College Football Pick'em Week 2

Favorites are listed first followed by the opponent then the spread. My picks are in bold.

(11) Wisconsin vs. Marshall - 21.0
(24) Illinois vs. Eastern Illinois - Off
(3) Ohio St. vs. Ohio - 34.0
(9) Auburn vs. Southern Miss - 17.5
(15) BYU at Washington - 9.0
(20) Wake Forest vs. Mississippi - 8.0
(18) Oregon vs. Utah St. - 36.0
(4) Oklahoma vs. Cincinnati - 21.5
(2) Georgia vs. Cent. Michigan - 23.5
(19) Penn St. vs. Oregon St. - 16.5
(8) West Virginia at East Carolina - 8.0
(17) South Florida at UCF - 14.0
(14) Kansas vs. Louisiana Tech - 20.5
(6) Missouri vs. SE Missouri St. - Off
(13) Alabama vs. Tulane - 30.0
(22) Utah vs. UNLV - 22.0
(5) Florida vs. Miami (FL) - 21.5
(12) Texas Tech at Nevada - 10.5
(15) Arizona St. vs. Stanford - 14.0
(10) Texas at UTEP - 27.0

Tiebreakers
1. West Virginia 31 - ECU 17
Cincinnati 17 - Oklahoma 37
2. Who will score the MOST points this week? Missouri
3. Who will score the LEAST points this week? Ohio

Pro Football Pick'em Week 1

The NFL Season Gets underway tonight and I couldn't be happier. With another NFL season comes another season of Pro Football Pick'em. Pro Pick'em works exactly the same way as College Pick'em, except you pick every NFL game each weak. So here are my picks for week 1 of the NFL season:

Favorites are listed first, followed by their opponent, then the spread. My picks are in bold.

New York Giants vs. Washington - 4.0
Philadelphia vs. St. Louis - 7.5
Pittsburgh vs. Houston - 6.5
Detroit at Atlanta - 3.0
Buffalo vs. Seattle - 1.0
Cincinnati at Baltimore - 1.5
Jacksonville at Tennessee - 3.0
New York Jets at Miami - 3.0
New England vs. Kansas City - Off
New Orleans vs. Tampa Bay - 3.0
San Diego vs. Carolina - 9.0
Arizona at San Francisco - 2.5
Dallas at Cleveland - 5.5
Indianapolis vs. Chicago - 9.5
Green Bay vs. Minnesota - 2.5
Denver at Oakland - 3.0

Tiebreakers
1. Denver 24 - Oakland 17
Minnesota 31 - Green Bay 28
2. Who will score the MOST points this week? New York Giants
3. Who will score the LEAST points this week? Houston

Salary Cap Football and Survival Football

The NFL season gets under way tonight and that brings a couple other games along other than regular fantasy football. I am also doing Salary Cap Football and Survival Football. The object of Survival Football is to pick a team that will win its game that week. But once you pick that team you cannot pick that team for the rest of the year. Each week you have to survive by picking the winner of a game. Last year I didn't make it out of week two, but I plan to make it much farther this year. For Week 1 I picked Indianapolis over Chicago. That means if Indianapolis wins, I move on, but I won't be able to pick the Colts for the rest of the year. I'm pretty confident that they will beat the Bears.

Now on to Salary Cap Football. Salary Cap Football, is much the same as it is for soccer. You get $100 to spend and you have to fill out your roster (1QB, 3WR, 2RB, 1TE, 1K, 1DEF). You can change players as much as you want throughout the season but you have to stay under the $100 cap. Now, let's take a look at my Salary Cap football team for Week 1.

