Jay Lark

I, along with half of East Lansing, traveled to Evanston Saturday to see the Spartans take on the mighty Northwestern Wildcats.  The day and the game started out yucky and raining, but they both turned out wonderful by the end. After the game we met up with the Siglers and celebrated the victory as Spartan nation pretty much took over every bar in Evanston.   Dinner was had at a yummy Indian re...

Everyone keeps calling Clint Dempsey’s goal in the England game lucky.  I’d have to say I disagree.  This just shows that soccer is 11 v 11 and our 11th man is simply better than anything England has to offer.  At first glance it would be easy to dismiss it as a lucky goal, and I’d agree with that line of thinking if this was the first or even second time that this has happen...

I read a lot about soccer on the internet and watch what I can on TV. My TV viewing is pretty much limited to the English Premier League since that is what Fox Soccer Channel primarily shows. I don’t really have a favorite team, although I definitely prefer to watch a team with a nice flowing attack like Aresenal as opposed to someone like Wigan. I mainly watch just to see how the Americ...

I had a decent first week and was a few points here and there from having a huge week. Standings after 1: Me: 10-6 (1-0) Henning: 9-7 (1-0) Parker 5-11 (0-1) O’Hara 5-11 (0-1) Detroit +8.5 at Chicago Oakland +12 at Baltimore Houston +13.5 at Indianapolis Cleveland +10 at Cincinnati Buffalo +6.5 at Miami Carolina -1.5 at Minnesota NY Giants +3 at Philadelphia Tampa Bay +5.5 at Atlanta New Or...

Wow, bad week for me. I end up sitting in the cold rain at Michigan Stadium and then go 5-10. Ugh. Standings: Niyo 19-11 (2-0) Chengelis 17-13 (2-0) Foster 17-13 (1-1) Lacy 15-15 (1-1) Wojo 14-16 (1-1) Me 14-16 (1-1) This week’s picks: Michigan +6 at Notre Dame MSU +2.5 at Pittsburgh Cincinnati +29.5 at Ohio State Syracuse +3 at Illinois Iowa St. + 13.5 at Iowa Ball St. +17.5 at Purdue SDS...

My pick is in bold, shame on me for taking MSU and U-M again. Central Michigan +28 at Michigan EMU +25.5 at Michigan State Ohio State +2.5 at Texas Illinois +11 at Rutgers Miami (OH) +17 at Purdue Iowa -18.5 at Syracuse Indiana -3.5 at Ball St. Penn St. +7.5 at Notre Dame W. Illinois +27 at Wisconsin Minnesota +7.5 at California Clemson -2.5 at Boston College Georgia -3 at South Carolina Oregon -...

And here are the eagerly awaited NFL picks: Miami PK at Pittsburgh Seattle -6 at Detroit Denver -3 at St. Louis NY Jets +3 at Tennessee Buffalo +9 at New England Baltimore +3 at Tampa Bay Cincinnati +2.3 at Kansas City Atlanta +6 at Carolina Philadelphia -4.5 at Houston New Orleans +3 at Cleveland Dallas +2.5 at Jacksonville Chicago -3.5 at Green Bay San Francisco +7.5 at Arizona Indy -3.5 at NY...

We all had a pretty decent week and the standings are close so far: Me: 9-6 Best Bet: 1-0 Chengelis: 10-5 Best Bet: 1-0 Niyo: 10-5 Best Bet: 1-0 Lacy: 10-5 Best Bet: 1-0 Foster: 9-6 Best Bet: 1-0 Wojo: 7-8 Best Bet: 0-1 AKPC_IDS += "10,";Popularity: 1% [?]

Okay, I’ll start posting again, and I’ll start with my annual football picks against the “experts.” (Picks in Bold) Idaho +29.5 at Michigan State Vanderbilt +26 at Michigan Minnesota -15.5 at Kent St Northwestern -4.5 at Miami (OH) Indiana State +31 at Purdue Northern Illinois +17 at Ohio State Wisconsin -10 at Bowling Green Akron +17 at Penn St. E. Illinois +26 at Illinoi...