Gotta Recover...NFL Predictions Week 4

Week 4 Predictions ...NFL

There is only up after a low tide 6-10 week in my NFL picks. I am now delicately perched at 25-23 for the season so time to improve....

Carolina @ Atlanta

Falcons keep rolling...

Atlanta 38-27

New England @ Buffalo

Pats recover??

New England 30-24

Minnesota @ Detroit

Detroit 35-27

San Diego @ Kansas City

San Diego 30-20

Seattle @ St. Louis

Seattle 24-20

San Francisco @ NY Jets

Revis Island is closed....trouble in Gotham!!

San Francisco 28-10

Tennessee @ Houston

Houston 31-27

Cincinnati @ Jacksonville

Bengals get another one on the road....

Cincy 30-28

Miami @ Arizona

Cards remain undefeated!!

Arizona 24-14

Oakland @ Denver

Denver 34-28

New Orleans @ Green Bay

Green Bay 38-24

Washington @ Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay 27-21

NY Giants @ Philadelphia

Philadelphia 27-24

Chicago @ Dallas

Cutler too unpredictable!!

Dallas 28-20

Until next week.....

NCAA 29Sep2012 Predictions

Following up on a big week

After an awesome 22-3 week last week my NCAA picking record is up to 86-14 on the season. As a Fearless Forecaster , a 15-5 week has me at 57-23 for the year.

Ok, let's get to the predictions...

Baylor (25) @ West Virginia (9)

Make sure all of the lights on the scoreboard are working!!!

West Virginia 47-30

Ohio State (14) @ Michigan State (20)

Big 10 teams jockeying for respect...

Michigan State 21-16

Clemson (17) @ Boston College

Clemson 38-14

Florida State (4) @ South Florida

Florida State 31-21

Boise State (24) @ New Mexico

Boise State 38-7

Towson @ LSU (3)

LSU 50-10

South Carolina (6) @ Kentucky

South Carolina 31-10

TCU (15) @ SMU

TCU 30-20

Texas (12) @ Oklahoma State

Longhorns finally turn the tables on the Cowboys

Texas 27-22

Louisville (19) @ Southern Miss

Louisville 34-17

Wisconsin @ Nebraska (22)

Wisconsin 28-27

Ole Miss @ Alabama (1)

Alabama 35-13

Oregon State (18) @ Arizona

Oregon St. 37-30

Oregon (2) @ Washington State

Oregon 50-20

Indiana @ Northwestern

Shh.....Northwestern is undefeated!!

Northwestern 31-24

Minnesota @ Iowa

Minnesota is undefeated too...

Minnesota 28-20

N.C. State @ Miami (FL)

Miami 31-27

Louisiana Tech @ Virginia

Cavs give La Tech their first loss

UVa 23-20

Va Tech @ Cincinnati

Cincy blew out Pitt, Pitt beat Va Tech...no connection for this one though...

Va Tech 28-23

UCLA @ Colorado

UCLA 48-12

Arkansas @ Texas A&M

Texas A&M 20-14

Penn State @ Illinois

Illinois 24-20

Duke @ Wake Forest

Wake Forest 40-10

Tennessee @ Georgia (5)

Georgia 31-17

For this week...my work here is done!! LOL!!

VHSL Week 6....

High School Picks Week 6

Virginia High schools are just at the turn of the stretch for the 2012 season as is my prediction season for high schools.

Last week, I had a 15-10 mark on VarsityCast taking me to 88-40 for the season. In my Blog Picks I had a dismal 6-4 finish taking me to 79-34 on the season.

Ok, right into this weeks picks....

Magna Vista @ Halifax County

Warriors take a big road win....23-13

Radford @ Patrick County

Radford 28-12

Staunton River @ Tunstall

Tunstall 22-10

Bassett @ Hidden Valley

Bassett 17-10

Martinsville @ Carroll County

Carroll County 20-16

Chatham @ Dan River

Dan River 28-12

Franklin County @ Christiansburg

Franklin County 24-19

GW-Danville @ Southampton

GW 35-20

Salem @ William Fleming

Salem 37-17

E.C. Glass @ Brookville

Brookville 42-10

Ok...enjoy the games and good night!!

