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NFL Week 7

Good week in predictions last week.  I’m finally back in the black on good bets.  I’ve been in the black for overall bets, which is still weird.  Sadly there are no good bets this week.

Away Home Away Home Favorite Line O/U
San Diego NY Jets 20 22 NY Jets 2 42
Seattle Cleveland 19 23 Cleveland 4 42
Atlanta Detroit 23 22 Atlanta 1 45
Washington Carolina 19 19 Washington 1 38
Chicago Tampa Bay 21 18 Chicago 3 39
Denver Miami 22 23 Miami 1 44
Houston Tennessee 21 24 Tennessee 3 45
Pittsburgh Arizona 23 21 Pittsburgh 1 44
Kansas City Oakland 21 23 Oakland 2 44
Green Bay Minnesota 21 21 Green Bay 0 43
St. Louis Dallas 17 25 Dallas 8 42
Indianapolis New Orleans 22 26 New Orleans 4 48
Baltimore Jacksonville 22 19 Baltimore 3 41

Here’s Vegas’ plan:

Favorite Line O/U Bet O/U
NY Jets 0.0 43.5 NY Jets Under
Cleveland 3.0 41.0 Cleveland Over
Detroit 3.5 47.5 Atlanta Under
Carolina 2.5 43.0 Washington Under
Chicago 1.5 43.5 Chicago Under
Miami 0.0 41.5 Miami Over
Tennessee 3.0 44.0 Tennessee Over
Pittsburgh 3.5 43.5 Arizona Over
Oakland 3.5 41.0 Kansas City Over
Green Bay 9.5 47.0 Minnesota Under
Dallas 13.5 43.5 St. Louis Under
New Orleans 13.5 48.0 Indianapolis Over
Baltimore 8.0 40.0 Jacksonville Over

E.W.

I wish that one day the Panther’s get out of the mindset that they must lose to Atlanta.

This entry was posted on October 22, 2011, in Sports - NFL.

2011 NFL Week 6 – Results

I forgot to post our results from last week. It wasn’t a bad week, but not as good at the previous 2. Even the Prince didn’t do so badly this time with his ‘the animal always wins’ strategy.

Week 6
Sun, Oct 16 Spring’s Picks Results Prince’s Picks Results Game Results
CAR @ ATL Carolina L Carolina L 17 – 31
PHI @ WAS Washington L Philadelphia W 20 – 13
STL @ GB Green Bay W St. Louis L 3 – 24
JAC @ PIT Pittsburgh W Jacksonville L 13 – 17
BUF @ NYG NY Giants W Buffalo L 24 – 27
IND @ CIN Cincinnati W Cincinnati W 17 – 27
SF @ DET Detroit L Detroit L 25 – 19
CLE @ OAK Oakland W Oakland W 17 – 24
HOU @ BAL Houston L Baltimore W 14 – 29
NO @ TB New Orleans L New Orleans L 20 – 26
DAL @ NE New England W New England W 16 – 20
MIN @ CHI Chicago W Chicago W 10 – 39
Mon, Oct 17  
MIA @ NYJ NY Jets W Miami L 6 – 24
Byes: Cardinals, Broncos, Chiefs, Chargers, Seahawks, Titans

Results: W = 8 / L = 5   of 13

Season: W = 58 / L = 32 of 90

Results: W = 6 / L = 7   of 13

Season: W = 41 / L = 49  of 90

This entry was posted on October 21, 2011, in Sports - NFL.

2011 NFL Week 7 – Picks

The Prince and I made our picks for week 7. I’m not feeling very confident about some of these picks and there are a few that are definitely toss ups. But here’s our choices.

Week 7
Sun, Oct 23 Spring’s Picks Prince’s Picks
SD @ NYJ NY Jets NY Jets
SEA @ CLE Seattle Seattle
ATL @ DET Detroit Detroit
CHI @ TB Tampa Bay Chicago
DEN @ MIA Miami Denver
WAS @ CAR Washington Carolina
HOU @ TEN Houston Tennessee
PIT @ ARI Pittsburgh Arizona
KC @ OAK Oakland Oakland
GB @ MIN Green Bay Green Bay
STL @ DAL Dallas St. Louis
IND @ NO New Orleans Indianapolis
Mon, Oct 24  
BAL @ JAC Baltimore Baltimore
Byes: Bills, Bengals, Patriots, Giants, Eagles, 49ers
This entry was posted on October 21, 2011, in Sports - NFL.

