Matt Fargo Sports Picks

This is a play on the TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE for our Thursday Free play. Tulsa is coming off a big win at Northern Illinois to improve to 2-2 and it looks to build on that. The Golden Hurricane two losses have come against Washington and Oklahoma which are both undefeated and ranked and that has led to a schedule ranked No. 18 in the country. The offense has not been great because of that but Tulsa can turn that around here, especially in the running game. It is averaging 170.5 ypg on 3.7 ypc which is far from great but they finally square off against a defense with holes as Tempe is allowing 195.2 ypg on 4.9 ypc. In comparison, their last three games have come against teams allowing 3.6, 3.6 and 2.7 ypc. While the passing game has tossed 10 interceptions, Temple has picked off only one pass. The Owls are also 2-2 but their wins have come against Norfolk St. of the FCS and Akron, one of the worst teams in the FBS currently ranked at No. 148 overall. Temple was supposed to make strides in the passing game behind E.J. Warner, son of former Rams quarterback Kurt Warner, but he has struggled to find any rhythm as he has completed only 53.2 percent of his passes for 1,000 yards with five touchdowns and four interceptions. The Tulsa passing defense has not been good but facing Washington and Oklahoma will make most teams look bad. Temple has played only one road game and it was bottled up at Rutgers, scoring just one touchdown and generating only 298 yards of offense. Play (106) Tulsa Golden Hurricane

Fargo is on an 11-7 NFL run and his NFL Regular and Postseason record is now 78-54-1 (+$18,670) since the start of last season! 25-12 with his L37 NFL Primetime plays! Both records tested Thursday! CFB and MLB also in action featuring a HUGE Thursday!

This is a play on the KANSAS CITY ROYALS for our Divisional Game of the Month. The Royals and Tigers game from Wednesday was suspended and will resume at 1:10 with this game starting 40 minutes after. Kansas City had a six-game winning streak snapped and a 10-1 run end with a series opening loss on Tuesday and can close its road schedule win a behind its best starter. The Tigers have been playing well as they have won eight of their last 12 games pending the suspended game outcome and they made strides this season. Coming in with a 69.5 projected win total, Detroit surpassed that last Sunday but are still average at home. Cole Ragans made the transition from reliever to starter and it has been great. He made 17 relief appearances with a 5.92 ERA and entered the rotation in mid-June and in 11 starts, he has a 2.48 ERA to go along with 81 strikeouts for an 11.61 K/9 rate which would put him near the top if qualified. The Tigers have struck out 1,441 times this season, ninth most in baseball. Sawyer Gipson-Long is making a case for a rotation spot next season. He posted a 3.74 ERA in Double-A Erie and then earned a promotion to Toledo, where he had a 5.45 ERA so nothing special. He has put up a 2.40 ERA through three starts in Detroit but has not gone more than five innings. 10* (963) Kansas City Royals

This is a play on the DETROIT LIONS for our NFL Thursday Primetime Dominator. The Packers are off to a 2-1 start and while they could be 3-0, they could also be 1-2 as their last two games were decided late. Green Bay blew a 12-point lead in the fourth quarter against Atlanta to lose 25-24 and last week, it rallied from a 17-0 fourth quarter deficit to win 18-17. Two things have been evident. First off, the Packers have had the benefit of facing teams with quarterback deficiencies as Justin Fields has regressed from a great ending to last season, Desmond Ridder is simply not good as he put up a 79.8 rating in the comeback win and the Saints lost Derek Carr to a shoulder injury in the third quarter and the offense was not the same. Second, while Jordan Love orchestrated the comeback, he was inconsistent after finally facing a strong defense which will be the case again this week. He put up big ratings against Chicago and Atlanta but overall, he is completing only 53.1 percent of his passes. Not only does Green Bay see another tough defense, its own defense will finally see a quarterback that can produce. Jared Goff was not asked to sling it around last week so he only amassed 243 yards but he is completing 70 percent of his passes with five touchdowns and two interceptions. The Lions were on the wrong end of a coin flip in overtime against Seattle and they never saw the ball in their only loss. Defensively, generating pressure on the quarterback was an issue the first two games but both Patrick Mahomes and Geno Smith get the ball out quick and last week, the Lions go to Ridder seven times and Love has not shown the ability to make consistent, quick decisions. 10* (101) Detroit Lions

This is a play on the SAM HOUSTON ST. BEARKATS for our CFB Thursday Star Attraction. The transition to the FBS has not been a good one for Sam Houston St. as it is off to a 0-3 start with the early schedule going totally against it. The Bearkats have yet to play a game at their campus home as they have had two true road games against BYU and Houston along with a neutral site game against Air Force and this has amounted to the No. 6 hardest schedule in the country. The offense has suffered as it has been horrid as the unit is last in success rate, yards per play and points per game this season but they finally get a break playing at home and going up against an opponent that has a much different start. Jacksonville St. is 3-1 but its schedule has been the complete opposite as it is ranked No. 168 in strength. The Gamecocks have played three of its four games at home including one against an FCS opponent as it lost by 14 points in its only road game at Coastal Carolina. Jacksonville St. has offensive questions of its own, yet to score more than 21 points against an FBS foe and this despite having a +9 turnover margin which is No. 2 in the country behind Penn St. so it has not been able to take advantage of this to go along with the soft schedule. This is not an explosive offense as the Gamecocks grind it out on the ground as they average 50 carries per game which is third most behind Air Force and Army and that has put the total as a ridiculously low 36.5 which favors the underdog at an inflated price. When factoring in the strength of schedule and other metrics, this line should be closer to a pickem than a touchdown. 10* (108) Sam Houston St. Bearkats