Maryland opens as a pickem

[upperdeck]

Kansas opens at -4 vs CMu
FSU -22 vs clemson

 

[Crusty]

Kansas opens at -4 vs CMu
FSU -22 vs clemson

Guess it depends who plays for CMU.

I like pickem vs MD.

 

[upperdeck]

i wonder if FSU will be -20 or more against the entire ACC now that UL lost.

 

[TheCusian]

Guess it depends who plays for CMU. I like pickem vs MD.

I don't think CMU missing their RB mattered that much. We were living in their backfield.

I think we end up Cuse -3

 

[690West]

couple books already have it at Cuse -1.5

 

[anomander]

I was actually thinking UMD would open as a slight favorite. I think this is a good match up for us.

Early prediction Cuse 24 Maryland 20

 

[Chris02M]

31-17 OTTO

 

[DeGrozz]

Interesting -- Edsall was complaining after their game this week on how terrible it was playing a fast paced team. Hopefully he has trouble with us too.

 

[Chip]

Interesting -- Edsall was complaining after their game this week on how terrible it was playing a fast paced team. Hopefully he has trouble with us too.

There's going to be a lot of room for our WRs to run free. Hope we can take advantage.

This game could be a shootout. I think pick 'em is appropriate. It's a toss up. One that both teams really need to win.

 

[Chris02M]

There's going to be a lot of room for our WRs to run free. Hope we can take advantage.

This game could be a shootout. I think pick 'em is appropriate. It's a toss up. One that both teams really need to win.

I would say cuse should be a slight favorite

 

[Opus]

Just hope once the Terps are locked in the 'house, it is LOUD!

 

[djorange1989]

Hopefully there won't be a lot of room for their WRs to run free and Brown is a dual threat, we don't exactly thrive against dual threats. I think it is going to be a shoot out. We need this one badly and we better smack arrogant Randy around! Cuse 34-27

 

[CanadianSU]

We will need our crowd...

This is going to be tough

 

[nzm136]

Whoever has the D that doesn't make the other QB look like a Heisman finalist will be the winner of this game.

 

[Crusty]

The spread will continue to widen until game time. We'll go off -3 1/2.

 

[CousCuse]

Line should be Cuse -9.5

 

[reedny]

There's going to be a lot of room for our WRs to run free. Hope we can take advantage.

This game could be a shootout. I think pick 'em is appropriate. It's a toss up. One that both teams really need to win.

I'd like to see a WR post the most reception yards this week (as opposed to the H-back). Maybe more reps for SI will do the trick. And no offense to AB ... who played well. I just think we need to stretch the field and to do that we need a credible down-field threat.

 

[Orangepace]

Home team usually gets 3-4 points, so they see Maryland as 3-4 pt favorites on a neutral field?! BS! I would be shocked if this doesn't end up somewhere around 'Cuse -3/-4

 

[Earlwolf]

Vegas obviously doesn't see the dome as that much of a home field advantage, it has certainly been a mixed bag with games like these in the past. I do think SU Is a pretty good bet though, Maryland DBS are just not very good so if the defense plays well it could be SU with a 21+ point win.

35-17 SU

 

[Chip]

I'd like to see a WR post the most reception yards this week (as opposed to the H-back). Maybe more reps for SI will do the trick. And no offense to AB ... who played well. I just think we need to stretch the field and to do that we need a credible down-field threat.

But I think our best downfield threat is one of the H-backs. Estime. Although, to me, he just doesn't look as explosive as last year, guessing that's either because he hasn't had a play in space to show it, or because the ankle is still healing.

Otherwise, while we have depth at the position, I'm not sure we have a lot of burners yet. Ishmael was hailed as that in practices, but during recruiting I recall people thinking of him more as a possession guy. Kobena has the wheels, but given where he's ended up on the depth chart, he likely has a lot of other issues (on the field related, like consistency, hands, blocking, whatever it may be.).

 

[syr02esq]

Cuse had always done well ATS at home. I have my money on it.

 

[reedny]

But I think our best downfield threat is one of the H-backs. Estime. Although, to me, he just doesn't look as explosive as last year, guessing that's either because he hasn't had a play in space to show it, or because the ankle is still healing.

Otherwise, while we have depth at the position, I'm not sure we have a lot of burners yet. Ishmael was hailed as that in practices, but during recruiting I recall people thinking of him more as a possession guy. Kobena has the wheels, but given where he's ended up on the depth chart, he likely has a lot of other issues (on the field related, like consistency, hands, blocking, whatever it may be.).

Estime was explosive last year. This year I haven't seen much from him. Broyld looks good. He can catch it in traffic and make plays. Once in a while we can run him deep. But we still need production from our wideouts and, for whatever reason, they haven't been a serious threat -- especially on the deep ball -- for at least the past 2 years. There are some flashes this year ... Cornelius had a nice catch against CMU for example. But our presumptive starting WR's coming out of the spring -- Flemming and West -- combined for 1 catch. Add in Lewis and Ishmael (supposedly backups) and the total receptions for all wide receivers was 4 -- for the entire game. West disappeared against CMU, and I do think it was appropriate to move SI up. Let's see how he does.

In the future, with continued losses to our WR recruits (KJ Williams being the most prominent), until the staff pulls in some serious talent, the WR issue -- and it is an issue == will continue to plague us.

 

[omniorange]

This game comes down to whether or not we give up more than one big play to Maryland's offense/special teams. The Eers gave up three huge plays - a 77 yd TD pass, a 75 yd TD run, and a 69 yd punt return TD - all after leading 28-6. They obviously had a letdown after building a 3 TD lead.

Can we lose to the Twerps? Of course, anything can happen. But I don't think it is likely we will lose to them. This should be a solid win for us going into the ND game at MetLife.

Cheers,
Neil

 

[TheCusian]

Estime was explosive last year. This year I haven't seen much from him. Broyld looks good. He can catch it in traffic and make plays. Once in a while we can run him deep. But the H=back position, while important, is not WR. WR is a vital skill position and our guys are, for whatever reason, not getting it done for at least the past 2 years. There are some flashes this year ... Cornelius had a nice catch against CMU for one recent example. But our presumptive starting WR's coming out of the spring -- Flemming and West -- combined for 1 catch. Add in Lewis and Ishmael (supposedly backups) and the total receptions for all wide receivers was 4 -- for the entire game. West disappeared against CMU, and I do think it was necessary to move SI up. Let's see how he does.

In the future, with continued losses to our WR recruits (KJ Williams being the most prominent), until the staff pulls in some serious talent, the WR issue -- and it is an issue == will continue to plague us.

I'm not giving up on the unit so soon. The freshman are going to be very good and are serious talent.

Estime had a good game (TD catch).

 

[reedny]

I'm not giving up on the unit so soon. The freshman are going to be very good and are serious talent.

Estime had a good game (TD catch).

Hope you're right -- I like your enthusiasm.

 

[IthacaBarrel]

I don't know anyone with an ankle injury that can still run full speed and cut on a dime with regard to Estime, call me crazy. Geeze.

He's lost a step, he's lost a step!!!!! What