Trust Your Traditional Powers Tonight - Even on the Road

Tonight, we have two road favorites - spanning two different sports - whose names have been synonymous with success for quite some time.  The Locks urges you to trust those track records and put your money on these powerhouses:

College Basketball:

Georgetown @ Temple - Line is Georgetown -1.5 - Sure Temple has also made some big waves in the college basketball world over the past 30 years but they are not on the same level as the Hoyas.  Georgetown is off to another impressive start this season, including a very impressive OT road victory over a solid Missouri team.  The Owls play stifling defense, preferring that the game ends up in the 50s but that is easier against middle-of-the-road Atlantic 10 teams than against high-powered Big East schools.  The Locks - though blindly loyal to the Orange of Syracuse - admires the talents of many of these Hoyas, especially PG Chris Wright.  Temple has already lost two games to middling teams (Texas A&M and California).  There will be nothing to be embarrassed about when G'Town hands them loss #3 on the season.  Take the Hoyas and lay the points.  Final score is 67-59.  LOCK IT UP

NFL:

Indianapolis @ Tennessee - Line is Indy -3.5 - The Colts are looking as vulnerable as they have in a long, long time.  The lack of a running game or a defense that can stop the run will do that to you.  Add in an increasingly porous offense line that throws off Peyton's timing and Indy has dropped three straight game (during which the almighty Manning has throw 11 picks).  Good thing for the Colts that they face a team that's in an even bigger tailspin than they are.  The Titans have turned into a train wreck.  Vince Young is out for the year and not allowed around the team.  Randy Moss has yet to show up in Tennessee following being claimed off of waivers.  The defense is banged up.  And, most surprisingly, Chris Johnson has been running like Curt Menefee in recent weeks.  The Locks believes that the odds favor the Colts remedying their problems with a bit more ease that the Titans.  Also, as a Thursday game, these teams have not been able to really throw much of a tailored offensive game plan together.  Instead, they'll have to rely on their base offense to get them through this game.  We'll take the Colts' base offense and the audible master Peyton Manning in that situation.  Chris Johnson will get his yards against a bad Colts run D but at the end of the day, the Colts need this W very, very badly and the Titans are a bit too dysfunctional right now.  We'll lay the 3.5 points and roll with Indy.  Final score is 27-20.  LOCK IT UP