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!

NCAA Week 11 picks

Baylor gets a test

Number six Baylor will get a chance to thrust themselves into Football Four contention with a home win over #12 Oklahoma in Big 12 action this weekend and there will be another battle going on in Texas with #24 Houston hosting #21 Memphis looking to move to 10-0 on the season with a win.

For Week 10  an 18-7 finish has my 2015 record at 199-57.

Ok, Week 11 ... let's pick 'em!!

Miami @  (23) North Carolina

The Heels have been climbing and a tough home win would look good. They won't score 66 this week though!

Carolina 27-23

Florida (11) @ South Carolina

Spurrier Cup!!

Florida 28-13

Kansas @ TCU (15)

TCU 47-19

Ohio State (3) @ Illinois

Ohio State 35-20

Maryland @ Michigan State (13)

Michigan State 31-17

Purdue @ Northwestern (18)

Northwestern 30-16

NC State @ Florida State (16)

Florida State 40-24

Wake Forest @ Notre Dame (4)

Notre Dame 38-22

Clemson (1) @ Syracuse

Clemson 40-18

Alabama (2) @ Mississippi State (17)

Could be a "trap" game for 'Bama ? But they will hold up.

Alabama 27-25

Michigan (14) @ Indiana

Michigan 31-14

SMU @ Navy (20)

Navy 31-8

Oklahoma State (8) @ Iowa State

Oklahoma State 37-22

Temple (22) @ South Florida

Temple 26-16

Memphis (21) @ Houston (24)

Undefeated team is a slight underdog...

Memphis 23-17

Arkansas @ LSU (9)

LSU 34-24

Oregon @ Stanford (7)

Stanford 34-23

Oklahoma (12) @ Baylor (6)

Big one for the Bears at home this week...they will pass the test!

Baylor 34-27

Minnesota @ Iowa (5)

Iowa 30-13

Utah (10) @ Arizona

Utah 33-21

Washington State @ UCLA (19)

UCLA 34-30

Texas @ West Virginia 

West Virginia 28-25

Utah State @ Air Force

Air Force 27-21

USC @ Colorado

USC 38-27

BYU @ Missouri

BYU 34-31

Back with NFL picks later....

  

Playoff time in SW Virginia

Title Quests are about to start

Virginia high schools kick off their title quests in earnest with playoff games throughout the state on Friday night.

Ok for the first round of the 2015 VHSL playoffs, let's pick' em!

Heritage @ Magna Vista

The Warriors come into the 3A West bracket as the 2014 3A State Champions looking to repeat!! They start big!

Magna Vista by 22

Halifax County @ Massaponax

Comets done early!!

Massaponax by 31

Patrick Henry @ Tuscarora 

Tuscarora by 26

Liberty-Bealton @ GW Danville

GW by 19

Amherst County @ Pulaski County

Ahmherst County by 3

Alleghany @ Northside

Northside by 24

Central-Wise @ Dan River

Dan Rver by 4

Martinsville @ Buckingham County

Buckingham County by 17

Blacksburg @ Staunton River

Blacksburg by 8

Virginia High @ Glenvar

Glenvar by 23

Back with more in 24!!!

Thursday night NFL predictions

Bills-Jets have the spotlight

Buffalo travels to Gotham to take on the Jets in Thursday nights NFL clash for Week 10

The Jets have surprised this season while it has been a major test for the Bills to keep healthy.

The big buzz around the game is of course King Rex returning to his former domain to face a gritty defensive New York crew. Look for the Bills to come away with the minor upset!

Buffalo 26-22

Back with more in 24!!

Week 9 NFL picks

NFL teams search for wins

The NFL week ahead will see some teams get much needed wins and others continue to struggle with injuries or internal issues ans the season nears the halfway point.

In Week 8 , I stumbled along to an 8-6 finish and my season record is now 69-50

OK...let's pick 'em!

Green Bay @ Carolina

Packers lose two in a row??

Carolina 30-27

Washington @ New England

New England 34-20

Tennessee @ New Orleans

New Orleans 42-27

Miami @ Buffalo

Buffalo 23-20

Saint Louis @ Minnesota

Minnesota 24-23

Jacksonville @ NY Jets

NY Jets 27-14

Oakland @ Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh 28-17

NY Giants @ Tampa Bay

NY Giants 35-27

Atlanta @ San Francisco

Atlanta 30-21

Denver @ Indianapolis

Picking against Denver again!!

Indianapolis 24-22

Philadelphia @ Dallas

Cowboys in disarray...

Philadelphia 30-20

Chicago @ San Diego

Chargers finally get another "W"

San Diego 31-21

Back with more next week!!

Week 10 NCAA Football

Big Cashes ahead

With the first playoff rankings out last week, the measuring stick has been set, now teams will vie for spots until the end of the NCAA regular season.

Florida State-Clemson, TCU-Oklahoma State and LSU-Alabama will draw a fair share of attention from fans on Saturday with a few other trap games also on the slate.

For Week 9 , a 22-3 finish sees my record at 181-50 on the season.

Ok, let's pick 'em!

Penn State @ Northwestern (21)

Northwestern 24-22

Vanderbilt @ Florida (10)

Florida 34-14

Florida State (16) @ Clemson (1) 

This year, FSU plays spoiler!!

Florida State 30-28

Arkansas @ Ole Miss (18)

Ole Miss 27-23

Rutgers @ Michigan (17)

Michigan 31-8

TCU (8) @ Oklahoma State (14)

TCU starts the move up the standings

TCU 46-30

Cincinnati @ Houston (25)

Houston 40-30

UCLA (23) @ Oregon State

UCLA 28-17

Navy @ Memphis (13)

Memphis 26-14

Iowa State @ Oklahoma (15)

Oklahoma 41-21

Michigan State(7) @ Nebraska

Michigan State 23-10

Auburn @ Texas A&M (19)

Texas A&M 34-30

LSU (2) @ Alabama (4)

Hmm...home team I suppose.

Alabama 27-24

Minnesota @ Ohio State (3)

Ohio State 35-14

Duke @ North Carolina

Tune up for basketball season!!

Carolina 23-21

Notre Dame (5) @ Pitt

Trap Game??

Pitt 20-18

Virginia @ Miami

Miami 29-20

Kansas @ Texas

Texas 31-15

Wisconsin @ Maryland

Wisconsin 38-27

Army @ Air Force

Air Force 24-17

Hawaii @ UNLV

UNLV 27-21

Cal @ Oregon

Oregon 38-35

Arizona @ USC

USC 30-22

Back tomorrow with NFL picks....