[tannguyen94]

Tony Weston
Tony Weston THURSDAY'S PLAYS 25 Dime Stanford
5 Dime Minnesota


Stanford vs. Oklahoma
STANFORD - One of the big surprises out of the Pac 10 the Stanford Cardinal looked good in their biggest games, destroying USC 55-21 as a 10 1/2 point underdog, beating up Pac 10 champion Oregon 51-42 as a 6 1/2 point underdog, then closing the season with a 45-38 victory over Notre Dame.

Now, playing in the Sun Bowl the Cardinal will flirt with the outright victory and definitely cover as about a10-point underdog against Oklahoma.

Coming into this game Stanford has gone 4-1 SU its last 5 games, going 3-2 ATS in that stretch.

Now the Cardinal battle an Oklahoma team that’s covered in just 3 of its last 9 games overall and has gone 1-5 ATS away from home this year.

Also, coming into this game the Sooners have been horrible in the postseason, going just 1-5 ATS their last 6 bowl games and covering in just 1 of their last 6 bowl games in which they were installed as a favorite.

They’ll fail to cover again in this one as the Cardinal flirt with the outright victory.



Iowa State vs. Minnesota
MINNESOTA - Coming into tonight’s Insight.com Bowl, Minnesota has covered in 3 of its last 4 games and is on a 4-1 ATS run when installed as a favorite of between 1/2 and 3 points.

The Gophers have also covered in 4 of their last 5 games when coming off a SU loss.

Iowa State, on the other hand, has covered in just 1 of its last 5 games on Thursday and has failed to cover in 4 straight games when catching between 1/2 and 3 points.

It’ll be another tough one for the Cyclones as Minnesota gets over and covers in this one.

[ex50warrior]

Got busy and saw this too late--thanks though for posting.