WARM WEATHER RETURNS

Well starting today through at least Tuesday some much warmer weather will return to the area with highs today and tomorrow in the 60's and then in the 70's Sunday through Tuesday.  I do not have any problems with the warm air returning for a few days.  The Colonial Heights basketball team will on the road tonight against Patrick Henry.  Well I through batting practice again last night and needless to say my arm is quite a bit sore this morning.  I sure am glad that it is Friday because I need a few days off to rest because I am a bit tired.  MICKEY

COLONIALS FALL ON THE HARDWOOD

The Colonial Heights Colonials basketball team opened up the season last night falling to Atlee 63-59.  The Colonials lead most of the game but a late rally by Atlee got the Raiders the victory.  Well I am sure my arm is going to be a bit sore in the morning after throwing BP for the first time since last season, we where going to start last week but with the holiday we decided to start this week.  Well it looks like we might get some rain today but it does not look like it is going to rain all day.  MICKEY

Packers look bad

The Green Bay Packers looked pretty bad last night falling to the Giants 38-10. The offense and the defense looked equally as bad. The Colonial Heights boys basketball team will open up its season tonight at home against Atlee, this will be the 1st game of three this week. Well after being off the last 4 days its time to head back to work. Mickey

TOM CONTINUES TO LEAD

Well 13 weeks of this years contest are in the books and Tom continues to dominate this years contest.  This will be the last regular week of this years contest with only the bowl games to pick in a few weeks.  Entering week 14 of the contest Tom has a 10 game lead over Erik with Murph and Steve 12 games back and Bobby, Julianne and Joy are 13 back.  This past week Erik and The Chief had the best week both going 18-6 while Jeff continued to struggle going 10-14.  There are not as many games this week so if Erik wants to have a shot at winning this years contest he will need to make up a few more games before heading into the Bowl Picks.  MICKEY

WEEK 14 GAMES

RUTGERS AT LOUISVILLE
UCLA VS STANFORD
NORTHERN ILLINOIS VS KENT STATE
CENTRAL FLORIDA AT TULSA
OKLAHOMA STATE AT BAYLOR
OKLAHOMA AT TCU
MIDDLE TENN AT ARKANSAS STATE
CINCINNATI AT UCONN
BOISE STATE AT NEVADA
ALABAMA VS GEORGIA
NEW MEXICO STATE AT TEXAS STATE
PITTSBURGH AT SOUTH FLORIDA
TEXAS AT KANSAS STATE
FLORIDA STATE VS GEORGIA TECH
NEBRASKA VS WISCONSIN
SOUTH ALABAMA AT HAWAII
COASTAL CAROLINA AT OLD DOMINION


STANDINGS AFTER WEEK 13
1. TOM 213-95 --
2. ERIK 203-105 -10
3. MURPH 201-107 -12
4. STEVE 201-107 -12
5. BOBBY 200-108 -13
6. JULIANNE 200-108 -13
7. JOY 200-108 -13
8. ANDREW 194-114 -19
9. CHIZ 194-114 -19
10. SCOTT 193-115 -20
11. JOHN 191-117 -22
12. MICKEY 191-117 -22
13. KEITH 191-117 -22
14. THE CHIEF 188-120 -25
15. SEAN 187-121 -26
16. JONATHAN 187-121 -26
17. GUY 186-122 -27
18. CHRIS 185-123 -28
19. RUSS 182-126 -31
20. DAN 182-126 -31
21. PHILLIPS 182-126 -31
22. LEE 180-128 -33
23. GEORGE 174-134 -39
24. DUSTY 174-134 -39
25. JEFF 173-135 -40
26. GERALD 166-142 -47

TIE BREAKER STANDINGS
JONATHAN 3
TOM 3
BOBBY 2
JULIANNE 2
THE CHIEF 2
CHRIS 1
STEVE 1
GUY 1
CHIZ 1
SEAN 1
DAN 1
MICKEY 1
ANDREW 1
ERIK 1

HEADING TO THE BEACH

Well I will not be going shopping today on the Black Friday but I will be heading down to the beach and it looks like it will be a bit on the cool side at the beach.  I do need to finish up my Christmas shopping but I will not be doing it today.  The Redskins beat the Cowboys in Dallas yesterday, the Skins had a 28-3 lead at the half but had to hold to on to pick up the win.  In college basketball action last night the VCU Rams beat Memphis and now get to play Duke tonight, the Rams upset Duke the last time they met them in the NCAA Tournament.  Well I have got allot to do this morning  before I go to the beach.  MICKEY

