No love for Illinois heading into the weekend? The Illini are coming off a massive upset victory on the road against Penn State while Rutgers is returning from a bye week after four ugly Big Ten games to begin the conference schedule. This has not impacted the odds much as Rutgers currently sits as a 1.5-point favorite against Illinois heading into the game, according to BetOnline. Illinois opened on Sunday as a 2-point favorite but the money being wagered has flipped the line. The Scarlet Knights will be on the road this weekend but are still favorites and can be taken on the money line at -123. Illinois is currently +103 while the total is set at 42 https://www.rskoutlet.com/Tyler_Needham_Jersey-162.There are clear trends on Rutgers this season. After covering the first four games of the season, Rutgers is 0-3 ATS over their last three games. They have also hit four under in seven games, including the last two, because of the inability to score. Rutgers is averaging just 10 points per game in Big Ten play. If they score 10 points against Illinois, it will be another long afternoon for the Scarlet Knights.As for Illinois, it seems as though the oddsmakers and the gamblers are counting on a letdown game after taking down the Nittany Lions https://www.rskoutlet.com/Henry_Hughes_Jr_Jersey-125. It took nine overtimes, in what is a terrible college OT system, for Illinois to convert a two-point conversation to beat Penn State. The defense allowed just 18 points and this is a victory that will make a season.The question is, will Illinois have some juice heading into this game against Rutgers or will they actually letdown on its home field?Illinois has covered three of its last five games with the exception being a 10-point victory over Charlotte as a push as a 24-0 beating at the hands of Wisconsin. On the total, Illinois last six games have gone under and that is a trend to believe in.Neither Illinois or Rutgers has a history of lighting up the scoreboard. Both teams have questions at quarterback but Illinois more so in starter Art Sitkowski now being out for the year. Expect Brandon Peters to start while Noah Vedral is expected to start for Rutgers once again. Both teams struggle offensively and have defenses with the capability of causing havoc. Will it happen? That is yet to be seen but a low-scoring game seems pretty likely.When betting this game, it will be difficult to pick a side. Rutgers cannot be trusted right now and Illinois is coming off a huge victory. If you believe the Illini will take control at home, that is the play. With that being said, the safest bet in this game is the under with how both offenses have been playing.This is a winnable game for both sides and one that neither can afford to lose. Kickoff is set for Noon ET on Saturday on BTN Evan Simon Jersey. More FromOn the Banks Robb Smith reportedly out as defensive coordinator at Rutgers Three paths Greg Schiano could fill defensive coordinator opening with Rutgers postpones CCSU game, cancels Rider due to Covid-19Fran Brown exceeding expectations at Rutgers The potential biggest sleeper of Rutgers 2022 recruiting class Rider at Rutgers Game Preview POSTPONED. Adam Korsak Jersey https://www.rskoutlet.com/Bo_Melton_Jersey-8

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Syracuse Orange men basketball guard Joe Girard didn actualize the expectations he set for himself last season. After a solid freshman campaign in which he earned the starting point guard role https://www.sooutletstore.com/Ifeatu_Melifonwu_Jersey-78, Girard play was volatile as a sophomore.He put together good games early last season, but struggled with his consistency. A bout with COVID-19 last December didn help matters. Then a slump persisted through January and February until he turned things around in the NCAA Tournament.In the time since, Girard has dedicated himself to improvement as he eyes a bounce-back season as a junior. He stayed in Syracuse all summer. He was on campus for both summer sessions and worked on his game every day. When he wasn honing his craft on the hardwood, he and Buddy Boeheim would escape the Melo Center for a round of golf. But he was motivated after last season. had a lot of expectations for myself last year that obviously didn come forward, Girard acknowledged. read everything on the internet. Ie seen all the stuff. It all in the back of my head. It making me grind each and every day here.t media day on Friday, Jim Boeheim made note of Girard improvement in the offseason. Boeheim thinks Girard practices have improved. In a brief anecdote, Girard looked to have regained some his lost bravado in the team scrimmage Friday night Markenzy Pierre Jersey.eople forget he was not a point guard in high school. He played the position for two years. He been better than everybody out there on the internet thinks. The internet haters that want to hate on Joe like they hated on Buddy, Boeheim said.Girard still posted modest numbers in 2020-21. He finished the season averaging 9.8 points, 3.5 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game Syracuse Orange Custom Jersey. His defense and shooting splits of 35.5%/33.3%/78.0% need to improve, but he didn botch the entire