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January 4th, 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 Los Angeles Lakers @ Los Angeles Clippers picks and predictions for what should be a great clash on Friday night at Staples Center.

Free NBA Picks: Los Angeles Lakers @ Los Angeles Clippers
Date: Friday, January 4th, 10:30 ET
Location: Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
NBA Betting Odds: Clippers -4.5
Lakers @ Clippers On TV Live: ESPN

G Kobe Bryant put together some gamesmanship yesterday when he declared that the Clippers were NBA Finals contenders this year. Could that be just a setup for a huge game on Friday night when the two teams from Tinseltown clash? We just don’t think so. Kobe might do his job, but the rest of this Lakers outfit has just been terrible this year, relatively speaking. The Clips have lost back to back games on the road after winning 17 straight prior to that, and they have to be happy to be back at Staples Center, even if it is Kobe and the gang waiting in the other locker room. F Caron Butler is going to be back tonight, and we expect to see better performances than what we have been seeing lately out of F Blake Griffin and G Chris Paul. Griffin has especially struggled, scoring just a total of 29 points in his last three games. That will all change against C Dwight Howard and F Pau Gasol tonight, as Griffin goes off for 25 points and 15 boards, leading the Clippers to a triumph over the Lakers.

Lakers @ Clippers Pick: Los Angeles Clippers -4.5
Lakers @ Clippers Final Score Prediction: Clippers 106 – Lakers 100

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January 4th, 2013 By Andrew Ryan
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NBA betting action continues on Friday night from American Airlines Arena, where the Miami Heat will host the Chicago Bulls in a battle on the NBA betting odds. Don’t miss out on this one, which should be a great clash. The NBA television schedule shows this 8:00 ET tip happening on ESPN.

Free Basketball Picks: Chicago Bulls @ Miami Heat
Date: Friday, January 4th, 8:00 ET
Location: American Airlines Arena, Miami, FL
NBA Betting Odds: Miami -8
Bulls vs. Heat Live TV: ESPN

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One glance at the 22-8 Heat, and it is tough to see how they could be beaten by the 17-13 Bulls, especially after playing back to back close games against the Orlando Magic and the Dallas Mavericks. It feels like this should be the time that Miami comes up with one of those 110-85 wins that is never in doubt, and that’s the way that 60% of the betting public is going tonight against this eight-point spread. Matters are made worse for us by the fact that C Joakim Noah is still getting over the flu, but F LeBron James has a knee bruise as well. Both men could be equally limited, though both will be in the starting lineup tonight. The Heat have had some major problems on the boards this whole season, picking up just 39.1 rebounds per game, the second lowest total in the league. Outside of F LeBron James (8.6 RPG) and C Chris Bosh (7.7 RPG), there isn’t another man on the team that is good for even five boards per night. We’ve seen what men like C Chris Kaman and C Nikola Vucevic have been able to do over the course of the last several nights, and it’s not like those men are stars. F Luol Deng, F Carlos Boozer, and Noah could have huge nights in what might turn out to be a Chicago stunner of an upset.

Bulls @ Heat Pick: Chicago Bulls +8
Bulls @ Heat Prediction: Bulls 97 – Heat 94

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January 4th, 2013 By Jack Wilshire

The Cotton Bowl is one of the games on the college football bowl schedule this year, and today, I’m set to make my NCAA football pointspread picks for the ‘total’ in this clash. The Texas A&M Aggies and the Oklahoma Cowboys are going to do battle at Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, TX. Join me for my Cotton Bowl tips for this 8:00 p.m. ET kickoff that can be seen on FOX.

Last night in the Fiesta Bowl, we got ourselves a heck of a lesson in what happens when teams have this much time off to prepare for games. Sometimes, you do get the games like Arizona/Nevada where there are darn near 100 points scored, and sometimes you do end up with some odd results like when Louisville beat Florida. However, as the bowl season wears on, what tends to get lost in the shuffle is that these teams that are playing this time of year that won 10-11 or even more games in the regular season is that they just couldn’t do that all without a defense. Offense is still sexy. Defense still wins games consistently. There’s a reason that the SEC continues to win National Championship after National Championship and why this year won’t be an exception whatsoever when push comes to shove.

