Blog Entries - September 2007

Late Games

thinker

Seattle, Carolina, and Philly.

Scorching Hot Picks!!!

Flair5210

I have returned after a 2 week hiatus, picking from afar, without any data. I am in the US Military. I should post another big week similar to week one. Looking to get 80% this week.

Weekly upset special

DAMAN

This week's upset special is the Kansas City Chiefs over the San Diego Chargers. That's right, you heard me. LT has rushed for 100 yards only once in three years against KC, while LJ has done so 4 out of 5 times. The Chiefs will put 8 or 9 in the box and dare Rivers to beat them, which he can't do and offensively they will take a page out of the Pats' and Packers' playbooks and throw the football againt a defense that already badly misses the man who led the [...]

NFL

thinker

Pack -1 This normally the opposite of the kind of play I like to make. I like teams playing in desperate situations, and Minny is that this week. However, their personel just doesn't match up with the Green Bay. Minny can't throw, but is a strong running team. Green Bay can be thrown on, but is a rock against the run. Like the Pack D, Minnesota's D is good at shutting down the ru nand making teams one dimensional. However, the Pack have been one dimensiona [...]

They are just kids

oh_steve

Colorado's shocking upset over Oklahoma taught me a valuable lesson about college football --- these are a bunch of kids playing.

Oklahoma was terrible in all phases of the game. Freshman Sam Bradford had his first bad game, the Sooners couldn't run the ball, the secondary made a ton of mental errors, the pass rush was ineffective, the return coverage stunk (especially on that final punt return by Colorado) and the return game was terible (muffed punt cost them the [...]

CFB

thinker

Tough night on Thurs, so I took a rest today. I was really surprised to see Gallardo go in the tank like he did for mil the other night. Oh well. Those loses dropped me below my 15 unit goal for the season so I have some work to do in the playoffs. Not sure how I am going to attack the playoffs just yet, but most likely, my plays will be few. I might be satisfied to just get back to even for my record on this blog and then just pretend like '07 baseball never happened here. [...]

Rams at Dallas: Cowboys Biggest Test of Season

gibby

Yeah, you heard me. The Dallas Cowboys are facing their biggest test as a team this weekend when they host the Saint Louis Rams. Yes, those Rams. The ones without Steven Jackson. The ones with Marc Bulger and his two broken ribs. The team that is 0-3. Those Rams.

This may seem like the dumbest thing I've ever written and if you have been a regular reader, you know I have written some dumb things before. How could the Rams even pose a threat to Dallas?

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My Week 5 College Football Picks

oh_steve

So garbage time cost me my LSU over SC pick, but I still went 2-1 raising my college football record to 8-2. Until I have a bad week I'm going to continue focusing on college football and here's what I'm looking at this week:

AUBURN @ FLORIDA (Florida -18.5)

The worst thing to happen to Auburn is Florida putting up a lackluster performance at Ole Miss. Add that to Florida's tough loss at Auburn last year and you have a very motivated Gators team. [...]

Baseball

thinker

Red Sox -250 list Becket

Milwaukee -170

MLB: 1-0 +1.00

NCAA System Week 5

twilliams

The NCAA system is still in development, but so far things have gone well. The first week I used the system was in week 3. I had two trends that I thought would do well, and the total combined record for that week was 16-10. Last week, after some analyzation of the system, I found a few more trends, coming up with 35 plays. Now I know this is a lot of plays for one week, but I don't really expect anyone is betting on this, so I posted them all for tracking purposes [...]

Bears Offense is TOAST

gibby

Just about everyone in the windy city, and for that matter almost the entire national media, has clamored for Rex Grossman's head and this week, it looks like their wish was granted. I really think they are all looking in the wrong direction.

Bears fans can officially start commiserating with Ravens fans at this point. Face it, whether you are a Bears fan or not, it's painful to watch an amazing defense be wasted by an inept offense but that has been the situat [...]

NFL System: Week 4 Projections

twilliams

As you've probably noticed, I've been busting out the articles the past few days. The reason for that is because I will be gone most of the week starting today. I'm heading up to an Orioles game tonight, my first trip to see the O's in probably 5 years. I used to be an Orioles fan, my mom was from Baltimore and my grand parents lived there, so we would go watch the O's whenever we went to visit them. In my opinion, Cal Ripken is the greatest sports [...]

Week 4 Fantasy Football Preview

twilliams

Remember way back at the start of the NFL season when every fantasy league was decided by who it was who took LaDanian Tomlinson? Remember when Steven Jackson was the only other good running back in the draft? Remember Larry Johnson being called the #3 guy by most people (myself included.) Remember when no one else had a shot if you were outside of the top 3? Yeah, have fun with Brian Westbrook. LT owners are going to have fun with the title. So long ago that [...]

Gun Shy?

waisallas12

Before we get to this week's Contenders and Pretenders, I felt it necessary to comment on Mike Gundy's rebuttal to The Daily Oklahoman's Jenni Carlson column.

If you are reading this, you've seen, read or heard the tirade. In fact, you probably have heard numerous people comment on the explosion in question. Look no further than Accuscore's Zach Rosenfield.

I have been on the receiving end, not directly, as a college football beat reporter. Most of th [...]

McNabb is not among the elite

twilliams

If there is anything worse than a Philadelphia Eagles fan when their team is losing, it's a Philadelphia Eagles fan when their team is winning. It's probably the cycle of it all that really drives you nuts. You hear them complaining about their team one week, and then after a good showing they suddenly have the greatest team in the league. Eagles fans bash their team and their players un-mercifully, but when their team wins, they are absolutely intolerable. I know [...]

Mike Gundy Loses (Again)

Zach

The state of Oklahoma is constantly fighting the stereotypes that accompany Middle America and gets few opportunities to sidestep the snickering. 14-days out of the year, the University of Oklahoma thrusts the Sooner state into the national spotlight with a beautifully choreographed offense and a take no prisoner defense. They play football to move the needle and alter the perception of the region. But leave it to the "opies" from Stillwater to knock down the blocks and replace thes [...]

Vince is the Real Deal

tchambers24

It seems like Vince Young is turning out to be the real deal and Bush is looking like just another guy in the league.

All the dancing that Bush did in college isn't working in the NFL because the defenses are way too fast. He needs to find a way to run between the tackles and turn up field or watch those endoresments start to go down the drain if he doesn't start turning in some big time performances.

Vince on the other hand is picking up the NFL game rather quickly. [...]

9/25/07

thinker

Red Sox -240

Big pitching mismatch here and the Sox should be motivated to close out the division now. Schilling is the guy you want on the mound. Simulator says they should win 74% of the time, which makes this a solid investment. No, they haven't been laying well, but neither has Oakland and Gaudin has been throwing batting practice since the break. The other big favs don't excite me. The Mets look like a choke waiting to happen and I don't like going against Tampa in Tam [...]

Introduction

thinker

The purpose of this blog is to help you and me to think through the games. I will post any investment opportunities that I see and when time allows, I'll also include some of my thought process. Your picks will be different most of the time, but hopefully I can add a unique perspective that will be of benefit to everyone.

This post is about laying out a goal for the year. The goal will be to increase the bankroll at least 50% over the following year. Each play w [...]

just a test

thinker

testing