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January 6th, 2013 By Andrew Ryan
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The Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks are going to square off in a Monday night NBA betting affair on January 7th. Join us here at Cappers Info, as we make our predictions for basketball for what should be a great game on Monday.

NBA Predictions: Boston Celtics @ New York Knicks
Date: Monday, January 7th, 7:30 ET
Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
NBA Betting Odds: New York -7
Celtics vs. Knicks NBA TV Schedule: Local TV

With two wins and covers in a row and four covers out of five games played here at the Garden, the Celtics have to be full of confidence coming into Monday night. They are playing a lot better basketball at this point now that G Avery Bradley is back in the lineup and the team feels whole, as the defense really looks to be stifling. The C’s have allowed just 156 total points in two games to the Indiana Pacers and Atlanta Hawks in consecutive games. The Knicks meanwhile, just got F Carmelo Anthony’s second 40+ point game in his last three outings to help beat the Orlando Magic 114-106 over the weekend. They’re laying a touchdown in this game in spite of the fact that this series has been remarkably close over the course of the last several meetings. Just last year, the four games, all of which were won by the home team, but only two of which were covered by the hosts, featured margins of victory of eight points or fewer, and the average margin of victory was just 4.0 points per game. It doesn’t get a heck of a lot tighter than this series, and that should hold true once again on Monday in the Big Apple.

Celtics @ Knicks NBA Pick: Boston Celtics +7
Celtics @ Knicks Score Prediction: Knicks 98 – Celtics 96

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January 6th, 2013 By Andrew Ryan
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Our official Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. Cincinnati Bearcats 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: Notre Dame Fighting Irish @ Cincinnati Bearcats
Date: Monday, January 7th, 6:30 ET
Location: Fifth Third Arena, Cincinnati, OH
Notre Dame vs. Cincinnati Live TV: ESPN2

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Two vastly overrated offensive teams are going to do battle tonight in the Queen City, and the end result probably won’t see either team beyond the mid-60s in all likelihood. The Fighting Irish are averaging 77.6 points per game this year, but they haven’t left the Joyce Center, save for a couple of neutral site games yet. This is their first test on the road, and it comes on a night where their football team is playing for the BCS National Championship, the biggest prize in collegiate sports. Meanwhile, the Bearcats have been fine defensively, but their offense has crashed back to earth over the course of the last few weeks. They only scored 52 in a loss to St. John’s, and they only put up 54 in a loss to New Mexico. In fact, the Bearcats haven’t scored more than 70 points in a game since December 15th. That’s why they’re just 2-6 for ‘over’ bettors on the year. Now factor in Cincinnati’s 20-8 record for ‘under’ bettors in its last 28 home games, and Notre Dame’s even more impressive 20-7-1 mark for ‘under’ bettors in its last 28 road games, then toss in the fact that three of the last four in the regular season in this series have failed to reach the ‘total’ as well, and the makings are ripe for a game in the 120s, not the 130s or more.

Notre Dame vs. Cincinnati Pick: Under 135
Notre Dame vs. Cincinnati Prediction: Cincinnati 65 – Notre Dame 58

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January 6th, 2013 By Jack Wilshire

BovadaThe Kent State Golden Flashes and the Arkansas State Red Wolves are set to kick off the 2013 GoDaddy.com Bowl on Wednesday 1/6, and I’m set to make my GoDaddy.com Bowl pick for the affair at Ladd Peebles Stadium in Mobile, AL. Kickoff is set for 9:00 ET, and I’ve got the perfect NCAA football pick for the GoDaddy.com Bowl.

2013 GoDaddy.com Bowl
Kent State Golden Flashes (11-2, 10-2-1 ATS) +3.5
Arkansas State Red Wolves (9-3, 8-4 ATS) -3.5
Over/Under 63

On the eve of the BCS National Championship Game, I really think that there could be a tremendously disappointing game for those that are hoping to see a bunch of points scored. In fact, over 60% of the public has played the ‘over, yet the number just isn’t really moving when push comes to shove. There’s a heck of a reason. Many are paying too many attention to the fact that Kent State played eight of its 12 games beyond the ‘total’ this year and really aren’t paying enough attention to the rest of the intangibles of this game.

