NFL Week 7 picks

Schedule filled with good matches

Straight to picks this week....behind schedule...

New England @ Chicago

Letdown week for Pats...

Bears 30-28

Buffalo @ Indianapolis

Colts 24-20

Detroit @ Miami

Lions 31-27

Minnesota @ NY Jets

Vikings 34-23

Carolina @ Philadelphia

Big one in Philly...could go to last possession...

Eagles 30-27

Cleveland @ Tampa Bay

Bucs 34-24

Houston @ Jacksonville

Texans 23-21

New Orleans @ Baltimore

Ravens 27-23

LA Rams @ San Francisco

Rams 35-20

Dallas @ Washington

Big interest from most....not a lot from me but have o pick it....

Cincinnati @ Kansas City

Could be the game of the week...

Chiefs 38-35

NY Giants @ Atlanta

Falcons 30-28

Last Week: 10-5

Season: 56-37

Until next week....

NFL Week 6 picks

All eyes on Foxboro tonight

Kansas City travels to Foxboro to meet New England tonight in the highlight of Week 5 NFL action.

The Chiefs are scorching at the moment but have done so in past seasons only to fade in the playoffs meanwhile the Patriots seem to be fine tuning as they go from week to week.

The excitement around this one revolves around KC quarterback Pat Mahomes vs wily veteran Tom Brady.

Ok....let's pick some games!!

Tampa Bay @ Atlanta

Falcons 31-27

Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati

There is a new hype with this one and the Bengals may finally snap the six loss streak to the Steelers.

Bengals 34-30

LA Chargers @ Cleveland

Chargers 23-17

Seattle @ Oakland

Seahawks 27-22

Chicago @ Miami

Bears 24-17

Arizona @ Minnesota

Vikings 34-20

Indianapolis @ NY Jets

Jets 28-23

Carolina @ Washington

Panthers 30-20

Buffalo @ Houston

Texans 27-17

LA Rams @ Denver

Rams 30-21

Jacksonville @ Dallas

There are rumblings/grumblings in Dallas

Jags 28-24

Baltimore @ Tennessee

Ravens 24-21

Kansas City @ New England

Right now... the Patriots are working out the kinks still so this is either prime time to spring one on the Chiefs or become another team boggled and beaten by them

Gonna give the edge to Mahomes and crew!

Chiefs 38-30

San Francisco @ Green Bay

Packers 34-24

Last Week: 12-3

Season: 46-32

Until next week...

Thursday night 11 October 2018

Eagles visit NYC looking for a win

The Philadelphia Eagles travel to New York for a date with the Giants in hopes of righting the ship so to speak after consecutive losses.

Philadelphia @ NY Giants

The Giants have been all over the shop this season and are hoping to spring the upset amid their inner turmoil.

The Eagles meanwhile are looking to steady the ship so to speak as they haven't adjusted to being the team everyone wants to beat thus far in their title defense.

Tonight, though maybe not in championship form, the Eagles should get the win.

Eagles 27-23

Back with the weekend's picks soon....

NFL Week 5 2018

Jacksonville-KC in clash of the week

The Jags visit to Kansas City highlight this week's offering of NFL games. Eyes will also be on Pittsburgh as they host Atlanta and Philadelphia where the Eagles will look to bounce back against the Vikings.

Ok, let's pick 'em!!

Tennessee @ Buffalo

Trap game for the Titans

Bills 22-20

Miami @ Cincinnati

Bengals 30-24

Baltimore @ Cleveland

Ravens 28-20

Green Bay @ Detroit 

Packers 31-27

Jacksonville @ Kansas City

No collapse in KC...yet!!

Chiefs 28-24

Denver @ NY Jets

Jets 26-23

Atlanta @ Pittsburgh

Top clash in Pittsburgh...will be a shootout

Steelers 38-35

NY Giants @ Carolina

Panthers 24-17

Oakland @ LA Chargers

Chargers 31-24

Minnesota @ Philadelphia

NFC Championship rematch....same result

Eagles 27-24

Arizona @ San Francisco

Cards 23-21

LA Rams @ Seattle

Rams 34-24

Dallas @ Houston

Texans take the Lone Star State championship

Texans 3024

Washington @ New Orleans

Saints 38-28

Last Week: 9-6

Season: 34-29

Until next week...

TNF 4October2018

Will Indy get "Lucky" in Foxboro

Indianapolis @ New England

The Colts have had close ones all season and it will be another tough ask for them on the road to New England.

Though Andrew Luck is back, the Colts have struggled in three close losses. Expect the Patriots to continue their form from the weekend rout of Miami.

