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September 17, 2010 By

Friday Night Lights – College Football

I’m really looking forward to the Cal at Nevada game. One of the most versatile offenses behind Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick goes up against the rugged Cal defense who is only giving up 160 yards of total offense per game. I expect this to be a fun game to watch. A win by Nevada with an impressive performance by Kapernick could launch him into the Heisman talk.

In early game, Kansas goes on the road to battle Southern Miss. Kansas holds both the best Big12 win of the year and the worst Big12 loss of the year. Impressive considering they are only two games in to the season. Much of the public is putting their money on Southern Miss simply because of Kansas’ inconsistent play and the hangover of their big upset last week.

For the official GridIronPicks.com picks (in order of strength):
Take the OVER (66) Cal at Nevada
Take Kansas +5.5 at Southern Miss
Take Nevada +2 v. Cal

2010 Season Football Results (thru 9/16):
NCAA: 4-4-1, -0.50 Units, 50%
All NFL: 5-3-1, +1.70 Units, 62.5%
MNF-specific: 3-1, +1.90 Units, 75%

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September 16, 2010 By

Thursday Night College Football

Not too jived about this game tonight, but North Carolina State is the play. Would have been a much better pick at +3 early in the week, but the money has flopped it to -2. If you have multiple accounts, hunt around, some -1, -1.5 lines can still be found. None-the-less, until Butch Jones can right the ship in his first year as head coach following the departure of Brian Kelley, I don’t have any confidence on Cincy.

Take NC State -2 v. Cincinnati

In review from last couple of days. Down night in the UFC last night. Palhares laid down trying to protest and got hammered. Finish your fight, then protest.

Running a 2 game, +3 unit win streak in MLB right now, baseball picks have been posted to my twitter feed: @football_picks, follow me if you are so inclined and hit me up with @ message to say hi.

2010 Season Football Results:
NCAA: 3-4-1, -1.50 Units, 42.8%
All NFL: 5-3-1, +1.70 Units, 62.5%
MNF-specific: 3-1, +1.90 Units, 75%

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September 14, 2010 By

Weekend Recap

I suffered a bit in college football. Kansas rebounded from the worst loss in school history to upend Georgia Tech. Oklahoma jumped up and bit Florida State, over and over again. The Big12 is usually my strongest conference, but given this is week 2, I’m not really concerned. For the weekend I was 1-2 with two plays being 2 unit plays. Down -1.30 units on the week, and to a down -1.50 units on the season. Some good games on the board this week, let’s try and push this number positive.

I started out week 1 of the NFL on down note on Thursday with a loss on the Over and a push on the side. I recovered on Sunday with a 2-1 day and found the green on Monday night going 3-1 on side and total of the combined Monday Night games.

I expected a slow start from San Diego, but was taken aback by the improvement of Kansas City’s defense and their Special Teams resurgence, lost the side but still took home the under. Results of the week: 5-3-1, good for +1.7 units on the weekend and starting out with a win percentage of 62.5% after dropping the push.

I Tweeted a baseball pick today if that is your cup of tea and will try to sprinkle a few more here and there as the season winds down.

2010 Season Results:
NCAA: 3-4-1, -1.50 Units, 42.8%
All NFL: 5-3-1, +1.70 Units, 62.5%
MNF-specific: 3-1, +1.90 Units, 75%

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September 10, 2010 By

Free College Picks for 9/11/2010

No skin in Friday night action. Free NFL picks will be on the site tomorrow afternoon. Subscribe to RSS feed, or follow @football_picks on Twitter for easy notification

In Saturday play:
Take LSU -10 at Vanderbilt (2 unit play)
Take Georgia Tech -13.5 at Kansas (2 unit play)
Take Florida State +7 at Oklahoma

Answering a couple email and Twitter questions, but not official picks:
I like Michigan +3.5 at Notre Dame
I like Iowa State +13.5 at Iowa
I like Nevada -23.5 v. Colorado State

2010 Season Results:
NCAA: 2-2-1, -.02 units
NFL: 0-1-1, -1.00 unit

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September 3, 2010 By

Free College Picks – 9/4/10

I don’t usually like to jump right in to the first weekend of college ball with a full slate, but there are a couple games on the board I like.

Take Notre Dame -11 v. Purdue
Brian Kelly needs to make a statement in his coach debut and I think the Irish will be out to do it.

Take the UNDER (51.5) Western Kentucky at Nebraska
Questions still remain on the Huskers offense, but the defense is clearly back. This will be one-sided, and WKU will be lucky to get points on the board. The Husker’s over 50 by themselves? I’m not convinced.

Take Oregon State +13.5 at TCU
Don’t underestimate the Horned Frogs, but the Beavers love to play spoiler. I wouldn’t be shocked by a straight-up win by Oregon State, but certainly expect a close game if TCU does win.

Single units, all three games.

Running Results:
1-1-0
-.1 units

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September 2, 2010 By

What’s Up With GridIronPicks.com

Bad News First:
No premium pick packages to start the 2010 season. I made a decision a couple weeks ago to provide trends & research on a contract basis to an online casino and to a relatively well known sports handicapping service. I’m not becoming a “personality,” not giving definitive picks and I don’t have a stake in their take, so the “who” is inconsequential.

Now the Good News:
While I’m not having season premium packages, I will be having occasional single game and weekend packages.

I’ll also still have free picks each and every weekend, including tonight:

Take USC -18 at Hawaii, and throw a unit on the Over (51)

And there is Monday Night Football. I’ll be giving away every single Monday Night Football pick in 2010. How big of a deal is that? Over the last 8 seasons, I am a combined 76% on the Monday Night side.

So really, what is the real scoop?
I’ve always been willing to share information about sports handicapping, the gambling industry, and other business endeavors as many of my long-time customers will attest to. GridIronPicks.com has always been a labor of love, but always just a side project. I’m also working towards a bigger goal and that is grassroots campaigning to get the online gambling ban reversed. Until I find my balance, I’d much rather focus on the research/trends/picks and set the site maintenance and customer service aspects to the side until I can find a balance.

Like I said, this site has always been a labor of love and I’ll still be here. Comments or questions? Feel free to hit me up via tristan@gridironpicks.com or twitter at twitter.com/football_picks.

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