September 5th Picks

September 3rd pick results

Pick #1 Minnesota; Total points or tie in 2nd half- Won (final score 19-17 USC)

Pick #2 LSU- Won 40-27

Record for day 2-0
Record for month 4-2

Fan request pick- AOR (OSU vs. Akron) Loss 42-0

LSU looked strong even without Jordan Jefferson (QB) and Russell Sheppard (WR). If they play like that all year, I could easily see them in the BCS National Championship game this season. Jarret Lee played pretty well Saturday night for the Tigers. Even with his relatively simple performance(s), he has still proven to be a very effective quarterback. Even against elite teams such as Oregon.

Minnesota was somewhat a shocker. Lane Kiffin loves to run up the score when he is winning, and score every point he can when he is losing. I mean, even in the sense of it being a completely meaningless touchdown or feild goal, he is just trying to make it a pretty loss as best as he can. So I have no doubt USC wasnt taking it easy as far as playcalls and coaching was concerned. Minnesota just showed up to play and came pretty close to winning.

Today I took Bubba Watson and should have had him up today on my blog. It was a solid pick to make. He had the tie option, but ended up scoring higher than Charl Swartzel. 

I think for future reference I will put up at least one pick if I decide to take a day off. 

I hope all of you are enjoying your labor day weekend and had a successful weekend of picking as well.

Here is what I have for tomorrow...

Pick #1 Peru win/draw

  I'm still trying to figure out why Peru has the draw option. Bolivia hasn't won in 14 games, and Peru is a pretty solid team. Last week these 2 teams drew in an international friendly. Peru may win.


Possible Pick #1 USA Nationality of Tournament winner (post pending)

Possible Pick #2 Arizona Diamondbacks

  Arizona will place Miley Cyru... I mean Wade Miley (3.94 ERA, 2-1 record, 12 SO, 1.75 WHIP) on the mound tomorrow for Arizona. Judging by previous records (his last game actually), he pitched pretty well against Colorado helping his team overcome the Rockies 9-4 (3.94 ERA, 0 hr). Colorado will start Esmil Rogers (5.94 ERA, 6-4 record, 53 SO, 1.79 WHIP), who suffered a 2-4 loss to Arizona last week (5.94 ERA, 1 hr). Arizona has performed well on the road this season. Arizona in a close one (I dont know why the pick % is so high for Arizona).

Much more tomorrow...


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