NFL LOCK OF THE YEAR!!

A mediocre Saturday has us chomping at the bit today and we've got our NFL lock of the year to start the day. This is a must win for Detroit and the Vikings value is inflated due their huge win last week over the 49ers. We do not expect this game to be close. Elsewhere, the favorites will dominate the early games as we love the Falcons to keep rolling against Cam the Scam. Good luck!

LIONS -4 VS VIKINGS
FALCONS -7 VS PANTHERS
SEAHAWKS -3 VS RAMS

SATURDAY CARD

Good morning fellow degenerates! We enter today 38-39 which is not acceptable around these parts. For the morning games, we like several home teams to take care of business. Be sure to check back later today for the afternoon card which promises to improve your weekend. Good luck!

VIRGINIA +4 VS LA TECH
MIAMI -2 VS NC ST
WEST VIRGINIA -11 VS BAYLOR
ARKANSAS +13.5 AT TEXAS A&M
IOWA/UCONN/NORTHWESTERN ML PARLAY
OHIO STATE ML AT MICHIGAN STATE
VIRGINIA TECH -6.5 VS CINCY
ASU -2.5 AT CAL
COLORADO +19 VS UCLA
OSU +2 VS TEXAS
WISKY -11.5 AT NEBRASKA

FRIDAY FOOTBALL

This weekend promises to be a big one and we kick it off in Utah as Hawaii travels to BYU.

HAWAII +26.5 AT BYU

JOHNNY 5 RETURNS!

Our ole pal, Big Ten Expert Johnny 5 is back as conference play opens this weekend!

Indiana 27
NW 34

Penn St 10
Illinois 17

Iowa 24
Minn 17

Marshall 17
Purdue 31

Ohio St 21
Michigan St 17

Wisconsin 13
Nebraska 27

MR. THURSDAY NIGHT

Thursday is here again and it is time to continue the winning ways as both the NFL and the NCAA have interesting games on tap. We are heading back to the Pacific Northwest for our second home dog of the week as we are officially putting Stanford on upset alert! Red hot Slap Shot Bob has also joined us on the Huskies. In the NFL, the real refs are back and the chaos is gone therefore things will settle back towards normal which means Baltimore will take care of Cleveland despite the potential hangover effect from their big win over New England Sunday Night.

WASHINGTON HUSKIES +7 VS STANFORD CARDINAL

BALTIMORE RAVENS -12 VS CLEVELAND BROWNS

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS ML +150 VS GREEN BAY PACKERS

NFL SUNDAY

A below average day Saturday has us eager to recover today as the NFL takes center stage. Good luck!

BENGALS ML AT REDSKINS
LIONS -4 VS TITANS
CARDINALS ML VS EAGLES
BILLS -3 AT BROWNS
JETS -2.5 AT DOLPHINS

SATURDAY, SATURDAY

Good morning fellow degenerates! We've got a full slate of college action to look forward to today and it looks like Mr. Thursday Night is starting to find his groove. Back to .500 on the season only means the turnaround has begun for this legendary gamer. Be sure to check back later when we finalize our card which will include an automatic winner in the Notre Dame/Michigan game. Good luck!

IOWA -14.5 VS CENTRAL MICHIGAN
ARIZONA STATE -6.5 VS UTAH
MINNESOTA +1 VS SYRACUSE
IOWA/WISCONSIN/VIRGINIA TECH ML (-170)
VIRGINIA +18 AT TCU

MICHIGAN +6 AT NOTRE DAME

FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

A tough 1-1 last night after the Boise offense refused to show its face. Tonight, ULM returns home after nearly running roughshot through the SEC. A win at Arkansas was followed by a heartbreaking overtime loss at Auburn. The Baylor defense looks suspect through two games and the offense has a huge hole to fill behind center. This one looks like a winner, go Warhawks!

ULM +7.5 VS BAYLOR

MR. THURSDAY NIGHT

Mr. Thursday Night is back to produce two locks on his favorite day of the week! We're still sputtering out of the gate at 28-29 however brighter days are ahead, starting today. We see the favorites dominating these two early season battles. Good luck!

BOISE STATE -7.5 VS BYU
NEW YORK GIANTS -1.5 AT CAROLINA PANTHERS

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

A decent day yesterday gets us back on track entering tonight's clash between Denver and Atlanta. The Falcons always cause problems at home and we feel the Peyton Manning/Denver Bronco love has gone too far. This matchup will likely be high scoring as the Atlanta secondary will have their hands full while Denver has to deal with the White/Jones WR combo housed by the Falcons.

