Rudy's Top 5 Heisman Candidates Week 5

1.Terrell Pryor QB Ohio State
2.Kellen Moore QB Boise State
3.Andrew Luck QB Stanford
4.Mark Ingram RB Alabama
5.Patrick Peterson KR/DB LSU

I won't go through stats or detailed explanations this week as I am doing this list a little later than I would like to. Come back next week for my normal Heisman list with stats and explanations.

ST920 NASCAR Pick 'Em Standings after race 28

1.Rudy- 167pts 2 win, 12 top fives, 16 top tens
2.Goody- 148pts 3 wins, 7 top fives, 14 top tens
3.Jason- 122pts 3 wins, 6 top fives, 11 top tens
4.Fan Pick-83pts 1 win, 5 top fives, 9 top tens
5.Jimmie- 73pts 1 win, 4 top fives, 8 top tens

ST920 NASCAR Pick 'Em Race 28: Dover

Rudy-#48 Jimmie Johnson
Goody-#18 Kyle Busch
Jason-#2 Kurt Busch
Fan Pick-#17 Matt Kenseth
Jimmie-#29 Kevin Harvick

The Iron Man in football is back!

Here is a video of Stanford FB/LB Owen Marecic scoring on both sides of the ball, but perhaps the craziest part of it all is that it all happened in a span of 13 seconds!

Week 3 NFL Pick 3 Picks

Rudys (5-1): pics see below

Goody (4-2): Oakland Raiders over the Arizona Cardinals 21-17
Green Bay Packers over the Chicago Bears 27-24 OT
UPSET SPECIAL: Dallas Cowboys over Houston Texans 31=27

Jason (0-0): Indianapolis Colts over Denver Broncos 37-24
Dallas Cowboys over Houston Texans 34-14
St. Louis Rams over Washington Redskins

The Rest of Goodys Picks (18-14):
Chiefs over 49ers 19-16
Vikings over Lions 31-20
Patriots over Bills 34-10
Saints over Falcons 27-20
Titans over Giants 21-20
Steelers over Buccaneers 20-9
Bengals over Panthers 23-13
Ravens over Browns 13-10
Redskins over Rams 31-17
Eagles over Jaguars 20-17
Colts over Broncos 29-13
Chargers over Seahawks 30-20
Jets over Dolphins 22-20

Rudy's Week 3 NFL picks

Since I missed giving my picks on this past weeks show here they are now:

New England over Buffalo 35-14

Washington over St. Louis 27-13

Upset Special Atlanta over New Orleans 31-24

ST920 Nascar Pick 'Em Standings after Race 27

1.Rudy- 146pts 1 win, 11 top fives, 15 top tens
2.Goody- 143pts 3 wins, 7 top fives, 13 top tens
3.Jason- 112pts 3 wins, 5 top fives, 10 top tens
4.Fan Pick-83pts 1 win, 5 top fives, 9 top tens
5.Jimmie- 73pts 1 win, 4 top fives, 8 top tens

Rudy's Top 5 Heisman candidates Week 4

Every week for the rest of the college football season I am going to try and post what I think are the top 5 Heisman Candidates and brief description of why I rated that player where he is.

1. Kellen Moore QB Boise State- Passed for 370 yards and 2 TD's against Wyoming in a 51-6 blowout. This will be a big week for Boise State and Kellen Moore if they wish to stay in the national spotlight as they play #24 Oregon State in a nationallly televised game Saturday night.
2.Andrew Luck QB Stanford- Already has 10 TD passes on the season with 674 yards passing and 140 yards rushing on the year. Should put up some more big numbers this week against Notre Dame.
3. Denard Robinson QB Michigan- I refuse to put him any higher on my list until Michigan plays a quality opponent. I'm sorry but Notre Dame, UMass, and UConn aren't exactly staggering defences. We'll see how the qb plays against some of the tougher Big 10 defences.
4. Terrelle Pryor QB Ohio State- Hasn't really put up any staggering numbers yet this year does have 6 TD's but he threw 2 ints against a weak Ohio team this past Saturday. If Ohio State keeps winning he will remain in the top 5.
5 John Clay RB Wisconsin- I am going show a little bias here but John Clay is the main reason why Wisconsin is 3-0 right now. He hasn't had as many carries this year but this is due to the Wisconsin coaching staff wanting to keep him fresh throughout the season. Should have another 100 yard running game this week.

