November 14th Picks

Pick #1 Egypt win, draw, lose by 1

   With this being an international friendly, I have to take Egypt. In Brazil's last freindly, they won 2-0 against a pretty lowly Gabon team. Egypt's team fares much better than Gabon. Plus, this game is at a neutral site and Egypt is favored (-120 to -140). Just trust me, I would take Egypt. It could go either way, but I think Brazil wins by 1. Egypt should be able to keep up.

Pick #2 Hyde win

   Hyde is 14-2-2, with a 27 goal difference and ranks at the top of their table. Hinckley is 5-0-9, -14 goal difference and ranks 18th in the same table. With Hyde at -200 and just posting basic info in table standings, I don't think there is much else to say. Hyde looks like the best pick of the two for sure. Since August, Hyde has gone 8-1-2 on the road. However, one thing to note, is that in their last six road games they have gone 3-2-1. Their 2 losses were to better teams than Hinckley, but their 2-2 draw was to a very poor Eastwood town team. I still think Hyde has a better shot, because overall they have been very consistent within their table. Be cautious of it being on Streak for the Cash though. Very unpredictable sometimes.

Pick #3 Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay is a pretty well-rounded team overall, ranking 11^th in goals per game, 23^rd in goals against, 15^th in power play, and 15^th in penalty kills. Winnipeg is near the bottom of everything. Their highest rank is in power play percent (20^th), and then follow at 22^nd in goals per game, 23^rd in penalty kills and 26^th in goals against. Both teams have had some time to rest after each team played on Saturday. Tampa bay is coming off a 3-0 loss on the road to St. Louis, and Winnipeg is coming off a 2-1 road loss to Columbus as well as a 5 game losing streak and 2-3 home record. These two teams met on October 29^th in which Tampa Bay won 1-0 at home. This could really get sketchy with Winnipeg at home and in a desperate need of a win. Though Winnipeg's home record isn't very impressive at 2-3, Tampa Bay's road record isn't really either at 3-7. However, with the Lightning dominating every major category in defense and offense compared to Winnipeg, I'm going with them. Should be a good game. I don't expect Winnipeg to get blown out, but I do think they lose in a close one. Good luck whatever you do tonight.

More tonight for the November 15th tip-off marathon.

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Mondays picks will be posted tomorrow

November 12th Pick results:

France win- Win (1-0)
Uruguey win- Win (4-0)
North Carolina wins by DD- Win (won by 12)
Vancouver Canucks- Loss (4-3)

Record for day 3-1
Record for month 23-8

I've got some picks picked out for tomorrow. I know I said I would finish them (writeups) by tonight, but I couldn't finish them all. I'll get a finalized post up around 11:45am Eastern time.

Thanks for your support.

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November 11th Picks

 
November 10th pick results-

44 yards or less (or no TD)- Win


Pick record overall 20-7

 I have some work today that will conflict my ability to update this blog for the day, so my summaries will be pretty short.

Pick #1 France

  As much as I want to represent America, France has the better odds. It may be "unamerican" as some say to pick France, but its also smarter to pick them in my opinion. As good a chance France stands to win, the U.S. will also be without Landon Donovan to make France's case even better. I would go France.

Pick #2 Uruguay 

   Chile has a lot of suspentions. Chile isn't out of it, but with 5 players missing it will definitely not help. Uruguay by 1 I think.

Here are some picks I'm looking at, but I may not have time to update. I'll keep them up in case I can't write about them later. I may add more or take one off if I can get around to it this evening.

Pick #3 North Carolina wins by DD


Pick #4 Vancouver Canucks

  The Canucks have been traveling a lot lately, so I'll have to look into this one a little more. They may feel the fatigue tonight.

Good luck whatever you do today

November 10th Picks

November 9th results:

Xelaju- Push
Any Other Result- Win (0-1)
No: No point scored in the first five minutes- Win
Arizona wins by double digits- Loss (won by 8)

Record for day 2-1
Record for month 19-7

  I couldn't get around to posting today. I had a lot of stuff going on, both personally and with the site I needed (and still need) to address. I'll get a post up  tomorrow in the afternoon though. However, I have one pick I'm going to squeeze in tonight, but I don't have time to write about it.

Pick #1 44 yards or fewer (or no TD) (Virginia Tech @ Georgia Tech)


   As of right now (8 minutes left in the first half), both defenses are playing really well. I don't think this will be 45+ unless there is a big play on special teams or an interception return (or its corny translation; "Pick Six").  Good luck whatever you do.

November 9th Picks

November 7th and 8th results:

November 7th results:

Murcia win- Loss (0-0 draw)
Any Other Result- Win (9 point difference)
San Jose Sharks- Win (4-2)
Bears 4th quarter points- Win (10)

November 8th results:

Western Michigan: win or single digit loss- Win (lost by 3)
Chandler Harnish records 160 total yards or more in the first half- Win (260 yards)

Record in the last 2 days- 5-1
Record for the month 17-6

Pick #1 Xelaju win or draw

 Soccer seems to be a little tricky today, starting with the pronouncing (and spelling) of the word Xelaju. Xelaju (8-5-5, 4 GD, 29pts), is coming off a 1-0 home win over Suchitepequez who ranks 2nd in their table at 10-1-7. Penarol (6-5-6, 3 GD, 23 points), is coming off a 0-2 loss to Zacapa, who ranks last in their table (also note they lost to Suchitapequez 0-1 on the road, who Xelaju beat). However, Penarol is a pretty big favorite. Penaral has dominated at home, going 6-1-1 (17 for, 7 against); with Xelaju at 0-4-5 on the road. These two teams have yet to play each other this season, so there are no previous results for the year to look back on. However, I think this one is pretty equally matched for a draw. Xelaju is a better team in my opinion overall despite struggling on the road. This one was a little tough to call, but I feel better about Xelaju. Good luck whoever you choose.

Pick #2 Any Other Result (Barcelona at Hospitalet)

  Barcelona is so much better than Hospitalet, they could probably beat them by 5 or 6 if they wanted. With a full squad that is. Barcelona will be resting almost their entire lineup (that includes Messi, Alves, and Adriano) thanks to International break, to give some other guys opportunities to see what they can do. At first it looked to easy for 3+ (obviously now I realize the catch), but now I think AOR has the slight advantage. I think Barcelona will probably win by 2. Hospitalet at the comfort of their own field, and going up against a squad with a lot less experience than the Barcelona team we have seen this season, I would take Hospitalet.
    However, be sure to check the lineups before the game starts. Barcelona may play some guys that make 3+ a more likely scenario. Hopefully these writeups help. Good luck whatever you do.

Pick #3 No: No point scored in the first 5 minutes

Not a lot to this one. Temple's defense ranks 4^th in the nation in points allowed, while Miami OH ranks 97^th in points for. Miami ranks 38^th in points allowed, Temple ranks 54^th in points for. Both teams have pretty good defenses points-wise considering the level of play for both teams. Overall, Temple's defense ranks 10^th nationally, Miami OH ranks 42^nd. No seems like a pretty good play

Pick #4 Arizona wins by double digits

  I forgot to get a full post up on this, but it looks pretty good. Arizona looks like they have the potential to pull away from teams as we saw last night in the beginning of the second half. I've seen lines anywhere from -9 to -16 in Arizona's favor. Hopefully Arizona will play a little better tonight than they have recently for both halves. It will probably go back and forth at times, but Arizona should cover.

More to come for picks tonight...


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