Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Streamers.

Hot start to the bowl season.  Didn't even break a sweat.  San Diego State 42, Cinci 7.  Next.


Now for a little extra advice to the Streamers, after all it's the season of giving, we are going to take the first two NBA Christmas Day Unders.  This a theory created by (my friend) Big Cat that the players eat huge meals on Christmas Eve and can’t shoot as well with an upset stomach the following day.


Dec 25 12:05 PM EST
New Orleans Pelicans / Miami Heat Under 199½ -110 for Game

Dec 25 02:35 PM EST
Chicago Bulls / Oklahoma City Thunder Under 204½ -110 for Game

Bowl Season

Bowl season, one of the most wonderful times of the year.  Rather than pick all of my games up front, I'm going to post them over the course of this week, leading up to the national championship.

I'm also creating a pick'em contest for friends, family, and Streamers.  Top 10 games or so.  Entry fee $20.  Post your name in the comment section if you want an invitation.



Now to the first pick in the Hawaii Bowl tonight....


+ Lasko’s Bowl Picks --

San Diego State (-1.5) - Cincinnati

The main storyline here is San Diego State’s excellent defense. In all of college football they are one of only 8 teams with Top 25 defenses in terms of rushing yards allowed and passing yards allowed (rush rank/pass rank) : Alabama (1st/20th), Wisconsin (3rd/5th), Boston College (4th/24th), San Diego State (10th/12th), Florida (13th/7th), Michigan (17th/2nd), Ohio State (23rd/9th), and Clemson (24th/6th).



Last Week: 1-1
Season: 38-39-1 (49.4%)
Career: 364-294-15 (55.3%)

Finality

Here we go. Bowl season.  Yes, I realize there have been about five games and I write this post during the first real bowl game in my opinion (Marmot Boca Raton Bowl with Temple vs. Toledo).  I was going to pick Toledo for this one and realized I needed to make my picks pronto.

My opinion on how my picks went this regular season:

Here comes my 5-0 bowl finish.  After a huge final week when I end the season with all the spotlight instead of Lasko or Couch:

Kevin's Week 13 Picks

W - Clemson (-5) over North Carolina

W - Florida (+17.5) over Alabama

L - Northern Illinois (+12) over Bowling Green

W - Texas (+20.5) over Baylor

L - Michigan State (-3.5) over Iowa (LOW) 

Kevin's 2015 Record

Overall - 34-31 (52%)

Two Weeks Ago – 3-2 (60%)

Lock of Week - 6-7 (46%)

Kevin's Bowl Picks

Pittsburgh (+3) over Navy

Ohio State (-6.5) over Notre Dame

Stanford (-6.5) over Iowa

Kansas State (+13.5) over Arkansas

Indiana (-2) over Duke (LOW)

Championship Week

Here we are, back in the Big 10 Championship!   Never thought we would be here after that Nebraska game but that seemed to motivate our team to get there.

Connors' Week 12 Picks

L-Stanford (-3.5) over Notre Dame

W-Indiana (-6.5) over Purdue

L-Illinois (+3.5) over Northwestern

W-Cincinnati (+1.5) over East Carolina

W-Oregon St. (+36) over Oregon

It is with much sadness that I tell you that I am not going to be making any picks this week. My sole focus has been the upcoming game on Sat that I really haven't looked at the other games.  This is always a tough slate of games to pick anyways because there are so few games and so much on the line the odds makers are usually dead on.  You may think this is cowardly but my sole focus is my teams chance to make the playoff.  It makes me so nervous that the LOW is being put on Sparty.  

Iowa taking over Lucas Oil Stadium with these fans scares me as well...

GO GREEN! GO WHITE!!!!

Bewilderment

OK.  I am not happy with this.  Two losing weeks in a row.  Oh well.  Also, pair that with an awful Michigan game and it was just a bad weekend.  Worse yet, Laske AJM (not to be confused with Laske BJM) looks like he is going to pass me with this strong finish.  Is he converting back to his old ways of 60%+ rate?  Time will tell.  

Me thinking about my picks these past two weeks:

Here we go.  Ready to finish 8-2 or better with the last two rounds of picks.  Overall feeling going into week 14:

Kevin's Week 13 Picks

W - Oregon State (+34.5) over Oregon

L - Clemson (-17) over South Carolina

W - Duke (-4) over Wake Forest

L - Stanford (-3.5) over Notre Dame

L - Penn State (+11) over Michigan State (LOW)

Kevin's 2015 Record

Overall - 31-29 (51%)

Two Weeks Ago – 2-3 (40%)

Lock of Week - 6-6 (50%)

Kevin's Week 14 Picks

Clemson (-5) over North Carolina

Florida (+17.5) over Alabama

Northern Illinois (+12) over Bowling Green

Texas (+20.5) over Baylor

Michigan State (-3.5) over Iowa (LOW)