Army vs Navy College Football Spread/Handicapping
Its kind of nice that these two service academies get this game on a Saturday where there is no other FBS football to compete with.
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.
Its kind of nice that these two service academies get this game on a Saturday where there is no other FBS football to compete with.
For me Dallas is one of the most surprising teams in the NBA so far this season. Before the season started I thought they would be pretty awful but they are right there in the middle of the Western Conference.
Boise State is looking like an emerging basketball program. Last year they made the tournament and this year they are off to a perfect start so far.
The Magic are in last place in the Southeast Division standings. One of the reasons they are there is that his team is no good on the road with just one victory in nine tries.
The New York Jets had a chance to make something of their season last week but they lost to the Miami Dolphins in maybe their worst performance of the season.
These teams were opposites last week. The Pittsburgh Steelers took a hit with their loss to Baltimore while Miami put themselves in good position with a victory over the New York Jets.
This is one of those who cares games so don’t spend too much time trying to figure it out – even the coaches probably aren’t sure what they are going to get. Both of these teams are out of the playoffs at this point and both are trying to see what they really have in their rookie signal callers.
This is an important battle between division winners that don’t have a lot of margin for error. The Philadelphia Eagles are on a hot streak coming into this one with a newly solidified quarterback in Nick Foles and a 4 game winning streak.
There are some unlikely teams playing in conference championship games this weekend but I think the least likely of them all has to be Duke. Now nobody is giving them much of a chance to beat the top ranked Florida Seminoles but you can not say that the Blue Devils didn’t earn this spot.
The Marshall Thundering Herd are no surprise to be in the Conference USA Championship this season. They outdueled East Carolina to get here but find a surprising opponent in Rice.
The fact that neither of these teams are at the top of the American Athletic Conference standings right now says a lot about the depth of the league in their first year as this league could easily finish the regular season with three teams with double digit win totals.
The Spurs are off to a great start this season but they are just 2-2 over their last 4 games. There is no cause for alarm as losing at OKC and to Houston are not bad losses but they do shed some light on this team.
The Wolverines have not gotten off the to the best of starts. It might be a little bit of a hangover from last year’s run to the Finals but there have certainly been injuries that have affected them adversely too with big man Mitch McGary both missing time and not looking all that great out there overall.
After a reasonable evaluation period this team is about exactly where we thought they would be at this point in the season, maybe a little worse.
As we saw on Thursday night there is nothing better than a couple of division rivals in what is essentially a playoff elimination game.
Last week the Bears and the Lions stumbled but with the Lions already having a win in the bag on Thanksgiving it is on the Bears to try and keep pace in the NFC North.