Patriots 35-27

Week 4 for NFL

Baltimore - Pittsburgh renew acquaintances

Baltimore and Pittsburgh face off for the first time this season with the Steelers fresh from a big Monday night win in Tampa. The Ravens meanwhile would love nothing more than grabbing a big division road win.

Ok...let's pick 'em!!

Cincinnati @ Atlanta

Interesting game in the ATL...the Falcons need to grab a big one...

Falcons 34-30

Tampa Bay @ Chicago

Bucs 23-21

Detroit @ Dallas

Lions 30-24

Buffalo @ Green Bay

Packers 27-17

Philadelphia @ Tennessee

Eagles 28-20

Houston @ Indianapolis

Texans can't afford to lose!!!

Texans 28-27

Miami @ New England

The Dolphins are primed to finally win in New England....if so...they will have a huge lead in the AFC East.

Dolphins 30-27

NY Jets @ Jacksonville

Jaguars 24-20

Cleveland @ Oakland

Browns 17-13

Seattle @ Arizona 

Seahawks 24-14

New Orleans @ NY Giants

Saints 30-28

San Francisco @ LA Chargers

Chargers 31-21

Baltimore @ Pittsburgh

The Steelers showed life in Tampa but there is still turmoil...the Ravens may be more consistent.

Ravens 28-24

Kansas City @ Denver

Chiefs 27-19

Until next week....

Week 3: 8-8

Season: 25-23

Thursday Night 27 Sept 2018

Big night ahead in LA

Minnesota visits the LA Rams in Thursday nights NFL showcase. These two are favoured in some circles to face off for the conference championship later in the season. Even with the Vikings' shock loss in Buffalo last week, this one should live up to the hype.

Minnesota @ LA Rams

The Rams won't be caught by surprise at home. The Vikings will "bring it"  but in this situation, they might not have enough. It will possibly go down to the wire and slow down to who has the better ground game in the end.

Look for the Rams to prevail in the end.

Rams 34-27

NCAA Thursday 

North Carolina @ (16) Miami

The Tarheels visit Miami hoping to make a good showing. Meanwhile, the Hurricanes are looking for a solid, big win without any injuries. 

The teams are at different levels and it should show.

Miami 41-17

More picks to come....

NFL Week 3 2018

Battle for LA highlights NFL slate

The Chargers-Rams battle for supremacy in the City of Angels is the highlight of the Week 3 NFL schedule.

The Rams are off to a rocket start and the Chargers are looking to get a big win after splitting their first two games of the season.

This one should be a burner!

Ok, let's pick some games!!!

New Orleans @ Atlanta

Big one in the NFC South ... slight advantage to the home squad.

Falcons 30-28

San Francisco @ Kansas City

Not just yet 'Niners!!

Chiefs 34-21

Oakland @ Miami

Dolphins 24-20

Buffalo @ Minnesota

Vikings 35-24

Indianapolis @ Philadelphia

Bounce back for the Champs...

Eagles 28-20

Green Bay @ Washington

Packers 31-27

Cincinnati @ Carolina

Panthers can't afford a home home loss...will be a good one...

Panthers 24-20

Tennessee @ Jacksonville

Jags 30-17

Denver @ Baltimore

Ravens 23-21

NY Giants @ Houston

Texans 27-20

LA Chargers @ LA Rams

Rivers rises to occasion

Chargers 27-24

Chicago @ Arizona

Bears 23-14

Dallas @ Seattle

Cowboys 27-23

New England @ Detroit

Pats 35-30

Pittsburgh @ Tampa Bay

Bucs 30-27

Week 2: 9-7

Season: 17-15

Until next week...

TNF 20 September 2018

Spotlight on Cleveland for Thursday night

NY Jets @ Cleveland

The Jets visit Cleveland tonight hoping not to become the Brown's first win in ages while Cleveland will be looking to finish off a game strong and come out with a victory.

The Browns have a tie against Pittsburgh in Week 1 and another close call on the road in a loss to New Orleans in Week 2.

New York suffered a tough loss to Miami last week after a big Week 1 win over Detroit.

Tonight Cleveland will be looking to consolidate and play a solid four quarters against the Jets while the Jets will depend on a solid performance from Sam Darnold.

Expect another close one but leaning towards the Browns to finally break through!!

Browns 28-24

Back with more picks tomorrow.

Week 2 NFL 2018

Minnesota-Green Bay highlight Week 2

After a few surprises in Week 1, the 2018 NFL season jumps to Week 2 with Minnesota's visit to Green Bay the must watch game.

Not a lot of fanfare from me this week...let's pick 'em!

Carolina @ Atlanta

Ahh...the #NFCSouth

Panthers 27-24

LA Chargers @ Buffalo

Chargers 31-17

Minnesota @ Green Bay

Vikings may be too tough this early in season???

