It’s Rally Time!!

Posted on October 27, 2007 
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Last week, we blew another college game, but hit 2 out of 3 NFL games, including our BEST BET.  We think we’re going to start spinning this, we’ll separate out the NCAA picks from the NFL picks, that’ll make us look better (for the NFL anyway).  Our NFL record is:  6-6 in throwaway games, and 1-1 in BESTBETS.  Our NCAA record is: 2-6 in throwaway games, and 0-1 in BESTBETS.  Ok, we’ve accepted that we know nothing about college football this season.  Which is good, as we expect the Buckeyes might stumble at Happy Valley tonight.  Which probably means they’ll win by 3 touchdowns.  Who knows?  We’re not even going to offer a prediction there.  What we are going to do is offer 3 solid NFL picks for you!

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CAROLINA +6.5 over indianapolis     We used to make a living on these type of games.  Ok, not really a living, as we always followed up good games like this, with bad games (much as we have been doing this year).  Nevertheless, this is an A++ type game.  A mediocre to good team, at home, getting points, versus a very good team, who is not focused on this game.  The fact it that no team in the NFL can play their best game every week.  There are ebbs and there are flows.  Indy will be ebbing this week.  Coming off a big win at Jacksonville, to establish themselves as still relevant in the NFL, they will be looking forward to next week when they face the most powerful team since the 1972 Dolphins, the Patriots!  We just can’t see a top-notch effort here by the Colts.  The Panthers are not that bad, and should be assisted by Colt mistakes.  Expect the unexpected, as the Panthers cover.

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MINNESOTA +1 over philadelphia          It’s all going wrong in Philly right now.  We’re sure there’s a more mis-managed team somewhere in the NFL, but not one we watch every week, like the Eagles.  Andy Reid insists on maximizing his weaknesses (QB, receivers), while minimizing his strengths (RB’s, offensive line).  The result are losses, losses, losses.  And they’ll lose again Sunday.  The Eagles historically perform poorly before a bye, and before a Cowboys game.  Remember, there is no more hated team in the Delaware Valley than the Cowboys…. bar none.  The Eagles play the Cowboys after Minnesota, so even though they are 2-4, and must win this game to stay alive, they’ll play lousy, and lose.  The last time Reid played a former assistant in the Giants, it was an ugly loss.  Brad Childress will be ready for his former boss as well.

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washington +16 over NEW ENGLAND         This may seem risky, playing against the greatest team to ever lace up the cleats in the great Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, but worry not.  Even the machine-like Patriots have down weeks, and they should have one here, as they too will be looking ahead to the Armegeddon-like showdown in Indianapolis the week after.  The Redskins are a pretty good team, and should be playing free and loose, with nothing to lose in this situation.  They are much more talented than the woeful Dolphins, so if Tom Brady is going to lob jump balls to Randy Moss in double-coverage like last week, the result may very well be interceptions instead of touchdowns. 

Congratulations to Doug Carey, who ran the Columbus Half-Marathon in 2:10 last week.  Big E staggered across in 2:29, which is not that bad considering he ran once in the 2 weeks prior to the race, and he’s carrying about 20 pounds more than Mr. Carey.  Bryan Price (2:16), and Chuck Armstrong (2:23) also defeated the race couse.  There’s even a bunch of loose talk going around about tackling another full marathon.  Good Lord…… not again…..

Big E starts the road back this week!

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