Handicapper Profile

#911 Houston Astros with Cole moneyline -160 (4:08 edt) Fox Sports One

Have to love Cole here since he has been lights out in the playoffs so far and he will be rested and ready for game 3 here.  Severino goes for the Yankees and he has had very limited action this season so not sure he is going to be ready for this big moment here and doubtful he will go very far in this game going quickly to the bullpen.  Edge to the Astros bats there.  Play Houston on Tuesday with Anthony. 

#276 Green Bay Packers -4.5 (8:20 edt) ESPN

This is a very bad spot for the Lions since they will be facing a Green Bay team that is playing very solid defense and a Green Bay team that will be focused on some revenge for 4 straight losses to Detroit.  Rodgers has been spectacular at home in division games in his career and he has been dynamite with revenge.  Look for the bye week and now playing on Monday to have the Lions a bit out of sync at the start setting them up to get behind early in this one - not a good place to be with Rodgers on the other side.  Lay it with Green Bay here.

#274 Los Angeles Chargers -6.5 (8:20 edt) NBC

This is going to be a mad as hell Chargers team here for the way they lost last week at home to division rival Denver.  Contrast that with Pittsburgh who is coming off of a gut-wrenching OT loss at home to a division rival.  Their (backup) QB got knocked out and now they have to travel all the way to the west coast for the game before their bye week.  Don't see the Steelers being very ready to play here.  Throw out the recent trends since without Big Ben they won't apply and look for the Chargers to take more motivation when they see their home stadium being more than 50% Pittsburgh fans.  Lay it with Los Angeles here.

#179 Florida Gators +12 (8:00 edt) ESPN

Have to love the Gators getting double digits here since they proved their meddle with a huge home win over Auburn last week and they have revenge here from a loss last season to LSU.  The Gators have covered 5 of their last 6 with conference revenge and they have a very strong defense.  Yes - the Tigers offense is amazing but this is the stiffest defense they have faced all season, look for LSU to be surprised by that struggle and not cover this game. 

#109 Virginia Cavaliers +2 (8:00 edt) ESPN

Love Virginia here since they have dominated this series cashing in 5 of the last 6 meetings and covering their last 4 visits to Miami.  The Cavs are 4-1 SU on the season with their only SU loss coming 2 weeks ago at Notre Dame and they have had an extra week to prepare.  Miami has 2 SU wins on the season - against Bethune-Cookman and Central Michigan.  Not exactly the world's toughest competition.  Miami is playing very inconsistently against a Virginia team that has dominated them and will be motivated with an extra week of rest.  Tell me again why they are favored???  Take Virginia here.

#104 4* New England Patriots -16.5 (8:20 edt) FOX 

Do you want to step in front of the Patriots right now???  I certainly do not and now they get to take their record-setting defense up against a rookie QB on a very short week of preparation.  That spells trouble for Danny Dimes and the Giants here.  New England is 26-11-3 ATS as a home favorites while the G-Men are just 2-10 ATS on the road against an opponent off of 2 straight SU wins.  The Giants look to be in a world of trouble here and you know coach Bill will not let up on the gas pedal until the lead is much bigger than this number.  Lay it with New England here.

#102 UL - Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns -1.5 (8:00 edt) ESPN2

#914 Atlanta Braves with Foltynewicz moneyline -110 (5:07 edt) TBS

Simply have to love the home team here since the Braves were very strong all season long at home and Foltynewicz was outstanding in his previous playoff start against the Cardinals.  Flaherty goes for the Cardinals and he is very good but the Braves were able to get to him enough for a win in his previous playoff start and have to think they can do that again - especially at home.  Take the Braves here at this roughly pick'em price.

#478 San Francisco 49ers -3.5 (8:20 edt) ESPN

Look for a very ready 49ers team here as they enter this one off of their bye week so they will be rested and have had an extra week to get ready for this game and they have had an extra week to hear all the praise being heaped on the Browns by the media talking heads.  Anyone talking about the 3-0 49ers???  Not really.  That will have 'Frisco amped up for this one.   San Fran has traditionally been strong on Monday night going 41-14-1 ATS in their Monday night history.  Cleveland is playing their second consecutive road game and this is a long road trip for them - not sure this team can overcome that for a good game here.  Lay it with San Francisco.

#475 Indianapolis Colts +10 (8:20 edt) NBC

Have to love the points here with the Colts since Indy has looked very good this year despite the loss of QB Luck just before the season.  Indy has covered 7 of their last 9 games against Kansas City and the Colts will be quick to review the film of the Chiefs last game to see how the Lions kept Mahommes from throwing a TD pass.  Double digit Sunday night home favorites have been lousy ATS and have to think the line is getting raised too much at this point on the Chiefs since they keep on winning.  Take the double digits here with Indy to watch and win with Anthony.