BoBA ISML 2022 Predictions: Aquamarine Match Day 5

ARENA 1 Shirai Kuroko [[Violet Evergarden]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 2 [[Nakano Itsuki]] Amano Hina

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 3 Kanna Kamui [[Makinohara Shōko]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 4 Inoue Takina [[Nishikigi Chisato]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 5 Nakano Yotsuba [[Kasugano Sora]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 6 Tōsaka Rin [[Miyamizu Mitsuha]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 7 Isla [[Elaina]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 8 [[Yuigahama Yui]] Doma Umaru

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 9 Kuriyama Mirai [[Shiro]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 10 Katō Megumi [[Yukinoshita Yukino]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 11 Yor Forger [[Isshiki Iroha]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 12 Tang Keke [[Yuzaki Tsukasa]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 13 Tomori Nao [[Shinomiya Kaguya]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 14 Itsuka Kotori [[Yūki Asuna]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 15 Tainaka Ritsu [[Tōru]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 16 Akiyama Mio [[Sakurajima Mai]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 17 [[Nakano Azusa]] Mōri Ran

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 18 Yuzuriha Inori [[Kotobuki Tsumugi]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 19 [[Takanashi Rikka]] Kitagawa Marin

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 20 Nishimiya Shōko [[Furukawa Nagisa]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 21 Vladilena Milizé [[Tachibana Kanade]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 22 Kitashirakawa Tamako [[Rem]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 23 [[Hori Kyōko]] Anya Forger

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 24 [[Aisaka Taiga]] Ichinose Chizuru (Mizuhara Chizuru)

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 25 [[Misaka Mikoto]] Izumi Sagiri

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 26 Futaba Rio [[Kasumigaoka Utaha]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 27 [[Haibara Ai]] Megumin

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 28 Nakano Nino [[Chitanda Eru]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 29 [[Zero Two]] Roxy Migurdia

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 30 Tobiichi Origami [[Miyazono Kaori]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 31 Hirasawa Yui [[Nakano Miku]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 32 [[Fujiwara Chika]] Azusagawa Kaede

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 33 Saber [[Index L. Prohibitorum]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 34 [[Tokisaki Kurumi]] Emilia

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 35 Nakano Ichika [[Shiina Mashiro]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 36 Mikasa Ackerman [[Tokai Teio]]

by >=500
Over/Under: 8000
Over

ARENA 37 [[Gojō Satoru]] Okazaki Tomoya

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 38 [[Dio Brando]] Takasu Ryūji

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 39 [[Kanda Sorata]] Uzumaki Naruto

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 40 Natsuki Subaru [[Sora]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 41 Ōji Mochizō [[Dazai Osamu]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 42 [[Shinei Nouzen]] Nagisa Kaworu

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 43 [[Oreki Hōtarō]] Tachibana Taki

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 44 [[Arima Kōsei]] Agatsuma Zen'itsu

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 45 [[Satō Kazuma]] Ikari Shinji

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 46 [[Kūjō Jōtarō]] Ajiro Shinpei

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 47 Korosensei [[Kamado Tanjirō]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 48 [[Kuroba Kaito]] Ōma Shū

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 49 Levi [[Ishigami Yū]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 50 Rudeus Greyrat [[Riku Dola]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 51 Nohara Shinnosuke [[Gilgamesh]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 52 Uchiha Itachi [[Ayanokōji Kiyotaka]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 53 Hyakuya Mikaela [[Itsuka Shidō]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 54 Saitama [[Irido Mizuto]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 55 [[Togashi Yūta]] Edogawa Conan

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 56 L Lawliet [[Uesugi Fūtarō]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 57 Isaac Foster [[Hiro]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 58 Loid Forger [[Hikigaya Hachiman]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 59 [[Kaneki Ken]] Izumi Masamune

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 60 Itadori Yūji [[Ainz Ooal Gown]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 61 [[Shirogane Miyuki]] Accelerator

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 62 Kasugano Haruka [[Yato]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 63 Monkey D. Luffy [[Nishikata]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 64 [[Azusagawa Sakuta]] Rimuru Tempest

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 65 Tomioka Giyū [[Natsume Takashi]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 66 [[Totsuka Saika]] Saiki Kusuo

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 67 [[Kamijō Tōma]] Otosaka Yū

