Pigskin (and boxing) Picks

Time for the Pigskin picks and a bonus as well.....

Ohio State tackles Iowa in the Big Horseshoe with the Big 10 title on the line.
The Buckeyes are coming off their best game of the season with their win over Penn State,while Iowa comes in off a loss to Northwestern and will be without starting QB Ricky Stanzi.
Can Iowa score enough points without Stanzi against the best defense they have seen all season?

The Seahawks travel to Arizona in a must win game for any playoff hopes.
A win and they are in the hunt,a loss and it is all over.
Seattle's three wins this season are over teams with a combined four wins and Arizona dusted them in Seattle in their first meeting.
Teams have been able to throw the ball on the Cards,so the key might be for Matt Hasselbeck to throw 40 times or more.....

The Browns host Baltimore.
Enough said,little hope in this one....

Our college game of the week goes to the Mountain West as 4th ranked TCU hosts 16th ranked Utah in the BCS bracket buster matchup.
I am rooting for all three of TCU,Boise State and Cincinnati to win out,so the BCS can get even more negative press on what a dumb system they have.
This shapes to be a good one,for those of you that can see it that is as the game is on Versus...


The NFL game of the week goes to the Patriots-Colts game.
Tom Brady vs Peyton Manning,etc-You have heard it all before.

Manny Pacquaio vs Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas tonight.
The key here is just how much damage Cotto still has from his brutal ( and possibly illegal) pounding in his loss to Antonio Margarito last year.
IF Cotto has his former skills and power,this is a very winnable fight for him.
Pacquaio's wins over a shot Oscar De La Hoya and a limited Ricky Hatton didn't do much for me and if you don't like that,then you have to go back for years for his split decision win over Juan Manuel Marquez (we thought Marquez deserved the nod) for a top notch win.
In case,this should be entertaining at minimum and I will go out on a limb and bet on the Cotto of old to appear.

Our Picks
Ohio State 20-10
Cardinals 31-21
Ravens 34-6
TCU 31-27
Patriots 24-20
Cotto split decision