season.Still, Girard had a fire lit under him in the offseason. He went back to the well of hard work to find his confidence.ersonally I think Ie taken a big step. I think a lot of it is confidence as well. But that comes within working hard. Ie been in the gym each and every day. Still doing it until this day. Ie worked out with G-Mac a lot. Ie worked out with the coaches a lot. At the same time, I doing stuff on my own which really matters, Girard said.Photo by Rich Barnes/Getty ImagesGirard wants to prove critics wrong. But at the end of the day he more concerned with proving it to himself. For him, it about getting back to basics and returning to the competitive nature that landed him where he is in the first place.t more personal to me. I want to prove all those people wrong on the internet, Girard continued. ut at the same time I want to prove it to myself to say I can do this and I want to do this. There a lot of places that I want to go, a lot of things I want to do. And in order to do that I gotta prove it to myself. think that the biggest thing for me is just being the competitive kid Ie always been, getting that mindset back to where I want to prove everybody wrong like Ie always done.or Syracuse basketball stories and updates, follow NunesMagician and JamesSzuba Men's College Basketball Rick Barnes previews Arizona Connor Williams is the super large college basketball center dropping dimes and stealing hearts How will Syracuse MBB respond from this year COVID pause? Jason Simmons Jersey Courtney Jackson Jersey

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Once a laughingstock, the Oklahoma Sooners now have a defense that probably qualifies as, at minimum, good.Through four games in 2021, OU is allowing 16 points per contest. Even if the unit performance drops the rest of the season, the Sooners will probably cut their average points per game down from the 2020 mark of 21.7. If you want to get more esoteric, OU ranks 25th nationally in Defensive SP+, an opponent-adjusted measure of efficiency. Keep in mind the Sooners ranked 84th in 2018, the season before Alex Grinch took over as defensive coordinator.The Sooners owe much of that overall improvement to a defensive line that has become one of the nation best https://www.osoutletstore.com/Marcus_Hicks_Jersey-129. OU is tied for 13th overall in tackles for loss per game at eight. The DL accounts for 19 of those 32 TFLs 23 of 32 if you count OU RUSH outside linebackers as part of the defensive front.OU last two games have illustrated how teams are building their game plans around neutralizing that havoc-wreaking defensive front.NebraskaThe Sooners have undergone a significant shift in the types of players they recruit on the defensive line and how they develop them in their strength and conditioning program. Pre-Grinch, OU wanted big https://www.osoutletstore.com/Men-3, beefy linemen who could plug two gaps in the trenches. The media guide for 2018, for instance, lists several DLs weighing in the range of 300 to 330 pounds.NU rushing attack didn produce much, however. In raw terms, the Huskers ran for 95 yards on 38 attempts, or 2.5 yards per rush. It looks a little better when you take away five sacks for 28 yards, which works out to 3.7 yards per attempt.West VirginiaThe West Virginia Mountaineers took a different approach last week. Rather than try to push the OU defensive linemen around, WVU coach Neal Brown did his best to avoid challenging them more than necessary.Unlike NU, the Eers skewed heavier to the pass (29 runs to 34 passes). Running back Leddie Brown and wildcat quarterback Garrett Greene combined for 71 yards on 20 carries for an average of 3.6 yards per attempt. WVU enjoyed most of its success on slant routes to Bryce Ford-Wheaton https://www.osoutletstore.com/Caleb_Kelly_Jersey-93, who caught eight passes for 93 yards.In fact, WVU used the same concept repeatedly. Three receivers lined up to the field side of the formation, while Ford-Wheaton lined up to the boundary (image above). On the snap, the WVU RB would run towards the boundary flat, clearing out the WILL inside linebacker. WVU QB Jarret Doege could then fire the ball out immediately to Ford-Wheaton in the vacated space, allowing the burly wideout (6-3, 220) to use his size to get off the line of scrimmage and shield OU cornerback from the ball. (OU radio analyst Teddy Lehman gave a superb explanation of this concept on his podcast this week.)By using plays that called for short drops and quick throws, Brown essentially removed the OU DL from the equation.ConclusionsAlthough NU and WVU went about it differently, the approaches to minimizing the damage caused by OU DL helped produce games that played out in similar ways. For starters, both teams limited the exposure of their QBs to pressure that can lead to turnovers, an area in which the Sooners are starting to excel under Grinch philosophy. They also moved the ball incrementally with multiple drives that lasted at least nine plays. That had the additional benefit of draining the clock and keeping the OU offense on the sidelines. The Sooners got just nine possessions in each game, four fewer than their per-game average in 2020.As a result, the double-digit underdogs both played OU down to the wire. That means the Sooners may see more teams rolling with similar game plans the rest of the way. In fact, keep an eye out for it in OU game this weekend. The opponent, Kansas State, took a Nebraska-like approach to upsetting the Sooners in 2019. https://www.osoutletstore.com/Caleb_Williams_Jersey-103 https://www.osoutletstore.com/Drake_Stoops_Jersey-33

