The Buffalo Bills will be extra motivated today when they face the New England Patriots in Orchard Park. Buffalo (12-3 overall, 5-1 at home) is averaging 402.3 yards per game, allowing an average of 317.7, and they have Josh Allen at the helm. Allen has thrown for 4,029 yards with 32 TDs. New England is 8-8 and 4-4 on the road. The Pats are averaging 312.9 yards per game and allowing 321.7. New England’s QB Mac Jones in no Josh Allen. He has thrown for 2,753 yards with 11 TDs. The Bills have won 3 straight against their archrival and are 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings. This team and city have gone through so much adversity this year which has made them even stronger and they will win this one big for their brother Damar Hamlin.
TODAY’S PICK: BUFFALO BILLS -7½
Saturday Men’s NCAA Basketball Pick
The Richmond Spiders will be hosting their A-10 rival tonight, the Duquesne Dukes. The Dukes are 12-4 on the season but still winless on the road, at 0-2. When not in Pittsburgh, they are averaging just 54.5 points per game and allowing an average of 73.0. The Spiders are 8-7 on the season but 7-1 at home. At Robins Center, they are averaging 73.3 points per game and allowing an average of only 57.3. Richmond has owned the Dukes, winning 8 of the last 10 meetings. The Spiders are currently laying -2½ with a money line of only -145. You know what to do.
TONIGHT’S PICK: RICHMOND SPIDERS M/L
Friday Men’s NCAA Basketball Pick
The top dog in the Ivy League, Cornell Big Red, will be hosting the Pennsylvania Quakers tonight in Ithaca, New York. Big Red has been dominating. They are 11-3 overall, are still perfect at Newman Arena at 6-0, and can light it up. They are averaging 84.00 points per game and allowing an average of 71.7. The Quakers are 8-7 overall and upside down on the road, at 3-4. Penn is averaging 74.2 points per game and allowing an average of 72.7. The Quakers have owned Big Red in the past but things have changed. The current line is Cornell -3½. Don’t get burned by the hook and consider Big Red on the money line.
TONIGHT’S PICK: CORNELL BIG RED M/L
Thursday NHL Pick
The 21-13-6 Washington Capitals will visit Nationwide Arena tonight to face the Columbus Blue Jackets. The bottom-dwelling Jackets are 11-23-2 on the season and 2-8 in their last 10, so they had better be at their best tonight, if their is one, to stand a chance against the red hot Capitals. Washington is 6-0-2 in their last 8 games, 4-1 in their last 5 meetings with the Jackets, and 6-2 in their last 8 trips to Columbus. Ovi and company get it done tonight.
TONIGHT’S PICK: WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Wednesday Men’s NCAA Basketball Pick
The Nevada Wolf Pack should take care of business tonight at home against the Colorado State Rams. Not only are the Pack 12-3 overall and second in the Mountain West, they are a perfect 7-0 at Lawlor Center and they cover. Over their last 18 games overall, the Pack are 13-4-1 ATS. On the flip side, the Rams are 8-7 overall, just 1-3 on the road, ninth in the Mountain West, and don’t cover. Colorado State is 1-5 ATS in their last 6 overall. Nevada is averaging 76.4 points per game at home as opposed to CSU’s 65 on the road. The Pack’s defense is allowing an average of 60.7 points per game at Lawlor Center and the Rams are giving up an average of 78.8 on the road. How do you not consider Nevada?
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEVADA WOLF PACK -4½
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Sunday NFL Pick
If the Detroit Lions want to remain in the playoff hunt, they will have to take care of business today at home against the Chicago Bears, and they should. The Lions’ Jared Goff has thrown for 3,959 yards with 26 touchdowns. The Bears’ Justin Fields has 2,167 yards with 16 touchdowns. No comparison. Chicago is just 1-6 on the road and Detroit has covered 7 of their last 8 games.
TODAY’S PICK: DETROIT LIONS -6