Place your game picks here. Winner gets to say, “hey, remember that week 4 football pick ’em thing you did on your blog? Well, I won that bitch. So, Now, then.”
And the losers get to pretend they didn’t even play!
My picks:
Atlanta over SF (could be a redemption week for SF, but they’ll have to do it at Atlanta, and that’s a tough venue to get healthy in).
Jets over Buffalo
Cleveland over Cincy (I need to pick at least one or two upsets each week, or why bother, right? This could come down to Josh Cribbs and the return game)
Green Bay over Detroit
Denver over Tennessee (I don’t pick against the Broncos, generally; and anyone who saw them roll up 520 yards on the Colts last week knows this is a very dangerous 1-2 team)
Seattle over St Louis (no, I don’t feel comfortable picking Seattle to win anything on the road; but at the same time, the SeaChickens are better against the run than people think, which means a rookie QB is going to have to beat them)
New Orleans over Carolina
Baltimore over Pittsburgh (I know, it’s in Pitt. But I picked Pitt to go 3-0. Did you?)
Indy over Jacksonville
Houston over Oakland
San Diego over Arizona (hoping for an upset here; and I do think the Cardinals have an upset chance, if they can get decent QB play. But SD is at home, so…)
Philly over Washington (McNabb will be booed. Potential upset here, but only if Michael Vick wants to see his redemption story end with a violent thud)
New England over Miami (I’m not sold on Miami; mostly because I’ve seen what happens to teams that depend on Brandon Marshall too much)
Chicago over NY Giants (The Giants haven’t looked good yet; and the Bears are the luckiest team on the planet, winning two games they should have lost — first with the ridiculous call against Calvin Johnson at the end of the Detroit game, and last week when Green Bay was penalized 17 or 18 times, and Jay Cutler got do overs or drops on interceptions at least 5 different times).
So. Have at it.
I’ve got Atlanta, Cincy, Jets, St. Louis, Tennessee, Green Bay, Baltimore, New Orleans, Indy, Houston, Philly, San Diego, Da Bears and the Pats.
Neh. I watched a UFL game last night. My Sacramento Mountain Lions gave the Omaha Nighthawks a pretty good run but the birds held on and reclaimed the lead just before the end. Omaha is now 2-0 while Sacramento goes into a bye week 1-2. Maybe they’ll rebuild a little and be ready to win again in Week 5.
Last week broke my brain. Our land is cursed, our crops are blighted, our women are diseased. I’m now honestly afraid the Lions might beat us. So I can’t do picks. I’ll end up jinxing half the league.
I did not get to watch one stroke at the Ryder Cup yesterday. Nor will I today. Ditto football. Travel sucks.
That does suck. About the football anyways. Watching golf on television is a gateway activity that leads to freebasing Matlock.
Cowards.
– For a 2nd week in a row we’re blacked out here in San Diego. That won’t put asses in the seats, but it certainly cuts down on the TV audience, and all that nefarious team support the Bolts don’t need. FU Spanos, and the gravy train you rode in on. He wants a new 800 million dollar stadium. Maybe we should let some other sucker city suffer the disappointment that goes with a team that somehow manages to never live up to its billing.
– In other news….. AP is hard at the spin game giving us this little gem at the tail end of the latest agitpoll:
“In the latest Associated Press-GfK poll, about twice as many blame Bush for the recession as blame Obama. But Republicans and Democrats in Congress alike are seen as at fault by about four in 10 adults, and Republicans hold a narrow edge as more trusted to handle the economy.”
– At first glance this situation might seem rather conflicted. That is until you think really hard and remember BUSH ISN’T RUNNING THIS TIME BUELLER.
– But you have to give them “RFU” for effort.
Okay, okay, I’ll do picks. I’ll take all but two of yours. Can’t pick against Tennessee at home and I’ll take Cleveland as well.
I assume that means I picked all favorites. I’m the second coming of Jimmy the Greek, I tells ya.
Oops, got that wrong, I’ll take Cincinnati.
“Travel sucks”
But Tivo is good (not to be confused with Tebow;)
I like football, but I don’t know enough to make picks that are anything other than guesses.
I can say, though, that the Vikings will not lose this weekend no matter what.
I just find it difficult to take a sport seriously where The Weather Channel covers the tailgate parties.
