NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEEK 9

NFL WEEK 9 --- law school is killing me w/ time so I haven't been able to update this as much but here are winners (picks) for today


GAME OF THE YEAR:
Patriots giving 5.5 to the Colts --- I think the Pats will win but I have to go w/ the Colts at home and 5.5. Patriots 31 Colts 28

LOCK OF THE WEEK:
Chargers giving 7 to the Vikings --- San Diego may be the only team that can play offensively w/ the Pats and they are finally doing just that. Chargers 38 Vikings 17

CLOSE TO A LOCK:
Cinncy giving 1 to the Bills --- Bengals offensive will be back this week and have everyone asking 2 questions. 1. how did the bills beat the ravens and how does cinncy have a losing record. Bengals 31 Bills 14

Jacksonville getting 3 at Saints --- The saints, like the chargers, are finally playing good football. The jags are a better team but not with Quinn Grey at the helm. Jax 17 Saints 28

GOOD BUT NOT GREAT BETS:
Houston getting 3 at Oakland. A. Johnson and J. Mathis are still out for the texans and McCown is back at the helm for the Raiders. I think this will be a blow out but I could easily be wrong thats why it is not under the category above. Houston 16 Raiders 34

Seattle getting 1.5 at Clevland. Maybe its just b/c Cleveland has been so bad in the past but I see D. Anderson coming back to earth in this game. Should actually be a fun one to watch. hawks 27 browns 17

the rest:
Washington 27 (-3.5) Jets 23
Green Bay 23 (+2.5) KC 24
Arizona 17 (+3.5) Tampa Bay 21
Carolina 10 (+4) Titans 23
San Fran 16 (+3) Atlanta 24
Denver 24 (+3) Detroit 28
Dallas 27 (-3.5) Eagles 30 OT
Baltimore 16 (+9.5) Pittsburgh 24

NFL Week 6

Welp, I did fairly well in College yesterday going 32-20, lets see how the NFL fares this week.

LOCK OF THE WEEK

Carolina (+4.5) @ Arizona

Carolina is starting the ageless wonder V. Testeverde or so it seems like way as D. Carr has been down-graded and Arizona will get its 1st full game w/ K. Warner which improves their team. I love this game.

Carolina 13 Arizona 30

add'l lock --- OVER in KC/Cinncy

LIKE IT A LOT

Minnesota (+5) @ Chicago

Chicago is still a little banged up on Defense, but are starting to get healthy, This game is going to be a battle for a 3 quarters with not much scoring, however turnovers will hurt the vikings who will not be able to throw.

Minnesota 16 Bears 27

New York Giants (-3.5) @ Atlanta

Seriously, the falcons stink, yes they putting up a lot of passing yards but J. Harrington to Roddy White is not as good as E. Manning to P. Burress. The Giants D has looked good as of late and I expect that to continue against a so-so Atlanta 0-line.

Giants 34 Falcons 17

LIKE

Philadelphia (-3.5) @ New York Jets

Which D. McNabb and eagles offense will we see? I think a good one as Westbrook and Smith are both back. The eagles are banged up in the seconary which makes me a little hesitant on this game, but I think they have enough to defeat the J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS

Eagles 27 Jets 20

Oakland (+9.5) @ San Diego

This is a rival game and usually would not touch it. But, San Diego is on a mission, LT will have over 200 all purpose yards this game and their D will have a field day. X-factor in this game is Culpepper alogn w/ the Raiders ground game (#1 in the NFL), but without L. Jordan.

Raiders 17 Chargers 31

Cinncinnati (-3) @ Kansas City

I do not know about the Bengals, totally banged up alogn the Defensive front severn, but that offense is amazing and looks to have R. Johnson back today. The chiefs will be able to score and I think LT will have a solid game but not enough.

Bengals 31 Chiefs 24

the rest:
ST. LOUIS 17 (+9.5) @ Baltimore 24
MIAMI 23 (+4.5) @ Cleveland 17
WASHINGTON 24 (+3.5) @ Green Bay 20
Houston 14 (+6.5) @ JACKSONVILLE 21
NEW ORLEANS 21 (+6.5) @ Seattle 27
TENNESSEE 20 (+3) @ Tampa Bay 17

UPSET OF THE WEEK

New England (-5.5) @ Dallas

5.5 at Dallas is a big number. What would it have been if Dallas played well against Buffalo? Dallas has not given up a TD (defensively) in the past 2 weeks, that trend will not continue today but it is impressive. NE comes in with the 1 scoring offense and #3 scorign defens. Dallas is the #2 scoring offense and the #13 scoring defense.