NFL Week 6

I’m well in positive territory in terms of overall gambling, which is weird.  There is only one good bet today, Dallas is NOT going to score 24 points in cold cold Foxboro, take the under bet.

San Diego has replaced New England in the Superbowl and will lose to Green Bay.

Away Home Away Home Favorite Line O/U
Carolina Atlanta 19 24 Atlanta 5 43
San Francisco Detroit 20 22 Detroit 2 41
Indianapolis Cincinnati 21 21 Cincinnati 0 42
Philadelphia Washington 23 19 Philadelphia 4 43
St. Louis Green Bay 15 27 Green Bay 12 43
Jacksonville Pittsburgh 16 25 Pittsburgh 9 41
Buffalo NY Giants 22 25 NY Giants 3 46
Cleveland Oakland 19 22 Oakland 3 41
Houston Baltimore 18 25 Baltimore 7 43
New Orleans Tampa Bay 27 19 New Orleans 8 47
Dallas New England 18 27 New England 9 44
Minnesota Chicago 21 23 Chicago 2 44
Miami NY Jets 16 20 NY Jets 4 36

Here’s Vegas’ take:

Favorite Line O/U Bet O/U
Atlanta 4.0 50.5 Atlanta Under
Detroit 4.0 46.0 San Francisco Under
Cincinnati 7.0 41.0 Indianapolis Over
Philadelphia 3.0 47.0 Philadelphia Under
Green Bay 14.0 47.5 St. Louis Under
Pittsburgh 12.0 40.0 Jacksonville Over
NY Giants 3.0 50.0 NY Giants Under
Oakland 6.5 44.5 Cleveland Under
Baltimore 8.0 45.0 Houston Under
New Orleans 5.0 49.5 New Orleans Under
New England 6.5 55.5 New England Under
Chicago 3.0 41.5 Minnesota Over
NY Jets 7.0 42.5 Miami Under

E.W.

The computer says Baltimore will face Houston in the playoffs, we get a preview today.

This entry was posted on October 15, 2011, in Sports - NFL.

2011 NFL Week 6 – Picks

Most of the favorites are playing at home, but we do have a few potential upsets this week. Either because of emotion or sheer frustration from losing. The first upset from the Prince and I comes from Atlanta. There’s no doubt that the Panthers are getting better each week. And although Atlanta has the better record so far, they’re beat up and honestly I don’t think their that much better than Carolina. There’s also a few toss ups this week. Houston & Baltimore, Buffalo & the Giants, New Orleans & Tampa. Generally I’d pick who has home field advantage, but I’m not so sure that’s going to make enough of a difference in some of these games. So we’ll see how that turns out. And I still have to go with my Skins to beat the Eagles. Loyal fan to the end there.

Week 6
Sun, Oct 16 Spring’s Picks Prince’s Picks
CAR @ ATL Carolina Carolina
PHI @ WAS Washington Philadelphia
STL @ GB Green Bay St. Louis
JAC @ PIT Pittsburgh Jacksonville
BUF @ NYG NY Giants Buffalo
IND @ CIN Cincinnati Cincinnati
SF @ DET Detroit Detroit
CLE @ OAK Oakland Oakland
HOU @ BAL Houston Baltimore
NO @ TB New Orleans New Orleans
DAL @ NE New England New England
MIN @ CHI Chicago Chicago
Mon, Oct 17  
MIA @ NYJ NY Jets Miami
Byes: Cardinals, Broncos, Chiefs, Chargers, Seahawks, Titans
This entry was posted on October 15, 2011, in Sports - NFL.

2011 NFL Week 5 – Results

Not a bad week at 9-4 for me. The Prince is still relying on his animal vs animal method and it’s still failing. He’s 8, so trying to convince him to change his method is proving difficult. We simply don’t tell him his results during the games and he doesn’t get upset. Ah the things parents do to keep their kids happy.

