Johnny’s Picks
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Last Week:
Straight Up – 12-8 ATS: 11-9
For the Year:
Straight Up – 51-21 ATS: 36-36
Back to level par on the spread picks for the year. Most of the upsets did not pan out…so I will take a stab at a few more this week.
Thursday
Colorado @ West Virginia (-17.5) – Too many points, Colorado is overmatched but will make it a decent game. WV- 35- COLO 21
Friday
Pittsburgh (-6.5) @ Louisville – This one scares me for some reason. Upset special? Lousiville 24- Pitt 21
Saturday
Michigan @ Michigan State – Mich State feels disrespected. Go Green! Misch St 27- Mich 24
Northwestern @ Purdue (-6.5) – Seems like the boilermakers will go big here. Purdue 35- NW – 20
Kansas State @ Iowa State (-3.5) -eeessh…battle of the bottom of the Big XII North. IA St 35- K St 17
LSU @ Georgia (-3.5) – How bout dem Dawgs! GA- 17- LSU 14
Penn State (-6.5) @ Illinois – Penn State still stinging after last week. JoPa will have em ready to play. Penn St 30- Illinois 24
Washington @ Notre Dame (-13.5) – Jake Locker only wins big games at home. ND pads another easy win but closer than you might think. ND – 28- Wash -24
North Carolina State (-1.5) @ Wake Forest – Wake has to do it sometime for me. WF- 21- NC ST – 21
USC (-6.5) @ California – Antoher intriguing matchup. Is USC overated? Is Cal underated? USC – 28 – Cal 21
Oklahoma (-7.5) @ Miami – Too Many points..Miami in a close one. They are a different team at home. The U – 28- OU 24
NFL
Detroit @ Chicago (-10) Big spread for the Bears but they will harras Stafford early and often. Bears – 28 – Lions 17
Tennessee (-3) @ Jacksonville – Who thought these teams would have just one combined win between the both of them. Tenneseee 17- J-ville 14
Baltimore (-1.5) @ New England – The Ravens are the REAL DEAL – Balt – 24- NE 21
Dallas (-3) @ Denver- Cowboys still have not played a complete game..until this week. Cowboys – 35- Denver 14
Cincinatti (-6) @ Cleveland – Derek Anderson is the savior for the Browns. CLE – 24- CIN 21
New York Jets @ New Orleans (-7) Match up of the week. Blitzing won’t frustrate Brees. Saints 35- Jets 17
St Louis @ San Francisco (-10) Wow big number..will Frank Gore Play? Rams cover but lose. SF- 28 – STL 20
San Diego @ Pittsburgh (-6) This is a fishy number to me…superbowl hangover? Pitt 21- SD – 17
Green Bay @ Minnesota (-3.5) The one we have all been waiting for. This one should go down to the wire. Green Bay 21- MN 20
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October 2nd, 2009 @ 7:56 pm
NFL games…4 games I’ll go opposite from your picks:
Jags over Titans simply for the fact I can’t stand Chris Johnson’s grandstanding. Titans go to 0-4.
Denver over Dallas. For me it’ll come down to the smarter head coach. McDaniels over Phillips. Broncos remain a perfect 4-0.
Cincy over Cleveland. Mangini will make the Bengals look like Benguys. Cleveland goes to 0-4.
The MNF game: Favre, Favre, Favre! Vikings over Packers.
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