WALTER PASACRITA - "WALLY"

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Wally's lived in San Antonio for the last eight years. The passionate sports fan gives San Antonio sports fans the first look at today's local sports every weekday morning from 5-9 a.m. on San Antonio First News on Newsradio 1200 WOAI and Ticket760. He also covers the Spurs on a daily basis.
THE SPREAD
HERE'S THE POINT SPREADS FOR WEEK 5

Date & TimeFavoriteSpreadUnderdog
10/5 1:00 ETIndianapolis-3At Houston
10/5 1:00 ETTennessee-3At Baltimore
10/5 1:00 ETSan Diego-6.5At Miami
10/5 1:00 ETAt Carolina-9.5Kansas City
10/5 1:00 ETAt Philadelphia-6Washington
10/5 1:00 ETChicago-3.5At Detroit
10/5 1:00 ETAt Green Bay-7Atlanta
10/5 1:00 ETAt NY Giants-7Seattle
10/5 4:05 ETAt Denver-3Tampa Bay
10/5 4:15 ETNew England-3At San Francisco
10/5 4:15 ETAt Arizona-1Buffalo
10/5 4:15 ETAt Dallas-16.5Cincinnati
10/5 8:15 ETAt Jacksonville-4Pittsburgh

Monday Night Football Point Spread
10/6 8:35 ETAt New Orleans-3Minnesota


GAME OF THE WEEK/ WALLY'S PICK/ STANDINGS

WK 1 DALLAS -5.5 (CORRECT)
WK 2 STEELERS -6.5 (WRONG)
   

WK  3  CHARGERS -9 (CORRECT)
WK 4   DENVER -9.5 ( How the heck do you lose to the Chiefs?)
WK 5   BALTIMORE +3

I LIKE THE RAVENS AT HOME..THIS SHOULD BE A HARD FOUGHT GAME WITH BOTH TEAMS PLAYING WELL ON DEFENSE. THE RAVENS SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE TITANS RUNNING GAME FORCING KERRY COLLINS TO THROW THE BALL. TAKE THE RAVENS AND THE 3PTS.

GAME OF THE WEEK
Can the Titans remain undefeated? 

TENNESSEE TITANS (4-0) AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (2-1)

SERIES

TITANS RAVENS

SERIES LEADER 8-7

STREAKS 5 of past 6

COACHES VS. OPP. Fisher: 9-8 Harbaugh: 0-0

LAST WEEK W 30-17 vs. Vikings L 23-20 (OT) at Steelers

LAST GAME 11/12/06: Ravens 27 at Titans 26. Baltimore QB Steve McNair throws 11-yard TD pass to

WR Derrick Mason with 3:35 remaining in 4th quarter as Ravens erase 26-7 deficit.


LAST GAME AT SITE 11/24/02: Ravens 13, Titans 12. Baltimore S Ed Reed returns blocked punt 11 yards for

game’s only TD. Ravens’ defense limits Tennessee to 4 FGs despite allowing 402 net yards.


BROADCAST CBS (1:00 PM ET): Ian Eagle, Solomon Wilcots. SIRIUS: 119 (Bal.).

STATS

PASSING Collins: 47-83-577-2-1-81.3 Flacco (R): 44-79-450-1-2-65.9

RUSHING C. Johnson (R): 67-337 (2C)-5.0-2 L. McClain: 52-215-4.1-3

RECEIVING Scaife: 13-154-11.8-1 D. Mason: 16-223-13.9-0

OFFENSE 305.5 291.3

TAKE/GIVE +6 (1L) +1

DEFENSE 263.5 (3C) 186.7 (1L)

SACKS Haynesworth: 5.0 (2C) Suggs: 3.0

INTs Finnegan: 4 (1L) McAlister: 2

PUNTING Hentrich: 44.7 Koch: 47.9 (3C)

KICKING Bironas: 30 (12/12 PAT; 6/6 FG) Stover: 17 (8/8 PAT; 3/5 FG)

NOTES

TITANS: Club aims for 1st 5-0 start in franchise history…Dating back to 12/16/07, Titans have 7 consecutive regularseason wins (longest current streak in NFL)…In ’08, QB KERRY COLLINS has completed 47 of 83 passes (56.6 pct.) for

