RIP Hubert Sumlin
Sad day today as we lost another brother, the great Hubert Sumlin. Hubert was responsible for turning on just about every guitar player that ever plugged in an electric guitar to play the blues. Of course we had the great Muddy Waters who first recorded in 1948 in Chicago, but the lineage passed through Hubert’s hands as he inspired so many pickers while playing with the great Howlin Wolf in the early 50′s.
Long story short
“Smokestack Lightning,” “Spoonful,” “Ain’t Superstitious” — set Wolf on fire at Sun Records in Memphis and later at Chess Records in Chicago.
The 1953 summit of Mr. Sumlin and Wolf was to blues what the meeting of Scotty Moore and Elvis Presley was to rock just a year later.
This Week in the NFL with Rex Parcells and Bill Ryan
Rex Parcells Bill Ryan
Rex Parcells has been in the prediction business for over 30 years, he was one of 104 thousand people who saw Al Toon catch 5 touchdown passes for the University of Wisconsin in 1984. Bill Ryan learned Football reading every word of Weeb Ewbanks’ The Last Season. Ryan is also the only man ever to coach two different Long Island Pee Wee football league teams to victory in a championship game, and the first man to explain to Joe Namath that Fox Sports and in particular Suzy Kolber wasn’t an escort service
Rex and Bill make their NFL picks for week # 7
Rex: Seattle Seahawks at Cleveland Browns (-3) – This is a very interesting game because the Seahawks have a lot going for them. Again, the last time we saw them, they beat the Giants 36-25 and to be honest they’re coming off their bye. Typically, that’s a good spot for teams. Also, teams like the Seahawks have covered 63% of the time in games like this. Pick: Seattle
Bill: Atlanta Falcons at Detroit Lions (-3.5) – This should be a great game, to be honest that tells us a lot about each team. The Falcons can finally beat a team with a winning record and the Lions can prove that last week wasn’t a sign of regression. Again the thing is, to be honest all the trends favor Atlanta to cover here fairly significantly. Pick: Falcons
Rex: Houston Texans at Tennessee Titans (-3) – The trends here really favor the Texans, uhh If I recall the Texans really favor trends too but they don’t account for the circumstances. Again the Texans are seriously beat up and to be honest facing a Titans team at home coming off their bye, I like the Titans here. Pick: Titans
Bill: Denver Broncos at Miami Dolphins (-1) - You know things are bad in Miami when the opposing QB will probably have more fans then the home QB. In fact, the Dolphins will be honoring Tim Tebow, who along with the rest of the national title winning Gator team with give the Dolphins a closed door pre game pep talk / prayer session. I think that fires Miami up and to be honest, again the trends and simulations strongly agree. Pick: Miami
Rex: San Diego Chargers at New York Jets (+1) – We’ll get plenty of radio fodder this week when the Jets who are home dogs here lose, to be honest the Chargers haven’t really looked all that impressive despite their decent record. Again, this will probably be a pretty tight game, but I actually really like the Chargers to win and both coaches should make the Harbaugh and Schwartz altercation look tame. Pick: San Diego
Bill: Chicago Bears at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+1) – To be honest I can’t understand this line at all. Not only are the Bucs a flat out better team than the Bears, but they’re at home. Again, they should be three point favorites in this game. This is absolutely the pick of the week. Pick: Bucs
[Note by JasonB, 10/20/11 2:57 PM EDT ] As reader Marcel pointed out, this game is in fact in London. So while the Bucs are technically the “home” team, in reality this is a neutral site game. Having said that, again, to be honest, again, while I’m not as head over heels in love with the Bucs as a result, to be honest I still think this is a strong play.
Rex: Washington Redskins at Carolina Panthers (-1.5) – The Redskins QB situation makes this one pretty interesting. But again according to the trends, it’s really not. To be honest in similar games with a 1.5 pint spreads, again teams like the Panthers have covered a whopping 85.7% of the time. Pick: Panthers
Bill: Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders (-3.5) – Like the weather this suddenly becomes the hardest game of the year to forecast. Again the Chiefs are coming off a bye and playing a little better and to be perfectly honest the Raiders were really hitting their stride… Then Jason Campbell gets hurt, and I know from hurt with my bad knee, again Carson Palmer is going to walk in off the street to start for them.Tobe honest who knows what to expect? Good things, again, the Raiders run more than any team in the NFL, so it’s not a bad place for a new QB to figure it out. Pick: Raiders
Rex: Pittsburgh Steelers at Arizona Cardinals (+3.5) – The Cards are coming off a bye and the Steelers were unconvincing in a win over the Jags, which probably explains this relatively low line. But again the thing about the Steelers is that their performances from week to week have no correlation to one another. To be honest the trends here do favor Arizona, but I like the Steelers. Pick: Pittsburgh
Bill: St. Louis Rams at Dallas Cowboys (-13) – Obviously the important thing to know in this game is whether Sam Bradford starts. If AJ Feeley takes that field on Sunday, to be honest the Cowboys are going to win and cover, but again Bradford could at least keep it close so make sure you know the important thing to know in this game is whether Sam Bradford starts. The trends are heavily in favor of the Rams here. In fact, to be honest teams like the Rams have covered a 13 pt spread 75% of the time. Pick: Rams
Rex: Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings (+9) – It may sound crazy to say this about a 9 point road favorite, but to be honest this looks like a value pick. The Packers are humming and again they’ll be facing Christian Ponder in his first career start. I’d be all over the Pack here. Pick: Green Bay
Bill: Indianapolis Colts at New Orleans Saints (-14) – NBC probably thought they had a real winner with me Rex and this one on the schedule. A matchup of the 2010 Superbowl… only Indy to be honest is the worst team in the NFL. Still, again, to be honest this is a huge line and 25 historical games, teams like Indy have covered 68% of the time. Pick: Colts
Rex: Baltimore Ravens at Jacksonville Jaguars (+9) - To be honest I’m going to go against the trends here, which again, I do favor the Jags to cover at home. I’m just believing in the Ravens here. Pick: Ravens