The Rest of Goody's Week 2 NFL Picks

Packers over Bills 31-19
Vikings over Dolphins 24-12
Browns over Chiefs 20-17
Cowboys over Bears 17-13
Falcons over Cardinals 24-10
Panthers over Buccaneers 27-17
Eagles over Lions 26-17
Titans over Steelers 31-21
Seahawks over Broncos 20-13
Raiders over Rams 16-9
Chargers over Jaguars 27-24
Colts over Giants 34-28
Saints over 49ers 27-14

2010 record (8-8)

ST920 Pick 3 Picks Week 2

Goody (2-1):
Baltimore Ravens over Cinncinati Bengals 27-21
Houston Texans over Washington Redskins 34-24
UPSET SPECIAL: New York Jets over New England Patriots 20-15

Rudy (2-1):
New Orleans Saints over San Francisco 49ers 38-10
Green Bay Packers over Buffalo Bills 35-17
UPSET SPECIAL: Chicago Bears over Dallas Cowboys 24-12

ST920 NASCAR Pick 'Em Race 27: New Hampshire

Goody-#48 Jimmie Johnson
Rudy-#24 Jeff Gordon
Jason-#18 Kyle Busch
Jimmie-#2 Kurt Busch
Fan Pick-#29 Kevin Harvick

Scuffle among teammates

ST920 Pick 3 Records after week 1

Rudy 3-0
-picked Titans, Texans, Redskins right
Goody 2-1
-picked Saints, Packers right

ST920 NASCAR Pick 'Em Standings after race 26: Richmond

1.Goody- 143pts 3 wins, 7 top fives, 13 top tens
2.Rudy- 141pts 1 win, 11 top fives, 14 top tens
3.Jason- 107pts 3 wins, 5 top fives, 9 top tens
4.Jimmie- 73pts 1 win, 4 top fives, 8 top tens
5.Fan Pick-72pts 1 win, 4 top fives, 8 top tens

ST920 NASCAR Pick' em Race 26: Richmond

Goody-#24 Jeff Gordon
Rudy-#48 Jimmie Johnson
Jason-#2 Kurt Busch
Fan Pick- NONE
Jimmie-#29 Kevin Harvick

AP College Football poll

Last weeks show both Goody and I believed that whoever won the Notre Dame/Michigan game would be ranked although we both agreed they probably wouldn't deserve it just yet. Michigan won the game on a last minute TD 28-24 and low and behold they are ranked 20th in the latest edition of the AP poll. I do not believe when a progam has won a combined 11 games in the past 3 seasons including the first 2 games of this season that they deserved to be ranked so early in the season even if it is Michigan. Take a look at Virgina Tech for example, starting the season at #10 and with Saturday's embarrassing lost to James Madison they fell completely out the of the top 25 and in my opinion should be back in anytime soon.

A few other highlights from the polls, Alabama and Ohio State remain 1 and 2 in the poll and actually pick up more votes and distance themselves from #3 Boise State. Florida fell again to #10 this week after struggling once again this week to South Florida. The ACC which had 5 teams in the Preseason Poll now only have one, Miami which is now ranked #17. Virgina Tech, Georgia Tech, and Florida State all dropped out with losses this weekend.

FIBA World Championships

One thing I wanted to mention on last nights show was the USA world team and the FIBA World Championships. Today the US beat Russia 89-79 to advance to the Semifinals to play Lithuania. Even though The US has done well in the Olympic games they tend to struggle in this tournament and haven't won since 1994. Looks like this year could end that drought as Coach "K" has revamped how the US world team goes about there business in these Championships.