Atl NYJ Cin Ten StL GB Bal NO Ind Hou Was SD NYG NE
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NYJ
Cin
GB
Ten
StL
NO
Pit
Ind
Oak
SD
Phi
NE
NYG
Tiebreaker: Current Chicago Bear GM Jerry Angelo’s “for too long people around here have been trying to pound square pegs into round holes” themed acceptance speech which he ended with a proud, “I am the square peg.”
Wait, they just overhauled The Murph into Qualcomm, what, 12 years ago? Is Alex still in the game or is it all Dean these days?
– Dean is the front man and takes all the flack, but Alex calls all the important shots from high when theres money involved.
– And just to help things along we have all the agents that seem to feel the best way to represent their clients is to make demands and hold out for as much as possible.
– The team, the game, well yes that happens, but mostly as an after thought.
I’ll be in San Diego next weekend, and yet won’t be able to watch a Chargers game on the idiot box? That’s just wrong.
Well, if it’s a late game, the bar will have it on teevee. I’ll bet sports bars appreciate the blackout.
I see they play at 1:15 next week. Oh well, too early for me to start drinking.
they’re monitoring the carbon footprint
AirTran’s in-flight wifi is pretty cool.
Colts will be the Jags. Everyone else is just fighting for a chance to play the Colts in the Super Bowl.
“I see they play at 1:15 next week. Oh well, too early for me to start drinking.”
If it helps, that’s 4:15 EST…
Ravens vs Steelers should be a great game. Usually is.
Since it’s a bye-week, and you can’t lose a bye, the Vikings will tie.
OK, I understand the breast cancer awareness thing, but does nfl.com really have to go all pink?
balt 10 pit 7 3rd q
The 49’rs are all wearing pink. None of the Falcons are wearing pink. You know, the SAN FRANSISSY 49’RS. Just sayin.
Not that we’re anti killer breasts or nothin.
balt 10 pit 14 4 q
Unbeleivable end to Falcons game!
Whole buncha apparent squeakers today. great day for the fans
Called the Cleveland and Denver upsets. Underestimated Sam Bradford.
A lot has changed since Joe Montana’s day — back when, if you lived in northern California and weren’t rooting for the 49ers even the gays would look at you funny.
Which were the two picks I changed.
I are a genius smart person.
I’m batting a thousand.
I’ll tell you my picks later…
– Don’t count on the sports bars cranky – they’ve cracked down on them too.
– Changing sports for a moment, it looks bad for the Pads right now, top of the 7th and they’re down 2-0. They sucked it up and won two in a row up in SF to stay alive, but a sweep with this much on the line is a monster of an achievement.
– One of those cases where the who;e season comes down to a single game, and now a few innings.
– That 10 game swoon last month just killed them.
Well, my Seahawks decided to suck it this afternoon, just like my Texas Tech Red Raiders did last night. Not my weekend, evidently.
Braves vs Giants will be will be a rematch of the georgia high school state championship of 2005 for Jason Heyward (Henry County Warhawks) and Buster Posey (Lee County Trojans).
I know these things.
Jaguars over the Colts? And how about that Philly receiver dropping the Hail Mary that would have won the game?
Yikes.
59 yard Scoobbee field goal. That is the second time in his career that little kicker fuck has beat us with a bomb. Good win for the Broncos on the road.
The Padres are out of it. I’m shocked! Shocked!
The Twins play the Yankees, so once again the Twins will be eliminated in the first round.
The Jags win and Mike Sims-Walker still can’t make a catch? He’s off of my fantasy team.
How did the Yankees fall to the Wild Card and get the easier playoff draw?
Congrats bh.
Back home from Indy game. I guarantee, Scobee’s getting lucky tonight. He could be mayor, if he wanted that lousy job.
I can’t believe we almost gagged the game away so Scobee had to be Superman and pull it out.
Fourth and 10, do you think they might go to Clark on the seam? Nobody within twenty yards. Inexcusable.
Still, it’s good to win.
Fuck Scooby. With a rotting swordfish.
I am placing the over/under on Cutler sacks at 11. I wonder if there would be any takers on the over …
Not me. He doesn’t want to go back out there. “Here, ancient back-up. You deal with it. I have a headache.”
That is exactly what I was thinking.
The Falcons will fall along with the autumn leaves. But, that was a gutty win today.
