Army QB Trent Steelman

Army @ Eastern Michigan
The Cadets travel to Ysplanti, MI to take on Eastern Michigan. This one sticks out like a sore thumb for me and heres why. The Cadets return their starting QB for an offense that runs the triple option. They played each other last year and Army won 27-14. Eastern Michigan went winless last year posting an 0-12 record. The Eagles start a sophomore at QB who had to fill in for an injured senior last season. This game will come in under the radar as the Cadets run wild against the Eagles. Read the game matchup here from Rivals.com.

PICK  ARMY-9.5

Laid off the Friday night action as nothing really jumped out at me. One thing to keep in mind is that Toledo is terrible. WHen they play a quality team, they will fold like a chair.

The Badgers will be solid on the offensive line

Justin Morneau will watch this one from the bench

Lots and lots of action to throw your hard earned money away on this evening. I am already dialed in on the Golden Gophers and will be looking at one MLB total and a WNBA side. Here we go.

Detroit Tigers @ Minnesota Twins
Detroit sends out their ace Justin Verlander (14-8, 3.58 era) to the hill tonight at Target Field in Minneapolis while the Twins counter with red hot Scott Baker (12-9, 4.55 era). Minnesota's pitching staff has held teams to four or less runs in their last ten games. Baker has a 5-0 record with a 3.02 earned run average since the All Star break. The Twins are hitters are having a tough time at the plate as Justin Morneau, Jim Thome and Orlando Hudson are all out. Verlander has a 1.64 earned run average in two starts against Minnesota this season tallying a 1-1 record. The last two games have gone under the number and look for this one to do the same.

PICK - UNDER 7.5(-120)


Phoenix Mercury @ Seattle Storm

Diana Taurasi and Lauren Jackson will battle tonight in Game One.

Phoenix is the highest scoring team in the WNBA at 93 points a game. They finished second to Seattle in the Western Conference. They open a best of three game series tonight in the Emerald City. Two very high scoring teams and a short series with the best scoring team in the league being a seven point dog. That is to good to pass up.

PICK - PHOENIX +7

Dallas Braden

I already have one bet for tonight with Minnesota in NCAA Football. I'm also thinking about playing the WNBA game also, but let's see how this MLB game goes.

Oakland Athletics @ New York Yankees
Dallas Braden (9-9, 3.28 era) vs C.C. Sabathia (18-5, 3.14 era). Two very low earned run averages in a Thursday afternoon tilt. Oakland looking to play out the string and the Yankees are headed to the playoffs. Both were winners in their last starts. This may be one of those ho-hum nothing special 3-1 home team wins. Too much going on today with college football starting and a very light MLB schedule. Take the UNDER 8.5(-120) runs.

FS Kyle Theret will miss the MTSU game

College football will kickoff Thursday night when a handful of teams step on to the gridiron. I will be making one selection for tonight and one pick for Saturday. Let's start with the Thursday night game.

Minnesota @ Middle Tennessee State University
Big Ten vs Sun Belt. Power running game  vs finesse running quarterback /  wildcat. Starting QB benched vs 10 new starters on defense. All of this wrapped into the first game of the 2010 season.

Minnesota graduated 9 starters form it's defense and of the two returning starters, FS Kyle Theret will not be playing due to violating team rules. Starting left OT Dom Alford is also suspended. The Gophers are returning to a power running game this season. The offensive line is big and experienced.  Minnesota's O-line averages 6-foot-4, 321 pounds they out weigh the MTSU D-line by 70 pounds.

QB Dwight Dasher

Middle Tennessee State University(MTSU) is without their all everything superstar QB Dwight Dasher, in his place will be sophomore junior college transfer Logan Kilgore from Bakersfield College. Dasher was their leading passer as well as the leading rusher, so his loss can't be taken lightly by the MTSU coaching staff.

I believe Big Ten football will prevail here as the line is very small here with the Gophers being a slight favorite at -1.5. Take Minnesota(-1.5) to win as MTSU will have trouble with Minnesota's running game. I would buy it as soon as possible as this line may go up.

