The NFL Superbowl Thread! Back Again With Big Prizes*

I sent emails this morning to the players in our A2K Fantasy football league. I heard back from Soup Kitchen. He is not on A2K but is a friend of someone who is (which is fine with me). At 7:30 this morning west coast time (I didn't know they got up that early there) he picked:
Bengals (24-17)
Lions (42-41)
Giants (27-24)
Steelers (39-3)

Bengals 21-17
Saints 35-31
Giants 24-21
Steelers 24-10

Water Cooler Talk For Tuesday, Jan 3rd:
1) Adopt a bit of a sneering attitude.
2) "Denver? They finished first in their dreadful conference. At 8-8!"
3) "Did you know that they were outscored by their opponents 309-390?"
4) "Pittsburgh outscored their opponents 325-227. Great defense."
5) "Tebow doesn't have a prayer of winning, about the same as (fill in name) has in Iowa." Two quips in one line.
6) If challenged re the Steeler's injuries, say "When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Big Ben is the man."

Houston 28-21
New Orleans 28-21

Gianta 28-21
Pittsburgh 28-21

Sat 1/7-
4:30: Cincinnati Bengals @ Houston Texans 27-13
8:00: Detroit Lions @ New Orleans Saints 28-3

Sun 1/8-
1:00: Atlanta Falcons @ NY Giants 17-10
4:30: Pittsburgh Steelers @ Denver Broncos 24-14

Okay, rjb - let's see if I can screw this up as badly as last year....

Cincinnati 27, Houston 21
New Orleans 34, Detroit 24
New York 27, Atlanta 13
Pittsburgh 20, Denver 6

I think I may have help for CoinToss this week. The secret code is CHDNANPD/HT. We will see if my quest, with the help of another A2Ker, works out.

Sat 1/7-
Cincinnati 27-14
New Orleans 35-27

Sun 1/8-
NY Giants 24-21
Pittsburgh 21-17

Johnboy's picks-
Bengals (25-16)
Saints (34-22)
Giants (25-20)
Steelers (28-8)

I am pleased today to welcome a very special guest flipper to help me select the winning teams in this week's wild card games.
Lady Diane and Dys were a couple of very early joiners to A2K. Johnboy was about #200 back in late 2002 and Dys came on days later.
Johnboy joined them in Albuquerque for a gathering a few years ago. A lot of us got to meet them.
Lady Diane flips the coin four times and the NFL winners will be-
Cincinnati Bengals
New Orleans Saints
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Steelers

(Thanks to Osso for doing the effort to collect the picks and get Diane's permission to use her name.)

hi Lady Di! Nice flipping-picking, too!

Speaking of which, here's my Play-offs Picks:

Sat 1/7, early
Bengals @ Texans
21 - 14

Sat., late
Lions @ Saints
30 - 17

Sun., 1/8, early afternoon:
Falcons @ Giants
24 - 21

Sun., late afternoon:
Steelers @ Broncos Steelers lost Mendenhall but Broncs can't score against Steeler's D
31 - 10

I have the same picks, so I laughed when coin-toss got the same - haven't decided the scores yet.

Packers.

That is all.

(Yes I know they have a first-round bye, this is my way of both bookmarking and saying I will be only minimally participating, as in my vote is Packers ftw and won't really be doing anything else.)

Putting Soz's post in context. She is not dissing the concept of this thread but rather a response to an invite to her from me to play. No problem.

That wasn't dissing, no, but it's not related to an invite either. (I was invited to the Pickum game, not this one, when I was especially busy -- still busy now but a notch down from insanely busy, whew.)

Watercooler trash talk for Wednesday. January 4th:
"Ndamukong Suh plays with passion but very little class."
He plays defense for the Detroit Lions. He strutted around Sunday after sacking the 2nd string Green Bay QB as if it was the greatest play ever.
A few weeks ago, after he tackled the ball carrier, he stomped on the guy's arm.
The Lions face the New Orleans Saints this weekend. If they win, they will again face the Packers in Green Bay.

Sat 1/7-
4:30: Houston Texans 24 -21
8:00: New Orleans Saints 24 -17

Sun 1/8-
1:00: Atlanta Falcons yuck 24 -21
4:30: Pittsburgh Steelers 24 -17

Hi all, it is an honor to be one of the coin tossers, although I have no idea on which team is the best bet.

Hi Ragman.

I think you got a lucky coin. You've got that flip down!

Wild Card Round

Houston Texans (24-13)
New Orleans Saints (37-31)

Atlanta Falcons (27-21)
Pittsburgh Steelers (24-9)