Jeff Overton- Win
Lazio win- Loss (1-1 draw)
Philadelphia Union win or draw- Loss (0-1)
Arizona Wildcats- Win (48-12)
Record for day 2-2
Record for month 26-16
My soccer picks have had some pretty crazy twists to them the last few days. Bayern scored an own goal a couple days ago giving Napoli their only goal in a 1-1 draw, Arsenal scored a last minute goal yesterday to win 1-0, and today Lazio gave up a goal 30 seconds after scoring in a 1-1 draw to Zurich. Pretty ironic games. All lead to reds for me. Gotta love (hate) Streak for the Cash :p
Pick #1 Werder Bremen win (sorry for the late notice)
This game starts in 20 minutes, so hopefully most of you will be able to read this in time. Werner Bremen is currently off to a pretty good start this season at 5-1-3, 4 goal difference and 16 goals this season, while Augsburg has struggled after a 1-4-4 record, -9 goal difference and just 7 goals going into this game. Werder Bremen ranks 5th right now in their Bundesliga table, and Augsburg is near the bottom at 16th out of 18 teams. The thing that concerns me most, is that Bremen has struggled winning on the road (1-1-3 in road games), whereas at home they have dominated pretty well (4-0-1) in home games). Good news for Bremen though, is that Augsburg has yet to win at home (0-2-2 in home games). So I have to roll with Bremen just because they are the better team thus far. Bremen is my pick.
Pick #2 Rutgers Scarlet Knights
The Scarlet Knights will go into this game 5-1, 2-0 in the Big East, after a close call against Navy last weekend, in a 21-20 win. Right now they are looking better than Louisville (2-4, 0-1 Big East), despite some ugly wins to mediocre teams. Louisville's only wins have come to Murray State in a 21-9 victory, and a 24-17 win over Kentucky (2-4, 0-3 in SEC). Both teams have top 20 defenses as far as points allowed, with Louisville ranked 16th in points against and Rutgers ranking 11th. Louisville is 1-2 so far at home this year, with their lone home win coming from Murray State. The Scarlet Knights are 1-1 on the road, with a 22-24 loss to North Carolina, and a 19-16 overtime win at Syracuse. Rutgers has not looked pretty on the road, but they have found ways to win so far this year. I don't think this will be a blowout or anything, but I like the Rutgers to win in probably a close one.
Pick #3 Geno Smith 155 yards or more passing yards in the first half
West Virginia ranks 3rd in the nation in passing yards per game, averaging about 380 passing yards a game. Syracuse ranks 111th in pass defense out of 120 teams, giving up about 293 yards a game. Over looks pretty good.
Thanks for following and hopefully I do better than I have lately,
Streakhelper
