I don't have much time, so I will just get them in. I did my entire year picks, but I will continue to picks week by week, with a score, so here we go.
Pit over Ten- Should be a good defensive match up, but the champs will win 17-10
ATL over Miami- I am not sold on ATL being as good as there were last year, but the same could be said about Miami, at it is in the UGA Dome, ATL wins 28-17
Ravens over KC- I don’t really need to say anything else do I. Ravens win 17-7
Phil over Panthers- Panthers may be a little better this year, but as much as I don’t like the Eagles, I have to admit, they are good, Phili wins on the road 24-17
Cinci over Denver- I have gone back and forth about this one, but Carson says his 100%, and it is at home, Child please.. Bengals win 21-17
Minn over Browns- Brady Quinn will start, and the Browns will lose, Viks are the better team, they win on the road, 24-10
Texans over Jets- I do think the Texans will be good this year, I am on record saying that, I also have gone on record saying the Jets will not be good, Texans win 28-10
Colts over Jags- Should be a good game, but I give it to the home team, Colts win 28-21
Saints over Lions- Come on, really, Saints at home, too easy, 35-14
Dallas over TB- The Bucks also should not be too good this year, Cowboys win 28-10
Cards over 49ers- can’t win with them, can’t do it. Cards at home, easy win 28-7
NYG over Was- Should be a decent game, but I give it to my G-men at home to take care of business. Giants win 24-14
Seattle over Rams- I also think the Seahawks will be much better this year, starting with a easy win at home over the Rams 28-7
GB over Chi town- I like Aaron Rogers to have a good year, one of my fantasy teams would really like it too, the Pack win at home 24-14
Pats over Bills- Pats at home, on Monday night, and T.O. is already complaining about the offense, great, Pats win 28-10
SD Super Chargers over Oakland- It is at Oakland but that doesn’t matter, the super chargers win easy 35-10
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Great week
Even though the Tigers lost last night, so did the White Sox and Twins so the lead for the Tigers in the Central stayed the same, which is good. Verlander is going tonight so that needs to be a win against KC. They still have 6 more games against KC, 6 against the White Sox and 7 against the Twins so there is still time for either of the those two teams to catch them. They just need to keep doing what they have been doing. It's also playoff time in fantasy baseball, and fantasy football starts this week, since the NFL season begins tomorrow. I can't remember a week where there was more sporting events I was looking forward to. Checking the baseball team every day, especially the team that is in my money league, college football and NFL games on Thursday night, then Saturday you have CMU at MSU at noon, ND at Michigan at 3:30pm, the fun of watching USC kill OSU at 8pm, I mean what a day. Plus all the NFL games on Sunday, besides the two Monday night games this week. What a great couple of days. It does have the chance to be a bad weekend if CMU gets killed, but I don't think they will. MSU really should win the game, but my beloved Chippewas have a chance, and I really think they can win this game. I will not be too upset if they don't, unless they just don't show up and lay a egg and get killed, but I do think this is a winnable game. The Program has come a long way in a short amount of time, even back in 04 they were a 4 win team, and now we have 3 bowl games in a row, won 2 mac titles, and this year anything but will be a major disappointment. But eventually you need to take that next level, and not just win the MAC, but lose to all the BCS teams you play, IU doesn't count last year, and be 9-3 every year. That is a great year, but eventually you need to do better. This year should be that year. Dan is a sr who has started every game, besides the two he was hurt for last year, WMU and IU since the 2nd play of his freshmen year, Brain Anderson is a good WR, Antonio Brown is a super fast, exciting Wide out, who can take it to the house at any time, there is no reason why this team can't go 10-2/11-1. They lost a semi close game at Arizona last week, 19-6, which isn't too bad, the defense is much better, and playing MSU this week is a lot shorter trip and that should help. The only other game that you have to look at is at BC on Halloween, but they are a little down this year as well. Beating Western, again, in kzoo will be tough, but it can be done. I am just reallty excited right now, and I am getting way too much ahead of myself. Lets just enjoy this week. I'm right, you're wrong
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Tuesday Top Ten (Sept 8)
Well I am looking back and I just found out I forget to do my Tuesday top ten last week, sorry, my bad, but this week, I will do one, it will be the top ten college football games, that I am looking forward to, that CMU is not playing in, cause lets face it, all CMU games would be first.