AFTER TODAY I AM OFF THE REST OF THE WEEK

Well after I work today I will be off the rest of the week, I am going to feel like I am working for the government or a school teacher.  I think I am am going to head down to the beach on Friday, I have not been there in a few months and maybe I can get some more Christmas shopping down.  I still need about 10 people picks this week for the football pick-em contest, I am hoping everybody will get them in by 9pm tonight.  MICKEY

AFTER A ROUGH START THE PACKERS ARE NOW TIED FOR 1ST

Well after a bit of a slow start and and a bad call by a referee the Packers are now tied with the Bears for 1st place after the Bears lost to the 49ers last night.  Well tonight I will throw batting practice for the 1st time since lat season ended so I am pretty sure my arm is going to be very sore tomorrow night but I am ready to throw again.  Well I am going to head to work.  MICKEY

PACKERS AND REDSKINS WIN

Well the the Green Bay Packers picked up win on the road at Detroit and the Redskins beat the struggling Eagles.  If the 49ers beat the Bears tonight the Packers would be in a 1st place tie with the Bears.  Brad Keselowski won the 2012 Sprint Cup Championship yesterday and Jeff Gordon won yesterdays race at Homestead.  My allergies have really been bothering me the last few days, I guess the wind has stirred up some allergens.  I only have to work 3 days this week since we are taking off on Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving.  Well I am going to head to work.  MICKEY

TOM WITH A COMMANDING LEAD

Well after 12 weeks of this years contest Tom had taken a commanding 11 game lead heading into week 13 of the contest and he is making a mockery  of this years contest.  Going into this weeks games Tom had 6 game lead and this week he went 18-6 which was the best of the week.  The battle for 2nd place is a very good one with 6 players within 2 games of 2nd place.  Well the way things look now it looks like we will have our 5th different winner in as many years.  There are some very tough games this week and if anybody wants to challenge Tom for the top spot they had better make up some grown this week, but I have to say its not looking to good for anybody but Tom.  MICKEY


WEEK 13 GAMES
TCU AT TEXAS
OHIO AT KENT STATE
SYRACUSE AT TEMPLE
MARSHALL AT EAST CAROLINA
WEST VIRGINIA AT IOWA STATE
ARIZONA STATE AT ARIZONA
VIRGINIA AT VIRGINIA TECH
STANFORD AT UCLA
OREGON AT OREGON STATE
RUTGERS AT PITTSBURGH
GEORGIA TECH AT GEORGIA
MICHIGAN AT OHIO STATE
INDIANA AT PURDUE
BAYLOR AT TEXAS TECH
SOUTHERN MISS AT MEMPHIS
OKLAHOMA STATE AT OKLAHOMA
MICHIGAN STATE AT MINNESOTA
WISCONSIN AT PENN STATE
FLORIDA AT FLORIDA STATE
SOUTH CAROLINA AT CLEMSON
MISSISSIPPI STATE AT OLE MISS
NOTRE DAME AT USC
RICE AT UTEP
LA TECH AT SAN JOSE STATE

STANDINGS AFTER WEEK 12
1. TOM 196-88 --
2. ERIK 185-99 -11
3. BOBBY 185-99 -11
4. MURPH 185-99 -11
5. JULIANNE 185-99 -11
6. STEVE 184-100 -12
7. JOY 183-101 -13
8. ANDREW 180-104 -16
9. CHIZ 180-104 -16
10. JOHN 179-105 -17
11. SCOTT 178-106 -18
12. MICKEY 177-107 -19
13. KEITH 177-107 -19
14. SEAN 174-110 -22
15. JONATHAN 173-111 -23
16. GUY 170-114 -26
17. THE CHIEF 170-114 -26
18. CHRIS 169-115 -27
19. RUSS 167-117 -29
20. DAN 166-118 -30
21. PHILLIPS 166-118 -30
22. LEE 165-119 -31
23. JEFF 163-121 -33
24. GEORGE 160-124 -36
25. DUSTY 159-125 -37
26. GERALD 152-132 -44

TIE BREAKER STANDINGS
JONATHAN 3
TOM 3
BOBBY 2
JULIANNE 2
THE CHIEF 1
CHRIS 1
STEVE 1
GUY 1
CHIZ 1
SEAN 1
DAN 1
MICKEY 1
ANDREW 1

