2011 NFL Picks Week 8

So far this season was going pretty well until last week.   It took a few late game rally’s for me to go .500 last week.  The Ravens really sucked it up last night against the Jaguars.  I was trying to figure out if the Ravens and Joe Flacco were that bad, or if the Jaguars were just playing some inspired football.  I know the Jaguars are really not that great, but they made the Ravens look stupid last night.  I believe the Dallas Cowboys might have saved their season with a huge win over the St. Louis Rams.  I think they are giving their fans (like me) hope for the rest of the season (as long as Tony Uh Oh stays home).

Here are my picks for this weekend (All Times are Central Standard):

• Arizona Cardinals @ Baltimore Ravens – 1:00PM - Baltimore
• Minnesota Vikings @ Carolina Panthers – 1:00PM – Carolina
• New Orleans Saints @ St. Louis Rams – 1:00PM – New Orleans
• Detroit Lions @ Denver Broncos – 3:05PM – Denver Broncos
• Cleveland Browns @ San Francisco 49ers – 3:15PM – Cleveland
• New England Patriots @ Pittsburgh Steelers – 3:15PM – New England
• Dallas Cowboys @ Philadelphia Eagles – 7:20PM – Dallas
• San Diego Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs – MON 7:30PM – San Diego

Here are our previous results for the season:

Week 1: 3-3
Week 2: 3-3
Week 3: 7-0
Week 4: 5-2
Week 5: 6-2
Week 6: 5-4
Week 7: 4-4

Totals For Season: 30-13 (Roughly 70%)

Dripping Springs 7-2 with one Conference Game Left.

With just one game left in the season, the Dripping Springs Tigers are living large.  The only losses they have for the season have come at the hands of two very good undefeated football teams.  Considering Lake Travis is considered the 5th best team in the entire nation (#1 in all levels in the State of Texas) that really says a lot about the level of competition that the Tigers have had to deal with this season.  Wimberley is technically 3A but still a top 25 overall team in the state of Texas which means they could beat most 5A schools in the state.  While Dripping Springs is almost certainly making the playoffs this season their last game of the season comes against a 7-1 hungry and powerful Cedar Park squad.  You can bet they are not going to want to give anything up with how large they are sitting right now in the district.  If the Tigers can pull off a win this would be the best possible scenerio going into the playoffs.  They have always played Lake Travis at the very end of the season in the past which has almost always been a dejecting loss.  Getting a win tonight would more than likely be the kind of confidence a team needs when going into the Texas High School Football Playoffs. 

West Virginia to the Big 12. Smart or Dumb?

Big 12 sources are coming out and saying that West Virginia could be accepted as soon as later today.  As far as I know the Big 12 is doing this so they can replace Missouri if they leave for the SEC.  This apparently will happen even if Missouri decides to stay in the Big 12.  I imagine that West Virginia will be put into the North Division assuming the Big 12 makes it back to 12 teams.  This works heavily in the Big 12′s favor considering that West Virginia football is probably at an all time high and their basketball team has made the NCAA tournament six out of the last seven years.   If Missouri leaves then that will leave the Big 12 with just 9 teams next season.  West Virginia will be leaving the Big East in 2013.  With TCU joining and Texas A&M/Missouri probably leaving this would leave the conference looking like this:

1. Kansas State
2. Oklahoma State
3. Oklahoma
4. Texas Tech
5. Baylor
6. TCU
7. Texas
8. Iowa State
9. Kansas

So is this good for the Big 12?  I would have to say yes as far as sports goes.  I think that geographically it makes about as much sense as TCU going to the Big East.  I am really unsure how they expect their fans to travel well to most of their football games.  If it holds the Big 12 together I am all for it though.

2011 NFL Picks Week 7

We have been doing pretty decent so far this season.  We thought we would do better considering we are picking more games per week this season.   Apparently it just makes the results blend in.  About half and half honestly which has definitely become our worst season so far, but we are skeptical that this could possibly go on. See, once you have had a chance to see most of these games, you get a feel for how the team is going to do for the rest of the season.  You just need to stay on top of injury reports, make sure the right players who are the best for that game are starting in the game.  Each team is different and it may seem like its a lot to handle but thats why we have a team behind out picks.  They may not be the best and the brightest (judging by this years picks) but they get the job done and 5 heads are better than 1. 

Picks for this week:

San Diego Chargers @ New York Jets – San Diego Chargers

Washington Redskins @ Carolina Panthers – Washington Redskins

Seattle Seahawks @ Cleveland Browns – Cleveland Browns

Atlanta Falcons @ Detroit Lions – Detroit Lions

Kansas City Chiefs@ Oakland Raiders- Oakland Raiders

Green Bay Packers @ Minnesota Vikings – Green Bay Packers

St. Louis Rams @ Dallas Cowboys – Dallas Cowboys

Indianapolis Colts @ New Orleans Saints – New Orleans Saints

2011 NFL Picks Week 6

So far this season we have been pretty much even again.  We are definitely getting better though.  We are picking more wins than losses and we are getting the games we lock every time.  This week we are taking some pretty hardcore chances with our picks.  We are picking the Bengals over the Colts which has never happened in SidelineBlog history.  We are picking the Bills over the Giants and the Cowboys over the Patriots.  The Eagles over the Redskins I feel is probably just hoping for the best but I truly believe that if Michael Vick can keep the turnovers down, they have the best team on the field everytime they step onto it.

