NFL 2007/8 A2K Road to Phoenix-The Duel In the Desert

cicerone imposter wrote:

Cycloptichorn wrote:
wandeljw wrote:
JPB went easy on cyclo-george and ragman-fbaezer. If this sort of thing happens again, there should be penalties.

It's not my fault that George is so damn smart...

Cycloptichorn

They're just using the same resource for their picks. I'm more independent - and bound to choose more losers, because sentiment is somewhat more important. LOL

Same resource... our guts? I didn't do a single bit of research.

I suppose that after a lifetime of watching pro ball, I have a pretty good idea about which teams have which strengths. As I said earlier in the thread, the first few weeks are easier to predict then the middle of the season; the coaching staffs who have it together (Here's looking at you, Bellicheck!) generally do a better job in the first few weeks, when the team still doesn't have their act completely together. I'd be surprised if anyone is picking 11+ correctly in weeks 5-9.

Cycloptichorn

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Cycloptichorn wrote:

cicerone imposter wrote:
Cycloptichorn wrote:
wandeljw wrote:
JPB went easy on cyclo-george and ragman-fbaezer. If this sort of thing happens again, there should be penalties.

It's not my fault that George is so damn smart...

Cycloptichorn

They're just using the same resource for their picks. I'm more independent - and bound to choose more losers, because sentiment is somewhat more important. LOL

Same resource... our guts? I didn't do a single bit of research.

I suppose that after a lifetime of watching pro ball, I have a pretty good idea about which teams have which strengths. As I said earlier in the thread, the first few weeks are easier to predict then the middle of the season; the coaching staffs who have it together (Here's looking at you, Bellicheck!) generally do a better job in the first few weeks, when the team still doesn't have their act completely together. I'd be surprised if anyone is picking 11+ correctly in weeks 5-9.

Cycloptichorn

As I've confessed earlier, I've not watched football at all the past year, and very little of it in previous years prior to Steve Young days, so I have to look at the "experts" who pick the winners and losers. For the past two weeks, my picks didn't resemble any of the "resrouces" I've used - intentionally, because I want to "play" the game. The first week picks weren't too bad, considering I used "gut" feelings.

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This is almost too funny to contemplate as being real.

Simpson named suspect in casino break-in

By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press Writer
6 minutes ago

LAS VEGAS - Investigators questioned O.J. Simpson and named him a suspect Friday in a break-in at a casino hotel room involving sports memorabilia.

*** He claimed it was his.

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Reminders sent... (except for Panz, Kicky, and Mrs. Cowdoc)

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i'll post elevenish...as usual

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Cycloptichorn wrote:

The first week is actually somewhat easier then later weeks, to me - the teams which reliably have their act together from year to year outperform those who don't, but are prone to getting lucky from time to time.

During weeks 4-8 it will be tough for anyone to match the level of picks we see in the first two weeks.

Cycloptichorn

Cyclop: I thought I agreed with you but I went back to last year, and it may turn out to not be true. The winner in most all of the weeks had 11 or 12 correct picks. The exceptions were weeks #2 (14 correct picks), #5 (13 correct picks), #7 and #8 (9 correct picks) and #12 (13 correct picks).

(I made a couple of adjustments to account for weeks where there were only 14 games vs 16. And if someone ran away with a week, I averaged in the 2nd place finisher. Very unscientific).

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rjb, With your record, you should make some bets in Vegas. Double up each time you bet, and collect every time you double your money - then go back to your starting bet. A sure money maker - if you know how the scores will end up.

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I didn't keep track of how I did last year, but my memory is that it varied. I just checked over about five weeks in the middle, and, yep, it varied - I even got 11 once. (ahem, and 6 once.)

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Point noted, Osso. I probably should have looked not at the winner of the week but how we did as a group. But I do not recall any real slump.

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Well, from that quick glance, we all did fairly poorly in week six and seven (or was it seven and eight? - I think 6 was the worst of the five I just looked at.) I'm not sure that was a slump though - sometimes choices are fairly obvious, and sometimes there are more that are hard to decide, no matter how much you research.

