My Last College Football post of the season

First, I haven't posted much so this may my first.

Alabama - LSU.
1- Face it, the better team won.
2 - Bama defense was a beast.
3 - their offense helped their defense.
4 - LSU defense played good and hard.
5 - LSU defense had to go up against the Bama offense and
it's own offense. The LSU offense hurt our defense Period.
6 - play calling and play in general was terrible.
7 - but with all that said. It is my fault. I wore red
shorts during the game.

See ya next year. But first.... One prediction.

The SEC will win a 7th straight title next year.

2011 NFL Predictions

2 years ago. I picked the Saints and Titans to go to the Superbowl. Titans to win. The Saints went and of Course - won.
Last year I actually didn't make any picks ..... but to get back in the swing ...
This year is hard to predict so ...
Here are my 2011 NFL Predictions(Remember - I am not an expert)

NFC East
1 Philadelphia 12-4
2- New York Giants 12-4
3- Dallas 11-5
4- Washington 6-10

NFC North
1- Green Bay 13-3
2- Minnesota 8-8
3- Detroit 7-9
4- Chicago 5-11

NFC South
1- Atlanta 13-3
2- New Orleans 12-4
3- Tampa Bay 6-10
4- Carolina 3-13

NFC West
1- Arizona 8-8
2- St. Louis 6-10
3- Seattle 5-11
4- San Francisco 2-14

AFC East
1- New England 12-4
2- New York Jets 9-7
3- Buffalo 6-10
4- Miami 4-12

AFC North
1- Baltimore 12-4
2- Pittsburgh 12-4
3- Cleveland 8-8
4- Cincinnati 3-13

AFC South
1- Houston 10-6
2- Tennessee 9-7
3- Indianapolis 9-7
4- Jacksonville 4-12

AFC West
1- San Diego 12-4
2- Kansas City 7-9
3- Denver 5-11
4- Oakland 3-13

PLAYOFFS

NFC
Philadelphia, Atlanta, Arizona, Green Bay are your division winners. New Orleans and New York Giants get the wild Card.
Round 1- New York beats Philadelphia. New Orleans beats Arizona.
Round 2- Atlanta beast New York, New Orleans beats Green Bay.
Round 3 - Atlanta beats New Orleans - Atlanta gos to Super Bowl.

AFC
Baltimore, Houston, New England, San Diego are your division winners. New York Jets and Pittsburgh get the wild Card.
Round 1- Pittsburgh beats Houston, San Diego beast New York.
Round 2- New England beats Pittsburgh, Baltimore beats San Diego.
Round 3- New England beats Baltimore. New England goes to Super Bowl.

SUPER BOWL

Atlanta vs. New England

Atlanta - Super Bowl Champions.

Crazy finish to a High School Football game

You have to check this out. read the story and watch the video.

http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1001233

11-5 : not my best start to NFL Season picks, but...

Well, Week 1 is in the books and I ended up 11-5 on my NFL picks.
Not the best, but I will take it for now.
I missed on Philly vs. Carolina - I didn't show Philly any love but I didn't think Carolina would stink up the joint.
Jets vs. Houston - I am not crowning Mark Sanchez as Joe Namath II, but he looked pretty good. Houston - I thought was better.
Denver vs. Cinci - fluke. That play will never happen again in any game this season.
Miami vs. Atlanta - I still don't think Atlanta is as good as people want to think they are.
Arizona vs. SF - Kurt Warner hurt me in Fantasy Football too!

So. What will next week bring?
There are some tough week 2 games, so we shall see...........................

Wade's College Crack pot predictions

College Football predictions

I am not that good at College football predictions but I will give it a try. Also, these were done prior to the Oklahoma loss to BYU. I am just now getting to put them on the BLOG.

ACC Champ: North Carolina
They will almost run the table – including wins at Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech. Looses to out of conference underdog East Carolina and Conference underdog N. Carolina State will keep them from being perfect.

Big 12: Nebraska will meet Texas in the Conference Championship game:
Texas wins. Texas ends up 12 – 1(they will lose to Missouri)(and almost lose to Oklahoma State).
The Big 12, along with the SEC will be the most exciting conferences to watch this year.

Big 12
North
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas St.
Kansas
Colorado
Iowa St.

South
Texas
Oklahoma St.
Oklahoma
Texas Tech
Texas A & M
Baylor

Despite predictions I am rooting for Oklahoma St. to win the Big 12.

