Tonight in the NFL one curse ended and a new one began as the Dallas Cowboys routed the Philadelphia Eagles 34-14. If you remember Cowboys coach Wade Phillips was a victim of the Doug Flutie curse, in 1999 Phillips was with the Buffalo Bills, who on the strength of Flutie’s strong play snuck into the playoffs. The coaching staff then make the absurd (more...)
Archive for January, 2010
NFL Wildcard Sunday Picks
Thursday, January 7th, 2010 | No CommentsBaltimore Ravens +3 +160 Over 43 New England Patriots -3 -190 Under 43 In Sunday’s first Wildcard game, the Baltimore Ravens look to be the first team to knock off the Patriots at home this season. If they do it, they’ll be the first Ravens team ever to beat the Patriots (0-5). This season they have relied heavily on the running of 2nd year (more...)
Wildcard Saturday NFL Predictions
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 | No CommentsNew York Jets at Cincinnati Bengals New York Jets +3 -125 +120 Over 34½ Cincinnati Bengals -3 +105 -140 Under 34½ In week 17, the New York Jets laid a 37-0 beating on the Cincinnati (more...)
Super Bowl XLVI Odds
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 | No CommentsOdds to Win the Super Bowl This is my favorite time of year, the NFL playoffs pit the twelve best teams in the league in a grueling death match until a victor is determined the first Sunday in February. Here are the odds to win Super Bowl XLVI. Indianapolis Colts 3/1 – Roger Goodell said he was going to look into (more...)
Black Monday NFL Style
Monday, January 4th, 2010 | No CommentsBlack Monday NFL Style The Monday following week 17 is usually a bloodbath, coaches are axed, coordinators are axed, GMs are axed and owners make lame speeches about how things will be different next season and all of the seasons beyond. The ax started falling early this morning let’s have a look at the slaughter so far. Gone Washington (more...)
Sunday NFL Betting Wrap Up
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 | No CommentsIndianapolis 7 Buffalo 30 Ryan Fitzpatrick passed for 155 yards with three touchdowns Sunday and theBuffalo Bills defeated the Indianapolis Colts 30-7. The Bills were an 8-point favorite and were able to cover the spread. The combined score went OVER the posted over/under total (32). Fred Jackson rushed for 212 yards on 33 carries and Terrell (more...)
Best of the 2000′s – Best Teams
Friday, January 1st, 2010 | No CommentsHappy New Years! Before we move on to new business, let’s finish up with some old business. Today in our look back on the past decade, we look at the best teams of the past decade. There were some hard choices but here we go. NBA ‘07-08 Boston Celtics After finishing with the second worst record in the NBA general manager Danny Ainge had (more...)