Box and one

Kansas State -7 over Rutgers ***
Merry Christmas to everyone ...

Texas +14 over Clemson ***

Army -6.5 over Navy ****

 Bryson Dailey is the difference . Plays the option better then many before him He has a fullback mentality when he runs and holds the ball  and runs over people...Also Army has Udoh who can break one anytime he touches the ball Navy's QB Horvath is excellent but is banged up  . Big emotional game both teams hate each other but respect each other. The under is 44-11 and in the last 21 years is 18-3 under in last 21.  But again Army has the best QB they have  maybe ever had in Bryson Dailey. Cannot watch the game and bet the under so think Army beats them by 3 Td's . Both defenses play solid D and both teams played pretty weak schedules. Army beat Tulane big and Navy struggled with the Wave But doing comparisons shopping in this game really doesn't;t matter . Army wins and covers by 2 TD's

. Sorry but again lost ..poor capping on my part.... bigfoot your right.. as a former HS principal going to put myself in ISS. In School Suspension for awhile 

I play racquetball everyday  But the guys I play with after 90 minutes of racquetball go over to play pickle ball for an hour Not as intense as racquetball esp/ because they play doubles but its a great fun game. Many malls that have closed down have opened up pickle ball courts in their malls . Very popular because you don't have to cover as much territory on the court. But racquetball is a much better workout  But its fun and we are using our muscles and being active. My wife still likes yoga and swimming at the YMCA but they are putting in 4 pickle ball courts next month at her Y. Pickle ball is fun esp. when your playing it with people you are friends with or know . But I am a " pool" of sweat after playing intense racquetball every morning  No comparison to the workout. 

stl I know they did but think Big red have trouble with Bears 4 gds .  It's much easier playing D vs. a post player but when you have 3 or 4 guys that can put the ball down on the floor its much tougher to guard against .  think Cornells defesne will have trouble stopping Cals offense. 

California -9.5 over Cornell ****
Think Bears have 4 gds that avg in double digits Could give Big Red problems . Cornell tough game with the Cuse now have to fly across the country to play Cal Cal Stojakovic is on fire and don't think Cornell can stop him.

Duke -34.5 over Incarnate Word ***
Blow out game ...Dukies can name their score.
URI -4 over Brown **

Rice +6 over Tx St ***
Going to the game .. think Bobcats win this but Owls can cover.

Texas -1.5 over UConn **
Hate going against Huskies since they lost a few but Texas has more athletes and can score. But Hurley is a much better coach then Tex coach . Hopefully Hurleys father stays in New Jersey so he cannot give his son some halftime adjustments ...Texas big man needs to step up today . Last time Texas had no post influence . Think Kendrick will play today with the defending champoins in the house.

Wow Georgia had control of this game My bad.. I was at a party with about 35 Longhorn fans, They were so loud and complaining on every single call the refs are. I couldn't hear anything . Did Manning play at all. It was so loud and Texans were screaming on almost every play. There was no sound just a big 54' inch screen TV and people yelling " pass interference,holding etc etc. I knew I was in trouble and although watching the game with die hard Longhorn fans screaming on almost every call not sure if the officiating was one .... sided .. You couldn't hear anything from the TV announcers with all the people screaming at the TV. I know I lost and accepted that. Was there any controversy. Many people were saying the SEC officials would not let a new comer in the conference to win the Championship. I never saw Manning. Not sure if he even played and if he didn't did the announcers say why.. I lost so I'm not making any excuses. Poor capping on my part .

Texas -2.5 over Georgia ****
Bulldogs won their 1st game and like Sark said " We couldn't run the ball so our qb's to a lot of heat and we failed. Think Texas has improved in rushing the ball and pass protection . Gibson fumbled so Stark made him carry a football to all his classes and to a media day press conference. Just a reminder that he cannot create a turnover or fumble in this game. Ewers threw a few interceptions and with Manning close by think Bulldogs could be in trouble. Texas Off line will open up some holes for Wisner and Blue and protect their QB But Its Texas Defense to me is their strength. They are athletic and quick. Geo has some future NFL players on the line but Texas D isn't talked enough Think they can hold Beck in check and slow down Geo rushing attack . Texas gets a rematch to a loss the 1st time. THey get to watch and improve on everything they did wrong the 1st time they played. SEC championship game goes to the Longhorns . And Bevo was not allowed in the Stadium Don't know why but maybe they are worried about the bulldog . Bevo is sedated anyway . But think Sark has his Longhorns ready for a winning and cover day. Go Longhorns Think they win bta touchdown or two And if Ewers isn't effective you have Manning as his backup . Not a bad backup ... Longhorns win by 7-10 pts

he is called captain America not superman  My bad  but he's looking good in the 1st half and he hasn't thrown a pass yet. And he is such an accurate passer . I guess you don't need him to pass. But think he will throw one so Navy scouts will have something to practice against. Monken will do something off the beaten path in the 2nd half to make Navy worry about their upcoming game. 