Big East

Cincinnati will win it all.

Conference USA

East Carolina vs. Tulsa in the championship game: East Carolina winning it all. They will run the table in the conference but lose to out of conference foes West Virginia and Virginia Tech.

Mountain West

Utah will win it all.

Independent

Notre Dame will finish 9 – 3 (they will lose to USC, Michigan and Navy.

WAC
Boise State will win it but lookout for Idaho.
Boise St. will not go undefeated so there will be no BCS controversy.



PAC 10

USC will win the PAC 10 without a serious challenge. Look for Washington (I thought this before the LSU game) to win at least 6 games this year.

Big 10

Penn St. Will win the conference.
Followed by Ohio State.

And now……..The MOST exciting conference in college football………..THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE!

I like Ole Miss, but they will have to prove it. I may be upset at the end of this thing, but you NEVER count out any SEC team.

Here it is:
(Regular season records)
SEC East
Team Conf. Record Overall record
Florida 7-1 11-1
Georgia 6-2 9-3
Vanderbilt 4-4 7-5
Tennessee 3-5 6-6
Kentucky 3-5 6-6
So. Carolina 0-8 4-8


SEC West
Team Conf. Record Overall Record
Alabama 8-0 12-0
LSU 7-1 11-1
Mississippi 6-2 10-2
Arkansas 2-6 5-7
Miss. St. 2-6 5-7
Auburn 0-8 3-9

The SEC puts 8 teams in Bowl games.
Florida loses to LSU. Georgia loses to LSU and Florida. LSU loses to Alabama. Ole Miss loses to LSU and Alabama.





The National Championship Picture (this prior to Bowl games but after Conference championship games)

Texas 12-1
USC 11-1
Penn St. 12-0
North Carolina 11-2
Oklahoma St. 10-2
Nebraska 10-3
Ohio St. 10-2
Florida 12-1
Alabama 12-1
LSU11-1
Ole Miss 10-2




Penn St. (who benefit from a fairly easy schedule) will meet Florida in the BCS National Championship game. Alabama and Penn St. will be undefeated in the regular season and they will be riding high. Florida will be known as the champ who knocked off two undefeated teams on the way to their championship. Florida will clobber Alabama in the SEC Championship game. Then they will beat Penn St. in the BCS Championship game. I really don’t want to be on the Florida bandwagon but…

Florida will be the National Champion (their only loss coming to LSU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

It is FOOTBALL Time!!!! Wade's NFL predictions

Football is Here
Wade’s NFL predictions

Some quick notes: I live in the New Orleans area but I am not a “die hard” Saints fan. Yes I love it when they win and get a little perturbed when they lose, but it is not like I feel when the Dodgers win or lose.
These predictions are not biased in any way. It is how I truly feel.

Here you go:

AFC

South
Tennessee 12-4
Indianapolis 10-6
Houston 9-7
Jacksonville 4-12
I am really high on Tennessee this year. I think they have the complete package to win this division. Only 2 of their losses will be from the division. A split with Indy and a split with Houston. I really liked Houston to make the playoffs this year, but I think they will just miss it. Indy will slip in as a wild card. Jacksonville will be competitive, but their end result will be a crummy record.

East
New England 11-5
Miami 8-8
Buffalo 6-10
NY Jets 5-11
New England won’t repeat last year. They have their QB back. They will easily win the division. I thought Miami might do better than 8-8 and squeak into the playoffs, but when I played out the season’s games, 8-8 is all I thought they would do. Buffalo will take a while to get going on offense and by the time they do, it will be too late. I don’t have much faith in the Jets this year, but give Mark Sanchez a few years and they might be a contender.

North
Pittsburgh 13-3
Baltimore 11-5
Cleveland 7-9
Cincinnati 5-11
Pittsburgh and Baltimore are the cream of the crop in this division. Both will make the playoffs easily. The battle will be for first place, but I think the Steelers will prevail. Cleveland and Cincinnati will round up the bottom. I just don’t think they have it this year. I wouldn’t be surprised if Cinci actually finishes better than Cleveland does.

West
San Diego 10-6
Kansas City 6-10
Denver 5-11
Oakland 4-12
I was high on San Diego going in. They will easily win the division, but unlike last year, they won’t make much noise in the playoffs. KC and Denver will have bad years. Oakland will win 4 games only, but it won’t be Jamarcus Russell’s fault.