Two quick predictions....

NFL and NCAA Thursday night picks

I will do my full review and predictions in a couple of days but here are my predictions for Thursday's games.....NFL wise...I probably can't do much worse, at least the "real" refs are back!!

NFL

Cleveland @ Baltimore

Browns visit the team formerly known as the Browns and get the obligatory bashing!!

Baltimore 34-7

NCAA

Stanford (8) @ Washington

The Huskies have lost big and won big over the last two weeks....this week, they will lose...possibly big!!

Stanford 40-21

Ok, that will be it for tonight....

NCAA Predictions Week 4...

Week 4 NCAA Picks

In Week 3, I had a 20-5 week for my blog picks taking me to 64-11 for the current NCAA Football season. Back in Virginia in the Roanoke Times newspaper, I finished the week at 12-8, sending me record to 42-18 against the Fearless Forecaster panel.

I am already off to a 1-0 start this week after Boise State's win over Brigham Young, I had to double check that the 7-6 score was not after the first minute!! 

Now on to the rest of this week's predictions.

Kentucky @ Florida (14)

Florida 38-14

Alabama-Birmingham @ Ohio State (16)

Ohio State 42-22

Virginia @ TCU (17)

TCU 30-10

Missouri @ South Carolina (7)

South Carolina 31-21

Oregon State @ UCLA (19)

UCLA 27-14

Eastern Michigan @ Michigan State (21)

Michigan State 42-13

Idaho State @ Nebraska (25)

Nebraska 28-6

Florida Atlantic @ Alabama (1)

Alabama 52-6

California @ USC (13)

USC 35-20

LSU (2) @ Auburn

LSU 20-10

Louisville (20) @ Florida International

Louisville 48-12

South Alabama @ Mississippi State (23)

Miss. St. 35-7

Michigan (18) @ Notre Dame (11)

Another test of the legitimacy of the Irish...

Michigan 21-19

Vanderbilt @ Georgia (5)

Georgia 28-18

Kansas State (15) @ Oklahoma (6)

Big 12 Top 20 shoot-out goes to the home team...

Oklahoma 38-31

Clemson (10) @ Florida State (4)

So the ACC is not supposed to be a strong conference?? Anyone else have a Top 10 conference match-up this weekend?? Not often that I say go 'Noles!!

Florida State 23-14

Arizona (22) @ Oregon (3)

Run and gun game goes to the running Ducks!!

Oregon 50-34

Bowling Green @ Virginia Tech

Hokies looking to get back into the Top 25....

Va Tech 45-13

UTEP @ Wisconsin

Wisconsin 28-10

Army @ Wake Forest

Wake Forest 31-13

Miami (FL) @ Georgia Tech

Miami 21-17

VMI @ Navy

Navy 44-8

Akron @ Tennessee

Tennessee 33-14

Maryland @ West Virginia (8)

West Virginia 52-14

All done for NCAA predictions this week... 

VHSL Week 5

Improving on Perfection!!

Last week, I had a perfect 10-0 record in my Blog Picks and went 19-6 on VarsityCast in the Roanoke Times newspaper taking me to 73-30 for high school predictions.

Right to it for this week!!

Franklin County @ Bassett

Bassett fell just short against Salem last week and may be in for a let down.

Franklin County 24-22

Halifax County @ Martinsville

Bulldogs would love a Homecoming win....

Martinsville 20-16

Pulaski County @ Magna Vista

Magna Vista 28-26

Richlands @ Patrick County

Richlands 50-6

Appomattox County @ Chatham

Chatham 26-14

Dan River @ William Campbell

Dan River 38-12

GW-Danville @ Lake Taylor

Lake Taylor 22-20

Northside @ Salem

Big one in Timesland!!!

Northside 18-13

Covington @ Glenvar

Glenvar 14-6

Heritage @ Liberty

Heritage 30-18

Ok...that will do it for this weeks high school games....I'm out....