Maryland football was no match for No. 8 Michigan on Saturday. Maryland gave up 24 points in the first half and then 35 in the second to fall 59-18 in College Park, moving it to 5-6 on the season with one game remaining. The Terps have won once in their last seven games. irst off credit to them, theye a top-10 team for a reason, sophomore linebacker Ruben Hyppolite II said. hey have good players on both sides of the ball in all three phases. After losing three straight games since its three-point home win in late October against Indiana, Maryland will now have to rely on a quality season-finale performance when it takes on Rutgers. Rutgers lost to Penn State this week, meaning that it has an identical 5-6 record. One of those programs will become bowl eligible next week with both teams competing for that sixth win. isappointed for our 25 seniors that we honored on today that we weren able to play better for those guys, head coach Michael Locksley said. ut as I told our team we can hang our heads. We got to flush this one pretty quickly because we still have a lot to play for next week going up to New Jersey with the opportunity to win six. Here are the three biggest takeaways from Maryland loss to Michigan on senior day. Maryland abysmal first half sealed the gameMichigan came into Saturday game with the No. 2 scoring offense and No. 2 scoring defense in the Big Ten Dontay Demus Jr. Jersey, making it clear as to why it entered College Park as double-digit favorites. It looked every part of an elite team over the course of the first 30 minutes and Maryland first-half performance ultimately did it in the rest of the way. Michigan absolutely dominated in the first quarter of this one, scoring the opening 14 points of the game. It used a combination of a strong rushing and aerial attack to go up on the Terps early on https://www.mtoutletstore.com/Hunter_Patrick_Jersey-79. Maryland had a decent start to the game, holding the Wolverines to a three-and-out on their first offensive possession, but a missed 48-yard field goal attempt from kicker Joseph Petrino spoiled Maryland good start soon after. The Terps offense was not-so-stellar in the first quarter. Maryland had just 62 total yards on three drives Josh Jackson Jersey. Credit to the Michigan defense, but the same problems on offense drops, missed throws and penalties stunted anything the Terps tried to do offensively as they trailed 14-0 after the first quarter. Then early in the second quarter, Maryland finally had something progressing in Michigan end. However, the Terps typical penalty issues came back to haunt them when it mattered most. Junior quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa marched the offense down to the four-yard line, but a chop block, a false start then an illegal shift pushed Maryland back. It eventually settled for a field goal as the Terps couldn't manage a touchdown after a 17-play, six-and-a-half-minute drive. Failing to convert in the red zone was just one of the issues Maryland had in the first half. With under five minutes left in the second quarter, junior Anthony Pecorella had his punt blocked, placing Michigan in Terps territory. The Wolverines went on to capitalize with another touchdown, extending their advantage to 21-3 before the break. A field goal in the closing moments of the half made it 24-3. Three points from Maryland on offense and 21 points given up on defense, along with a plethora of mistakes, against a top-10 team in the nation in the first half simply just isn good enough to generate an upset. The Terps offense was no match for Michigan defenseIf there was anything to note of in the matchup, it was that Maryland offense was largely ineffective. Michigan allowed just 16.1 points per game coming into the contest and its elite defense continued over 60 minutes of play in College Park. In the first half, where Maryland managed to put up just one field goal on its seven drives. The Terps and Tagovailoa went down the field for 62 yards in the first quarter, while barely upping that in the next frame with just 64 yards. Maryland finished the first half with noticeable drops from the wide receivers corps and four penalties stemming from the offense https://www.mtoutletstore.com/Terrence_Lewis_Jersey-148. Tagovailoa was also bottled up in the passing game as well. The junior finished the first 30 minutes with 87 yards and 11 completions. The rushing game was absent too, as the Terps backs had a mediocre 39 yards. Those struggles crept into the second half as well after Maryland scored three points in the first half. The Terps immediately kicked off the half with a failed fourth-down conversion, which set the tone for the remainder of the game. Maryland did drive down the field over halfway through the third quarter, still only with three points, and senior wide receiver Carlos Carriere came away with a seven-yard touchdown from Tagovailoa to give Maryland 10 points. he goal is to win... cool moment that Il probably look back on it later on down the road, but right now the focus is just getting that sixth win man, Carriere said about scoring a touchdown on senior day. hat really all I want. Tagovailoa added on to the Terps point total off a 17-yard rushing touchdown, though the game was already out of reach at that point. 