Last week sticking to the pro selections allowed me to salvage a 2-2 week making me 42-64-3 for the season. This is the week though, the week I make you lots of money, that is when you flip these picks like a pancake.
In college ball, and yes we are going to try our hand at that mess again.
Cincinnati +6 at home vs. WVA: Sure the Mountaineers have one of the most explosive running attacks in college football. But the Bearcats can ball and this is a classic road letdown spot for WVA after last weeks big win over Louisville.
Tennessee -12 vs. Vandy: Phillip Fulmer is on the way out but look for his troops to put one more beat down on their ancient rivals.
Miss St. +11 v. Arkansas: There is still much speculation regarding the future of Houston Nutt and considering just how well Sylvester Croom’s kids have been playing lately I would not put it past the Bulldogs to win this one outright.
State +6 vs. Wake: State has won 4 in a row and can taste a minor bowl berth, Wake also could use another win or two but they are not as needy and I think that will make the difference.
In the pros:
Dallas -10 ½ against the Skins, Romo and Co. should shred a Skins secondary that up until last week looked pretty solid.
Green Bay -10 against those humorous Hometown Heroes. If there is a worse 4-5 team in the history of pro football show me them please!
Detroit +2 ½ vs. The Giants: Detroit has been great at home this season and I think Eli and Co. will still have a little bit of a hangover from their emotionally draining effort against Dallas.
And on MNF I like the Under -38 in the Titans-Broncos match-up as these are two teams that have had trouble scoring this season.
(Paul T. Lambeth II is a longtime correspondent for Andy’s broadcasts of high school sports on WPET-950 AM. Paul can also be heard Sunday’s from 10a-2p at www.wsge.org as Paul brings you the best of oldies and true 70s’ style AOR along with tastes from the jam band scene of today with “The Classic Cornerâ€, also home to Paul’s famous ‘Two Minute thrill’ AKA Paul’s Pro Pigskin Prognostications where Paul breaks down each Sunday’s NFL action within 120 seconds. Suffice it to say those selections are much more accurate than his feeble attempts to pick point-spreads!)
You barely missed another college O-fer on Saturday. 1-3 was a pretty rocky start. Good luck on your pro games. It looks like your Panthers pick might come through. One other thing….please don’t pick the Wolfpack next week.
1-2 on Sunday. 2-5 so far for the week.