In no order
Michigan-ND- Just because the winner of this game has a great chance to have a very successful year record wise, especially if it is ND, and the looser will get their coach right back on the hot seat, and people will say their big week one wins was mainly due to weaker competition.
USC-OSU- Just because I am really looking forward to USC beating the crap out of OSU at home, that is going to be great.
Texas-OU- Bradford should be back by then, and it is usually a very close game, and the winner has a great chance at wining the big 12.. but watch out for OK State this year.
FL-UGA- Again, it is always a fun game, usually close, and even though this year FL is much better then UGA, it could go either way.
MSU-Michigan- MSU won last year at the big house, do they get two in a row, or does big brother return the favor this year on the banks of the red cyder
Va Tech-Miami- So after Miami's win at FSU they now get to go to Va Tech, who is coming off a lose to Bama, and needs a win, lets see if Miami is really all the way back. They looked great last night, that is for sure.
OSU-Michigan- Michigan is much better then they were last year, and this will be a big game for Rich Rod, especially if they have a chance to win the big ten going in to it.
Tenn's first real game- Putting 63 on WKU is great and all, but I am really looking forward to seeing what Kiffen and his Vols will do against a actually team, especially a SEC team
rest of Cinci's games- So they beat Rutgers by a lot on the road, will they run the table, At Oregon State, maybe tough, as well as at South Fl, or at Pitt to end the year, other then that I don't see a chance for them to lose any of their other games, unless ILL gets way better, since they looked really bad against Mizzu this week. They could very well run the table. If they do, do they get in the national title game over a one loss OK or Texas team. Hopefully USC and FL will both go undefeated and meet in the national title game, and it will not matter.
Fl-LSU- LSU is a little down, but at home it is still tough to beat them, it very well may be FL's best chance to lose a game, we shall see.
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In no order
Michigan-ND- Just because the winner of this game has a great chance to have a very successful year record wise, especially if it is ND, and the looser will get their coach right back on the hot seat, and people will say their big week one wins was mainly due to weaker competition.
USC-OSU- Just because I am really looking forward to USC beating the crap out of OSU at home, that is going to be great.
Texas-OU- Bradford should be back by then, and it is usually a very close game, and the winner has a great chance at wining the big 12.. but watch out for OK State this year.
FL-UGA- Again, it is always a fun game, usually close, and even though this year FL is much better then UGA, it could go either way.
MSU-Michigan- MSU won last year at the big house, do they get two in a row, or does big brother return the favor this year on the banks of the red cyder
Va Tech-Miami- So after Miami's win at FSU they now get to go to Va Tech, who is coming off a lose to Bama, and needs a win, lets see if Miami is really all the way back. They looked great last night, that is for sure.
OSU-Michigan- Michigan is much better then they were last year, and this will be a big game for Rich Rod, especially if they have a chance to win the big ten going in to it.
Tenn's first real game- Putting 63 on WKU is great and all, but I am really looking forward to seeing what Kiffen and his Vols will do against a actually team, especially a SEC team
rest of Cinci's games- So they beat Rutgers by a lot on the road, will they run the table, At Oregon State, maybe tough, as well as at South Fl, or at Pitt to end the year, other then that I don't see a chance for them to lose any of their other games, unless ILL gets way better, since they looked really bad against Mizzu this week. They could very well run the table. If they do, do they get in the national title game over a one loss OK or Texas team. Hopefully USC and FL will both go undefeated and meet in the national title game, and it will not matter.
Fl-LSU- LSU is a little down, but at home it is still tough to beat them, it very well may be FL's best chance to lose a game, we shall see.
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Monday, September 7, 2009
Getting Caught up
Busy weekend and there is a lot to get to, I am going to quickly touch on some of it. First I hope everyone had a nice weekend. I had a great time with my two favorite girls at Higgins lake, and got to see some sports in between being out on the water, and spending some time with the family. So here we go.
