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Pick-Off Results and Week #7 Games

sly3456 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:07:09 +0000

Sorry for the delay in getting this out. I had the long weekend of covering the Husker game and then went out to Chicago on short rest on Sunday. But now I’m back and here are the results for week six and the games for week #7.

Week 6 Overall Pct.

Sean (Sly3456) 19-1 94-26 .783

Tick 17-3 90-30 .750

Steve 0-0 74-26 .740

Suzanne (Suz) 15-5 86-34 .717

Josh (JJ) 16-4 85-35 .708

Craig 17-3 70-30 .700

Andy (ac) 16-4 78-42 .650

Ben 14-6 60-40 .600

Weekend #7 Pick-Off

Texas vs. Oklahoma

LSU vs. Florida

Colorado vs. Kansas

Nebraska vs. Texas Tech

Vanderbilt vs. Mississippi State

Notre Dame vs. North Carolina

Michigan State vs. Northwestern

Iowa State vs. Baylor

Oklahoma State vs. Missouri

UCLA vs. Oregon

Penn State vs. Wisconsin

Kansas State vs. Texas A&M

Arizona State vs. USC

Western Michigan vs. Buffalo

Iowa vs. Indiana

Tennessee vs. Georgia

Arizona vs. Stanford

Boise State vs. Southern Miss.

Arkansas vs. Auburn

Purdue vs. Ohio State

Weekend Pick-Off Results and Week #6 Games

sly3456 — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:34:21 +0000

In a week full of upsets, the one thing we learned this week is why none of us have our own sports betting hotline. We all struggled this week with Craig having the highest winning percentage at .667. Hopefully things get better for all of us next week. Below the results are the 20 games to pick for an exciting week 6!

Week 5 Overall Pct.

Sean (Sly3456) 11-10 75-25 .750

Steve 13-8 74-26 .740

Tick 12-9 73-27 .730

Suzanne (Suz) 11-10 71-29 .710

Josh (JJ) 12-9 69-31 .690

Craig 14-7 53-27 .663

Andy (ac) 7-14 62-38 .620

Ben 10-11 46-34 .575

Weekend #6 Pick-Off

Missouri vs. Nebraska

Penn State vs. Purdue

Florida State vs. Miami-Florida

Iowa vs. Michigan State

Auburn vs. Vanderbilt

Texas vs. Colorado

Stanford vs. Notre Dame

Arizona State vs. California

Illinois vs. Michigan

Ohio State vs. Wisconsin

Oregon vs. USC

Duke vs. Georgia Tech

Texas Tech vs. Kansas State

Connecticut vs. North Carolina

Maryland vs. Virginia

Boston College vs. North Carolina State

Kansas vs. Iowa State

Navy vs. Air Force

Florida vs. Arkansas

Rutgers vs. West Virginia

New Top 25 Poll

sly3456 — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:12:47 +0000

Here is my new top 25 poll after this week. There are a lot of changes as three of the top four teams in my poll fell over the weekend. So after all of the shake-ups, here is the poll, tell me what you think…

1 Oklahoma 4-0

2 Alabama 5-0

3 LSU 4-0

4 Missouri 4-0

5 Texas 4-0

6 Penn State 5-0

7 Texas Tech 4-0

8 Georgia 4-1

9 BYU 4-0

10 USC 2-1

11 South Florida 5-0

12 Florida 3-1

13 Auburn 4-1

14 Kansas 3-1

15 Ohio State 4-1

16 Utah 5-0

17 Wisconsin 3-1

18 Boise State 3-0

19 Oregon 4-1

20 Vanderbilt 4-0

21 Oklahoma State 4-0

22 Virginia Tech 4-1

23 Fresno State 3-1

24 Connecticut 5-0

25 Michigan State 4-1

Weekend Pick-Off #5

sly3456 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:14:27 +0000

Without further adieu, here are the college football picks for Week #5:

Alabama vs. Georgia

Sean (Sly3456) – Georgia

Tick -Georgia

Andy (ac) – Georgia

Craig –Alabama

Ben – Alabama

Suzanne (Suz) – Alabama

Steve –Georgia

Josh (JJ) –Alabama

Virginia Tech vs. Nebraska

Sean (Sly3456) -Nebraska

Tick – Nebraska

Andy (ac) – Nebraska

Craig – Virginia Tech

Ben – Nebraska

Suzanne (Suz) – Nebraska

Steve – Virginia Tech

Josh (JJ) –Nebraska

Illinois vs. Penn State

Sean (Sly3456) – Penn State

Tick – Penn State

Andy (ac) – Penn State

Craig – Penn State

Ben – Penn State

Suzanne (Suz) – Penn State

Steve –Penn State

Josh (JJ) –Penn State

Northwestern vs. Iowa

Sean (Sly3456) -Northwestern

Tick - Northwestern

Andy (ac) – Iowa

Craig – Iowa

Ben – Iowa

Suzanne (Suz) –Iowa

Steve -Northwestern

Josh (JJ) –Iowa

Arkansas vs. Texas

Sean (Sly3456) – Texas

Tick – Texas

Andy (ac) – Texas

Craig – Texas

Ben – Texas

Suzanne (Suz) – Texas

Steve – Texas

Josh (JJ) –Texas

Wisconsin vs. Michigan

Sean (Sly3456) – Wisconsin

Tick –Wisconsin

Andy (ac) – Wisconsin

Craig – Wisconsin

Ben – Wisconsin

Suzanne (Suz) – Wisconsin

Steve – Wisconsin

Josh (JJ) –Wisconsin

Tennessee vs. Auburn

Sean (Sly3456) –Auburn

Tick- Auburn

Andy (ac) –Auburn

Craig – Auburn

Ben –Auburn

Suzanne (Suz) –Auburn

Steve – Auburn

Josh (JJ) –Auburn

Colorado vs. Florida State

Sean (Sly3456) – Florida State

Tick – Colorado

Andy (ac) – Colorado

Craig – Florida State

Ben – Colorado

Suzanne (Suz) –Florida State

Steve -Colorado

Josh (JJ) –Colorado

Fresno State vs. UCLA

Sean (Sly3456) – Fresno State

Tick – Fresno State

Andy (ac) – UCLA

Craig – Fresno State

Ben – Fresno State

Suzanne (Suz) – Fresno State

Steve – Fresno State

Josh (JJ) –Fresno State

Purdue vs. Notre Dame

Sean (Sly3456) – Purdue

Tick – Notre Dame

Andy (ac) – Purdue

Craig – Purdue

Ben – Purdue

Suzanne (Suz) – Purdue

Steve – Purdue

Josh (JJ) –Notre Dame

Stanford vs. Washington

Sean (Sly3456) – Washington

Tick- Stanford

Andy (ac) – Washington

Craig – Washington

Ben – Washington

Suzanne (Suz) – Stanford

Steve – Washington

Josh (JJ) –Stanford

Maryland vs. Clemson

Sean (Sly3456) – Clemson

Tick – Clemson

Andy (ac) – Clemson

Craig – Clemson

Ben – Clemson

Suzanne (Suz) – Clemson

Steve –Clemson

Josh (JJ) –Clemson

Virginia vs. Duke

Sean (Sly3456) – Duke

Tick- Virginia

Andy (ac) – Virginia

Craig – Duke

Ben – Virginia

Suzanne (Suz) – Virginia

Steve – Duke

Josh (JJ) –Virginia

North Carolina vs. Miami-Florida

Sean (Sly3456) – Miami-Florida

Tick –North Carolina

Andy (ac) – Miami-Florida

Craig –North Carolina

Ben – North Carolina

Suzanne (Suz) – Miami-Florida

Steve – North Carolina

Josh (JJ) –Miami-Florida

Houston vs. East Carolina

Sean (Sly3456) – East Carolina

Tick- East Carolina

Andy (ac) – East Carolina

Craig – East Carolina

Ben – East Carolina

Suzanne (Suz) – East Carolina

Steve – East Carolina

Josh (JJ) –East Carolina

TCU vs. Oklahoma

Sean (Sly3456) – Oklahoma

Tick – Oklahoma

Andy (ac) – Oklahoma

Craig – Oklahoma

Ben – Oklahoma

Suzanne (Suz) – Oklahoma

Steve – Oklahoma

Josh (JJ) –Oklahoma

Minnesota vs. Ohio State

Sean (Sly3456) – Ohio State

Tick- Ohio State

Andy (ac) – Ohio State

Craig – Ohio State

