Picks of the Pole 2017

NCAA Tourney Day 1

BASKETBALL

Here are your Picks of the Pole for the first full day of action in the NCAA tournament for Thursday, March 15.

DOUBLE PLAY: Rhode Island -2 Oklahoma

SINGLE PLAYS:

Montana +11 Michigan

Loyola +1 1/2 Miami Fla.

Tennessee -12 Wright State

Houston -4 San Diego State

So. Dakota State +7 1/2 Ohio State

Davidson +5 1/2 Kentucky

UNC Greensboro +12 1/2 Gonzaga

FOOTBALL

Here are your Picks of the Pole for Sunday's Super Bowl 52:

DOUBLE PLAY: Philadelphia +5 New England

No selection on the total though I lean a bit to the UNDER.

FOOTBALL

Here are your Late Consensus Picks for the NFL playoff games on Sunday, Jan. 21:

VERY STRONG PLAYS: None

STRONG PLAYS:  Philadelphia +3 Minnesota

                              New England -8 Jacksonville

REGULAR PLAYS: Philadelphia--Minnesota OVER 39

                                New England---Jacksonville OVER 45 1/2

NORM'S LATE THOUGHTS: As you know I also like Philadelphia today and if you play the Eagles to win the game straight up on the money line instead of taking the +3 spread you can get +140 in return. That's where part of my wager goes today---on Philly straight up.

BASKETBALL

Saturday record: 6-7......Season so far: 191-192

NBA

NYKnicks +1 1/2 LA Lakers

San Antonio -6 Indiana 

  

COLLEGE

Michigan -12 1/2 Rutgers

Utah -9 1/2 Washington State

Wake Forest +10 Virginia

Good hunting today!!!

FOOTBALL

Here are your Picks of the Pole for the NFL semifinals games Sunday, January 21:

Record last week: 5-4.....Season so far: 203-210

DOUBLE PLAYS: New England -7 1/2 Jacksonville

                             Philadelphia---Minnesota UNDER 39

SINGLE PLAYS:

New England---Jacksonville UNDER 46 1/2

Philadelphia +3 Minnesota

FOOTBALL

Here are your Picks of the Pole for the  NFL playoff games of Saturday and Sunday Jan. 13 and 14:

DOUBLE PLAYS: Atlanta---Philadelphia UNDER 41

                             Pittsburgh -7 Jacksonville

SINGLE PLAYS:

Philadelphia +3 Atlanta

New England -13 Tennessee

New England---Tennessee UNDER 48

Pittsburgh---Jackson ville UNDER 41

Minnesota -4 New Orleans

Good hunting!

December 29-New Year

FOOTBALL

Here are your Picks of the Pole for the college and pro games of Friday, Dec.29 through Monday January 1:

Record last week: 9-15......Season so far: 180-192

COLLEGE

TRIPLE PLAY: Clemson +3 Alabama (MONDAY)

DOUBLE PLAYS: Ohio State -7 1/2 USC (FRIDAY)

                             Northwestern -7 1/2 Kentucky (FRIDAY)

SINGLE PLAYS:

Wake Forest -3 Texas A&M (FRIDAY EARLY)

Wake Forest---Texas A&M OVER 65 1/2

Mississippi State +6 1/2 Louisville (SATURDAY) 

South Carolina +7 1/2 Michigan (MONDAY)

UCF +9 1/2 Auburn (MONDAY)

Georgia -2 1/2 Oklahoma (MONDAY)

Clemson---Alabama UNDER 47 (MONDAY)

NFL

DOUBLE PLAY: Atlanta -3 1/2 Carolina

SINGLE PLAYS

Cincinnati +9 1/2 Baltimore

New Orleans -7 Tampa Bay

Washington -3 NY Giants

Dallas -3 Philadelphia

Arizona + 9 1/2 Seattle

San Francisco -3 1/2 LA Rams

Indianapolis---Houston UNDER 40 

Good hunting this weekend                               

December 22-25 2017

FOOTBALL

December 15-18 2017

FOOTBALL

Here are your Picks of the Pole for the games os Saturday, Dec. 16 through Thursday, Dec. 21.

