Baltimore- 13 at Pittsburgh- 17
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Week 4!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Week 3 Picks...
Atlanta 21 - Kansas City 9
Buffalo 24 - Oakland 10
Chicago 17 - Tampa Bay 13
Minnesota 26 - Carolina 21
New England 31 - Miami 13
N.Y. Giants 30 - Cincinnati 20
Houston 24 - Tennessee 17
Arizona 33 - Washington 19
Denver 31 - New Orleans 27
Detroit 28 - San Francisco 10
Seattle 24 - St. Louis 12
Cleveland 26 - Baltimore 20
Indianapolis 27 - Jacksonville 14
Pittsburgh 27 - Philadelphia 24
Dallas 33 - Green Bay 26
San Diego 23 - N.Y. Jets 13
Buffalo 24 - Oakland 10
Chicago 17 - Tampa Bay 13
Minnesota 26 - Carolina 21
New England 31 - Miami 13
N.Y. Giants 30 - Cincinnati 20
Houston 24 - Tennessee 17
Arizona 33 - Washington 19
Denver 31 - New Orleans 27
Detroit 28 - San Francisco 10
Seattle 24 - St. Louis 12
Cleveland 26 - Baltimore 20
Indianapolis 27 - Jacksonville 14
Pittsburgh 27 - Philadelphia 24
Dallas 33 - Green Bay 26
San Diego 23 - N.Y. Jets 13
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Week 3 Picks
Well, with a sad first week of getting 6 wins correct, and 9 incorrect I was a little depressed. But I followed that up with a solid 12 and 3. That brings me to a season 18-12. Lets keep up the good work boys...
Kansas City- 13 at Atlanta- 24
Oakland-17 at Buffalo- 28
Tampa Bay- 14 at Chicago- 24
Houston- 13 at Tennessee- 27
Carolina- 28 at Minnesota- 16
Miami- 10 at New England- 24
Cincinnati- 10 at NY Giants- 31
Arizona- 27 at Washington-17
Detroit- 14 at San Francisco- 20
St. Louis- 10 at Seattle- 21
New Orleans- 21 at Denver- 31
Pittsburgh- 17 at Philadelphia- 24
Jacksonville- 13 at Indianapolis- 27
Cleveland- 10 at Baltimore- 16
Dallas- 30 at Green Bay- 25
NY Jets- 17 at San Diego- 31
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Week 2
Lets hope that this week goes a little better than last. I started the year off with an awful 6 right and 9 wrong. Here goes...
Green Bay-24 at Detroit- 13
Oakland-9 at Kansas City- 17
NY Giants-31 at St. Louis-10
Indianapolis- 27 and Minnesota- 17
New Orleans- 24 at Washington- 14
Chicago- 20 at Carolina- 16
Buffalo- 17 at Jacksonville- 14
San Francisco- 7 at Seattle- 21
Atlanta- 17 at Tampa Bay- 24
New England- 21 at NY Jets- 14
Miami-13 at Arizona- 24
San Diego- 21 at Denver-27
Pittsburgh- 31 at Cleveland- 14
Philadelphia- 24 at Dallas- 28
Baltimore at Houston- Postponed
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Week 2 NFL picks (for serious)...
Week 1 was, as I predicted, unpredictable. Still, I did alright and expect to come back with an even stronger showing this week. After a full, mostly exciting day of college football (God help Ohio State), I'm ready to turn my attention to the pros.
Chicago 23 - Carolina 14
Cincinnati 27 - Tennessee 9
Green Bay 30 - Detroit 21
Jacksonville 20 - Buffalo 10
Kansas City 24 - Oakland 10
Indianapolis 28 - Minnesota 20
N.Y. Giants 27 - St. Louis 6
New Orleans 31 - Washington 13
Seattle 16 - San Fransisco 13
Tampa Bay 23 - Atlanta 20
Arizona 34 - Miami 14
San Diego 27 - Denver 21
New England 26 - N.Y. Jets 20
Pittsburgh 33 - Cleveland 22
There they are. No fuss, no mess, just a bunch of perfectly accurate predictions.
Chicago 23 - Carolina 14
Cincinnati 27 - Tennessee 9
Green Bay 30 - Detroit 21
Jacksonville 20 - Buffalo 10
Kansas City 24 - Oakland 10
Indianapolis 28 - Minnesota 20
N.Y. Giants 27 - St. Louis 6
New Orleans 31 - Washington 13
Seattle 16 - San Fransisco 13
Tampa Bay 23 - Atlanta 20
Arizona 34 - Miami 14
San Diego 27 - Denver 21
New England 26 - N.Y. Jets 20
Pittsburgh 33 - Cleveland 22
There they are. No fuss, no mess, just a bunch of perfectly accurate predictions.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Once upon a time I played Under-10 soccer
I played for the Vols (sad name, but we wore blue and white colors). I had several friends on my team and on others as we had really grown up playing on various teams with each other. One Saturday morning, my team was to play in the league championship, and we were slated to play one of my closer friends Kenton’s team, and sadly I do not remember the name of that team, let’s call them the Dirty Dawgs.