Week 3 NFL predictions..Soldier on!!!

NFL Week 3 Looking for better!!

Although I was above .500 at 9-7 for the week, it still wasn't the greatest result soooo...I'm hoping for better this week!! Currently I am 19-13 for the season and ready to jump into this week's picks before I go away to a conference...

NY Giants @ Carolina

Are the Giants going to be the "Cardiac Kids" this season...there may be an ambush waiting in Carolina!!

NY Giants 31-28

St. Louis @ Chicago

Ok Mr. Cutler, just when we gave you the benefit of a doubt for the "bike ride" you took during a playoff game...you begin to exhibit behaviour that would have made Jim Everett a well respected QB!! The true leaders of this team may need to step forward and reign in the "Diva Back" before the season is shot!!

Chicago24-20

Buffalo @ Cleveland

Bills 27-20

Tampa Bay @ Dallas

Hmm.....I am 0-2 in picking Cowboy games...oh well!! Here goes...

Tampa Bay 31-21

NY Jets @ Miami

Miami 23-17

San Francisco @ Minnesota

San Fran 35-24

Kansas City @ New Orleans

New Orleans 40-24

Cincinnati @ Washington

Washington 34-30

Detroit @ Tennessee

Detroit 24-21

Jacksonville @ Indianapolis

Indianapolis 28-24

Philadelphia @ Arizona

Philadelphia 31-23

Atlanta @ San Diego 

Chargers out to 3-0 start?? Huzzah!!

San Diego 30-20

Houston @ Denver

Houston 27-14

Pittsburgh @ Oakland

Mild upset...

Oakland 24-21

New England @ Baltimore

Ravens will be out to bully the Pats.....bully and batter they will!!

Baltimore 33-21

Green Bay @ Seattle

Packer will be tested!!

Green Bay 31-27

While I am at it...I will quickly throw in Thursday night's college game...

BYU @ Boise State (24)

Boise State 41-30

Ok, my work is done here!!

NFL Week 2 predictions....

NFL Action up next

After a shaky 10-6 opening week I am looking to improve this week although picking Chicago to win at Green Bay has me off to an 0-1 start.

Here we go for Week 2:

Kansas City @ Buffalo

Buffalo 28-24

Cleveland @ Cincinnati

Cincy 30-17

Minnesota @ Indianapolis

Vikings off to a 2-0 start!!

Minnesota 30-21

New Orleans @ Carolina

Saints bounce back but it will not be an easy one.

New Orleans 31-27

Houston @ Jacksonville

Houston 35-24

Oakland @ Miami

Miami 21-17

Arizona @ New England

New England 38-24

Tampa Bay @ NY Giants

NY Giants 28-21

Baltimore @ Philadelphia

Could be the game of the week, the Eagles need a better showing on offense though. They may get it.

Philadelphia 21-17

Washington @ St. Louis

Washington 27-24

Dallas @ Seattle

Always a tricky road game for the Cowboys, will be again this season but they hold on for the win.

Dallas 31-21

NY Jets @ Pittsburgh

Injury cloud over the Steelers means the Jets may pull this one out on the road.

NY Jets 34-27

Tennessee @ San Diego

San Diego 30-20

Detroit @ San Francisco

This one will be brutal down to the post-game handshake!! Advantage to the home team.

San Fran 24-14

Denver @ Atlanta

Peyton takes the BroncShow to Hotlanta and gets burned.

Atlanta 27-21

Ok....that will do it until next week...

Juicy Weekend for NCAA football....

Week 3 NCAA predictions

Last week, a 13-7 week as a Fearless Forcaster in the Roanoke Times newspaper put my record at 30-10 for the season...still leading the panel members at this stage!!! 

In my Blog Picks for Week 2, I had a 21-4 week giving me a 44-6 record so far this season...not too bad!!

There are a couple of Top 25 tilts on this weekend so let's do some predicting....

Wake Forest @ Florida State (5)

Wake will not be a thorn in the 'Noles side this season.