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cicerone imposter wrote:

rjb, With your record, you should make some bets in Vegas.

I don't know what you mean, ci. Last year I finished in something like 12th place out of the 17 or so players here.
Re Vegas, I have never been there. But I am back to working on a 30-day 'round the country Amtrak trip, now envisaged for April/May 2008. Did you know that Vegas doesn't have passenger rail service?

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We wantcha to come here, RJ...

I have two different friends who took amtrak from LA to here not all so long ago. One says it is fabulous (roomette, good food, observation car w/ guide, etc) and the other says, no, that special stuff is on the LA - El Paso ride... Both are insistent.

(Er, excuse me, folks.)

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Osso, I will bump that thread back up from the cobwebs.
Meanwhile, any comments from the Boston folks on the New England "cheating" story?

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realjohnboy wrote:

cicerone imposter wrote:
rjb, With your record, you should make some bets in Vegas.

I don't know what you mean, ci. Last year I finished in something like 12th place out of the 17 or so players here.
Re Vegas, I have never been there. But I am back to working on a 30-day 'round the country Amtrak trip, now envisaged for April/May 2008. Did you know that Vegas doesn't have passenger rail service?

rjb, Amtrack does come to the San Francisco Bay Area, so I'll be expecting to see you when you're in the area. T.

Vegas does have a cute airport, though.

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wandeljw wrote:

JPB went easy on cyclo-george and ragman-fbaezer. If this sort of thing happens again, there should be penalties.

It's not my fault that ragman is so goddam smart!

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Yeah...I peeked over the monitor and fbaezer's picks. BTW, put on a shirt, fercrissakes.

cicerone imposter wrote:

They're just using the same resource for their picks. I'm more independent - and bound to choose more losers, because sentiment is somewhat more important. LOL

Yes, I admit it ...my resource is a crystal ball.

Also, I've watched football and a few other sports since about 1965..sort of got an idea which teams are serious and which aren't...which have talent and and which don't.

Re NE Pats and that video: In various degrees ..this has been going on for decades. I've hear dome athletes to have admitted to such. Most teams have done it at one time or another (often using binoculars) . Bellicheck just got caught at it..and he's THE most visible at present as he is at the helm of the franchise who is doing so well for the last 5 yrs or so.

Stupidest thing is that he didn't need to do it -- as his team was handing NY Jets' ass back to them.

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I knew you guys were using something, but wouldn't have guessed a "crystal ball" in a million years! LOL

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JACKSONVILLE
PITTSBURGH
CINCINNATI
DALLAS
GREENBAY
CAROLINA
CHICAGO
MINNESOTA
NEW ORLEANS
BALTIMORE
OAKLAND
ST. LOUIS
ARIZONA
SAN DIEGO
WASHINGTON 38

MIZ COWDOC (TERRIE)

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By Darren Walton Fox Sports
September 09, 2007

Australian Saverio Rocca is tipping younger brother Anthony to follow him into the NFL as more and more Australians pursue a career in big-time American football.

While Anthony Rocca was busy leading Collingwood to a 38-point AFL Australian footbal league) finals win over Sydney on Saturday night, Sav was preparing to make his keenly awaited NFL debut for Philadelphia Eagles against Green Bay Packers tomorrow (3am Monday AEST).

Having secured a three-year punting contract with the Eagles, Rocca is among three Australians in the NFL ranks this season, joining former Geelong captain Ben Graham (New York Jets) and Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl punter Mat McBriar.

The ex-Australian football star will also become only the sixth Australian to play in the NFL after Colin Scotts, Colin Ridgway, Darren Bennett, McBriar and Graham.

The trailblazing Scotts, a defensive tackle for the St Louis Cardinals in 1987, is the only Australian to play a position other than punter.

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Psst RP's tiebreaker is usually 27.

Re: Belichek -- oy, dumb.

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