Rudy

The Rest of Goody's Week 1 NFL Picks

Browns over Buccaneers 28-17
Bills over Dolphins 23-21
Patriots over Bengals 27-21
Colts over Texans 31-24
Jaguars over Broncos 16-12
Steelers over Falcons 17-14
Giants over Panthers 20-19
Bears over Lions 21-13
Cardinals over Rams 20-7
49ers over Seahawks 24-10
Cowboys over Redskins 17-14 (OT)
Jets over Ravens 20-13
Chargers over Chiefs 28-19

2010 Record (0-0)

Missed Studs and Duds of Sports Talk 920: 9/8/10

Duds
1. Reggie Bush for reportedly losing his 2005 Heisman Trophy
2. Tebowless Florida Gator offense for struggling against the much weaker Miami (OH) Defense
3. Dale Jr. and the #88 team, after running in the top 10 for most of the night when it came down to crunch time they struggled to barely end up in the top 25.

Studs
1. Milwaukee Brewers Pitcher Trevor Hoffman for recording career save 600 last night in a victory over the St. Louis Cardinals
2. Boise State in their thrilling last minute victory over Virginia Tech.
3. Tony Stewart for recording his first win of the 2010 season and getting those valuable 10 bonus points going into the Chase

ST920 NFL Pick 3 Picks

Goody (0-0):
1. Saints over Vikings 31-21
2. Packers over Eagles 30-27
3. Raiders over Titans 21-17 *UPSET SPECIAL*

Rudy (0-0):
1. Titans over Raiders 24-16
2. Colts over Texans 34-31
3. Redskins over Cowboys 22-20 *UPSET SPECIAL*

A Lesson Should Be Learned

I just got done watching the Boise St. and Virginia Tech battle tonight, and after I caught my breath for some reason I could only think of one thing....The NFL should learn a lesson from NCAA Football. With the season being on the line for both teams, escpecially for Boise State who has National Championship game hopes, it seems realy crazy that it was the first week of college football and not a bowl game. This is what is so great about college football, every teams season is on the line EVERY WEEK! With each team playing 12 regular season games it makes it very easy for college teams to feel pressure if they get even one loss. Which brings me to my main point, with the NFL wanting to go to 18 regular season games will only water down the sport in the long run. I mean come on like Rudy has said in the program before, people are already complaining when they see more of Curtis Painter under center weeks 16 and 17 rather than legendary QB Peyton Manning. I don't want to rant on this point to long but the NFL wants to unsure fans get their dollars worth by seeing starters every week of the regular season but yet want to add two more games which would more than likely make the situation worse. If they want to make the game of NFL football got back to a 14 game schedule. But the best words I heard on this situation was with a conversation with Goody Sr.....his comments are simply put: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

ST920 Pick 'Em Standings after race 25 Atlanta

1.Goody- 143pts 3 wins, 7 top fives, 13 top tens
2.Rudy- 130pts 1 win, 10 top fives, 13 top tens
3.Jason- 107pts 3 wins, 5 top fives, 9 top tens
4.Fan Pick-72pts 1 win, 4 top fives, 8 top tens
5.Jimmie- 68pts 1 win, 4 top fives, 7 top tens

ST920 NASCAR Pick 'Em Race 25: Hotlanta

Goody-#2 Kurt Busch
Rudy-#48 Jimmie Johnson
Jason-#29 Kevin Harvick
Jimmie-#5 Mark Martin
Fan Pick-#14 Tony Stewart (Goody Sr.)

First post and first upset of the College Football Season!!

Hello everyone this is the BCSpert making his first official post on the blog of ST920.

Utah beats #15 Pittsburgh which is college football's first official upset of the season. After Pittsburgh rallied from 14 points down in the 4th qtr to put the game in overtime Utah freshman Brian Blechen intercepted a pass on the first play from scrimmage in overtime. This set up a field goal which sealed the game for Utah. I do have to say I am a little bit of a Pitt fan due to the fact that I have always been a dave wanstedt fan and hope he can get it going this year in Pitt.