Record last week: 10-3.......Season so far: 162-173

COLLEGE BOWLS

DOUBLE PLAY: Boise +7 Oregon 9SATURDAY)

SINGLE PLAYS:

Troy -6 1/2 North Texas (Saturday)

Marshall +5 1/2 Colorado State (Saturday)

Florida Atlantic -22 1/2 Akron (Tuesday)

NFL

DOUBLE PLAY: Pittsburgh +3 New England

                           Dallas -3 Oakland

SINGLE PLAYS:

Chicago +5 Detroit (Saturday)

LA Chargers---Kansas City UNDER 46 (Saturday)

Philadelphia -7 1/2 NY Giants

Minnesota -10 1/2 Cincinnati

Jacksonville -11 Houston

New Orleans -16 NY Jets

Baltimore -7 Cleveland

San Francisco -2 Tennessee

Pittsburgh---New England OVER 53 1/3

December 8-11, 2017

December 1 - 4, 2017

FOOTBALL

Here are your Picks of the Pole for the games of Friday, Dec. 1 through Monday Dec. 4

Last week's record: 22-14

Last  night's record: 0-2

Season so far: 142-160

COLLEGE

• Stanford +4 USC (Friday)
  
• Appalachian State -15 U La La
  
• Florida Atlantic -11 1/2 North Texas
  
• Toledo -21 1/2 Akron
  
• TCU +7 Oklahoma
  
• Wisconsin +5 1/2 Ohio State
  
• Florida State -27 U La Monroe
  

NFL

DOUBLE PLAYS: 

• Jacksonville -9 1/2 Indianapolis
  
• LA  Chargers -13 1/2 Cleveland
  
• Oakland -8 1/2 NY Giants
  

SINGLE PLAYS

• New England -9 Buffalo
  
• Tennessee -7 Houston
  
• Green Bay -2 Tampa Bay
  
• Carolina +4 1/2 New Orleans
  
• Arizona +7 LA Rams
  
• Seattle +5 1/2 Philadelphia
  
• Pittsburgh -5 1/2 Cincinnati (Monday)
  

November 24-27, 2017  

Thanksgiving 2017

• Virginia +7 Virginia Tech
• No. Illinois -3 W. Michigan
• San Diego State -20 New Mexico
• Navy +4 1/2 Houston
• So. Florida +10 1/2 UCF

• LA Chargers PICK Dallas

FOOTBALL

Here are your Picks of the Pole for the games of the weekend of Oct. 27-Oct.30.

Last week's record: 10-14

Season so far: 84-102

COLLEGE

DOUBLE PLAYS:

• Miami Florida -20 1/2 No. Carolina
  
• Kansas State -24 Kansas
  
• Minnesota + 7 Iowa
  

SINGLE PLAYS:

• SMU -9 1/2 Tulsa (Friday)
  
• Tulane +10 1/2 Memphis (Friday)
  
• Texas -9 Baylor
  
• North Texas -11 Old Dominion
  
• Marshall -17 Florida International
  
• Duke +15 1/2 Virginia Tech
  
• Colorado State -10 Air Force
  
• Louisiana Tech -13 Rice
  
• North Carolina State +7 1/2 Notre Dame
  
• Washington -17 1/2 UCLA
  
• Troy -26 Georgia Southern
  
• Ohio State -7 Penn State
  
• San Diego State -9 1/2 Hawaii
  
• So. Florida -10 1/2 Houston
  

NFL

DOUBLE PLAYS: 

• Dallas -1 1/2 Washington
  
• New England -7 1/2 LA Chargers
  

SINGLE PLAYS:

• Minnesota -9 1/2 Cleveland
  
• Carolina +2 Tampa Bay
  
• Cincinnati -10 1/2 Indianapolis
  
• Pittsburgh -2 1/2 Detroit
  
• Dallas---Washington OVER 49 1/2
  

Good hunting this weekend! 

FOOTBALL

Here are your Picks of the Pole for the games of the weekend of Oct. 20-23

Last weekend record: 13-8

Season so far: 74-88

COLLEGE

DOUBLE PLAY: Miami Fla. -17 Syracuse

                           Wisconsin -24 1/2 Maryland

SINGLE PLAYS

Marshall -2 1/2 Middle Tennessee St.(FRIDAY)

