Thanks to jumping out to a 17-0 halftime lead, UNLV was able to hold on to ultimately get the win in OT, but more importantly cover the +10 spread for us last night. It's a full day of college football again today and while I've already sent out my premium plays, there are two sides tonight that narrowly missed out on making those top plays and are my top free plays for today. All lines taken from Pinnacle Sports with bet amounts 'to win' on favorites and flat on underdogs Play of the Day in Bold Free Play Records MLB Pre All Star Break: 101-107-13 (+$691) MLB post All Star Break: 47-43 (+$2817) MLB Playoffs : 4-1 (+$970) CFL YTD: 6-8 (-$266) NCAAF YTD: 11-11 ATS (-$41)  NFL YTD: 7-9 ATS (-$528) NHL YTD: 0-0  NCAAF Plays North Carolina +17 (bought 0.5) (-120) $360 to win $300 The Tar Heels have been quite bad this year and have lost three straight coming into this game with the Irish. Defensively they haven't been good but if you're a silver lining type person you'll see that the defense has actually "improved" over the last three weeks. That three week run started with the Tar Heels allowing 70 points to East Carolina (lost 70-41) and followed that up with a 50-35 loss vs. Clemson and a 34-17 loss to Virginia Tech. The points allowed have been on the decline and while they won't be breaking any defensive records this year, it is a good sign. UNC also has a date with Georgia Tech up next and they are 5-0 ATS before playing the Yellow Jackets the last five years. But this play is more about fading the Irish who come [...]

I lost badly with last night's selection on the under in the Colts/Texans as I'm beginning to wonder if we will every see any defense this year on the short week Thursday night games. Recreational bettors continue to cash with prime time games sailing well over the posted totals, but I'm still confident we will see a swing towards the 'unders' in the future, I'm just not sure when. Tonight there are three CFB games on the card along with one NHL contest and the start of the ALCS in MLB, so let's get right to today's free play. All lines taken from Pinnacle Sports with bet amounts 'to win' on favorites and flat on underdogs Play of the Day in Bold Free Play Records MLB Pre All Star Break: 101-107-13 (+$691) MLB post All Star Break: 47-43 (+$2817) MLB Playoffs : 4-1 (+$970) CFL YTD: 6-8 (-$266) NCAAF YTD: 10-11 ATS (-$341)  NFL YTD: 7-9 ATS (-$528) NHL YTD: 0-0  NCAAF Play UNLV +10 (bought 0.5) (-120) $360 to win $300 Fresno and UNLV come into this contest playing very different football at the moment as the Bulldogs have won three straight (all by double digits) while UNLV has lost four in a row (all by double digits). Going on that run alone it's no surprise to see Fresno getting most of the love from bettors tonight as they are simply the better team playing better football right now. However, I'm going against the grain here with this play as I expect UNLV to put up a fight now that they don't have to deal with QB Derek Carr anymore in this game. Carr's replacement Brian Burrell has started to play much better for Fresno, but [...]