Vikings 30-27

Houston @ Tennesee

Texans 24-16

Cleveland @ New Orleans

Browns are solid!

Browns 34-31

Miami @ NY Jets

Jets 28-20

Kansas City @ Pittsburgh

Chiefs 35-27

Philadelphia @ Tampa Bay

Eagles 24-14

Indianapolis @ Washington

Colts 30-28

Arizona @ LA Rams

Rams 38-21

Detroit @ San Francisco

49ers 31-30

Oakland @ Denver

Broncos 27-21

New England @ Jacksonville

Jags look to finish the job this time!

Jaguars 24-21

NY Giants @ Dallas

Giants 31-21

Seattle @ Chicago

Bears 27-24

Until next week...enjoy!

NCAA Football Week 3 2018

LSU-Auburn highlight the week

Week 3 of the 2018 NCAA football season has a couple of ranked clashes in store with LSU travelling to Auburn, TCU visiting Ohio State and Boise state heading to Oklahoma State.

Ok...for Week three...let's pick 'em!!!

Miami (21) @ Toledo

Miami 35-23

USC (22) @ Texas

The Longhorns are searching for a big "W" at home...

Texas 21-17

East Carolina @ Virginia Tech (13)

Tech 40-10

Georgia Southern @ Clemson (2)

Clemson 52-13

Middle Tennessee @ Georgia (3)

Georgia 48-6

Oklahoma (5) @ Iowa State

Oklahoma 30-17

Kent State @ Penn State (11)

Penn State 40-14

Cal-Davis @ Stanford (9)

Stanford 48-3

Vanderbilt @ Notre Dame (8)

Notre Dame 27-23

BYU @ Wisconsin (6)

Wisconsin 34-22

LSU (12) @ Auburn (7)

LSU needs a big road win in the SEC but will fall short again...

Auburn 27-24

Boise State (17) @ Oklahoma State (24)

Boise 28-27

SMU @ Michigan (19)

Michigan 40-20

San Jose State @ Oregon (20)

Oregon 51-7

Alabama (1) @ Ole Miss

Alabama 38-17

Louisiana @ Mississippi State (16)

Mississippi State 35-16

Ohio State (4) vs TCU (15)

What a signature win/upset this cold be!

TCU 21-17

Washington (10) @ Utah

Washington 30-8

Arizona State (23) @ San Diego State

Arizona State 23-13

West Virginia (14) @ NC State

Upset!!!

NC State 28-26

UCF (18) @ North Carolina 

UCF 40-12

Ohio @ Virginia

Virginia 27-20

Hawaii @ Army

Hawaii 40-20

Temple @ Maryland

Maryland 30-13

Colorado State @ Florida

Florida 29-16

Blog Picks

Week 2: 21-4

Overall: 40-10

Enjoy the games....until next week...

Thursday night football

Ravens visit Cincy for Thursday night game

Baltimore @ Cincinnati

Both are coming off opening day wins and both are looking for bounce back seasons...moreso the Bengals who are looking for a return to the postseason.

Baltimore seemed more potent offensively against Buffalo but Cincy will provide a bigger test on both sides of the ball.

In the end...I'll give the nod to the home team.

Bengals 28-24

Back with more picks soon...

NFL Week 1 2018

Rivalries kick off the season

Kansas City-LA Chargers, Pittsburgh-Cleveland and Chicago-Green Bay highlight the opening weekend of the 2018 NFL season.

These are the ones that count and some teams have question marks from injury, holdouts or changes in their rosters so it will be an interesting weekend.

Ok, let's pick 'em!!!

Pittsburgh @ Cleveland

Cleveland is vastly improved...the Bell saga could affect Pittsburgh...hell let's pick an upset!!

Browns 23-20

Cincinnati @ Indianapolis

Bengals 31-24

Tennessee @ Miami

Titans 27-21

San Francisco @ Minnesota

Vikings 31-21

Houston @ New England

Texans have things to prove this season!!

Texans 24-22

Tampa Bay @ New Orleans

Saints 35-34

Jacksonville @ NY Giants

This one will be interesting!!

Giants 22-20

Buffalo @ Baltimore

Ravens 27-17

Kansas City @ LA Chargers

Chargers looking for a full solid season this year.

Chargers 30-28

Seattle @ Denver

Seahawks 30-17

Washington @ Arizona

Cardinals 24-14

Dallas @ Carolina

Panthers 31-23

Chicago @ Green Bay

Bears are improved but Lambeau will leap!

Packers 28-20

NY Jets @ Detroit

Lions 34-30

LA Rams @ Oakland

The Gruden era kicks off but no win for the Raiders

Rams 35-24

Until next week....

