December 24, 2006
Vegas Line: Florida State + 3.5 ~ 4.0
Vegas oddsmakers opened up the line on the Emerald Bowl with UCLA -5. The betting has narrowed the spread a little to -3.5 to -4.0 depending on the service. It seems that nearly every expert has UCLA winning this game on the strength of the win against USC. Florida State could have won against Florida in its last game were it not for a toe out of bounds on a return but only College Football News has FSU beating us. We haven’t seen much good insight from CFN to believe their analysis, after all they have crowned Dorrell Coach of the Year in the Pac-10 when their own pre-season analysis would say he had an ok year. CFN says FSU will move the ball against our much improved defense. We shall see. So far, the money is following the buzz of UCLA and DeWayne Walker’s defense.
Speaking of Vegas, we are back. Good times … We took a day off from the bright lights and parties to go on a cool side trip 45 minutes by car from the strip that if you are ever in Vegas you should consider doing. We took the ladies for a 3 mile hike about 4 miles past the Hoover Dam (border of Nevada and Arizona). Not a sole out there but us. The hike takes you to the Colorado River … again not a sole in sight. Imagine having the big clean beautiful Colorado River curving through a red canyon to yourself. About 20 minutes down river and inland a bit is a natural hot springs. Three clear natural pools of water one hotter than the next. Pure clean natural spa. It’s amazing that no one was out there. We asked locals in Vegas if they’d heard about the place, and no one we talked to had. Well now you know. We still have more of the Emerald Bowl matchup to look at in the next couple of days. Stay tuned.