Playoffs
Division Winners
Tennessee
New England
Pittsburgh
San Diego
Wild Card
Baltimore
Indianapolis

Indy and San Diego will be knocked out in the first round. Then Tennessee and Baltimore will have a slug fest. Tennessee barely gets by. New England will win a close one at Pittsburgh. Tennessee will shock and roll all over New England to get to the Super Bowl.


AFC Superbowl Representative
Tennessee

NFC

South
New Orleans 11-5
Atlanta 10-6
Carolina 10-6
Tampa Bay 4-12
I really do believe that the Saints offense will continue their high scoring ways and their Defense will be much improved. This will propel them to win this tough division and go even further. Tampa Bay will be cellar dwellers. Atlanta – who I am not very high on – will beat out Carolina for a NFC wild card spot.

East
NY Giants 11-5
Philadelphia 10-6
Dallas 8-8
Washington 6-10
Giant’s fans should be happy. This team will be a beast this year in the regular season. Philly will easily make the wild card for the playoffs due to tiebreakers with Carolina. Neither team will win in the playoffs. Dallas will be mediocre and heads will roll. Washington will round it out – the bottom that is.

North
Green Bay 10-6
Chicago 9-7
Minnesota 7-9
Detroit 3-13
Detroit will win 3 games. Brett Favre won’t lead the Vikings to the Promised Land. Chicago will fall a little short to make the playoffs. Green Bay will win the division but not by much. Green Bay is the best team in this league and thanks to Division games, will win it.

West
Arizona 11-5
Seattle 9-7
St. Louis 8-8
San Francisco 6-10
I was high on Seattle going in, but like other division, once I played the games out, Arizona will again prevail and go far in the playoffs. They are just too good on offense not to. Seattle will have a good year and win some big games, but it will be the games they “should” win that will keep them out of the playoffs. St. Louis will be about 8-8 give or take. The 49ers just won’t have it this year.

Playoffs
Division Winners
New Orleans
NY Giants
Green Bay
Arizona
Wild Card
Philadelphia
Atlanta

Arizona will easily knock Atlanta out of the first round. Green Bay will barley get by Philly. The Saints will roll over the Packers in the Superdome. Arizona will be cold, but will just get by the Giants. The Saints will prevail over the Cardinals in a high scoring affair. The Saints will be in the Superbowl.

NFC Superbowl Representative
New Orleans

Superbowl
Tennessee vs. New Orleans

Winner: Tennessee

Tennessee will beat the Saints in a close Superbowl game. The high powered Saints offense will come down a bit and the MUCH improved Defense will fall a wee bit short as the Titans get just enough to win.

Like all predictions, these may be way off or right on….who really knows.

Tomorrow, the NCAA (which was compiled before the season ….I haven’t had the chance to get it on the blog until now!

PS...Dodgers vs. Angels...World Series.....I said this before the Baseball season began............we shall see!

Vick

Vick, Michael

I really thought that I would never comment on the Mike Vick issue.
But, I have to.
I will keep it short.
First, I do feel that professional athletes, movie stars, “big time” pastors, high profile people, famous musicians, etc do get preferential treatment for certain acts.
I do feel what Mike Vick did was wrong, offensive, cruel, etc.
But I also feel he deserves a second chance. He got his second chance.
Lets just say you or I did what he did. We served our time. We were sorry and remorseful. Our employer gives us a second chance. Don’t you think you or I would deserve that?
Yes.
I actually heard a guy on the radio say that if he did the same thing and his employer gave him a second chance, he would deserve that second chance. He followed that up by saying “But Vick doesn’t deserve it (the second chance).”
This guy can’t be to swift.
Mike Vick’s case is the same. It just happens to be the Philadelphia Eagles and the National Football League instead of Bob’s Vacuum Service.
His employer gave him a second chance. If your employer gave you a second chance it would be the same thing.
Another person told me that Vick isn’t sorry, he is just giving lip service so he can get back in the NFL. I asked him if he went to Mike Vick’s house last night and Mike Vick told him that over iced tea?
Now I hope he is truly remorseful about what he did do. No one that I know will ever be able to tell that.
So, in the spirit of humanity and the spirit of forgiveness, he deserves a second chance.
Whether you agree or disagree is up to you.
If you disagree, go read your Bible. There are a lot of words telling you why you should agree.