SMU -7 1/2 Cincinnati

North Texas +3 1/2 Florida Atlantic

Texas Tech -7 Iowa State

Troy -7 1/2 Georgia State

Ohio -19 Kent State

Toledo -16 1/2 Akron

Wake Forest +6 Georgia Tech

Michigan +9 1/2 Penn State

App. State -23 1/2 Coastal Carolina

Oregon +6 1/2 UCLA

Mississippi +7 LSU

Colorado +10 Washington State

Fresno +7 1/2 San Diego State

NFL

DOUBLE PLAY: Pittsburgh---Cincinnati UNDER 40 1/2

SINGLE PLAYS

Jacksonville -3 Indianapolis

Minnesota -5 1/2 Baltimore

Denver PICK  LA Chargers

Atlanta +3 1/2 New England

Washington---Philadelphia OVER 49

Washington +4 1/2 Philadelphia

Good hunting this weekend

October 13-16, 2017

• DOUBLE PLAY: Florida State -7 Duke

• W. Virginia -3 1/2 Texas Tech
• Kansas State +6 TCU
• North Texas +2 1/2 UTSA
• Texas +7 1/2 Oklahoma
• Miami Ohio -9 1/2 Kent State
• Ohio -9 1/2 Bowling Green
• Michigan State -4 Minnesota
• Auburn -7 LSU
• Army -6 1/2 E. Michigan
• Air Force -7 1/2 UNLV
• Navy +3 1/2 Memphis
• UCF -35 E. Carolina
• Marshall -16 Old Dominion
• Mississippi State -24 BYU
• Alabama -30 Arkansas
• So. Carolina +3 Tennessee
• San Diego State -7 Boise

• Atlanta -11 1/2 Miami
• New Orleans -5 Detroit
• LA Chargers +3 Oakland
• Chicago +7 Baltimore

October 6-9, 2017

Here are your Picks of the Pole for games of the weekend of Oct. 6-9.

Last weekend's record: 22-12

Season so far: 50-64

COLLEGE

DOUBLE PLAYS:  

• Auburn -22 1/2 Mississippi
  
• TCU -13 1/2 West Virginia
  
• Michigan State +10 1/2 Michigan
  
• Fresno -17 San Jose State
  

SINGLE PLAYS;

• Ohio -11 C. Michigan
  
• Miami Ohio -14 1/2 Bowling Green
  
• Notre Dame -14 1/2 North Carolina
  
• Marshall -15 Charlotte
  
• Northwestern +13 1/2 Penn State
  
• Pittsburgh +3 1/2 Syracuse
  
• Utah +4 1/2 Stamford
  
• Navy -7 1/2 Air Force
  
• Kansas +16 1/2 Texas Tech
  
• Vanderbilt +17 1/2 Georgia
  
• No. Illinois -23 1/2 Kent State
  
• Kansas State +4 1/2 Texas
  
• Kansas State--Texas UNDER 50

NFL

DOUBLE PLAY: Seattle +1 LA Rams

SINGLE PLAYS:

• Jacksonville +8 1/2 Pittsburgh
  
• Miami +3 Tennessee
  
• Houston +1 Kansas City
  
• Seattle---LA Rams OVER 46 1/2
  
• Pittsburgh---Jacksonville UNDER 43
  
• Green Bay---Dallas OVER 52 1/2
  

September 29-October 2, 2017

FOOTBALL

Here are your Picks of the Pole for the games of the weekend of Sept. 29 through Monday Oct. 2

Last week's record: 10-13

Season so far: 28-52 (horrible)

COLLEGE

DOUBLE PLAYS:  

• SMU -17 1/2 Uconn
  
• Pitt -21 Rice
  
• South Florida -23 E. Carolina
  

SINGLE PLAYS:

• Washington State +5 USC ********FRIDAY NIGHT
  
• Kansas State -16 1/2 Baylor
  
• Florida State -7 1/2 Wake Forest
  
• Wisconsin -14 1/2 Northwestern
  
• Navy -7 1/2 Tulsa
  
• UNLV -14 San Jose State
  
• So. Mississippi -8 1/2 North Texas
  
• Auburn -9 Mississippi State
  
• Georgia Tech -9 1/2 North Carolina
  
• Texas A&M -8 South Carolina
  
• Virginia Tech +7 1/2 Clemson
  
• Oklahoma State -9 1/2 Texas Tech
  
• Stanford -16 Arizona State
  
• Fresno -9 1/2 Nevada
  
• No. Illinois +11 San Diego State
  

NFL

DOUBLE PLAY: Philadelphia +1 1/2 LA Chargers

SINGLE PLAYS

• Dallas -6 1/2 LA Rams
  
• Houston +2 Tennessee
  
• Atlanta -8 Buffalo
  
• NY Giants +3 Tampa Bay
  
• Denver -3 Oakland
  
• Seattle -13 Indianapolis
  
• Philadelphia---San Diego OVER 47 1/2
  
• NY Giants--Tampa Bay OVER 44 1/2
  
• Oakland---Denver OVER 46
  

MONDAY NIGHT

• Kansas City----Washington OVER 49 1/2
  
• Kansas City -7 Washington
  

September 22-25, 2017

FOOTBALL

Here are your Picks of the Pole for the games of the weekend of Sept. 22-25.

