Lady Mules Win Three On The Road, Move To 22-1

With three straight road wins this week, Chet Snyder’s Fairfield Lady Mules have already eclipsed the 20-win mark, and have run their win streak to 13 straight. Aces Fairfield traveled to Mt. Carmel Monday for nonconference action against the former NEC rival Aces. Mt. Carmel caught them sleeping in the first set and sprung a 25-20 win on them. Fairfield rallied to take the next two sets, however, 25-16, 25-21, to keep the streak alive. Fairfield let an 8-4 lead slip away in the first set. In the second, they jumped out to a 16-6 lead and did not let … Continue reading Lady Mules Win Three On The Road, Move To 22-1

Lady Mules Tennis Hosts Triangular

The Fairfield Lady Mules hosted a tennis triangular Saturday at Lakeside Park, with Richland County and Marion both visiting town. The Lady Tigers edged Fairfield, 3-2, while Marion blanked them, 3-0. They did not play doubles matches against Marion. Against Richland County, Alexis Worthey won in singles play, beating Kira Daniel, 6-3, 6-4, in the number threes match. In doubles play, Lainie Kunce and Cassidy Webb teamed for a  6-4, 1-6, 10-7 win over Abigail Atwood and Paige Steber. Richland Co. 3, Fairfield 2 Singles 1—Kiersen Brach, RC, def. Lainie Milner, F, 7-2 (2), 6-2. 2—Jocelyn Vanmatre, RC, def. Adriana … Continue reading Lady Mules Tennis Hosts Triangular

Another Week, Another Running Clock Shutout For 6-0 Mules

For the fifth time in six weeks, Fairfield football shut out their opponent, and in their most dominant fashion yet, as Justin Townsend’s Mules rolled to a 40-0 win at Hamilton County Friday. Dominant D The Mules have allowed just eight points total in six games, but they took it to another level Friday. Donnie Lyons’ defense held Hamilton County to 42 total yards, 38 of which came on back-to-back pass completions in the third quarter, after the Mules had already staked out a 40-0 lead and started the running clock. The Foxes had just one more yard than plays … Continue reading Another Week, Another Running Clock Shutout For 6-0 Mules

Lady Mules Tennis Nipped By Herrin; Fall To Flora

The Fairfield Lady Mules split singles play with the Herrin Lady Tigers Monday, but dropped two of three in doubles play to suffer a 5-4 loss. Lainie Milner, Brittany Titzer and Tegan Ruhl all picked up singles wins. Milner, playing in the top spot, won 10-3. In the number threes match, Titzer doubled up Jaylan Blake, 10-5. Ruhl cruised to a 10-2 win in the sixes match. Herrin took the top two doubles matches to clinch the victory, with Titzer and Ella Thomas teaming to win the number threes matches for Fairfield, 10-5. Herrin 5, Fairfield 4 Singles 1—Lainie Milner, … Continue reading Lady Mules Tennis Nipped By Herrin; Fall To Flora

NFL Confidence Pools/Survivor Pick

Here are the confidence pool rankings for this week’s NFL slate. The one ranking I am a little leery of is New Orleans at home against Tampa. The Bucs have been the better team, but I’m sticking with the Saints on this only because the defense/home field. 15 New England 14 at Philadelphia 13 at Kansas City 12 at LA Chargers 11 Chicago 10 Minnesota 9 at Houston 8 at Carolina 7 at San Francisco 6 Baltimore 5 at Dallas 4 at Cincinnati 3 at New Orleans 2 at Tennessee 1 at Seattle Lot of folks got knocked out in … Continue reading NFL Confidence Pools/Survivor Pick

Week 6 Betting Log

College Football Virginia Tech at Miami U49 LossML Parlay: Wisconsin/Georgia/Oklahoma/Ohio St/LSU/Penn St -436 WinIllinois +14 at Minnesota LossStanford +14 vs Washington WinSMU -11.5 vs. Tulsa LossOregon -17.5 vs. Cal LossIowa at Michigan U48 WinCincinnati +4 vs. UCF WinIowa St -3 vs. TCU WinUtah St +27.5 at LSU LossSouth Florida -10.5 at UConn WinDuke -3.5 vs. Pittsburgh LossArizona +2.5 vs. Colorado WinWestern Kentucky -2.5 at Old Dominion Win NFL Steelers +3.5 vs. Ravens WinPatriots @ Redskins U42.5 WinCowboys -3 vs. Packers LossML Parlay: Buccaneers/Steelers +524 Loss Continue reading Week 6 Betting Log

College Football Spread Prediction Week 6

We had a really good week here last week, going 32-16 against the spread, which brings us to 130-100 overall for the year, good for a 56.2 percent clip on the year. Last week’s pace is obviously not sustainable, but if we can keep that season-long percent above 55 percent, we are golden. Here are this week’s IAW spreads. I don’t remember ever having a week with this many road favorites. Away Home IAW Vegas Georgia So S Alabama 12.9 10 Temple E Carolina 12.3 11.5 UCF Cincinnati 4.5 4 San Jose St New Mexico 2.7 -6.5 S Florida Connecticut … Continue reading College Football Spread Prediction Week 6

College Football Power Ratings Week 6

We have a shakeup near the top this week. It was time to move Ohio State ahead of Clemson. The Tigers are still very, very good, but the elite play just hasn’t been there. This is a reflection of the performance, not the talent, however. Alabama has become the undisputed number one, with Clemson joining a tight pack of four others vying for 3-6. Rank Team RTG 1 Alabama 0.0 2 Ohio State 2.2 3 Clemson 4.6 4 Oklahoma 5.7 5 Georgia 5.8 6 LSU 6.3 7 Auburn 10.2 8 Wisconsin 11.3 9 Penn State 11.8 10 Oregon 12.6 11 … Continue reading College Football Power Ratings Week 6