1 Unit Play. Take Over 34.5 between Baltimore Ravens @ Carolina Panthers (Saturday @ 8pm est).
I have been tapping the Carolina over for some time dating as far back as last season. This team is 8-2 to the over dating back to last season and the over is 2-0 in the early part of this year's preseason. Carolina comes off back to back losses to the Giants and Dolphins on the road and I suspect they will look to get the home opener on the right foot. Tack that on with the fact the Ravens have had no problem finding offense as they have scored 23 and 24 points thus far this year, I suspect this game has a solid chance of find itself over the posted total. I look for this game to reach at least 37.
Good luck,
IC
4 Unit Play. Take Over 180.5 between the Connecticut Sun @ Phoenix Mercury (Sat @ 10). There is a lot of history between these two teams. For starters, Diana Taurasi always gets up to play the state where she played college ball at. This is part of the reason after the DUI this team won 95-80 in one of the first games back for her after the incident. The Mercury put up 95 on that team earlier this year and certainly have the capacity to put up some points at home. But, what is most interesting about this game is that 70%+ of the public is pounding Phoenix at home and yet the line is going the other way by about half a point to 1 point. This could be due to Conn's revenge factor today and the fact they need this win to keep pace with Atlanta for playoff seeding. Conn also comes off back to back losses so they look to rebound here and the Mercury come off a big win so they could be in for a let down - or at least a slow start to begin the half. Hence, I believe Conn has a good shot of being an 'active dog' as I like to call it and consequently this game is likely to go over. The over is 9-1-1 for the Sun following a loss and the Over is 8-2 for the Mercury in their last 10 Saturday games.
Good luck,
IC
Indian Cowboy 8/29
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