2013 Cotton Bowl
Texas A&M Aggies (10-2, 7-5 ATS) -3.5
Oklahoma Cowboys (10-2, 6-6 ATS) +3.5
Over/Under 72.5

What I think tends to be forgotten in this one is that these two defenses were pretty darn good. Most get caught up in the 57 points that the Aggies allowed to the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and forget that when push comes to shove, the unit still ended up allowing just 389.3 yards and 22.5 points per game, numbers that were both respectable, especially by SEC West standards. The LSU Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide both scored just 24 against this defense, and that certainly isn’t half bad when you really think about it. Oklahoma’s defense did have a few suspect games there in the middle of the Big XII campaign, but again, in the end, 378.8 yards and 24.2 points per game isn’t terrible, especially when you consider the fact that this was one of the toughest schedules in America this year.

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So I implore you to forget about the fact that QB Landry Jones might be an NFL quarterback and forget about the fact that Johnny Football won the Heisman. Oh, both of them will get their moments. It’s not like I’m saying that this will be a 14-10 game by any stretch of the imagination. It doesn’t have to be, though. Even getting both of these teams in the low-30s doesn’t ultimately get this one to the ‘total’, nor does it really come all that close, and that’s precisely what I think we’re going to ultimately see in the Cotton Bowl when push comes to shove.

Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma Picks & Tips: Under 72.5

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January 4th, 2013 By Andrew Ryan

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To beat the Cotton Bowl odds, you have to put a heck of a lot of work into the game. Our college football expert handicappers have done just that here at Cappers Info, and we think that we have the winning edge for the clash between the Texas A&M Aggies vs. Oklahoma Sooners.

Cotton Bowl Picks: Texas A&M Aggies vs. Oklahoma Sooners
Date: Friday, January 4th, 8:00 ET
Location: Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas, TX
Cotton Bowl Betting Odds: Texas A&M -3
Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma Live TV Coverage: FOX

It’s funny what happens when you move to the SEC. The Aggies would have never, ever been favored in this game last year in the Big XII had they met with Oklahoma, but now that these two teams are in a bowl game together and A&M has an upset over the team that almost seems destined to win the BCS National Championship, the Alabama Crimson Tide. Of course, it also helps that redshirt freshman QB Johnny Manziel now has the Heisman Trophy to his credit as well after what clearly amounts to the best year that an Aggie has ever had in the history of this program. That doesn’t change what this ultimately is though, and that’s a game between two teams that are truly awfully similar to one another.

Head Coach Bob Stoops hasn’t always been the best bowl game planner in the world, but historically, Head Coach Kevin Sumlin and his crazy offense have gotten figured out in bowl games in the past when teams have had a few weeks or more to try to look over what he is bringing to the table. Granted, we do recognize that it is tough to ignore Manziel and the fact that there is just no way to simulate what he offers to the game. QB Blake Bell is probably the best comparison that Oklahoma has in practice, but even that isn’t truly suitable, because Bell, though a great power back, can’t really throw the ball that well. That’s what really makes Manziel dangerous when push comes to shove.

We still can’t ignore the fact that Oklahoma did go 10-2 this year, and the only trips came against a Kansas State team that was one bad game away from playing for the BCS National Championship, and a Notre Dame team that is playing for all of the marbles. There is a lot of hype that has been made out of A&M this year, but this is the same team that allowed 29 points to Missouri, 28 points to Samford, 21 points to Auburn, and most notably, 57 points to Louisiana Tech. The defense just isn’t all that great for the Aggies, and we think that that is what is going to ultimately come back to bite them in the Cotton Bowl.

Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma Pick: Oklahoma Sooners +3
Cotton Bowl Score Prediction: Oklahoma 38 – Texas A&M 30

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