Dils NCAA and NFL Picks; Bowl Pool Update (Sat & Sun)

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Below are my NFL and NCAA picks for this week, followed by the bowl pool update.....

College Picks (Overall: 40-34, 54%)

These are my best bowl picks between now and next Friday, when I will be back with my picks for most of the rest of the bowl season.

East Carolina (+4.5) vs. South Florida. Skip Holtz has done a great job with this program, and there is no reason that South Florida should be favored by this many. The public has been fooled in this one, take the points.

Florida State (+4.5) vs. UCLA. FSU underachieved all year, but they have more talent than UCLA and are getting a healthy amount of points. UCLA peaked emotionally in their real bowl game when they upset USC. The Seminoles cover and probably win outright.

Kansas State (+7.5) vs. Rutgers. K St. has played better the second half of the season and this will be a building block under their first year coach. Rutgers cannot help but avoid a letdown after they had been primed for a BCS game all year and then lost an emotional 3-OT game in Morgantown to end the regular season.

NFL Picks (Last Week 4-1; Overall Season: 45-39, 54%)

Carolina (+6.5) at Atlanta. I don't care how much Carolina has packed it in, no way you can lay this many points with the Falcons and Michael Vick.

St. Louis (-1.5) vs. Washington. The Skins with Jason Campbell will come back to earth after a big road win last week.

Indianapolis (-9) at Houston. They have owned Houston since they became the Texans.

Pittsburgh (-3.5) vs. Baltimore. Still do not believe in Baltimore. Pittsburgh is coming on strong.

Chicago (-5) at Detroit. Grossman is playing better. Lookk for an inspired Bears defense after a putrid effort last week. And the Detroit fans are planning the Millen Man March during the game.

Cincy (+3) at Denver. Denver has a banged up secondary. Look for Palmer to put up the points.

Seattle (+4.5) vs. San Diego. I d not care how bad Seattle has been, and how great the Chargers have looked. I am always taking Seattle at home getting 4.5 points. Always.

EAGLES (+7) at Dallas. Dallas has a banged up secondary. Their 3-4 defense is going to be tough to slow down Westbrook. Garcia is playing great mistake free football. Birds at least keep it close in their third straight road game, and have a shot to win it outright.

Jets (+2.5) at Miami. After picking the Jets to make th eplayoffs on the George Rogers show this week, I better pick them to win this one.

Now to the bowl pool. Here are standings, stats and picks for games Saturday and Sunday. Will be back with the next update Monday or Tuesday morning.

Standings (Top 10; points for all participant are shown in parentheses next to their names where individual picks are displayed):
1. John McKesting 62
2. Jodi Wallace #1 59
3. Bob van Nortwick 54
4. Brian Wallace #1 53
5. Jeremy Hare #1 52
6. Stephen Moss 51
7. Peter Krug 49
8. Mike Powers 47
9. Sean Germon 45
10. KMart 43
T15. Dils 30

Stats (South Florida (-3.5) vs. East Carolina):
South Florida Picks: 55 (the most yet)
East Carolina Picks: 19
Avg Weighting of South Florida Picks: 17.6
Avg Weighting of East Carolina Picks: 10.4
Avg. Overall Weighting of game: 15.8
The public AGREES with the herd here, as the line in Vegas has been driven up to 4.5

Stats (San Jose St (+4.5) vs. New Mexico):
New Mexico Picks: 31
San Jose St Picks: 43
Avg. Weighting of New Mexico Picks: 12.1
Avg. Weighting of SJSU Picks: 12.2
Avg. overall Weighting of the game: 12.2
The public AGREES with the herd here, as the line has been driven down to 3.5 in Vegas

Stats (Utah (-2.5) vs. Tulsa):
Utah Picks: 37
Tulsa Picks: 37 (how about that, a split right down the middle)
Avg. Weighting of Utah Picks: 15.5 (the half picking Utah have stronger opinions)
Avg. Weighting of Tulsa Picks: 13.1
Avg. Overall Weighting for Game: 14.3
There is no herd here, but the public had driven line down to 1.5.