Record last week: 6-16

Season so far: 18-39 

***I'm off to a dreadful start to the 2017 season. Lets see if we can't begin the turn around this week

COLLEGE

DOUBLE PLAY: Michigan State +3 1/.2 Notre Dame

SINGLE PLAYS:

• TCU +12 1/2 Oklahoma State
  
• West Virginia -21 1/2 Kansas
  
• North Carolina +2 Duke
  
• Iowa +12 1/2 Penn State
  
• N. C. State +13 Florida State
  
• Miami Ohio +1 Central Michigan
  
• Tulsa -10 1/2 New Mexico
  
• Army +2 1/2 Tulane
  
• Auburn -18 Missouri
  
• Oregon -14 1/2 Arizona State
  

NFL

DOUBLE PLAYS: Green Bay -9 Cincinnati

                             Dallas -3 Arizona

SINGLE PLAYS: 

• Detroit +3 Atlanta
  
• Baltimore -4 Jacksonville
  
• Baltimore---Jacksonville UNDER 39 1/2
  
• Chicago +7 Pittsburgh
  
• NY Jets +6 Miami
  
• Seattle +2 1/2 Tennessee
  
• Kansas City -3 LA Chargers
  
• Washington--Oakland OVER 54 1/2  
  

September 15-18, 2017

FOOTBALL

September 8-11, 2017

We've posted 11 Consensus NCAA Selections From Handicappers Around the Nation inside The Members Only portion of The Clubhouse today.

Picks of the Pole

• Auburn +6 1/2 Clemson
• TCU -3 Arkansas
• N. C. State -24 Marshall

• Michigan State -7 1/2 W. Michigan
• W. Virginia -24 1/2 E. Carolina
• Iowa State +3 Iowa
• Colorado -35 1/2 Texas State
• Oregon -13 1/2 Nebraska
• Texas -24 1/2 San Jose State
• Idaho -6 1/2 Idaho
• Fresno +43 1/2 Alabama

• Houston -5 1/2 Jacksonville

• Baltimore--Cincinnati UNDER 42 1/2
• Chicago +6 1/2 Atlanta
• Houston---Jacksonville UNDER 39 1/2
• Arizona -2 Detroit
• Oakland---Tennessee OVER 50 1/2
• LA Rams -3 1/2 Indianapolis
• NY Giants +3 1/2 Dallas

August 31-September 4, 2017 

Record last week: 3-1

Exhibition season so far: 7-7

• Philadelphia +1 NY Jets
  
• Cincinnati +2 Indianapolis
  
• Carolina -4 Pittsburgh
  
• Carolina---Pittsburgh UNDER 37 1/2
  
• Baltimore +2 1/2 New Orleans
  
• Minnesota -3 Miami
  
• Tennessee +3 Kansas City
  
• Seattle-11/2 Oakland

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THURSDAY

• Indiana +21 Ohio  State
  

FRIDAY

• Florida Atlantic +9 1/2 Navy
  
• Wisconsin -27 1/2  Utah State
  

SATURDAY

• DOUBLE PLAY: Texas -18 Maryland

SINGLE PLAYS

• Wyoming +11 1/2 Iowa
  
• No. Carolina -12 Cal
  
• USC -26 1/2 W. Michigan
  
• Auburn -34 1/2 Georgia Southern
  
• No. Carolina State -5 So. Carolina
  
• Middle Tennessee State +3 1/2 Vandy
  
• Troy +10 1/2 Boise State
  

MONDAY

• Georgia Tech +3 Tennessee
  

Preseason Football 8/25-8/29

Preseason Football Week 1 8/10-8/14

FOOTBALL

Thursday

 

• Cleveland -3 New Orleans
  
• Philadelphia +1 Green Bay
  
• Philadelphia--Green Bay OVER  38 1/2
  

Friday

•  NY Giants -3 12 Pittsburgh