I'm going to go ahead and officially stop blogging for the rest of the month. The next post will be for October 1, posted on the 30th of September (at night).
The blog finished 31-9 for this month (77.5%), 45-10 in August (81.1%), and 76-19 (80.8%) overall.
Next month I am going to try to get this blog more organized like it was in August. Below is a post I put up a couple of days ago going into a bit of detail on what I plan to do.
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9/24/11 Post:
I think I'm going to close this blog down for the month here pretty soon. I can tell traffic is slowly starting to fade. I will get some picks up on here though a little later. I will probably stop on Monday. So the 26th will be the last day I post picks.
I have gotten a lot (a lot) of emails from you about how I feel about certain picks and how confident I am in them. I think next month I will try something like a "confidence rating" or something corny like that that. For instance...
Pick #1 Tampa Bay Rays
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At the end of the writeup put- Confidence Rating: 86% (or however sure I am about the prop)
And of course that would be ranging from 1-100%
Just to kind of give you an idea of how good I feel about a particular pick.
I will probably post a poll on what you guys think about it. I think it would be a pretty good idea.
Next month I am going to try to get on more of a pattern/schedule as far as getting picks up at a certain time. This month I got so busy and didn't even take time out to get organized and put up picks at a consistent time like I did last month. They were always up in time before a pick, but you guys had no idea what I was thinking for a pick and had to just keep checking in and out of this site.
What I will probably do is post something at night for any morning or noon props for the following day, and then something around noon or the afternoon for an evening/night pick.
Thanks to everyone who follows and supports this blog. Over 110,000 blog views is increadible for just the first 2 months of this thing starting up.
Enjoy your weekend, Streakhelper
Monday, September 26, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
September 25th Picks
Yesterday's (8/24/2011) Results
Pick #1 Clemson- Won 35-30
Pick #2 Geno Smith more first half yards- Won with 202 compared to Lee's 129
Record for day 2-0
I have a couple today. I never got up a couple because I was unable to post this morning. Anyway, here it is.
Pick #1 New York Yankees (game 2)
Two words; John Lackey (shaking my head...). Despite pitching for Boston, I think he will be the Yankees biggest weapon. A lot of you probably know, Lackey has really struggled this year. Posting a 6.49 ERA, 1.63 whip, and 104 strikouts with a 12-12 record, the main reason he has managed 12 wins is thanks to Boston's great batting. New York will place Ivan Nova on the mound, posting a 3.62 ERA, 16-4 record, 1.33 whip and 95 strikeouts. Nova helped the Yanks beat Boston 9-4 back in April. Lackey is 2-1 this year against the Yankees, but has yet to play them on the road. His most recent game he lost 5-2 back on August 30th at home. The only thing that concerns me is New York only has to beat Boston one more time for a sweep. I really don't think Boston wants this, but at the same time I think New York wants to give a final blow to a much hated rival. Hopefully the rivalry goes deep enough for New York to be motivated to beat them a final time.
Confidence rating: 72% New York 72% ---------------> <----- Boston 28%
Pick #2 20 yards or more, longest touchdown play in the second half.
The thing that concerns me is Collins. The Colts offense has definitely been struggling without Peyton so far this season. I'm really leaning on the Steelers making a play 20 yards or more. Unless Indy does something on special teams or defense. 20 yards isn't a lot to ask for either way.
Confidence Rating 78% 20 yards or more 78% ----------------> <---- 19 or less 22%
Pick #1 Clemson- Won 35-30
Pick #2 Geno Smith more first half yards- Won with 202 compared to Lee's 129
Record for day 2-0
I have a couple today. I never got up a couple because I was unable to post this morning. Anyway, here it is.
Pick #1 New York Yankees (game 2)
Two words; John Lackey (shaking my head...). Despite pitching for Boston, I think he will be the Yankees biggest weapon. A lot of you probably know, Lackey has really struggled this year. Posting a 6.49 ERA, 1.63 whip, and 104 strikouts with a 12-12 record, the main reason he has managed 12 wins is thanks to Boston's great batting. New York will place Ivan Nova on the mound, posting a 3.62 ERA, 16-4 record, 1.33 whip and 95 strikeouts. Nova helped the Yanks beat Boston 9-4 back in April. Lackey is 2-1 this year against the Yankees, but has yet to play them on the road. His most recent game he lost 5-2 back on August 30th at home. The only thing that concerns me is New York only has to beat Boston one more time for a sweep. I really don't think Boston wants this, but at the same time I think New York wants to give a final blow to a much hated rival. Hopefully the rivalry goes deep enough for New York to be motivated to beat them a final time.
