October 15th Picks

Pick #1 South Carolina Gamecocks

  The #15 ranked Gamecocks (5-1) will go into Mississippi today to face Mississipi State (3-3). The Gamecocks will start quarterback Connor Shaw after Stephen Garcia was dismissed from the team after recieving 6 suspensions. Garcia has thrown for just 844 in a span of six games, as well as thrown 9 interceptions and only 4 touchdowns this season. Connor Shaw has looked good in previous games he has played. Specifically Kentucky, where he threw for 4 touchdowns. Even if Shaw were to struggle, he has a solid defense and great running game in Marcus Lattimore (146 attempts, 779 yards, 9 TDs) to back him up. Mississpipi State has looked decent this year, and though 3-3, has had losses to quality teams (Auburn, LSU, Georgia). Unfortunately, South Carolina is another quality team. I think they are the pick here.

Pick #2 Illinois Fighting Illini

The #16 Fighting Illini will go into this game 6-0 hosting the 3-3 Ohio State Buckeyes. Similar to the Mississippi State pick, Ohio State has had quality losses besides Miami (lossed to Michigan State and Nebraska). Ohio State still has yet to win on the road after losing to Miami and Nebraska, but looks to change that today. For Illinois, in addition to a good defense, they also have managed a good offense with a running game that averages about 226 yards per game lead by dual running backs Troy Pollard and Nathan Scheelhaase. Illinois has looked impressive so far this season. I don't think very many people expected them to be 6-0 this far in the season a year ago. I think today they make it 7-0. If Ohio State had homefield advantage this would be a completely different scenario. But when the significantly better team has homefeild advantage in college football, its hard to pick against them. Illini for the win.  

October 13th and 14th results

Results for October 13th and 14th;

October 13th:
Derry City - Loss 1-0
Detroit Red Wings- Win 2-0
USC Trojans- Win 30-9

October 14th
David Toms- Win
Webb Simpson- Win
160 passing yards or more- Win (174)
San Jose Sharks- Loss 0-1

Record for last 2 days 5-2
Overall Month Record- 17-10

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October 14 Picks continued

Pick #3 160 passing yards or more

  Hopefully this will end before the Sharks game (which I doubt). Hawaii is much more of a passing offense than rushing. As much as Moniz throws it, this pick has a good shot of 160 or more. So far this season he averages about 221 first half passing yards in his first 5 games. Thats pretty dang good. Over or pass on this one for me.


Pick #4 San Jose Sharks

  San Jose will go into this game 1-0-0 after an impressive 6-3 home win over Phoenix (1-1-1). Anaheim is 1-1-0 after a 1-4 loss at Buffalo in their season opener, followed by an ugly 2-1 overtime win over the New York Rangers (0-0-2). With the Ducks not playing so well in its opening games, I don't see them beating San Jose. They had a hard time against NY at home, and San Jose is much better than NY in my opinion.  San Jose should win, but since its on Streak for the Cash it may be interesting...

Pick #1 David Toms- Win
Pick #2 Webb Simpson- Win

 I know today's post writups are shorter than normal, but hopefully they get the job done. More tonight.

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Next post for October 14th will be posted tomorrow afternoon with full writeups. But here are my first 2 picks...

Pick #1 (golf) David Toms or tie

Pick #2 (golf) Webb Simpson or tie

Both picks are similar. Both golfers seem to have a slightly better shot at winning than Fowler or Kuchar. But add the tie option, and its icing on the cake.

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October 13th Picks

Pick #1 Derry City win or draw

   Derry City will go into this game 17-12-3, scoring 63 goals and having a 37 goal difference. Shamrock is (20-8-5), with a 39 goal difference and has scored 68 goals this year. In previous matches, Derry City has looked pretty good against a very solid Shamrock team. This year Derry City drew shamrock twice (0-0 and 1-1) and won 1-0 at home back in July. They did however lose to Shamrock 1-0 on the road back in June. So, with Shamrock at home this game makes me a little nervous. Shamrock has played very well at home overall, but past records indicate Derry City has played well agianst a team with such  a high caliber team in their league. More than likely it will be a draw, or one of these teams will lose by 1. Probably Derry City.

Confidence rating: 65% in Derry City win or draw; 45% in Shamrock to win

Pick #2 Detroit Red Wings

With Detroit (2-0-0, 8pts this year) at home against Vancouver (1-1-1, 10pts this year), it is a little hard to go against Detroit at the moment. Although we don't really know where every NHL team is at, Detroit looks good right now, Vancouver looks about average. Granted, their two games struggled were against a strong Penguins and Flyers team, they still have not been able to do anything that impressive besides keeping a close 4-5 loss with the Flyers on the road. Detroit opened the season with a 5-3 win against Ottawa (1-2-0) and then followed that with a 3-0 road win against the Colorado Avalanche (2-1-0). Detroit should take this in a close one.

Confidence rating: 70% for Detroit; 30% for Vancouver

Pick #3 USC Trojans

I can't stand USC, but I think tonight I may be a fan. Amazing how SFTC can mess up your priorities in sports. Anyway, USC is 4-1 so far this year, with their lone loss came to #18 Arizona State on the road. California is 3-2, with both of their losses on the road to #9 Oregon and Washington (4-1). California so far has had quality losses, but is still in search of a quality win. Looking on paper, statistically these teams look pretty even. USC has had better looking wins against better teams, but looked awful against Arizona State in their 22-43 loss, and looked bad against a 1-5 Minnesota team in a 19-17 ugly win. All in all, I would take USC. California will definitely have an advantage playing at home, but USC should take this in a close one.

Confidence rating: 65%

ESPN's preview:

Matchup

	USC	California
W-L	4-1	3-2
Avg Points	30.0	34.6
Avg Points Allowed	26.4	28.0
Home Record	4-0	2-0
Road Record	0-1	1-2
Division Record	2-1	0-2
Conference Record	2-1	0-2
Complete Standings

Team Averages & NCAA Ranks

Offense	Team	Per Game Average / NCAA Rank
Total Yards		454.4 / 29th
		458.0 / 26th
Passing Yards		322.8 / 17th
		314.4 / 20th
Rushing Yards		136.6 / 70th
		157.6 / 57th
Points Scored		30.0 / 55th
		34.6 / 33rd
Full Team Stats: USC | California

This Week's Line

Favorite	Spread	Underdog	Over/Under
USC	3	CALIFORNIA	58
Full Daily Lines

Passing Leaders

USC	CMP%	YDS	TD	INT
M. Barkley	70.7	1587	14	4
M. Tyler	100.0	2	0	0
California	CMP%	YDS	TD	INT
Z. Maynard	51.4	1291	11	3
A. Bridgford	41.4	179	0	0

Rushing Leaders

USC	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD
M. Tyler	72	338	4.7	2
C. McNeal	24	203	8.5	1
California	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD
I. Sofele	91	499	5.5	4
C. Anderson	27	126	4.7	3

Receiving Leaders

USC	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
R. Woods	55	747	13.6	6
M. Lee	21	323	15.4	3
California	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
K. Allen	39	668	17.1	4
M. Jones	29	441	15.2	3

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