The A2k NFL "Pick-Um" Game Is Back!

Every time I almost gave up on the Texans, they proved that the Yogi was right. It ain't over til it's over.

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The Miz is pleased that she finally got an overtime game right. Last week she was 0-3 on the OT games.

where does she stand in Dallas?

RG3 has a QB rating at half time 105 points higher than that of mr romo...

Texans pickers are minus 3 in the spread game and Cowboys pickers are looking a bit down in the mouth.

Glob glog, garble, glob, glob.

Unbelievable!

not really.

the jetses are mostly turrible.

makes my heart just a little lighter, it does...

I think they need to start Tebowing (TM)

Boy, the Pats sure missed the Gronk-meister today. They might have scored 60s pts if he was in the lineup.

The commentators in last night's games moidered, wheedled and generally wanked themselves silly over Thanksgiving gluttonies like salesmen for the turkey producers, the cranberry growers, the tableware manufactures and the wholly spiritual notion of American wonderfullness to such effect that the rest of us can only gasp in awe and envy.

The London panel exhibited Cecil Martin carving a roast turkey all through the first game and what a sorry mess it looked by the time he had finished.

Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of turkey production could only wipe away the tears of laughter. It was as if eating turkey is some sort of display of religious and philosophical excellence.

Neither Kevin Cable nor Bruce Reynolds, or the man himself, were shown eating any of it which I suppose symbolizes that turkeys are for buying and selling rather than for eating.

I'm confused. Texans won by three. The spread was three.
Wouldn't that give them zero?

oh, the agony of da butt...

OT doesn't count in spread betting George. If you recall I have mentioned the matter and KJ referred to the ESPN giving a win to the side in a tied game which was the underdog on the spread.

In our game goals are more difficult to score than TDs in NFL and draws, ties, are common. Thus they are an aspect in a betting market. Usually priced at 5 to 2. This allows the price for winning to be greater than it would be if the draw was taken out of the equation. Which it can be. A 3-way market would look like A--7 to 4, B--2 to 1 and 5 to 2 the draw. If the final result, which side gets the cup, say, it would be 4 to 6 and 5 to 4. The punter having the choice.

Spread betting operates in many ways. Total points say. Adding up the shirt numbers of scorers. A total points bet would never count OT.

In horseracing a dead-heat is settled by dividing the stake in two and the full odds paid on both winners to that half. The other half being lost.

Having said that I suppose actuarially OT could be counted but it is a settled habit of the betting industry not to.

You gotta love Wilfork! He had 3 tackles and 2 solo tackles against Jetsies. Ouch! It was not quite what he did to them in their previous game (7 T with 5 solos).

The Grey Cup is happening in Toronto this weekend.

100th anniversary. woo hoo

The Cup and a bunch of CFL football players are in the PATH under our building. Quite a lot of excitement. There was something about Calgary fans trying to get a horse into the Royal York Hotel yesterday. Fun times.






Lots of folks with cowboy hats and lapel pins wandering around town for the past week.




http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/marty-the-horse-helps-toronto-lighten-up-with-a-quick-tour-and-a-bowl-of-beer/article5582610/

Thanks. Forgot about that.

Go Boatmen!

I was thinking Rhys would have really had fun with what's been going on here. It's a fun time to be downtown.

I'll bet!
The Stamps fans look like fun people.

JohnBoy, I'll switch from Minnesota to Chicago.