Thursday Night Football Picks
We went 2 for 2 last week with our Thursday night picks as both Minnesota and Iowa State were winners for us. We will try and match that this week.

Lots of money is being bet on Mississippi State after there impressive win over Memphis last week. The line opened at -3.5 for Auburn and has come down a full 2 points to -1.5. We think that Auburn is a legitimate contender to win the SEC West this year and to do that they must win this game. They have an explosive offensive led by 6'6 super athlete QB Cam Newton, a Florida transfer who was being groomed to take over for Tim Tebow before running into some trouble with law.

The Tigers crushed Mississippi State last year racking up 390 rushing yards. We look for much of the same although it will be a much tighter contest with the Bulldog fans in a frenzy for a Thursday night game.

Statement game for the Tigers they win 38 -30.

Well the moment we have waited for! The first meaningful NFL game of 2010. A lot of hype goes into this Thursday night game with the defending Champion New Orleans Saints raising the banner in the Superdome, the very symbol of tragedy during Hurricane Katrina.

Angles are not everything but it is hard to overlook the 10 - 0 SU and 7 - 2 -1 ATS record of defending Super Bowl champs in season opening games! This has me leaning Saints, but more than anything Brett Favre has not looked sharp and I am really questioning how motivated he is to be playing this year. Line value isn't great(-5.5) but we think the Saints will ride the emotion and beat a Vikings team that has a lot of questions.

Saints 31 - Vikes 20.