NFL Picks Week 6

saints -7 vs oakland. Take the saints, that simple

Colts -4.5 vs Baltimore. Manning vs. Lewis. The Colts are 0-2 in Lucas Oil Stadium, look for Manning to continue what he did in the 4th quater last week. The ravens will keep them in it but ill take Manning over Flacco. Colts

Jets-6 vs Bengals. Palmer out. Take the J-E-T-S

Bucs-1.5 vs Panthers. Take Carolina. Fox has owned Gruden, and he has a 2 headed monster at rb again and Jake Delhomme is 7-1 against the Bucs.

Bears-2.5 vs Falcons. Orten is overdue to have bad game. The Falcons are playing well look for them to build off of last week victory at GB. Ill take ATL.

Minn-13 vs. Det. Kitna is out, Roy Williams keeps bitching, the Lions are horrible. Ill take Minn

Texans-3 vs Mia. The Texans are hungry. Ronnie what can Brown do for you will be held in check just enough for Houston to win.

Den-3 vs Jags. Jay Cutler and his diabiets are going to win MVP. enough said Jags are overrated, ill take denver

Skins-14 vs Rams. Wash should win by 20. Jason Campbells Soup has yet to turn the ball over, so ill take the skins.

Eagles-4.5 vs Niners. No Westbrook, traveling out to SF not an easy feet. Ill take the niners and the points.

Cowboys-6 vs Arizona. The boys secondary is a mess, luckily for them Boldin is out. Look for Tony Romo No Homo to put up just enough points for Dal to cover.

Seahwaks-2 vs. GB. Are we serious with this, a team that gave up 44 points is a 2 point fav. Give me GB.

Chargers-6 vs Pats. SD need the game more than NE. A loss combined with a den victory puts SD 2 games behind. LT has not been himself, i look for him to get back on track. Its tough for any teams to fly from SF to NE then back to SD. Ill take SD

Giants-8 vs Browns. Derek Anderson sucks, Winslow is likely out. Plax is hungry after seeing the offense throw up 44 points woithout him. Give me the giants.

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College Football week 7

1. Oklahoma vs. 5. Texas. Texas trots into this game with their mythological qb, and also being an underdog. Serious where does Mack Brown get these qb's Colt McCoy, Major Applewhite, whats next Hoof Cattle. I dont know but what i do know is Texas is getting NO respect in this game. Their 7 point dogs to Choke-loma. All i been hearing is Oklahoma's offense is too much for Texas, well friends Texas has the 4th ranked defense in the country. I believe Will Muschamp will be able to come up with enough wrinkles too keep Texas in the game, and ultimately it will come down to Colt and well see if he can win the game, I think he can. Ill take Texas.

3. Mizzou vs. 17. Okla St. This game is going to be a whole lot of fun to watch seeing as how we have the number two and number 3 scoring offenses in the country. The most impressive thing about Mizzous offense is that they have yet to go three and out. QB Zac Robison will be powering Ok St offense and he is the third highest rated qb in the country. OK ST defense is giving up 338 yards and im figuring that Mizzou will put up more yards than that. Chase Daniel is the early Heisman front runner and Jeremy Macklin is one of the most exciting WR's in college football. Ill take Mizzou.

4. LSU vs. 11. Florida. If this game didn't have enough hype around it coming in LSU defensive tackle Ricky Jean-Francois had to go open his mouth and say that the Tigers were going to try and knock Tebow out of the game. Tebow is the last player i would want to piss off. I mean the kid is a nut giving him bulletin board material is not smart. LSU qb situation is still a mess which means there gonna have to rely on the run. As for Florida Urban Meyer finally has figured out how to use Chris Rainy who is coming off a 103 yards rushing performance. Florida is pissed, Tebow is hungry and also pissed. So with that said ill take the Gators ( lets all hope Erin Andrews works this game to!)

6. Penn St. vs Wisconsin. Camp Randell may be one of the most overrated stadiums in college football. Wisconsin just does not have the horses to run with Penn St high powered offense. Penn St by double digits

7. Texas Tech vs. Nebraska. Theres really not alot to talk about here. Bo Pelini went into last weeks game against Mizzou saying they were gonna shut out Mizzou. Well lasted a whole hmmm 50 seconds. Texas Tech will role in and role right back out. Texas Tech BIG!!!

8. USC vs. ASU. How far they have fallen, ASU that is. This team was pre-season 15 and returned Rudy Carpentar with Dennis Erickson coaching it looked like they would be right there for a PAC-10 championship. Now ASU is 2-3 and about too be 2-4. Marc Sanchez is questionable but thats ok because its USC and they 23 other qb's behind him that could start at any other school. This is another game where it should be over by half-time. USC BIG!!!