The Flashes are going to keep this ball on the ground for the full 60 minutes, knowing that RB Dri Archer and RB Trayion Archer will touch the ball a ton. Kent State only scored 13 points in its first three quarters against Northern Illinois in the MAC Championship Game, and though it did score at least 28 points in all but one of its games this year, it is going to be playing against an Arkansas State team that does have a somewhat respectable defense. Motivation might also be a key for the Flashes, who would have been playing in the BCS had they beaten the Huskies in Detroit. Yes, they have had a long time to get over it, and they have to be motivated to win a bowl game for the first time in school history, but if that level of disappointment comes into the game at all, there is a good chance that the offense could get shut down.

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There’s also something to be said about the fact that Head Coach Gus Malzahn has skipped town and has gone back to Auburn, where he was before coming to Jonesboro. Malzahn really recreated this offense, and though there were times this year that it really looked a brand new offense, at the end of the year, there were at least 34 points scored in seven straight games. With Malzahn gone though, who is going to direct this offense? QB Ryan Aplin is great by Sun Belt standards, but he is going against an underrated defense that really has a chance to shine.

Kent State vs. Arkansas State Picks & Tips: Under 63

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January 6th, 2013 By Andrew Ryan

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The GoDaddy.com Bowl is one of the great games of the season on the 2013 bowl schedule, and today, we are making our Kent State vs. Arkansas State picks and predictions and trying to beat the GoDaddy.com Bowl odds here at Cappers Info.

GoDaddy.com Bowl Picks: Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Arkansas State Red Wolves
Date: Sunday, January 6th, 9:00 ET
Location: Ladd Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL
GoDaddy.com Bowl Betting Odds: Arkansas State -3.5
Kent State vs. Arkansas State Live TV Coverage: ESPN

It seems a little odd that Kent State, an 11-2 team, is an underdog against an Arkansas State team that has lost its head coach, Gus Malzahn, and isn’t necessarily as good as it was last year when it lost to the Northern Illinois Huskies in this very same bowl game. In fact, we’re absolutely not buying it, and we want the points on our side when push comes to shove with a team that we think is tremendously underrated.

The MAC really hasn’t represented itself all that well here in the second season, knowing that it was blown away in the Idaho Potato Bowl, the Beef O’Brady’s Bowl, the Military Bowl, and most importantly, the Orange Bowl, and the only games that it won were both against Sun Belt teams. That being said, remember that the Sun Belt hasn’t exactly done all that well either, most notably in those two games against the Ohio Bobcats and the Central Michigan Chippewas, who were arguably the last two teams to make it into the bowl season this year.

In the end, we’re wondering whether an Arkansas State defense that was suspect at times this year is going to be able to stop this potent rushing attack that Kent State brings to the table. RB Trayion Durham and RB Dri Archer combined for 2,600 rushing yards and 29 TDs this year, and Archer was also the leading receiver on the team with 35 catches, 539 yards, and four scores. QB Ryan Aplin has been great for the Red Wolves over the course of the last few years, and it would be fitting for him to be able to lead the team to a bowl victory. However, this has been a truly magical year for the Golden Flashes, and the only way that they can end this one is with their very first ever bowl win. Don’t be surprised if they get it at the expenses of Arky State.

Kent State vs. Arkansas State Pick: Kent State Golden Flashes +3.5
GoDaddy.com Bowl Score Prediction: Kent State 30 – Arkansas State 20

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January 6th, 2013 By Andrew Ryan

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The Seattle Seahawks and the Washington Redskins are going to square off on the NFL Playoffs odds and betting lines. Join us here at Cappers Info, as we make our Seahawks @ Redskins picks & predictions for football for what should be a great game on Sunday.

