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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Finals
Is there any doubt that LeBron is going to rebound tonight and lead MIA to a W? I don't think so, I would double up on the Heat tonight at a pick'em.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Take the MAVS
DAL at -3...I like it. MIA got their game and will now coast tonight before a better game 5. DAL cruises tonight.
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Sunday, June 5, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Hot NBA Picks
A nice 0-2 on Tuesday, here's tonight's pick...DAL +4.5.
Yeah, I still think they will get one of the first 2 in MIA, and since they didn't get Game 1...
As far as the total goes, I'll stick with the OVER again...but I hate totals so I won't ever play those again.
91 days until football!!
Yeah, I still think they will get one of the first 2 in MIA, and since they didn't get Game 1...
As far as the total goes, I'll stick with the OVER again...but I hate totals so I won't ever play those again.
91 days until football!!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
NBA Finals Bets
Game 1 is tonight, nothing else is out there to bet on, so here's my mythical Finals bets for tonight:
- DAL +4.5
- OVER 187
I can't see MIA not winning this series, but I think DAL will steal one of these first 2 games. 187 feels really light to me - but there could be some jitters on both sides in Game 1 that cause poor shooting. I'm going to try these 2 for tonight.
- DAL +4.5
- OVER 187
I can't see MIA not winning this series, but I think DAL will steal one of these first 2 games. 187 feels really light to me - but there could be some jitters on both sides in Game 1 that cause poor shooting. I'm going to try these 2 for tonight.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Wednesday Stuff
Two days in a row on the blog, can you tell it's getting closer to FB season??
4 things today...here we go:
1) HUSKERS at GOPHERS
Homecoming 2011 has been set for a 2:30 ABC game on OCT 22. Game times should continue to be released as we get closer to the season - not all of them but a lot of the big ones are coming out. Gophers will also host NDSU in the evening on BTN.
2) #1 Coaching Hire in 2011 Off-season was...
Well, according to Athlon magazine, it's our guy Jerry Kill. Pretty nice praise for our guy at this point. I haven't seen the details or read the article, but it's nice to hear. I wonder where TE Timmy was ranked back in 2007 when he was hired?
3) PURPLE +9 at CHARGERS
Team Purple is the biggest week 1 dog thus far. Everyone continue to be in love with the Chargers, but I think I'll be taking 9 points in week 1.
4) Relegating teams at the end of the season
Now, I'm not really a soccer follower, but on SVP show yesterday they were talking about how at the end of the season the worst teams in the league have to play to even have a spot in the league the following year. I love this rule for our pro sports. How much better would the Wolves late season games be if they were fighting to stay our of the relegation game, or better yet, how great would it be to watch the Wolves play for their lives in a relegation game against CLE or somebody like that. This would also be a great plan for MLB with all of the garbage franchises who never even attempt to win and just turn a profit every year. It would keep teams from tanking too much in all leagues, because if you are in the bottom 4, for example, you have to play it off in a final game to keep your franchise and your player contracts for the next season. Obviously, this will never happen, but damn it would be fun and add a lot of drama to the meaningless games involving bad teams at the end of the year.
98 days and counting...
4 things today...here we go:
1) HUSKERS at GOPHERS
Homecoming 2011 has been set for a 2:30 ABC game on OCT 22. Game times should continue to be released as we get closer to the season - not all of them but a lot of the big ones are coming out. Gophers will also host NDSU in the evening on BTN.
2) #1 Coaching Hire in 2011 Off-season was...
Well, according to Athlon magazine, it's our guy Jerry Kill. Pretty nice praise for our guy at this point. I haven't seen the details or read the article, but it's nice to hear. I wonder where TE Timmy was ranked back in 2007 when he was hired?
3) PURPLE +9 at CHARGERS
Team Purple is the biggest week 1 dog thus far. Everyone continue to be in love with the Chargers, but I think I'll be taking 9 points in week 1.
4) Relegating teams at the end of the season
Now, I'm not really a soccer follower, but on SVP show yesterday they were talking about how at the end of the season the worst teams in the league have to play to even have a spot in the league the following year. I love this rule for our pro sports. How much better would the Wolves late season games be if they were fighting to stay our of the relegation game, or better yet, how great would it be to watch the Wolves play for their lives in a relegation game against CLE or somebody like that. This would also be a great plan for MLB with all of the garbage franchises who never even attempt to win and just turn a profit every year. It would keep teams from tanking too much in all leagues, because if you are in the bottom 4, for example, you have to play it off in a final game to keep your franchise and your player contracts for the next season. Obviously, this will never happen, but damn it would be fun and add a lot of drama to the meaningless games involving bad teams at the end of the year.
98 days and counting...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
99 days and counting...
Yep, we're under 100 days until the first snap of the College Football season...which seems like forever since we have no real sports team to keep our interest right now.
