NFL Week 4 picks

Looking to bounce back...

I did not make any improvements last week as an 8-8 week has me at 28-20 going into this week....

Dallas @ San Diego

Cowboys travel west fresh off a big win at home last week. . Ok Chargers, let's pull this one off!!

Chargers 27-21

New England @ Atlanta

The Falcons need this one to steady the ship.

Falcons 31-27

Baltimore @ Buffalo

Ravens 30-13

Cincinnati @ Cleveland

Bengals 23-14

Chicago @ Detroit

Lions bump Bears from the unbeatens.

Lions 31-27

NY Giants @ Kansas City

Giants 24-20

Arizona @ Tampa Bay

Cards 20-14

Indianapolis @ Jacksonville 

Colts 38-10

Seattle @ Houston

Two losses in a row for the Texans as the Seahawks pick up a road win...

Seahawks 31-21

Pittsburgh @ Minnesota

Vikings 27-23

NY Jets @ Tennessee

Titans 24-10

Washington @ Oakland

RG III makes a trip to "Raider Nation" looking for a win and the 'Skins finally get one.

'Skins 38-30

Philadelphia @ Denver

Broncs 35-24

Miami @ New Orleans

Saints take the battle the unbeaten teams in Nola.

Until next week, enjoy the games...

Thursday night football...

NCAA/NFL picks for Thursday night

On Thursday night we see Virginia Tech return to Atlanta to face Georgia Tech and Iowa State travel to Tulsa in the early NCAA games. In the NFL, the suddenly shaky San Francisco 49ers travel to St. Louis to face the Rams who gave them fits last season. Ok...let's pick 'em!!

Va Tech @ Ga Tech

Games between these two are usually entertaining and this year it should be not different as the winner may vault themselves into the Top 25. 

In the end ..I'll go with the home team in this one.

Ga Tech 24-22

Iowa State @ Tulsa

Iowa State must be looking forward to playing a team outside of their home state after close losses to Northern Iowa and Iowa to kick off the season. The Cyclones right the ship with their first win.

Iowa State 30-20

NFL:

San Francisco @ St. Louis

'Niners need to turn things around and will not be surprised by the Rams this season.

49ers 34-24

Back with the rest of the picks soon....

Week 3 NFL Picks...

Teams looking for answers in week three

After two weeks of action, the verdict is still out on some NFL teams as we go into week three. Dallas is among the 1-1 clubs looking to find their true identity and hope to grab a win against St. Louis.

Last week, I finished 11-5 and after two weeks my record is 20-12. So nothing to do but jump into the picks for this week.

San Diego @ Tennessee

Retro Rivers leads the "Charge"

Chargers 31-27

Atlanta @ Miami

Falcons 28-24

Green Bay @ Cincinnati

Bengals 38-30

St. Louis @ Dallas

Dallas turns it around again this week.

Cowboys 30-17

Cleveland @ Minnesota

Vikings 31-20

Tampa Bay @ New England

Pats 38-17

Arizona @ New Orleans

The Honey Badger returns to Louisiana but this time to face Drew Brees!!

Saints 27-17

Detroit @ Washington

Washington 31-28

NY Giants @ Carolina

Giants 30-24

Houston @ Baltimore

Ed Reed goes to the place where he gained his fame but it is questionable as to whether or not he will play. Texans have gotten by with a couple of close wins and may run out of luck in Baltimore.

Ravens 24-17

Buffalo @ NY Jets

Bills 24-20

Indianapolis @ San Francisco

Andrew Luck goes home to face his college coach. Unfortunately the trip will not be a total success.

49ers 38-27

Jacksonville @ Seattle

Seahawks 40-13

Chicago @ Pittsburgh

The Steelers come to life...

Steelers 30-28

Oakland @ Denver

Broncs 31-21

Until next week...

Not many big games in Week 4....

NCAA Week 4 picks...

In comparison to last week, this week's NCAA slate does not hold many big time games but some competitive ones non the less.

I had a 20-5 week last week so I am now 62-11 on the season.

