NCAA Week Ten Picks

Week 10 already? ugh why? I went 5-0 in picking Big Ten games and 1-2 outside it last week

63-17 Big Ten
20-6 Interconference Big Ten
15-12 Outside Big Ten

Wisconsin @ Rutgers: Pick: Wisconsin
Northwestern @ Iowa: Pick: Iowa
Maryland @ Penn St: Pick: Penn St
Purdue @ Nebraska: Pick: Nebraska
Indiana @ Michigan: Pick: Michigan
Illinois @ Ohio St: Pick: Ohio St

Outside the Big Ten

Auburn @ Ole Miss: Pick: Ole Miss
TCU @ West Virginia: Pick: TCU
Arizona @ UCLA: Pick: UCLA

Big Ten Standings
East
1. Michigan St: 4-0
2. Ohio St: 3-0
3 Maryland: 2-2
4. Penn St: 1-3
5. Rutgers: 1-3
6. Michigan: 1-3
7. Indiana: 0-3

West
1. Nebraska: 3-1
2. Minnesota: 3-1
3. Iowa: 2-1
4. Wisconsin: 2-1
5. Northwestern: 2-2
6. Purdue: 1-3
7. Illinois: 1-3

NCAA Week Nine Picks

I went a perfect 5-0 in picking Big Ten Games last week, and 2-1 outside the Big Ten

58-17 Big Ten
15-6 Interconference Big Ten
14-10 Outside Big Ten

Maryland @ Wisconsin: Pick: Wisconsin
Minnesota @ Illinois: Pick:Illinois
Rutgers @ Nebraska: Pick: Nebraska
Michigan @ Michigan St: Pick: Michigan St
Ohio St @ Penn St: Pick: Ohio St

Outside Big Ten
Ole Miss @ LSU: Pick: Ole Miss
West Virginia @ Oklahoma St: Pick: Oklahoma St
USC @ Utah Pick: Utah

Big Ten Standings
East
1. Michigan St: 3-0
2. Ohio St: 2-0
3. Maryland: 2-1
4. Rutgers: 1-2
5. Michigan: 1-2
6. Penn St: 1-2
7. Indiana: 0-3

West
1. Minnesota: 3-0
2. Nebraska: 2-1
3. Iowa: 2-1
4. Northwestern: 2-2
5. Wisconsin: 1-1
6. Purdue: 1-3
7. Illinois: 0-3

NCAA Week Eight Picks

I went 3-2 in Big Ten games last week, and 1-2 outside the Big Ten
53-17 Big Ten
10-6 Interconference Big Ten
12-9 Outside Big Ten

Iowa @ Maryland: Pick: Maryland
Purdue @ Minnesota: Pick: Minnesota
Michigan St @ Indiana: Pick: Michigan St
Rutgers @ Ohio St: Pick: Ohio St
Nebraska @ Northwestern: Pick: Nebraska

Outside Big Ten
Notre Dame @ Florida St: Pick: Florida St
Texas A&M @ Alabama: Pick: Alabama
Kansas St @ Oklahoma: Pick: Oklahoma

Big Ten Standings
East
1. Michigan St: 2-0
2. Ohio St: 1-0
3. Rutgers: 1-1
4. Maryland: 1-1
5. Michigan: 1-2
6. Penn St: 1-2
7. Indiana: 0-2

West
1. Minnesota: 2-0
2. Iowa: 2-0
3. Northwestern: 2-1
4. Nebraska: 1-1
5. Wisconsin: 1-1
6. Purdue: 1-2
7. Illinois: 0-3

NCAA Week Seven Picks

I went 4-2 in Big Ten Games, and 3-2 in interconference games last week. I went 2-1 Outside the Big Ten.

50-15 Big Ten
7-4 Interconference Big Ten
11-7 Outside Big Ten

Observations from Week Six
1. WHAT A CRAZY WEEK! I can honestly say its been at least 3 years since weve seen a week this insane. Oregon, Alabama, Oklahoma, and UCLA all get upset. Plus that crazy Arizona st-USC finish, the great Stanford-Notre Dame game, and Nebraska almost pulling off a massive comeback against Michigan St
2. The aftermath of this week is we now live in a crazy world where Arizona and TCU are in the top 10, and Ole Miss and Mississippi St are in the top 3!
3. UCLA finally caved. They have had one good game all season. Now they play Oregon in a de facto elimination game. Loser is done in October and has to pick up the pieces on a very dissapointing season. Winner stays alive for now.
4. nine undefeateds remain and four of them (TCU, Miss St, Ole Miss and Arizona) are underdogs this weekend. It could be another crazy Saturday coming up.
5. The SEC West race is going to be the craziest division race ever. It already is really. Ever. 
6. The Beat goes on for Michigan in a truly disastrous season

Big Ten Picks
Illinois @ Wisconsin: Pick: Wisconsin
Indiana @ Iowa: Pick: Iowa
Northwestern @ Minnesota: Pick: Northwestern
Michigan St @ Purdue: Pick: Michigan St
Penn St @ Michigan: Pick: Penn St

Outside the Big Ten
Auburn @ Mississippi St: Pick: Auburn
Ole Miss @ Texas A&M: Pick: Texas A&M
TCU @ Baylor: Pick: Baylor

Big Ten Standings
East
1. Michigan St: 1-0
2. Ohio St: 1-0
3. Penn St: 1-1
4. Rutgers: 1-1
5. Maryland: 1-1
6. Indiana: 0-1
7. Michigan: 0-2

West
1.  Northwestern: 2-0
2. Iowa: 1-0
3. Minnesota: 1-0
4. Nebraska: 1-1
5. Purdue: 1-1
6. Wisconsin: 0-1
7. Illinois: 0-2

Its going to be a special sports winter

We just finished off one of the most miserable baseball seasons in my entire life. For the first time since 2006 and just the second time since 1997 neither the Red Sox nor the Brewers made the playoffs. It was a boring summer with neither of those teams in the mix, but my suffering appears as if it may be rewarded, because this could be one of the most special sports winters in my lifetime.

Of course the Packers figure to be in the mix as they have been the last two years, and the Magic have a strong chance to make huge leaps of improvement from the past two years, but those two teams are not the reason why this sports winter should be amazing. The reason would be the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Wisconsin Badgers Basketball team.

This Lightning team should no doubt be the best Lightning team since the year they won the cup. 5 of the 12 hockey news experts picked the Lightning to go to the Stanley Cup Finals this year. Almost half! The dominant preseason the Lightning just put together did absolutely nothing to dampen expectations, as the Bolts posted a 5-1 record in six games, outscoring opponents by a combined score of 22-7! The Lightning of course have Steven Stamkos and one of the premiere goalies in the league in Ben Bishop. They also had two rookie of the year candidates last year who should make make the jump to premiere NHL players this season in Tyler Johnson and Ondrej Palat. They also signed the top two free agent defensemen available, so the defense should be solid as well. The Bolts should be downright lethal.

After making a final four run last year and losing almost nobody, the Badgers are guaranteed to be in the top 5 in the preseason poll, and will probably even crack the top 3. This is expected to be the best Badgers team of all time and it should be a fun ride, and hopefully another final four.

Winter should be fun this year, so lets leave summer behind.