Author: Rowan Donaghey

This has been up to the point of an exciting college football season, teams that have not been good for a while are making historic runs. While dominant teams are showing cracks in their armor. Let’s dive into The Red Beard and his college football picks in week 8. I have a small slate of five games this weekend. The Red Beard: College Football Picks Week 8 Clemson -13.5 vs Syracuse Clemson has been on fire this season, and so have the Orangemen of Syracuse, this week I have a number slightly larger than that of 13.5 for this game.…

Almost halfway through the NFL season. The weather is getting cold, the holiday commercials are cranking up. That Thanksgiving meal is starting to creep into the back of our minds. Let’s dive into week 7 NFL picks from The Red Beard. This week I have an average slate for you, eight games are in the scope. The Red Beard: NFL Picks Week 7 New Orleans Saints vs Arizona Cardinals Over 44 Even though the Cardinals might be the worse team in the league offensively speaking, I see them putting up 17-24 points tonight against the New Orleans Saints. The Cardinals…

For the first time in 24 long years, Tulane has cracked the AP Top 25 list. After recording its sixth win of the season on Saturday, bringing its record to 6-1, the Green Wave come into Monday as the No. 25 team in the nation. Season Expectations Coming into the season after a 2-10 record last season, the team’s projections and expectations across the country were low. Little did they know Coach Willie Fritz had something different planned for this team. After dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in August of 2021 the Green Wave came into the season…

It is week 5 of the NFL season, which means we are a quarter of the way done with the 2022-23 season. We now know pretty much where these teams rank among each other. This is usually the best few weeks for bettors, last week Sports Books across America recorded a losing Sunday for the first time in a while. I have eight bets I am placing this weekend in the National Football League. The Red Beard: NFL Picks Week 5 Indianapolis Colts vs Denver Broncos Under 42.5 Not only has this season been the season of unders in the…

I have been on a roll the last few weeks, capped off by Georgia Tech win last Saturday night. In week 6 of this college football season, I have nine picks for you guys to choose from. This week is a nice mix of underdogs, favorites, unders and overs. The Red Beard: College Football Picks Week 6 LSU +3 vs Tennessee The undefeated Tennessee Volunteers will head down to Baton Rouge this weekend to take on the Tigers of LSU. I am taking this game for a number of reasons; location, the number, and of course LSU is 30 minutes…

It has only been 4 games since Head Coach Dennis Allen has taken over in New Orleans, and the Saints are one of the most injury bitten teams in the league. Whatever the case the Saints look lost without Sean Payton. What is Different for the New Orleans Saints? This roster has so many familiar faces on the sideline every week, the one face missing however is that of Sean Payton. There is a calmness missing from this team, the attention to detail has been lost. The New Orleans Saints are two miracles and a bad call away from a…

This NFL season has been a bad start the first three weeks of the season. There are two things we can do; apply for a job, or put in nine bets this weekend and let it ride. I am going to do the latter. This weekend in week 4 of NFL football will be an exciting one, my picks are full of underdogs covering. The Red Beard: NFL Picks Week 4 NFL Picks: Thursday Night Miami Dolphins +4 vs Cincinnati Bengals Thursday night football on Amazon Prime, I understand the number if Tua were not playing. However it seems like…

This season feels like it is flying by! Week 5 already? Yes! I am getting on a roll, finding my groove if you will, the rhythm of the season has a weird feel to it. However this week’s slate has some of the my favorite picks so far this season. Let’s dive into my college football picks and try to take advantage of these lines that the betting public will surely push our way as the week continues. I have seven picks for you this weekend. The Red Beard: College Football Picks Week 5 Oklahoma -6.5 vs TCU Oklahoma has…

The Tulane Green Wave have been on an amazing roll for the beginning of this college football season. After beating the number 25 team in the nation in Kansas State. The Green Wave backed that up with a disappointing loss to the Southern Mississippi. Tulane Green Wave loses 27-24 If you break down the statistics, you would be baffled at how Tulane loss their first game of the season. They dominated in every way a team can on the gridiron. Gaining roughly 200 more total yards than Southern Mississippi, 50 yards more in the air, another 150 yard advantage on…

Week 3 of NFL football is upon us. Here are my NFL Picks this week. We have seen some of these teams best, and another set of teams worst. It is up to us to decide what is real and what is just one bad game. This week I have 6 games on the slate for you guys, starting off with Thursday night football. The Red Beard: NFL Picks Week 3 Pittsburgh Steelers +4 vs Cleveland Browns This is a divisional match-up in one of the toughest divisions. Honestly no matter which way this number went I would take the…