577 yards with 2 TDs vs. 1 INT & 81.3 passer rating. Collins is 1-0 against Bal. (w/Car. on 12/15/96) as starter & has 82.0

passer rating…Rookie RB CHRIS JOHNSON (1st round, No. 24) ranks 2nd in AFC with 337 rush yards. Johnson recorded career-high 2 rush TDs last week…RB LEN DALE WHITE has rush TD in 4 consecutive games & can tie franchise record for most consecutive games with rush TD (RB EARL CAMPBELL, 5 in 1979)…WR JUSTIN GAGE led

team with 5 rec. for 92 yards (18.4 avg.) last week… Since ’06, team is 14-2 (.875) when it records 2 or more

INTs…Defense is tied for 1st in NFL with 8 INTs…CB CORTLAND FINNEGAN leads NFL with 4 INTs...DTs ALBERT HAYNESWORTH (5) & TONY BROWN (3.5) have totaled 8.5 of Titans 15 sacks…RAVENS: Club aims for 3 consecutive wins at home to start season for 1st time since ’01…Rookie QB JOE FLACCO (1st round, No. 18) posted 1st career TD pass last week vs. 0 INTs…In 1 career meeting vs. Ten. (w/Bills on 12/24/06), RB WILLIS MC GAHEE totaled 22 att. for 95 yards (4.3 avg.) with 1 TD. FB LE’ RON MC CLAIN has 3 TDs in past 2 & aims for 3rd consecutive game with TD… WR DERRICK MASON spent 8 seasons (1997-2004) with Ten. & aims for 3rd consecutive game with 8 receptions & TD against Titans. Since ’03, Mason ranks 3rd in NFL with 464 rec. (TORRY HOLT, 514; CHAD JOHNSON, 473)…TE TODD HEAP (3,934) needs 67 receiving yards to surpass 4,000…Defense has not allowed RB to

gain 100+ rush yards in 22 games…Since ’02, S ED REED leads NFL safeties with 35 INTs. Incl. postseason, Reed has

2 INTs in 4 career meetings vs. Ten…CB SAMARI ROLLE posted 23 INTs in 7 seasons (1998-2004) with Titans.

NFL Standings

NFC EASTWLTPCTPFPASTRKDIVCONF
NY Giants3001.0008343Won 31-02-0
Washington310.7508681Won 31-13-1
Dallas310.75012089Lost 11-12-1
Philadelphia220.50011074Lost 10-11-2
NFC NORTHWLTPCTPFPASTRKDIVCONF
Green Bay220.500109101Lost 22-02-2
Chicago220.5009480Won 10-01-2
Minnesota130.2507182Lost 10-11-1
Detroit030.00059113Lost 30-10-3
NFC SOUTHWLTPCTPFPASTRKDIVCONF
Carolina310.7508070Won 11-02-1
Tampa Bay310.75010178Won 31-13-1
New Orleans220.500111100Won 11-02-1
Atlanta220.5009083Lost 10-21-2
NFC WESTWLTPCTPFPASTRKDIVCONF
Arizona220.500106103Lost 21-01-1
San Francisco220.5009497Lost 11-12-2
Seattle120.3337780Won 11-11-1
St. Louis040.00043147Lost 40-10-3
2008 American Football Conference
AFC EASTWLTPCTPFPASTRKDIVCONF
Buffalo4001.00010963Won 40-02-0
New England210.6674958Lost 11-12-1
NY Jets220.500115116Won 11-11-2
Miami120.3336264Won 11-11-1
AFC NORTHWLTPCTPFPASTRKDIVCONF
Pittsburgh310.7507758Won 12-03-0
Baltimore210.6676543Lost 12-12-1
Cleveland130.2504678Won 11-21-2
Cincinnati040.0005287Lost 40-20-3
AFC SOUTHWLTPCTPFPASTRKDIVCONF
Tennessee4001.00010246Won 42-03-0
Jacksonville220.5007985Won 22-12-2
Indianapolis120.3335267Lost 10-10-1
Houston030.0005699Lost 30-20-3
AFC WESTWLTPCTPFPASTRKDIVCONF
Denver310.750133117Lost 12-12-1
San Diego220.500138112Won 21-12-1
Kansas City130.2506597Won 11-11-2
Oakland130.25078101Lost 21-21-3


























