TOM STRYKER’S FREE FOOTBALL SELECTION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH
#118 MEMPHIS (-8) over Rice at 9 PM EST
Off the eight-point straight up loss at UTSA and a string of three pointspread blemishes, Memphis will have no trouble extending the margin against visiting Rice on Friday evening. The Owls enter this AAC battle off a massive home upset win over the Midshipmen (+13 won outright 24-10) and interim head coach Pete Alamar and his troops will get pounded here.
Holding a powerful 46-8 SU and 24-22 ATS record, the Tigers have been solid in their own backyard lately. This mark improves to an elite 12-5 SU and ATS provided their opponent arrives with steam off a SU and ATS victory. Equally impressive, when priced as a favorite of -6.5 or more and arriving without momentum off a straight up loss, head coach Ryan Silverfield and his crew hold a lucrative 16-2 SU and 13-5 ATS mark including a powerful 14-0 SU and 12-2 ATS if their opponent arrives off a conference game.
Kudos to Rice for its upset win over Navy last weekend. However, backing an Owls bunch that holds a timid 32-78 SU and 46-55-3 ATS record in their last 110 games isn’t going to happen anytime soon. In this situation rolling without rest, interim Coach Alamar and his boys fall to a soft 25-61 SU and 36-43-2 ATS. Also, since 1980, college football road teams that won straight up as a home dog priced at +10 or more last hold a dismal 18-102-1 SU and 47-70-2 ATS record provided they are matched up against an opponent that holds a team won/loss percentage of .501 or higher. If they are tackling a foe that owns a team won/loss percentage of .720 or better, this angle crashes to a woeful 7-60 SU and 23-41-1 ATS.
The Tigers were picked to win the AAC in the preseason and sit uncomfortably in third place behind the Midshipmen, Green Wave, and Black Knights. With some work to do in the conference standings, Coach Silverfield will make sure his squad gets the job done here in prime time. Take Memphis. Thanks and best of luck, Tom.
TOM’S 10-1 ATS NCAAB NON-CONFERENCE GAME OF THE WEEK
In this middle off a sizzling 6-0 ATS run and off three solid wins on Cincinnati, ECU, and Montana State yesterday, Stryker is back with one more hardwood honey that will bring home the bacon. Three strong angles back this wager and these gems hold lucrative marks of 10-1 ATS, 46-22 ATS, and 15-3 ATS. Grab Tom’s NCAAB Non-Conference Game of the Week for $30.