Scott Rickenbach

Situational Slaugher - Scott "The Bulldog" Rickenbach CBB Rotation #881 Monday 10* Top Play Long Beach State (+) @ UCLA Bruins @ 9:30 ET - I had an early candidate for bad beat of the season last week going against UCLA even though the season just started. The Bruins managed to beat Pepperdine by 9 points even though UCLA trailed at the half AND the game was tied at the end of regulation AND tied at the end of first overtime AND tied at end of second overtime too! That's right, as you can see the Bruins had no business beating Pepperdine by more than the 7.5 point line on that game. Now they are laying 17.5 against Long Beach State. Last season when these teams met the Bruins actually trailed by 6 points at the half and only won the game by 4 points. Long Beach State was also a 17 point dog in that game and, as you can see, they easily covered. That said, I really like the big dog value here as UCLA lost by double digits to San Diego State in their season opener even though they were the favorite in that game. Then, like I said above, the Bruins followed that up with a miracle cover against Pepperdine. Take advantage of the fantastic line value here, as just like the Waves approached facing UCLA, Long Beach State wants to take it to the "big school" in the area here in a "David vs Goliath" type of match-up here. Grab the hungry big dog. 10* LONG BEACH STATE

Total Slaughter - Scott "The Bulldog" Rickenbach EPL Rotation #200061 Monday 10* Top Play OVER the total in West Ham United vs Aston Villa @ 3 ET - This play has a lot to do with sharp betting action. I am seeing books go to a 3 on this total and that means anything below a 3 is certainly offering solid line value. Keep in mind, Aston Villa has been a great road club this season and they have averaged 2.3 goals on enemy pitch so far in this campaign. West Ham United should perform well on their home pitch and they have averaged 1.7 goals per match as a host this season. Last season West Ham also averaged a similar amount of goals on their home pitch. Last campaign, Aston Villa allowed an average of 2 goals per match on enemy pitch. I just can't see this particular match-up ending with anything less than 3 goals. Look for at least a 2-1 final in this one. 10* OVER the total in West Ham United

Scott "The Bulldog" Rickenbach EPL Rotation #200057 Monday Free Pick Leicester goal line -1 -108 vs Fulham @ 12:30 ET - Fulham continues to allow too many goals - an average of 2 per match this season. Overall, the goal differential for Fulham this season is a -9 while Leicester has a positive goal differential of +6 on the season. Leicester is coming off a disappointing loss to Liverpool as they were held scoreless. Leicester can be expected to respond in a big way here and, of course, that is part of the reason they are such a big favorite on the money line in this one. In my opinion, where the value lies with this one is on the goal line. We get a pick'em price range by laying the one goal with Leicester in match in which I expect them to dominate. Free Pick Leicester -1 goal

Primetime Punisher - Scott "The Bulldog" Rickenbach NFL Rotation #276 Monday 10* Top Play Philadelphia Eagles (+) vs Seattle Seahawks @ 8:15 ET - Too much value with the home dog to pass up on here. Keep in mind the Eagles are 2-1-1 SU in their last 4 game at home and the only loss came by just two points. The Seahawks are 0-3 SU in their last 3 road games and allowed 104 points in those 3 games. Seattle certainly has a talented offense but the Eagles have allowed a respectable 20.8 points per game in their last 4 home games. Also, Seattle's defense is certainly not a strength and the Eagles offense may surprise some people here. Philly has won only 3 of it's last 8 games but those other 5 games were decided by an average margin of 5.2 points per game. This line is up to nearly a full TD on Seattle and it is simply too much with them on the road for this one. Philadelphia lost in the regular season and in the playoffs last season to the Seahawks and each defeat came by exactly the same score: 17-9. Payback time here. There were very few outright upsets in Sunday's NFL but you know there are shockers nearly every week in NFL and this one has the makings of one. Double revenge spot for the Eagles and note that the Seahawks are off a big divisional revenge win over Arizona. Situational spot favors the home dog. 10* PHILADELPHIA