NFL 2006-The Road To New Orleans

poopy-head.

bastard

I hate you so.

Sigh. Whenever johnboy writes in the 3rd person, he is not happy.

It was a mere year ago that Johnboy sat on what passes for Gus's porch outside of what passes for his "house" (snicker) there in the swamp. We drank a bunch of Pabst Blue Ribbons. Me, Gus and his dog. His flea infested dog. In fact, I would be inclined to say his dog infested fleas.

Anyway, we would set the empty beer cans on their sides and they would roll off the porch into the swamp. And within seconds there would be a chomping sound.

It was fun and Gus was my friend. I am sorry he has turned into a senile moron. But I guess that happens.

12 games down...Cowdoc in the lead at 9-3 with Child of Light and Chiso (watch out for Chiso) at 8-4. Six folks at 7-5. By my calculation, Cowdoc can not be stopped this week.

I'm batting .500 today, sadly.

Some of the teams I liked in the first week or two - Buffalo, New England, Washington - are now performing, just as I've gotten over my preference for them.

'least I picked Cleveland...

Picks schmicks, Go Bears!!! I don't mind going 7 and 6 as long as one of those 7 is da Bears.

(they've worked for me...)

Sorry I missed out this week, but I had a very insane weekend with my wacked-out family because of a funeral, and I totally forgot to put my picks in here.

The good news is that I got my picks in at work, and I won the pool! Ha! I'm da man, baby! A hundred bucks! I went 11-2! I won some money! I won some money! Ha! Yeah! Sweet! Woohoooooo!!!! Who da man? I'M da man! Yeah, beeyatches!!!!

Here is the schedule for Week #5:

Sunday, October 8th - early games:

Buffalo (2-2 for the season) @ Chicago (4-0)
Washington (2-2) @ NY Giants (1-2)
Tennessee (0-4) @ Indianapolis (4-0)
Tampa Bay (0-3) @ New Orleans (3-1)
St Louis (3-1) @ Green Bay (1-2*)
Miami (1-3) @ New England (3-1)
Detroit (0-4) @ Minnesota (2-2)
Cleveland (1-3) @ Carolina (2-2)

- late games:

Oakland (0-3) @ San Francisco (1-3)
NY Jets (2-2) @ Jacksonville (2-2)
Kansas City (1-2) @ Arizona (1-3)
Dallas (2-1) @ Philadelphia (2-1*)

- night games-Sunday & Monday:

Pittsburgh (1-2) @ San Diego (2-1)
Baltimore (4-0) @ Denver ( 2-1)

+ the total number of points in the Baltimore/Denver.

Oh, gee, look, more ways to go wrong!

Chicago
Washington
Indianapolis
New Orleans
St Louis
New England
Minnesota
Carolina
San Francisco
NY Jets
Kansas City
Philadelphia
San Diego

Denver (24)

Week #5:

Chicago
Giants
Indi
NOrleans
St Louis
Pates
Minne
Carolina
Oakland
Jets
KC
Dallas
San Diego
Baltimore (27)

60 games played in the first 4 weeks. I reckon we are a 1/4th of the way through the regular season.
It was a good week for a few of us; pretty mediocre for the rest of us.

Cowdoc rocked, finishing at 11-3. He becomes the 4th different weekly winner.
Child of the Light and Chiso came in at 10-4. Had either of them managed to garner one more win, notably in their choices of San Diego and San Francisco, one of them could have stolen the week via the tiebreaker. So it goes, as Vonnegut wrote.
Region and Sublime managed respectable 9-5 records.
A bunch of folks were in a pack at 8-6: Jespah, JPinMilw, Fbaezer, Osso, Pantalones, George and Tico.
Bringing up the rear were Johnboy and Edgar at 7-7 and JPB and Liontamerx at 6-8.
Kickycan and McGentrix did not play this round. I hope they will be back for week 5.
Week 4 was a tough schedule. At first glance I thought Week 5 might be easier. I could be wrong.
Back in a bit with Year To Date scores and rankings!

For the year to date, Region managed to cling to his lead, but things are tightening a bit.

1) .750 (45-15) Region
2) .733 (44-16) Cowdoc
3) .700 (42-18) Chiso
4) .683 (41-19) George
5) .666 (40-20) Child of the Light
6) .659 (29-15) Liontamerx
7) .650 (39-21) JPinMilw
8) .633 (38-22) Pantalones
8) .633 (38-22) Sublime
8) .633 (38-22) Osso
11) .616 (37-23) Realjohnboy
12) .608 (28-18) McGentrix
12) .608 (28-18) Kickycan
14) .600 (36-24) JPB
15) .583 (35-25) Jespah
15) .583 (35-25) Tico
17) .566 (34-16) Edgar Blythe
18) .533 (32-28) Fbaezer


The best expert on ESPN is at .666 (40-20). 5 of us are as good or better.
Thirteen of us are better or equal to the worst expert.

Good luck to us all in Week #5.

Snickering re the field position of Fbaezer... who knows way more about sports than I do. Well, as he described, he's not paying attention yet. And Kicky would be higher up if he only had posted here what he did in his office.
So it goes, as Vonnegut would say.

By the way, I predict Pantalones will win. Do I get points for that?

I've always wanted to lead in deviance points.

Week #5:
Buffalo (2-2 for the season) @ Chicago (4-0) Chicago
Washington (2-2) @ NY Giants (1-2) NY Giants
Tennessee (0-4) @ Indianapolis (4-0) Indy
Tampa Bay (0-3) @ New Orleans (3-1) Tampa
St Louis (3-1) @ Green Bay (1-2*) St. Louis
Miami (1-3) @ New England (3-1) NE
Detroit (0-4) @ Minnesota (2-2) Detroit
Cleveland (1-3) @ Carolina (2-2) Carolina
Oakland (0-3) @ San Francisco (1-3) Oakland
NY Jets (2-2) @ Jacksonville (2-2) J'ville
Kansas City (1-2) @ Arizona (1-3) Arizona
Dallas (2-1) @ Philadelphia (2-1*) Philly
Pittsburgh (1-2) @ San Diego (2-1) San Diego
Baltimore (4-0) @ Denver ( 2-1) Baltimore

41

Thanks a bunch.

Week #5:
Chicago
Washington
Indianapolis
New Orleans
St Louis
New England
Minnesota
Carolina
Oakland
NY Jets
Kansas City
Philadelphia
San Diego
Baltimore (28)


I was lucky to get 6-8 last week after my 2-6 start. I might take gus' suggestion if I do worse than that this week.

Johnboy goes with: Chicago, Washington, Indianapolis, New Orleans, St Louis, New England, Minnesota, Carolina, San Francisco, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Baltimore (30).