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September 6th, 2010 By Andrew "Mr. Multi-Task" Ryan - Cappersinfo Contributor
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Here at Cappers Info, we are taking a weekly look at the teams that could be ones ripe to pull off some major upsets! Check out the potentially ugly dogs that could come up and bite you in the butt in you aren't careful for the second week of college football betting action!

Florida State Seminoles (+300 at Diamond Sportsbook) @ Oklahoma Sooners, Saturday, 3:30 ET: Inevitably, the Seminoles are going to need a Herculean effort just to even remotely stick around with the Sooners this week. However, just as former HC Bobby Bowden had no fear about going on the road and trying to beat any team in the country, new HC Jimbo Fisher is in dire need of a signature win to nail himself down as the true captain of the garnet and gold ship this year. If QB Christian Ponder wants to win the Heisman Trophy this year, he has to outduel fellow Heisman candidate QB Landry Jones. The Oklahoma defense looked mortal last week in a 31-24 win over Utah State. FSU might be able to catch the Sooners napping just a tad and pull a tremendous upset that could ultimately send huge shockwaves through the ACC and the rest of the college football betting world.

UCLA Bruins (+220 at Diamond Sportsbook) vs. Stanford Cardinal, Saturday, 10:30 ET: The Bruins might be a better team than we originally thought at the outset of the season. They didn't play all that poorly against Kansas State last week, and it was amazing that they stuck within nine points in spite of the fact that QB Kevin Prince only completed nine of his 26 passes. Things can only get better offensively from there. The Cardinal beat the snot out of Sacramento State last week, but who cares? It's Sacramento State. The ground game might have produced 213 yards, but no one made it past 57 last week individually. This is going to be the first real challenge for QB Andrew Luck, as the sophomore is going to be flying on the road for the first time without the services of RB Toby Gerhart behind him. This is a very, very interesting proposition for an upset, as the Bruins badly need to win this game and HC Rick Neuheisel knows it.

Michigan Wolverines (+165 at Diamond Sportsbook) @ Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Saturday, 3:30 ET: Last week, we picked against Big Blue and got burned in a bad way. This week, we aren't being as foolish. The Wolverines looked great against a team that we still have a good feeling about in the UConn Huskies. There were no answers for QB Denard Robinson last week for the Huskies, and we tend to think that the Irish aren't going to have much more work. Robinson completed 19-of-22 passes for 186 yards and a TD and rushed for another 197 yards and a TD on 29 carries. HC Rich Rodriguez's defense played fantastic ball as well, holding Connecticut to just ten points and 343 yards. Be very, very careful Notre Dame. The Wolverines might be able to put together a fantastic effort even away from the Big House and pull off the solid upset.

South Florida Bulls (+600 at Diamond Sportsbook) @ Florida Gators, Saturday, 12:20 ET: Could the Gators really be in store for yet another difficult game this week? The Bulls know that they can already go into hostile territory in the Sunshine State and walk away with a victory. Ask the Seminoles all about that from last year. As for Florida, nothing worked offensively in the first week of the post Tim Tebow era, and we don't know if that's really going to change. What we do know is that someone else needs to be snapping the football. Seven times snaps were left on the ground last week against the Miami Redhawks, resulting in two turnovers. South Florida looked good offensively last week in a hefty win over Stony Brook, but we need to remember that this is still just Stony Brook. HC Skip Holtz knows how to pull upsets in the big game, and it isn't going to get much bigger than this. QB BJ Daniels has been here and done this as well. We think that 16.5 points is a slew of points to be giving a team that could be poised to make a great run in the Swamp. Don't be shocked if this one comes down to the wire.

 
August 31st, 2010 By Andrew "Mr. Multi-Task" Ryan - Cappersinfo Contributor
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Here at Cappers Info, we are taking a weekly look at the teams that could be ones ripe to pull off some major upsets! Check out the potentially ugly dogs that could come up and bite you in the butt in you aren't careful for the first week of college football betting action!

Pittsburgh Panthers (+135 at Diamond Sportsbook) @ Utah Utes, Thursday, 8:30 ET: The Panthers are lined at +3 in a rematch of the 2005 Fiesta Bowl in which the Utes beat them down 35-7. With RB Dion Lewis ready to rock and roll, the Panthers could be a scary pick not only to win this game, but to capture the Big East crown and potentially even the BCS National Championship as well. The Utes don't know what is about to hit them in this one. There's more on this game coming later this week…

Toledo Rockets (+500 at Diamond Sportsbook) vs. Arizona Wildcats, Friday, 8:00 ET: QB Austin Dantin is ready to prove himself as a legitimate threat to be one of the best players in the MAC in this, his sophomore season, and there would be no better way to go about that than in the opening game of the year at home against the Cats. This is a long, long road trip for HC Mike Stoops' men, and traveling across the country heading into the Glass Bowl is never a fun task. Though several key pieces are gone from last year's team, this is still an offense that averaged 437.9 yards per game last year, the 13th best mark in the land. Ask Colorado how easy it is for a West Coast school to come over to Toledo and walk out with a win in a nationally televised game… The Buffs were blown out 54-38 here last year. We'll take our chances at +500 that the Rockets can strike twice.

Connecticut Huskies (+130 at Diamond Sportsbook) @ Michigan Wolverines, Saturday, 3:30 ET: Prepare for the Big House to burn! The Huskies are out to make a name for themselves and for the Big East, and they can do so by making Big Blue and their head coach Rich Rodriguez very uncomfortable with the start of their season. It appears as though Rodriguez is going to try to use both QB Tate Forcier and QB Denard Robinson to lead the Wolverines to victory in this one, but he should probably be focused in on trying to stop UConn RB Jordan Todman instead. This is a prospective 1,500+ yard rusher in the making, and Michigan's defense ranked 92nd in the land last year on the ground. Don't be shocked to find the Huskies winning this one and potentially winning it in big, big fashion.

Virginia Tech Hokies (+115 at Diamond Sportsbook) vs. Boise State Broncos, Monday, 8:00 ET: There will be plenty of discussion about this game from now until Monday night when these two behemoths kick it off at FedEx Field, but here at Cappers Info, we are promptly going to call for the upset of the boys from the Smurf Turf. Boise State has had no history whatsoever succeeding when on the East Coast, as their most recent visit against a BCS team here was at Georgia, where the Bulldogs absolutely smacked the Broncos down Between the Hedges. Virginia Tech is a big time defensive team, and with QB Tyrod Taylor playing in his senior season, this would be the biggest triumph in quite a few years for HC Frank Beamer.