College Thurs. and Fri.
NFL Thurs. (but it's Jets@Bills in Toronto)
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LEADERBOARD UNDER CONSTRUCTION
(yes, things have been bad lately)

Overall Standings
CFB Week 1 ______23-37_____38.3
NFL Week 1 ______49-57 _____46.2
NFL Week 2 _____51-65-1_____44.0
NFL Week 3 _____72-78-2 ____48.0
NFL Week 4 _____53-60 ______46.9
NFL Week 5 _____60-61-2 ____49.6
NFL Week 6 _____63-77-3 ____45.0
NFL Week 7 _____54-38-4 ____58.7
NFL Week 8 _____57-54 ______51.4
NFL Week 9 _____64-59-2 ____52.0
NFL Week 10 ___________________
NFL Week 11 ___________________
NFL Week 12 ___________________
Total __________546-576-14 __48.7
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Thursday December 3, 2009
Arkansas St. (Conf: 2-5) 6:00pm
West. Kentucky (Conf: 0-7)

(13) Oregon St. (Conf: 6-2) 8:00pm
(7) Oregon (Conf: 7-1)

Friday December 4, 2009
Ohio (Conf: 7-1) 7:00pm
Cent. Michigan (Conf: 8-0)
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Thursday December 3, 2009
NY Jets 5-6 (Road: 2-3) 7:20pm
Buffalo 4-7 (Home: 2-3) NFL

Sunday December 6, 2009
Minnesota 10-1 (Road: 4-1) 7:20pm
Arizona 7-4 (Home: 2-3) NBC

Monday December 7, 2009
Baltimore 6-5 (Road: 2-3) 7:30pm
Green Bay 7-4 (Home: 4-2) ESPN

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Texas -14.5

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Please post your record if you know what it is.

Right now I am 60-49-1

Later

12/5
West Virginia +1.5
Fresno St. +3
Florida -5.5
Georgia Tech +1

12/6 (or 2/1 or 2, if you're a math-nut)
Broncos -4.5
Steelers -14
Texans +1
Seahawks -1
Vikings -4
Cowboys -1
Pats -5

Pinnacle.com

My unfortunate record this season is 46-Fitty5-2. Brutal.

Hawkeye Vince is 14-8-1 63% Forgot my push last week

Arkansas St -6.5 @ Western kentucky - Hilltoppers go to 0-12. L
Rutgers -2.5 vs UWV L
Cinci -1.5 @ pITT L
Fresno/Illinois Under 60 L
ECU/Houston Under 69 L
Arizona +7 @ USC W
UConn -7.5 vs USF L
Alabama +5.5 vs Florida W
Boise -28 vs NMSt 1st half only Push

Current Record: 16-14-2 53%

I believe I am

98-91-6 51.9%

Oregon State +9.5 at Oregon W
Arkansas State -6 at Western Kentucky L

Central Michigan -13.5 against Ohio in Detroit L
Rutgers -1.5 against West Virginia L
Arizona +7 at USC W
Cincinnatti -1.5 at Pittsburgh L
Hawaii +12 against Wisconsin L
East Carolina +2.5 against Houston W
Alabama +5.5 against Florida in Atlanta W
Clemson +1 against Georgia Tech in Tampa L
Texas -14 against Nebraska in Arlington L

Chiefs +4.5 against Broncos L
Texans Pickem at Jaguars L
Bucs +6 at Panthers L
Seahawks Pickem against 49ers W
Cowboys -2 at Giants L

Ravens +3 at Fudgepackers L

5-12 which brings me to a perfect 103-103-6 record

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Oregon St +10 over Oregon

Road team has owned this series lately. Oreg St has the better D so will take the 10.

NFL
Buffalo +3.5 L
Denver/Kansas City over 38

NCAA
Oregon State +10 W
Ohio/Central Michigan over 54

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Throwing a hail mary of sorts here!

Central Michigan vs. Ohio -13.5 -Lefevour dominates
CMU/Ohio over 54.5 -CMU scores a lot in this
Houston -3 vs East Carolina -Houston is a good team
Rutgers -2 vs. WVU -Rutgers has a big day on senior day
Cincinnati -2.5 vs. Pitt -Cincinatti has too much on the line to lose this one
Freno State +3 vs. Illinois -Illinois doesn't finish a disappointing season very well
Fresno State/Illinois under 59.5 -The Illini offense doesn't score enough
Louisiana Tech -23.5 vs. San Jose State -I know nothing about either of these teams
USC -7 vs. Arizona -USC is still a good team
USC/Arizona Over 50 -shootout
Florida -5.5 vs. Alabama -Florida has struggled but I'll go with Tim Tebow coming through in the clutch
Florida/Alabama Over 41 -Seems to be very low for the over to me.
Washington +7 over California -Close game
Florida Atlantic +1.5 vs. Florida Int. -Both these teams are from Florida but one team represents only an adjacent ocean while the other represents the whole world
Ga Tech -1 vs. Clemson -GT finishes strong
Ga Tech/Clemson Under 57 -I had to pick something
Nebraska +14.5 vs. Texas -Nebraska keeps it closer than many think. Texas still wins
Nebraska/Texas Over 46.5 -Texas lets Nebraska hang around for a while
South Florida +7.5 vs. Conn -Close game
Hawaii + 12 vs. Wisconsin -play @Hawaii sucks and Wisconsin comes out flat. Still win though.