I hope you've all given up on the Twinkies by now, I did about 3 weeks ago. Yeah, I still watch on occasion because it's summer and there is nothing else happening (until the NCAA Football replays start from last year on ESPNU and BTN!).
Not much in the way of news today, but it's been a week so I figured I should touch base a little with the Football Challenge masses.
- PFT says there likely won't be NFL games until NOV and even that is maybe optimistic...I can't begin to express how stupid this is. If they miss any games it will be a huge mistake, you just can't leave $$$ like that on the table.
- Vandy (GR's adopted SEC team) is turning over a new leaf this year and holding open tryouts for the student body to try and snag a few extra players. New head coach James Franklin says they are down about 25-30 guys from where they want to be(!!!) so for the first time in a long time they are having open tryouts. 20 guys tried and 5 actually made it including 1 as a QB!! You can see some of these interesting fellas on DrSaturday.com, so check it out if you want. It might be hard to tell the difference between these 5 guys and 5 of us going out and playing football. What can we get out of this...Vandy might have a tough one this year.
- How bad is the Penn State hoops job? Their coach just left to take the head job at Navy! Wow, unless the Admiral is coming back for the Midshipmen, I'm guessing that's not a real up and comer of a program. I think Talor Battle finally graduated after 11 years of running the point for the squad so now they have nothing left. Speaking of bad coaching jobs, how about Tulane's OC --> he left to take a High School job! Leaving a D1 program to take a HS Football job...I think that says all you need to know about the state of the Green Wave's program.
The Gophers continue to get tons of press on the interwebs and the newspapers around here. I think Kill and his crew are the only source of hope for the next year. The Twins are dead, the Purple won't be playing, the Wild are terrible, the Wolves are even worse. It's a great spot for the coach and his team to be in, now if they come out and produce some W's...
If you don't read the Fringe Bowl Team blog, you should. Here's the site: www.fringebowlteamblog.com . Anyway, this guy is printing up t-shirts with Kill's most famous quote to date, "Stroke the Post, Let's Go!" I've considered getting one, it's for a good cause and it's a great quote...so maybe shoot him a note if you want one.
Golf looks like 9 strong - I haven't heard from anyone else on not being able to make it, so I'm going to lock it down for 9. Pete said his golf game is in great shape so he and JG will be looking to defend their championship belts. I'll let everyone know when more details are available.
I hope you've all given up on the Twinkies by now, I did about 3 weeks ago. Yeah, I still watch on occasion because it's summer and there is nothing else happening (until the NCAA Football replays start from last year on ESPNU and BTN!).
Not much in the way of news today, but it's been a week so I figured I should touch base a little with the Football Challenge masses.
- PFT says there likely won't be NFL games until NOV and even that is maybe optimistic...I can't begin to express how stupid this is. If they miss any games it will be a huge mistake, you just can't leave $$$ like that on the table.
- Vandy (GR's adopted SEC team) is turning over a new leaf this year and holding open tryouts for the student body to try and snag a few extra players. New head coach James Franklin says they are down about 25-30 guys from where they want to be(!!!) so for the first time in a long time they are having open tryouts. 20 guys tried and 5 actually made it including 1 as a QB!! You can see some of these interesting fellas on DrSaturday.com, so check it out if you want. It might be hard to tell the difference between these 5 guys and 5 of us going out and playing football. What can we get out of this...Vandy might have a tough one this year.
- How bad is the Penn State hoops job? Their coach just left to take the head job at Navy! Wow, unless the Admiral is coming back for the Midshipmen, I'm guessing that's not a real up and comer of a program. I think Talor Battle finally graduated after 11 years of running the point for the squad so now they have nothing left. Speaking of bad coaching jobs, how about Tulane's OC --> he left to take a High School job! Leaving a D1 program to take a HS Football job...I think that says all you need to know about the state of the Green Wave's program.
The Gophers continue to get tons of press on the interwebs and the newspapers around here. I think Kill and his crew are the only source of hope for the next year. The Twins are dead, the Purple won't be playing, the Wild are terrible, the Wolves are even worse. It's a great spot for the coach and his team to be in, now if they come out and produce some W's...
If you don't read the Fringe Bowl Team blog, you should. Here's the site: www.fringebowlteamblog.com . Anyway, this guy is printing up t-shirts with Kill's most famous quote to date, "Stroke the Post, Let's Go!" I've considered getting one, it's for a good cause and it's a great quote...so maybe shoot him a note if you want one.
Golf looks like 9 strong - I haven't heard from anyone else on not being able to make it, so I'm going to lock it down for 9. Pete said his golf game is in great shape so he and JG will be looking to defend their championship belts. I'll let everyone know when more details are available.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
NBA Lotto & Golf Update
Oh boy, it's that time of the year again where the NBA has to decide where they want to try and shift the balance of power and who they should reward with the top pick. My annual preview has been fairly accurate in the past, so let's see how the contenders stack up this year:
1) Woofs
Why do I think we have a slight chance at #1 this year? Well, the draft has been labeled as historically weak this season and a Duke PG is the projected #1. We have a good track record with those guys. Honestly, I really doubt we land #1, because we never move up and there is no reason for the NBA to give us any reason to watch this team for the foreseeable future.