GLAD IT'S THE WEEKEND

I sure am glad that it's the weekend because I sure need a couple of days off to rest and with Thanksgiving coming next week I only have to work 3 days before being off for 4 straight days.  I think I am going to feel like I work for the government next week.  In high school football action in the Central Region last night in Division 5 Hopewell beat Dinwiddie and now play host Hanover next week he beat Lee Davis last night and in Division 6 L.C. Bird beat Hermitage and will be on the road at Varina next week since they beat Meadowbrook last night.  At the beach last night Plymouth beat Manteo.  I have to say i am ready to watch some college football today and I think there will be a few more upsets today.  I just want to let everybody now than can follow me on twitter at @MickeyGoulder.  Mickey

VIRGINIA FALLS, IT'S FRIDAY

Well the North Carolina Tar Heels beat the Virginia Cavaliers last night 37-13 ending the Cavs 2 game winning streak.  The Cavs just did not make the plays they needed to make last night and had several costly penalties as well.  The Cavs will finish out there season on the road at Virginia Tech next weekend.  I sure am glad that it is Friday it has been a very long week.  MICKEY

VIRGINIA LOOKS TO EXTEND WINNING STREAK

The Virginia football team will be looking to extend it's winning streak to 3 games tonight when the Cavs play host to North Carolina.  I think tonight's will be a very high scoring games and I think it will be close.  Well Al came by last night and put my new treadmill together last night and I am very glad that he did because I think I might have been stuck on step 2.  I am waiting on 1 persons picks for the contest this week, hopefully they will come in today.  Also last night we took all the Christmas stuff out of the attic which has made my back even more sore.  MICKEY

BACK SORE

Well after visiting the dentist for a tooth cleaning yesterday afternoon my back is a bit sore this morning, those dentist chairs are just nor that comfortable.  The VCU and Virginia basketball teams both lost last night at home, VCU lost to Wichita State while Virginia lost to Delaware.  So far I have got just over half of the picks in for this weeks games.  Its cold this morning.  MICKEY

COOL RAINY DAY

Well it looks like it is going to be a cool rainy day here in the Heights, I woke up around 4am and it was still 64 degrees and then when I woke up to go to work it is now 50.  There is an 80% chance of rain today but the weatherman says it will not rain all day.  Well I finally went out and purchased a new treadmill last night, my old treadmill is still running but on its last leg.  I also have to go to the dentist today for my normal cleaning.  MICKEY

OLD TIME RACING

I have to say yesterdays race reminded of the way racing use to be when you went over to the old Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway.  There was Royal Rumble in the garage and even think a hockey game broke at well after Jeff Gordon too out his frustrations on Clint Bowyer after Bowyer caused him have flat tire.  The Bowyers crew cam after Jeff Gordon in pits and it was on.  Jimmie Johnson the points leader goi g into the race hit the wall after blowing a tire out and is now 20 points behind Keselowski in points race.  Kevin Harvick won the race holding off Kyle Busch for the win as about 10 cars wrecked on the final lap coming to the start finish line when Danica Patrick's car was leaking oil all over the track and Nascar did not throw the caution for.  Over the last few weeks there have been so many phantom caution flags and then there was a time one needed to be thrown and they don't do it and then they gave some lame excuse why the did not.  MICKEY

TOM CONTINUES TO DOMINATE

Well after 11 weeks of this years contest it still appears to be Tom and everybody else, after 11 weeks Tom has a commanding 6 game lead.  We do have new person in 2nd place after 11 weeks, Erik moved into that spot this week after going 16-8 while Bobby and Murph each lost a spot.  There only 7 other players within 9 games of Tom.  This week Andrew had the best week going 18-6 while Jeff and Gerald toughest week going 12-12.  There is a tight race going on for 9th place as well with 5 players being within 2 games of that spot.  I have to say that Tom is in the drivers seat in this years contest.  MICKEY

