Greg Daraban

2008 Bowl Season is Here

gregd — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:19:34 +0000

Bowl season is here. This season there are 34 Bowls
starting December 20th and ending January 8th with the BCS
Championship. There are 2 new bowl games, the Eagle Bank Bowl
in RFK Stadium in Washington DC and the St.Petersburg Bowl
in St Petersburg, Fl in Tropicana Field. Last year two teams
that were 6-6 got left out Louisville and Troy
which would have been a good game.

This year 72 teams are eligible so only 4 teams of 6-6 or better
will be left out.

The Bowls have gotten alot of flack from the public saying there are to many meaningless games. I for one like the Bowl Games
it gives those teams chances to end season on a winning note
and lets those teams have a reward for a good season.

A 16 team playoff would be too much travel on the teams fans.
I would like to see the Top 4 only in a playoff
2 games the next two days after New Years winners to the Championship two weeks later.

The Bowls are here to stay like it or not !

Get Ready for a Fun Post Season its going to be blast
all the way up to the BCS Championship Game in Miami.

Greg Daraban’s Saturday Free Play

gregd — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:41:54 +0000

819 UNLV at 820 Nevada
Silver City battle in Reno tonight as these two rivals
duke it out in their annual Hate Game. Rebs come
in after winning over at Fresno. Reno just beat Colorado St.
UNLV is led by senior G Wink Adams who can light it up.
In a close one UNLV wins.
Take 819 UNLV

Get Greg’s CFB Game of the Week, 50 Star Total
and his 3 Pack !!!

Sunday Free College Hoop Winner Nov 30

gregd — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:07:21 +0000

725 New Mexico St at 726 Long Beach St
WAC meets Long Beach St in this afternoon tilt at the Pyramid.
The Aggies come to California with at 2-1, the Beach 2-2
after recent road trip to Pocatello and a double OT win
vs Idaho St. Donovan Morris 17.2 and Stephan Miller lead
the way 12.8. Lay small spot with the host 49ers.
Take 726 Long Beach St

Greg has an Afternoon 3 Pack which includes the Night
Game Chicago at Minnesota. Grab it and CASH $$$$

Greg Daraban’s Saturday Free Play

gregd — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:11:33 +0000

371 California 4-1 at 372 Arizona 4-2

TV FSN

Pac 10 Bonanza in Tucson as Cal goes to Zona.

These two teams are pretty even , but the home field in the desert will make a difference. U of A already beat Toledo 41-16 a team that won at Michigan

last week. They also won big at UCLA 31-10. Cal has some weapons, but Arizona

needs this one to secure a shot at bowl for 5th year head coach Mike Stoops.

The Cats have been left out of the postseason since 98.

U of A is led and goes as far as QB Willie Tuitama will take them.

Take 372 Arizona

Greg has a College Game of the Week, a CFB 3 Pack, and a Evening Top Play

Get all 3 Winning Packs. GD is 41-18-1 on the College Season.

Greg Daraban’s MLB Free Play

gregd — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:01:21 +0000

Tonight in MLB Philadelphia travels to Tinsel town for
Game 3 of the series. The Phillies lead 2-0 in this best of 7.
Tonight soft tossing lefty Jamie Moyer toes the rubber.
He will be opposed by H Kuroda. This has been a home series. The Home team has won the last 9 games. Kuroda is 9-10 with an outstanding ERA of 3.73. The Dodgers in a must win behind Manny R, and James Loney the Dodgers get this one.
Take The Dodgers.

Greg has a AFTERNOON TOP PLAY OF THE Day Do not miss out
on this LIVE Underdog.

Greg Daraban’s Sunday Free Play

gregd — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:55:55 +0000

975 Tampa Bay at 976 Chicago WS
Garza vs Danks TV TBS
The Rays lead the series 2-0 as they move to the Windy City
for Game 3. Chicago had to win a makeup game and and Tiebreaker vs Minnesota just to get here.Chicago looks like their luck is about to run out.
TB is hiiting and have the ULTRA tough Matt Garza on the bump.
The Rays close out the series.