Oregon-BSU- BSU is a good team, give Oregon credit for going on the road to play them. Also give first year coach Chip Kelly credit for suspending his best player for the year. I think that was too much, I thought it should have been in the one to three game range. Plus the BSU player should get a game for starting it. Though you do need to have more control then that, and I thinkt the fact that he then punched his own player, and then tried to go after some fans didn't help, he can say he is sorry all he wants, but the video has already been shown 1,000 times, so that will be tough to get over. Hopefully he will do what he needs to do, stay in shape and still get drafted to have a chance in the NFL.
CSU-CU- For the 2nd year in a row a game that I don't really care about had something that was worth watching, last year it was back to back kick off returns for touchdown's, this year, it was one of the biggest hits I have seen in awhile, that poor kid from Colorado got JACKED UP. If you haven't seen it yet, you should.
Uofm/ND/Tenn- Yes it is the first game of the year, and they played WMU, Nevada, and WKU, but they also won big, when all 3 teams needed it. You can't find out too much about a team from one week, especially if they are playing cupcakes, but Michigan looked very good, much better then last year, and western isn't suppose to be that bad of a team, they basically laid a egg. Nevada is not a great team, but they are not terrible and ND just destroyed them, and then well Tenn needed a good first game with Kiffen as the new coach, and playing WKU helped, but they still put 63 on the board. We will find out a lot more this week, when ND plays Michigan at the big house. Tenn will also have to prove themselves soon enough too. I am picking Michigan to beat ND, it's a home game, and I think Michigan has brought in to Rich Rod's system and just like in his 2nd year at WVU when he went from 3-8 to 9-3, the same thing could happen this year for Michigan.
Bama- Va Tech- In the one game this week featuring two top ten teams I wasn't that impressed. I didn't see all of it, but I saw enough. Besides Bama's running game, which was great, either team looked like a top 5 team to me. But we will see.
OK-BYU- BYU gets a big win for them, and they are a good team, but that isn't the story. Sam Bradford injury is the story. I hope his shoulder will be ok. That is too bad. I am not a OK fan, and don't really care, but it is too bad when someone goes back to school instead of being the top pick in the draft because he wants another shot at wining a national title and then in the first half of the first game he gets hurt and his team looses, lets be honest, because he got hurt. they lost. Hopefully he will be back in a few weeks, and OK should be good enough to get by, but we will see.
Tigers- my Tigers are rolling, back to back sweeps, and they have won 6 in a row. And 8 of their last 9. The Tribe also beat the Twins 2 out of 3, and the Tigers lead is now 7. Which makes me feel pretty good. It just has the feel of 06, when they got to the World Series that they are never out of a game, and they keep finding ways to win. Yesterday for example they were down 3-1 in the 9th, and the lead off man got out, then they loaded the bases, and Inge hits a grand slam, and they win 5-3. The day before they were down 6-3 and won 8-6. It just has all the sings of it being a good year. That they are going to hold on and win the division, and I think they can make some noise in the playoffs. With Verlander and Jackson as your two aces, plus the offense has been coming around of late, I really like this team's chances.
CMU-Zona- My Chips lost 19-6 at Zona on Saturday night. Not too bad considering it is a road game, out west, at a tough place to play in the PAC 10. If you would have told me our defense would only give up 19 points I would be really happy. But Zona's defense was ready for us, or our offense really struggled. We seem to do this against BCS teams. We don't want to get anyone hurt, or show too much of our offense, since our main goal is still to win the MAC, so all non conference games are just tune ups for that, so we start off Conservative, and then get down, before we open it up a bit to make it close. I didn't think we were going to win, playing out west in the heat, and with that crowd I thought would be too much, but I do think it is a game we could have won. Now we have Michigan State, who looked great, but that could have been because they were playing Montana State. So we will see. I would love nothing more then to beat MSU, but it will be tough, I am very much looking forward to the game.
Oh, here's a question, when was the last time the Pats made a trade where they didn't get a absolute steal. Seymore for a number one pick, sure, Randy Moss for a 4th rounder, why not. This only happens to the Pats. Also, someone tell Merriman to get off the juice, so he stops hitting his girlfriend. I'm right, you're wrong.
Oregon-BSU- BSU is a good team, give Oregon credit for going on the road to play them. Also give first year coach Chip Kelly credit for suspending his best player for the year. I think that was too much, I thought it should have been in the one to three game range. Plus the BSU player should get a game for starting it. Though you do need to have more control then that, and I thinkt the fact that he then punched his own player, and then tried to go after some fans didn't help, he can say he is sorry all he wants, but the video has already been shown 1,000 times, so that will be tough to get over. Hopefully he will do what he needs to do, stay in shape and still get drafted to have a chance in the NFL.
