WEEKEND PICKS...

WEEKEND PICKS...

Last weekend failed to meet expectations. I had looked forward to it for so long and then it came and went. I spent Saturday watching my Noles get hammered by Oklahoma and it really soured the day for me. Luckily, my picks were much better for week 2 than week 1. I was right on the Michigan, Florida, Alabama, Ohio State, Oregon, and USC picks (although a couple of those games were closer than I expected). I lost on UGA, Georgia Tech (who knew Turner Gill's team was actually getting ready to play THIS team all off season and forgot about week 1), and of course the heartbreak in Norman. Oh Well, after a very good 6 - 3 weekend, in which 2 of my 3 losses were with underdogs, I am at a very mediocre 7 - 6 on the season. This week will be a little harder because I will include some NFL games.

SATURDAY'S PICKS:
Arkansas @ Georgia. Talk about a must win game. Georgia can't afford to lose another SEC game, and Arkansas does not want to limp into the Alabama game coning off of a loss. Ryan Mallett will have a big time stage to show his stuff. He will look to get Arkansas a big road win and end UGA's season. This game will have points and that would lead me to lean Arkansas. They have the best qb in the conference against a freshman qb. Call me crazy, but I think Arkansas comes in looking to Alabama and Georgia finds a way to win a high scoring game that gets in the 30's for both teams. They could be headed towards a season like they had a few years back where they ended up in the Sugar Bowl.

Georgia Tech @ North Carolina. I was talking to a Tech fan today and I promised I would root for Tech, which is easy to do, because I think they will rebound nicely after a disappointing road loss last week. A team like Tech wears you down and that will hurt UNC who is short on quality depth with all of the suspensions. Expect a close ball game that Tech pulls away in the 4th quarter.

Iowa @ Arizona. This is a game that many are not paying attention to, especially since it has a 10:30 kickoff, but it will tell us a lot about both of these teams. Arizona has a really good offense and will look to come out and get a good start early. Good thing for Iowa they have a good defense and a senior qb who will not be rattled on the road. Look for Iowa to win a very good ball game.

Nebraska @ Washington. This game is going to end the Jake Locker for Heisman talk. I think Nebraska goes on the road and completely shuts down the Washington offense. Nebraska is the real deal and defensively they will show that this weekend. Taylor Martinez will struggle some on the road, but will play well enough to get an im pressive road win.

Texas @ Texas Tech. Everyone seems to believe his game will be close. Rivalry games are always close and Texas has been underwhelming up to this point. That ends this weekend. They will come out and be very solid on the road. This is the coming out party for Garrett Gilbert. He will look very god and they will march on to the upcoming Red River Shoot Out with Oklahoma.

BYU @ FSU. FSU will win big. Christian Ponder will look like what he was expected in the preseason. He'll have huge numbers and FSU wins by 2 touchdowns.

Florida @ Tennessee. Florida looked like they finally figured it out last week. They finish putting the pieces of the puzzle together this weekend and they start moving towards the SEC Championship game this weekend against Tennessee.

POSSIBLE UPSET:
Baylor @ TCU. Robbert Griffin is a great athlete who could give the Horned Frogs fits. TCU finds a way to win a very entertaining ball game.

SUNDAY'S GAMES:
Miami @ Minnesota. I love the Dolphins this year. Chad Henne made great progress last year and the addition of Brandon Marshall will continue to help him to grow. I am not sold on the fact that Brett Favre wants to be playing football. This game will be close, but I think Miami will pull of the 1st big upset of the season.

Baltimore @ Cincinatti. Cincy is in a must win situation after the beat down suffered last week at New England. Unfortunately, Baltimore saw that and looks like they may be back to form of 5 years ago. The loss of Ed Reed was not a factor against the Jets. Palmer looked gun shy to me and had several balls that should have been picked against New England. Look for the Ravens to get a couple of picks and Flacco will have a good game against that defense. Ravens win easily.

New England @ New York Jets. The Jets looked terrible on offense on Monday night against the Ravens. The problem is the Pats are not the Ravens and there is no Rey Lewis roaming the field for the Pats. The problem is the Pats are loaded at receiver and the Ravens had a lot of success finding mis matches against Antonio Cromartie and Kyle Wilson. Brady seems to be back to regular season form, and we all know he hates the Jets. Rex Ryan will have his team looking to hit Brady every chance they can, it won't matter, the Pats are very under rated in the secondary and the Jets have no threats at receiver and who knows if Sanchez can get them the ball. The Pats spent all off season hearing about how great the Jets were gonna be and how the Jets were the team to beat in the division, on Sunday, the Pats will do just that. Pats win a low scoring game.

New york Giants @ Indianoplis. Another must win game. The Giants have the better team. They have a running game, a pass rush, underrated receivers, and a Manning. Unfortunately, it is the wrong Manning. Peyton does not lose at home (unless ownership wants him to...joke). Manning wins and I think they will win by 2 touchdowns.

There are my picks for the weekend, what do you think?

Until Next Time...