ATLANTA FALCONS -3 VS DENVER BRONCOS

NFL LOCKS

After a damaging day on the college gridiron, we look forward today to bouncing back with these sure-fire NFL locks. Be sure to check back tomorrow for the Monday Night play!!

ARIZONA CARDINALS +14.5 VS NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
DETROIT LIONS +7 VS SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
MINNESOTA VIKINGS -1.5 VS INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
BUFFALO BILLS -3 VS KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
PITTSBURGH STEELERS -4.5 VS NEW YORK JETS

SATURDAY'S CARD

Saturday is here again and we've got a full card of winners! This looks to be the weekend where we kick it into high gear......good luck degens!

MARYLAND ML +125 VS UCONN
MICHIGAN STATE -6 VS NOTRE DAME
VIRGINIA TECH -11 VS PITTSBURGH
CAL/OSU UNDER 55.5
WISCONSIN -13.5 VS UTAH STATE
ARIZONA STATE +6 VS MISSOURI
USC -9 VS STANFORD

FRIDAY NIGHT ACTION

1-1 last night mainly due to a disgusting performance by Jay Cutler. Tonight we've got an UGLY one in Las Vegas as UNLV hosts Mike Leach and Washington State. UNLV lost at home last weekend to Northern Arizona which forced them to 0-2 while Washington State enters at 1-1. Mr. Thursday Night thinks that the Cougars will be able to generate just enough offense to cover this number. Check back later today and early tomorrow for Saturday's card which is shaping up to be the best of the young season!

WASHINGTON STATE -8 AT UNLV

THURSDAY NIGHT DOUBLE PLAY

A pair of interEsting football games on Thursday Night as Rutgers visits South Florida and the Chicago Bears head north to face the Green Bay Packers.

South Florida returns home after an impressive win at Nevada. We think the Bulls pull this game out but do not cover the number as the after effects of a cross country flight and short week take its toll.

The Bears looked to be a contender in week 1 with an improved offense against Indianapolis while the Packers sputtered to a season opening loss at the hands of San Francisco. Despite the fact that Chicago beat a bottom 3 team in the league and Green Bay lost to a top 3 team, we like the Bears. The tough, physical teams have proven to be a problem for the Pack in the past. Also of note is Greg Jennings injury status. At this point he appears to be 50/50 to play at best.

CHICAGO BEARS +6 VS GREEN BAY PACKERS

RUTGERS +7.5 VS SOUTH FLORIDA

MONDAY NIGHT DOUBLEHEADER

A big 5-3 day gets us over .500 for the season at 21-20. Two games are on tap Monday with the Ravens hosting the Bengals and the Raiders entertaining the Chargers.

RAVENS/RAIDERS ML PARLAY +135

NFL SUNDAY

A late push salvaged a Saturday that looked ugly from the beginning. Looking forward, our first full Sunday of NFL action is upon us and there are opportunities all over the board. Our record on the early season now stands at 16-17.

LIONS/RAMS OVER 46
AZ CARDINALS (+125) ML VS SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
BUFFALO BILLS (+130) ML VS NEW YORK JETS
ATLANTA FALCONS -3 VS KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
GREEN BAY PACKERS -5 VS SF 49ERS
4 TEAM ML PARLAY (+140) BEARS, EAGLES, LIONS, SAINTS
DENVER BRONCOS -3 VS PITTSBURGH STEELERS
TAMPA BAY BUCS ML (+135) VS CAROLINA PANTHERS

SATURDAY'S CARD

WHOA NELLIE. Lots of action to talk about today. You'll notice we like 3 Big Ten teams to cover the number tomorrow but our strongest play will be against the Big Ten as Illinois travels to the desert to face Arizona State. Questions at quarterback combined with an upstart Arizona State team will result in a beating not seen at Sun Devil Stadium since Iowa visisted in 2004. We do like the Badgers to boucne back after last weeks suspect performance against Northern Iowa. Rex Burkhead looks unlikely to play when Nebraska visits the Rose Bowl and UCLA however the Huskers have more than enough depth to take care of business. Penn State did lose last week but it was to a very solid Ohio team. We don't think they'll win this game but 10 points is too many. We may add a play or two throughout the day so stay tuned!

