2008 NFL Season Week 10 Betting Tips
Friday, November 7th, 2008
Time to cash in on some games in the NFL.
Week 10 of the 2008-09 NFL football season started early this week because starting this week, football comes early every Thursday night until the second to the last week of the season.
And in case you missed the first paragraph, YES, Week 10 started on a Thursday night with the Denver Broncos visiting the Cleveland Browns. These two teams have been struggling lately and matching them up together last Thursday was just what both of these two teams needed.
Next, the St. Louis Rams will try to regain some momentum after giving their new coach a couple of wins only to lose the next two games when they face the New York Jets. Having won two of three games under coach Jim Haslett, another victory would have given the St. Louis Rams a 3-5 record last Sunday at the season’s halfway point and moved them to within one game of the Arizona Cardinals. Instead, they have fallen three games behind Arizona after the Cardinals handed them a 34-13 loss back in Week 9. They have the Jets this Sunday, a team that won two straight to put them in the middle of a three-way tie for first in the AFC East. And in case you didn’t get that, yes, this is a bad time for a struggling Rams team to face the high-flying Jets.
New York Jets by seven.
The Jacksonville Jaguars have their worst record in franchise history after eight games at 3-5. Fortunately for these guys, they will play the STILL winless Detroit Lions this Sunday and there’s no way in hell the Jags will drop this one. The Jaguars are the first team in NFL history to play back-to-back games against teams with 0-8 records, but after losing to the once winless Cincinnati Bengals last Sunday, giving the winless Lions their first win of the season shouldn’t be included in their…
New BCS Rankings in College Football
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Guess what, we have a new team on top.
You read it, after two weeks of consistency, the revolving door of the 2008 NCAA college football season starts moving again with a new team on top of the BCS rankings.
Yes, we have a new team on top and after 10 weeks into the season, the Alabama Crimson Tide, with a still perfect record of 9-0, gets the nod after the Texas Longhorns lost to state rivals Texas Tech Red Raiders over the weekend.
Of course, after beating the former No.1 team in the country, the Texas Tech Red Raiders get the second overall spot. The title ‘’third best team in the country’’ belongs to the Penn State Nittany Lions.
One thing to take note after week 10 would have to be the fact that if the undefeated Red Raiders of the Big 12 and the undefeated Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference keep on winning, they’ll probably meet each other playing for a BCS national championship come January.
Alabama had a BCS average of .9747. Texas Tech has .9372 and Penn State .9286.
The unbeaten Penn State Nittany Lions will still need Alabama or Texas Tech to lose a game to earn a BCS national championship bid. However, with Texas Tech facing ninth-place Oklahoma State and sixth-place Oklahoma in its next two games, plus a possible Big 12 title game down the road, the Red Raiders should be in position to further pad their lead over Penn State if they can keep winning.
Penn State will play at Iowa next week, then finishes the season at home against Indiana and Michigan State. The only ranked team the Nittany Lions have beaten is Ohio State.
The Nittany Lions also better watch their backs…
Can Colts stop Titans’ NFL Perfection?
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Can the Titans continue their perfect run against the Colts on Monday Night Football?.
At 6-0, the Tennessee Titans are flirting with perfection this 2008-09 NFL football season. The problem is, other teams have flirted with it in the past and failed miserably.
The team nearest to accomplish the feat was New England and yes, that team was also the one that failed most miserably when they lost the Super Bowl to a Giants team that dropped its first five games of that season. At 6-0, the Tennessee Titans have a shot, but as we all know, it only gets tougher each week.
Looking back, the 1972 Miami Dolphins are the only NFL team to have a ‘’perfect season’’ and win the Super Bowl, following the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. Their undefeated campaign was led by Don Shula and notable teammates Bob Griese, Earl Morrall, and Larry Csonka among many others.
This team went 14-0 in the regular season prior to the extension of the regular season by the NFL, and won all three playoff games, including Super Bowl VII against the Washington Redskins, for an undefeated record of 17-0.
This remarkable feat can be done with the right players on the team. With the New England Patriots last season, the first half of that year was on the Pats’ side, but it all slipped away when their defensive line faltered through the second half of the season.
Perfection is all about mentality, who wants it more, while not letting it get too much in your head, or too far away to make it a reality.
For the 1972 Miami Dolphins, they had the right players that fit their system. Players on the ground during that time were running backs Larry Csonka and Mercury Morris, becoming the first teammates to each rush for 1,000 yards in a…
Oklahoma Sooners visit Kansas State
Friday, October 24th, 2008
BOOMER SOONER. Oklahoma resumes their quest for the title this Saturday.
Week 9 of the 2008 NCAA college football season continues as the Kansas State Wildcats host the visiting Boomer Sooner offense from Oklahoma.
Ranked No.4 in the nation, the Oklahoma Sooners look to continue their quest for their seventh Big 12 South crown in nine years when they visit Kansas State.
The annual rivalry game between Oklahoma and Texas usually goes a long way towards determining the champion of the Big 12 South. Oklahoma did its part to remain in the hunt last Saturday.
A win over the Kansas State Wildcats this Saturday will get the Sooners closer to their ultimate goal.
Sam Bradford may be the biggest key to the Sooners’ title chances as the sophomore ranks third in the FBS with 2,520 passing yards, second with 26 touchdowns and fifth with a 71.4 completion percentage.
Sam Bradford hopes to continue his success in his first career game against Kansas State. The Wildcats (4-3, 1-2) were held to a season-low point total in a 14-13 defeat at Colorado last Saturday.
They are averaging 23.3 points in their three losses compared to 50.8 in four wins.
Oklahoma has won five of its last six meetings with Kansas State to take a 68-17-4 advantage in the all-time series.
Kansas State’s last win in the series was…
Texas Longhorns top BCS Rankings
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
The BCS rankings continue to shuffle and this week, it’s no different.
Yes, the revolving door of the 2008 NCAA college football season continues to move as far as the BCS rankings system is concerned and it is no surprise that we have a new No.1 team in the nation this week.
The Texas Longhorns are the new No.1 team in college football after beating the Oklahoma Sooners 45-35. The Longhorns’ ascend to No.1 is the fastest in college football history since Miami went from sixth to first back in Aug.29, 1988, after beating top-ranked Florida State 31-0 to start their campaign.
The Longhorns received 39 first-place votes and 1,599 points from the media panel. The Alabama Crimson Tide received the other 36 first-place votes and 1,582 points. The Longhorns became the fourth team this season to be ranked No.1, following Georgia, Southern California and Oklahoma. It’s last season all over again that had four No.1 teams and eight different teams ranked second.
And for the second time this season, three of the top four teams in the country lost on the same weekend. While the losses by the previously top-ranked Sooners, Missouri and the LSU Tigers were already stunning, what it did on the BCS rankings was something harder to fathom.
Unbeaten Penn State Nittany Lions moved up three spots to No.3 while the Oklahoma Sooners dropped three spots to No.4 after suffering their first loss of the season. The Florida Gators gained six spots to No.5 after pounding LSU 51-21 last Saturday night.
The No.6 USC Trojans are followed by Big 12 rivals…
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