Saturday, December 30, 2006

Not hot right now...yet. This is the birdman posting as Murdoch. Maybe the switcharoo will get us back on track. For the afternoon, I like Iowa +9 against Texas. Iowa had a down year but they have the talent to be a top 15 team. They have a senior QB and a great coach. They will definitely have more motivation in this game. On the other side you have a Texas team who is playing in a pre-new years day bowl when all they had to do was beat either Tex A&M or KState and they would be in a BCS bowl. They don't care one bit about this bowl game and it will show. Iowa would LOVE to beat Texas. Also, Colt McCoy is still banged up and will not be at full strength. I would not be surprised to see Iowa win this outright.

Iowa +9 (**)

Also, in NFL action tonight, I LOVE, repeat LOVE the G-Men -2. I am well aware of the fact that the Giants have been playing terribly and Washington has been respectable, but this game boils down to one thing: The Giants have everything to play for and the Skins have nothing to play for. The end of the year is imminent and the Skins know that...they have their bags packed and are ready for the offseason. THis is a game where they try not to get hurt. THe Giants however, will go all out for a victory tonight and the talk from their camp is that they have finally realized that their quarterback's name is Eli, not Peyton. Therefore, they are going to give the ball 25+ times to their best player (i.e. Tiki) and let him win it for them. We will all see a different Giants Team this week...and a flat Skins squad.

Giants -2 (***)