QB Drew Brees - NO - $19.25
RB Maurice Jones-Drew - JAC - $12.76
RB Joseph Addai - IND - $15.85
WR Marvin Harrison - IND - $8.46
WR Calvin Johnson - DET - $7.34
WR Jerricho Cotchery - NYJ - $8.24
TE Jeremy Shockey - NO - $7.48
K Joe Nedney - SF - $8.32
DEF Indianapolis - $12.29

Total - $99.99 Remaining $0.01

College Football Week 1 Results

After the first week of College Football Pick'em I stand in a five-way tie for second place with 16 correct picks. The leader of the group had 19 correct picks on the week. The five picks that I got wrong were Wisconsin over Akron (Wisconsin couldn't cover the spread), Virginia Tech over ECU (The Pirates flat out beat the Hokies), Pitt lost to Bowling Green, Kansas couldn't cover the spread against Florida International, and Illinois lost by 10 points (The spread was 9 in favor of Mizzou). Week 1 was good, 16 out of 21, but I hope Week 2 is even better.

Final Fantasy Football Team

Over the weekend I drafted my third and final fantasy football team for the year. This was a standard league with guys I have been in a league with for the past couple of years. I had the ninth pick, but I believe I drafted a pretty solid team. The only problem I had with the team I drafted was that both of my quarterbacks have off in week four. So I am trying to trade one of them away for another QB. So, here is my final team:

QB Peyton Manning - IND
WR Chad Johnson - CIN (now officially known as Chad Ocho Cinco)
WR Marvin Harrison - IND
WR Hines Ward - PIT
RB Frank Gore - SF
RB Laurence Maroney - NE
TE Heath Miller - PIT
BN Matt Forte - CHI
BN Patrick Crayton -DAL
BN LenDale White - TEN
BN Matt Hasselbeck - SEA
BN Ted Ginn Jr. - MIA

K Neil Rackers - ARI

DEF Dallas
BN Seattle

College Football Pick'em Week 1

College Football began yesterday and I am positively pumped. Tomorrow I am headed to the first of eight home games for IU. With the college football season comes another year of College Football Pick'em. There are a total of 12 people in my group. The object is to correctly pick the team that beats the spread in all of the games involving the top 25 teams. So without further ado here are the matchups, spreads, and my picks:

Favorites are listed first, followed by their opponent, then the spread. My picks are in bold.

(7) LSU vs. Appalachian St. - Off
(13) Wisconsin vs. Akron - 26.5
(17) Virginia Tech vs. East Carolina - 9.5
(25) Pittsburgh vs. Bowling Green - 13.0
(2) Ohio St. vs. Youngstown St. - Off
(22) Penn St. vs. Coastal Carolina - Off
(5) Florida vs. Hawaii - 34.5
(1) Georgia vs. Georgia Southern - Off
(3) USC vs. Virginia - 19.5
(8) West Virginia vs. Villanova - Off
(16) BYU vs. Northern Iowa - Off
(19) South Florida vs. Tenn-Martin - Off
(14) Kansas vs. Florida Intl. - 36.0
(10) Auburn vs. LA Monroe - 26.0
(4) Oklahoma vs. Chattanooga - Off
(11) Texas vs. Florida Atlantic - 24.0
(12) Texas Tech vs. Eastern Wash. - Off
(9) Clemson vs. (24) Alabama - 4.5
(6) Missouri vs. (20) Illinois - 9.0
(15) Arizona St. vs. Northern Arizona - Off
(21) Oregon vs. Washington - 13.5

Tiebreakers
1. Illinois 28 vs. Missouri 21
Alabama 24 vs. Clemson 21
2. Who will score the MOST points this week? - Georgia
3. Who will score the LEAST points this week? - Youngstown St.

Soccer Lineup Changes

As I said yesterday, changes were coming to my fantasy soccer lineup. I switched out three players from my team in hopes of moving up the standings. I sold Robert Green (G-West Ham) and purchased Shay Given (G-Newcastle). Green had accumulated negative points for my team after two weeks so there was no way I could keep him. The next move I made was on the defensive front. I sold Danny Collins (D-Sunderland) and bought Johan Djourou (D-Arsenal). This move gave me a defensive line that was 2/3 Arsenal players. My final move was in the midfield. I sold Paul Scholes (M-Manchester United) and purchased Deco (M-Chelsea). Although Scholes had been doing quite well for my team, he had to go because Man U. doesn't play this week. the addition of Deco gives me 3 midfielders from Chelsea out of 4 total midfielders on my team. Hopefully these moves can gain me some points this week and move me up in the standings.