9. BYU vs New Mexico. BYU has this kid called Max Hall, hes a qb and hes really good. Hes so good that he threw 6 tds in a HALF against UCLA. New Mexico does not have a Max Hall, though they do have a win against Arizona which i guess is impreesve. BYU knows that no one thinks they will be in the national championship, shit their coach came out and openly said it. In the end BYU will win

10. Georgia vs. Tenn. Georgia made be look like an absolute jackass after they came out an laid an egg against Bama going down 31-0 eventually to come back and only lose by 10. None the less i don't like being made a fool of with this said Georgia is going to fucking crush Tennessee. Tennessee Offense is in shambles they have no qb, they scored 13 points against N. Illionis and talks are that Kiffen may end up there. Know-Show Moreno will play this and Georgia like me is not happy that they got embarrassed on national tv. Look to see the Bulldog team we saw in the second half against Bama. Georgia big, if a team could win by 3 digits this would be the game.

12. Ohio St vs. Purdue. Ok i hate Ohio St im sick of them. With that out of the way this is not a big game so that means Ohio St will win. Beanie Wells is a very good running back and Pryor is improving each week. Purdue is stuck in neutral right now and qb Curtis Painter who looked so good last year is having a down year. Buckeyes win this one kids pretty easily

13. Vanderbilt vs. Miss St. I still don't know how Vandy is undefeated, there dead last in the SEC in offense and defense. This where you tell me hey they lead the SEC in takeaways. Vandy is by far the ugliest team to watch, to the point they make a person contemplate pulling a Vince Young. This will prob be the lowest scoring game of the week which means that Vandy will win.

14. Utah vs. Wyoming. Im not even gonna protend that i know a thing about Wyoming cause i don't. I do know however that Utah is a dam good team and is just waiting till Nov 22 when they host BYU. Utah is focused on the prize and securing a BCS bowl game, beating BYU and being undefeated will help them achieve that goal. Utah all the way.

15. Boise St. vs Southern Miss. Ian Johnson, a freshman qb that went into Oregon and won. Well thats all i need to here, Ill take Boise St.

16. Kansas vs. Colorado. Kansas is coming off a come from behind victory against Iowa St. As for Colorado the Buffs are coming off back to back losses to FSU and Texas. If Cody Hawkins can manage the game and freshman running backs Darrell Scott and Rodney Stewart can find the wholes than this game will be interesting. With that said i think Todd Ressing and Kansas will pull this one off but it will be close.

20. Auburn vs. Arkansas. Well Arkansas sucks and Auburns offense sucks so that must mean this game is gonna suck. Probably, Auburn just fired offensive cord Tony Fraklin Wednesday after head coach Tommy Tuberville said he wouldn't. It was evident that Auburn was struggling with the spread but they gave up early. As for Arkansas well they are bad really really bad. Auburn may not score and still win this game that's how bad Arkansas is so ill say Auburn 0 Arkansas -1

22. UNC vs. Notre Dame. Do not adjust your screens yes that is UNC football in the top 25 i no. UNC has a pair of big play receivers and Notre is young and will struggle on the road. Butch Davis is doing it yet again but im not a believe just yet. I hate Notre Dame but i think that Jimmy will pull it out. If UNC wins this i will then truly believe.

23. Michigan St vs. Northwestern. Northwestern is 5-0 but that is about to change. The cats have yet to see a running back like Javon Ringer. The kid is a animal he has 12 tds, 988 yards and is avg 165 yards a game. Ill take Sparty and the Javon Ringer show.

25. Ball St vs. Western Kentucky. Earlier in the year my friend Josh played Ball St and he warned me about them. He said im telling you there good they will have one of the top offenses in the country, i laughed at this. Well ill be dammed cause hes been right Ball St lowest scoring output this season is 31 and there still moving the ball without star receiver Donte Love who was paralyzed a few weeks ago. Ill take Ball St and that offense.

