game against a significantly lesser SMU Mustangs outfit. Remember that the Panthers did score 26 on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, something that hardly anyone has been able to do this year, and there were 27 put up on both the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the South Florida Bulls to end the campaign. It’s not a hapless team by any stretch of the imagination.

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But what really pushes this one past the number for me is the exuberance that the Rebels are going to be playing with. This isn’t your average 6-6 team this year. This is a team that went through the wars together and clearly improved against a brutally tough schedule as the campaign went on. QB Bo Wallace dropped 41 on the Mississippi State Bulldogs, 35 on the LSU Tigers, and 26 on the Vanderbilt Commodores down the stretch, and there is no reason to think that there won’t be at least 30 put up in this game, especially with as well as Wallace has played at the end of his sophomore season. It wasn’t a mistake this year that the Rebs scored 30.9 points per game, and this offense, against the tough SEC, did average 426.8 total yards per game. That’s enough for me to think that this is an ‘over’ game waiting to happen in spite of the perceived notion that the Panthers can’t score.

Pittsburgh vs. Ole Miss Picks & Tips: Over 54

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January 3rd, 2013 By Andrew Ryan

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The Oregon Ducks and the Kansas State Wildcats are going to square off on the Fiesta Bowl odds and betting lines. Join us here at Cappers Info, as we make our Fiesta Bowl picks & predictions for football for what should be a great game on Thursday.

Fiesta Bowl Picks: Oregon Ducks vs. Kansas State Wildcats
Date: Thursday, January 3rd, 8:30 ET
Location: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ
Fiesta Bowl Betting Odds: Oregon -8
Oregon vs. Kansas State Live TV: ESPN

The Ducks and Wildcats were both in the driver’s seat just a few weeks ago to play in the BCS National Championship Game. Both of them choked though, losing to the Stanford Cardinal and Baylor Bears respectively within a matter of minutes, and now, both are relegated to the Fiesta Bowl. With rumors of Head Coach Bill Snyder retiring at the end of the game and Head Coach Chip Kelly going to the NFL within the next few days or weeks, there is the real question of motivation on both of these sides. That could make this a very suspect game to try to handicap for sure. Generally speaking, the rule of thumb is that you take the points in this situation, and that’s precisely what we’re going to do.

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There’s also the matter of the quarterback situation for both of these teams. QB Marcus Mariota was fantastic this year, but he is still a freshman, and one that played really poorly at the end of the year against the best teams in the land. When you really look back at what Oregon played this year, it only faced one Top 10 foe (Stanford), and the rest of the teams in the Pac-12 more or less tapered out at the end of the campaign. Mariota has some great stats, and he might evolve into a quarterback that can lead a team to the National Championship one day, and he very well could ultimately win this game. However, we really think that we would rather have QB Collin Klein, a Heisman Trophy finalist on our side in this one. The senior did everything for his team this year, and even in that loss to Baylor, it was really the defense that cost the team in its one loss this year. Klein went into Norman and pulled off the upset, and he has taken down a number of big time foes in his career. He definitely won’t be afraid in this one.

That’s why we think that Kansas State is the right side in this game. We tend to think that the Cats are winning outright, but if they don’t, we still have a healthy touchdown and more on our side. If Kansas State can figure out how to slow down this rushing attack with RB Kenjon Barner and WR De’Anthony Thomas just a bit, the Cats are going to be in fantastic shape. Remember that Kansas State ranked 17th in the country in rush defense at 119.2 rushing yards per game. That’s more than good enough for us.

Oregon vs. Kansas State Pick: Kansas State Wildcats +8
Fiesta Bowl Score Prediction: Kansas State 31 – Oregon 21

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January 3rd, 2013 By Andrew Ryan
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The 2013 Compass Bowl picks are set to go here at Cappers Info, and we are ready to make our free bowl picks for all of the games on the schedule. Check out the Ole Miss vs. Pittsburgh picks and predictions for what should be a remarkable game.

