The Wiesguy is a newcomer to the handicapping scene. Hailing from Toronto, Canada he is always sweet on the underdogs and you can often find his thoughts, musings and picks at moneydogs.blogspot.com.
Marshall was a surprise loser in the Conference USA championship game. They were touchdown favourites but lost by 17 against Rice and now have to bounce back if they want to beat a Maryland team that should be pretty hungry for the first bowl win of the Randy Edsall era.
Very strong start for the Cowboys this season as they are living up to preseason expectations.
The AFC South is all weirded up this year. Houston was supposed to be good enough to compete for A Super Bowl but they stink; Jacksonville was supposed to be worst team in NFL history but they are just medium bad; and Indianapolis was supposed to falter but they are in first place.
Here we go again. A couple of weeks ago these teams were tied atop the NFC South heading into a tilt in New Orleans, won rather easily by the Saints.
Even though it may feel like funeral down in Dallas the Cowboys still have a reasonable shot to make the playoffs.
There are meaningless matches and then there is this one. Neither of these teams is going to make the playoffs this season and both have been slumping of late, throw in some bad weather and you have a hell of a show right?
San Antonio got back to winning last night against Phoenix after a debacle at the Clippers to start the week. Knowing they had a back to back they did it in impressive fashion by not overextending their starters and without PG Tony Parker who has a shin thing and is not expected to play in this one either.
Getting good matchups for Bowl games is sometimes tricky because of all the automatic tie-ins. I think that one can be a very spirited matchup because these are two well coached teams and even though they have different strengths I think they are kind of evenly matched, even if the number doesn’t suggest that.
The Stanford Cardinal were expected to be a second tier team in the PAC 12 and so far they done nothing to change that perspective.
By now the Bulls should be adapted to the fact that Derrick Rose will not be available. The problem is that means that this team is going to be in some tough spots, especially in games where they need someone to make an important bucket.
Minnesota started off really strongly but has been slumping over the last three weeks. As a result they have dropped to 4th in the Northwest Division standings.
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Kobe Bryant is back but the Lakers have only won one of the 4 games since his return. It was the last one so maybe they are getting used to having him back in the lineup, though I doubt it because he has looked pretty off playing more of a distributor role than scorer.
With their win over Detroit in the snow last week the Philadelphia Eagles are in the pole position in the NFC East right now just ahead of Dallas.
This game is not going to mean much but at least the Buffalo Bills will be able to get out of the cold for a week. They are looking to show a little face after an embarrassing loss to Tampa Bay last week in which their young QB looked just awful.
San Francisco got a great win over Seattle last week, really great because those guys were looking pretty unbeatable lately. The 49ers have won their last three games and with their quarterback coming around they are starting to look more like a team with a shot to return to the Super Bowl.
Down three games with three game to play it is going to be tough for the Miami Dolphins to catch the New England Patriots to win the AFC East.
