MIDWEEK "Just So YOU Know"

• Forget home underdogs. Road favorites are the best pick in college football.  Road favorites went 12-4-1 ATS last week. For the season, road favorites are 72-58-2 ATS. For those of you who play big cards, it’s a good idea to include a handful of road favorites, because you’ll be picking from bigger pool of winners.

• Since 2000, Iowa is 27-12-1 ATS after a straight-up loss. 

• Overs continue to sizzle, hitting at a 57.81 percent clip this season.  Overs cashed in 32 of last week’s 52 games.

• Florida State at North Carolina State - The Seminoles opened as 3-point favorites but now sit as 3.5 or 4-point             favorites. The total is at 58 points, two points up from the open. 

• Texas Rangers at San Francisco Giants – 30 percent chance of evening showers with winds blowing at 10 mph to left field.

• Florida State at North Carolina State – 11 mph winds blowing across the field with a 30 percent chance of showers. 

• Florida State Seminoles are 0-8-1 ATS in their last nine meetings with North Carolina State.

• San Francisco Giants were 11-1 in their last 12 meetings with Texas heading into Game 1 of the World Series.

• Boston Bruins are 9-2 in their last 11 meetings with Toronto.

• Nashville Predators are 28-9 in their last 37 matchups with the St. Louis Blues

• 4 – number of teams that have lost Game 1 in the last 22 Fall Classics but rebounded to win the World Series.