Anyway, results..my Titans lost miserably to the Steelers, but I knew that game was a toss up anyway. Bruised egos aside, that home field advantage worked for Pittsburgh. Minnesota pulled out their win, but Indy still couldn’t their act together without Manning, which is honestly kind of pathetic. I am surprised the Giants couldn’t hold their own, at home no less, against the Seahawks. And kudos to Oakland. Right before the games started I had thought about changing that pick seeing as how Oakland would be playing with a great deal of emotion and huge desire to win after the death of owner Al Davis. But sometimes that emotion can go the other way too; so I stuck with Houston, at home. I’m sort of glad I lost that pick.

So here are the results for the Prince and I for week 5.

Week 5
Sun, Oct 09 Spring’s Picks Results Prince’s Picks Results Game Results
NO @ CAR New Orleans W Carolina L 30 – 27
ARI @ MIN Minnesota W Arizona L 10 – 34
OAK @ HOU Houston L Houston L 25 – 20
PHI @ BUF Buffalo W Philadelphia L 24 – 31
SEA @ NYG NY Giants L Seattle W 36 – 25
CIN @ JAC Cincinnati W Jacksonville L 30 – 20
KC @ IND Indianapolis L Kansas City W 28 – 24
TEN @ PIT Tennessee L Tennessee L 17 – 38
TB @ SF San Francisco W San Francisco W 3 – 48
NYJ @ NE New England W NY Jets L 21 – 30
SD @ DEN San Diego W Denver L 29 – 24
GB @ ATL Green Bay W Atlanta L 25 – 14
Mon, Oct 10  
CHI @ DET Detroit W Detroit W 13 – 24
Byes: Ravens, Browns, Cowboys, Dolphins, Rams, Redskins

Results: W = 9 / L = 4   of 13

Season: W = 50 / L = 27 of 77

Results: W = 4 / L = 9   of 13

Season: W = 35 / L = 42  of 77

This entry was posted on October 11, 2011, in Sports - NFL.

NFL Week 5

Here’s the picks:

New Orleans Carolina 25 19 New Orleans 6 43
Philadelphia Buffalo 23 18 Philadelphia 4 41
Seattle NY Giants 19 27 NY Giants 8 47
Cincinnati Jacksonville 19 21 Jacksonville 2 41
Kansas City Indianapolis 18 24 Indianapolis 6 43
Tennessee Pittsburgh 17 23 Pittsburgh 6 40
Arizona Minnesota 18 24 Minnesota 6 42
Oakland Houston 20 24 Houston 5 44
Tampa Bay San Francisco 18 21 San Francisco 3 39
NY Jets New England 19 25 New England 6 44
San Diego Denver 25 22 San Diego 3 48
Green Bay Atlanta 22 21 Green Bay 1 43
Chicago Detroit 20 20 Detroit 0 41

Vegas:

New Orleans 6.5 48.5 Carolina Under
Philadelphia 3.0 50.0 Philadelphia Under
NY Giants 9.5 43.5 Seattle Over
Jacksonville 2.0 37.0 Cincinnati Over
Indianapolis 2.0 38.5 Indianapolis Over
Pittsburgh 3.0 40.0 Pittsburgh Over
Minnesota 3.0 45.5 Minnesota Under
Houston 5.5 48.5 Oakland Under
San Francisco 3.0 41.5 San Francisco Under
New England 7.5 49.0 NY Jets Under
San Diego 3.5 46.0 Denver Over
Green Bay 5.5 53.0 Atlanta Under
Detroit 5.0 47.5 Chicago Under

There’s no good bets today.

E.W.

I need an extra 4 hours added to the day.

This entry was posted on October 8, 2011, in Sports - NFL.

2011 NFL Week 5 – Picks

Some of this weeks picks seem pretty easy, but you never know what a team is going to do at home.  Tenn & Pitt is a toss up, but I think the Steelers have a bruised ego right now and though they’re playing at home, I think that gives Tenn a slight advantage. Ari v Minn and KC v Ind are the other toss up games. In those two games, I think playing at home just might give Indy and Minn the slight advantage giving both home teams their 1st win of the season. I expect the Giants and Packers both to have blow out games. Along with the Detroit Lions. Who’d a thought someone might say that about the Lions.

So here are the picks from me and the Prince.

