Triple overtime turned a great day into an average day yesterday. Very frustrating! Last chance to make a haul in 2011. Go big or go home! (All times are central)

St Johns +14 (11 am) push

Louisville/Kentucky under 135 (11 am) Win

Western Kentucky -5 (1 pm) Loss

Detroit -4 (1 pm) play of the day Win

Boise St -5 (1 pm) Loss

Western Carolina +14 (1 pm) Loss

Utah St +10 (1 pm) Win

Nebraska +7 (2 pm) Loss

Middle Tenn St -12 (2 pm) Win

Harvard -6 (3 pm) Loss

Weber St -15.5 (3 pm) Loss

St Louis +6 (5 pm) Win

Creighton +6.5 (5 pm) Win

Oregon St +2 (5 pm) loss

Xavier -2.5 (7 pm) Loss

Washington -8 (9 pm) Win

Today: 7-8-1
Season: 126-119-5
POTD: 20-17-2

Our last shot to get to the 57% mark for the season. The sign of great handicapping. Week 17 is a crap shoot as you don’t know who’s playing hard and who’s checked out for the season. Therefore, I suggest you scale back on your units played this week.

Chicago/Minn under 41 – Both teams are decimated with injuries on offense. Only turnovers and special teams will get this total over. WIN

Indy/Jacksonville over 37.5 – Jacksonville can’t stop the pass, and Indy can throw. Indy can’t stop the run on the road and Jacksonville relies on the run. With 2 bottom dwelling teams, it’s a good recipe for a shootout and both have nothing to lose. LOSS

Jets +2.5 – Jets need a win and are a better team than the dolphins. Miami is playing well and the Jets are overrated because they have a bad qb, but I still expect them to win this one handily. WIN

Balt/Cin under 39 – Both teams have good defenses and in a game with big importance to both, the total tends to be under. Cincy has struggled scoring against good defenses. Baltimore will have trouble passing without Boldin. Cincy will be able to key on Smith and they lack another WR. This is my favorite play of the week! LOSS

San Diego +3 – You won’t need the points. Oakland still lacks offensive weapons due to injury. San Diego has played well of late, not including last week. Chargers would like nothing more than to keep Oakland out of the playoffs, and they will. WIN

this week: 3-2
Season: 54-41-4 (57%)

Maybe we needed a longer break? That was a rough night. Just as rough as my hometown Marquette team. The good news is that there is a tomorrow!

Montana -5 (2 pm start) Win

Princeton/FSU under 119 Loss

College of Charleston -4 (play of the day) Loss

Old Dominion +8.5 Win

North Dakota St -13 Win

Today: 3-2
Season: 119-111-4
POTD: 19-17-2

We kissed our sister yesterday at 5-5. Not bad considering how bad the early games went for us.

UCF -15.5 Loss

Austin Peay -1.5 Loss

Tennessee -20.5 (play of the day) Win

Iona -8 Loss

Southern Illinois +6 Loss

Valporaiso -1 Loss

Northern Iowa -1.5 Loss

Western Kentucky -2 Win

Vanderbilt +8 Win

Today: 3-6
Season: 116-109-4
POTD: 19-16-2

After a short holiday hiatus, we’re back with more winning picks to end 2011 with a bang! We’re currently just under 53% with our college picks, which is treading water. We will get better!

Northwestern +16.5 (play of the day) Loss

Buffalo +10 Win

Bowling Green +9.5 Loss

Georgetown +5.5 Win

Fairfield +4 Loss

Bradley +10 Loss

Indian St -1.5 Loss

New Mexico -1.5 Win

Gonzaga -21.5 Win

Mississippi ST +8 Win

today: 5-5
Season: 113-103-4
POTD: 18-16-2

Just like last year, we’re finishing with a flury. 11-3-1 in the past two weeks to get our season record close to our goal of 57%.

Houston -6 Indy got their win out of the way last week. Houston is too strong defensively and running the ball. This should be a 2 TD game. Look for Foster and Tate to total over 200 yds and at least 3 TD’s Loss

NY Giants +3 Just like the Patriots last week, all of our handicappers are on the Giants this week. They are clearly the better team because of the QB position. I don’t think Eli is an elite QB (only brees, brady and rodgers are), but he’s good. Mark Sanchez is not. The Giants had their wakeup call last week. I see the Giants winning outright. Win

Denver -3 We’ll keep fading the Bills each week because of their terrible defense. Look for Denver to run up and down the field and win easily just as Miami did for us last week. Loss

Philadelphia +1.5 Another team that I plan to ride through the end of the season. All of their offensive weapons are healthy, so they can now outscore teams. Also, their run defense has gotten better, in part because they’ve been able to get early leads. Romo’s hot streak ends here. Win

Pittsburgh -12.5 I haven’t seen a line on this game yet, but no line is high enough. I don’t know why they wait to see if Big Ben will play. He always answers the bell. Mendenhall should run wild on the rams poor run defense. I see a 27-3 type game here. I will update the line once I see one. Win

This week: 3-2
Season: 51-39-4 (57%)

After being on sick leave the past few days, I’m back and ready to give everyone some christmas gifts with a full slate of games to choose from. Our POTD is back on a roll with 3 straight wins as the rest of the picks have been around .500.

Bradley +17 Win

Harvard -13 Loss

Florida St +9.5 Loss

Northwestern +7.5 (play of the day) Loss

Texas A&M -8 Loss

UCSB +11.5 Loss

Lehigh +15 Win

Kansas -6 Win

Today: 3-5
Season: 108-98-4
POTD: 18-15-2

Getting back on a roll with our POTD as we’ve won 2 in a row. Back go a near full slate of games tonight to choose from. Go Marquette!

Howard +28.5 Loss

Akron -9 Win

LaSalle -2.5 Loss

Tennessee Tech +16 Loss

Illinois -16.5 Loss

Denver -6.5 (play of the day) Win

Creighton -3 Win

Temple -3.5 Win

Boise St -12 Loss

San Diego St -15 Win

UCSB +10.5 Loss

Today: 5-6
Season: 105-93-4
POTD: 18-14-2

Finally ended the skid on the POTD in honor of Mike Bublitz’s birthday week! Not a bad day overall, but not good enough.

Oral Roberts +6.5 (play of the day) Win

Central Michigan +15.5 Win

Loyola Md +6.5 Loss

Montana St +3.5 Loss

Today: 2-2
Season: 100-87-4
POTD: 17-14-2

After a few days off due to minimal games and no strong plays, we’re back and ready to rock. With a full slate of games to choose from, winners will be easy to find.

Baylor +1 (play of the day) Win

Purdue -8.5 Loss

Temple +5.5 Loss

Bradley +10 Win

Memphis/Louisville under 136 Loss

Old Dominion +5.5 Loss

UNLV +1.5 Win

Denver -3.5 Win

Montana +1 Win

Today: 5-4
Season: 98-85-4
POTD: 16-14-2