Free NCAA Football Bowl Picks Finish 90%

That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you finish a season.

Our Free NCAA Football Bowl Picks finished at 9-1 during the bowl season after Auburns national championship win over Oregon in the BCS championship tonight, giving us a 90% postseason record in college football.

The 9-1 bowl season elevates are Free NCAA Football Picks to 55% for the year (64-53-1), not where we would have liked them to be but still relatively successful and profitable.

All in all, it's been a good year of football for us, as our Free NFL Picks are hitting at a 61% clip as well. The only downside to all of this: no college football until August.

Fortunately, there is still the NFL Playoffs, and our picks are off to a 2-0 start there. Stay with us through the playoffs right up to the 2011 Super Bowl XLV (45), where our world famous prop bet analysis will return as we look at every betting angle in this year's Super Bowl.

Free BCS National Championship Game Pick

Our Free NCAA Football Bowl Picks are 8-1 (89%) heading into the National Championship game between Oregon and Auburn, and we're intent on getting those picks up to 90% to end the season. And we plan on doing it by going with Auburn.

Auburn -1 1/2 over Oregon

Seems like a lot of sharps are shifting towards Oregon, but the SEC team that has found a way to win countless tough games has the edge as far as we can tell.

Seven Plays For Saturday (64% YTD)

It's not even Saturday and we're already 1-0 heading into the weekend... always a great feeling. An even better weekend is following a Thursday win with plenty more Saturday victories and improving on our 14-8-1 (64%) record. Again, we post these with a disclaimer that a few plays could be added tomorrow morning. That said, let's get to it. Our Free NCAA Football Picks for Week 3:

Oregon State -20 1/2 over Louisville

USC -12 over Minnesota

Wisconsin -12 over Arizona State

Utah State +3 1/2 over Fresno State

Florida State -10 1/2 over BYU

Purdue -17 over Ball State

Alabama -24 1/2 over Duke

It's a smaller card than we've had in Weeks 1 and 2, but again, we could be adding some plays to it. Stay tuned and best of luck!

UPDATE: Somehow we had the wrong team thrown in there by accident. We must have been so excited to throw up that Oregon picture that we had Oregon instead of Oregon State as the 20 1/2 point favorites against Louisville. The correct bet, obviously, is Oregon State, which most of you surely figured out. We'll leave the picture up there though, despite not picking Oregon this week, just to see who is paying attention.

Good Start For Free NCAA Football Picks

Two down, two to go for our Free NCAA Football Picks.

Our afternoon games both covered--and then some--and we're looking forward to the night games tonight.

Oregon crushed California, 42-3, to cover a +6 spread by a mile. Then, Virginia Tech pounded Miami and the +3 spread, 31-7.

So, total, we covered by 72 points in our two afternoon games. We told you the dogs were barking.

Our Free NCAA Football Picks are now 8-4 (67%) on the season.

As always, stay tuned for more winners!

Dog Day Afternoon For Free NCAA Football Picks

We have a few more of our 60% Free NCAA Football Picks for you this week:

Oregon +6 over California

Virginia Tech +3 over Miami

Arizona State +13 over Georgia

The dogs are barking this week (especially at home).

Good luck!

2009 NFL Mock Draft: Picks 30-32

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the tenth and final installment of our 2009 NFL Mock Draft. You can check out the previous nine sections of this 10-part series by clicking the links on the upper right hand side of the page. 

Some trades have been made and some drug tests have been failed, but overall, we think we're at least in the ballpark on a good majority of these picks. 

Now, to finish this thing out... 

30. Titans: Robert Ayers, LB, Tennessee

Ayers has been shooting up draft boards and is the player in our mock draft that we see as most likely to go way before we have him selected. Still, the Titans executives who surely read Stock Lemon are giddy about Ayers being available late in the first round. Ayers could either be a 3-4 linebacker or a 4-3 end and will make an impact at either position. He's got what every NFL scout loves in the draft--upside. Some think he has the potential to be the best defensive player in the draft, and the Titans don't mind stealing the in-state product at No. 30. 

31. Cardinals: Donald Brown, RB, Connecticut

The Cardinals are looking for some backfield help, and while the top two running backs are long gone, Donald Brown could make a case for being in the top group of RBs. Brown is a hard worker, and while he might not have the exact measurements NFL teams rave about, he uses his small size to his advantage as a shifty and elusive back. If the Cards don't take him here, he won't last long in the second round. 

32. Steelers: Max Unger, C, Oregon

This is one of the best drafts in a long time in terms of interior lineman, particularly at the center position. Unger heads up a talented group big bodies that will be selected in the second and third round. Unger can simply do it all, including play left tackle as he sometimes did at Oregon. The Steelers have been successful by taking advantage of late first round picks, and this selection will be no exception. 

And with that, we conclude our 2009 NFL Mock Draft. Make sure to check back and see how we did once the real NFL Draft is in the books!

Huskies Give More Credibility To Our 67% Picks

When you've only had two picks in a certain sport all year and your record is 1-1, chances are that whatever you say will be of little to no interest to most people who are betting that sport.

The only way to gain credibility is, quite simply, to win.

With Washington taking care of Oregon 84-67 to cover a -5 spread, they took care of business for us and inch our Free NCAA Basketball Picks one step closer to becoming a credible source.

At 2-1, we can now boast about our college hoops picks as hitting 67% on the year, even if we've only played three games to date.

Like we said, we're expecting these picks to really get going pretty soon, with at least one play a day as we move closer to the the NCAA Tournament, so stay tuned.

Until then, tell all your friends about the amazing 67% picks over at Stock Lemon.

A Free NCAA Basketball Pick?

Our Free NCAA Basketball Picks are never all that active early in the season, as our 1-1 record this year might indicate. Yet, they tend to pick up a little bit in February and beyond. Maybe they've started a little early this year, because we have our third pick tonight.

Washington -5 over Oregon

Good luck and enjoy the rare college play!

Plenty of Favorites on Friday

Favorites went 13-3 on Thursday, and we expect more of the same for Friday. That said, here are two more.

Mississippi State -2.5 over Oregon

Memphis -25 over UT-Arlington

Kevin Hart to go Straight to the NFL

If you haven't heard the Kevin Hart saga yet, here are the cliffnotes: He's an offensive lineman from a Nevada high school who was first thought to be headed to Oregon to play football. Then, in dramatic fashion, he chose to play for California instead at a press conference in front of his high school. We'll let Deadspin catch you up on the rest:

It was discovered that neither school actually sent anybody to recruit him.

It was concluded that Hart was scammed by a con-man posing as a recruiter for the schools. The police had no information on the actual identity of the suspect.

Then, the police suddenly received plenty of information on the identity of the suspect when Hart himself admitted that he made everything up. Everything.

So what does Kevin Hart do for an encore? According to a source, Hart has decided to forego the college ranks altogether and enter the NFL Draft.

Citing his hero, Maurice Clarett, Hart stated that going straight to the NFL is "the smartest decision of my life." He will challenge the NFL rule which requires players to be three years out of high school before entering the league. Due to a technicality, many believe that the NFL will be forced to allow him entrance into the draft.

But that's not enough for Hart. Not only does he want to to be admitted to the draft, he also expects to chose which team he will play for. He told a source, "I'm either going to go to the Eagles with the 19th overall pick or making the Bills take me at 11."

Regardless of where he ends up playing, there's no question he comes with baggage. Who knows what this kid will do next.

Disclaimer: This story is entirely made up. Or is it?