Florida State 37-12

Cal @ Ohio State (12)

Ohio State 30-21

Virginia Tech (13) @ Pitt

Slight road test for the Hokies

Va Tech 35-21

TCU (16) @ Kansas

TCU kicks off Big 12 schedule with a win.

TCU 34-24

Tennessee Tech @ Oregon (4)

May need a substitute Duck for all of the push-ups.

Oregon 63-14

Furman @ Clemson (11)

Clemson 41-14

Alabama (1) @ Arkansas

May not be as easy as expected but Tide should win.

'Bama 30-17

UMass @ Michigan (17)

Michigan 38-17

North Carolina @ Louisville (19)

Would be awesome on court match...not so much on the field this season.

Louisville 31-21

James Madison vs West Virginia (9)

West Virginia 48-10

Florida (18) @ Tennessee (23)

With both of these teams in the Top 25, could be epic!!

Tennessee 24-20

Alabama-Birmingham @ South Carolina (8)

South Carolina 45-12

North Texas @ Kansas State (15)

Kansas State 50-7

USC (2) @ Stanford (21)

The Trojans visit Palo Alto looking to snap a three game losing streak to the Cardinal...should break it.

USC 37-24

Florida Atlantic @ Georgia (7)

Georgia 44-3

Idaho @ LSU (3)

LSU 41-12

Notre Dame (20) @ Michigan State (10)

Big test for the Irish on the road but they are not quite there yet.

Michigan State 28-20

Texas (14) @ Ole Miss

Texas could be ambushed but will escape ... barely.

Texas 24-22

BYU (25) @ Utah

Slight edge to Utah again this season...

Utah 34-31

Houston @ UCLA (22)

UCLA 44-31

South Carolina State @ Arizona (24)

Arizona 49-10

Bethune-Cookman @ Miami (Fla)

Miami 51-6

Virginia @ Georgia Tech

Virginia 21-17

Boston College @ Northwestern

Northwestern 30-20

Utah State @ Wisconsin

Wisconsin 40-17

That will do it for this weeks action...NFL picks up tomorrow!!

Week 4 of Virginia High School action on tap!!

Week 4 Predictions

In my Blog Picks, a 6-4 week wan not my best week. So far, I am at 23-7 for the season. On VarsityCast, I finished the week at 18-9 taking me to a 54-24 mark for the season there.

Ok, right into this weeks picks:

Christiansburg @ Bassett

Another tough week for the Bengals against the Blue Demons who are a VHSL Title threat again!!

C'Burg 40-14

Liberty @ Martinsville

Liberty comes in undefeated but may be tested but the Minutemen should pass the exam on the road.

Liberty 30-16

Magna Vista @ Franklin County

Eagles may be too tough on the road.

Franklin County 21-12

Patrick County @ Staunton River

Staunton River 32-6

Dan River @ Nottaway

Tough road test for the Wildcats...

Dan River 16-14

Churchland @ GW-Danville

GW 20-7

Lunenberg Central @ Chatham

Lunenberg 20-13

Salem @ William Byrd

Salem 31-20

Hidden Valley @ Northside

Northside 38-12

Patrick Henry-Roanoke @ Blacksburg

PH 27-8

That will do it for this weeks high school action from Virginia...get out and see a game if you live locally or tune in to Friday Football Extra or Football Friday for highlights. You can also read about the action in the Roanoke Times or the Martinsville Bulletin newspapers.

Thursday night Special kicks off NFL Week...

Chicago @ Green Bay

The NFL features Thursday night tilts in the regular season this year until Week 16. The games kick off with Chicago travelling to Green Bay hoping to inflict another loss on the Packers who went down to San Francisco at home to start the season.

Chicago got off to a flying start , showing off a revamped offense last week in their season opening win over Indianapolis.

The Bears may need the extra punch this week along with a solid defensive effort to get by the Packers...they should get it.

Chicago31-27

NFL Week 1 continued....

NFL Week 1 Picks...

Well, the Cowboys got me off to an 0-1 start, so I'm looking to get better results for the rest of my predictions. 

Here we go with the picks....