Stats (Hawaii (-8.5) vs. Arizona St.):
Hawaii Picks: 46
Arizona St Picks: 28
Avg. Weighting of Hawaii Picks: 16.8
Avg. Weighting of Arizona St. Picks: 14.6
Avg. Overall Weighting of the Game: 16.0
The public DISAGREES with the herd here, as the line has been driven down to 7 in Vegas.

Name (points to date), Picks & Weighting for Saturday and Sunday:
Michael Albrecht (28) So Fla 18 SJSU 7 Utah 9 Hawaii 1
Tom Arnold (1) So Fla 32 New Mexico 30 Utah 31 Az St 15
Bear (4) So Fla 25 Nex Mexico 5 Utah 1 Az St 18
Joseph Beedon (28) So Fla 17 SJSU 1 Tulsa 13 Hawaii 19
Gregg Benedetto (3) So Fla 6 SJSU 2 Utah 5 Hawaii 30
Scott Bingham (13) So Fla 10 SJSU 17 Tulsa 7 Az St 11
Bryan Boisi (10) ECU 9 SJSU 7 Tulsa 3 Hawaii 6
Barry Bredt (14) So Fla 13 SJSU 3 Utah 4 Hawaii 5
Billy Bredt (17) ECU 26 SJSU 22 Tulsa 30Az St 9
Brownie (5) ECU 4 New Mexico 5 Tulsa 6 Hawaii 7
Clint (17) So Fla 28 New Mexico 25 Utah 24 Hawaii 29
Cow (3) So Fla 5 New Mexico 6 Utah 7 Hawaii 25
Dils (30) ECU 18 SJSU 23 Tulsa 3 Hawaii 29
Derald Emory (3) So Fla 16 New Mexico 11 Tulsa 6 Hawaii 26
Matt Emory (25) So Fla 28 New Mexico 26 Utah 27 Hawaii 7
Scott Fiedler (0) ECU 4 SJSU 32 Tulsa 15 Hawaii 3
Flummer (17) So Fla 7 SJSU 31 Tulsa 30 Hawaii 6
Frank G (1) So Fla 8 SJSU 3 Tulsa 10 Az St 11
Sean Germon (45) So Fla 29 New Mexico 26 Utah 25 Az St 24
Brian Getson (9) So Fla 8 New Mexico 3 Utah 2 Az St 11
William Greenlaw (0) So Fla 26 SJSU 4 Tulsa 1 Az St 10
Darryl Griffin (Team Wal Mart) (8) So Fla 23 New Mexico 2 Utah 32 Hawaii 21
Jimmy Grossman (37) So Fla 11 New Mexico 8 Utah 7 Az St 25
Kevin Gusinow (1) ECU 5 SJSU 6 Utah 22 Az St 28
Max Haber 1 (25) So Fla 22 SJSU 1 Tulsa 17 Az St 28
Max Haber 2 (27) ECU 22 SJSU 6 Tulsa 11, Hawaii 7
Jeremy Hare #1 (52) So Fla 23, SJSU 19 Tulsa 20 Hawaii 13
Jeremy Hare #2 (1) So Fla 24 SJSU 18 Tulsa 25 Az St 13
Eric Haron (0) So Fla 2 SJSU 1 Tulsa 15 Hawaii 14
Joe Hochhauser (26) So Fla 32 SJSU 30 Utah 17 Hawaii 29
Dave Holdsworth (22) So 15 SJSU 29 Tulsa 26 Az St 20
Iceman (0) ECU 2 SJSU 22 Tulsa 28 Hawaii 18
Rick Kaiser (4) ECU 3 SJSU 2 Tulsa 1 Hawaii 20
KMart (43) So Fla 19 New Mexico 31 Tulsa 14 Az St 22