My team was the defending champs, we had several studs, and this was our championship to lose. Kent’s team, coached by his dad, only had one guy worth much, Kent. He played the center midfield, and made a living as a ten year old of dishing the ball out to the wings, making beautiful through passes, and overlapping the wingers to make lofty crosses into the box. He was a force, and again, their only force.
So, I’m getting geared up and ready for the game, you know taking some shots, getting my touch ready, just warming up a little. As I remember it was cold, long sleeves kind of cold, show up to the game in sweats kind of cold. So, when Kent came over before the game to talk to some of us, him being in sweats didn’t really mean much. But, then after our little pre-game convo he went over to the bench and just sat there. He didn’t get up, he didn’t warm up, he didn’t fine out his touch, he didn’t even stretch. I look at my fellows and I say, “Boys, this should be a fun one, without Kent they ain’t got much.” Without getting too cocky, we started to feel a little rest-assured about our chances.
The ref comes and checks all of our cleats, and shin guards, and he checks the Dirty Dawgs cleats and shin guards, and still Kent remained on the sideline, on the bench, ready to support his team like any other fan. The last little pep talk from our coach, the starting line-ups announced, the pre-game butterflies, and then my teammates and I run to the field to take our positions. I get in my spot on the field, and look up at our opponent, see who I’m going to be running with for the next 30 or so minutes, and see that it’s Kenton. He’s up, he’s off the bench, and he’s ready to play. He and his dad had played us. He was fine, no cold, no nothing.
Ohio State better hope Beanie Wells does the same thing, or else they’re going to be hurting.
My team was the defending champs, we had several studs, and this was our championship to lose. Kent’s team, coached by his dad, only had one guy worth much, Kent. He played the center midfield, and made a living as a ten year old of dishing the ball out to the wings, making beautiful through passes, and overlapping the wingers to make lofty crosses into the box. He was a force, and again, their only force.
So, I’m getting geared up and ready for the game, you know taking some shots, getting my touch ready, just warming up a little. As I remember it was cold, long sleeves kind of cold, show up to the game in sweats kind of cold. So, when Kent came over before the game to talk to some of us, him being in sweats didn’t really mean much. But, then after our little pre-game convo he went over to the bench and just sat there. He didn’t get up, he didn’t warm up, he didn’t fine out his touch, he didn’t even stretch. I look at my fellows and I say, “Boys, this should be a fun one, without Kent they ain’t got much.” Without getting too cocky, we started to feel a little rest-assured about our chances.
The ref comes and checks all of our cleats, and shin guards, and he checks the Dirty Dawgs cleats and shin guards, and still Kent remained on the sideline, on the bench, ready to support his team like any other fan. The last little pep talk from our coach, the starting line-ups announced, the pre-game butterflies, and then my teammates and I run to the field to take our positions. I get in my spot on the field, and look up at our opponent, see who I’m going to be running with for the next 30 or so minutes, and see that it’s Kenton. He’s up, he’s off the bench, and he’s ready to play. He and his dad had played us. He was fine, no cold, no nothing.
Ohio State better hope Beanie Wells does the same thing, or else they’re going to be hurting.
Fantasy Football Favoritism
Definition:
Fantasy Football Favoritism- The act of rooting for one particular player on an offense and not caring for, or actually rooting against the other players on said offense. It can even go as far as to root for a player on the offense, and rooting for the defense said offensive player is playing against.
Fantasy Football can be a good thing, it can even be fun, but it goes too far when Fantasy Football Favoritism comes into play. Drafting your favorite players, scouting out the stats, deciding which players should be on the bench, and which should play; it’s all very exciting to some. And, some would say there is skill involved, but I would argue that once a certain level of football knowledge is reached, the rest is all luck. Some would even argue that I’m a bitter fantasy footballer with a grudge, and that’s probably correct, I got screwed off of three injuries, one was the best RB in the league up until his injury, the second was one of the top 5 Wide outs, and then lastly my Quarterback got injured, thus my fantasy football team was done. I’ve digressed. This is not supposed to be about my bitterness.
