TNF Pick

Last go round in Oakland

In what may be their last encounter in Oakland or their last as the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers .... these two renew their storied rivalry in the Black Hole on Christmas Eve none the less!

Here's hoping my Bolts can finish off the year on a high note in the last two games of the season. It could be interesting with the Raiders showing promise this year and the Chargers are hoping to get production from whatever healthy bodies available.

Pick: Chargers 24-20

Happy Holidays all...more picks to come!!

NFL Week 15 continued

Precious few spots up for grabs

The post season chaos cleared considerably over the last week and heading down the stretch, the major races will be to win the NFC East and AFC Wild Card spots.

So let's just pick 'em for the week...

Atlanta @ Jacksonville

The Falcons finally win another?

Falcons 34-27

Miami @ San Diego

Chargers 21-17

Chicago @ Minnesota

Vikings 30-21

Houston @ Indianapolis

Colts battle to survive in division 

Colts 26-24

Carolina @ NY Giants

Panthers pass the Gotham test!

Panthers 30-27

Tennessee @ New England

Patriots 30-14

Buffalo @ Washington

Bills 27-23

Kansas City @ Baltimore

Chiefs 31-21

Cleveland @ Seattle

Seahawks 34-13

Green Bay @ Oakland

Raiders 27-26

Denver @ Pittsburgh

Steelers need the "W" in this one

Steelers 23-21

Cincinnati @ San Francisco

49ers 21-20

Arizona @ Philadelphia

Cards 28-23

Tampa Bay @ Saint Louis

Rams 30-27

Detroit @ New Orleans

Saints 34-30

All for now...until next week...

Thursday night footy pick

Bucs-Rams kick off the week

Tampa Bay and Saint Louis have the football spotlight on Thursday night with the Bucs visiting the Rams looking for a road win to reach the .500 mark on the season.

The Rams have shown promise but not consistency this season and are still not quite near Jeff Fisher standards.

This one could go down to the wire and I'm giving a slight nod to St Louis.

Rams 28-26

More picks on the way...

NFL Week 14 picks

Teams looking to just win for Week 14

Nfl teams head into the final four weeks of the season with virtually everyone still alive for a playoff birth...well twenty odd teams anyhow.

A solid 11-5 record for Week 13 has me sitting at 111-79 going into the final four weeks. Let's pick some games!!

San Diego @ Kansas City

My Chargers are among the few who are not going anywhere but shuffling for draft picks..

Chiefs 30-21

Atlanta @ Carolina 

Panthers 31-24

Buffalo @ Philadelphia

Eagles grab two in a row??

Eagles 27-23

San Francisco @ Cleveland

49ers 23-17

Detroit @ Saint Louis

Lions 28-24

New Orleans @ Tampa Bay

Bucs 30-28

Tennessee @ NY Jets

Jets 24-13

Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati

Bengals may get that late season win for a change before their usual playoff spot clinching losses start.

Bengals 31-28

Indianapolis @ Jacksonville

Colts 34-24

Washington @ Chicago

Bears 27-20

Seattle @ Baltimore

Seahawks 30-20

Oakland @ Denver

Broncos 27-17

Dallas @ Green Bay

Perfect time for Packers to have Cowboys ride into town...

Packers 35-30

New England @ Houston

Texans 27-22

NY Giants @ Miami

Someone has to win the NFC East!!!

Giants 24-14

Enjoy the games ... until next week!!

TNF pick

Storm brewing in the desert

Tonight's NFL Action sees the Minnesota Vikings go into the desert looking for answers against the Arizona Cardinals after last weeks devastating loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

The Cardinals are currently on a six game win streak which they are looking to extend while keeping the Seahawks at bay.

This one could go any number of directions ... it could be a blowout, it could be a shootout, it could be an epic low scoring battle ... either way it will be intense.

Will have to go with the home team here!!

Cardinals 27-23

Enjoy the game ... back with more picks soon...

NFL Week 13 picks

NFL Teams nearing final turn

With a return to form 12-4 Week 12 record that has me at 100-74 on the season. No need for lengthy build up....let's pick 'em!

Atlanta @ Tampa Bay

Are the Bucs looking to make a playoff push??

Bucs 30-27

Denver @ San Diego

Broncos 31-24

NY Jets @ NY Giants

Both squads are trying to get into the post season ... adding extra flavour to the Battle of Gotham!

Giants 27-23

Arizona @ St Louis

Cardinals 34-24

Seattle @ Minnesota

Seahawks need to keep finding wins!