This week:

Savannah State @ Miami

Miami 51-8

Utah State @ USC

USC 37-20

Marshall @ Va Tech

Va Tech 40-17

VMI @ Virginia

Virginia53-7

Fla Intl. @ Louisville (7)

Louisville 55-13

Florida A&M @ Ohio State (4)

Ohio State 63-12

North Texas @ Georgia (9)

Georgia 37-10

Idaho State @ Washington (17)

Washington 40-6

Tennessee @ Florida (19)

Florida 27-17

Maine @ Northwestern (18)

Northwestern 58-10

Michigan State @ Notre Dame (22)

This one could turn into an epic battle. The Michigan State "D" may have just enough to hold off the Irish.

Mich St 23-21

Bethune-Cookman @ Florida State (8)

FSU 62-0

Arizona State (23) @ Stanford (5)

Arizona State will not benefit from questionable calls this week...

Stanford 30-24

SMU @ Texas A&M (10)

Texas A&M 51-20

Colorado State @ Alabama (1)

Alabama 52-7

Texas State @ Texas Tech (25)

Texas Tech 57-8

Auburn @ LSU (6)

LSU 28-13

Michigan (15) @ UConn

Michigan 38-24

New Mexico State @ UCLA (13)

UCLA 60-6

North Carolina @ Ga Tech

Ga Tech 31-28

Wake Forest @ Army

Wake 23-20

Pitt @ Duke

Duke 27-24

West Virginia @ Maryland

Maryland 33-30

Purdue @ Wisconsin (24)

Wisconsin 30-20

Louisiana-Monroe @ Baylor

Baylor 48-30

Until next week...enjoy the games...

Virginia High School picks.....

Friday night brings Week 4 of high school action

Week Three saw me finish at 7-3 putting me at 22-6 for my high school picks. I am now 52-26 as a Football Forcaster in the Roanoke Times newspaper this season.

Straight to the picks for the week...

Dan River @ Martinsville

Dan River by 11

Franklin County @ Christiansburg

C'Burg by 8

Hidden Valley @ Bassett

Bassett by 2

Magna Vista @ William Byrd

Byrd by 3

Salem @ Northside

Northside by 4

GW-Danville @ Halifax County

GW by 14

Chatham @ Tunstall

Chatham by 8

George Whythe @ Floyd County

George Whythe by 20

Blacksburg @ Radford

Blacksburg by 6

Until next week....enjoy the games....

NFL/NCAA Thursday night picks...

The Football week kicks off...

Just a couple of picks for Thursday night...

NCAA

Clemson (3) @ N.C. State

Tigers visit Raliegh to face State and come out with a convincing conference win.

Clemson 40-13

NFL

Kansas City @ Philadelphia

Andy Reid makes an early season return to Philadelphia with his KC outfit. The Eagles "D" will need to put up a little resistance to make it competitive. KC will be 3-0?? 

KC 30-27

Enjoy the games...

NFL Week 2 picks...

Week Two Picks

After a shaky 9-7 week to start the season I am looking to consolidate a bit this week. After New England held on to win over the Jets...I'm 1-0 so far this week...let's get more....

St. Louis @ Atlanta

Rams face former workhorse RB Steven Jackson and come out worse for wear!!

Falcons 34-21

San Diego @ Philadelphia

The last time my beloved Chargers faced the NFC East.....we were a perfect 4-0, it is very tempting to pick SD...hmmm...but will give the nod to the Kelly Gang!!

Eagles 31-27

Carolina @ Buffalo

Panthers 34-23

Minnesota @ Chicago

Vikings 28-21

Washington @ Green Bay

RG III and crew visit Lambeau hoping the Packers "D" is still recovering from last weeks effort in San Fran. Scary thought ... but could the packets start off 0-2?? Yep!!

Skins 33-31

Miami @ Indianapolis

Both teams were tested at times last week but both are 1-0 for this week's clash. Slight edge to to home team

Colts 28-24

Dallas @ Kansas City

Cowboys ride into KC after hanging on against the Giants last week. They will not benefit from six turnovers this week and Andy Reid lies in wait.

