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Larry Ness has been a major figure in the sports handicapping field since 1984 and now enters his 21st year in the business. For two decades Larry was a featured panel member on highly-respected national TV handicapping shows like Proline, Sports Desk and the Winning Edge. Larry was widely praised on TV for his expert game analysis and no-nonsense handicapping style.
Larry may however, be best-known for his radio work. Throughout the 1980's, Larry was a much sought after guest on numerous West Coast and national radio shows. In 1990, Larry was named host of his own sports talk show, Sports Central. Five nights a week through 1996, Larry's popular call-in show aired live from the Sports Book of Bally's Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. What began as a local and West Coast show, grew to a nationally syndicated show carried by as many as 100 stations across the country on the One-on-One Radio Network, now known as the Sporting News Radio Network. Since 1997, Larry has continued to be a frequent guest on sports radio shows across the nation, lending both his handicapping expertise and sports commentary.
In 2004, Larry is returning to his first love. This year he is re-teaming with his long-time friend and former co-host of Bally's Sports Central, Fred Wallin. Larry and Fred will co-host This Week in College Football and This Week in Pro Football airing every Saturday and Sunday morning this football season in markets throughout the nation. Larry has also made the decision to not do any TV work this year, as he concentrates his efforts solely on the internet. These days, Larry's sports betting advice is available strictly on the internet, as is his weekly sports betting columns and sports commentary.
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397 La Tech
398 Hawaii
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 Time 2004-11-06 23:00:00 |
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I pick "
(398) Hawaii
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When last seen, Hawaii was losing at Boise State 69-3! The 66-point loss was the worst in the June Jones era and matched the school record. Timmy Chang was expected to pass Ty Detmer's NCAA career passing yardage mark in that game but now he'll do it tonight, needing just 14 yards for the record. La Tech comes in with a porous defense against both the run and the pass. Since Hawaii doesn't run much (95.9 YPG) that's not much of a concern but against Chang and a Hawaii passing game that ranks second to only Texas Tech nationally, it spells TROUBLE! La Tech has allowed 19 TD passes, the most of any school in the WAC and the third-highest total in the nation! Offensively La Tech relies solely on Ryan Moats but despite his 151.6 YPG average the team averages 182.6 YPG on the ground. QB Kubik barely completes 50% of his passes and has thrown just four TD passes with eight interceptions! La Tech averages just 22.8 PPG, an average that ranks them just 78th nationally. La Tech has been outclassed on the road in games at Miami-Fla, Tennessee and Auburn with its only win coming at SMU. Hawaii is WAY BETTER than SMU but not in the class of the others. However, after getting shocked at home by Fla Atlantic, Hawaii has won three straight at home by 28, 22. and 18 points. With Chang poised to set a new NCAA record and the memory of Boise's 69-3 PASTING still fresh, it's ALL Hawaii here! 10* Hawaii.
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393 Oklahoma St
394 Texas
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Time 2004-11-06 19:00:00 |
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I pick "
(394) Texas
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Both of these teams own OUTSTANDING running attacks but questionable passing games. OSU may rate a small edge in passing though, as Woods has been somewhat effective lately while Texas QB Young has averaged under 80 YPG passing, completed 46.8% of his passes plus thrown two interceptions in his last four games. However, this game WILL NOT be decided through the air. It will decided on the ground and by the defenses! Texas is the nation's second-best rushing team at 304.8 YPG and OSU's rush defenses was bowled over by Adrian Peterson last week plus allows 4.2 YPC and almost 160 YPG on the year. The Longhorns' Cedric Benson had 180 yards in last year's meeting at Stillwater (Texas won 55-16) and he's topped 100 yards in all three of his career games vs the Cowboys. The Texas defense has been great all year (13.4 PPG allowed ranks 8th in the nation) and the last two weeks has held Tex Tech and Colrado to a combined minus-14 yards rushing! For the year, Texas allows just 114.4 YPG rushing and 3.3 YPC. Texas can't win the Big-12 South (unless you believe Okla will lose TWICE!!) but it does have a GREAT shot at a BCS Bowl! OSU off a heart-breaking three-point loss to Okla last week (tying FG just missed!) gets a trip to Austin Saturday. Playing against this defense is NOT what the doctor ordered! OSU has been outscored 193-76 the last five years by Texas and it WON'T be close this year EITHER. CFB Blow-Out Game of the Year 10* Texas.
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387 Stanford
388 Arizona St
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Time 2004-11-06 18:30:00 |
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I pick "
(388) Arizona St
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Neither Arizona St nor its QB Andrew Walter has been able to STEP-UP vs the Pac-10 elite in 2004, meaning USC and Cal. However, don't expect the Sun Devils to pack it in, as they have three very winnable games remaining and could finish 9-2 after a 5-7 year in 2003! Stanford got shut out last week by UCLA and HOW BAD IS THAT!. The Bruins entered that game allowing 28.4 PPG and even after the shut out rank just 101st in yards allowed at 433.8 YPG! Stanford QB Trent Edwards is off a nasty game in which he threw three interceptions and the Cardinal have scored more than 15 points in just ONE of their last four games. ASU should remember last year's loss to the Cardinal 38-37, Stanford's lone Pac-10 win of 2003. Stanford is just 3-8-1 ATS on the Pac-10 road lately and I see ASU easily rebounding in its Homecoming game here! Walter needs just one TD pass to tie John Elway's career Pac-10 mark and he'll get MANY more than just ONE in this game. Pac-10 Game of the Month 10* Arizona State.
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