Tough couple weeks led me to take a week off for Thanksgiving. Hope to get back on the winning streak this week. My record sits at 27-23-4 and Dr. Bob's at 29-25. So I'm winning by percentage points.

On to this week's picks...

BOISE STATE (-38) 50 Utah...

Another mediocre week for myself going 1-4 to bring my overall record to 27-19-4. Dr. Bob went 2-2 to bring his record to 26-23.

Dr. Bob is crushing it so far in basketball and is faring better on his paid picks than he is here. 

On to this week's picks....

Tough week across the board as Dr. Bob goes 2-3, bringing his record to 24-21. I went 1-4, bringing my record down to 26-15-4.

As always all of Dr. Bob's analysis can be found on his website.

On to this week's picks. Here's Dr. Bob's...

AIR FORCE (-32)  48...

Another good week across the board as Dr. Bob goes 3-2 again bringing his record to 22-18. I went 4-1 bringing my record to 25-11-4. Hopefully, somewhere someone is betting on our games.

As always, you can see all of Dr. Bob's picks on his website, Dr. Bob Sports.

Solid week all around as Bob goes 3-2 bringing his record to 19-16. He's taking this more seriously each week as he gives more and more of his pay picks to try and chase me down. To see all of his picks go to Dr. Bob Sports.

I...

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While Dr. Bob is just treading water so far in this competition (going 2-3 last week to bring his record to 16-14), he is killing it for his paid customers. You can check out his site. I had a good week last week going 3-0-2, bring my record to...

Came back to earth last week going 1-4 bringing my record to 14-9-2, while the good Doctor went 4-1 bringing his record to 14-11.

Dr. Bob is actually offering up some of his best bets on HuffPost but to see the rest of his best bets go to...

So a 5-0 week leaves me 13-5-2 and hoping someone is actually following my picks... Dr. Bob went 3-2 bringing him back to .500 at 10-10... Thinking Cyrus.

On to this week's picks... First from Dr. Bob...

VANDERBILT (-26) 42 Eastern Michigan 10

The one thing that is keeping...

Tough week as both Bob and I went 2-3. My record goes to 8-5-2... while Dr. Bob is treading water at 7-8.

These are five of Bob's strong opinions. He has seven additional Best Bets this week which you can see at his site.

Dr. Bob's picks...

CENTRAL MICHIGAN...

Another 3-1-1 showing for me last week bringing me to 6-2-2 for the season. Dr. Bob evened his record at 5-5 with a 3-2 week. 

On to this week's picks. Here are Dr. Bob's...

FLORIDA STATE   (-19)  41   Wake Forest  17

I went against Wake Forest last week...

Week 1 in the Dr. Bob versus House Advantage Challenge saw me take an early lead with a 3-1-1 performance versus Dr. Bob's 2-3. You can review our picks from last week here. As always all of Dr. Bob's free analysis can be found at www.drbobsports.com.

On...

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