NFL Playoffs Picks: Seattle Seahawks at Washington Redskins
Date: Sunday, January 6th, 4:30 ET
Location: FedEx Field, Washington DC
NFL Playoffs Betting Odds: Seattle-3
Seattle vs. Washington Live TV: FOX

What a strange set of NFL betting lines we have here to work with! One would think that a Washington team that has won seven games in a row to win the NFC East would be the favored side over a Seattle team that has to travel across the country to get to this game. However, the oddsmakers have different plans, and in an odd turn of events, it is the Seahawks that are getting the nod, and a decent percentage of the betting action as well by the general public.

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There is no doubt that the ground game is going to be the key for both of these teams, and whichever one can get more productivity from it will probably ultimately win. However, it is really difficult to decipher whether either of these teams truly have an advantage in this category or not. The Seahawks rank third in the league in rushing and are going up against the game’s fifth ranked rush defense. The Redskins rank first in the league in rushing at nearly 170 yards per game on the ground and are going against the No. 1 scoring defense in the league. When push comes to shove, we think that we would rather have RB Marshawn Lynch as the tailback, knowing that he rushed for 1,590 yards and 12 TDs this year and has the experience of playing in the biggest playoff games in his career. But, given our choice, we’d probably take QB Robert Griffin III as the quarterback and the rusher of the two, though QB Russell Wilson did set the rookie record for the most passing touchdowns in a season with 26.

Here’s the tiebreaker to us, though. We think that the Seahawks have legitimately been doing this with a strong team, and that strength on defense is only going to be getting better from where it was the last four weeks now that DB Brandon Browner is going to be back in the lineup after his four-game suspension. We really question though, whether Washington has been doing this on smoke and mirrors or not. The team still doesn’t have LB Brian Orakpo and DE Adam Carriker, and there are a total of seven starters that are already on injured reserve or are guaranteed to be out of the lineup due to suspension. That’s just too many to overcome this deep into the season. Magic can take a team so far, but in the end, there really is just no reason not to think that the Seahawks can’t come all the way to the East Coast and log a victory.

Seattle vs. Washington Pick: Seattle Seahawks -3
Seahawks @ Redskins Score Prediction: Seattle 24 – Washington 17

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January 6th, 2013 By Jack Wilshire

I’ve been studying the ‘total’ for the NFL Playoffs odds for quite some time, and I’m ready to make my Wild Card picks for the clash between the Baltimore Ravens and the Indianapolis Colts. The Indianapolis vs. Baltimore kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. ET at M&T Bank Stadium, and I’m going to show you which way to bet on the NFL playoffs to make your NFL pick on for this great game.

Wild Card Playoff Picks
Indianapolis Colts (11-5, 11-5 ATS) +7
Baltimore Ravens (10-6, 6-9-1 ATS) -7
Over/Under 47

The ‘over’ has been getting a lot of play from the so called “NFL handicapping experts” in this one, and I tend to agree that the sharper of the two sides is banking on a number of points to be scored. Yes, I know all about LB Ray Lewis and the fact that this is going to be the last game he ever plays at home, if not the last game of his career, but the truth of the matter is that he is a heck of a lot more of an emotional leader at this point than he is a fantastic linebacker, and he is playing for the first time in almost three months after tearing a bicep muscle. It wasn’t a mistake that this club ranked 17th in the game in total defense this year, a far cry from the normal numbers that we’re used to seeing from the men in black and purple.

Remember that the offense for Baltimore is also better this year to boot. The team averaged 24.9 points per game this year thanks to nearly 4,000 passing yards by QB Joe Flacco. The team struggled some down the stretch, but this is an Indy defense that is coming to town that has already allowed 29.1 points per game on the road this year. Keep a close eye on RB Ray Rice as well. Rice didn’t even have 1,200 rushing yards for the season, but he still has the potential to do a tremendous number against this Indianapolis rush defense, which allowed 137.5 rushing yards per game and just gave up over 300 yards on the ground to the Kansas City Chiefs.

