Keyes Foresees NFL 2011 Week 1

After a long break both the NFL and KeyesToSports are back. Last years inaugural season of Keyes Foresees saw us end up at 74-51 vs. the spread and 81-44 picking the outright winner. Since I was on vacation this week I was a little slow getting the picks posted but here we go.

My first lock for this week is the Rams over the Eagles. I like the way Bradford has progressed. Steven Jackson should be more than enough for the Eagles to not be able to sit on the blitz and with the week LB crew of the Eagles I can see big plays happening once he progresses through the first level.

Second lock of the week is the Chargers over the Vikings. If this game is within 20 points I will be very surprised. Phillip Rivers is ready to take over the throne of best QB in the AFC and with having Vincent Jackson back to start the season it should be points galore for the Charger's offense.

My final lock of week 1 is Dallas over the NY Jets. Yes I am going way out on a limb that the Cowbowys have righted the ship. Although Jerry didn't take my advice from last year he has made some good moves in hiring Rex Ryan to lead the defense, ditching Roy Williams (addition by subtraction) and giving Felix Jones the RB1 slot.

It's good to be back and looking forward to the 2011 NFL season

Open Mikes: NCAA basketball tournament's new TV format - USATODAY.com

Open Mikes: NCAA basketball tournament's new TV format - USATODAY.com:

"Instead of CBS' old regionalized coverage where viewers could only watch the one game assigned to their TV market — with CBS then shifting around viewers between other games played almost simultaneously — each game will be shown in its entirety on CBS or Turner's TBS, TNT or truTV channels. And, tipoffs for early-round games will be more staggered to allow channel-changing viewers to be able to see big chunks of the games they choose without having to miss much of other games.
Of course, that only helps if you have cable TV: CBS will only have 26 of the tournament's 67 games. But using cable TV brings more flexibility. On the first Sunday of the tournament, CBS used get NCAA action done for the day in time for the network to air 60 Minutes and the rest of its Sunday primetime lineup. Now, Turner will air game action that Sunday night until around midnight.
Other changes include using TNT's NBA announcers on the NCAA tournament, like adding TNT's Steve Kerr to CBS' lead announcing team of Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg for a three-man team on the Final Four."

Lotus Renault Has Tough Decisions Ahead

Lotus Renault has some tough decisions ahead with the loss of primary driver Robert Kubica. After sustaining major injuries in a rally car race late last week, his 2011 F1 season is in jeopardy and possibly his career. Rumors have circulated about a possible loss of a hand among other items as Renault keeps the information close to the vest. Best wishes to Robert and his family.

As they say the show must go on, and with Bahrain right around the corner Lotus Renault has some tough decisions. They currently have Bruno Senna under contract as the teams 3rd driver. His family tree doesn't need explaining as his uncle Ayrton Senna was one of, if not the all time greatest driver in F1. But there may be another candidate who lost their ride for this season from Williams F1. Nico Hulkenberg should get some consideration for that slot. He's F1 proven and was able to grab a pole last season over the big boys like Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull.

Lotus Renault should be thinking about bringing Hulkenberg in for a test as soon as Jerez to see if it's a match. The worst that could happen is he ends up as a test driver for the team.

We will keep our eye on the story as it develops and do our best to bring you the news when it happens.

Wake Forest Baseball Coach Donates Kidney To One Of His Players

Tom Walter is obviously a special man. He is in the lead for NCAA man of the year if not sportsman of the year. If you haven't heard what Tom did, I am more than happy to share it with you. 

Tom Walter a baseball coach at Wake Forest University donated a kidney to one of his players, freshman Kevin  Jordan. When I read that headline this morning I was just in awe. People often say they would or will do anything to help someone. It's nice to see that Tom Walter stands by his words. “I would do anything to help any one of my players or any of my family members—anything in my power to help them have a better quality of life is something that I want to do,” Walter said. By the way, this is his second season at the school. 

Wake Forest isn't in the pre-season NCAA Top  25 Baseball Rankings but they should be ranked number one. 

Nice job coach. 

Virgin F1 Reveals 2011 MVR-02

Virgin F1 Racing 2011 entry is entirely engineered by computer using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics).  This is the 2nd year Virgin has used this method.

Not much to say on this version of the Formula 1 racer by Virgin. She looks pretty basic, no radical designs here. How reliable the machine is will be the true test.

The side air ducts on the MVR-02 seem a bit small. This may or may not cause cooling issues when the car hits warm weather. Timo Glock and Jerome D'Ambrosio will pilot the MVR-02 this season.