Sensational sports handicapper Matt Rivers continues to hurt the sportsbooks. Tonight he has a free pick on Rhode Island minus the points. They are laying four-points at LaSalle.
Here is why:
It's not going to be fruitful in the long run to play a lot of road favorites but in this fairly small play I'll take my chances with the red hot and legitimately very good Rhode Island Rams today.
LaSalle is very average and at home I guess could put up some resistance in this spot but Keith Cothran, Delroy James and today's visitors are really good right now. URI has won at both Dayton and Boston College and are a team that will be at the very worst on the bubble this season.
LaSalle's Rodney Green will get his as he always seems to do but John Giannini's Explorers have lost seven of their last 11 games and are pretty much toiling in mediocrity at 11-10 overall and 3-4 in the A-10. They just played a pretty spirited game in a cover at Temple but also spent a lot of energy in that thing which came after a dreadful performance at Fordham in a game that the Rams almost lost on the road to the terrible other Rams in Fordham.
The Explorers are just not very good and not very consistent. If they bring their A-Game they can stay in this thing, as they are at home, but that's only if Rhode Island does not come all guns a blazing and that is the best case scenario for the home squad here.
The Rams have not yet cracked that top 25 but they are only a win or two max away from doing so. Coming to play should not be a problem for Jim Baron's boys and in the end I expect a 6-8 point URI victory.
Free pick: Rhode Island at Bodog