Ben –Ohio State

Suzanne (Suz) – Ohio State

Steve – Ohio State

Josh (JJ) –Ohio State

Michigan State vs. Indiana

Sean (Sly3456) – Michigan State

Tick – Michigan State

Andy (ac) – Michigan State

Craig – Michigan State

Ben – Michigan State

Suzanne (Suz) – Michigan State

Steve – Michigan State

Josh (JJ) –Michigan State

South Florida vs. North Carolina State

Sean (Sly3456) – South Florida

Tick – South Florida

Andy (ac) – South Florida

Craig – South Florida

Ben – South Florida

Suzanne (Suz) –South Florida

Steve – South Florida

Josh (JJ) –South Florida

Mississippi vs. Florida

Sean (Sly3456) – Florida

Tick- Florida

Andy (ac) – Florida

Craig – Florida

Ben – Florida

Suzanne (Suz) – Florida

Steve – Florida

Josh (JJ) –Florida

NW Missouri State vs. UNO

Sean (Sly3456) – UNO

Tick- UNO

Andy (ac) – UNO

Craig – NW Missouri State

Ben – UNO

Suzanne (Suz) – UNO

Steve – NW Missouri State

Josh (JJ) –NW Missouri State

Weekend #5 Pick-Off and Week #4 Results

sly3456 — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:55:22 +0000

Here are the results after this week’s pick-off. All of the games for this week are on Saturday, so we’ll shoot for the picks by Friday. That way we don’t have to worry about any Thursday night contests this week. Also, this week there are 21 pick ‘em games as I have thrown UNO into the mix with their big game as well. That we’ll get us to an even 100 games picked by the end of week #5!

Week 4 Overall Pct.

Sean (Sly3456) 14-6 64-15 .810

Steve 17-3 61-18 .772

Tick 14-6 61-18 .772

Suzanne (Suz) 13-7 60-19 .759

Josh (JJ) 14-6 57-22 .722

Andy (ac) 10-10 55-24 .696

Craig 12-8 39-20 .661

Ben 11-9 36-23 .610

Weekend Pick-Off #5

Alabama vs. Georgia

Virginia Tech vs. Nebraska

Illinois vs. Penn State

Northwestern vs. Iowa

Arkansas vs. Texas

Wisconsin vs. Michigan

Tennessee vs. Auburn

Colorado vs. Florida State

Fresno State vs. UCLA

Purdue vs. Notre Dame

Stanford vs. Washington

Maryland vs. Clemson

Virginia vs. Duke

North Carolina vs. Miami-Florida

Houston vs. East Carolina

TCU vs. Oklahoma

Minnesota vs. Ohio State

Michigan State vs. Indiana

South Florida vs. North Carolina State

Mississippi vs. Florida

SPECIAL PICK ‘EM GAME

NW Missouri State vs. Nebraska-Omaha

New Top 25 Poll

sly3456 — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:42:57 +0000

After this week’s wild week of games, here is my top 25 poll. With conference play starting to rev up, I would imagine there will be many changes in this from week-to-week. Let me know what you all think in terms of where I’ve ranked various teams.

1 USC 2-0

2 Georgia 4-0

3 Oklahoma 3-0

4 Florida 3-0

5 LSU 3-0

6 Missouri 4-0

7 Texas 3-0

8 Alabama 4-0

9 Wisconsin 3-0

10 Texas Tech 4-0

11 Auburn 3-1

12 BYU 4-0

13 Penn State 4-0

14 South Florida 4-0

15 Kansas 3-1

16 Wake Forest 3-0

17 Ohio State 3-1

18 Utah 4-0

19 Clemson 3-1

20 East Carolina 3-1

21 Boise State 3-0

22 Oregon 3-1

23 Illinois 2-1

24 Vanderbilt 4-0

25 Fresno State 2-1

Weekend Pick-Off #4

sly3456 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:19:25 +0000

Here are the predictions for this week’s set of games. You heard them here first!