Army +5 over Tulane ****

 Somehow my computer is not allowing to paste my play  Army wins out right and " superman Bryson Dailey gets to show everyone in the country on national TV why the cadets call him " superman . Although Tulane did shut Navys option attack they didn't have Bryson . This kid runs the option but does it like a fullback on his keepers And he can throw the ball  Green Wave in trouble Don't think Army will get an invite to the College Playoffs but they have Navy coming up . 

I saw where Lou Carnesecca passed away at the age of 90 . He won over 500 games at St Johns. But my HS coach who I replaced many years ago was a pitcher at St Johns and Lou was the freshmen baseball coach at St Johns before he coached basketball Those were the years where St Johns went to the College World Series in baseball. I met Lou a few times and he basically recruited NYC kids . I had the 2nd best player in the metropolitan and Lou was very interested in him. But because he didn't predict{ not sure of the terminology they use today} My player scored under the NCAA guidelines of 720 on the SAT's . So Lou was hooked up with San Jancinto juco in Texas and any player that St Johns didn't accept academically went to San Jancinto Being and knowing Texas juco's since I was at North Texas the reputation was the San Jancinto's kids although got over 60 hours and some got to play D-1 many never became eligible . But Lou's St Johns players did My kid went the Kansas Juco's route . There kids almost always graduated with an associate degree and were eligible.. Think Walter Berry went to San Jincinto . I might be wrong about that. Anyway Lou was one of the nicest people I ever met. He would have his asst coaches call my kid almost every game we played . When I told Coach he was going to a Kansas juco and St Peters was recruiting him big time Lou was so nice and respectfu. When my player scored his 1,000 HS points Lou sent him a congratulations letter and said St Peters is a good school . But you have to graduate from your Kansas juco. It was such a honest down to earth letter.
A few months later in the Empire state games in Albany Christian Laettner who already signed with Duke in the opening play blocked from behind one of my kids shots under the basket. I was sitting in the stands and at halftime Lou walked over to me and winked and said " we still have a spot for him at St Johns". My kid needed that block shot because he was on fire, We beat the Buffalo area team and my kid dominated Christian the entire game. I know my kids parents who lived in NYC wanted the Johnnies but thought like me St Peters is across the river and they would still get to see him play. A very kind coach who was so down to earth. May he rest in peace Sweet Lou

Rivalry now in the Sec not the southwest conference must win for AM after Auburn loss because if they lose there out of College Playoffs . Texas doesn't have as much pressure at the Aggies but still needs to win so its not left up to a committee Old Rivalry and the last time these two met everyone on the field the players were about 7 or 8 yrs old. But the two standouts of Texas college football Both hate each other and go after the same HS blue chip players in the state. I always remember my daughter's 1st telephone call as she became a freshman at Texas. She said the Freshman orientation at UT was in the stadium A guy by the name of Ricky Williams spoke to the 25,000 incoming freshman and it was night . The Stadium over looked the state capital and the Texas Tower was lite up Orange. My daughter said she hates Okies and Aggies" " Im not sure why but having been in Austin 3 days I'm already brainwashed. I laughed when she said " what's an Aggie". ? Being from upstate NY she had no idea of the hate and rivalry between these two schools . And this was my oldest daughter who also said she wasn't going to get into the " hoopla" and etc of athletics of Texas

Texas -over TexAM ****

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Memphis +9 over Auburn ***
Smoo -4.5 over Wah St **

Notre Dame defesne stopped Army's option. ND was to athletic on the Df Line like they did at Navy the week before .Army QB Bryson was in check thru out the game and going against a power 5 defesne was the difference. Army is out of the college Playoffs Has Navy and a bowl game ahead of them Think they beat Navy big .

Florida St Rutgers ,Maryland **

final play  Notre Dame -14 over my Army ****