Gilbert, Defense Lead Mules To 2-0 Start

Fairfield senior wingback Wyatt Gilbert busted loose for 170 rushing yards and four touchdowns, while coordinator Donnie Lyons’ defense put up their second shutout in as many weeks this season, leading Justin Townsend’s Mules to a 40-0 road win at Johnston City. The Mules scored 20 points in the first quarter alone, and had a running clock for the entire fourth quarter as they won their 22nd straight BDC game. They continue their march toward the conference record of 26 straight, currently held by Johnston City. Fairfield dominated every facet of the game, running for 356 yards and adding 58 … Continue reading Gilbert, Defense Lead Mules To 2-0 Start

Week 2 Betting Log

I’m still toying with how I want to track my bets here. Under each sport isn’t really working, as I venture out from time to time to stuff I’m not writing on. So, I’m thinking rolling weekly posts, until i change my mind. What that in mind, I’m going to go back to what I have placed this week, plus what I have coming up. MLB 9/3: Chicago Cubs -245 Win9/3: Atlanta -205 Win9/3: Tampa Bay -260 Loss9/3: Cleveland -280 Loss9/3: NY Yankees -280 Win9/3: LA Dodgers -280 Win9/3: St. Louis -270 Win9/4: Cleveland -278 Win9/4: Kansas City -213 Win9/4: … Continue reading Week 2 Betting Log

Tennis Aces Outdraw Lady Mules

Winning twice in singles action and twice in doubles action, the Fairfield Lady Mules suffered a 5-4 loss to the Mt. Carmel Lady Aces tennis team Thursday. Mt. Carmel took the top three singles matches, all in straight sets. Fairfield got on the board in the number four spot, with Lainie Milner winning in three, 6-3, 4-6, 10-7. The other singles win came from Alexis Worthey in the six slot. She dominated her opponent, 6-0, 6-0. In doubles play, Mt. Carmel again won the top team match, with Katie Halbig and Lauren Schoon teaming up for a win, after both … Continue reading Tennis Aces Outdraw Lady Mules

NFL Season Win Totals

On last night’s Take The Points, we went over NFL season win totals for each team, with each of us picking over or under the number. AFC North Wins Weez Bruce Jamey Lucas Baltimore 8 Over Over Under Over Cincinnati 5.5 Over Under Under Under Cleveland 9 Under Over Under Under Pittsburgh 9 Over Over Over Under AFC West Denver 7 Under Under Under Under Kansas City 10.5 Over Over Over Over Los Angeles 10 Over Over Over Under Oakland 6 Under Under Under Under AFC East Buffalo 7.5 Under Under Over Over Miami 4.5 Under Under Under Under New … Continue reading NFL Season Win Totals

College Football Week 2 Spreads

Got off to an 18-22 start overall, IAW spreads vs. Vegas spreads, including the games that were virtual ties tenths of points off. After a five-day opening weekend, we have games just on Friday and Saturday this week. Can we stop and appreciate that Illinois is a 20-point favorite on the road. It has been a couple decades since that happened. Also, the last time we had a favorite as big as Alabama is this week (-55), Florida State covered. Week 2 Friday RTG Home RTG HFA IAW Vegas Wake Forest 29.1 Rice 51.0 3 18.9 18 Marshall 31.7 Boise … Continue reading College Football Week 2 Spreads

College Football Power Ratings Week 2

Here are the college football power ratings after the first full weekend of football. To figure a spread, subtract the underdog from the favorite, factor in home field advantage and there you go. Rank Team RTG 1 Alabama 0.25 2 Clemson 1.52 3 Georgia 6.62 4 LSU 6.64 5 Oklahoma 11.46 6 Michigan 12.02 7 Ohio State 12.28 8 Penn State 12.62 9 Auburn 13.22 10 Texas A&M 13.61 11 Florida 13.83 12 Notre Dame 14.72 13 Wisconsin 15.28 14 Washington 15.45 15 Utah 16.83 16 Oregon 17.03 17 Texas 18.23 18 Michigan State 18.37 19 Mississippi St 18.74 20 … Continue reading College Football Power Ratings Week 2

NFL Confidence Pools Week 1

For those of you who do NFL confidence pick ’em pools, I’m going to list these weekly here. I prefer the confidence pool over the straight pick ’em. I would love to get into an ATS pool, but don’t have any of those available locally. Here are the safe pick rankings. Safe wins smaller pools. Pick Confidence at Philadelphia 16 at Seattle 15 at Dallas 14 at New Orleans 13 Baltimore 12 at LA Chargers 11 at Cleveland 10 at New England 9 at Minnesota 8 Kansas City 7 at Chicago 6 at NY Jets 5 Detroit 4 LA Rams … Continue reading NFL Confidence Pools Week 1