WEEK 12 GAMES

NORTH CAROLINA AT VIRGINIA

SYRACUSE AT MISSOURI

VIRGINIA TECH AT BOSTON COLLEGE

DUKE AT GEORGIA TECH

TEXAS TECH AT OKLAHOMA STATE

OKLAHOMA AT WEST VIRGINIA

NORTHWESTERN AT MICHIGAN STATE

CENTRAL FLORIDA AT TULSA

OHIO STATE AT WISCONSIN

ARKANSAS AT MISSISSIPPI STATE

ARIZONA AT UTAH

TENNESSEE AT VANDERBILT

USC AT UCLA

STANFORD AT OREGON

KENT STATE AT BOWLING GREEN

RUTGERS AT CINCINNATI

HOUSTON AT MARSHALL

TEMPLE AT ARMY

SMU AT RICE

ARKANAS STATE AT TROY

BYU AT SAN JOSE STATE

WESTERN KENTUCKY AT LA LAFAYETTE

UTAH STATE AT LA TECH

OLD DOMINION AT JAMES MADISON

STANDINGS AFTER WEEK 11

1. TOM 178-82 --

2. ERIK 172-88 -6

3. BOBBY 171-89 -7

4. MURPH 171-89 -7

5. JULIANNE 170-90 -8

6. STEVE 169-91 -9

7. JOY 169-91 -9

8. ANDREW 169-91 -9

9. CHIZ 166-94 -12

10. MICKEY 165-95 -13

11. JOHN 165-95 -13

12. SCOTT 164-96 -14

13. KEITH 164-96 -14

14. SEAN 162-98 -16

15. GUY 159-101 -19

16. JONATHAN 158-102 -20

17. THE CHIEF 157-103 -21

18. CHRIS 157-103 -21

19. DAN 155-105 -23

20. JEFF 154-106 -24

21. RUSS 153-107 -25

22. PHILLIPS 151-109 -27

23. LEE 151-109 -27

24. GEORGE 149-111 -29

25. DUSTY 148-112 -30

26. GERALD 139-121 -39

TIE BREAKER STANDINGS

JONATHAN 3

TOM 2

BOBBY 2

JULIANNE 2

THE CHIEF 1

CHRIS 1

STEVE 1

GUY 1

CHIZ 1

SEAN 1

DAN 1

MICKEY 1

ANDREW 1

THANK A VETERAN TODAY

COLONIALS SEASON COMES TO AN END, VIRGINIA FALLS

The Colonial Heights Colonials football season came to and last night against Thomas Dale with the Colonials falling to the Knights 43-6 in a very chippy game.  Down at the beach Manteo won there 2nd round playoff game against Columbia 61-12 and will face Plymouth next week.   In college basketball action last night Virginia lost on the road at George Mason and VCU won at home.  The Virginia football team will be at home looking to build on last weeks win against N.C. State when the Cavaliers face the Miami Hurricanes.  I am going to go for a run.  MICKEY

BUSY SPORTS DAY

Well I have too say there are allot of sports going on today.  The Colonials will play there final football game of the season tonight at home against Thomas Dale.  Today is also the 1st day NCAA basketball and both Virginia and VCU will be in action, the Cavs will be on the road for a very tough test a George Mason while VCU will be at home.  Also there Nascar Sprint Cup Series is a Phoenix this weekend and then there is college football as well.  I sure am glad that it Friday.  MICKEY

I HAVE ALL THE PICKS BUT 1

Well I have everybody's picks in with the exception of one and not it's not Dusty who does not have his in, Dusty sent his in on time this week.  It looks like it is going to start warming up tomorrow with temps in the 60 and then rising into the 70's by Monday which is fine with me.  The Colonial Heights football team will play it's final game of the season tomorrow night at home against Thomas Dale and the it won't be long until basketball season starts.  Well I am going to work.  MICKEY

PICKS VERY SLOW COMING IN

Well I wish the picks where coming in as fast as the election results where coming in last night but so far this week I have only received about half of this weeks picks.  I am hoping everybody gets them in by 9pm tonight.  It is a bit cool this morning with a few showers around but it appears most of the rain will stay off to the east today which is fine with me.  Well I am heading to work.  MICKEY

PACKERS WIN, SKINS LOSE

The Green bay Packers picked up another win yesterday afternoon beating the Arizona Cardinals 31-17, the Packers had another receiver go down with an injury but still where able to pull out another win.  The Redskins where not as lucky falling to the Panthers 21-13, the Skins just didn't play well yesterday at all.  The Falcons remained the only undefeated team in the NFL last night beating the Cowboys.  In the Sprint Cup race yesterday Jimmie Johnson won with Brad Keselowski finishing 2nd so Johnson still leads the point standings.  Well I am off to start another week at work.  MICKEY

