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

So I was sort of half-listening this evening to an NPR program called Marketplace. All about the day's news in business. Another bad day for stocks etc.
The last story was about the cost of forest fires to the tourism industry. Specifically about wilderness tours via kayak or whatever. They talked to a lady named Aileen Steen of Yellow Jacket River Guides in Salmon, Idaho. She spoke about a nearby fire that is wiping out her schedule of outings.
SALMON, IDAHO! We on A2K know folks from there. The Cowdocs. Terri and Cope.
Any update yall can report from there would be appreciated.

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The list of players:

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CowDoc
Cycloptichorn
Fbaezer
George
JPB
LionTamerX
Mrs CowDoc
Pantalones
Ragman
Realjohnboy
Region Philbis
Sublime1
Ticomaya
chiso
cicerone imposter
cjhsa
edgarblythe
ehbeth
gustavratzenhofer
jespah
jpinMilwaukee
maporsche
ossobuco
panzade
wandeljw

Sorry to hear about the situation in Salmon. Hope all is well with T and C.

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

realjohnboy wrote:

It's back! The NFL's first game is just a month away and A2K will be here for our FOURTH SEASON!
That's right, ladies and gents, for three years folks here on A2K who don't know one end of a football from the other have been trying to pick the winners in each week's games.
The first year when we had all of 6 players, the winner (yes we do give a trophy out at the end of the year) was Realjohnboy in VA. Kickycan in NY won year #2 (12 players). Last year Chiso in TX eked out a win with there being about 18 active players.

There is no registration required and the scoring has been set up such that if you forget to play, you won't be penalized.

Let me know by posting here if you might be interested in participating.
-rjb-

I am kicking this up again after a week. JPB, who will be running this thing once the season gets started, has 25 players in her database. But we can certainly handle more. If you might find participating in this decidedly low-key game amusing, please let us know. Knowledge of or interest in NFL is not required. Not required at all.
And it takes about 5 minutes a week to play!

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Lack of knowledge can be useful (see espn/sports illustrated predictors..), though I'll admit some of those at the top apparently know what they're doing, or did, last year....

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The regular season begins two weeks from today! I'll post the lineups next week and we'll look to close out the picks for week one by 5 mins before the opening kickoff of the first game on Thursday night (New Orleans at Indianapolis).

Who's got the wings and beer?

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The Bears beat Indianapolis in their preseason game (as everyone probably knows).

Will you be picking New Orleans over Indianapolis, JPB?

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J_B wrote:

Who's got the wings and beer?

i'll bring the wings

http://wings.avkids.com/Book/History/Images/wing_man.gif

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The 9ers beat the Raiders - in the last few minutes of the game. It was a pretty good game to watch.

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wandeljw wrote:

The Bears beat Indianapolis in their preseason game (as everyone probably knows).

Will you be picking New Orleans over Indianapolis, JPB?

Probably, loyalty over intelligence, and all that. That would also send me to the bottom half of the standings right out of the gate. I'd feel right at home.

er... rp? I was thinking of the other kind of wings. Those look to be a bit harsh on the teeth and gums.

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checking in

wings
check

beer
check

clue

err, not so much

enthusiasm
check!

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With that kind of wing, he'll need a prayer too!

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Are we ready for some?!?!

http://www.homestead.com/~media/elements/Clipart/sports/football.jpg

Gather one, gather all! Bring your scouting reports, deep knowledge of the game, inside info from your friends, or... your coin to flip, your gut to listen to, or whatever else might float your boat in making your picks. Here we go! The first game is one week from today. Indicate your choice for each game and the overall combined score for both teams for the Monday night game as the tie-breaker.

Osso will get her chain-rattlers ready to nudge the slow-pokes, but make your choices early -- you can always change them up until the first kick-off of the first game.

WEEK 1
Thursday, Sep 6
New Orleans at Indianapolis

Sunday, Sep. 9
Atlanta at Minnesota
Carolina at St. Louis
Denver at Buffalo
Kansas City at Houston
Miami at Washington
New England at N.Y. Jets
Philadelphia at Green Bay
Pittsburgh at Cleveland
Tennessee at Jacksonville

Chicago at San Diego
Detroit at Oakland
Tampa Bay at Seattle
N.Y. Giants at Dallas

Monday, Sep. 10
Baltimore at Cincinnati
Arizona at San Francisco

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The 9ers at the tail end for the start-off, just like they play football!

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I think we'll need some wings and beer just to start cogitating on our team selections...

Some chinese chicken wings with bean sauce -

Some Thai chicken wings -

http://baanthaitoronto.com/images/9wings.jpg

Enjoy..

Some Red Tail Ale

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/795/425599.JPG

Some Tsingtao Beer -

http://preetamrai.com/weblog/images/tsingtao.jpg

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osso, I'm not sure you are aware of it, but the beer and buffalo wings go together quite well. The second china looks Chinese - as is the beer. Wink

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Yeh, I did that on purpose, CI. I like chinese chicken wings (they're not all sweet) and chinese beer myself.

You can provide the buffalo wings...

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okay, but I'm not sure about that brand of beer.

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JPB wrote:

[Indicate your choice for each game and the overall combined score for both teams for the Monday night game as the tie-breaker.

Monday, Sep. 10
Baltimore at Cincinnati
Arizona at San Francisco

ah, crap. There are two Monday night games. Let pick the overall score for the AZ - SF game for the tie-breaker.

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All right! (That's a game of interest to me...)

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I've made my picks, but I ain't going first!

I think I recall hearing that, early on in the season, the defense comes together faster than the offense. With players jumping from team to team, it can take a few weeks after training for an offense to click. The result can be sloppy games with low scores.

The most interesting game next week could be San Diego vs Chicago; Two teams that have a legitimate chance this season.

Perhaps someone who actually knows something about the NFL could comment.

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