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Saturday’s Best College Football & MLB Bets (9/2)

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College Football Bets

UMass vs. Auburn (-35.5) | Total 52.5

For the 1st time since 1973, the UMass Minutemen pulled off a road win in their opening game in a really impressive 41-30 defeat of a New Mexico State team coming off a bowl appearance. QB Taisun Phommachanh was dynamic, passing for 192 yards while rushing for 96, and Dom Brown's defense was stout, allowing only 10 points through the first 3 quarters of the game.

On the other side, the Auburn Tigers have a lot of questions to answer entering year 1 of the Hugh Freeze regime. The offense underwent a massive overhaul in the offseason, bringing in new faces on the offensive line, at receiver, and even at QB with the addition of former Michigan State QB Payton Thorne. I do believe this Tigers team will be much better than that of the teams in recent years, but I think this is too many points for a UMass team that already has a game under its belt against an Auburn offense that may need a couple of weeks to start clicking.

Pick: UMass +35.5 (-115)

-Austin MacMillan

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MLB Best Bets

Blake Snell Under 1.5 earned runs allowed vs. Giants (-115)

Much of the attention in the pitching matchup in this game is focused on San Francisco Giants lefty Kyle Harrison, who became the first starting pitcher in franchise history to strike out the first five batters of a game since 2009. In addition, he was the second starting pitcher this century in MLB to have 10-plus strikeouts in his second career start. Thus, San Diego Padres southpaw Blake Snell is going largely unnoticed in a game we expect him to dominate.

Since July 1, the Giants have the second-worst strikeout rate (28.6%) in road games against left-handed pitchers. Snell should have little issue navigating a lineup that also ranks 29th or worse in wRC+, OPS, and wOBA in that split. The southpaw has the second-lowest ERA (2.12) and fifth-lowest OBA (.177) of any starting pitcher since the All-Star Break (min. 30 IP) and has had great swing-and-miss stuff with eight-plus strikeouts in four of his previous six starts.

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