Smooth's Football Picks Blog

Last night's incredible finish to the Giants fourth Super Bowl championship can be directly linked to their much maligned quarterback, Eli Manning. I've always said, if I had a quarterback to pick in the in the fourth quarter with the game on the line, I'd pick Eli Manning. I didn't understand the criticism on Eli on his interceptions in the last few years. Much of the miscues was because of receivers being unable to catch the ball. Hey, it's not Eli's fault the receivers have butter fingers!...

February 5th, 2012Super Bowl 46Indianapolis, IndianaNew York Giants vs. New England PatriotsLine: Patriots by 2½ And so it goes…five months of grinding, pounding and aching has come to this, a moment in time…revisited. When we last saw these two teams battle for the crown, we saw the most unlikely outcome take place. The Patriots were gunning for perfection. 18-0, they were the team of destiny. The only thing standing in their way was the upstart New York Giants, the team that no one expected...

Joe Paterno, the winningest Division I football coach in NCAA history has died at the age of 85.Paterno led the Penn State Nittany Lions for 46 years and won 2 national titles during his tenure. But it would be his firing in mid-season in November 2011 that will forever taint his legacy. He was relieved of his duties by Penn State trustees in November 2011, after long-time assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested on child sexual abuse charges. Despite the incident, Joe Paterno's legacy on...

Saturday, January 14th New Orleans (14-3) at San Francisco (13-3)Line: Saints by 3½ The Saints easily dispatched Detroit last weekend and now their biggest task will be at hand. New Orleans has never won a playoff game on the road, but the on the plus side, the record setting play of Drew Brees all season has given the Saints a very good chance to get the elusive road victory. They must contend with a strong Niners defense, which has given up only 10.9 points per game all season long. If they...

Fumbles and Stumbles 112 Missouri Crushers 65 Aaron Rodgers (28-46 for 369 yards, 4 TD’s and an INT for 40 points) continued his incredible play this season, leading the Fumbles to their 5 th straight victory in a row over the hapless Crushers and leading the charge to the top of the league. The win clinches their first championship playoff birth. A victory over their division rival Kittycat365 will give them the number one seed in the league. PVR Wasted Bandwidth 108 Kittycat365 119 Pierre...

Yuck! That's one word to describe the overtime loss against Arizona for the Dallas Cowboys. Just when you think Dallas has become the elite team expected of them, a moment that that sends them back into the dog house. Dallas probably would have won the game had head coach Jason Garrett not called a timeout just as kicker Dan Bailey was about to attempt a game-winning 48-yard field goal at the end of regulation. He was kicking the ball when the referees blew the whistle. On the second try, the...

With the final games in the regular season, we were able to recover to a 62% correction rate. Though it was a weakest season since doing these pick, we’re still ahead of the so-called “wiseguys” in Vegas. Last Week’s Results Against the Spread: 8-4-4 Head to Head: 12-4 Regular Season to Date Against the Spread: 119-95-41 Head to Head: 161-95 Odds Courtesy of OddsShark.com Saturday, January 7th Cincinnati (9-7) at Houston (10-6)Line: Texans by 3Houston limped their way to the post-season using...