Some of you subscribed to this Tuley the Tout blog (officially named tuleythetout.com) since its inception in July 2007, and others joined along the way, and some of you are seeing this page for the first time.

Basically, I started my main website project, the more widely known ViewFromVegas.com, and created this tuleythetout.com page for the actual blog and where I would post picks. During the course of football and basketball seasons of 2007-2008, it became clear that the ViewFromVegas.com Forums were the heart and soul of that website and so many more people were going there looking for picks...plus the nature of the forum makes it more conducive for asking questions and posting replies. So, I haven't posted anything here since May.

Well, a funny thing happened with the start of the football season. I've been hearing from more and more people who have come back to this blog and wondering why they can't find plays here (or get notified of them in e-mail form by subscribing).

I'm all about trying to make people happy, so to find a middle ground I've decided to resume posting my football plays here each Thursday night (so people can decide to play them or fade them early enough) but that I'll also direct people to the ViewFromVegas Forums if they want more analysis or to ask questions on other games.

Thanks to those who wrote in to prompt me to resume this blog (even if on a limited basis)...and welcome to the rest of you. Here are my top 6 college football plays and 5 in the NFL (the Titans +1.5 vs. Bengals was next on my list and I've already bet that as well):

Ucla +8.5 vs. BYU
Air Force +2.5 vs. Houston (at Dallas due to Hurricane Ike)
Stanford +13.5 vs. TCU
Ohio St. +11.5 vs. USC
Bowling Green +17 vs. BOISE ST.
San Diego St. +6 vs. SAN JOSE ST.

VIKINGS +1.5 vs. Colts
Bills +5.5 vs. JAGUARS
Falcons +7 vs. BUCCANEERS
Patriots +1.5 vs. JETS
Eagles +6.5 vs. COWBOYS

Please go to the ViewFromVegas.com Forums to discuss these games with yours truly, or any other games with many of the fine handicappers at the site. We've built a nice community there so join the fun. And feel free to click the SUBSCRIBE button at the top of this page to get this in your e-mail each week.