Seahawks 24-21

Houston @ Buffalo

Bills 26-22

Baltimore @ Miami

Dolphins 33-31

Cincinnati @ Cleveland 

Bengals 40-24

Jacksonville @ Tennessee

Titans 21-17

San Francisco @ Chicago

Bears 30-20

Kansas City @ Oakland

The Raiders return to being a threat?

Raiders 28-23

Carolina @ New Orleans

Panthers 27-23

Philadelphia @ New England

Pats 35-24

Indianapolis @ Pittsburgh

Steelers 23-17

Dallas @ Washington

Redskins 30-21

Done for this week...enjoy the games!

NCAA Conference Championship picks

NCAA Conference Championship Saturday is here

It's that time of the year for NCAA title hopefuls with Conference Championship Saturday kicking off soon.

Who will find their way into the Football Four after the dust settles??? 

Let's pick 'em!!

American Conference

Temple (22) vs Houston (19)

These two did not meet in the regular season so this will be the only meeting between the two this year.

It will be the Temple "D" versus the explosive Houston offense. Hmm this time of the year, defense usually wins titles!

Temple 24-19

Conference USA

Southern Miss vs Western Kentucky

This one could be "last team with the ball wins"!!

WKy 41-35

SEC Championship

Alabama (2) vs Florida (18)

Florida will have to muster up at least 21-28 points for a win here and keep turnovers minimal.

I'd love to see chaos in the Playoff picture though

Florida 22-20

Mountain West Championship

Air Force vs San Diego State

Air Force 26-22

Big Ten Championship

Michigan State (5) vs Iowa (4)

The Iowa perfection will be tested but the Hawkeyes may surprise as undefeated underdogs!

Iowa 27-23

ACC Championship

North Carolina (10) vs Clemson (1)

Well, I'm a Carolina basketball fan and after what Clemson did to my alma mater (The U), I'm gonna pick the big upset here!!!

UNC 34-27

PAC 12 Championship

USC (20) vs Stanford (7)

Could USC turn the tables on the Cardinal after a regular season loss??

Stanford 31-30

Other notables:

Texas @ Baylor (12)

Baylor 34-20

Back with NFL picks tomorrow...

Packers vs Lions on Thursday night

NFL has Thursday night lights on

With NCAA Conference Championship Saturday on the horizon, the NFL has the spotlight on Thursday night with Green Bay visiting Detroit.

Green Bay @ Detroit

The Packers visit Detroit looking to avenge the home loss to the Lions a few weeks ago. The Lions have shown signs of improvement over the last few weeks but Green Bay is hungry for improvement themselves heading into the playoffs.

Green Bay 31-23

Back with more in 24!

Finishing up NFL Week 12

NFL Week 12 remaining picks

Finishing 6-7 for Week 11 , which takes me to 88-70 on the season...improvement needed for sure!

Ok, let's pick Sunday!!

Minnesota @ Atlanta

Both teams need the win!!

Minnesota 31-27

San Diego @ Jacksonville

First pick shuffle game!!

San Diego 27-23

Oakland @ Tennessee

Oakland 35-27

Buffalo @ Kansas City

Kansas City 19-17

Tampa Bay @ Indianapolis

Tampa Bay 30-28

NY Giants @ Washington 

Giants need to right the ship!!

NY Giants 32-24

New Orleans @ Houston

Houston 27-20

St Louis @ Cincinnati 

Bengals need a bounce back win....

Cincy 30-21

Miami @ NY Jets

NY Jets 31-17

Arizona @ San Francisco

Arizona 28-17

Pittsburgh @ Seattle

Big game out West!!

Seattle 23-19

New England @ Denver

For once, I'll be a Bronco fan!!

Denver 20-17

Baltimore @ Cleveland

Baltimore 34-28

Until next week....

NCAA Week 12 picks continued

Big games continue...

At the end of this weekend, Week 13, we will have the contenders for Conference Championships sorted and possibly Football Four contenders' pathways will be clearer.

There are a few Civil War games on so ....let's pick 'em!!

UCLA (22) @ USC

Trojans pull the minor upset and will play for conference title!

USC 34-24

Ohio State (8) @ Michigan (10)

Harbaugh Magic is in effect!!

Michigan 27-21

Clemson (1) @ South Carolina

Clemson 41-21

Colorado @ Utah (23)

Utah 30-26

Penn State @ Michigan State (5)

Michigan State 27-17

Northwestern (16) @ Illinois

Northwestern 28-18

North Carolina (14) @ NC State

UNC 35-24

Alabama (2) @ Auburn

Alabama 26-17

UConn @ Temple (25)

Temple 30-18

Ole Miss (18) @ Miss State (21)

Miss State 28-24

Florida State (13) @ Florida (12)

Florida 19-12

Notre Dame (6) @ Stanford (9)

Stanford bumps the Irish down the ladder....