Compass Bowl Picks: Ole Miss Rebels vs. Pittsburgh Panthers
Date: Saturday, January 5th, 1:00 ET
Location: Legion Field, Birmingham, AL
Compass Bowl Betting Odds: Ole Miss -3.5
Ole Miss vs. Pittsburgh Live TV Coverage: ESPN

Anywhere but Birmingham. That’s pretty much what the upperclassmen were saying for the Panthers a few weeks ago when they made it to bowl eligibility with a 6-6 season. This is going to be the third straight year that U-Pitt has made an appearance here at the BBVA Compass Bowl, and the truth of the matter is that it really has to be a disappointing sight. We all saw last year just how interested the Panthers really were when they were smacked around 28-6 by the SMU Mustangs in a game that was truly never even all that close, and we can’t help but wonder if the team would rather just be sitting at home for the rest of the year instead of having to get ready for this bowl game against a physical Ole Miss outfit.

Meanwhile, there is no doubt that Ole Miss has been chomping at the bit to get on the field in this game, just like SMU was last year at the BBVA Compass Bowl. The Rebs were one of the best ATS teams in the nation in 2012 at 9-3 ATS, and they were fortunate to win six games in spite of the fact that they scheduled the Texas Longhorns out of conference and had the SEC West to contend with this year. The celebration was outstanding when the team clinched a bowl bid in the Egg Bowl against the Mississippi State Bulldogs, and QB Bo Wallace was the leader of the pack. Wallace really improved all year long, and though he is just a sophomore, he threw for 2,843 yards with 19 TDs. He averaged 335.7 yards and eight scores in his final three games of the year, all of which came against big time bowl teams from the SEC.

That really makes this one simple. Forget about the fact that it’s the Big East against the SEC, something that should be a mismatch all the time (except for you, Florida Gators!). Forget about the fact that Ole Miss is the de facto home team in this game. And forget about the fact that one of these teams played a significantly harder schedule and didn’t lose to Youngstown State to start off the season. The bottom line is that the Rebs want to be here, and the Panthers don’t.

Ole Miss vs. Pittsburgh Pick: Ole Miss Rebels -3.5
Compass Bowl Score Prediction: Ole Miss 31 – Pittsburgh 10

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January 3rd, 2013 By Andrew Ryan
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The time is here for more of our sparkling CBB picks, as we look at the schedule for basketball for Saturday night. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights and Pittsburgh Panthers will have it in a nationally televised game, which can be seen on the college basketball TV schedule on ESPN2.

Free College Hoops Picks: Pittsburgh Panthers @ Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Date: Saturday, January 5th, 11:00 ET
Location: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, NJ
Pittsburgh vs. Rutgers Live TV: ESPN2

Head Coach Mike Rice is back on the bench for the Scarlet Knights, and he can’t be all that happy after seeing what he saw in the Big East opener against the Syracuse Orange when his team allowed the game to get busted wide open with a 24-0 run just few days ago. Now, Rutgers has to get back on the horse at home against a Pittsburgh team that has gotten out of the blocks in good shape this year. The Scarlet Knights are led by G Eli Carter and G Myles Mack, who are combining to average over 30 points per game this year. These are the two lethal scorers that you always have to watch out for in the rotation, though there are a total of nine men that all average over 13 minutes per game for the men in scarlet and white. Pittsburgh is a very experienced team that is shooting 51.3 percent from the floor this year, and that efficiency is making it one of the top teams in the country. The schedule wasn’t particularly strong at the outset of the year, but that doesn’t change the fact that C Talib Zanna and the crew are dominating. Sure that first Big East game of the year against the Cincinnati Bearcats was lost, but we don’t think that this one will be. Look for U-Pitt to get back on the right foot and score a victory on Saturday afternoon in Piscataway.

Pittsburgh vs. Rutgers Pick: Pittsburgh Panthers
Pittsburgh vs. Rutgers Prediction: Pittsburgh 68 – Rutgers 61

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