West Virginia vs. Colorado

Sean (Sly3456) – Colorado

Tick -Colorado

Andy (ac) – West Virginia

Craig –West Virginia

Ben – West Virginia

Suzanne (Suz) – West Virginia

Steve –Colorado

Josh (JJ) –West Virginia

Baylor vs. Connecticut

Sean (Sly3456) -Baylor

Tick – Baylor

Andy (ac) – Baylor

Craig - Connecticut

Ben – Baylor

Suzanne (Suz) – Connecticut

Steve – Connecticut

Josh (JJ) –Connecticut

LSU vs. Auburn

Sean (Sly3456) – LSU

Tick – LSU

Andy (ac) - LSU

Craig – Auburn

Ben – Auburn

Suzanne (Suz) – Auburn

Steve –LSU

Josh (JJ) –LSU

Georgia vs. Arizona State

Sean (Sly3456) -Georgia

Tick - Georgia

Andy (ac) – Georgia

Craig – Georgia

Ben – Georgia

Suzanne (Suz) –Arizona State

Steve -Georgia

Josh (JJ) –Georgia

Wake Forest vs. Florida State

Sean (Sly3456) – Florida State

Tick – Florida State

Andy (ac) – Wake Forest

Craig – Florida State

Ben – Wake Forest

Suzanne (Suz) – Wake Forest

Steve – Wake Forest

Josh (JJ) –Wake Forest

Utah vs. Air Force

Sean (Sly3456) – Utah

Tick – Utah

Andy (ac) – Utah

Craig – Utah

Ben – Utah

Suzanne (Suz) – Utah

Steve – Utah

Josh (JJ) –Utah

Virginia Tech vs. North Carolina

Sean (Sly3456) –North Carolina

Tick- Virginia Tech

Andy (ac) –Virginia Tech

Craig – Virginia Tech

Ben –Virginia Tech

Suzanne (Suz) –Virginia Tech

Steve – North Carolina

Josh (JJ) –Virginia Tech

Florida vs. Tennessee

Sean (Sly3456) – Florida

Tick – Florida

Andy (ac) – Florida

Craig – Florida

Ben – Florida

Suzanne (Suz) –Florida

Steve -Florida

Josh (JJ) –Florida

Boise State vs. Oregon

Sean (Sly3456) – Oregon

Tick - Oregon

Andy (ac) – Oregon

Craig – Oregon

Ben – Oregon

Suzanne (Suz) – Oregon

Steve – Oregon

Josh (JJ) –Oregon

Notre Dame vs. Michigan State

Sean (Sly3456) – Michigan State

Tick – Michigan State

Andy (ac) – Michigan State

Craig – Michigan State

Ben – Michigan State

Suzanne (Suz) – Michigan State

Steve – Michigan State

Josh (JJ) –Michigan State

Miami-Florida vs. Texas A&M

Sean (Sly3456) – Miami-Florida

Tick- Miami-Florida

Andy (ac) – Texas A&M

Craig – Miami-Florida

Ben – Miami-Florida

Suzanne (Suz) – Miami-Florida

Steve – Miami-Florida

Josh (JJ) –Miami-Florida

Iowa vs. Pittsburgh

Sean (Sly3456) – Iowa

Tick – Iowa

Andy (ac) – Pittsburgh

Craig – Pittsburgh

Ben – Iowa

Suzanne (Suz) – Pittsburgh

Steve – Pittsburgh

Josh (JJ) –Iowa

Ohio vs. Northwestern

Sean (Sly3456) – Northwestern

Tick- Northwestern

Andy (ac) – Ohio

Craig – Ohio

Ben – Northwestern

Suzanne (Suz) – Northwestern

Steve – Northwestern

Josh (JJ) –Ohio

East Carolina vs. North Carolina State

Sean (Sly3456) – East Carolina

Tick –East Carolina

Andy (ac) – East Carolina

Craig –East Carolina

Ben – East Carolina

Suzanne (Suz) – East Carolina

Steve – East Carolina

Josh (JJ) –East Carolina

Alabama vs. Arkansas

Sean (Sly3456) – Alabama

Tick- Alabama

Andy (ac) – Alabama

Craig – Alabama

Ben – Alabama

Suzanne (Suz) – Alabama

Steve – Alabama

Josh (JJ) –Alabama

Ball State vs. Indiana

Sean (Sly3456) – Ball State

Tick – Ball State

Andy (ac) – Indiana

Craig – Ball State

Ben – Indiana

Suzanne (Suz) – Indiana

Steve – Ball State

Josh (JJ) –Ball State

San Jose State vs. Stanford

Sean (Sly3456) – Stanford

Tick- Stanford

Andy (ac) – San Jose State

Craig – San Jose State

Ben –San Jose State

Suzanne (Suz) – Stanford

Steve – Stanford

Josh (JJ) –Stanford

Iowa State vs. UNLV

Sean (Sly3456) – UNLV

Tick - UNLV

Andy (ac) – Iowa State

Craig – UNLV

Ben – UNLV

Suzanne (Suz) – UNLV

Steve – UNLV

Josh (JJ) –UNLV

Vanderbilt vs. Mississippi

Sean (Sly3456) – Vanderbilt

Tick - Mississippi

Andy (ac) – Mississippi

Craig – Mississippi

Ben – Mississippi

Suzanne (Suz) –Vanderbilt

Steve – Vanderbilt

Josh (JJ) –Mississippi

Mississippi State vs. Georgia Tech

Sean (Sly3456) – Georgia Tech

Tick- Georgia Tech

Andy (ac) – Georgia Tech

Craig – Georgia Tech

Ben – Georgia Tech

Suzanne (Suz) – Mississippi State

Steve – Georgia Tech

Josh (JJ) –Georgia Tech

Baseball, Football, and a Potpourri of Excitement

sly3456 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:49:34 +0000

Accounting got in the way of me hitting on a couple of topics that have been out there during the past week or so. Here we go with some of the topics I wanted to hit on.