KC 34-27

Cleveland @ Baltimore

Ravens 30-17

Tennessee @ Houston

Texans 38-20

Detroit @ Arizona

Cards 23-14

New Orleans @ Tampa Bay

Saints 34-13

Jacksonville @ Oakland

Raiders 30-17

Denver @ NY Giants

Look for the younger Manning's Giants to bounce back from last weeks mistake filled loss...

Giants 28-20

San Francisco @ Seattle

It will not be a wild west shoot out but more of an epic defensive battle and the 'Niners will just survive...

Seahawks 20-17

Pittsburgh @ Cincinnati

Steelers go to Cincy as underdogs for the first time in quite a while and they live up to the status or is it live down to it??

Bengals 31-21

That will do it for this week...enjoy the games.....

NCAA Week Three...

Huge weekend for NCAA Picks

With everyone awaiting the Texas A&M game, there are a few other interesting match ups on the schedule for the weekend. UCLA visits Nebraska, Ohio State goes to Cal, Ole Miss hosts Texas and Wisconsin visits Arizona State in other big games.

Last week's 21-4 effort has me at 42-6 after two weeks of the season. 

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

Virginia Tech @ East Carolina

Va Tech 27-22

Boston College @ USC

USC 27-17

Stanford (5) @ Army

Stanford 43-12

Louisville (5) @ Kentucky

Louisville 38-20

Akron @ Michigan (11)

Michigan 48-10

Tulsa @ Oklahoma (14)

Oklahoma 34-13

UCLA (16) @ Nebraska (23)

Rematch of last season's Rose Bowl with Nebraska looking to even the ledger....UCLA makes it two in a row...

UCLA 34-30

Alabama (1) @ Texas A&M (6)

'Bama visits A&M looking to avenge the blemish from last season's record. Johnny Football has shown fine form in his first two appearances but will be tested more severely this week. The A&M defense gets seven players back from suspension and will need them and their best effort out of the box for the Aggies to make it two in a row.

Texas A&M 37-34

Tennessee @ Oregon (2)

Oregon 33-27

Nevada @ Florida State (10)

Florida State 47-12

Washington (19) @ Illinois

Illinois 23-21

Ohio State (4) @ Cal

Ohio State 40-28

Kent State @ LSU (8)

LSU 46-6

Vanderbilt @ South Carolina (13)

Upset!!

Vandy 23-15

Lamar @ Oklahoma State (12)

Okla St 55-10

Notre Dame (21) @ Purdue

ND 34-13

Ole Miss (25) @ Texas

Texas 24-20

Western Michigan @ Northwestern (17)

Northwestern 44-8

Wisconsin (20) @ Arizona State

Arizona State 30-28

Delaware @ Navy

Navy 34-10

Howard @ Old Dominion

ODU 38-27

GA Tech @ Duke

Ga Tech 40-31

Iowa @ Iowa State

Iowa St 27-23

All for now....yeah...preview may be a no go but we will see.....enjoy the games.....

Friday night high school action...

Timesland Virginia predictions...

I am now at 15-3 on my Blog Picks after an 8-2 finish last week. I am 35-19 at Varsity Forecasters.

There are a few good games on this weekend so enjoy...

Bassett @ Christiansburg

C'Burg by 26

Cave Spring @ Martinsville

Cave Spring by 16

Floyd County @ Patrick County

One team will break a stream of big losses....

Floyd County by 9

Magna Vista @ Franklin County

Magna Vista by 2

Tunstall @ Dan River

Dan River by 13

E.C. Glass @ GW-Danville

GW by 14

Person County (NC) @ Halifax County

Halifax by 7

Northside @ Hidden Valley

Northside by 22

Chatham @ Bartlett-Yancey

Chatham by 20

William Byrd @ Salem

Salem by 24

Enjoy the games...back next week....

Quick picks for Thursdays games....

