Attention Goldmembers: the focus of our look back now takes a turn toward the unexpected, or at least toward a team that exceeded expectations, the Green Bay Packers. 2006 finish: 8-8, 2007 finish: 13-3, losing NFC championship game, improvement: +5. My projection: 5-11, I told you a month ago that I wasn't close on all of them, but this one really surprised me. Green Bay started the season the same way they ended 2006, on a roll. Favre came out firing, completely ignoring the fact that they had no running game, and the Packers started off 4-0, before falling

Attention Goldmembers: Let's continue the success we had yesterday, today's picks are as follows: first pick: San Antonio -5.5 at Indiana.  Second pick: Boston +3.5 at Cleveland.  Just an update: we are 5-5 on the year, but we are 3-1 since I asked for patience as I develop my NBA analysis.  See ya tomorrow Goldmembers.

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Recapping Yesterday's Daily Picks

Yesterday the daily picks column started 2-3, with two tough losses.  The Penguins had a two goal lead in the third period, only to let the Devils come back and win in overtime.  The Suns were leading by 22 with two minutes left, pulled their starters, and allowed a backdoor cover to the Bobcats, with the final basket giving Charlotte a half point cover.

Utah and St. Josephs both had solid victories.  Those are the games I like, where you can sit back and relax with a huge lead and a lot of time to celebrate

Wow, what a super bowl!

Attention Goldmembers: tonight's picks are as follows: Denver +2.5 and Dallas +4.5.  See ya tomorrow Goldmembers.

A month ago I wrote that I was going to start doing a daily picks column in this blog.  I found that this was impossible, as my full time job didn't allow consistent time for a daily column.  That changed this past Friday, when I joined the AccuScore team.  Now I didn't leave my previous job to write a picks column, but now that I am writing about sports all day, I figure it will be easier to provide a consistent article with some free daily AccuScore picks.

If you're a free member, this will allow you to track AccuScore's progress on a day to day basis.&

This will be one of the games where the Bulls will have to beat the Sonics. This year we have beat them by at least 27 points. I see that the Bulls will have to rely on Ben Gordon to bring  a much needed spark that has been out for a while. The Bulls will need to control the flow of the game and take the Sonics out of their flow as well.

 

Patriots Coaching Blows the Game

 

I think the Patriots Coaching staff deserves the blame for their shocking upset.  I know they have some young, "genius" offensive coordinator, but that genius made two major errors.  First, he fell in love with what should be the second or third option - short pass to Welker - and he was scared to force things to Randy Moss and second, he did not prepare the offense for the one situation which could cost them the game (the Giants pass rush dominating).

 

I love Wes Welker because I think he provides

Just two NBA plays tonight.  I like the Knicks-Clippers over 189.5 and Houston -5 at Minnesota.