Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #795 – 2016 NFL Week 17 preview

By Rick Morris                                          

As we referenced previously, our pals at Sportsology are hooking us up for live segments that we’re doing with guests and remote FDH Lounge Dignitaries these days.  We’re happy to report that we’ve been able to produce many segments on our own, but we’re thrilled for the help on some of these with guests and the thanks all go to our great friend Russ Cohen.

Mini-Episode #795 features our 2016 NFL Week 17 preview with FDH Lounge Dignitary and Vegas handicapping veteran Kyle Ross.

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Lounge on YouTube: 2016-17 College Football Playoff preview

By Rick Morris                                          

As we referenced previously, our pals at Sportsology are hooking us up for live segments that we’re doing with guests and remote FDH Lounge Dignitaries these days.  We’re happy to report that we’ve been able to produce many segments on our own, but we’re thrilled for the help on some of these with guests and the thanks all go to our great friend Russ Cohen.

Mini-Episode #794 features a preview of the 2016-17 College Football Playoff with football journalist Fran Stuchbury.

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Lounge on YouTube: 2016 Fantasy Football Week 16 preview

By Rick Morris

THE FANTASYDRAFTHELP.COM INSIDER is Mini-Episode #793 of THE FDH LOUNGE, providing the 2016 Week 16 Fantasy Football preview.

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Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #792 – 2016 NFL Week 16 preview

By Rick Morris                                          

As we referenced previously, our pals at Sportsology are hooking us up for live segments that we’re doing with guests and remote FDH Lounge Dignitaries these days.  We’re happy to report that we’ve been able to produce many segments on our own, but we’re thrilled for the help on some of these with guests and the thanks all go to our great friend Russ Cohen.

Mini-Episode #792 features our 2016 NFL Week 16 preview with FDH Lounge Dignitary and Vegas handicapping veteran Kyle Ross.

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Lounge on YouTube: 2016 Fantasy Football Week 15 preview

By Rick Morris

THE FANTASYDRAFTHELP.COM INSIDER is Mini-Episode #791 of THE FDH LOUNGE, providing the 2016 Week 15 Fantasy Football preview.

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Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #790 – 2016 NFL Week 15 preview

By Rick Morris                                          

As we referenced previously, our pals at Sportsology are hooking us up for live segments that we’re doing with guests and remote FDH Lounge Dignitaries these days.  We’re happy to report that we’ve been able to produce many segments on our own, but we’re thrilled for the help on some of these with guests and the thanks all go to our great friend Russ Cohen.

Mini-Episode #790 features our 2016 NFL Week 15 preview with FDH Lounge Dignitary and Vegas handicapping veteran Kyle Ross.

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Lounge on YouTube: 2016 Fantasy Football Week 14 preview

By Rick Morris

THE FANTASYDRAFTHELP.COM INSIDER is Mini-Episode #789 of THE FDH LOUNGE, providing the 2016 Week 14 Fantasy Football preview.

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Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #788 – 2016 NFL Week 14 preview

By Rick Morris                                          

As we referenced previously, our pals at Sportsology are hooking us up for live segments that we’re doing with guests and remote FDH Lounge Dignitaries these days.  We’re happy to report that we’ve been able to produce many segments on our own, but we’re thrilled for the help on some of these with guests and the thanks all go to our great friend Russ Cohen.

Mini-Episode #788 features our 2016 NFL Week 14 preview with FDH Lounge Dignitary and Vegas handicapping veteran Kyle Ross.

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Lounge on YouTube: 2016 World Series review

By Rick Morris                                          

As we referenced previously, our pals at Sportsology are hooking us up for live segments that we’re doing with guests and remote FDH Lounge Dignitaries these days.  We’re happy to report that we’ve been able to produce many segments on our own, but we’re thrilled for the help on some of these with guests and the thanks all go to our great friend Russ Cohen.

Mini-Episode #787 features a review of the 2016 World Series with Chicago sports media executive Gerry Clarke.

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Lounge on YouTube: 2016 Fantasy Football Week 13 preview

By Rick Morris

THE FANTASYDRAFTHELP.COM INSIDER is Mini-Episode #786 of THE FDH LOUNGE, providing the 2016 Week 13 Fantasy Football preview.

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Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #785 – 2016 NFL Week 13 preview

By Rick Morris                                          

As we referenced previously, our pals at Sportsology are hooking us up for live segments that we’re doing with guests and remote FDH Lounge Dignitaries these days.  We’re happy to report that we’ve been able to produce many segments on our own, but we’re thrilled for the help on some of these with guests and the thanks all go to our great friend Russ Cohen.