CSU-CU- For the 2nd year in a row a game that I don't really care about had something that was worth watching, last year it was back to back kick off returns for touchdown's, this year, it was one of the biggest hits I have seen in awhile, that poor kid from Colorado got JACKED UP. If you haven't seen it yet, you should.
Uofm/ND/Tenn- Yes it is the first game of the year, and they played WMU, Nevada, and WKU, but they also won big, when all 3 teams needed it. You can't find out too much about a team from one week, especially if they are playing cupcakes, but Michigan looked very good, much better then last year, and western isn't suppose to be that bad of a team, they basically laid a egg. Nevada is not a great team, but they are not terrible and ND just destroyed them, and then well Tenn needed a good first game with Kiffen as the new coach, and playing WKU helped, but they still put 63 on the board. We will find out a lot more this week, when ND plays Michigan at the big house. Tenn will also have to prove themselves soon enough too. I am picking Michigan to beat ND, it's a home game, and I think Michigan has brought in to Rich Rod's system and just like in his 2nd year at WVU when he went from 3-8 to 9-3, the same thing could happen this year for Michigan.
Bama- Va Tech- In the one game this week featuring two top ten teams I wasn't that impressed. I didn't see all of it, but I saw enough. Besides Bama's running game, which was great, either team looked like a top 5 team to me. But we will see.
OK-BYU- BYU gets a big win for them, and they are a good team, but that isn't the story. Sam Bradford injury is the story. I hope his shoulder will be ok. That is too bad. I am not a OK fan, and don't really care, but it is too bad when someone goes back to school instead of being the top pick in the draft because he wants another shot at wining a national title and then in the first half of the first game he gets hurt and his team looses, lets be honest, because he got hurt. they lost. Hopefully he will be back in a few weeks, and OK should be good enough to get by, but we will see.
Tigers- my Tigers are rolling, back to back sweeps, and they have won 6 in a row. And 8 of their last 9. The Tribe also beat the Twins 2 out of 3, and the Tigers lead is now 7. Which makes me feel pretty good. It just has the feel of 06, when they got to the World Series that they are never out of a game, and they keep finding ways to win. Yesterday for example they were down 3-1 in the 9th, and the lead off man got out, then they loaded the bases, and Inge hits a grand slam, and they win 5-3. The day before they were down 6-3 and won 8-6. It just has all the sings of it being a good year. That they are going to hold on and win the division, and I think they can make some noise in the playoffs. With Verlander and Jackson as your two aces, plus the offense has been coming around of late, I really like this team's chances.
CMU-Zona- My Chips lost 19-6 at Zona on Saturday night. Not too bad considering it is a road game, out west, at a tough place to play in the PAC 10. If you would have told me our defense would only give up 19 points I would be really happy. But Zona's defense was ready for us, or our offense really struggled. We seem to do this against BCS teams. We don't want to get anyone hurt, or show too much of our offense, since our main goal is still to win the MAC, so all non conference games are just tune ups for that, so we start off Conservative, and then get down, before we open it up a bit to make it close. I didn't think we were going to win, playing out west in the heat, and with that crowd I thought would be too much, but I do think it is a game we could have won. Now we have Michigan State, who looked great, but that could have been because they were playing Montana State. So we will see. I would love nothing more then to beat MSU, but it will be tough, I am very much looking forward to the game.
Oh, here's a question, when was the last time the Pats made a trade where they didn't get a absolute steal. Seymore for a number one pick, sure, Randy Moss for a 4th rounder, why not. This only happens to the Pats. Also, someone tell Merriman to get off the juice, so he stops hitting his girlfriend. I'm right, you're wrong.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Great day
Yesterday worked out great. First it turned in to a very nice day outside, and I enjoyed some time with my daughter at the park, though it was not the 18 holes I would have liked to play with my old college roommate, in a way it was better. Then the White Sox come back down with two outs, with back to back home runs to tie the game, and then a rbi single to win it. Giving the Tigers a chance to pick up another game on the Twins. They were able to do just that, winning 4-2. Thanks to some bad defense by the Tribe, who looked more like the team at the beginning of the Major League movie then anything else, but we will take it. So the lead is up to 4 and a half. Hopefully the Tigers can take care of business today at 1pm and finish off the 3 game sweep.
