Prophecies Phor Week Phour!

PROPHECIES in PHOOTBALL for the PHOURTH week of AUGUST, 2015...

AFL, round 22: TWO weeks left in the home-and-away season, and the final eight are jockeying for position. Actually, the final NINE are jockeying for EIGHT positions, as we see Geelong and Adelaide coming down to the final game next week for the number eight post!

Geelong over Collingwood by 24
GWS over Carlton by 20
Hawthorn over Brisbane by 80
Western over North Melbourne by 7 (best game of the weekend!)
Richmond over Essendon by 38
Port Adelaide over Gold Coast by 42
West Coast over Adelaide by 10 (second best game of the weekend!)
Sydney over St. Kilda by 14 if Buddy Franklin sits out (and by 28 if he plays!)
Fremantle over Melbourne by 27.

This would put Fremantle and West Coast locked into the two home qualifying finals slots, Hawthorn and Sydney close to locked in to the other two qualifying finals spots, Richmond and Western into slots five and six, potentially hosting elimination finals, North in the seven slot, and Adelaide awaiting its game with Geelong the next Saturday for the eighth spot.

CFL, round 10: Approaching the halfway point of the season, and there's starting to be some separation after a WILD first few weeks this summer! Here's Round Ten's forecast...

Hamilton over Montreal big, 50-21.
Edmonton defeats Toronto, 24-13.
Calgary over a gallant Winnipeg, 35-22.
Ottawa hold off Saskatchewan, 28-25.

THE NCAA SEASON STARTS THIS WEEKEND! Okay, only one game happens this weekend, and it's at the FCS (Division 1-AA) level, but it's a dandy! The perennial defending FCS national champion North Dakota State Bison travel to Missoula, Montana, this Saturday, to open the 2015 NCAA college football season against the traditional powerhouse Montana Grizzlies. I think this is a fantastic way to start the year! Too often the headlines go to the Alabama v Wisconsin game, or the Ohio St v Virginia Tech game that lead off the Labor Day weekend schedule. But to give the spotlight to the FCS at all is super, and then to arguably the two most notable teams in that division is intelligent beyond belief for the NCAA, who (let's face it) isn't exactly known for their brilliant decisions. (And, by the way, we're taking the defending champions NDSU by a touchdown.)

And while week three of the NFL PRE-SEASON is the most interesting and productive in terms of seeing starters play in competition, it won't make the games predictable. When the game is on the line, like it was when Seattle was down 14-13 at KC last Saturday, it was the third and fourth teams who decided the game for them. WHO is it that bets on these games?

But, there are some geographically interesting games: Jets "at" Giants...Washington at Baltimore...Indy at KC...Pittsburgh at Buffalo...Atlanta at Miami...Houston at New Orleans.  Adrian Peterson has the opportunity to impress the Dallas audience in a job audition. Johnny Manziel plays at the home of Jamies Winston. Oft-doubted Jay Cutler plays against oft-doubted Andy Dalton. It's going to be an interesting weekend!