Week 16 Football Picks/13-14

Hello again everybody.  A little bit lighter than normal Football Friday post in store for you right now due to the fact that there are no college games this weekend - I have NO IDEA what I will watch on t.v. Saturday...  Okay, Army/Navy, Towson/Eastern Illinois, but not a lot of college games...  ;) However, Alyssa has a Texans score for us, and Joey..., well..., let's just say that he likes college basketball a little bit...  You'll be introduced to something new momentarily...  ;)  For those of you who follow our local football schools, my beloved Texas State Bobcats stumbled down the homestretch, and although they were bowl eligible at 6-6, they did not receive a bowl bid.  The Texas Longhorns lost to Baylor 30-10 last Saturday in what turned out for all intents and purposes to be the Big 12 Championship Game, and the Horns will be facing the Oregon Ducks in the Alamo Bowl on December 30th.  If you follow college football at all, you've seen the Longhorns in the news due to the speculation surrounding Mack Brown's future.  I have no firsthand information on the matter, but I just wanted to let you know that I'm also aware of the buzz...  We're going to give our celebrity experts a little time off, but they'll be back for some of the bowl games and definitely for the Super Bowl...


Celebrity Experts (Last weekend 1-6/Overall record of 103-86 on Bobcats and Longhorns games)


My good friend and Bobcat baseball icon Chad Spear was the only expert to take the Bears over the Horns, and he had Baylor winning the game 31-21, which wasn't too far off considering how often the Bears usually score...  Like a told you a minute ago, Joey has some interest in college hoops, so we're expanding his parlay card for the time being.  In addition to football, Joey is going to give us thoughts on five college basketball games each week.  Because I always type my sports entry before Saturday, and since Joey will be prognosticating weekend basketball matchups, he will give us his score prediction for each game, and I will come back and edit in how his score would have him betting against the spread, and in regard to the over/under.  You'll see... ;)  Now, live from Las Vegas and the Palace Station Sportsbook, here's Joey...

Joey's Parlay Card (Last weekend 0-1/Overall record of 17-10 on Aggies, Bobcats, & Longhorns games)


Joey's College Hoops Parlay Card (First weekend/Overall record of 0-0 on the 13-14 season)

The parlay card switches to basketball this week as #1 Arizona takes on a 6-3 Michigan team. Arizona barely beat UNLV, but Michigan plays lots of zone and Arizona likes to shoot three's. Even though Arizona is on the road, they win easily, 85-62.  #5 Michigan State takes on Oakland (which until last week I thought was in California), but the school is in the state of Michigan. Michigan State rolls 88-55.  UNLV plays at Southern Utah.  Not much D on either squad, and not much O either.  UNLV wins a close one 61-59.  Texas State plays big boy Texas on Saturday. Texas goes to 9-1 on the season with a 72-61 victory.  Finally, since I lived in New Mexico for over 25 years, we will watch the Lobos travel to Kansas.  Bill Self and the Jayhawk Nation have not lost 3 in a row in over 10 years.  This will be a first.  Lobos at the free throw line, 81-77.  That's all for now - may all your parlay cards hit.


Arizona (+1 1/2) @ Michigan - (Over 137 1/2)
Michigan State (-16) @ Oakland - (Under 150)
Southern Utah (+16) vs. UNLV -
Texas State (+14 1/2) @ Texas -
New Mexico (+ 5 1/2) @ Kansas - (Over 144)


And now for a prediction from our favorite Texans fan, here's Alyssa...

Alyssa's Corner (Last weekend 0-2/Overall record of 16-21 on Texans, Bobcats, & Longhorns games)

Texans @ Colts:  Texans 24-17


It is graduation weekend in San Marcos, America, so Alyssa is representing the alma mater...  Alyssa hasn't had the best week, so she's just dropping off a score this week.  Off the top of my head, I think that 24-17 is her favorite score to predict, but I'm not gonna go back through the other 15 weeks of posts to verify this...  :)  I think that Alyssa's strategy may be to keep picking the same score, presuming that it will inevitably hit, and then she'll find herself in 'Coach's Hall of Fame' (which as of now, is still unoccupied)...  We hope that things turn around quickly for our friend up in Abilene...

Personally, I've been representing a lot of losing football picks lately, although I was really right on the Texas/Baylor (under 72), and should have bet everything that I own on that outcome - there was just NO WAY in that weather...  The weird thing though, is that I don't have completely good or completely bad football weekends.  Between my picks here, and fantasy football, and the Bobcat Nation Sports Bar & Grill pick 'em contest, and Lucki Duck's contest, I always seem to win AND lose each week...  Maybe this is the photo that helps me out...  I'm sure that I've been to at least one of these places once or twice...  ;)

Coach (Last weekend 0-1/Overall record of 13-11 on Bobcats and Longhorns games)


Coach's Ten Horrific Bets of the Week (Last weekend 3-6-1/Overall record of 69-76-5)

Saints (-5 1/2) @ Rams - 5-8 Rams may have packed it in...
Jets/Panthers - (Under 41) - We'll try the Jets on this again this week...
Patriots/Dolphins (Over 45 1/2) - Should be a lot of passing down in Miami...
Eagles (-4 1/2) @ Vikings - Philly is looking good, and the Vikes..., not so much...
49ers (-5 1/2) @ Buccaneers - Frisco is looking good, and the Bucs..., not so much...
Bears (+1) @ Browns - The Bears are the underdog here..., really?...
Chiefs (-4) @ Raiders - K.C. just giving up four points?  Yes please...
Bengals/Steelers (Over 41) - I just have a hunch here...
Colts (-5 1/2) vs. Texans - Indy just giving up 5 1/2 points?  Yes please.  Sorry Alyssa...
Ravens/Lions (Over 48 1/2) - Good weather is expected in the dome...


And yes, we're calling this group of selections my '10 Horrific Bets' until my record climbs back above the .500 mark (hopefully that will be this week, but most likely, this is the new name of these picks for the remainder of the season)...  :P  Not a chance...  ;)

Have a great football weekend and I'll see you again on Monday!