To make things better, tonight college football starts, also there are high school games going on, I will be going up to watch the Mt Pleasant-Midland Dow game for a bit, since all but two of the guys on the varsity basketball team that I am an ast coach for, also play football, and I want to see how they are doing, they are 1-0 after a 25-7 win last week, hopefully they can keep it going. Football is back and fall is here, I'm ready. I also have my last fantasy football draft of the season on Sunday, after spending the weekend with the family up at Higgins lake, spending a little time back at my old place with the boys for a fantasy draft will be a lot of fun also. I hope everyone has a safe and fun weekend. I'm right, you're wrong.
To make things better, tonight college football starts, also there are high school games going on, I will be going up to watch the Mt Pleasant-Midland Dow game for a bit, since all but two of the guys on the varsity basketball team that I am an ast coach for, also play football, and I want to see how they are doing, they are 1-0 after a 25-7 win last week, hopefully they can keep it going. Football is back and fall is here, I'm ready. I also have my last fantasy football draft of the season on Sunday, after spending the weekend with the family up at Higgins lake, spending a little time back at my old place with the boys for a fantasy draft will be a lot of fun also. I hope everyone has a safe and fun weekend. I'm right, you're wrong.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
That was helpful
I would like to thank the Tribe for starting some 3A call up in his first ML start against my Tigers last night. It really helped to get our offense going. The Pitching wasn't great, giving up 5, but it is hard sometimes to pitch with a big lead, so it went from 8-1 to 8-5. But they held on, and that way Rodney got me a save for one of my fantasy teams. It was nice to see Huff actually hitting, he hasn't done anything since joining the team, hopefully that will be what he needed to get him going, 2-2, a double, 2 walks and 3rbi, very nice game. I just hope he keeps it up the rest of the way. The Twins beat the W Sox again, and are only 3 and a half back. With 32 games left, 25 are against the central. We need to take care of it against the Indians, KC and W Sox, and at worst spilt the remaining games against the Twins. It is nice to be in a division race, lot better then last year, when by this time, well actually way before now, you were just hoping the season would get over, and you were tired of watching the team underachieve. I'm right, you're wrong.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
September 1st call ups- welcome kids
Well with the rosters sent there were some moves going on yesterday. The White sox, now 6 games back basically waved the white flag and got ride of Jim Thome and Jose Contraes. Thome going to the Dogers is interesting, being a NL team, and him basically just being a DH for a few years now, he is just going to be a power hitter off the bench for a pinch hit here and there, unless they have him play first every so often. The Dogers also picked up Jon Garland from the D-backs, showing that they know the Rockies and Giants are not going away and are charging hard. The Rockies got Contraes and the Giants signed Brad Penny. I see the same thing with Smoltz and Cliff Lee happening with Penny. You can't get anyone out in the AL, go to the NL and becoming a dominate pitcher again. To think the Giants could have a rotation of Lincecom, Cain, Sanchez, Zito and Penny, not a bad 5 man rotation for the next few years.
The Tigers finished their 4 game series with TB with a spilt, not bad, but not what we wanted. Now a 3 game series with the Indians at home, which is a must win series. A sweep would be great, but they have to take two of three. The W Sox are drifting away, but the Twins are getting hot, just like they always seem to do around this time, they will be there till the end, no question about it. I have faith that the Tigers can and will hold on, but it will not be easy. It will be a fun couple of weeks, and to make things better, college football starts this week, with the first game Thursday night. What a great time of year. I'm right, you're wrong.
The Tigers finished their 4 game series with TB with a spilt, not bad, but not what we wanted. Now a 3 game series with the Indians at home, which is a must win series. A sweep would be great, but they have to take two of three. The W Sox are drifting away, but the Twins are getting hot, just like they always seem to do around this time, they will be there till the end, no question about it. I have faith that the Tigers can and will hold on, but it will not be easy. It will be a fun couple of weeks, and to make things better, college football starts this week, with the first game Thursday night. What a great time of year. I'm right, you're wrong.
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