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 68 [[Lelouch Lamperouge]] Eren Yeager

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 69 Otonashi Yuzuru [[Emiya Shirō]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 70 [[Kirigaya Kazuto]] Miyamura Izumi

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 71 Rengoku Kyōjurō [[Okkotsu Yūta]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

ARENA 72 Satoshi [[Yuzaki Nasa]]

by <=2000
Over/Under: 9000
Under

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Utah: 2022 Pac-12 Football Champions

LAS VEGAS -- The only blemish in USC's 11-win regular season had been a one-point loss to Utah in October. Thanks to the Pac-12's decision to turn its championship game into a matchup between its two best teams instead of division winners, the Trojans had an opportunity to make that loss moot and advance to their first College Football Playoff appearance in Lincoln Riley's first season as head coach.

But one blemish turned into two on Friday night, as No. 11 Utah played spoiler and proved it has USC's number this season.

The Utes scored 24 straight points at one point and went on to dominate No. 4 USC 47-24 to win their second straight Pac-12 title and likely keep the Trojans out of the fourth playoff spot.

"You come as far as this team has come and this program has come in the last 12 months, and obviously to not get it done, it's a tough pill to swallow," Riley said after the game. "They were definitely the better team tonight. They deserved it."

"Our players never stopped believing," Utes head coach Kyle Whittingham said. "We had a chip on our shoulder. We got the message loud and clear that people were underestimating us."

In what felt like a tangential version of the matchup between the teams earlier this season, the Utes' slow start did not hold them back. USC dominated the first quarter and raced to a 17-3 lead early thanks to a few more Heisman-worthy plays by quarterback Caleb Williams, who finished the game with 363 passing yards, 21 rushing yards, three touchdowns and one interception.

But it all unraveled in a hurry for USC. After pulling off a miraculous 59-yard run that had him gasping for air and walking gingerly, Williams never quite looked the same.

Afterward, Riley said that Williams "popped" his hamstring on that long first-quarter run.

"I asked him at one point, I was like, 'Are you 50 percent?'" Riley said. "And I mean, he was not even close to 50 percent. I definitely thought about taking him out. ... He wouldn't have let me. He wouldn't even let me take him out at the end."

Riley called the performance one of the gutsiest he has witnessed. Williams, meanwhile, described the feeling of his injury as that of an old rubber band.

"The rest of the game I felt it," Williams said. "But a person that I admire is Kobe [Bryant], and he always said the game is bigger than what you're feeling."

As Williams was nursing the injury, Utah was settling in. During the second quarter, quarterback Cameron Rising put together two touchdown drives at the end of the half to tie the score at 17.

In the second half, it became clear Williams was hurt. He favored his left side and was visibly limping. He showed some hesitation as he dropped back, and when the USC defense was on the field, he rode the stationary bike on the sideline to stay loose. At one point, backup quarterback Miller Moss grabbed his helmet and appeared to warm up, but Williams remained under center.

Though Williams stayed in the game, he was no longer the player that spearheaded one of the most explosive offenses in the nation. Having been unable to establish the run early, a hobbled Williams looked frozen in the pocket, and it all but sapped USC's scoring prowess. Williams was uncharacteristically sacked four times, and his throws lacked the pinpoint accuracy and strength they have had all season.

The Utes took advantage. Whittingham said postgame that Utah "smelled blood in the water" when the team noticed Williams was hurt in the third quarter and made a concerted effort to bring more pressure.

Utah not only pressured Williams plenty, but on offense it went back to its most reliable option against the USC defense: tight ends. Dalton Kincaid and Thomas Yassmin combined for 121 yards, including a 60-yard touchdown pass from Rising to Yassmin that pushed the lead back to 10 after USC had cut it to three in the fourth quarter.

By the time running back Ja'Quinden Jackson broke off a 53-yard touchdown run to put the Utes up by 16, the result was all but set in stone.

"I felt we took it a little personal," Rising said. "We saw all that as disrespect. We wanted to go out and prove a point."

Rising, a senior, finished with 310 yards passing to six receivers and three touchdowns. He continued to have success against USC and was selected the game's most valuable player postgame as the Utes once again did what no other team could all season: outscore and outgain the Trojans. Utah finished with 533 total yards to USC's 411. The Utes also finished with a title that Rising leaned into during the postgame ceremony: "Trojan killers."

