Week 7 NFL Picks & Best Bets

Picking games this year feels so much harder. Maybe the lack of a preseason…or maybe the glut of injuries early on. Either way, I flat out stink.

College Football Week 7 Expert Picks + Updated College Football Playoff Predictions

We’re getting close to college football feeling normal again…

Week 6 NFL Picks, Best Bets, & Who can win the NFC?

I went out on a limb before the season and picked the Dallas Cowboys to win the NFC. I felt that way in the spring, pre-COVID…there was something about Dak Prescott proving himself in a contract year for a new Super Bowl-winning coach that appealed to me. And then Sunday happened…

College Football Week 6 Expert Picks + Predicting the Pac-12 in 2020

You know that person who is always late to the party? In 2020 for college football, that perpetually late fella is the Pac-12. Starting on Saturday, November 7th, the conference, despite impressive safety measures during the time of the coronavirus, starts their season later than every other major conference. And as I mentioned last week, that’s fine and all…as long as they’re content to admit that even a dominant, undefeated conference champion has no shot at the current four team College Football Playoff.

Week 5 NFL Picks & Best Bets

For a while the NFL looked to be invincible from COVID-19. But in the span of a few days last week, an outbreak in Tennessee happened, a game was cancelled, and many questions were raised.

College Football Week 5 Expert Picks

For the Wildcat Country podcast I co-host with my buddy Shane Dale, I spoke to (former ESPN) college football analyst Mark May this week, who said no matter what happens, the Pac-12 has no chance at making this year’s final four in the College Football Playoff. His rationale is that an Oregon or USC at 7-0 doesn’t stack up to a 9-1 SEC team, Notre Dame, Miami, or Texas for example. With all due respect to Mr. May…he’s right.

Week 4 NFL Picks & Best Bets

My lock of the year, Ravens over Chiefs? Whoops…
Doesn’t look like there’s a Super Bowl hangover this year. In what most people, including myself, thought would be the game of the year on Monday night…well, it wasn’t. The Chiefs outclassed the Ravens from start to finish.

College Football Week 4 Expert Picks

We’re nearly a month into the college football season and I, like many others, have no idea what to make of the entire landscape. The SEC kicks off this weekend while the Big 10 is a month away. Last week I thought I would be writing about the Pac-12 in this space but as of now, their situation is still up in the air.

Week 3 NFL Picks & Best Bets

Week 2 of the NFL was…absolute carnage. Big name players dropped like flies…and no, I’m not solely blaming the MetLife Stadium turf (for all of the 49ers issues).

College Football Week 3 Expert Picks

The Big 10 is officially back…so now what? Sure, I’m thrilled…more big name college football teams will be playing this Fall. But where is my Pac-12?