Week 5
Sun, Oct 09 Spring’s Picks Prince’s Picks
NO @ CAR New Orleans Carolina
ARI @ MIN Minnesota Arizona
OAK @ HOU Houston Houston
PHI @ BUF Buffalo Philadelphia
SEA @ NYG NY Giants Seattle
CIN @ JAC Cincinnati Jacksonville
KC @ IND Indianapolis Kansas City
TEN @ PIT Tennessee Tennessee
TB @ SF San Francisco San Francisco
NYJ @ NE New England NY Jets
SD @ DEN San Diego Denver
GB @ ATL Green Bay Atlanta
Mon, Oct 10  
CHI @ DET Detroit Detroit
Byes: Ravens, Browns, Cowboys, Dolphins, Rams, Redskins
This entry was posted on October 8, 2011, in Sports - NFL.

NFL Week 4

Well, good news for Indianapolis fans, the operation was successful. The teams heads have all been successfully removed from their asses. No word on how Manning’s operation went…

Not so good news for Minnesota. Getting beat by Detroit’s gotta hurt. Worse they failed to cover the spread even. And somewhere in Buffalo there are two missing defensive squads, fortunately for Buffalo they didn’t really need theirs.

I’m counting big on the recovery of Indy, they will cover the 10 point spread by beating Tampa, and that’s my one good bet for the week.

 

Away Home Away Home Favorite Line O/U
Detroit Dallas 19 27 Dallas 8 46
Carolina Chicago 20 24 Chicago 4 44
New Orleans Jacksonville 26 21 New Orleans 5 47
Tennessee Cleveland 19 18 Tennessee 1 37
Buffalo Cincinnati 20 21 Cincinnati 1 41
Minnesota Kansas City 23 20 Minnesota 3 44
San Francisco Philadelphia 18 23 Philadelphia 5 41
Washington St. Louis 21 18 Washington 3 39
Pittsburgh Houston 21 21 Houston 0 42
Atlanta Seattle 20 21 Seattle 1 41
NY Giants Arizona 24 24 NY Giants 0 48
Denver Green Bay 19 26 Green Bay 7 44
New England Oakland 26 20 New England 5 46
Miami San Diego 18 23 San Diego 5 41
NY Jets Baltimore 17 22 Baltimore 5 39
Indianapolis Tampa Bay 25 21 Indianapolis 4 45

Vegas’ Plan:

 

Favorite Line O/U Bet O/U
Dallas 2.5 46.0 Dallas Under
Chicago 6.5 42.5 Carolina Over
New Orleans 7.0 45.0 Jacksonville Over
Cleveland 0.0 38.5 Tennessee Under
Buffalo 3.0 43.5 Cincinnati Under
Minnesota 3.0 39.5 Minnesota Over
Philadelphia 9.5 43.5 San Francisco Under
Washington 2.5 43.5 Washington Under
Houston 3.5 45.0 Pittsburgh Under
Atlanta 4.5 38.5 Seattle Over
NY Giants 1.0 44.5 Arizona Over
Green Bay 12.0 46.5 Denver Under
New England 5.0 55.0 New England Under
San Diego 7.0 44.5 Miami Under
Baltimore 3.5 42.0 Baltimore Under
Tampa Bay 10.0 40.5 Indianapolis Over

 

E.W.

I can’t wait to see the Dallas game today. If the offense plays bad as they did Monday night, someone better check Romo to make sure he didn’t bring a gun on the field.

 

This entry was posted on October 2, 2011, in Sports - NFL.

2011 NFL Week 4 – Picks

After a pretty good week last Sunday, I’m hoping my method of picks holds out for week 4. The Prince is sticking to his “Animal vs.” method even though it didn’t serve him very well last week.

Week 4
Sun, Oct 02 Spring’s Picks Prince’s Picks
DET @ DAL Detroit Detroit
PIT @ HOU Houston Houston
CAR @ CHI Chicago Carolina
TEN @ CLE Tennessee Tennessee
BUF @ CIN Buffalo Cincinati
NO @ JAC New Orleans Jacksonville
MIN @ KC Kansas City Minnesota
SF @ PHI Philadelphia Philadelphia
WAS @ STL Washington St. Louis
ATL @ SEA Seattle Seattle
NYG @ ARI NY Giants Arizona
DEN @ GB Green Bay Denver
MIA @ SD San Diego San Diego
NE @ OAK Oakland Oakland
NYJ @ BAL Baltimore Baltimore
Mon, Oct 03  
IND @ TB Tampa Bay Tampa Bay
Byes: None
This entry was posted on October 1, 2011, in Sports - NFL.