ALCS Preview

Game 1 of the ALCS is tonight and it will feature the Boston Red Sox vs. the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays won the season series 10-8 and are 8-1 at the Trop versus the Sox's this season. The Rays will be sending Jaime Shields to the mound who went 14-8 with a 3.56 era. Shields is 2-4 in 8 career starts versus the Sox's with an era of 5.23. Shields has pitched well at home this season against the Sox's going 2-0 with a 1.17 era. At Fenwat though its a different story, he is 0-2 with a era of 21.21 which is just awful. The guy that Shields has struggled with the most is David Ortiz who is .500 with 2hrs and 6 rbi's. Shields did pitch well in is only playoff outing going 6 1/3 and allowing 3 runs versus the White Sox's. One thing that bods well for Shields is that he has been lights out at home this season, posting a record of 9-2 with a 2.59 era. On the other side the Sox's will be throwing Dice K out there who went 18-3 with a 2.90 era. Dice K on the road this season has also been lights out, and arguably the best road pitcher in baseball. Matsuzaka went 9-0 2.37 era. In his only postseason outing Matsuzaka struggled, going 5 innings allowing 3 runs on 8 hits. Dice K has not pitched great in his career versus Tampa Bay posting a record of 2-3 with a 3.75 era. On the season he is 1-0 with a 3.00 era. One thing that is a positive though for him is that he did dominate them in his last outing, going 5 innings allowing 1 run and striking out 7.

The Sox's have been a perennial playoff power since reeling off eight straight wins in the 2004 postseason, erasing a 3-0 deficit to the New York Yankees in the ALCS and eventually winning its first World Series since 1918. The Red Sox also entered this year as reigning champions, overcoming a 3-1 series deficit to Cleveland in last season’s ALCS and winning seven straight, capped by a World Series sweep of Colorado. The fact that Boston is again on the cusp of representing the AL is no great surprise, but its opponent is more than a bit stunning. The Rays came into 2008 with nothing but a decade of losing to their credit. They’d never won more than 70 games in a season and compiled the worst cumulative record in baseball since 1998, their first year of existence. The Rays went 57-24 at the Trop this season, which was the best home record in baseball, and are currently 2-0 at home in the playoffs. If there was one thing the Rays were able to do against the Sox's it was that they knew how to win the close games. The Rays were 6-0 in one run games this season against Boston, the one run victory's led to the Rays winning the season series. Something to being looking for tonight is pitcher Jaime Shields. Shields if you remember was a big part of that mid season bench clearing brawl that led to him and Coco Crisp doing their best Rocky vs. the Russian impersonation.

In the end the match up favors the Sox's considerably, from pitching to lineup to managing its all in the Sox's favor. People try to make a big deal about Dice K and his control but honestly I'm sick of hearing that shit. OK he has struggled with his control we know but look closely at the numbers, opponents are hitting just .211 against him, which is the worst average against any starter in baseball. If the Rays are going to get to the World Series then their gonna need Eva Longoria to start hitting. Eva was the teams MVP in the regular season hitting .272 with 27hrs and 85 rbi's all while missing 40 games. In the playoffs though he hasn't been the same player, in his first game he had 2 hrs and 3 hits but then went 1-12 the rest of the series. When everything is said and done i don't think the Rays have a prayer to win this series. The Sox's have the experience the better pitching, and they have been there before. I say take expercience over youth. Soxs in 5

NLCS Preview

This is the first time the Dodgers and Phils have met in the playoffs since 1983. They Phillies may have the better regular season match up, but that doesn't mean there going to win this series. The Dodgers pitching shut down the leagues best offense, but unfortunately for them they may be facing the NL's second best lineup. Also keep in mind the Cubs could not hit right handed pitching at, the Phillies wont have the same stuggles with Howard and Utley. Another thing the Phillies can do is run. Jimmy Rollins had 47 sb and Shane Victorino had 36, also Jayson Werth was able to swipe 20 bags. The hitter that I'm gonna being watching from the Phillies is Chase Utley. Utley came out of the gates on fire hitting 25 hrs, and hit .291, after the All-Star break Utley hit just 8 hrs. Utley and Howard both struggled against the Brewers hitting just .154, if the Phillies are going to win this series they need to get production from their top two hitters.

The Dodgers aren't the leagues most patience team, but at times against the Cubs they looked like there bats were glued to their shoulders. In game 1 it may not be the best stratagey to be patience with Cole Hamels, because if they get behind in counts they are in trouble. Once the Dodgers get by Hamles though things look promising. The Phillies other three starters can all get into trouble when there behind in the count, and all rely on the hitters getting themselves out. The Dodgers are going to need to get production from other hitters such as James Loney and Andre Either, becasue we all know that Jerry Maunel is planning on giving Manny Ramirez the Barry Bonds treatment. Manny looks like a new guy in LA playing hard and bringing a fresh new vibe to that locker room. Something to keep an eye on is the Dodgers starting pitching. We know the Phillies have the best pitcher in the series in Cole Hamles, but overall the Dodgers have the better post-season rotation. Lowe loves the big moments and it is a contract year, we know what that means, also the last time Lowe lost in the postseason was 2003 since then hes 4-0 with a 2.93 era. Chad Billingsly is one of the most underratted pitchers in baseball, and showed that in the NLDS. Hiroki Kuroda versus the Phils this year has dominated them. In two games he is 1-0 with a 1.38 era.