Thanks, Geoff. Your boys nearly stole one there on the road.
I’m currently in the extremely odd position of being thankful for Eli Manning. This new feeling both confuses and angers me.
Wait. I’m actually thankful for the Giants D line.
Whew. That’s much better.
I needed the Bears to lose so the sucky Vikings aren’t totally left in the dust. Which they might be already. Because they suck.
Different team but same reasoning here, cranky.
Hey, on the plus side, I’m sure the Packers will help out by giving you their customary loss in the Dome.
Denver stole it.
That is all.
Actually, our special teams unit blows goats. I have the pics.
Someone explain to me how the Chiefs are the only undefeated team in the NFL. Sheesh.
I remember one time when I was a kid I noticed — about this time in the season, yet — the only undefeated team left was the then-St. Louis Cardinals. The ones what are now in Arizona, where the only cardinals anybody ever sees are in cathedrals.
Based on that, I developed a picture of how the season would end up.
It didn’t.
Somewhere in Miami, corks are popping.
Stole it? They held Chris Johnson to 53 yards. They had no running game, but racked up 341 yards passing. They threw 2 TDs in the red zone.
If anything, the Titans were only still in it late because of their special teams, up until that final kickoff.
The Broncos had the ball over 20 minutes in the second half. They held the Titans to 50 second-half yards.
I’d say that’s more than “stealing” a win.
That is all.
Email has gone out on the Atlanta meetup. StephanieGAATL@yahoo.com if you are interested and didn’t receive one (that’s cause I don’t have your contact info, duh).
I was thinking about maybe picking Tenn next week. Nah, Dallas it is.
Middle of the night here and I’m awake, having just gone through another of my early morning coughing fits.
When will this nightmare end? I need sleeeeeeeeep…
My coughing reflex has subsided significantly since I finished my course of antibiotics. Not gone away, but subsided.
I have to go back though to see about this pain I get under my ribs when I cough. Woke up early yesterday morning feeling like somebody had taken a Louisville Slugger to the right side of my chest. I hoped the pain would subside or go away but this morning it seems worse.
Maybe if you can fall asleep standing up, the coughing would not be so bad.
I completely missed the Denver game, but I’m guessing 341 yards passing means Orton is coming into his own. Maybe the problem with him at Chicago wasn’t him. Jay Cutler’s predicament may be be an indicator.
Pass protection? WTF is pass protection?
Not saying I’m a huge Cutler fan; I think he’s a prima donna. But the boy has some decent skills. I blame da Bears OL.
My heartache continues.
There’s a thought. One night I propped myself in a sitting position for most of the night. It helped.
Just don’t take anything to loosen the mucus if you’re going to sleep sitting up. It’ll all collect at the bottom while you’re sleeping, and then when you wake up you’ll have to lie flat and cough nonstop for several minutes to get things moving.
Trust me on this.
….Just don’t take anything to loosen the mucus…
– Absolutely critical and accurate advice. Whether you suffer from sinitus, hay fever, or allergies, too much flem collecting in your wind pipe/esophagus, and you can actually drown in your own histamine.
– One position is sometimes helpful….cradling an upended pillow under your arm pit and laying your head in the crook of your elbow. Provides a sort of semi upright position but promotes relaxed sleep.
– The requisite kleenex and waste basket next to the bed near your head for easy access of course. Clearing your airway without hard forcing from time to time is good, and limits too much pooling.
– Under the ribs can indicate a mild to severe pluralesy which is sort of a flue/cold/mucus in the rib cage and can be quite painful at times. Indicated treatment/ cures are the same as for the head/throat problems. Generally can occur in the mid to later stages of most upper chest/throat/nose/ears/eyes problems.
– One other thing. Sometimes you may feel the need to ‘cool off’. A short period of doing this in the bathroom can clear your head and lesson any nausea you may feel, but it should be limited, and once you’re in bed you should stay covered up, even if you’re fevered and sweaty. Resist the urge to uncover. Eventually your fever should break. If you have repeated episodes of fever and or deliriums over a space of several nights, your infection may have advanced to the beginnings of early bronchitis or pneumonia. See a doc immediately if this happens.
Has anyone identified what this thing is everybody’s getting? Charles Hill of Dustbury’s got it now. I think Andrea Harris had it.
It’s the Thing That Goes Around. I’m due for another bout.