Still behind schedule....

Ok..I'm still behind schedule with my Blog Affairs...been tied up for a fortnight or so....but they will be here soon....since I will be away for a day or so...I am getting my Thursday night picks done now...

NCAA

TCU (24) @ Texas Tech

Tech will air it out if nothing else but TCU will pull off the win late...

TCU 38-30

Air Force @ Boise State  (Friday)

Boise State 33-23

NFL

NY Jets @ New England

New England 35-24

Enjoy the early games.....

Let the games begin in earnest!!!

NFL Week 1 picks continued...

After starting the season with a Denver over Baltimore correct pick...I'm now jumping into the main bits of the 2013-2014 NFL season. My preview is running late but will be up before next week's games...

Atlanta @ New Orleans

Saints are looking to bounce back but there are many defensive questions to be answered.

Atlanta 34-24

New England @ Buffalo

Week 1 surprise?? Not quite but a scare..

New England 30-24

Cincinnati @ Chicago

Cincy 30-17

Miami @ Cleveland

Cleveland starts out 1-0

Cleveland 28-24

Tampa Bay @ NY Jets

Revis Island goes back to NYC.....and gets a win..possibly a pick or two...

Tampa Bay 24-13

Tennessee @ Pittsburgh

Pitt 31-21

Minnesota @ Detroit

Detroit 34-30

Oakland @ Indianapolis

Indianapolis 38-14

Seattle @ Carolina

Long trip ....Hawks primed for upset...

Carolina 35-31

Kansas City @ Jacksonville

KC 40-21

Arizona @ St. Louis

Arizona 23-17

Green Bay @ San Francisco

'Niners are still better ....sorry Packer fans....

SF 34-28

NY Giants @ Dallas

Ok...I'll have a sip of the Cowboy Kool-Aid this week....

Dallas 31-24

Philadelphia @ Washington

RG III returns, Mike Vick has a new bounce in his step...until injury that is....but Eagles surprise a little to start...

Philadelphia 38-34

Houston @ San Diego

Houston 30-17

Ok...all for now...enjoy the games....

NCAA Week 2

NCAA Picks for the week...

With a 21-2 record to start the season...I should have heeded my own warning with Eastern Washington and not went with the reach in the LSU-TCU game. Oh well....chance to correct it!! LOL!!

Florida (12) @ Miami, Fl

Gators travel south in hopes of coming back with the Seminole War Canoe....sorry guys, not this year...we are Tha U!

Miami 30-22

Western Carolina @ Va Tech

Va Tech 50-8

Oregon (2) @ Virginia

Long trip for the Ducks, historic upsets have been known to happen in this part of the world...as for football...a little scare!!

Oregon 40-28

Washington State @ USC (25)

USC 34-14

Oklahoma State (13) @ Texas - San Antonio

Oklahoma State 55-10

Tenn Tech @ Wisconsin (21)

Wisconsin 60-6

SE Louisiana @ TCU (24)

TCU 41-20

South Carolina State @ Clemson (4)

Clemson 55-3

San Diego State @ Ohio State (3)

Ohio State 38-10

Buffalo @ Balyor (23)

Baylor 42-10

South Carolina (6) @ Georgia (11)

Georgia 28-26

Syracuse @ Northwestern (19)

Northwestern 29-20

Southern Miss @ Nebraska (22)

Nebraska 49-30

Sam Houston State @ Texas A&M (7)

Fairly good FCS team drops in on the Aggies but not this year for an upset...

A&M 51-27

UAB @ LSU (9) 

LSU 58-13

Texas (15) @ BYU

Texas 48-22

West Virginia @ Oklahoma (16)

Oklahoma 38-28

Notre Dame (14) @ Michigan (17)

Could be last meeting for a while...

Michigan 27-17

San Jose State @ Stanford (5)

Stanford 41-10

South Florida @ Michigan State

Mich St. 23-13

Cincinnati @ Illinois

Cincy 19-17

Old Dominion @ Maryland 

Maryland 60-13

Richmond @ NC State

State 40-20

James Madison @ Akron

Upset for an FCS team...yep!

