Hey, thanks for the reminder, realjohnboy. I have no confidence at all in most of my picks this week, but...
Minnesota
New Orleans
Tampa Bay
Arizona
Jacksonville
Baltimore
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Pittsburgh
Jets
San Diego
Seattle
Atlanta--51 points
Philadelphia
GreenBay
New England
Minnesota
New Orleans (I hate Denver)
Tampa Bay(who cares really)
Arizona(there on a roll)
Baltimore
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Pittsburgh
Jets
San Diego
Seattle
Atlanta
Philly
Houston(my upset pick for the week)
Kansas City(cause I would be cursed by friends in KC)
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15 minutes until the polls close. If anyone else wants to play, please post your choices by 1 pm ET. You don't have to know a lot about football to participate. I certainly don't and I actually won one week!
(kicky, the tiebreaker is Atlanta @ Giants. Do you want to stick with 51 total points in that game?)
I'm comin' in under the gun....
Minnesota
New Orleans
Tampa Bay
Arizona
Jacksonville
Baltimore
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Cincinnatti
Jets
San Diego
Seattle
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Houston
New England
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realjohnboy wrote:15 minutes until the polls close. If anyone else wants to play, please post your choices by 1 pm ET. You don't have to know a lot about football to participate. I certainly don't and I actually won one week!
(kicky, the tiebreaker is Atlanta @ Giants. Do you want to stick with 51 total points in that game?)
Huh? I thought the Pats game was monday night. Oh well, whatever, yeah, I'll stick with 51.
The key games for us, kicky, are Pack/Houston and Pittsburgh/Cincinnatti. The rest are the same.
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Thanks, willow, but you left out the TN @ JAX game. Please edit your list to include that game.
Kicky, you are probably right that the tiebreaker game (the one in which "bettors" predict the total number of points scored) is the Monday night game. I decided to choose some earlier game.
realjohnboy, I see. You are getting tricky, eh?
Gus, I agonized over that Packers/Houston pick. Although I'd love to see the Packers lose every game from here on out, I think Houston's going down. But how could you pick against the Steelers!?
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I'm exhausted! I may have to take a nap. But 7 stalwart players this week. That is great.
I chose the Atl/Giants game to be the tiebreaker because I felt that there wouldn't be a lot of disagreement about the Sunday night and Monday night games. If that was the case, we could crown a winner here by around 7 pm on Sunday. As it turned out, willow and gus have gone against the conventional wisdom so we'll have to see how that plays out.
I designed a matrix that is amusing:
johnboy and kicky disagree on one game.
pan and kicky disagree on one game
pan and johnboy disagree on two games.
johnboy and fbaez disagree on five games.
fbaez and child disagree on five games.
johnboy and child disagree on two games.
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So here is where I think we are after the early games:
Child is lighting the way @ 9-1, missing only the Car/Az one. Well done, Child.
Pan and johnboy are @ 8-2; kicky is @ 7-3; willow (who left out a game) is @ 7-2 and gus and fbaez are @ 6-4.
Go Falcons, in a low-scoring game.
I'm so glad you decided to take this thread over, realjohnboy. You are much more dedicated than I was.
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As of the close of business after the Sunday night game...johnboy, pan and child are at 13-2. Kicky is next with 12-3 All four of those players pick NE over KC tonight so the first three will remain in a tie and kicky will be one game behind regardless of the outcome. Willow is at 11-3 (having left out a game) and is picking KC. Even if that happens, however, willow could not catch up. Gus and fab man didn't do badly (10-5) but not good enough in a week that saw a number of games being closer than I certainly expected.
So this week's round is over unless we want to engage in the now customary end of the game fist-fights that seem to be the rage in athletics. The Falcons-Giants game was the tiebreaker, with 24 points being scored. Child predicted 64(!), Pan 36 and johnboy 30.
I reckon the games for this week start on Thanksgiving. Anyone interested in playing, given the holiday, or should we take the week off?
Thanks for participating! -johnboy
Damn J-Boy, give you the reins and you eke it out...Congrats, I fought you tooth and nail.
Deadline should be Thursday at 1:00 pm
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Thanks, pan...I'll be asleep long before tonight's game is over. Here are the choices for the games starting on Thursday:
Indy (7-3) (with a streak of winning their last three:W3) @ Det (4-6) (with a streak of losing their last four: L4)
Chicago (4-6) (L1) @ Dallas (3-7) (L3)
Cleveland (3-7) (L4) @ Cincy (4-6) (L1)
San Diego (7-3) (W4) @ KC (3-7) (L3) *
JAX (6-4) (L1) @ MN (6-4) (W1) (s/b great game)
Phil (9-1) (W2) @ NY Giants (5-5) (L3)
Wash (3-7) (L2) @ Pitts (9-1) (W8)
Tampa Bay (4-6) (W1) @ Car (3-7) (W2)
TN (4-6) (W1) @ Hous (4-6) (L3)
NO (4-6) (L1) @ Atl (8-2) (W3)
Miami (1-9) (L3) @ SF (1-9) (L5) (someone will win, I guess)
Buff (4-6) (W1) @ Seattle (6-4) (W1)
NY Jets (7-3) (W1) @ AZ (4-6) (L1)
Balt (7-3) (W3) @ NE (9-1) (W3) * (best game, probably)
Oak (3-7) (L1) @ Denver (7-3) (W2)
St Louis (5-5) (L1) @ Green Bay (6-4) (W5) How great is Favre?
The * is based on my projection of NE beating KC tonight. I'll edit if I turn out to be wrong.
Let's use the Jacksonville-Minnesota game as the tiebreaker. Predict the total number of points in that game.
Pan says the deadline should be Thursday at around noon. Thanks for playing.. -johnboy-
I think I might get in on this, although I'll be visiting the family this weekend, so I might not have access to a computer after wednesday.
The question at this point in the season is: Can the Pats figure out how to beat the Steelers for the AFL championship. They looked like a road paver on cruise control last night.
Indy
Dallas
Bengals
KC(somethings gotta give :-) )
Vikings
Pittsburgh
Seattle
Jets
New England
Denver(the lesser of 2 evils :-) )
Green Bay
Panthers
Tennessee
Falcons
49's (only cause of home field advantage...a who cares game )
Philly
edited Wed. 11/24 9:45am to add Philly
If i left anyone out this week..i will try to check in sooner
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Indianapolis
Dallas
Cincinnati)
San Diego
Minnesota
Phiadelphia
Pittsburgh
Carolina
Tennessee
Atlanta
Miami
Seattle
NY Jets
Baltimore
Denver
Green Bay
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Thanks fbaeze and willow for picking. Alas, willow, you are again one card short of a full deck. You left out Philly @ the Giants. I'm not going to nag this week, so pan and kicky and child and gus: you're on your own to remember to play, with the deadline being whatever time kick-off is on Thursday.
I see NE beat KC Monday night ("road paver on cruise control" = great metaphor). So the three winning pickers went 14-2 for the week. That's going to be tough to beat.
I hope y'all have a good holiday weekend. And, for you, fbaeze in Mexico, just a nice regular weekend. I'll check back on Sunday. -rjb-
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Oh, yeah: my picks are:
Indy, Dallas, Cincy, San Diego, Minn, Philly, Pitts, Car, TN, Atlanta,
San Fran (is it possible both teams could lose; earthquake or something), Seattle, Jets, NE, Denver and Green Bay.
42 points in the Jax-MN game.
ps: and willow pmed me with the missing pick: Phil.
