Building on a 5-2 week!

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening to everyone out there,
I hope everyone enjoyed their first weekend of college ball and was lucky enough to make some dough if that is your style. I had a pretty decent weekend when I was picking the games; however, I got killed in my friendly pools where the games are given to you.

This weekend the Irish open up the 2008 season against San Diego State. Last week the Aztecs got beat by Cal Poly 27-29. Cal Poly rushed for 263 yards on 5.2 yards per carry. Unbeleivable. Coach Weis says the Irish are going to pound the ball this year and with three talented backs, I don't see any reason why ND can't put up at least 350-400 yards rushing against SDSU and several TDs. Furthermore, five defensive linemen for SDSU went down with injuries in the game. If ND fails to win by more than 10, we'll be in for a long season.

This weekend I am looking forward to the West Virginia-East Carolina game. I think this will be a good game and if the weather turns bad on Pat White this might be closer than the experts think (sorry). I am also looking forward to the Stanford-Arizona St. game. I am kind of thinking upset here. The Sun Devils need to be on guard!

OK here are your Free Money Picks for this weekend.
College

1. BYU -9 at Washington. Willingham is desperate for a win, but it will not come here. He won't even come close here.
2. Over 42.5 SDSU at Notre Dame. IF Cal Poly can put up 29 on SDSU, I think ND alone should cover the over. Given that ND's defense has been a little suspect we can bank on SDSU scoring at least a couple times. Easy money here.
3. South Florida -13.5 at Central Florida. Don't get me wrong I like George O'Leary, but he does not have the horses here to keep up with the Bulls. South Florida takes it by at least two touchdowns.
4. Miami +23 at Florida. If I told you Miami has beaten Florida the last 6 times they played would you believe me? Well they have and they covered the spread in 5 of those contests. Given they have not played since 2004, but I think Miami will be up for this game and at least keep it within 3 Tds.
5. Texas -26.5 at Texas-El Paso. There is a lot of hype in El Paso for this game, but they were beaten by Buffalo (not the Bills) by 25 last week. I am not saying Buffalo is a bad team (they will probably beat Pitt this week), but Texas is better than Buffalo and should easily roll in week 2 again.

NFL

1. New York Jets -3 at Miami. Not picking this because Favre. Picking because the Dolphins are still bad.
2. Detroit -3 at Atlanta. A rookie QB in week 1. I dont like it.
3. San Diego -9 against Carolina. San Diego starts there march towards the playoffs. Let's hope LT stays healthy and they keep covering lines.

That is all i have for now. Please share any thoughts, wins, or losses you have.
Good luck and have a good Friday,

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