Indianapolis @ Chicago

Welcome to the NFL Mr. Luck!! Indy may show a little improvement this season but not enough to win this week.

Chicago 31-14

Philadelphia @ Cleveland

Philadelphia 34-14

New England @ Tennessee

Pats are in for an opening day surprise...will they develop a ground game this year??

Tennessee 27-21

Atlanta @ Kansas City

Atlanta 24-20

Jacksonville @ Minnesota

One of these two will get off to a winning start at least!!

Minnesota 28-24

Washington @ New Orleans

Another welcome to the NFL Party ... this time for RGIII. 

New Orleans 40-21

Buffalo @ NY Jets

Will Jets get a TD? Will we see the Wildcat? Hmm.....Bill are the more stable of these two believe it or not!!

Buffalo 20-12

St. Louis @ Detroit

Detroit 40-21

Miami @ Houston

Houston 34-14

San Francisco @ Green Bay

Early season marquee game, will let each team know where they stand...sorry Packers, you will not have that undefeated run this season.

San Fran 30-28

Seattle @ Arizona

Seattle 19-16

Carolina @ Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay 38-34

Pittsburgh @ Denver

Though Peyton Manning was not there for last seasons playoff win...the Steelers go in looking for blood. Manning may be tested with a hit or two also.

Cincinnati @ Baltimore

Baltimore 27-13

San Diego @ Oakland

The Bolts will bolt out to a fast start this season!!

San Diego 27-17

Ok, that will do it for this week's action...back for more next week!!

NCAA Week 2 picks...

NCAA Teams go into second week...

I kicked off my NCAA picking season last week with a 17-3 record as a Fearless Froecaster in the Roanoke Times and a 23-2 mark in my Blog Picks . 

This week there are a few good games on tap as Texas A&M and Missouri enter the fray in the SEC.

Right to it...here we go...

Central Florida @ Ohio State (14)

Central Florida is a solid squad but playing at Ohio State could be a big ask. The Buckeyes will be tested a bit more this week but should get the win.

Ohio State 30-20

Miami (Fla) @ Kansas State (21)

Hurricanes go in looking for an upset on the road and may well get it.

Miami 24-22

East Carolina @ South Carolina (9)

South Carolina 34-14

Ball State @ Clemson (12)

Clemson 32-6

Austin Peay @ Virginia Tech (15)

Tech is looking to consolidate and get on track after close win over Georgia Tech.

Virginia Tech 51-10

Western Kentucky @ Alabama (1)

The Tide rolls!!

Alabama 50-6

USC (2) @ Syracuse

Trojans get East Coast exposure and should pick up the win.

USC 38-10

Michigan State (11) @ Central Michigan

Michigan State 40-14

Air Force @ Michigan (19)

Wolverines should not overlook the Falcons, remember Appalachian State!!!

Michigan 28-13

Purdue @ Notre Dame (22)

Notre Dame 27-18

Missouri State @ Louisville (23)

Louisville 43-7

Florida (24) @ Texas A&M

Opening SEC game for the Aggies but there are questions to be answered. Can the Gators steady the ship and get the quality road win? Are the Aggies ready for the SEC?

Florida 20-14

Wisconsin (13) @ Oregon State

Wisconsin 40-17

Savannah State @ Florida State (4)

Ouch...ugly...but the 'Noles will not break 70.

Florida State 54-6

Fresno State @ Oregon (4)

Oregon 44-14

Washington @ LSU (3)

LSU 30-10

Florida A&M @ Oklahoma (5)

Oklahoma 58-6

Louisana-Monroe @ Arkansas (8)

Arkansas  50-12

Grambling State @ TCU

TCU 38-10

Nebraska (16) @ UCLA

Let's throw in an upset!!

UCLA 23-21

Georgia (7) @ Missouri

Could be tricky for the Bulldogs

Georgia 24-14

New Mexico @ Texas (17)

Texas 48-3

Oklahoma State (18) @ Arizona

Oklahoma State 38-10

Duke @ Stanford (25)

SAT scores would be closer game....

Stanford 35-7

Penn State @ Virginia

Virginia 27-20

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