Let me explain FFF this way. I was with some friends, watching a great first week football game, a rematch of two super bowls ago, the Bears at the Colts. Exciting story lines, big names, and early season jitters made this a game to watch. However, my friends, with whom I was watching this football game, had different agendas. Each of them, let’s say Ted, Juniper, and Suze (names changed to protect those involved) had different players on each team they were rooting for. I don’t remember exactly, but Ted wanted a Colts receiver to only catch passes, and Juniper wanted the Colts to run the ball. But Juniper’s wife Suze had FFF the worst. She wanted Peyton to throw the ball, but not too much because she was also rooting for the Bears defense. So as long as Peyton doesn’t torch the Bears D, he can get some solid stats. Maybe worse than that, I heard Ted mumble that he picked up the second receiver on a particular team, so he wasn’t sad at all about the primary receiver on that team getting hurt. That’s just nauseating.
My problem with this is that the Fantasy Football Favoritism compromises my ability to watch and enjoy good football, without the random yelling that he (Peyton) should be throwing to Marvin Harrison instead of Reggie Wayne. (No he shouldn’t, Wayne was open, so he should have thrown it to him if he had thrown it to Harrison it wouldn’t have been complete.)
I’ve heard it said that the key to getting into a sport is to pick a team to root for. That proverb does not mean, pick a player on each team to root for. Doing so, spreads your ability as a fan out too much, and creates a false sense of attachment to more than half of the teams in the NFL.
Not growing up in a big city, and not really caring about, and/or getting tired of Chad Johnson, means that I don’t really have one big team that I like. This absence of one big team to root for, allows me to pick about four or five teams that I would like to see do well, and on most Sundays, if I’m able to find one of these teams playing, I watch, and root for the their victory. When I was playing Fantasy football I made a conscious decision to not allow myself to succumb to Fantasy Football Favoritism. I made sure that I did not root for one particular player, but in fact, one entire team. Fantasy Football Favoritism takes the most team sport in sports, and perverts it into a disgusting individually driven game.
Fantasy Football Favoritism- The act of rooting for one particular player on an offense and not caring for, or actually rooting against the other players on said offense. It can even go as far as to root for a player on the offense, and rooting for the defense said offensive player is playing against.
Fantasy Football can be a good thing, it can even be fun, but it goes too far when Fantasy Football Favoritism comes into play. Drafting your favorite players, scouting out the stats, deciding which players should be on the bench, and which should play; it’s all very exciting to some. And, some would say there is skill involved, but I would argue that once a certain level of football knowledge is reached, the rest is all luck. Some would even argue that I’m a bitter fantasy footballer with a grudge, and that’s probably correct, I got screwed off of three injuries, one was the best RB in the league up until his injury, the second was one of the top 5 Wide outs, and then lastly my Quarterback got injured, thus my fantasy football team was done. I’ve digressed. This is not supposed to be about my bitterness.
Let me explain FFF this way. I was with some friends, watching a great first week football game, a rematch of two super bowls ago, the Bears at the Colts. Exciting story lines, big names, and early season jitters made this a game to watch. However, my friends, with whom I was watching this football game, had different agendas. Each of them, let’s say Ted, Juniper, and Suze (names changed to protect those involved) had different players on each team they were rooting for. I don’t remember exactly, but Ted wanted a Colts receiver to only catch passes, and Juniper wanted the Colts to run the ball. But Juniper’s wife Suze had FFF the worst. She wanted Peyton to throw the ball, but not too much because she was also rooting for the Bears defense. So as long as Peyton doesn’t torch the Bears D, he can get some solid stats. Maybe worse than that, I heard Ted mumble that he picked up the second receiver on a particular team, so he wasn’t sad at all about the primary receiver on that team getting hurt. That’s just nauseating.
My problem with this is that the Fantasy Football Favoritism compromises my ability to watch and enjoy good football, without the random yelling that he (Peyton) should be throwing to Marvin Harrison instead of Reggie Wayne. (No he shouldn’t, Wayne was open, so he should have thrown it to him if he had thrown it to Harrison it wouldn’t have been complete.)
I’ve heard it said that the key to getting into a sport is to pick a team to root for. That proverb does not mean, pick a player on each team to root for. Doing so, spreads your ability as a fan out too much, and creates a false sense of attachment to more than half of the teams in the NFL.
Not growing up in a big city, and not really caring about, and/or getting tired of Chad Johnson, means that I don’t really have one big team that I like. This absence of one big team to root for, allows me to pick about four or five teams that I would like to see do well, and on most Sundays, if I’m able to find one of these teams playing, I watch, and root for the their victory. When I was playing Fantasy football I made a conscious decision to not allow myself to succumb to Fantasy Football Favoritism. I made sure that I did not root for one particular player, but in fact, one entire team. Fantasy Football Favoritism takes the most team sport in sports, and perverts it into a disgusting individually driven game.
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