Colts @ Bengals – Bengals
49ers @ Lions – Lions
Rams @ Packers – Packers
Bills @ Giants – Bills
Eagles @ Redskins – Eagles
Texans @ Ravens – Ravens
Cowboys @ Patriots – Cowboys
Saints @ Buccaneers – Saints
Dolphins @ Jets – Jets

2011 NFL Picks Week 5

Here are our picks for week five.  We have been about even so far this season but you better believe that our picks are just going to get better and better as the season goes on.  Once we have had time to diagnose each team and how they play together, we should be able to pinpoint almost the exact score of the games in the future.  Each play of each game goes into our algorithms. No one is perfect obviously, but we try to be as close as possible.  The Eagles are really making it hard for me to choose them but as you can see we have gone with them once again this week.  Take this pick with a grain of salt though as we are definitely Michael Vick fans.  If he can keep the turnovers down then I know he can make it past the Bills.

• Eagles @. Bills – Eagles
• Chiefs @ Colts – Colts
• Cardinals @ Vikings – Vikings
• Saints @ Panthers – Saints
• Bengals @ Jaguars – Bengals
• Chargers @ Broncos – Chargers
• Jets @ Patriots – Patriots
• Bears @ Lions – Lions

2011 NFL Week 4 Picks

We had a good weekend last weekend as we only lost a couple of games. After week one and two having just a .500 record, this was a nice relief. This weekend carves out a great landscape of games for NFL fans. We have picked as many as we think could be locks. Our picks are the following:

Detroit @ Dallas – Dallas by 3
San Fran @ Philly – Philly by 7
New Orleans @ Jacksonville – New Orleans by 13
Pittsburgh @ Houston – Houston by 4
Denver @ Green Bay – Green Bay by 6
New England @ Oakland – New England by 10
Indianapolis @ Tampa Bay – Tampa Bay by 8

2011 Week 3 NFL Picks

Well, after a huge week of football I am getting excited about today’s NFL games.  Last week was a crazy one for sure as it saw some pretty hardcore upsets.  Last week we went 3-3 which is obviously the worst week we have ever had I think.  Anyways, we have a whole new fresh list of picks for you because .500 is not where we want to be right now.  Tennessee beating Baltimore is something that I never want to see again.  That was a really rough loss haha.  There are some pretty good games this weekend with some great rivalries.  The Cowboys are taking on the Redskins for Monday Night Football which is one of the biggest rivalries in NFL history.  

2011 Week 3 NFL Picks

Home	Away	Date/Time (CST)	Channel	Our Pick
Minnesota Vikings	Detroit Lions	12:00 PM	FOX	Detroit Lions
Tennessee Titans	Denver Broncos	12:00PM	CBS	Tennessee Titans
Oakland Raiders	New York Jets	3:05PM	CBS	New York Jets
St. Louis Rams	Baltimore Ravens	3:05PM	CBS	Baltimore Ravens
Chicago Bears	Green Bay Packers	3:15PM	FOX	Green Bay Packers
Indianapolis Colts	Pittsburgh Steelers	7:20PM	NBC	Pittsburgh Steelers
Dallas Cowboys	Washington Redskins	Sept. 26 7:30PM	ESPN	Dallas Cowboys

2011 Division 2 Football – Week 2 Top 25

We may be a little late with the  Top 25 for Division 2 football this week but it has been a very busy week.  Not a whole lot of movement in the rankings.  Hopefully this next weekend will be a good one for football.  This season is already cooking up to be crazy one and the Lonestar Classic did no disappoint.

2011 Division 2 Top 25 - Week 2

Rank	School	Record	Previous
1	Minnesota Duluth	2-0	1
2	Abilene Christian	1-0	2
3	Northwest Missouri	2-0	4
4	Texas A&M Kingsville	2-0	5
5	Delta State	3-1	6
6	Shepherd	2-0	7
7	St. Cloud	2-0	8
8	Albany State	2-0	10
9	North Alabama	2-0	11
10	Valdosta State	2-0	12
11	Bloomsburg	2-0	13
12	Washburn	2-0	15
13	Wayne State (Mich.)	1-1	16
14	Grand Valley	2-0	3
15	Kutztown	2-0	18
16	Nebraska-Kearney	2-0	20
17	Colorado Mines	2-0	19
18	California	1-1	21
19	Michigan Tech	2-0	22
20	Central Missouri	1-1	9
21	Pittsburg State	2-0	25
22	West Texas A&M	0-1	23
23	Carson-Newman	2-0	NR
24	CSU-Pueblo	2-0	NR
25	Hillsdale	1-1	NR

What is Going on with the Cowboys?

The Cowboys came out tonight a little sluggish once again with a decent drive to start the game out with, ending with a missed field goal.  The Cowboys tried to make a game of it but the 49ers have dominated most of the game.  Tony Romo got blind sided just before halftime and Jon Kitna came out at the start of the second half. While he did throw a pretty sweet touchdown, it came at the price of two interceptions.  Needless to say, Tony Romo came back into the game despite his injured/broken/whatever rib and ended up playing very well towards the end. Bailey was able to make up for his first quarter mishap with the 21 yard field goal by hitting a 48 yard field goal to send the game into overtime.  After losing the toss, the Cowboys force a punt and within minutes Tony Romo throws a 77 yard bomb to a rookie receiver then boom! 19 yard field goal and the Cowboys are 1-1.  In the end, Dallas ended up with the win 27-24 in OT.

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