PICK  Minnesota(-1.5)

Leilani Mitchell of the New York Liberty

After receiving a gift in the Sox/Indians game this afternoon I think I will try my luck with a WNBA game.

Indianapolis Fever @ New York Liberty
Game two was a home win for the Fever. They were up against the wall and they delivered. They came out and played a hard nosed defense and shut down the Liberty, in doing so they exposed them offensively. New York relied too much on the outside shot and they came up cold. I'll take the better defensive team and that is the Fever. Take the Indianapolis Fever (+4) to win.

A.J. Pierzynski hits a 3 run homer in the 9th to send the Sox to victory

Last night was a perfect 3-0. I am officially on fire and will be playing a few games today. I believe in striking when the iron is hot.

Chicago White Sox @ Cleveland Indians
One of my favorite situations will be happening in this game. A September call up making his season debut  for a non contending team against a team fighting for a playoff spot. The hometown Indians will hand the ball to Carlos Carrasco (0-0, 0.00 era). He went 0-4 with an 8.87 era last season. The White Sox are looking to send Cleveland to it's fourth straight defeat as they send Freddy Garcia (11-5, 4.89 era) to the hill this afternoon at Progressive Field in Cleveland. Take the clutch hitting White Sox (-135) to win.

Josh Beckett

Last night was a nail bitter as the Sox give up three runs in the bottom of the ninth and then win by four in the 11th. Today is a huge card as I will be placing three bets for tonights action.

Boston Red Sox @ Baltimore Orioles 
Josh Beckett (4-3, 6.50 era) will be on the hill for the Red Sox. Boston has to make their move now as they open a three game set with Baltimore at Camden Yards this evening. He will be facing Brian Matusz ( 6-12, 4.79 era). Beckett owns a career 5-1 record with a 2.98 era against the Orioles while Matusz has a 3-1 record with a 2.32 era in his last five starts. Play the UNDER 8.5(-105) runs.

Paul Konerko leads the team in batting average, runs scored, HR's and RBI's

Going 1-1 yesterday with the only loser being the over in the WNBA game. Today I have a playoff contending team looking to make a move to get back into the playoff race.

Chicago White Sox @ Cleveland Indians
This one is all about starting pitching for me. Mark Buehrle (12-10, 3.93 era) tries to turn around the Sox as they are the losers of two in a row. They travel to Cleveland to face Mitch Talbot (8-11, 4.44 era) who has complied an 0-2 record in 14.2 innings pitched with a 7.36 era in his last three starts. Buehrle in that same time frame is 2-1 in 20.1 innings with a 3.10 era. Chicago opens play tonight 4.5 games behind AL Central leading Minnesota and Cleveland leads the season series 8-4. It has to start now for the Sox as they will travel to Boston after they finish this three game series with the Tribe. Take the Chicago White Sox(-130) to win.

Katie Douglas looking forward to Game Two

New York Liberty @ Indianapolis Fever
In the pervious four meetings three out of four have gone over 145. The total for tonights game is 146. New York leads the best of three series 1-0 and will be looking to knock out the Fever tonight in Indianapolis. The two teams split the season series at two apiece as the home team won each of their games by double digits. Game one was a 13 point Liberty victory last Thursday night. I can easily see both teams lighting up the scoreboard as New York would like to end it and the Fever want to extend the series to three games. Take OVER 146.5

Yesterday was a 3-0 day as I collected on every wager I made. Let's see if I can continue the streak with one play for this lazy late summer Sunday afternoon.

R.A. Dickey looks to shut down the Astros

Houston Astros @ New York Mets
Houston sends out 25 year old right hander Bud Norris ( 6-7, 5.03 era) this afternoon at Citi Field in New York. The Astros pitching staff has allowed three runs or less in their last seven games as Norris will look to continue the Astros stellar starting pitching. R.A. Dickey ( 8-5, 2.64 era) last faced Houston on August 18 and went 8 1/3 innings while giving up two runs in a 3-2 14 inning Mets victory. The hot Astro pitching along with Dickey for the Mets should keep this game under 7 runs. Take the UNDER 7(+105) runs.