JMU 20-16

Hawaii @ Oregon State

The Beavers bounce back

Oregon State 40-24

The Preview will be coming before Week 3!! 

Enjoy the games...

Virginia High Schools...Week 2

Picks for the week....High School

I started the season off with a 7-3 week so I'm looking for some fine tuning this week. I finished 16-11 on Varsity Forecasters through the Roanoke Times newspaper.

Ok...for this week's picks....

Chatham @ Patrick County

Chatham by 22

Dan River @ Magna Vista

Could be closer than most think...

Magna Vista by 12

Franklin County @ Bassett

Bassett for an upset!!

Bassett by 3

Martinsville @ William Fleming

Wm Fleming by 18

Tunstall @ Gretna 

Gretna by 22

E.C. Glass # Halifax County

E.C. Glass by 6

GW-Danville @ Amherst County

GW by 3

Northside @ Cave Spring

Northside by 14

Patrick-Henry @ Salem

Salem by 8

Floyd County @ Galax

Galax by 16

Ok, that will do it for this week....remember you can follow me on Twitter: @ChuckDownUnder or like my page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CDStarrzBlogs .

Enjoy the football this weekend ....back with more soon...

NFL Kickoff pick....

A quick ones before bed...

The 2013-2014 NFL Season kicks off in hours with a Baltimore visiting Denver to start things off. 

Baltimore @ Denver

Denver will be looking for some payback after last season's playoff disaster. The Ravens come in with lots of new faces in new places but couple be on par with last season.

Broncos 31-27

I will be finishing up and posting my NFL Preview before Sunday so stay tuned.....

First full Saturday of NCAA picks...

Some interesting games in week one

The 2013 NCAA football season hits full swing over the next few hours so I'm jumping straight into the picks!

Firstly though my apologies though for giving the wrong location in my Virginia high school picks last night....Martinsville visited Morhead as opposed to hosting them. My high school picks were shaky at best last night....

Ok, here we go ...my full 2013 NCAA Preview will be up early next week....

(1) Alabama vs Va Tech

The Hokies have a lot of question marks and injuries so this could be a testy one. 'Bama will still need to come in focused on this game and not looking ahead to the future.

Alabama 38-21

Buffalo @ (2) Ohio St.

Ohio State 50-12

UMass @ (23) Wisconsin

Wisconsin 44-6

Toledo @ (10) Florida

The Gators should win this one at home but it may not be as easy as it looks on paper.

Florida 30-18

Rice @ (7) Texas A&M

The anticipated delayed return of Johnny Football should keep it interesting. Rice will try to just hold on!!

Texas A&M 43-13

Mississippi State vs (13) Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State 31-27

Temple @ (14) Notre Dame

ND 33-10

Cent Mich @ (17) Michigan

Michigan 50-12

Nicholls State @ (3) Oregon

Oregon 54-14

E. Wash @ (25) Oregon State

I'll call it a scare alert!! 

Oregon State 28-23

La-Monroe @ (16) Oklahoma

Can La-Monroe surprise this year??

Oklahoma 41-20

(5) Georgia @ (8) Clemson

Early season showdown between these two BCS hopefuls. I will give the slight edge to the home team.

Clemson 30-24

New Mexico State @ Texas (15)

Texas 55-6

Wyoming @ (18) Nebraska

Nebraska 58-7

(12) LSU vs (20) TCU

Calling for TCU to get the big win at home!!

TCU 31-28

(19) Boise State @ Washington

Washington 27-22

Nevada @ (21) UCLA

UCLA 44-14

(22) Northwestern @ Cal

Northwestern 35-30

BYU @ Virginia

Virginia 28-24

La Tech @ NC State

NC State 30-20

Ohio @ (9) Louisville

Louisville 40-10

(11) Florida State @ Pitt

Welcome to the ACC Panthers!!

FSU 34-12

Enjoy the long weekend people and I'll be back with more later in the week....