No surprise there. Although, this game was close into the fourth quarter and until Florida made it a 10 pt lead, the game was still in doubt. Matt and I both got the pick correct as the Gators were 3.5 pt favorites. Now we stand at:
Matt: 101-93-1
Matty J: 105-89-1
Onto the NFL weekend with some interesting matchups. Yesterday, ESPN’s Mike and Mike used their confidence picks to determine who will win this weekend’s games. Based on an assessment of QB, coach, offense and defense and how the teams are currently playing, Mike and Mike ranked from 1-8 (1 being best, 8 being lowest) in each category and then added up the totals with the overall lowest numbers being the winners in each matchup. (if that explanation didn’t make your brain explode, I’m not sure what will) Here’s how it went down:
Saturday: (please note, the numbers are not the predicted score, but the overall tally of points received based on Mike and Mike’s rankings)
Titans 21, Ravens 24. Which means this game could be very, very close based on how close the two teams were assessed on the four categories. With Tennessee as the 3 pt favorite, I picked Baltimore to beat the spread while Matt picked Titans to cover.
Panthers 15, Cardinals 30. Yes, most likely will be an unfair fight as Arizona has no running game and probably no Anquan Boldin. Carolina’s 15 pts is fourth best in the Mike and Mike rankings. Matt and I both picked the Cards to beat the 10 pt spread here.
Sunday
Steelers 11, Chargers 23. Statistically an unfair fight, but the Chargers only lost 11-10 at Pittsburgh earlier this season. And, don’t forget, the Chargers are unbeaten vs. the Steelers in the postseason 2-0, while never having beaten them in the reg. season. Matt picked the Steelers to cover, while I picked the Chargers to beat the 6.5 pt spread.
Eagles/Giants tied at 10. Yes, Mike and Mike picked the winner of this game to essentially win the Super Bowl and based on how the overall rankings fell, the winner of this game would play the Steelers in the Super Bowl. In the tiebreaker, the radio dudes picked the Giants to win based on head coaching edge.
Prior to hearing the radio segments yesterday, I jotted down Giants/Steelers on my calendar as the predicted Super Bowl matchup. Not that I would enjoy necessarily watching it, but that’s my prediction at least. However, I can see either Baltimore or Tennessee getting there as well.
Bring on the weekend!
I actually marked on my calendar yesterday Giants