Confidence rating: 72% New York 72% ---------------> <----- Boston 28%
Pick #2 20 yards or more, longest touchdown play in the second half.
The thing that concerns me is Collins. The Colts offense has definitely been struggling without Peyton so far this season. I'm really leaning on the Steelers making a play 20 yards or more. Unless Indy does something on special teams or defense. 20 yards isn't a lot to ask for either way.
Confidence Rating 78% 20 yards or more 78% ----------------> <---- 19 or less 22%
Saturday, September 24, 2011
September 24th Picks
Pick #1 Clemson-
With FSU missing EJ Manuel, I think Clemson may have a huge chance to capitalize with a win at home. Trickett looked ok at home against Florida State, but he will definitely be tested on the road by Clemson. Clemson defeated Auburn 38-24 last week at home. With homefeild advantage and no Manuel, I think Clemson pulls it out in a close one. Clemson by 3-7.
Confidence Rating: 65% Clemson 65% -------------><-------- FSU 35%
Possible Pick: Geno Smith Compiles more 1st half total yards-
Geno Smith already has 1008 passing yards and -3 rushing yards in a span of West Virginia's first three games against Marshall, Norfolk State and Maryland. Granted LSU is much better defensively, Smith's numbers have been inpressive. Jarrett Lee has only compiled 444 passing yards and -22 yards rushing against Oregon, Northwestern State, and Mississippi State. LSU's defense is the only thing that concerns me. Geno Smith hasn't really been tested by a great defense yet, but then again neither has Jarrett Lee. West Virginia has about as good a defense as anyone LSU has played. Geno Smith for the pick.
Confidence Rating: 65% Smith 65% -------------><--------- Lee 35%
With FSU missing EJ Manuel, I think Clemson may have a huge chance to capitalize with a win at home. Trickett looked ok at home against Florida State, but he will definitely be tested on the road by Clemson. Clemson defeated Auburn 38-24 last week at home. With homefeild advantage and no Manuel, I think Clemson pulls it out in a close one. Clemson by 3-7.
Confidence Rating: 65% Clemson 65% -------------><-------- FSU 35%
Possible Pick: Geno Smith Compiles more 1st half total yards-
Geno Smith already has 1008 passing yards and -3 rushing yards in a span of West Virginia's first three games against Marshall, Norfolk State and Maryland. Granted LSU is much better defensively, Smith's numbers have been inpressive. Jarrett Lee has only compiled 444 passing yards and -22 yards rushing against Oregon, Northwestern State, and Mississippi State. LSU's defense is the only thing that concerns me. Geno Smith hasn't really been tested by a great defense yet, but then again neither has Jarrett Lee. West Virginia has about as good a defense as anyone LSU has played. Geno Smith for the pick.
Confidence Rating: 65% Smith 65% -------------><--------- Lee 35%
Friday, September 23, 2011
September 23rd Picks
Sorry this post is so late. I have been having network problems and just now have been able to get it up with no issues. I wsnt able to get this posted in time for Frankfort, but here are the other picks I feel pretty good about.
Pick #1 UCF Knights
UCF (2-1) will be on the road today against BYU (1-2). UCF's defense ranks 3rd in the nation in points against, only giving up 20 points in its first three games to Charleston Southern, Boston College and FIU. Shutting out Charleston Southern isn't increadibly impressive, but holding Boston College to 3 isn't to bad for a team who has traditionally been a pretty solid program. Their one red flag by far has been thier 17-10 loss to 3-0 FIU on the road. FIU is off to a better start than many predicted, opening with a blowout win to North Texas (41-16), followed by a win on the road to Louisville (24-17), and most recently a home win to UCF. So far FIU ranks 21st in points against, so I think UCF lost within 7 to pretty good football team.
