Saturday Godspicks

Saturday, October 07, 2006

 

35-17 FOOTBALL RUN, 2 WISE GUY PLAYS INC TENN-UGA

Joe Duffy’s Godspicks is 13-3 the last 16 football plays including MTSU Friday. Saturday includes two college Wise Guys led by a game many will be watching: Tennessee-Georgia side. We have seven winners in all. Please note our permanent URL is OffshoreInsiders.com  where you get the all of today’s Joe Duffy’s Godspicks for $17.     

CFB

WAKE FOREST +17 Clemson

This is one of the biggest games in Wake Forest history as they would actually be ranked if they can pull of the miracle. We even gave long thought to the moneyline in part because home teams after two straight wins by 17 or more to a team that scored 37 or more points last game are 41-8 SU +41.6. 

Wake also has Clemson’s number at home winning the last two. The Demon Deacons routed Clemson 45-17 in ‘03 and won 31-27 last season when they scored the game-winning touchdown with 33 seconds left. Keep in mind, especially with the new rules cutting down on the number of plays in a game, run oriented huge favorites should be long looks as go against plays. After years in which the Tigers were perceived as a pass-happy bunch, they’re firmly grounded in a rushing offense that makes the faithful recall the 1980s. They’re seventh nationally in rushing yards per game (240.5), and they’re running the ball 61 percent of the time. It’s by far the greatest frequency of coach Tommy Bowden’s eight years on the job.

Clemson is now without their best receiver. Chansi Stuckey has 25 catches. He had 64 receptions as a junior last fall, when he earned All-ACC honors. “When you take that out of your offense ... it’s going to hurt you,” coach Tommy Bowden said. “You lose leadership, you lose productivity.” Clemson will turn to freshman Jacoby Ford as Stuckey’s replacement.