In the end I dont think I know who is going to win this series, the Dodgers. I picked the Dodgers at the beginning of the playoffs to reach the World Series and im sticking with that pick. The Dodgers are an improved Rockies team from last season, they have cought lighting in a bottle. The MVP of this series is not going to be Manny simply because the Phillies will not throw to him. So my MVP of the series is the guy who is fully healthy now and changes the whole game, Rafael Furcal. Furcal played 36 and had 8 sb and hit 357. Furcal will get on base, and by doing so will change the way the Phillies approach each game. I like the Dodgers in 7 and if they get by Philly it would set up an extremely interesting matchup back in Fenway.

NBA Preview: Bucks

Recap: The Bucks came out of the gates hot, starting 7-4 with wins over the Cavs, Lakers, and Mavs. Then the wheels fell off in a big way. The Bucks forgot that in the NBA those half court rules do not apply. Their biggest problem was they played some offense but once the ball crossed over the half court line and it was time to play defense they looked like a straight guy at a gay pride convention, absolutely lost. By All Star break they were 19-34, the sad part was unlike the year before they weren't tanking. Over the Bucks final 24 games they went 4-20 and had 8 losses by 16 points or more. To say the Bucks sucked was a major understatement. The Bucks brought in head coach Larry Krystkowiak to improve the defense that failed under Terry Stotts, who was brought in to fix the defensive problems the team had under Terry Porter, who was brought in to fix the defensive problems under George Karl. Does anyone see a pattern here, I don't think i have to make some asshole/controversial remark for you to figure it out. The Bucks horrible seasoning led to the firing of GM Larry Harris and coach Krystkowiak which was no surprise, what was a surprise was the trading away of 1st round pick Yi Jianlian. Jianlian sucked, actually i retract that because saying he sucked is a compliment. If i was a Bucks i would have been hoping for one of two options, Either a hired assassin takes him out while he is sitting on the bench or he came down with a sudden case of SARS. There are a couple of things the Bucks did well, all came in the off season. The Bucks hired Pistons assistant GM John Hammond, who then hired Scott Skiles. Another good move was that Hammond went out and got Richard Jefferson who will help give the Bucks a solid 1-2 punch with Michael Redd. Hammond then used his 1st round pick on WVU star Joe Alexander, who is a project pick with a lot of upside.

Strength: 1-2 punch. The 1-2 punch is Redd and Jefferson, and this is all the Bucks have. A lot of teams will struggle to match up on the wings with these two becasue they can shoot and slash. Redd will clearly be the go to guy in the lineup, and with the addition of Jefferson he will have more chance to catch and shoot. Jefferson is going to be the best slasher this team has seen in a long time. Jefferson also has a solid mid-range j.

Weakness: Everything Else. once you get past Redd and Jefferson the Bucks are bad, real bad. They have Andrew Bogut, and Charlie Villanueva, who some people think are good, i think those people are IDIOTS. Bogut and Villanueva are serviceable that's about it, i honestly believe that if you were to take Redd and Jefferson off this team they would lose to North Carolina. Bogut and Villanueva look like they both are stuck in quick sand, and neither one has a vertical over 1inch. Enough talk about these 2 smucks, lets look at 1st round pick Joey A. Now i don't want to be too critical of Joey cause he went to WVU but I'm not his biggest fan. Joey is a nice kid who is gonna hustle his ass off, but he is extremely raw to say the least. He had 1 good year at WVU and that was under Huggy Bear who does wonders with kids ( on and off the court, ie.. his drinking with underage girls). Alexander was drafted off of his potential alone, rightfully so though because his ceiling is high. Alexander will work hard and be a great kid to have in the locker room, just don't look to see much from him in his rookie year. Hes not the best shooter and is raw at all other fascists of the game but like i said he will hustle.

Outlook: Boy is this team gonna suck. Teams are going to try and turn each game into a 5 on 2 game. They will let Redd and Jefferson get their numbers and hold everyone else in check. The Bucks will have problems on d especially down low with those two players who at this point i refuse to even name. In the back court the Bucks have three backup point guards, none of which deserve to start in the NBDL let alone the NBA. Another issue is the Bucks have capped themselves for the next three seasons with some of their signings. Most likely the Bucks will be in that Brandon Jennings Ricky Rubio sweep stakes.