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CMU -13.5
Houston -3
WVU +2
Cinn -2.5
Fla -5.5 Tebow's biggest game
Texas -14.5
Texas Neb Over 46.5 Texas will score in the 40's alone

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Alabama +6 over Florida

This looks like a FG game to me. Defenses dominate.

Texas -14 over Nebraska

Texas is alot better then Nebraska. They should win by 20+.

Ga Tech PK over Clemson

Even teams. I think GT has the better coach so I give them the edge.

If I got it right 54-59-2

Pinnacle Sports

College
Cincinnati -2 vs Pittsburgh- Cincy will need to keep scoring and scoring to win this, have the offense, maybe not the defense to keep Pitt down, but I will go with Pike and the Cincy offense.

Houston -2.5 vs East Carolina- Usually like the Panthers, but Keenum makes Houston an offensive machine and I see them keeping it up here and take the C-USA title.

Georgia Tech +1 vs Clemson- Last week it was shown that Clemson can be stopped and if Spiller doesn't have it, Clemson looks bad, I like TEch to bounce back from last week and take the ACC title.

Texas -14 vs Nebraska- Texas and Colt MCccoy make a statement here, I don't think Nebraska has the offense, Mccoy has a heisman performance.

Florida -5.5 vs Alabama- I would like to be wrong here, but I don't see it from Bama's offense, don't know how much Ingram will give them, maybe next year and with my pick before get ready for most people's pick for the national title game FLORIDA VS TEXAS.

Pro

Buccanneers +5.5 vs Panthers- The Bucs have played well in 3 of their last 4 games, Delhomme is out, if the Bucs stop the run, may win straight up.

Rams +9.5 vs Bears- Sounds like Bears without Briggs, Jackson should have a nice day running, and if Bulger was starting could think Rams victory, but he's not, Bears still win, but may be closer than people think.

Cowboys -1 vs Giants- The last time people were on the Cowboys on the road was at Green Bay, I think Dallas has learned from that, ready for a divison and to play better in December.

Chargers -13.5 vs Browns- The Browns were bad and got worse this week with the injuries, basically 3 guys out for the year, Chargers missing guys on defense, but I will take Rivers over Quinn.

Vikings -3 vs Cardianals- I am thinking Leinart will start, Vikes will get to him, and Peterson will run the ball, Favre does his thing and another Vikings win.

From Pinnacle...

Broncos -5 over Chiefs
Steelers -14.5 over Raiders
Texans -1 over Jags
Titans +6.5 over Colts
Philly -5.5 over Atlanta
Lions +13 over Bengals
Saints -9.5 over Redskins
Buccs +5.5 over Panthers
Bears -9.5 over Rams
Seattle +1 over 49ers
Vikings -3.5 over Cardinals
Cowboys -1 over Giants
New England -4.5 over Miami
Ravens +3.5 over Packers

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Listen to the river sing sweet songs
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3-1 in CFB. Just one right now for the NFL

St Louis +9.5 over Chicago

Rams outplayed Seattle last week but the TO killed them. Two games before that they stayed within 9 of both Arizona and New Orleans. Lot of talk about this being a must win for the Bears. Not sure at 4-7 there are such things as must wins. Two bad teams, I will take the pts. I bought it up to 10.

NCAA
Oregon State +10 W
Ohio/Central Michigan over 54 L

NFL
Buffalo +3.5 L
Denver/Kansas City over 38 W
Denver -6.5 W
Pittsburgh -14.5 L
Oakland/Pitt over 37 W
Houston -1 L
Houston/Jacksonville over 47 L
Tennessee +7 L
Tennessee/Indianapolis under 47 W
Philadelphia -4 W
Philadelphia/Atlanta under 44 W
Detroit +14 W
Detroit/Cincinnati over 42 L
Washington +10 W
New Orleans/Washington under 47 L
Carolina -3.5 W
Tampa/Carolina under 40.5 W
St. Louis +10 W
St. Louis/Bears under 41 W
San Diego -13.5 L
San Diego/Cleveland under 43 L
Seattle +1 W
San Francisco/Seattle under 41.5 W
Minnesota -3 L
Minnesota/Arizona under 49 W
Dallas -1 L
Dallas/NY Giants over 45.5 W
New England -5 L
New England/Miami under 47 W
Green Bay -3 W
Baltimore/Green Bay over 42.5 L

19-14

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From The Greek

Rams +9.5 @ Bears

Eagles -4 @ Falcons

49ers/Seahawks Over 41 1/2

early bowl plays

Central Florida +3
Wyoming +10.5
Texas Tech -7

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bowl games

Central Florida +3
Wyoming +10.5
Oregon State -2
California -3
Nevada -14
Miami -3
Air Force +5
LSU +3
Florida -10
South Florida -6.5
Arkansas -7.5
Texas Tech -7
TCU -7
Troy +4

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bowl games

Central Florida +3
Wyoming +10.5
Oregon State -2
California -3
Nevada -14
Miami -3
Air Force +5
LSU +3
Florida -10
South Florida -6.5
Arkansas -7.5
Texas Tech -7
TCU -7
Troy +4
West Virginia -2.5

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
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