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The Colts are going to throw the ball all over the place on a secondary that really hasn’t been as good ever since DB LaDarius Webb has been knocked out for the season. QB Andrew Luck broke the record for the most passing yards in a season for a rookie with 4,374. He did throw 18 picks, but he also put the ball in the air 627 times to boot. Luck has shown the ability to hit the big time play, most notably to WR T.Y. Hilton, who had over 1,300 all-purpose yards this year. Indy did only average 22.3 points per game this year, but over the course of the last nine games of the year, that scoring average has been 24.6 points per game, which is a lot more along the lines of what I’m expecting to see when this one is said and done with.

Indianapolis vs. Baltimore Picks & Tips: Over 47

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January 6th, 2013 By Jack Wilshire

The NFL playoff schedule is out for this week, and today, I’m set to make my NFL playoffs pointspread picks for the ‘total’ in this crucial clash. The Seattle Seahawks and the Washington Redskins are going to do battle at FedEx Field in Washington DC. Join me for my Wild Card playoffs tips for this 4:30 p.m. ET kickoff that can be seen on FOX.

It’s strength vs. strength here in the final playoff game, as one of these two teams will be the eighth and final team into the second round of the playoffs for next week. There’s just a ton of intrigue around this game from so many standpoints. There are a pair of rookie quarterbacks making their debut on the biggest stage of football, there are two great running games, one fantastic secondary, and one team that has a remarkable front seven. And, we have something that we don’t see all that often in the playoffs, and that’s a road team that is favored by a field goal over a home team. What makes that even weirder? Seattle has to travel hours and hours clear across the country just to get to this one.

Wild Card Playoff Picks
Seattle Seahawks (11-5, 11-5 ATS) -3
Washington Redskins (10-6, 11-5 ATS) +3
Over/Under 46.5

In the end though, I think that it’s easy to say that this one is going to end up sailing beneath the ‘total’. Asking for 47 points in any playoff game is tough, but doing so with a pair of rookie quarterbacks, no matter how good those two rookies turned out to be this year, is a ton. Yes, I know that the Seattle offense has averaged 42.5 points per game in its last five and that the Washington offense ranked fourth in the league this year in total scoring thanks to the fact that it scored at least 27 points in its last four and six of its last seven games of the regular season. That’s no big surprise to me whatsoever.

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What does this one for me is the fact that both of these teams are going to try to run the ball at one another time and time again. RB Alfred Morris is going to be running into the teeth of one of the most ferocious defenses that the NFL has to offer, one that has allowed 17 points or fewer in five straight games. RB Marshawn Lynch always has the ability to go all Beast Mode on me to ruin things, but the Redskins, for all of their flaws, still rank fifth in the game against the rush this year. If that’s the case, can either of these quarterbacks really get the job done? They’re both going to have to if there are going to be at least 47 points put on the board in this game. Go with the ‘under’.

Seattle vs. Washington Picks & Tips: Under 46.5

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January 6th, 2013 By Andrew Ryan

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The 2013 NFL playoffs schedule is back, and here at Cappers Info, we’ll be looking at some of the best games on the docket each and every week, as we try to make the most money possible off of the Wild Card odds for the NFL. Join us on Sunday, as we make our Indianapolis Colts @ Baltimore Ravens free picks and predictions for what should be a great clash on the gridiron.

Wild Card NFL Picks: Indianapolis Colts @ Baltimore Ravens
Date: Sunday, January 6th, 1:00 ET
Location: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, MD
Colts @ Ravens Odds: Baltimore -7
Colts @ Ravens On TV: CBS

Emotion is going to be a big time factor in this game on both sides, but as gamblers, we are going to have to put all of this aside. There is definitely going to be some added spunk for the Baltimore defense with LB Ray Lewis playing his final home game, and potentially his final game ever is quite the story for a man that has been the face of this franchise for over a decade and a half. But on the other side, this is the start of a new dynasty of Indianapolis football. QB Andrew Luck is one of the six key rookies on this totally revamped offense. It’s also the return of Head Coach Chuck Pagano to Baltimore, where he was a defensive coach for four seasons before taking over as the man in charge of the Colts. Of course, it’s also just the second game back in the saddle for Pagano after his three-month battle with leukemia that kept him away from the team.

