Anyone still out there....

Just checking.

College Basketball first poll.

1. North Carolina (30)
2. Kentucky (1)
3. Ohio State
4. Connecticut
5. Syracuse
6. Duke
7. Vanderbilt
8. Louisville
9. Memphis
10. Florida
11. Pittsburgh
12. Baylor
13. Kansas
14. Wisconsin
15. Xavier
16. Arizona
17. Alabama
18. Michigan
19. Texas A&M
20. UCLA
21. Marquette
22. Cincinnati
23. Gonzaga
24. California
25. Missouri

ACC-2 teams, SEC-4 teams,Big Ten-3 teams, Big East-6 teams, Big 12-4 teams, Pac 12-3 teams.

Big East seems to be loaded again.  Lets see if that can translate into the NCAA tourney.  Only saving grace last year was UCONN won it all.  Should be another good year in college bball with North Carolina sitting up top.

NFL Picks Week 7

Time	Week	Visiting Team	Home Team	Network
Sunday 10/23/2011
1:00 PM EDT	7	SEA	CLE	Seattle got a huge road win at the Giants then had a bye week.  Cleveland is bad.  I will take the Seahawks.
1:00 PM EDT	7	ATL	DET	Atlanta has been a disappointment.  Detroit had the first loss.  I look for the Lions to bounce bag with no handshakes at the end of the game.  Detroit.
1:00 PM EDT	7	HOU	TEN	AFC South battle.  Houston I think wins this division.  Texans on the road.
1:00 PM EDT	7	DEN	MIA	Tebow era starts.  More Tebow jerseys will be in the stands then Dophins.  Two bad teams.  I  will take the Tebows.
1:00 PM EDT	7	SD	NYJ	Jets offense still is not impressive.  I will take the Super Chargers on the road.
1:00 PM EDT	7	CHI	TB	The London bowl.  Bears beat down the Vikings last week.  Bucs bounced back from a beating to the Niners to beat the Saints. I like the Bucs.
1:00 PM EDT	7	WAS	CAR	John Beck takes over for Washington.  Carolina continues to lose close games.  I like the Panthers to pick up their second win.
4:05 PM EDT	7	PIT	ARI	Steelers don't seem to be as dominate this year. Arizona flat out stinks.  Steelers.
4:05 PM EDT	7	KC	OAK	Carson Palmer takes over for Raider Nation.  KC is garbage.  I have the Raiders.
4:15 PM EDT	7	STL	DAL	Romo continues to struggle.  Cowboys however, aren't as bad as the Rams.  Cowboys.
4:15 PM EDT	7	GB	MIN	Green Bay whoops the Vikings in Ponder's first start.
8:20 PM EDT	7	IND	NO	The Colts continue to struggle without Manning.  New Orleans bounces back and keeps the Colts win less.
Monday 10/24/2011
8:30 PM EDT	7	BAL	JAX	Is this seriously the Monday Night game?  How did the Jags get two Monday Night football games?  Baltimore crushes the Jags making sure the Jags don't have any Monday Night football games for years to come.

NFL Picks Week 7

WEEK 7

Bye: Buff, Cincy, NE, NYG, Philly, SF
Sunday, October 23

Seattle at Cleveland, 1 pm -Seattle beat the Giants in their last game on the road.  Cleveland continues to struggle. Seattle

Atlanta at Detroit, 1 pm-Detroit took their first loss last week in Shake Gate.  Atlanta is starting to run the ball more with Turner.  Still not impressed.  I like Detroit.

Houston at Tennessee, 1 pm- Houston lost at Baltimore last week and the Titans had a bye.  This is a division game in which I expect Houston to win in a down AFC South.

Denver at Miami, 1 pm- Tim Tebow era begins.  Miami is a bad football team and looks to be headed for that Andrew Luck pick.  I will take Tebow on the road. Denver

San Diego at NY Jets, 1 pm-The Jest still dont impress me even though they beat the Dolphins on Monday night.  Big whoop.  I like San Diego on the road.

Chicago at Tampa (London), 1 pm-  The London game.  Tampa had a big win against the Saints.  Chicago whooped up on another bad team in Minnesota.  I like the Bucs.

