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Thursday, October 4, 2007

Week Five NFL Picks, 7-8 October

The NFL picks for 7-8 October, Week Five:

Sunday 7 October

NOrl (-3) v Car: Saints 20, Panthers 17
Jax (-2) @ KC: Jaguars 24, Chiefs 17
Wash (-3 1/2) v Det: Redskins 24, Lions 2o
Tenn (-8) v Atl: Titans 27, Falcons 20
Htn (6 1/2) v Mia: Texans 33, Dolphins 21
Pgh (-6) v Sea: Steelers 26, Seahawks 17
NEng (-17) v Cle: Patriots 44, Browns 10
Ariz (-4) @ StL: Cardinals 30, Rams 23
NYG (-4) v NYJ: Giants 17, Jets 7
Ind (9 1/2) v TB: Colts 30, Buccaneers 14
Den (even) v SD: Broncos 19, Chargers 16
SF (+3 1/2) v Balt: FortyNiners 13, Ravens 10
GB (-3 1/2) v Chi: Packers 23, Bears 16

Monday 8 October

Buf (-11 1/2) v Dal: Bills 34, Cocaineboys 30


IDLE: CINC MINN OAK PHIL

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College Football Picks for Week Six, 4-7 October

Here are the college football picks for some of the games being played from Thursday 4 October to Sunday 7 October.

Thursday 4 October

#18 South Carolina (-3 1/2) 27, #8 Kentucky 20 + +

Friday 5 October

Utah (+ 14 1/2) 38, Louisville 34 + +

Saturday 6 October

# 1 Southern Cal (-40 1/2) 55, Stanford 10 X X
#7 Florida (+7) 16, # 2 Louisiana St 13 UPSET X +
# 3 California: IDLE
*20 Purdue (+7 1/2) 23, # 4 Ohio St 20 UPSET X X
# 5 Wisconsin (+1) 24, Illinois 22 UPSET X X
# 6 Boston College (-21) 38, Bowling Green 10 + +
# 9 South Florida (-17 1/2) 27, Florida Atlantic 10 + +
#10 Oklahoma (-13) 42, #16 Texas 17 (@ Dallas) + X
#11 Georgia (-1) 27, Tennessee 23 X X
#12 West Virginia (-27) 44, Syracuse 13 + +
#13 Oregon: IDLE
#15 Hawaii (-42) 63, Utah St 20 + X
#23 Nebraska (+6) 29, #17 Missouri 27 UPSET X X
#19 Arizona St (-10) 47, Washington St 23 X +
#21 Rutgers (-4) 28, #24 Cincinnati 24 X +
#22 Clemson (-5 1/2) 24, #14 Virginia Tech 21 X +
#25 UCLA (-20 1/2) 23, Notre Dame 16 X +
Wyoming (-3) 16, Texas Christian 13 + +
Nevada-Las Vegas (+5) 31, Air Force 27 UPSET X X
Colorado St (-13 1/2) 37, San Diego St 23 X X
Colorado (-9 1/2) 27, Baylor 10 + +
Texas Tech (-25) 54, Iowa St 31 + +
Oklahoma St (+6 1/2) 27, Texas A&M 24 UPSET X +
Indiana (-13 1/2) 29, Minnesota 10 + +
Michigan St (-16) 27, Northwestern 17 + X
Miami FL (-6 1/2) 31, North Carolina 20 X X
Michigan (-29 1/2) 37, Eastern Michigan 10 + +
Kansas St (-3 1/2) 26, Kansas 23 + +
Maryland (+3) 24, Georgia Tech 21 UPSET + +
Auburn -(9 1/2) 30, Vanderbilt 16 + +
Wake Forest (-8 1/2) 27, Duke 13 + X
Mississippi (-18 1/2) 37, Louisiana Tech 17 + +
Alabama (-11 1/2) 34, Houston 28 + +
Penn St (-10) 27, Iowa 16 + +
Florida St (-17 1/2) 37, North Carolina St 7 + X
Fresno St (+3) 31, Nevada 29 UPSET + +
San Jose St (-6 1/2) 28, Idaho 20 + +
Oregon St (-3) 20, Arizona 13 + +
Tulane (+6 1/2) 24, Army 22 UPSET X +
Troy (-19) 35, Florida Int'l 17 + +
Virginia (-10 1/2) 38, Middle Tennessee 14 + X
East Carolina (+4 1/2) 34, Central Florida 27 UPSET + +
Tulsa (-3 1/2) 34, Texas-El Paso 27 X X

Sunday 7 October

Boise St (-25 1/2) 37, New Mexico St 17 + X

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Colorado Rockies Take 2-0 NLDS Lead




The Colorado Rockies continue to accomplish the improbable as they took the first two games in one of the NLDS with solid victories over the hometeam Phillies. The best of five series resumes Saturday night at Coors Field at 7:30pm with the threat of inclement weather looming and forecasts for even worse weather should a game four be necessary Sunday night at 8pm. I, however, have confidence the Rockies will end it Saturday making it a sweep. Arizona is winning game two of the other NLDS as this post went to press which could make it 2-0 for the Diamondbacks. We may get an NLCS with two teams not even picked to be the two best in their own division. And it would be the first professional sports championship involving both teams from the Mountain Time Zone.

I did get to attend the NL wildcard tiebreaker at Coors Field on Monday 1 October and I must say it was probably the best game I have ever seen in person. Thats a pretty tall statement considering I have attended over 200 games in person, be it regular season or spring training games. It was a once in a lifetime trainload of thrills and I was fortunate to be accompanied by my brother and share in this unbelievable event with all the excitement that ensued. Getting tickets to the NLCS would seem to be impossible or too costly which is disappointing. I could have gone to the NLDS game on Saturday with my friend Matt in Denver, but my work is holding its bi-annual inventory which will prevent my being able to even watch the game let alone attend it. Alas, sometimes life is unfair, but at least I was able to attend one game in this postseason.

Lets go Rockies...keep it going...two down, one to go...then on to the NLCS !