2) CAVS without LEBRON
This squad is about the equal to the Woofies. If not for a great run down the stretch where they won a couple of their last 10 to pass up the Pups, this would have been the team with the 25% chance at #1. Will the league feel sorry for this club and reward them with the top pick to replace the gaping LBJ hole in the lineup. They couldn't hold on to a star from their own city, so why would the league have any thoughts about giving them another one.
3) TORONTO
I think the NBA regretted putting a franchise in TOR about 2 years after doing it. They still seem to be trying to find a way to dump them and relocate or contract, so no I do not think they have any chance at landing #1.
4) WASHINGTON
They had their chance last year with the great John Wall, no chance of hitting it again.
5) SACRAMENTO
A franchise in major need of some help, so I think the league has to decide if they want to keep this as a viable franchise or not. If so, then they have a great shot. If not...well, they gone.
6) UTAH
For some reason, I think the NBA still likes having Utah as a consistent winner and playoff team. For that reason, I think they have a good shot at winning this thing.
7) DETROIT
Dumars has pretty much run this thing into the ground, but it's a city with some NBA history so there may be a chance to do something here.
8) CHARLOTTE
They are still pretty terrible and I don't think that will change this year.
9) MILWAUKEE
No.
Anyone with a less than 1% chance I have eliminated from the running. So, here are my predictions:
These are the 6 that have a chance to get in the Top 3...MN, CLE, WAS, SAC, UT, DET.
I think the NBA decides to do this: Keep the people in CLE sane by giving them the #3 pick and a glimmer of hope for the future. I think they are going to realize that SAC is a viable NBA city and needs another player so they land #2. And at #1, I think they throw a bone to UTAH and give them a new star to build around.
So in summary: UTAH, SAC, CLE is my lotto prediction for 2011.
Quick golf update - looks like we are locked in with 9 guys. So it will be 4 teams, with one of them being a group of 3. I'm going to lock in the times in the next week or so, please let me know now if you cannot make it. Here's my list:
TIM R, CHRIS R, MIKE R, GREG R, JAMES R, JARED G, BOMB, LUKE, PETE
1) Woofs
Why do I think we have a slight chance at #1 this year? Well, the draft has been labeled as historically weak this season and a Duke PG is the projected #1. We have a good track record with those guys. Honestly, I really doubt we land #1, because we never move up and there is no reason for the NBA to give us any reason to watch this team for the foreseeable future.
2) CAVS without LEBRON
This squad is about the equal to the Woofies. If not for a great run down the stretch where they won a couple of their last 10 to pass up the Pups, this would have been the team with the 25% chance at #1. Will the league feel sorry for this club and reward them with the top pick to replace the gaping LBJ hole in the lineup. They couldn't hold on to a star from their own city, so why would the league have any thoughts about giving them another one.
3) TORONTO
I think the NBA regretted putting a franchise in TOR about 2 years after doing it. They still seem to be trying to find a way to dump them and relocate or contract, so no I do not think they have any chance at landing #1.
4) WASHINGTON
They had their chance last year with the great John Wall, no chance of hitting it again.
5) SACRAMENTO
A franchise in major need of some help, so I think the league has to decide if they want to keep this as a viable franchise or not. If so, then they have a great shot. If not...well, they gone.
6) UTAH
For some reason, I think the NBA still likes having Utah as a consistent winner and playoff team. For that reason, I think they have a good shot at winning this thing.
7) DETROIT
Dumars has pretty much run this thing into the ground, but it's a city with some NBA history so there may be a chance to do something here.
8) CHARLOTTE
They are still pretty terrible and I don't think that will change this year.
9) MILWAUKEE
No.
Anyone with a less than 1% chance I have eliminated from the running. So, here are my predictions:
These are the 6 that have a chance to get in the Top 3...MN, CLE, WAS, SAC, UT, DET.
I think the NBA decides to do this: Keep the people in CLE sane by giving them the #3 pick and a glimmer of hope for the future. I think they are going to realize that SAC is a viable NBA city and needs another player so they land #2. And at #1, I think they throw a bone to UTAH and give them a new star to build around.
So in summary: UTAH, SAC, CLE is my lotto prediction for 2011.
Quick golf update - looks like we are locked in with 9 guys. So it will be 4 teams, with one of them being a group of 3. I'm going to lock in the times in the next week or so, please let me know now if you cannot make it. Here's my list:
TIM R, CHRIS R, MIKE R, GREG R, JAMES R, JARED G, BOMB, LUKE, PETE
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