Peter Krug (49) So Fla 17 SJSU 1 Utah 13 Hawaii 20
Charles Kulbok (0) ECU 16 New Mexico 6 Utah 3 Az St 4
Laughandwin (1) So Fla 31 New Mexico 24 Tulsa 3 Hawaii 7
Beth Levine (6) So Fla 20 SJSU 4 Utah 2 Az St 9
Dan Levine (0) So Fla 20 New Mexico 2 Tulsa 6 Az St 15
Matt Littman (3) So Fla 4 New Mexico 5 Tulsa 6 Hawaii 7
Mark Loftus (37) So Fla 31 New Mexico 18 Utah 27 Hawaii 10
Tom Maiden (42) So Fla 16 New Mexico 7 Utah 30 Hawaii 21
Mike Maurer & Jon Reis (9) ECU 8 SJSU 11 Tulsa 2 Hawaii 12
John McKeating (62) So Fla 10 SJSU 6 Tulsa 22 Hawaii 24
Rob Mitchell (30) So Fla 31 New Mexico 15 Utah 28 Hawaii 21
Shawn Mitchell (30) So Fla 22 SJSU 9 Utah 13 Hawaii 12
Stephen Moss (51) So Fla 30 SJSU 8 Tulsa 26 Hawaii 12
Brian Murphy (3) So Fla 30 New Mexico 29 Utah 3 Az St 4
Will Nadeau (24) ECU 12 SJSU 18 Utah 22 Hawaii 15
Bobby P (0) So Fla 2 New Mexico 3 Utah 4 Hawaii 27
Larry Parsons (0) So Fla 4 New Mexico 3 Utah 27 Az St 1
Needham Hines (23) So Fla 12 SJSU 10 Tulsa 14 Az St 29
Glenn Peter (21) ECU 7 New Mexico 20 Utah 19 Az St 4
Mike Powers (47) So Fla 15 SJSU 14 Utah 6 Hawaii 26
Princess Bitch (13) So Fla 5 New Mexico 6 Utah 7 Hawaii 25
Mark Rudofker (16) ECU 7 SJSU 11 Tulsa 3 Az St 24
Jeff Saito (40) So Fla 1 SJSU 3 Tulsa 2 Hawaii 31
David Scherby (4) So Fla 30 SJSU 22 Utah 17 Hawaii 27
Greg Shields (8) So Fla 26 SJSU 16 Utah 12 Az St 30
Ed Smeltzer (9) ECU 6 New Mexico 7 Utah 8 Hawaii 9
Andy Smukler (24) So Fla 1 SJSU 7 Tulsa 22 Hawaii 2
Matthew Spanjers (4) ECU 22 SJSU 8 Tulsa 9 Hawaii 6
Stitzer (8) ECU 1 New Mexico 3 Tulsa 5 Hawaii 11
Jon Taylor (0) ECU 6 New Mexico 5 Tulsa 18 Hawaii 26
Bob van Nortwick (54) So Fla 24 SJSU 15 Tulsa 23 Hawaii 28
Bob Wallace (17) So Fla 28 New Mexico 19 Tulsa 1 Az St 27
Brian Wallace 1 (53) ECU 30 New Mexico 18 Tulsa 17 Hawaiii 29
Brian Wallace 2 (29) So Fla 14 SJSU 5 Utah 28 Hawaii 15
Jodi Wallace 1 (59) So Fla 5 SJSU 1 Utah 26 Hawaii 25
Jodi Wallace 2 (25) So Fla 23 SJSU 30 Utah 18 Az St 1
Dirk Welzien (7) So Fla 25 SJSU 26 Utah 14 Az St 4
Steve Whiteford (25) So Fla 26 SJSU 15 Tulsa 14 Az St. 11
AJ Whitehead (1) So Fla 4 New Mexico 5 Utah 10 Hawaii 11
Wade Wilson (27) So Fla 16 New Mexico 3 Utah 24 Az St 2