Mini-Episode #785 features our 2016 NFL Week 13 preview with FDH Lounge Dignitary and Vegas handicapping veteran Kyle Ross.

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2016 NFL Week 16 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 New England (1-2-1-4-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-1)

2 Dallas (23-19-15-12-9-5-4-3-3-1-1-1-1-3)

3 Oakland (11-15-14-10-8-10-10-6-4-4-4-2-2-4)

4 Pittsburgh (3-1-6-2-1-4-7-7-10-12-12-13-10-5)

5 New York Giants (16-13-13-18-18-17-17-16-8-7-7-7-11-6)

6 Kansas City (9-12-12-16-16-8-8-5-5-5-6-4-4-2)

7 Atlanta (25-20-16-9-5-6-11-8-7-8-10-10-12-9)

8 Tampa Bay (15-18-24-27-25-25-21-28-28-26-16-12-9-7)

9 Seattle (4-10-7-7-7-3-2-4-2-2-2-5-5-10)

10 Detroit (19-22-26-28-24-19-19-19-9-9-8-8-8-8)

SECOND TIER

11 Tennessee (28-23-25-29-27-27-27-21-24-19-19-14-14-12)

12 Green Bay (2-7-4-5-6-9-6-10-13-15-20-17-16-13)

13 Denver (8-5-2-1-4-7-3-2-6-6-5-6-7-11)

14 Miami (26-24-30-30-30-29-25-25-19-17-14-11-13-14)

15 Baltimore (13-11-11-11-11-15-18-17-15-14-17-16-11-15)

16 Indianapolis (21-27-21-23-22-26-23-23-23-24-23-24-18-19)

17 Houston (10-9-17-13-15-13-13-11-12-11-13-19-19-18)

18 Carolina (5-4-8-14-20-22-22-20-16-18-15-23-26-20)

19 Washington (18-25-19-20-12-12-12-13-14-10-9-9-15-16)

20 New Orleans (27-26-28-25-26-23-29-22-21-22-25-21-21-21)

21 Minnesota (12-6-3-3-2-2-5-9-11-13-11-15-17-17)

22 Buffalo (22-29-22-19-13-11-16-18-22-23-22-22-22-22)

THIRD TIER

23 Arizona (7-3-10-17-17-14-14-14-20-20-21-25-23-23)

24 Cincinnati (6-8-9-8-14-16-15-15-17-21-26-26-24-24)

25 San Diego (24-14-23-26-29-24-20-26-25-25-24-20-20-25)

26 Philadelphia (29-17-5-6-10-18-9-12-18-16-18-18-25-26)

FOURTH TIER

27 New York Jets (20-16-18-21-23-28-26-27-27-27-27-27-27-27)

28 Chicago (17-28-29-24-28-30-30-29-29-29-29-29-29-28)

29 Los Angeles (31-30-20-15-19-21-24-24-26-28-28-28-28-29)

30 Jacksonville (14-21-27-22-21-20-28-30-30-30-30-30-30-30)

FIFTH TIER

31 San Francisco (30-31-31-31-31-31-31-31-31-31-31-31-31-31)

32 Cleveland (32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Indianapolis (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Kansas City and Minnesota (4 spots), Washington (4 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1 AFC West 47

2 NFC East 52

3 NFC South 53

4 AFC East 64

5 NFC North 71

6 AFC South 74

7 AFC North 75

8 NFC West 92

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 AFC 260

2 NFC 269

NBA power rankings for mid-December

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Golden State (1)

2 San Antonio (3)

3 Cleveland (2)

SECOND TIER

4 Houston (9)

5 Toronto (5)

6 LA Clippers (4)

THIRD TIER

7 Utah (11)

8 Memphis (7)

9 Oklahoma City (10)

FOURTH TIER

10 Boston (8)

11 Charlotte (12)

12 Milwaukee (15)

13 New York (19)

14 Indiana (14)

15 Chicago (6)

16 Detroit (18)

17 Washington (23)

18 Atlanta (13)

19 Portland (17)

FIFTH TIER

20 Orlando (21)

21 Denver (20)

SIXTH TIER

22 Sacramento (24)

23 Los Angeles Lakers (16)

SEVENTH TIER

24 Miami (27)

25 New Orleans (22)

26 Minnesota (25)

27 Phoenix (26)

28 Brooklyn (28)

29 Dallas (29)

30 Philadelphia (30)

BIGGEST RISERS: New York and Washington (6 spots), Houston (5 spots), Utah (4 spots), Miami and Milwaukee (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Chicago (9 spots), Los Angeles Lakers (7 spots), Atlanta (5 spots), New Orleans (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1 WEST 229

