COLLEGE BOWL 3 STAR POWER PLAY

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*** NORTHWESTERN  -1.5    vs    MISSISSIPPI  ST 

I think this Wildcats team and coach have been a little underrated this year.  I know they are ranked, but they came into this game as the under dog.  They have lost a few games and they were all very close and winnable.  Miss St, on the other hand has been destroyed by every semi-decent to good team they've played and I think has been overrated all year.

PREDICTED SCORE : WILDCATS  28  BULLDOGS 24

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                                  CHICK-FIL-A BOWL


*** LSU -4.5   vs   CLEMSON

This is the type of game coach Les Miles is going to treat like a championship game.  He loves and is graced with the opportunity to play Clemson and be back in this bowl game for the second time.  Who knows why.  This is also a game where his team over matches the other team with talent. I think that Clemson has a very good offense and will be able to score some touchdowns, but on the defensive side of the ball, not so much.  The main key to this game is that LSU will dominate them at the line of scrimmage, and I don't think Clemson QB Tajh Boyd Jr has seen a pass rush as monstrous as LSU's.  Good luck to them trying to stop their running game also.

PREDICTED SCORE :  LSU 37   CLEMSON 21

COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAY

* FLORIDA  -  10.5   at    KANSAS ST

COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAY

** XAVIER   +9   at  CINCINNATI

I do not know why the Muskateers are getting this many points.  Maybe there's something I don't know about this game.  I do know they are getting back their F Justin Martin after the head injury that took him out of the Vanderbilt game on December 6, and that they also have had 10 days off since they played their last game.  That is a long lay-off, but Xavier has seemed to get up more for the good teams.  They have only lost 2 barn burners by a combined 5 points all year.  Cincinnati is coming in at home undefeated, which may leave them more vulnerable, and except for Alabama and Oregon, they have not played anyone.  This very well could be the Bearcats first loss of the season, because I see Xavier coming in and playing them real tough tonight.

NFL WEEK 16 PLAY

* SEATTLE    pk   vs   SAN FRANCISCO

I have said this all year and I'm still going to say it.  I don't know how you can go against the Seahawks at home this year.  I also think it's kind of nuts going against them right now with them being as hot as they are.  They've put up over 100 points in the last two games, plus they got the Niners off of a short week.  It's a good spot to have them in, and Seattle truly has that 12th man advantage, plus a really good defense.  So I got to go with the Hawks in a gut-wrencher.

NBA PLAY

* CHICAGO  -1.5  vs   BOSTON

I like the way the Bulls have been playing in their last few games, which is a lot better than how they were playing when they lost to the Celtics on November 12th in Boston.  I'll take the Bulls to win by at least a basket at home tonight.

MONDAY MORNING NFL

I couldn't have been more wrong, once again, about my New Orleans Saints yesterday.  I backed the other team, because the season was already over and I thought they'd probably lose so I could actually enjoy it in some way.  I know what some of you so called True Fans think, but I don't care and really don't need to justify it, but I kind of just did.  I am a true fan but also a bettor and business person.  If you have never listened to a whole Saints game on the radio, then you're not as true of a fan as me, because back in the day we had to listen to home games this way.  So sorry I didn't get to enjoy a meaningless win, where the Saints looked better than they did all year.  I was glad to see them play like this and hope it carries into next year.  At least the defense has started to improve in the second half of this year, but it needs to get much better next season.  As for the Falcons, they have proved that maybe this chatter about them not being a real team was just squirrel talk.  I know it's still the regular season, but the dirty birds needed that game vs the Giants and I think they showed they can play like one of the best teams.  Green Bay is healthy and clinched their division, owning the Bears, who have continued to slip.  I guess you can't count the Packers out of making a play-off run.  Atlanta still has to show this same dominance in the play offs if they want to go to a Superbowl.  Peyton Manning and the hot Broncos continue to roll and after last night the Pats don't look so unbeatable anymore. I know it's early but I'll take the Broncos to play in the AFC Championship game.  Strange things happen in the NFL along with the play offs.  There tends to be a team that surprises some in the post season and I think the Seattle Seahawks could be one of those teams this year.  I'm not saying they are winning anything but don't be shocked if they make their conference championship game.  Something has told me all year that the Giants are not going back to the SB.  Hell, they might not even make the play offs now. Ha. Fuck you Eli.  I can't really tell who's going to make the big game this year just yet, because it is still too early, but I am thinking Broncos will represent the AFC.  The NFC is sort of a toss up, and although I must see them look good in at least one game, I am not one that thinks the Falcons can't be for real, because they can.  It will most probably come down to San Fran, GB and Atlanta.  Now let me go try to enjoy the rest of these two regular season weeks.