Looking at BYU's schedule results, they beat a very poor Ole Miss team 14-13 who was blown out by Vanderbilt 30-7. Thats pretty bad. BYU only managed a 1 point win to a team (Ole Miss) who was blownout traditionally the worst team in the SEC (Vandy). In the following week, they lost to then ranked #24 Texas 17-16 on the road. Who I think at the time was very overrated with Gilbert under center (and possibly still is overrated). Still, in that kind of envroment I think BYU deserves some credit for holding up pretty well to a team with a tough home crowd. After that they were blown out 54-10 by unranked Utah at home.
Just from comparing each team's strength of schedule, I like UCF so far. But with BYU at home, this may give them an advantage they need to get a much needed win. However, BYU will need to get their running game going tonight to help out their passing game. BYU has struggled very much on the ground this season. Averaging about 48 yards a game (ranking 118th in the nation). Their passing though has been a good median, averaging about 253 yards a game (ranking 42nd in the nation). With BYU's struggling offense and UCF's good defense I'm not sure I see BYU scoring a whole lot.
UCF is averaging about 223 (ranking 23rd) rushing yards a game and 204 passing yards a game (ranking 80th). On paper, UCF seems to have a better offense and defense, plus the one team they lost to is pretty good. BYU has struggled against teams that are struggling themselves. UCF for the win.
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Pick #1 UCF Knights
UCF (2-1) will be on the road today against BYU (1-2). UCF's defense ranks 3rd in the nation in points against, only giving up 20 points in its first three games to Charleston Southern, Boston College and FIU. Shutting out Charleston Southern isn't increadibly impressive, but holding Boston College to 3 isn't to bad for a team who has traditionally been a pretty solid program. Their one red flag by far has been thier 17-10 loss to 3-0 FIU on the road. FIU is off to a better start than many predicted, opening with a blowout win to North Texas (41-16), followed by a win on the road to Louisville (24-17), and most recently a home win to UCF. So far FIU ranks 21st in points against, so I think UCF lost within 7 to pretty good football team.
Looking at BYU's schedule results, they beat a very poor Ole Miss team 14-13 who was blown out by Vanderbilt 30-7. Thats pretty bad. BYU only managed a 1 point win to a team (Ole Miss) who was blownout traditionally the worst team in the SEC (Vandy). In the following week, they lost to then ranked #24 Texas 17-16 on the road. Who I think at the time was very overrated with Gilbert under center (and possibly still is overrated). Still, in that kind of envroment I think BYU deserves some credit for holding up pretty well to a team with a tough home crowd. After that they were blown out 54-10 by unranked Utah at home.
Just from comparing each team's strength of schedule, I like UCF so far. But with BYU at home, this may give them an advantage they need to get a much needed win. However, BYU will need to get their running game going tonight to help out their passing game. BYU has struggled very much on the ground this season. Averaging about 48 yards a game (ranking 118th in the nation). Their passing though has been a good median, averaging about 253 yards a game (ranking 42nd in the nation). With BYU's struggling offense and UCF's good defense I'm not sure I see BYU scoring a whole lot.
UCF is averaging about 223 (ranking 23rd) rushing yards a game and 204 passing yards a game (ranking 80th). On paper, UCF seems to have a better offense and defense, plus the one team they lost to is pretty good. BYU has struggled against teams that are struggling themselves. UCF for the win.
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
New Picks Up Coming for September 23
Sorry there was no post today. There wasn't really anything I could justify as a good pick. I may pick Zack Collaros goes over 125 1st half yards, but I'm still undecided. I see some stuff I like for tomorrow and I will get those picks up soon.
I will get the picks up soon,
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Yesterday's results...
FC Honka- Won 5-2
Texas Rangers- Won 3-2
CJ Wilson record strikeout in the first- Won (threw 2)
Record for day- 3-0
Record for month- ? (I'll get it all add up soon)
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Yesterday's results...
FC Honka- Won 5-2
Texas Rangers- Won 3-2
CJ Wilson record strikeout in the first- Won (threw 2)
Record for day- 3-0
Record for month- ? (I'll get it all add up soon)
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