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College Football Week 2 Spreads

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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

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College Football Power Ratings Week 2

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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

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NFL Confidence Pools Week 1

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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

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Carbondale Beats Lady Mule Tennis, 6-3; Harvey Wins Twice

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The Fairfield Lady Mules were doubled up Tuesday at home by visiting Carbondale, 6-3, in high school tennis action. Fairfield picked up two singles wins and one doubles win, with Karigan Harvey doubling up on victories. Harvey played in the number two singles slot and won a tiebreaker over Jessie Harper, 6-7, 6-1, 10-5. She then teamed with Brittany Titzer in doubles action for another tiebreaker win, 4-6, 6-2, 10-8, in the number two doubles match. Adriana Munoz won in singles action as well, competing in the three spot. She beat Longmei Ge in three, 6-4, 3-6, 10-7. Fairfield will … Continue reading Carbondale Beats Lady Mule Tennis, 6-3; Harvey Wins Twice

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McElravy Medals, Mules Master Aces

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The Fairfield Mules picked up another duel golf win Tuesday afternoon, beating the host Mt.  Carmel Aces, 178-183. Junior Noah McElravy tied for medalist honors, shooting a 40 on the par-35 front nine. He tied Mt. Carmel’s Clayton Halbig for the low score on the day. McElravy had bogeys on six straight holes, two through seven, before sinking a birdie on eight. He shot par on holes one and nine. Maverick Conrad shot a 44 to finish second on the Mules, while Chase Hallam and Jacob Britt each shot 47 to round out the team score. Noah Barger shot a … Continue reading McElravy Medals, Mules Master Aces

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Lady Mules Off To Good Start With Home Tournament Victory

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Chet Snyder’s Fairfield Lady Mules came into the year with lofty goals. Among them was winning all four of their regular season tournaments. One tournament down, goals still in tact. The Lady Mules went 5-0 Saturday in the Fairfield Mule Kickoff Tournament, avenging a rare summer loss in the championship by winning a three-set battle with NCOE, 25-12, 25-27, 25-23. The first four victories came in straight sets. Fly By The Hawks The Mule gals opened their season with a 25-12, 25-16 win over Gallatin County. All pool play games began with a 4-4 score. The Lady Mules allowed consecutive … Continue reading Lady Mules Off To Good Start With Home Tournament Victory

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Fantasy Draft Recap

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I know, no one cares about my fantasy league. Still, here it is. I had pick seven, Kiss My Asomughas. Waddup Nnamdi! At almost no point in this draft was I taking the top guy on my board, even in the first couple of rounds. When I took David Johnson, I had Davante Adams at the top. When I took Kerryon Johnson, I had Mike Evans at the top. But, I liked those 3rd/4th round receivers much more than the running back, so I went old-school RB/RB early. Plus, when I suck, you can call my team baby powder, because … Continue reading Fantasy Draft Recap

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Move-Ins Move Lady Mules’ Expectations Even Higher After Record Season

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Chet Snyder’s Fairfield Lady Mules are coming off a historic 31-9 season that included a school record for wins, and their first trip to the volleyball Super Sectional a year ago. They also won the Benton Invitational for the first time ever. They lost six girls from that squad, but returned a solid nucleolus that had expectations still high. Then, over the summer a group of move-ins to Fairfield sent those expectations soaring, as the Lady Mules should be one of the best 2A teams in the south this year. Six Departed Last year’s six seniors helped take the program … Continue reading Move-Ins Move Lady Mules’ Expectations Even Higher After Record Season

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CFB Week One–Saturday

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With the start of high school sports this week, I am running behind, so this post will be rolled out in phases today, starting with the noon game. After a 1-4 start Thursday, my ratings went 6-2 ATS on the Friday slate. I had only one actual bet last night, Wisconsin -10.5. They won by 49 in the Jonathan Taylor Heisman campaign launch. Saturday RTG Home RTG HFA IAW Vegas Florida Atlantic 34.65 Ohio St 11.15 2.17 -25.67 -27.5 South Alabama 53.31 Nebraska 21.18 1.48 -33.61 -35.5 East Carolina 43.81 NC State 26.58 2.88 -20.11 -17.5 Akron 50.69 Illinois 35.81 … Continue reading CFB Week One–Saturday

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Mules’ Defense Puts BDC On Notice With Shutout Of Devils In Week One

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In a rematch of a week nine clash last year to decide the conference championship, the Fairfield Mules opened up the season this year with a defensive display of power Friday night at the Train Yard, shutting out the Sesser-Valier-Waltonville Red Devils, 28-0. The defense held Sesser to four total first downs, and just 85 yards of offense. That included an 0-for-12 showing in the passing game, as the Mules harassed senior Devil quarterback Peyton Bates early and often and kept the league’s top receiver last year, Tanner Eubanks, in check. “I am proud of our defense. Week one, with … Continue reading Mules’ Defense Puts BDC On Notice With Shutout Of Devils In Week One