Take 975 Tampa Bay

THE BIG 12 IS THE TOP BCS CONFERENCE

gregd — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:19:26 +0000

BCS should be spelled Big 12. After what looked liked a cut and dry year for the SEC to put a strangle hold on the BCS Championship Game the Big 12 has emerged as as the elite conference as of September 30.
Bob Stoops’ Oklahoma Sooners are Number 1 Gary Pinkel’s Missouri Tigers are number 3.
The Texas Longhorns coached by Mack Brown are ranked 5th. Mike Leach’s Texas Tech Team is number 8.
That’s 4 teams ranked in the top 25.

It was not that long ago that the conference was laying eggs everywhere when Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma St, and even Texas were all down.
The Conference is very much on the upswing. Yes the SEC is still right there. The Pac 10 is noted but that is because of USC. The Big 10 with Penn St and Ohio St are still close by.

The Big 12 has some very tough players with OU’s QB Sam Bradford and RB Demarco Murray. Texas’ QB Colt McCoy, Missouri’s QB Chase Daniel and Texas Tech’s QB Graham Harrell. Lookout BCS Conferences the Big 12 has arrived.

Greg Daraban’s Saturday Free Play

gregd — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:18:11 +0000

179 Nevada vs 180 UNLV
TV MTN
Battle of the Fremont Cannon. UNLV having their finest season in years. The Rebs are 3-1 with wins over lowly Utah St,
Arizona St, and Iowa St in OT. Nevada has owned the series.
The Wolfpack won last year in Reno 27-20, in 2006 31-3,
and 22-14. However this is new Rebel type team. The Running Game
has yet to be stopped. RB Frank the Tank Summers ran wild at ASU.
He is not the normal type RB. He runs like Franco Harris
or more like Larry Csonka. UNLV wins at the Silver Bowl.
Take 180 UNLV

Greg Daraban’s Monday Free Play

gregd — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:13:22 +0000

907 Arizona at 908 St.Louis

Webb vs Wellmeyer

Rough year for St.Louis. However the Cardinals

always tough in this New building over the last few years.

They are 40-34 at Busch in 2008. Arizona is

just 2.5 back of LA in the west. The DBacks

are just 33-44 away from Chase and must exit the

altitude in Colorado. Yes

Webb is the better pitcher 21-7, but the Cards

are the better team.

Take 908 St.Louis

Greg Rolled up some Big Numbers over the Weekend Hitting ALL

3 Big Plays. Saturday VA Tech +3½ (W) Sunday Cincinnati +13 (W)

and New Orleans +5½ (W). Tonight Greg has the Monday Night Winner

NY Jets at San Diego

Bruins Going Back to the Drawing Board

gregd — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:49:18 +0000

The UCLA Bruins started the season back in August in Westwood with two a days.

This team suffered some injuries on both sides of the ball. Most noted QB Ben Olson.

Enter QB Tom Craft who started his career at San Diego St. He then went the JUCO route

and found himself at the top the depth chart in LA.

UCLA started the season on Labor Day Night September 1st with a huge win

vs Tennessee knocking off the Vols 27-24 in overtime. It looked like UCLA had everything headed into the right direction with a trip to BYU on deck.

The Bruins eight point underdogs headed to Provo confident. They left Lavell Edwards Stadium a 59-0 loser to the Cougars. Provo has always been a graveyard on teams

heading to Utah.

Last weekend UCLA played at home to Arizona as a home underdog +3½ losing

31-10.

UCLA is located in LA a breeding ground for top talent.

Rick Neuheisel is a good coach and a even better recruiter so it won’t be long

before they make their presence known to the Trojans crosstown (12 Miles away)

UCLA is not there yet. If the Rivalry Game (Battle for the Victory Bell)

was played this weekend at the Rose Bowl USC would be about a 24 point favored.

USC is still the King of Los Angeles at least for the time being !