LHW's National Championship Pick

Well, my friends, it's the last game of the college football season!   It's been a lot of fun, and I appreciate everyone on here!    YTD 117-98-2 Regular season  88-70-2  Bowls  29-28  (ATS-Totals-Teasers)   For the championship....   Oklahoma  +5 Under 69.5   I think this will be who can stop who, but closer than most think.  I am partial to the Big 12, but I think all conferences have been skewed.  ACC started strong, and ended 4-6 in bowl games.  Big Ten are 0-6, SEC is 5-2, Big 12 4-2 and Pac 10 are surprisingly 5-0!  Who knew??  Anyway, FL getting a bunch of love here, and quite honestly, I don't think they are that much better.  Sure, they have speed, but OU can and will compete.  Florida's defense ranked higher in a "run offense" conference, OU's offense ranked higher in a "pass happy offense".  But, how do you really compare the two and have FL that much better than OU??  Ole Miss beat Florida and then Texas Tech who beat Texas who beat OU, who also beat Texas Tech worse than Ole Miss!!      35-31 one way or the other    GL to everyone, and see you fellas around!! ... [More]

LHW's Independence Bowl Pick

Ended up 3-1 yesterday.  Today I like.......   Buffalo +7   Here's my opinion on today's game, take it or leave it.  (Sorry Bib, I know you tried to talk me out of it!)  Then I'm going to attempt to cap the NFL playoffs!    I like the Bulls to at least cover.  They usually play up to their competition, and down against teams like Kent St.   I am just not seeing that much value in the UConn squad.  Only impressive win was at home against Cincy.  Endres played well for Uconn in his first start and their defense held Cincy's rushing to only 30 yards.  Pike was sidelined in the second half, and Cincy lost a 3 pt lead in the 4th quarter, giving giving up 20 unanswered points, one being an INT return for a TD.  On to like competition, UConn played a close game with Temple, as did Buffalo.  Then, Pitt, in which UConn was tied at halftime 3-3, but was just dominated in the second half, 31-7.  Buffalo, on the otherhand, was only down by one point going into the 4th quarter.  But just couldn't hang on in what was otherwise a pretty evenly matched game statistically.  On one more note, the only teams this year that UConn has beaten by more than a TD besides that Cincy debacle is Hofstra, Virginia and Syracuse.  Wouldn't go so far as to say they win today, but should be able to compete within a TD.    GL everyone!  ... [More]

LHW's Independence Bowling!!

LHW's Thursday NCAAF 11-06-08