Congratulations to Carlos Zambrano on throwing his no-hitter. Maybe all he needed was some rest to come out and be dominant. His velocity was fine, he was locating his pitches well, and was just plain filthy. A healthy Carlos Zambrano is needed for the playoffs, especially considering the Rich Harden’s velocity was way down in his last outing. It did feel very weird to see the Astros playing the Cubs in Milwaukee, which brings me to my next point…

Of all of the places you could have relocated the Houston vs. Chicago series to, why Milwaukee? Let me think this through, you’re sending the Astros to play their home games 90 miles away from the city of Chicago, a place that has the nickname of “Wrigley North” by the way, ad you’re sending them to a city of a team you’re competing with for the wild card, the Brewers, so their fans can come to the stadium and boo you. Great job MLB!!! If I were the Astros, I’d be pissed to. Look, I understand why they did it. Milwaukee has a retractable roof stadium and they thought that was the only way they could get the games in, but if you want it to be “neutral” send them to Tampa and play. Yeah, it’s out of the way, but it’s at least not a Cub home game. The other solution I thought of at the time would be St. Louis. The Cubs were already there and it wouldn’t be a huge travel for Houston either. The only disadvantage is lack of a roof. In the end, the move and lack of playing for a couple of days has certainly cooled off the Astros.

I must admit, I didn’t really watch much of the Monday Night Football game between Philadelphia and Dallas. Apparently I missed the “greatest Monday Night Football game of all-time.” That’s what ESPN was proclaiming Monday night’s game as. All right, I get it was a good game ESPN, but just because a good game was broadcasted on your network, doesn’t make it the greatest game of all-time. I’m really getting annoyed by the network telling us that anything that airs on their family of networks is great and anything that doesn’t…well, it just didn’t happen.

Jumping back to baseball, I must admit the fan in me came out when Victor Martinez hit a three-run home run to beat the Twins last night. It’s exciting whenever the team you follow, the White Sox in my case, make a run at the playoffs. I love baseball, but as anyone can attest to, when your ballclub is not in the race, you tend to follow it a bit less than you normally would.

Give me your thoughts!

Weekend Pickoff #3 Results and Week #4 Games

sly3456 — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:31:55 +0000

Hey everyone, here are the results after this week’s of the pick-off. We’ll shoot for Thursday morning this week because of the West Virginia-Colorado game in Boulder that night. Have a great week everyone and I will catch up with you all soon!

Week 3 Overall Pct.

Sean (Sly3456) 15-4 50-9 .847

Tick 14-5 47-12 .797

Suzanne (Suz) 14-5 47-12 .797

Andy (ac) 12-7 45-14 .763

Steve 13-6 44-15 .746

Josh (JJ) 11-8 43-16 .729

Craig 13-6 27-12 .692

Ben 12-7 25-14 .641

Weekend Pick-Off #4

West Virginia vs. Colorado (THURSDAY)

Baylor vs. Connecticut (FRIDAY)

LSU vs. Auburn

Georgia vs. Arizona State

Wake Forest vs. Florida State

Utah vs. Air Force

Virginia Tech vs. North Carolina

Florida vs. Tennessee

Boise State vs. Oregon

Notre Dame vs. Michigan State

Miami-Florida vs. Texas A&M

Iowa vs. Pittsburgh

Ohio vs. Northwestern

East Carolina vs. North Carolina State

Alabama vs. Arkansas

Ball State vs. Indiana

San Jose State vs. Stanford

Iowa State vs. UNLV

Vanderbilt vs. Mississippi

Mississippi State vs. Georgia Tech

New Top 25 Poll

sly3456 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:17:14 +0000

Here is the my new top 25 poll. I finally moved USC up to #1 based on their dominating performance against Ohio State. The Buckeyes dropped to #18 because I still think they are better than the teams at the bottom of the poll, but let’s end any talk of Ohio State playing for the national title. The scary part is, if USC loses along the way and doesn’t make it to the title game, we may see a rematch in the Rose Bowl.

1 USC 2-0

2 Georgia 3-0

3 Oklahoma 3-0

4 Missouri 3-0

5 Florida 2-0

6 LSU 2-0

7 Texas 2-0

8 Wisconsin 3-0

9 Auburn 3-0

10 Oregon 3-0

11 Texas Tech 3-0

12 Alabama 3-0

13 East Carolina 3-0

14 BYU 3-0

15 South Florida 3-0

16 Penn State 3-0

17 Kansas 2-1

18 Ohio State 2-1

19 Wake Forest 2-0

20 Utah 3-0

21 Clemson 2-1

22 Fresno State 2-1

23 West Virginia 1-1

24 Illinois 2-1

25 Florida State 2-0