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Failing to record a win against a ranked team remained true for the program on Saturday afternoon. Going back to those four losses prior to the senior day defeat, Maryland surrendered an average of 25.75 points per game after the opening 30 minutes. The first half saw much more of the same when the Wolverines came to College Park. The Terps scored just three and surrendered 24 first-half points, which was actually the second-lowest point total it allowed a ranked team at halftime this season. Nothing much changed in the second half, with Michigan adding on to its lead early on and then eventually closing out Maryland in the final home game in College Park for the 2021 season. 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When Alabama rebuilt offense takes the field against Florida, they will be facing a defense that also lost starters at all three levels from a 2020 group that wasn good to begin with. Thus far, the results haven been great from a statistical standpoint, though much of the yardage allowed has come with the game no longer in doubt. Their 5.31 yards allowed per play checks in at only #74 in the nation after playing Florida Atlantic and South Florida, the latter of whom was shut out in week one by NC State. The best players on this defense are CB Kamir Elam, nephew of former Florida standout Matt, and Georgia transfer OLB Brenton Cox. Based on his level of confidence, you think that Cox had more than four sacks last season. Brenton Cox: 'We're ready, of course. The big question is are they ready?"Guess we will see how that works out for him.Up front, the Gators fortified their defensive line with two grad transfers, Antonio Valentino from Penn State and Daquan Newkirk from Auburn Deonte Brown Jersey. Both men go over 300 lbs. and will present issues for the interior of the Alabama offensive line. Valentino started in his final year in Happy Valley and earned honorable mention All-Big Ten. The third starter in DC Todd Grantham three-man front is redshirt senior and first year starter Zachary Carter. Carter came to school as a 250 lb. edge rusher but has bulked up to 285. Gervon Dexter, a 303 lb. sophomore, will rotate in. This unit has been formidable against the run in the early going, allowing only 2.6 yards per carry. At linebacker, the Gators were led by their man in the middle, senior Ventrell Miller. Miller is a third year starter who led the team in tackles in 2020, but it was revealed yesterday that he has a torn bicep and will miss the game. Being that he was charged with lining everyone up and doling out assignments, this is a huge loss and something to monitor. In his stead, two players who usually rotate alongside Miller https://www.actoutletstore.com/John_Metchie_Iii_Jersey-46, senior Amari Burney and Auburn high school product Mohamoud Diabite, a junior, will likely share the field. We have seen in years past how critical a loss of leadership on the defense can be.Cox starts at the uck position, which is very similar to Alabama ack, in rotation with Jeremiah Moon and former Alabama commit Khris Bogle. The trio have managed two sacks among them in the opening two games. Florida secondary has been suspect in the first couple of games, though some of that can probably be blamed on a mediocre pass rush. Elam has legitimate first round potential, but there isn an awful lot back there. Both safeties from the 2020 team are gone, which is always a difficult situation to navigate. The Gators have allowed a shade over seven yards per pass attempt, which is flat out terrible considering the level of competition faced. Again, a decent portion of that was surrendered with the games in hand, but it still doesn portend well against an Alabama attack that, for all of the hand wringing following the Mercer outing, showed what it is capable of in week one vs. Miami.While you have to like the matchup of Alabama pass catchers vs. the Florida secondary, life will be difficult if Alabama is unable to get the run game going on early downs. Grantham is known as a blitz-happy riverboat gambler https://www.actoutletstore.com/Mac_Jones_Jersey-13, particularly on third and long, which creates the potential for big plays and turnovers. The Florida front is similar in size and quality to the Miami unit that the Tide saw to open the season. The running backs managed 5.7 yards per carry in that one. If they are able to match that number on Saturday, we may have some smooth sailing ahead. This would be a fine week for the offensive line to come together. https://www.actoutletstore.com/Paul_Tyson_Jersey-131 https://www.actoutletstore.com/Henry_Tootoo_Jersey-156

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