Thursday Thrasher - Scott "The Bulldog" Rickenbach CFB Rotation #306 Thursday 8* Appalachian State Mountaineers vs Arkansas State Red Wolves @ 7:30 ET - The Mountaineers could have some rust because they haven't played in 4 weeks in this pandemic-impacted season. However, Appalachian State is still a far superior team to Arkansas State and also is at home for this one. As a result, look for the Mountaineers to eventually have no problem in pulling away as this game goes on. The big difference is Appalachian State can actually play a little defense while Arkansas State has been horrendous on that side of the ball. The Mountaineers have allowed a TOTAL of just 58 points in their 3 games this season. Conversely, the Red Wolves have allowed 52 points in a single game twice in their last 3 games! Arkansas State is allowing 40 points per game and 482 yards per game this season while Appalachian State allowing just 323 yards and 19 points per game! The Mountaineers improve to 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games in SBC action. 8* APPALACHIAN STATE

Primetime Punisher - Scott "The Bulldog" Rickenbach NFL Rotation #304 Thursday 10* Top Play Philadelphia Eagles (-) vs New York Giants @ 8:20 ET - This line made a major move on Monday around 2 PM ET (11 AM PT here in Vegas where I live). I watched the screens light up as the Eagles line got pounded down. The thinking process here by the betting markets must be that the odds makers have no idea about injury situations and don't watch the games. They saw Miles Sanders get hurt and they were aware of the Zach Ertz injury. Yet they still posted this line near a -7 which is where it belongs. But now due to false market perception this line has been driven down to a 3.5 which is basically saying the Giants and the Eagles are equal teams if they played on a neutral field. I vehemently disagree with this assessment. Note that as good as Zach Ertz is, the fact remains he has averaged only 16 receiving yards per game the past 3 weeks! He has NOT been a huge component of the Eagles offense in recent weeks. Also there is a decent chance the Eagles will get WR DeSean Jackson back for this one plus Alshon Jeffery even has an outside shot at playing too. Certainly the Sanders injury hurts but the Eagles have some other running backs they will make use of here. Their comeback against the Ravens (would have tied it if not for a late failed two point conversion) did not feature Sanders or Ertz. After going toe to toe with the Ravens now the Eagles take on a Giants team that barely hung on for their first win of the season. New York had started the year 0-5 and other than one 34 point outburst against a horrific Cowboys defense, the Giants averaged only 13.4 points per game in their other 5 games and did not top 20 in any of those games. Conversely, the Eagles have scored at least 23 points in 4 straight games and have averaged 26 points during this stretch. Again, Ertz has played little role in this too. Just look at his stats if you don't believe me. The Eagles have swept the Giants each of the past two seasons and the average margin of victory in those 4 games is 12 points. Eagles hungry for a win, Giants just got their first, Wentz starting to look better (even against powerful Ravens) and Jones for the Giants is still a very young QB trying to find his way at the NFL level. Jones now faces a dangerous defense in terms of putting pressure on opposing quarterbacks with a powerful defensive line. Grab the line value with the small home favorite that is very hungry to get back into the win column and will take care of business against a division rival once again here just like the other recent meetings. 10* PHILADELPHIA