Stanford 30-24

Oklahoma (3) @ Oklahoma State (11)

Cowboys bounce back into playoff picture!!

Oklahoma State 38-33

Virginia Tech @ Virginia

Farewell Coach Beamer...well done!!

Va Tech 31-20

Georgia @ GA Tech

Georgia 31-18

Louisville @ Kentucky

Kentucky 19-17

Wisconsin @ Minnesota

Wisconsin 28-13

Air Force @ New Mexico

Air Force 22-7

Arizona State @ Cal

Cal 34-26

Back with NFL picks tomorrow.

VHSL hits Round 3 for 2015

Titles still within grasp for high schools

There are a few Southside/SW Virginia teams still kicking in the 2015 VHSL Playoffs after some knocked one another off last weekend. A few defending champions are still alive and looking for repeats also, so, let's just pick some games, there should be ten for me to choose from...

Salem @ John Champe

Salem has had trouble travelling North in playoff games but the Spartans should get by in this one.

Salem by 5

Staunton River @ Magna Vista

The Golden Eagles might not score quite as many points this weekend but may need to!!

Magna Vista by 10

Abingdon @ Lord Botetourt

Lord Botetourt by 4

Glenvar @ Union

Glenvar by 2

Radford @ George Wythe

Radford by 13

Galax @ JI Burton

Galax by 2

Woodgrove @ Jefferson Forest

Jefferson Forest by 13

Richlands @ Appomattox County

Appomattox by 15

Robert E Lee @ Clark County

Clark County by 12

Central-Lunenburg @ Riverheads

Riverheads by 16

My first time picking a few of the teams, good luck to all!

Thanksgiving Day predictions

Full plate of action for holiday weekend

There are several Civil War games on for NCAA teams this weekend to go along with the NFL Thanksgiving feast.

Ok, NCAA picks first here we go to kick off the weekend.

NCAA

Navy (15) @ Houston 

Another big one in the American Conference. Navy is looking to advance to the conference championship game with a win. Houston is looking to close out after last weeks disappointment against Memphis. The Cougars fall short.

Navy 27-22

Western Michigan @ Toledo (24)

Toledo 41-12

Washington State (20) @ Washington

Washington State 34-24

Iowa (4) @ Nebraska

Trap game for Iowa!!

Iowa 30-26

Oregon State @ Oregon (17)

Oregon 50-13

Baylor (7) @ TCU (19)

Baylor is pushing for a late season Football Four spot in spite of last week's loss. It will be a wild one!!

Baylor 50-46

NFL

Philadelphia @ Detroit

Eagles need to bounce back!

Philadelphia 27-24

Carolina @ Dallas

Carolina will put a quick stop to the "World beating/Everything Right with Romo" Cowboys hype.

Carolina 27-21

Chicago @ Green Bay

Right time for the Packers to have Chicago come in for the holiday!

Green Bay 30-21

Much more to come over the next couple of days....

Week 11 NFL picks

Gotta be a better week pick wise

After a horrendous 4-10 prediction ledger for Week 10 , putting me at 82-63 for the season, I'm looking for a better week heading into the home turn of the 2015 NFL season.

There are a few interesting match ups on tap this week so no long drawn out excuses for last week...let's pick 'em!

Oakland @ Detroit

Oakland 31-27

Indianapolis @ Atlanta

Atlanta 38-34

NY Jets @ Houston

Both teams looking to make a late season move, it will be defensive!

Houston 22-17

Tampa Bay @ Philadelphia

Philadelphia 24-23

Denver @ Chicago

The Broncos are looking to bounce back from last week...

Denver 34-23

St Louis @ Baltimore 

St Louis 27-17

Dallas @ Miami

Cowboys are expecting big things with the return of Tony Romo, Dolphins are lying in wait!

Miami 24-21

Washington @ Carolina

Carolina 30-22

Kansas City @ San Diego

Kansas City 30-28

Green Bay @ Minnesota

Packers are in a tailspin!
Minnesota 30-28

San Francisco @ Seattle

Seattle 23-17

Cincinnati @ Arizona

Big one in the desert!

Arizona 34-31

Buffalo @ New England

New England is out of escapes!

Buffalo 28-26

Until next week.... 

Week 12 NCAA picks

Ohio State and Oklahoma State face tests

Week 12 sees #9 Michigan State travel to Columbus for a tilt with #3 Ohio State while 

#6 Oklahoma State hosts #10 Baylor in games that could have an effect on the College Football Playoff polls. 

Meanwhile, other ranked teams have relatively easy weeks ahead.

Let's pick 'em!

