NFL SUNDAY

Bengals-1     3 stars

Lions -4    1 star

Lions/Vikes OVER 48.5  2 stars

Packers/Saints OVER 53   2 stars

Chiefs +1.5   1 star

First 4 star this season...

Illinois -1 ...

Va tech -6.5 2 stars

Thursday NIght Football

Ravens/Browns   OVER 44    1 star

Washington  +7     2 stars  

MNF 9/24 .. 6-3 This Past Weekend !

Seattle is the hardest place to play on a Monday Night Venue  with the Seahawks carrying an 18-8 all time win percentage.     The Packer's Greg Jennings is active tonight.  The Hedgie will pass on this game but leans towards the Packers  tonight despite the home field adv....

NFL WEEK 3 (Saturday 3-0 !)

Bears -7     2 stars

49ers -6.5   1 star

Saints/Chiefs  OVER 53  2 stars

Lions -3.5    2 stars

late additions:

JETS -2.5      1 star

Bengals +3.5  (-120)     1 star

Sept 22 NCA Football

Wake Forest -7     2 stars

Auburn +20.5   2 stars

Miami  +14      1 star

NFL THURS NIGHT

Hedgie will pass on this game tonight.   The Gmen have  3 injured offensive starters and the line has gone from  Giants -1.5  to now Panthers -2.5.   If you wait til kickoff and can catch Giants +3  maybe that's a good value play.   But Hedgie will wait til the weekend....

NFL WEEK 2

Giants -6.5 (-120)    1 star

Bengals -6.5 (-120) 1 star

San Diego  -6.5     2 stars

Chiefs +3.5       3 stars

Panthers/Saints  OVER 51.5   3 stars

late edition: Texans -6.5    1 star  (line dropped)

NCAA SEPT 15th

Maryland  +3    2 stars

Auburn -15.5    2 stars

USC -8.5          3 stars

Hedgie had a 7-1 Weekend !! Going to pass on tonight's games

Saturday 3-0 .....today NFL

Texans -11.5  2 stars (friday post)
Saints -7         2 stars (friday post)

Browns +10 (-120 juice)   1 star

Bears -9.5                         2 stars

Patriots -4.5                      2 stars

NCAA Football Week 2

12:00 NOON  Maryland +10    vs Temple    2 stars

6:30pm  Fresno State +35   vs Oregon    2 stars

10:30pm  Arizona +10.5  vs Oklahoma State   2 stars


(see below: 2 NFL posts thus far)

Nfl breaking news alert

NEW ORLEANS — The suspensions of Jonathan Vilma and three other players in the NFL's bounty investigation were lifted Friday by a three-member appeals panel and the league reinstated those players a few minutes later.

The panel said Commissioner Roger Goodell did not have jurisdiction to hear the players' appeals of their punishment for their roles in the New Orleans Saints bounty program that paid cash bonuses for hits that injured opponents.

While the ruling allows Saints linebacker Vilma, banned for the 2012 season, Saints defensive end Will Smith, Cleveland linebacker Scott Fujita and free agent defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove to play immediately, it does not permanently void their suspensions.

Still, the ruling comes just two days before the first full slate of NFL games this season and is a setback for Goodell and the league.

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Goodell would "make an expedited determination of the discipline imposed" for violating the league's bounty rule.

"Until that determination is made, the four players are reinstated and eligible to play starting this weekend," Aiello said.

Vilma tweeted: "Victory is mine!!!! -stewie griffin"

The panel's decision states that Goodell cannot suspend the players for receiving money from a pool that paid for big plays, but he can still suspend the players if he can prove they intended to injure opponents. Players and coaches implicated in the bounty pool have testified under oath in a related federal court case they never intended to injure opposing players.

"Whether the commissioner tries to readdress the situation or not is his call," said Peter Ginsberg, Vilma's attorney. "We are certainly hoping the appeals board has made it clear the commissioner tried to grab jurisdiction and impose penalties over an area he does not have oversight. ... The factual record in the court makes it clear he has acted in a biased and inappropriate manner."

The Saints open their season at home against Washington on Sunday, while the Browns host Philadelphia.

The city of New Orleans will be going crazy or this home game.  A very tough spot for rookie RG3 and the skins. Not to mention the skins area very thin in the secondary with Tanard Jackson OUT and Brandon Merriweather (strong safety) OUT with a tweaked knee this week in practice.  

  Saints -7 3 stars    (line will be creeping up )

NFL WEEK 1 ...it's finally here !

First of all , let's take a look at some prominent offseason changes. 6 rookie QB's will be getting their first start in week 1 of the NFL.  Thomas Boswell (washington post) wrote a nice article on august 25th summing it up: 

"Since the NFL Draft began in 1936, how many rookie quarterbacks were drafted #1 or # 2 overall - the spots in which the Colts 'Andrew Luck and the Redskins' Robert Griffin III were chosen - have led their teams to even a .500 record ?

 Here's a tip:  the list of great quarterbacks who have been taken in both those posts is as long as  both your arms, from Sid Luckman through Terry Bradshaw to John Elway, Troy Aikman , Peyton Manning and , as recently as last year , Cam Newton.

The answer is Zero. None of them was even 8-8.

The best rookie sea on ever turned in by a player drafted in either the Luck or RGIII spots was 5-6-1 by  George Shaw in '55.  Many of those exhaled names blossomed in their second and third years. But if you think the arrival of Griffin, on and of itself, means a great deal in his rookie season, then you aren't listening to NFL History. All of it. "

Just take a look at RYAN TANNEHILL of HBO  HARD KNOCKS. (if you are as stunned as the hedgee is you know where this is going...)

So the Texans in June were -7.....now they are -11.5 and still climbing.The Texans with last years #2 Defense and a Healthy Shaub and Andre Johnson should win this game by 17 or more.  Get on this game while you can....New Miami HC Philbin  is making his debut on the road. The Fish have no Jake Long this game, no Brandon MArshall, and Chad Johnson who was supposed to fill that WR void has been cut for head butting his wife in the offseason.  Hedgie will be playing the TEXANS -11.5  2-3 stars and will most likely be locking them up with a 3 team teaser taking the HOME FAVORED BEARS -10, SAINTS -7 and TEXANS -11.5 who all go against rookie QB's this week.  The play looks like this:

  TEXANS -11.5  2 stars    and:

3 teamer  (10 point adjustment - must win all 3)

Texans -1.5  , Bears pickem , Saints +3    2 stars

We'll call this the HEDGIE OPENING DAY ROOKIE QB FADE DAY.....

  see you at the bank......be back with more picks later

  

With Jason Witten 'DOUBTFUL' with a Spleen Laceration and Austin Miles not 100% with a strained Hamstring this game sets up a little better for the home team. The Giants should be able to put a lot of pressure on Romo tonight  who will be scrambling and out of sync with his most trusted receivers.  With replacement refs getting the nod the Hedgie is  gonna take it light tonight and play  :

GIANTS -3.5   1 star

The Hedgie will pass on today's college and focus on the the NFL week 1 so he can build a bankroll like Floyd Mayweather and someday drop $3 million on a FIVE star pick !
  Mayweather has been rumored to drop a total of $3 mil at various diff sportsbooks on Michigan +14  today vs Bama   .  Take it for what it's worth but Mayweather has been known to win some large wagers in his day amongst them $1 million on the Pats vs Tim Tebow's broncos last sea on in the AFC playoffs....