New England looks unstoppable, but they stumble today, not having L. Maroney will finally hurt them. Dallas needs to run the ball with Jones/Barber to wear down NE and keep them off of the field, Harrison will come up to stop the run and then Romo will go to Crayton a lot today. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST

New England 24 Dallas 35

College Football - Oct. 13

Well it is cold as hell out today and I am heading to the Wisconsin - PSU game. Football weather I guess but I like the sun and 70s.

I just cannot get away from the Road teams and I hate that but here we go...not elaborating on the games b/c who really cares? Listed in order of confidence.

1. ILLINOIS 28 (-4) @ Iowa 13
1a. RUTGERS 45 (-17) @ Syracuse 20
2. TENNESSEE 35 (-7.5) @ Miss St. 20
3. ALABAMA 34 (-6.5) @ Miss 21
4. SOUTH CAROLINA 35 (-7.5) @ North Carolina 20
5. GEORGIA 28 (-6.5) @ Vanderbilt 20
6 Central Florida 21 (+12) @ SOUTH FLORIDA 38
7. Oregon St 20 (+14) @ CALIFORNIA 42
8. LA MONROE 35 (-7.5) @ North Texas 23
9. BOSTON COLLEGE 38 (-13.5) @ Notre Dame 17
10. VIRGINIA TECH 37 (-14) @ Duke 20
11. Washington St 21 (+18) @ OREGON 49
12. AIR FORCE 28 (+3) @ Colorado St. 20
13. Indiana 31 (+3.5) @ MICHIGAN ST. 35
14. New Mexico 21 (+3.5) @ WYOMING 31
15. Texas A&M 27 (+9) @ TEXAS TECH 42
16. Toledo 23 (+4) @ BUFFALO 31
17. BOWLING GREEN 28 (+1.5) @ Miami (oh) 24
18. Wisconsin 20 (+6.5) @ PENN STATE 31
19. TEXAS 38 (-16.5) @ Iowa State 17
20. TCU 28 (-5) @ Stanford 21
21. W. MICHIGAN 35 (-4) @ No. Illinois 27
22. FRESNO ST 38 (-10) @ Idaho 24
23. Marshall 20 (+13.5) @ TULSA 52
24. MISSOURI 27 (+12) @ Oklahoma 35
25. Eastern Carolina 23 (-3) @ UTEP 28
26. Washington 20 (+11) @ ARIZONA ST. 35
27. NEW MEXICO ST. 31 (+7) @ La Tech 30
28. Kent St. 14 (+30) @ OHIO ST. 49
29. ARMY 24 (+13.5) @ C. Michigan 31
30. OKLAHOMA ST 31 (+3.5) @ Nebraska 34
31. SAN DIEGO ST. 24 (+14.5) @ Utah 35
32. Colorado 20 (+5) @ KANSAS ST 28
33. ARIZONA 23 (+20)@ Southern Calirfornia 38
34. La. Lafayette 24 (+9) @ ARKANSAS ST. 37
35. NEVADA 24 (+27) @ Boise St. 45
36. MINNESOTA 30 (+6.5) @ Northwestern 35
37. Louisville 31 (+10) @ CINNCY 45
38. PURDUE 24 (+6) @ Michigan 28
39. E. MICHIGAN 24 (+5.5) @ Ohio 28
40. Oklahoma St. 28 (+3.5) @ NEBRASKA 35
41. Temple 20 (+10.5) @ AKRON 33
42. LSU 34 (-9.5) @ Kentucky 24
43. CONNECTICUT 27 (+3.5) @ Virginia 21
44. Bring them young 31 (-11) @ UTAH 24
45. So. Methodist 21 (+9) @ SO. MISS 35
46. Tulane 24 (+3) @ UAB 30
47. AUBURN 27 (+2.5) @ Arkansas 28
48. MID TN ST 28 (+4) @ Memphis 31
49. RICE 21 (+23.5) @ Houston 42
50. GEORGIA TECH 23 (+2.5) @ Miami (Fl.) 21
51. BAYLOR 20 (+28) Kansas 41

Thursday NIGHT

started off w/ a win w/ Navy last night

Tonight is an ACC mathcup b/w Wake Forest and Florida State, being a Florida/Penn State fan I hate FSU, but I do not pick w/ my heart. FSU has a SOLID defense and that will prevail tonight. FSU is giving 6 points and are on the road. I keep telling myself to stop picking road teams but ...

Florida State 27 Wake Forest 17





MLB

I got 3 of the 4 series right in round 1.

I am going to stick w/ my original predictions of Colorado v. Red Sox in the Series.

Colorado / Arizona will go down to the wire, while Cleveland will only win 1 against the Sox.