2 EAST 236

NHL power rankings for mid-December

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Chicago (1)

2 New York Rangers (2)

3 Montreal (3)

4 Columbus (8)

5 Pittsburgh (6)

SECOND TIER

6 Minnesota (21)

7 San Jose (7)

8 Washington (9)

9 St. Louis (4)

10 Philadelphia (15)

11 Ottawa (5)

12 Anaheim (11)

13 Boston (14)

14 Edmonton (20)

THIRD TIER

15 Los Angeles (12)

16 Calgary (26)

17 Tampa Bay (10)

18 Florida (19)

19 Detroit (18)

20 Carolina (24)

21 Winnipeg (23)

22 Dallas (22)

23 Nashville (13)

24 Toronto (17)

25 Buffalo (27)

26 Vancouver (25)

27 New Jersey (16)

28 New York Islanders (30)

29 Arizona (29)

FOURTH TIER

30 Colorado (28)

BIGGEST RISERS: Minnesota (15 spots), Calgary (10 spots), Edmonton (6 spots), Philadelphia (5 spots), Carolina and Columbus (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: New Jersey (11 spots), Nashville (10 spots), Tampa Bay and Toronto (7 spots), Ottawa (6 spots), St. Louis (5 spots), Los Angeles (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF TEAMS, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1 METROPOLITAN 13

2 CENTRAL 16

3 ATLANTIC 16.25

4 PACIFIC 17

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 29.25

2 WEST 33

2016-17 NCAA bowl picks

By Rick Morris

 

NOTE: 3-7 in Week 14, 40-34-1 for the season

 

New Mexico Bowl

New Mexico -7 ½ over Texas-San Antonio

 

Las Vegas Bowl

San Diego State +4 ½ over Houston

 

Camellia Bowl

Appalachian State PK over Toledo

 

Cure Bowl

Arkansas State +6 over UCF

 

New Orleans Bowl

Southern Miss -6 ½ over Louisiana-Lafayette

 

Miami Beach Bowl

Tulsa -12 ½ over Central Michigan

 

Boca Raton Bowl

Memphis +5 over Western Kentucky

 

Poinsetta Bowl

BYU -8 ½ over Wyoming

 

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Idaho +13 ½ over Colorado State

 

Bahamas

Old Dominion +4 over Eastern Michigan

 

Armed Forces Bowl

Louisiana Tech +5 over Navy

 

Dollar General

Ohio +3 ½ over Troy

 

Hawaii Bowl

Middle Tennessee – Hawaii – no line – prediction is Middle Tennessee to win by 13

 

St Pete Bowl

Mississippi State -13 ½ over Miami of Ohio

 

Quick Lane Bowl

Boston College +1 over Maryland

 

Independence Bowl

North Carolina State -4 over Vanderbilt

 

Heart of Dallas Bowl

Army -10 over North Texas

 

Military Bowl

Temple -11 ½ over Wake Forest

 

Holiday Bowl

Washington State -10 over Minnesota

 

Cactus Bowl

Boise State -7 ½ over Baylor

 

Pinstripe Bowl

Pittsburgh -5 ½ over Northwestern

 

Russell Athletic Bowl

West Virginia +3 over Miami

 

Foster Farms Bowl

Utah -7 ½ over Indiana

 

Texas Bowl

Kansas State +2 over Texas A&M

 

Birmingham Bowl

South Florida -10 ½ over South Carolina

 

Belk Bowl

Virginia Tech -7 over Arkansas

 

Alamo Bowl

Colorado -3 over Oklahoma State

 

Arizona Bowl

South Alabama +13 over Air Force

 

Liberty Bowl

Georgia +1 over TCU -1

 

Sun Bowl

Stanford -3 ½ over North Carolina

 

Music City Bowl

Tennessee -3 over Nebraska

 

Citrus Bowl

Louisville +3 ½ over LSU

 

Taxslayer Bowl

Georgia Tech -3 ½ over Kentucky

 

Outback Bowl

Iowa +2 ½ over Florida

 

Orange Bowl

Michigan -7 over Florida State

 

Cotton Bowl

Wisconsin -7 ½ over Western Michigan

 

Sugar Bowl

Oklahoma -3 over Auburn

 

Rose Bowl

USC -6 ½ over Penn State

 

Fiesta Bowl

Clemson +3 ½ over Ohio State

 

Peach Bowl

Washington +15 over Alabama