The pros at FiveStarPick.com continued their winning streak against the spread last night by giving our members South Carolina +5.  You got to love a home dog in the SEC on a Thursday Night.  Today we will be giving our members the against the spread winner of Missouri/Nevada.  Las Vegas sportsbooks list the Tigers as 7-point road favorites with a total of 60. 

Many experts thought Nevada would be a buster for many teams this year, but watching pre-season film on how to defend the Wolfpack’s patented ‘Pistol’ offense has paid off so far for Nevada’s opponents.  Notre Dame certainly had the Wolf Pack’s style figured out when they crushed them 35-0 as a 14-point home favorite.

After the Notre Dame shalacking, Nevada went to Ft. Collins and lost 35-20 to Colorado St. as a 3.5-point road favorite.  The Wolf Pack had five turnovers in the game which greatly contibuted to their demise.

Nevada’s star running back, Taua, hasn’t been the issue.  He’s averaging 6.5 yards per carry (32 carries, 209 rushing yards).   The big problem problem so far has been Kaepernick, who had an outstanding 22/7 touchdown-interception ratio in ’08.  This year he has been intercepted four times already and has just one TD pass in his last two outings.

Gary Pinkel’s Missouri team, on the other hand, was dismissed by every touter in the business due to the loss of key playmakers like Chase Daniel, Jeremy Maclin, Chase Coffman and William Moore.  But the Tigers look like Big 12 contenders so far through three games going 3-0 SU and 1-1 against the spread.  Missouri dominated Illinois in their season opener, 37-9, as a seven-point dog.  The Tigers paid off money-line backers with a +240 payout.

After the opener, Missouri had somewhat of a letdown, finally rallying past Bowling Green for a 27-20 home win. The Tigers failed to cover the 18-point spread as home favorites against the Falcons. Last week they disposed of Furman early and often in a 52-12 victory in a non-lined matchup.

With both teams playing on a short week of preparation, the visiting team is usually at a disadvantage since it has to travel.  However, Pinkel and his Missouri Tigers have refuted any such notion this week.

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The pros at FiveStarPick.com will be giving our members the winner of tonight’s ESPN College Football game between the Rebels of Ole Miss and the South Carolina Gamecocks.  Las Vegas sportsbooks list the Rebels as 5-point road favorites with a total of 53.

The Rebels are currently sitting at No. 4 in the Associated Press poll and they have won eight straight, the second-longest current streak in the country. In addition, Ole Miss looked strong in the Cotton Bowl dropping the Red Raiders of Texas Tech 47-34, but the team hasn’t had to face a quality opponent in 2009, with easy wins over Memphis and Southeastern Louisiana. 

Coach Steve Spurrier and the Gamecocks, on the other hand, kicked off the Thursday night season with a pillow fight at N.C. State.  South Carolina won that game 7-3.  But one week later the Gamecocks made up for the borefest at Georgia for their SEC opener; a game Spurries team would eventually lose, 41-37, in a wild one.  After beating Florida Atlantic last weekend, South Carolina is sitting at 2-1 and a win over Ole Miss would set them up nicely for the rest of their schedule.

Gamecock sophomore quarterback Stephen Garcia has certainly done a much better job taking care of the ball to start this season and had a 313 yard, two-touchdown performance against Georgia.  On the other side of the ball, signal caller Jevan Snead was probably the single biggest reason the Rebels received a Top 10 preseason ranking.

On defense for the Gamecocks senior LB Eric Norwood is beyond happy to know that his defensive line will get DT Ladi Ajiboye (suspension) and Nathan Pepper (knee) back for this game. It will be the closest to full strength that this unit has been all season and that could be bad news for Mississippi, especially when you consider this program hasn’t won a SEC opener in five years, with the last two losses coming at the hands of Vanderbilt.  Snead will definitely have to be on top of his game in hostile territory for the Rebels to break that streak and a win would give Ole Miss a 3-0 start for the first time in 20 years.

This line opened with Ole Miss being favored by three points and has since jumped to five. Both teams are currently undefeated against the spread although South Carolina looks much more impressive at 3-0 ATS than does Ole Miss who has only played in one lined game.

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