North Carolina (17) @ Va Tech

This will be the last home game for Hokie coach Frank Beamer so throw all of the usual prediction gauges out of the window and expect an all in Va Tech effort for the win.

Va Tech 24-22

USC (24) @ Oregon (23)

USC 34-30

Florida Atlantic @ Florida (8)

Florida 40-6

Purdue @ Iowa (5)

Iowa 34-10

Michigan (12) @ Penn State

Could be tricky for Michigan...

Michigan 28-23

Memphis (21) @ Temple

Three losses in a row for the Tigers?

Temple 23-18

Chattanooga @ Florida State (14)

Florida State 51-19

Michigan State (9) @ Ohio State (3)

The big game of the week for the Big 10! Ohio State gets tested...

Ohio State 28-26

Northwestern (20) @ Wisconsin (25)

Wisconsin 30-26

Houston (19) @ U Conn

Houston 33-12

UCLA @ Utah (13)

Utah 34-24

LSU (15) @ Ole Miss (22)

Ole Miss 23-21

Wake Forest @ Clemson (1)

Clemson 47-14

Charleston Southern @ Alabama (2)

Alabama 51-10

Navy (16) @ Tulsa

Navy 34-20

Boston College @ Notre Dame (4)

Notre Dame 40-22

Baylor (10) @ Oklahoma State (6)

Oklahoma State survives another week...

Oklahoma State 44-41

TCU (18) @ Oklahoma (7) 

Oklahoma begins a climb up the polls.

Oklahoma 34-28

Cal @ Stanford (11)

Stanford 32-23

Ga Tech @ Miami

Miami 28-20

Syracuse @ NC State

NC State 34-19

Rutgers @ Army

Army 22-20

Western Kentucky @ Fla International

Western Kentucky 32-17

Fresno State @ BYU

BYU 40-8

The Citadel @ South Carolina

South Carolina 38-15

Back with NFL picks tomorrow....

VHSL Playoffs Week 2

Who will survive in Virginia?

High schools in  Southside/Southtwest Virginia continue into the second week of their playoff season on Friday with several big games on the schedule.

I did ok, doiong 9-1 in the first week of playoff action, here we go with picks for Week 2 of the playoffs for a little part of Virginia!!

Amerherst County @ Salem

The Spartans opened the season with a win over Amherst and close out the Lancer season in the same fashion.

Salem by 20

Brookville @ Magna Vista

The Bees are contending again but may fall short this weekend.

Magna Vista by 17

Abingdon @ Northside

Northside by 11

Giles @ Glenvar

Giles started the season with a tough loss to Glenvar but pull the playoff surprise!!

Giles by 6

Bland County @ George Wythe

George Wythe by 4

Honaker @ Radford

Radford by 8

Hurley @ Galax

Galax by 4

GW Danville @ Champe

GW by 12

Dan River @ Appomattox

Wildcats need a turn around from their regular season loss to their opponents this, may be the end of the season...

Appomattox by 16

Monticello @ Lord Botetourt

Botetourt by 13

Back with NCAA picks next...

Thursday night 19-11-15

Will anyone tune in?

Tennessee travels to Jacksonville for our Thursday night dose of football....oh well, let's pick it!

Tennessee @ Jacksonville

Not much more than bragging rights on the line in this one ... it's been a long season for the young Titans while Jacksonville could quietly go to 4-6 on the season.

If all else fails, go with the home team!!

Jacksonville 26-23

NFL Week 10 picks

Turning point games for some teams

This week, teams such as Seattle and Philadelphia in the NFC along with the AFC's Pittsburgh and the surprising Oakland Raiders looking at the playoff picture from below hoping to get a hot streak going through the final weeks of the regular season.

I finished Week 9 at 9-3 so my season pick record is 78-53 going into Sunday.

Let's pick 'em...

Detroit @ Green Bay

Green Bay 34-20

Dallas @ Tampa Bay

Dallas may hang on for a win!

Dallas 30-27

Carolina @ Tennessee

Carolina can't be complacent in this one.

Carolina 31-20

Chicago @ Saint Louis

Saint Louis 28-22

New Orleans @ Washington

Saints need to win this one.

New Orleans 26-21

Miami @ Philadelphia

Philadelphia 24-16

Cleveland @ Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh 31-24

Jacksonville @ Baltimore

Baltimore 27-24

Minnesota @ Oakland

The Raiders surprise again!

Oakland 30-28

New England @ NY Giants

Season defining win for Giants?

NY Giants 31-28

Kansas City @ Denver

Denver 35-24

Arizona @ Seattle

It will be low scoring and defensive!

Seattle 23-17

Houston @ Cincinnati 
Cincy 31-23

Until next week, enjoy he games!