Here I stand at a place I've stood many times before, including once already this month. I am one correct pick away from a red star (W5) and being one-fifths of the way to the Stash. Last night was a bit of a nail biter, but I expected that. If you read yesterday's piece, you knew I had the utmost confidence in Utah State and their suffocating defense. They didn't disappoint. They controlled the entire game with Wyoming and won comfortably. You also knew that I was on the fence about Memphis's chances against previous Streak busters Temple. Well, Memphis didn't disappoint either. They made me sweat out a tense affair with the Owls but thankfully they were able to win at the death with a field goal. Therefore, I sit here at the precipice of red stardom.
I am making two selections today. I know I've been doing just one a day for the majority of November but when the Streakmaster gives you quality, you don't turn it down. My first selection for the day, FOR THE RED STAR, is Manchester City to win by 2+ goals against Queens Park Rangers. City were humbled midweek against CSKA Moscow in the Champions League and aren't the same team on the road. But QPR is QPR and I think that City's all out assault on Rob Green's goal is not going to go well for the second from the bottom Rangers.
My second pick doesn't seem like a tough one to make. With recent results however, a 99.3% favorite isn't exactly a slam dunk in my eyes. 24th ranked West Virginia has shown they can hang with the nation's best this year against Alabama, Oklahoma, and TCU. Though they lost all three of those games, they haven't lost another, especially to an unranked team like Texas. They are a better team than East Carolina when they failed me and as strange as it sounds, Texas is worse than Temple. All that aside, I will always have a special place in my heart for the Mountaineers because of fans like this gem below. HAPPY STREAKING EVERYBODY!
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