Happy Labor Day Fellas! I wish I was coming on here to talk about our winners this weekend, but it’s the exact opposite. We were in preseason form, and it showed. 4 games and 4 losers. All 4 really had no chance. Let’s run through them.

Florida @ Utah

Let’s talk Florida. To kick off the season, we had the Gators +5.5 at Utah. To be honest, it was dead after the 70-yard TD from Barnes to Parks on Utah’s first play. The Gators looked horrible. Utah didn’t do anything special and their backup QB hung in there and didn’t turn the ball over or make costly mistakes. Florida on the other hand, made every mistake possible. Missing field goals, getting penalties on a 4th down punt for having 2 players with same number on the field (like how), and Mertz with a costly INT. The difference in the game, penalties and coaching. Kyle Whittingham controlled the game, and the Gators could never get comfortable.

Washington State @ Colorado State

My goodness this game was ugly. Where do I start? We had Wazzu / Colorado State under 54 points. The first half went as expected. 20 points and I felt pretty good going into the second half. Then the 4th Quater happened, we will get into that shortly.

Colorado State’s QB is the worst in FBS. Yes, the worst. Clay Millen doesn’t belong on the field, it was ugly. We were on track and then he threw a pick-6 to Jaden Hicks and the game turned for the worst. 42 points in the 4th quarter. Let me repeat that, 42! With the new offensive coordinator, Wazzu plays fast. They were up 29-3 and were still snapping the ball late in the 3rd quarter with 30+ seconds on the play clock. Maybe they are trying to prove a point since they are in the Pac-2? Who knows, it was our closest game, but still was far from a winner.

Boise State @ Washington

I don’t even know what to say here. Me taking Boise State +14 was horrible. I felt sick to my stomach in the 2nd Quarter. This was the worst bet of them all. I thought Boise State could chew the clock with their rushing game and their defense could hold down the UW offense. But their defense got embarrassed by Penix and company.

Washington is a very good football team. DeBoer is one of the best coaches in the Pac-12 and doesn’t get enough credit. Penix is a stud and the receivers on UW are no joke. Odunze, McMillan, and Polk are going to be a problem. This a CFP year or bust for the Huskies. It’s going to be hard for me to bet against them for the rest of the year.

North Carolina vs South Carolina

In our final game of the weekend, we had South Carolina – North Carolina over 63.5 points. I mean, this was the cherry on top. Everything was going great in the first half, then in the 2nd half, South Carolina decided to take a nap. Their offensive line fell asleep, and Rattler had no time to throw the ball. Not to mention the running game was non-existent for the gamecocks. If they don’t address those O-line issues, boy they are in for a long year.

Last year North Carolina had one of the worst defenses. They looked a lot more physical on both sides of the ball. Their D-line looks scary good. They also ran the ball a lot more that chewed up the clock. The Tar Heels look a lot better than they did last year. More physical and they actually play defense now (wish I knew this before I lost money). But this is what week 1 is for, to see who is real and who are frauds.

Yes, we went 0-4. We are starting in a hole. But that’s okay. We have another 11+ weeks to get this ship turned around. Many people crumble and go hide in a hole when they lose a few bets. Not here at Rodfather Bets. We are here all year long and we will make up for this embarrassing weekend.