MIAMI +7 AT KANSAS STATE
NC STATE -3.5 AT UCONN
PENN STATE +10 AT VIRGINIA
AUBURN ML (+125) AT MISSISSIPPI STATE
WISCONSIN -7 AT OREGON STATE
ARIZONA STATE -3 AT ILLINOIS
NEBRASKA -5 AT UCLA
PURDUE +14.5 AT NOTRE DAME

ADD-IOWA -3.5 VS IOWA STATE
ARIZONA +11 VS OKLAHOMA STATE
GEORGIA -1.5 VS MIZZOU

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

Utah travels to Utah State tonight in what looks like the Aggies best chance to defeat the Utes in quite sometime. Looking forward to tomorrow there are at least three games that jump off the page at us and all three involve Big Ten teams which is our area of expertise. Enjoy the game tonight and check back early tomorrow!

UTAH ST +7 VS UTAH

MR. THURSDAY NIGHT

It's our favorite day of the week once again. Hopefully you've enjoyed the first week of football as much as us. We've got a shitfest to look forward to tonight as Pittsburgh, coming off a home loss to Youngstown State, heads to Cincinnati to face the Bearcats in their season opener. The home field will be the difference as Cincy squeaks out a narrow cover. Good luck degenerates!

CINCINNATI -4.5 VS PITTSBURGH

NFL ACTION

A 4-0 finish to the weekend salvages the opening week, landing our record at 9-10. Looking forward, we've got NFL action starting on Wednesday when the Super Bowl champions get their rings while entertaining the Dallas Cowboys. As usual, the Cowboys had an eventful offseason and camp was particularly rough on them with injuries all over the board. We do not think the Cowboys are ready to win a big road game with their current medical situation. Lay the points, take the champs.

NEW YORK GIANTS -4 VS DALLAS COWBOYS

BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS-POST WEEK 1

All was not lost for the greatest conference in all of the land this weekend even after Michigan's embarassing showing against Alabama. The conference did go 10-2 and I think even the biggest Big Ten supporters were OK seeing Penn State go down.

1. WISCONSIN-Escaped against pesky I-AA Northern Iowa. Up next is a trip out west to Oregon State.

2. MICHIGAN STATE-A late score secured a nice win over Boise State. The defense looks the part.

3. NEBRASKA-Steam-rolled a solid Southern Miss team. Martinez looks improved.

4. OHIO STATE-Blew out Miami (OH) in the debut for Urban Meyer. UCF up next.

5. MICHIGAN-Clearly over-matched by Alabama. Can Robinson stay healthy all season?

6. IOWA-Fortunate to be 1-0, Hawk fans hope to see drastic improvement from week 1 to week 2.

7. PURDUE-A 48-6 opening win pleased the faithful in West Lafayette. Notre Dame this Saturday.

8. NORTHWESTERN-Blew a huge lead only to come back to win at Syracuse. Looks like the same team as 2011 NW.

9. ILLINOIS-An encouraging start vs a decent Western Michigan team. 1st test this week at ASU.

10. MINNESOTA-A triple OT win at UNLV for the Gophers moves them up 1 spot.

11. PENN STATE-Once the emotions wore off, it was apparent how much talent has left the program.

12. INDIANA-Won a tight one in their opener against Indiana State. Not real encouraging.

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

A 2-0 Sunday has us primed to finish the long weekend strong as Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech square off on Monday Night on ESPN. Remember, the NFL Season kicksoff Wedndesday and there will be a huge opportunity waiting! 7-10 overall is not where we want to be but the season is young and things are looking up once again here at HC&P. Good luck!

GEORGIA TECH +7.5 VS VIRGINIA TECH

UNDER 47.5

SUNDAY RECOVERY

An ugly Saturday left us reeling but we're back with these two plays that promise to improve the holiday weekend.

BAYLOR -11 VS SMU

LOUISVILLE -14 VS KENTUCKU

SATURDAY'S CARD

We took a visit to the ole 0-2 BBQ yesterday thanks in part to Sparty's knee inside the 5 yard line. The good news is, there are locks all over the board today as the first college football Saturday of the year enters our lives. We apologize for the late post, had forgotten the Notre Dame start was 6am Pacific. As of press time, that wager was currently looking pretty good as the Irish led 27-3 at half in Ireland. Good luck!

NOTRE DAME -14.5 VS NAVY

PENN STATE -6.5 VS OHIO

WESTERN MICHIGAN +10 AT ILLINOIS

SOUTHERN MISS +19.5 AT NEBRASKA

5 TEAM ML PARLAY (ND, IOWA, CAL, WASH, AZ) +170

MICHIGAN +14 VS ALABAMA

ARIZONA -10.5 VS TOLEDO

ADD--HAWAII +42 AT USC

IOWA/N. ILLINOIS UNDER 47