Roll Tide!

After a big cover, we usually rub it in with a post about our dead-on pick. In 2010, our resolution was to let our picks do the talking. Well, most of the talking.

We had our first pick of 2010 earlier this week with the BCS National Championship Game. Alabama took care of Texas on Thursday, covering the -4 1/2 point spread and giving us a perfect 1-0 record this decade.

Although we are done with college football picks for the year, stay tuned to Stock Lemon for plenty of playoff football action, including our earlier pick today!

Free BCS Championship Pick

And now, for our first pick of the 2010 betting season!

We'll have plenty of NFL playoff coverage this weekend (including picks in every game), but first, we'll end the NCAA Football season with our Free BCS Championship Pick.

Alabama -4 1/2 over Texas

Roll Tide tonight! We like Mark Ingram's Tide to beat Colt McCoy's Longhorns, just like Ingram edged McCoy for the Heisman.

Good luck!

2009 NFL Mock Draft: Picks 4-6

Yesterday, we unveiled our first three picks in our 2009 NFL Mock Draft, and today, since you've all been behaving lately, we're dishing out our next three picks. 

4. Seahawks: Eugene Monroe, T, Virginia

The quarterback position will be tempting for the Seahawks, depending on how the draft unfolds, but they have an opportunity to secure the tackle position by grabbing a player that many feel is the best of the top three or four tackles. 

5. Browns: Brian Orakpo, DE, Texas

Orakpo has sky-rocketed up the draft boards, and his explosiveness and athletic ability are good reasons why. Some fear he's simply a workout warrior, but his numbers at Texas indicated otherwise. This kid can play. 

6. Bengals: Andre Smith, T, Alabama

This seems like too perfect of a fit. A player who has done nothing but raise character questions during the pre-draft months seems destined for those infamous Bengal stripes. Despite the issues Smith has had, we think he'll make an excellent pro, worthy of being the third tackle in the first six picks in the draft. We told you we liked the top three tackles. 

Keep on checking back and we'll keep the 2009 NFL Mock Draft coming. The next three picks will likely be up tomorrow. 

Fiesta!

We have a Free NCAA Football Pick for you in the Fiesta Bowl, and it's our biggest bowl play of the year.

Texas -9 over Ohio State

Bring on another uninspiring Big Ten bowl performance, as Texas proves that they should be one of about six teams who have valid arguments for being national champs.

Good luck!

Three More Free NCAA Football Picks

As we mentioned last post, our Free NCAA Football Picks, which are 78% in the last three weeks with a 7-2 record, show a ton of valuable plays for this week, so we're playing all nine of the picks that our system shows.

So here's our second batch of picks, which, though not as strong as the first three, aren't off by much. Play them with confidence.

Texas -4 over Texas Tech

Missouri -20 over Baylor

Air Force -8 over Army

As you can see, there are some big favorites in this group of picks, as well as some good games. We'll post our final three Free NCAA Football Picks for this weekend momentarily.

Florida and Texas Lead Us To 2-1 Day

Thanks to the play of a couple of great college quarterbacks, we won a couple of great big games today. 

Tim Tebow led Florida past LSU 51-21 to cover a 6 1/2 point spread, while Colt McCoy and Texas beat Oklahoma 45-35 to take care of the +7 spread. 

All in all, our Free NCAA Football Picks had a 2-1 night, and we are looking forward to this kind of success throughout the remainder of the college football season.

Three Free NCAA Football Picks Today

We have three Free NCAA Football Picks this week in what should be a good Saturday. Our computer system likes the following:

Texas +7 over Oklahoma

Florida -6 1/2 over LSU

Kentucky +3 over South Carolina

Colt McCoy and Texas should at the very least not let the Sooners beat them by a touchdown, and our system indicates that the spread is too high. Florida and Kentucky should also take care of business in what amounts to be a big game card for us.

Good luck!

Lemmy Awards: Top 5 Sports Message Boards

Ladies and gentlemen, it's the moment you've all been waiting for. That's right, it's time to give out a few Lemmy Awards! In our first installment, we rewarded the top five sports betting and stock blogs on the net with the Golden Lemmy. This time, we're giving out Lemmy Awards for the top five sports message boards on the web, particularly when it comes to NCAA football. UPDATE: These are only Rivals message boards.

1. Orange Bloods

This Texas sports message board has a football, basketball and other section. As they say, everything is bigger in Texas.

2. Hawkeye Report

The best collegiate board Iowa has to offer includes the largest wrestling themed board on the web.

3. Warchant

Florida State's board has a rare baseball section packed full of wise commenters.

4. The Wolverine

Up in Michigan, there's never a dull moment on The Wolverine boards.

5. Gator Bait

Not far behind Florida State, Florida's message board provides enough insight on Gator sports to earn a Lemmy Award.

Memphis Covers!

Memphis handled Texas without much of a problem, unfortunately Kansas couldn't cover against Davidson, giving us a 1-1 day in NCAA Basketball. Still, since the Sweet 16 we are 9-3, which is 75%.

We've updated our bracket to help you place your bets for the Final Four on Saturday. We like a one-seed to win it all.

Two Elite Eight Picks Today

Here are our picks today:

Memphis -3 over Texas

Kansas -9 over Davidson

Good luck!

Another 3-1 Day in NCAA Basketball

Kansas, Texas, and Memphis all won and covered, giving us back-to-back 3-1 days in the NCAA Tournament. We'll do the math for you quickly, and figure that we went 6-2 in the Sweet 16, which is 75%. As is usually the case, it looks like our Free NCAA Basketball picks are hot just in time for March Madness.

Two More Sweet 16 Wagers

We're sticking with the favorites today. Our system sees a lot of value in these lines.

Texas -2 over Stanford

Memphis -4.5 over Michigan State

Good luck and enjoy the Madness!

More Friday Tournament Picks

A couple more Friday Picks...

Texas -15 over Austin Peay

Saint Mary's -1 over Miami

More coming...