Washington at Carolina, 1 pm- John Beck time in Washington.  The Cam Newtons continue to lose close games.  I like Carolina to pull it out at home.

Pittsburgh at Arizona, 4:05 pm- Still not sure about the Steelers this year.  They don't seem like that dominant force they have been the past 5 years.  Arizona however is bad.  Steelers in this one.

Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 pm-Who is Oakland's qb now?  Kyle Boller?  Not good.  However, they are playing KC so Oakland will just run the ball all day with McFadden.  Oakland

Green Bay at Minnesota, 4:15 pm-Minnesota stinks.  Mcnabb is done and in comes Ponder.  Green Bay is a force.  They might not lose a game.  Green Bay by a lot.

St. Louis at Dallas, 4:15 pm-  Can people stop sticking up for Tony Romo?  The guy just doesn't get it done when it matters.  St. Louis however is winless.  Cowboys bounce back but you know Romo throws a couple picks.

Indianapolis at N. Orleans, 8:20 pm -Indy is another team in the Luck sweepstakes.  New Orleans is pissed they just lost.  The Saints are finally back home.  New Orleans

Monday, October 24
Baltimore at Jacksonville, 8:30 pm- Another bad Monday Night Football game.  Is this Del Rio's last game?  Not sure but if your a Jags fan and you think your offense cant do much now wait until Baltimore comes in.  Ed Reed and Ray Lewis I'm sure will introduce themselves to Blaine Gabbert.  Good luck Blaine don't get killed.  Baltimore.

World Series-St. Louis at Texas

World Series

0

Rangers
Cardinals

• FOX
• 8:05 PM ET

St. Louis took out Milwaukee and Texas finished of Detroit.  Who had this as the World Series?  Not me.  Anyway this is the battle of 2 hot teams.  One team was 10 games back in August the other pretty much cruised in.  Carpenter goes for St. Louis in game 1 and CJ Wilson goes for Texas.  Wilson has been rough up in the playoffs thus far.  Carpenter is a stud.  St. Louis wont be intimidated by Texas on the road or their line up.  St. Louis clinched the division series on the road in Philly so they have been there and wont be scared.  Like I have been saying the Cardinals seem to have the feel of the Green Bay Packers run in the NFL last year to win the Super Bowl.  They both fought to get into the playoffs at the last minute then got hot at the right time to win it.  I like St. Louis with Carpenter on the mound to take game 1 at Texas.

College basketball-Midnight Madness last night

ESPNU last night showed a bunch of schools opening up practice last night.  Louisville,UNC,Duke,Michigan State,Syracuse and a bunch of others were all on the show.  Tom Izzo came out in a fighter jet with theme music from Top Gun.  Izzo just lived a dream of mine.  Anyway, Doug Gottlieb and Hubert Davis were on the show analyzing some of the teams.  Does these guys do nay research at all or just repeat the same things over and over.  How man teams can you hear I like his length,athleticism and his ability to drive to the basket. Anyways I love that college basketball is around the corner.  Here is a look at Rivals presseason poll.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=jn-king_revised_college_hoops_top_25_080111

MLB Playoffs

AL Playoffs

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Tigers
Rangers

• FOX
• 8:05 PM ET

 DET:   Scherzer (0-0, 4.50 ERA)

TEX:   Holland (0-0, 10.13 ERA)

ALCS - GAME 6 Texas leads series 3-2

 

 

Game back in Texas tonight.  The Tigers hit for the natural cycle last game to beat Texas and extend the series.  Verlander pitched his normal MVP self.  Now the pressure really goes back on Texas.  Texas must win game 6 to really not feel the full pressure.   If Detroit wins game 6 and ties the series at 3-3 then all the pressure will be on Texas for a game 7.  I hope this happens.  Who doesn't like a game 7 in the playoffs?  Both pitchers tonight have pitched well thus far in the post season it should be another tightly contested game. 

 

 

NLCS

 

St. Louis beat the Brewers 7-1 last night to take a 3-2 series lead.  However, this series shifts back to Milwaukee where the Brewers have been lights out all year.  Something tells me this series could go to 7 games as well.  A 7 game series in the ALCS and the NLCS would be awesome for any baseball fan who isn't a fan if any of the teams.  Put me in that Category.  So as of now lets go Tigers ann Brewers.