Prediction: 30-52

NBA Preview: Player Rankings

Lets take a quick brake from breaking down teams and do a position by position break down of the top players in the league, and also pre season awards. MVP- CP3, ROY- Greg Oden, Defensive Player of the year- Kevin Garnett, Coach of the Year- Erik Spoelstra. Now the top 3 players by position.

PG- CP3, Deron Williams, Agent Zero.

SG- Kobe, D. Wade, Kevin Martin.

SF- LeBrick, Carmelo, Iguodala, Rudy Gay will be there by the end of the year.

PF- KG, Bosh, Dirk.

C- Howard, Yao, Amare,

NBA Preview: Magic

Recap: The magic had an interesting off season, an off season where they saw Billy Donovan accept the job one day and quit the next. Donovan's loss was Stan Van Gundy's gain, and Van Gundy seized his opportunity. The Magic won 52 games and the Southeast Division, and made it too the second round where they lost to the Pistons. Van Gundy turned this team from a soft team into a physical team. He turned Hedo Turkoglu the teams former 6th man into a play maker and had him run the offense more times than the point guard. All this work lead to Turkoglu winning the Most Improved Player award. Another big positive for the Magic was that Dwight Howard turned the corner from being a good player to a great player. Howard had his best offensive year, led the league in rebounds and made a significant improvement on the defensive end. The only flaw in Howard's game is his FT shooting where he shot 59%. My advice is less time preparing for the dunk contest and more time at the line. But i cant knock Howard because i like the kid alot he reminds me of a younger Shaq. Besides Howard and Turkoglu the magic went out and spent a boat load of money on Rashard Lewis, 6 years 122 million to be exact. Now Lewis was not worth a 122 mill but he did play well averaging 18.2 pts and 5.4 boards. Now the Magic did not stop with the moves at the trade deadline they sent Trevor Ariza someone i like because he has alot of upside to the Lakers for Brian Cook and Maurice Evans. Now Cook was a disaster in Orlando, they should have pulled the plug on him about 2 weeks into the deal. For Evans however, he was a nice surprise, he worked hard and played his ass off which payed, by the end of the year he was the starting shooting guard. Because Howard demanded so many double teams the magic were able to get alot of good looks from 3 and took advantage, hitting 38.6% of their 3's which was 4th best. The problem for the magic was they could shoot the lights out but they had trouble creating a shot. When they were able to create a shot they hit it, but often times they had trouble getting shots off. A interesting stat is that the Magic had the 6 best offense and the 5th best defense, the numbers actually project the Magic as a 58 win team. The paper numbers didn't translate to wins but its a possible sign of what to come from the Magic.
Strength: Forwards. The Magic may have the best front court in basketball. Howard is the best Center in basketball arguably the best big man in basketball, but what helps Howard be so effective is that he has two 6'10 forwards that can put the ball on the floor and score from anywhere. Lewis and Turkoglu are match up nightmares for teams because it requires there big men to go out to the top of the key and perimeter an man up against them, doing this now leaves the paint wide open to penetrate with guards. These forwards are not one trick pony's either each of them can guards. Howard emerged as one of the top shot blockers and Lewis size gives opposing players fits because he is so lanky, the same can be said for Turkoglu.
Weakness: Bench. To say the Magic bench is composed of rookies and retards is an understatement. The Magic bench is like a circus you never know what your going to see, though you know it should be highly entertaining weather for the good or bad. The Magic loss Keyon Dooling and Carlos Arroyo who were their best bench players, leaving Keith Bogans to carry the load. The bench also has Tony Battie who is awful, JJ Redick who couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat. The bench's best player will be 1st round pick Courtney Lee out of Western Kentucky. If Lee doesn't produce then the Magic could be facing a big problem, having to run their starters alot longer then they would like.
Outlook: If there is one thing i know its that you eventually have to give your starters a rest. When the Magic run into this problem there gonna struggle. The lack of depth on this team is going to be their Achilles heal all season. The Magic starting five is one of the best in the league espically when you look at them upgrading their shooting guard position when they added Pietrus, and you have to love their big 3. Another problem the Magic could face this year is the injury bug, something that they did not have to deal with last season. With that said whenever you have a player like Dwight Howard and Rashard Lewis you have to think the team is going to compete and win there fair share of games. The southeast is a weak divison so the Magic will win that and get a top 4 seed but most likely they will get the 4 seed and run into the Green Machine in the 2nd round. The Magic would need all the Magic in the world in order to get by the Boston Three Party, and even then it wont happen.
Prediction: 49-33