  

   
 


   

 
     
   
    
 
  




 

Team offensive stats
Friday 10-03-2008 8:03am CT
RkTeamGPts/GTotPtsScrm PlysYds/GYds/P1st/G3rd Md3rd Att3rd Pct4th Md4th Att4th PctPenPen YdsToP/GFUMLostTO
1Denver Broncos 4 33.2133 264 435.5 6.6 25.0 21 44 48 1 1 100 16 124 29:25 7 3 -3
2Dallas Cowboys 4 30120 244 416.0 6.8 23.2 27 47 57 1 2 50 31 259 30:15 7 2 -4
3New Orleans Saints 4 27.8111 255 414.2 6.5 20.8 22 48 46 0 2 0 29 280 30:45 5 3 0
4New York Giants 3 27.783 199 400.3 6.0 23.3 16 35 46 0 0 0 20 179 33:30 2 0 0
5Arizona Cardinals 4 26.5106 264 377.8 5.7 23.0 22 51 43 4 5 80 29 198 31:44 7 5 -3
6Philadelphia Eagles 4 27.5110 266 364.8 5.5 21.2 21 53 40 0 2 0 19 172 32:32 6 3 +3
7Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4 25.2101 279 361.0 5.2 20.2 19 56 34 1 3 33 32 291 31:46 2 2 0
8San Diego Chargers 4 34.5138 226 356.0 6.3 18.5 24 49 49 1 1 100 19 124 29:00 4 1 +3
9Washington Redskins 4 21.586 255 342.0 5.4 19.8 17 50 34 2 3 67 23 158 32:26 1 1 +6
10Atlanta Falcons 4 22.590 241 338.5 5.6 17.5 18 54 33 0 3 0 24 195 29:10 3 1 +2
Top 10 Running Backs in yards
Thursday 09-25-2008 12:15pm CT
RkPlayerTeamPosAttAtt/GYdsAvgYds/GTDLng1st1st%20+40+FUM
1Michael Turner ATL RB 59 19.7 366 6.2 122.0 5 66T 18 30.5 3 1 0
2Adrian Peterson MIN RB 65 21.7 340 5.2 113.3 1 34 14 21.5 3 0 0
3Julius Jones SEA RB 61 20.3 312 5.1 104.0 2 32 12 19.7 4 0 0
4Matt Forte CHI RB 73 24.3 304 4.2 101.3 1 50T 11 15.1 1 1 0
5Frank Gore SF RB 60 20.0 287 4.8 95.7 3 41T 11 18.3 4 1 2
6Marion Barber DAL RB 62 20.7 285 4.6 95.0 4 25 22 35.5 2 0 1
7Chris Johnson TEN RB 50 16.7 276 5.5 92.0 0 51 13 26.0 1 1 0
8Willie Parker PIT RB 66 22.0 263 4.0 87.7 3 32 12 18.2 1 0 0
9Darren McFadden OAK RB 44 14.7 252 5.7 84.0 1 50 10 22.7 4 1 2
10Edgerrin James ARI RB 62 20.7 248 4.0 82.7 0 16 11 17.7 0 0 0
10Clinton Portis WAS RB 65 21.7 248 3.8 82.7 3 23 14 21.5 1 0 0
Vikings name Frerotte starter
Wednesday 09-17-2008 3:47pm CT

The Minnesota Vikings, with an 0-2 start to the season, are turning to veteran Gus Frerotte to bring them out of the hole.


No coach had more faith in his quarterback than coach Brad Childress had in Tarvaris Jackson, who has made 16 career starts. But Childress named Frerotte the starter for the remainder of the season, announcing the decision at his Wednesday media availability.

"I'm just not seeing right now the aggressiveness from Tarvaris that I saw throughout the offseason, training camp, the two preseason games that he played in," Childress said. "And part of it may be experience. I know Gus will give us that. And I know his approach will also lend itself to that."