The Ravens are certainly an underachieving team this year, having gone just 10-6 a year off of a trip to the AFC Championship Game. QB Joe Flacco had a nice season, throwing for nearly 4,000 yards, but he still has a heck of a challenge to win over the fans in Baltimore. For as great as this offense was at times, there were some games in which this club really slacked in a big time way. RB Ray Rice didn’t rush for even 1,200 yards this year either, and WR Torrey Smith and WR Anquan Boldin both felt like they were off from what their potential was, especially with the way that Flacco played at times.

But can an Indianapolis team that was gashed at times on the ground really keep up with the mighty Ravens who have such a great playoff history? This game reminds us of a game that Baltimore played a few years ago versus the New England Patriots in Foxboro. The Ravens came away victorious in that one, and it really started this run of good fortunate in the playoffs over the course of the last several seasons. Luck is a star in the making, and we think that he has the better team in this game. The offense has shown that it can be explosive, and it is only a few plays away from pulling off this upset and getting into the second round of the playoffs. If there is a big upset in the cards this weekend, this is the game for that to happen.

Indianapolis at Baltimore Pick: Indianapolis Colts +7
Colts @ Ravens Score Prediction: Indianapolis 23 – Baltimore 20

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January 6th, 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 Sunday night. The Kansas Jayhawks and Temple Owls will have it in a nationally televised game, which can be seen on the college basketball TV schedule on CBS.

Free College Hoops Picks: Temple Owls @ Kansas Jayhawks
Date: Sunday, January 6th, 4:30 ET
Location: Phog Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, KS
Temple vs. Kansas Live TV: CBS

Temple and Kansas both already have double digits worth of wins this year, but there is a real difference between these two clubs. The Owls have only tripped twice this season, once which was totally inexcusable against the Canisius Golden Griffins, and one of which was a very excusable blowout loss against the Duke Blue Devils. Kansas was only beaten by the Michigan State Spartans, and since that point, it has gone 10-0 SU and 6-3 ATS. That being said, this is a whole heck of a lot of points to be giving a team that does have the potential to pull off a real upset. Remember what happened to the Syracuse Orange when these teams met just before Christmas? The Owls came away with an 83-79 victory. That being said, we really don’t think that this is going to be the exact same result, but this is a stingy team that has the ability to hang around with many of the best teams in the land. We expect to see this be a game that sticks within double digits.

Temple vs. Kansas Pick: Temple Owls +14.5
Temple vs. Kansas Prediction: Kansas 71 – Temple 64

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January 6th, 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 Denver Nuggets @ Los Angeles Lakers picks and predictions for what should be a great clash on Sunday night at Staples Center.

Free NBA Picks: Denver Nuggets @ Los Angeles Lakers
Date: Sunday, January 6th, 9:30 ET
Location: Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
NBA Betting Odds: Los Angeles -3
Nuggets @ Lakers On TV Live: Local TV

The Nuggets and the Lakers played a ridiculously high scoring game the day after Christmas, as these two teams combined for 240 points. The truth of the matter though, is that the oddsmakers are probably going to overreact to the situation and put some insane 215+ number on the board. Denver has been all over the place offensively, scoring 126 against LA, 106 against Dallas, and 110 against Utah just in its last six games, but the other three games in that stretch featured 97 against the Timberwolves, 92 against the Clippers, and 71 against the Grizzlies. The Lakers have put up between 99 and 104 points in their last three, and there is no reason to think that they are going to really do all that much better than this in this one. Yes, the ‘over’ is 4-1 in the last five meetings in this series, but if you dig deeper into the long term trends in this series, you’ll see that the ‘under’ is 18-8 in the last 26 meetings between these two clubs when playing at Staples Center. Look for this one to struggle to get much beyond 200 points.

Nuggets @ Lakers Pick: Under
Nuggets @ Lakers Final Score Prediction: Lakers 102 – Nuggets 97

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