The win sends the Utes back to the Rose Bowl. The Trojans, meanwhile, were left with not just two losses to the same team, but a hurt quarterback and no title to show for their turnaround season.

"We're not going to walk around like this is some funeral. We made a lot of progress to get to this point," Riley said. "Part of it is when you get to these moments, these big games, is groups that have been there before. [Utah] certainly have. A lot of our team has not."

The prevailing sentiment from Riley after the game was that the Trojans had run into a team that not only outplayed them, but also had more experience. The Utes indeed provide a stark contrast to USC's roster makeup. The transfer portal has defined Riley's first year at USC, and it's evident that Utah's continuity is its strength.

Yet as Riley debriefed on the loss and talked about preparing for USC's bowl game, he was sure to look ahead toward next season, when the Trojans might have some continuity but won't shy away from using change to gain an edge.

"There's going to be a lot of changes. That's college football in this day and age," Riley said. "We know what our mission is -- to be in that same locker room and feeling a whole helluva lot different than we do right now. We'll bring in a couple pieces who will help us on that journey."

UTSA: 2022 Conference USA Football Champions

SAN ANTONIO – No. 23 UTSA (11-2, 8-0 C-USA) won its second consecutive Conference USA championship on Friday night, knocking off rival North Texas (7-6, 6-2 C-USA) 48-27 in front of 41,412 fans at the Alamodome. That marks the third-largest crowd in a C-USA Championship Game and UTSA history. QB Frank Harris was named the 2022 Ryan C-USA Championship Game’s Most Valuable Player. He completed 32-37 passes for 341 yards and a C-USA Championship Game record-tying five total touchdowns (four passing), while also rushing for 49 yards on 16 carries.

 

The Roadrunners jumped out to an early lead, courtesy of a Kevorian Barnes 27-yard touchdown run to open the scoring, capping off a seven-play, 75-yard opening drive to put UTSA on top in the opening minutes. Barnes finished with a career-high 28 carries for 175 yards and a touchdown.

 

North Texas answered back immediately to tie the game at 7-7, thanks to a two-yard touchdown run by Ikaika Ragsdale, who scored on fourth-and-goal. The Mean Green marched 70 yards in 11 plays.

 

The Mean Green came up with a big fourth-down stand at the goal line in the final minute of the first quarter and then turned it into a 95-yard scoring drive that was capped off by an Ethan Mooney 22-yard field goal to give UNT its first lead at 10-7.

 

UTSA forced the first turnover of the game as Clifford Chattman picked off Austin Aune and returned it 27 yards inside the Mean Green 20. It marked Chattman’s fourth of the season, and fourth in as many weeks for the Roadrunners, which is a program record. Harris capitalized for UTSA with an 11-yard touchdown run to put the Roadrunners on top 14-10 midway through the second quarter.

 

UTSA got the ball back with 37 seconds remaining in the half and Harris drove the Roadrunners 62 yards in three plays to extend the USTA lead to 24-10. He hooked up with Zakhari Franklin on a 32-yard scoring strike just before the break.

 

After the Mean Green opened the second half with a field goal, UTSA responded as Harris and Franklin connected for a second time, this time from 14 yards out, to push the Roadrunners to a 31-13 lead early in the third quarter.

 

North Texas wouldn’t go away easily, as Aune broke the single-season program record for touchdown passes (32) when he connected with WR Jyaire Shorter on a 36-yard touchdown toss to cut the deficit to 31-20. Aune’s record broke that of Mason Fine’s 2017 season, when the former C-USA Player of the Year threw 31.

 

Following a UTSA field goal, North Texas pulled within a touchdown at 34-27 as Isaiah Johnson scored from one-yard out to cap off an eight-play, 64-yard drive early in the fourth quarter.

 

The Harris-Franklin connection would not be denied, as the pair hooked up for the third time with 11:09 to go in the final frame, this time from 39 yards out. Franklin’s third touchdown grab of the night set a new C-USA Championship Game record for receiving touchdowns. Franklin finished with 10 catches for 144 yards and the three scores.

 

UTSA then picked off Aune for the second time on Friday night, as Ken Robinson came up with the interception. UTSA tacked on a pair of touchdowns to stretch its lead to 48-27, which was the final score.

 

Both UTSA and North Texas now await their bowl fates, which will be decided on Sunday, Dec. 4.