Friday, November 14, 2008

Weekend Football Preview!

Sorry for the lack of production this week...it'll never happen again lol....To America's favorite running segment....THE PICKS

YTD (Entering): 39-34-3
  • Indiana +35.5 over Penn State....Before I start, Indiana is awful, I won't argue with you...but Penn State may not score 35 total regardless
  • Auburn +10 over Georgia....Got a feeling they play tough....this is their best shot at a bowl game and they play better at home
  • South Carolina +22 over Florida.....Apparently I like the underdogs this week...but I think this spread is at least a field goal too high b/c everyone is suddenly in love with Florida....South Carolina plays D and teams that play D can generally cover 20 point numbers
  • USC -24 over Stanford....They remember last year.....Trojans by 40....
  • Pittsburgh Steelers -5 over San Diego....San Diego still isn't good....Ben's practicing....Steelers by 10
  • Dallas -1.5 over Washington.....No Portis for Washington....don't think Campbell can do enough
  • Indy -8 over Houston.....Sage the Great on the road.....Indy's offense looks to be getting it together....

Okay, on to the action....First of all....this college football slate looks to be the worst in weeks....that said, usually these are the type of weeks that total chaos usually takes place on.....

  • Texas @ Kansas (12:30).....Lost in the Big 12 hype this year is the fact that Kansas is still a fraud...just one that doesn't win every close game like last year's squad.....That said, playing at home, this could be an upset alert for Texas
  • Georgia @ Auburn (12:30)....Spoke about this one already.....but should be competitive at least
  • South Carolina @ Florida (3:30 CBS)....Somehow this is the game of the day on paper....remember when I said it was a bad week?
  • Boston College @ Florida State (8:00)....This is the primetime matchup, lol....2 pretty decent ACC teams but Florida State is missing 5 players due to suspensions....I like the Eagles on the road....

To the NFL....

  • Denver @ Atlanta....I obviously am following this one closely....Cutler will likely throw for over 300 but I still like Atlanta....Michael Turner continues to eat up bad defenses and Denver's run D is as bad as they come....
  • Baltimore @ NYG....I bash rookie QBs regularly (save Matt Ryan) but Joe Flacco has been good lately....look for that to come to a screeching halt on the road against the most intimidating pass defense in the league in the Giants
  • Minnesota @ Tampa....Loser is in deep trouble in terms of playoff possibilities so this one is big...regardless of it being borderline unwatchable....
  • Arizona @ Seattle...The return of Matt Hasselbeck! LOL Sorry that was for you Ryan...no other reason to mention this game
  • Tennesssee @ Jax....People are picking Jacksonville to end the streak.....I don't know what evidence they have b/c Jax has been pretty putrid...but hey....it's possible
  • Cleveland @ Buffalo....Oh yea....Cleveland is on monday night like 4 times this year....congratulations to the NFL on somehow not seeing through them preseason like I did....This may be a turn-off game....even for me

Enjoy the slate

1 comment:

Ryan said...

Gee thanks for the mention