TOM EXTENDS HIS LEAD

Well after 10 weeks of the contest Tom has extended to 5 games over Bobby, Muprh and Erik.  Tom appears to be the only player in the contest who has gotten to the top of the standings and stayed there for a few weeks.  Besides the 3 players tied for 2nd place Steve is 6 games back with Julianne and Joy both 7 games and then there is pretty much everybody else.  This past week I had the best week going 18-7 and Jonathan coming of winning week had the worst week going 12-13.  It looks like contest has come down 7 players who have a shot to win it but if Tom continues to play well there could even be less with a shot to win after next week.  MICKEY



WEEK 11 GAMES
LA MONROE AT ARKANSAS STATE
FLORIDA STATE AT VIRGINIA TECH
PITTSBURGH AT UCONN
OREGON STATE AT STANFORD
ARIZONA STATE AT USC
UTAH AT WASHINGTON
WAKE FOREST AT N.C. STATE
GEORGIA TECH AT NORTH CAROLINA
WEST VIRGINIA AT OKLAHOMA STATE
MIAMI AT VIRGINIA
KANSAS STATE AT TCU
WISCONSIN AT INDIANA
NORTHWESTERN AT MICHIGAN
PURDUE AT IOWA
MISSOURI AT TENNESSEE
PENN STATE AT NEBRASKA
MINNESOTA AT ILLINOIS
NAVY AT TROY
TULSA AT HOUSTON
VANDERBILT AT OLE MISS
TEXAS A&M AT ALABAMA
MARSHALL AT UAB
FRESNO STATE AT NEVADA
DELAWARE AT RICHMOND


STANDINGS AFTER WEEK 10
1. TOM 161-75 --
2. BOBBY 156-80 -5
3. MURPH 156-80 -5
4. ERIK 156-80 -5
5. STEVE 155-81 -6
6. JULIANNE 154-82 -7
7. JOY 154-82 -7
8. ANDREW 151-85 -10
9. CHIZ 150-86 -11
10. MICKEY 150-86 -11
11. SCOTT 149-87 -12
12. JOHN 149-87 -12
13. SEAN 149-87 -12
14. KEITH 147-89 -14
15. THE CHIEF 144-92 -17
16. GUY 144-92 -17
17. JONATHAN 143-93 -18
18. CHRIS 143-93 -18
19. JEFF 142-94 -19
20. DAN 140-96 -21
21. RUSS 139-97 -22
22. PHILLIPS 138-98 -23
23. LEE 136-100 -25
24. GEORGE 135-101 -26
25. DUSTY 133-103 -28
26. GERALD 127-109 -34

TIE BREAKER STANDINGS
JONATHAN 3
TOM 2
BOBBY 2
JULIANNE 2
THE CHIEF 1
CHRIS 1
STEVE 1
GUY 1
CHIZ 1
SEAN 1
DAN 1
MICKEY 1

VIRGINIA WINS

The Virginia Cavaliers came out and played liked they did for most of last year yesterday beating the N.C. State Wolfpack 33-6 in Raleigh.  The Cavs will return home next Saturday against the Miami Hurricanes.  In the NFL today the Packers will be at home against the Cardinals and the Redskins will be at home against the Panthers.  I will have the updated standing out for the college football pick em contest a little later this morning.  Jimmie Johnson will start on the pole at Texas for today's NASCAR Sprint Cup race, Johnson is also your points leader.  MICKEY 

FALL BACK

Don't forget to set your clocks an hour before you go to bed.  In high school football action last night Meadowbrook beat Colonial Heights 56-0 and down at the beach in the NHSCA playoffs Manteo won 49-12 while First Flight lost 48-21.  In college football today Virginia will be on the road at N.C. State and I have to say I don't like the Cavs chances.  It is cold this morning here in the Heights, when I got up this morning it was 33 degrees.  MICKEY

CHRISTMAS JUST A MONTH AWAY

Well I have to say it is very hard to believe that Christmas is just 1 month away and I have only done about half of my Christmas shopping which is not very good.  Speaking of not very good, there is 1 person from down in Georgia who had not sent there picks in this week and it's not Joy or Scott.  I don't know why there is always somebody who does not want to follow the rules of the contest.  I feel like I am catching cold but I hope it's just an allergy but I will have to wait and see.  I am off to work.  MICKEY