Week 2 NCAA

Dabo-Jimbo square off Again

Clemson's visit to Texas A&M will serve as a tie breaker between uber coaches Dabo Sweeney and Jimbo Fisher square off with their record at 4-4 when coaching against each other. The clashes will be fewer now that Jimbo has left Florida State for Texas A&M.

There are a few good regional games today so let's pick 'em!!

William & Mary @ (12) Virginia Tech 

Easy one for the Hokies

Va Tech 47-7

Savannah State @ (22) Miami 

Miami 52-3

(17) USC@ (10) Stanford

Trojans get a big win on the road!

USC 28-26

New Mexico @ (5) Wisconsin

Wisconsin 55-10

(18) Mississippi State @ Kansas State

Maybe an upset

Kansas State 24-20

Western Michigan @ (21) Michigan 

Michigan 38-20

UCLA @ (6) Oklahoma 
Oklahoma 31-17

Portland State @ (23) Oregon
Oregon 50-6

Arkansas State @ (1) Alabama 
Bama 47-12

(3) Georgia @ (24) South Carolina
Georgia 30-20

Rutgers @ (4) Ohio State
Ohio State 35-23

Ball State @ (8) Notre Dame
Notre Dame 35-13

North Dakota @ (9) Washington
Washington 34-13

Youngstown State @ (14) West Virginia
West Virginia 38-22

South Carolina State @ (19) Central Florida
UCF 55-6

(2) Clemson @ Texas A&M
No surprises here but A&M could make it interesting...
Clemson 35-24

SE Louisiana @ (11) LSU
LSU 40-13

Alabama State @ (7) Auburn
Auburn 48-3

Kentucky @ (25) Florida
Florida 33-24

(13) Penn State @ Pitt
Penn State 27-17

UConn @ (20) Boise State
Boise St 31-14

(15) Michigan State @ Arizona State
Herm, Herm, Herm!
Arizona State 28-23

Duke @ Northwestern
Northwestern 27-23

Virginia @ Indiana
Indiana 20-16

Maryland @ Bowling Green
Maryland 41-10

Last Week: 19-6
Season: 19-6

VHSL Week 3

GW-Jefferson Forest highlight the week

Virginia high schools enter the third week of the season with a few big regional clashes on tap.

After another 9-1 record for Week 2 ... I'm 18-2 on the season for my Blog Picks. I finished at 18-8 as a Varsity Forecaster in the Roanoke Times newspaper.

GW-Danville's visit to Jefferson forest highlights this week's action. 

Let's pick 'em!!

Bassett @ William Byrd

Byrd by 31

GW-Danville @ Jefferson Forest

Cold easily be a playoff matchup

GW by 4

William Campbell @ Patrick County

William Campbell by 40

Chatham @ Martinsville

Martinsville by 6

Halifax County @ Person County, NC

Person County by 12

Dan River @ Tunstall

Local rivalry goes to the Wildcats...

Dan River by 13

William Fleming @ Patrick-Henry

PH by 22

Salem @ Dinwidde

Salem by 8

Glenvar @ Cave Spring

Glenvar by 10

Staunton River @ Altavista

Altavista by 36

Until next week....get out and enjoy some games!!!

NFL Kickoff 2018

Eagles-Falcons start 2018 NFL Season

The Philadelphia Eagles start the defense of their NFL championship against the Atlanta Falcons at home tonight.

Superbowl MVP Nick Foles will open at quarterback for Philly while Carson Wentz continues with recovery from injury. 

The Falcons are looking to go a few steps further this season and will be hoping to grab a road win.

Tonight, though it should be a close game, look for the Eagles to prevail at home.

Eagles 28-23

I'll be back with NFL season predictions, picks, NCAA and VHSL picks over the next few days.....enjoy the games..... 

VHSL Week 2

More Non-District games in Week 2

After getting our football fix last week high school wise, we delve into Week 2 with more games on tap throughout the area.

Last week, I finished 19-9 as a Varsity Forecster in the  Roanoke Times newspaper and had a 9-1 week in my selected Blog Picks to kick off the season.

So...Week 2....let's pick 'em!

Bassett @ Dan River

Dan River by 16

Jefferson Forest @ Magna Vista

Couple of upper echelon programmes clashing in Ridgeway....could be a shootout.

Magna Vista by 5

Patrick County @ Floyd County

Floyd County by 7

Amherst County @ GW Danville

GW by 3

Halifax County @ EC Glass

Glass by 10

Gretna @ Tunstall

Gretna by 14

Salem @ Franklin County

Salem by 30

Pulaski County @ William Fleming

Pulaski by 19

Cave Spring @ Staunton River

Cave Spring by 9

Covington @ Glenvar

Glenvar by 11

Enjoy the games....until next week...

I'll actually be out for a game in the area for the first time since the 90's !!