Archive | September 2010

Week 3 – 2010 NFL Picks – Spring & The Prince’s Picks

Week 3 is here and we’re late making our picks. But here’s hoping our teams, The Redskins and the Eagles don’t let us down this week.

Week 3
SUN, SEP 26 Spring’s Picks
The Prince’s Picks
Tennessee at NY Giants NY Giants NY Giants
Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Tampa Bay
Cincinnati at Carolina Cincinnati Carolina
Cleveland at Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore
Dallas at Houston Houston Houston
San Francisco at Kansas City Kansas City Kansas City
Detroit at Minnesota Minnesota Detroit
Buffalo at New England New England New England
Atlanta at New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans
Washington at St. Louis Washington St. Louis
Philadelphia at Jacksonville Philadelphia Philadelphia
Oakland at Arizona Oakland Arizona
San Diego at Seattle Seattle Seattle
Indianapolis at Denver Indianapolis Indianapolis
NY Jets at Miami Miami Miami
MON, SEP 27
Green Bay at Chicago Green Bay Chicago
This entry was posted on September 25, 2010, in Sports - NFL.

Week 2 – 2010 NFL Picks – Spring & The Prince’s Results

Not a bad second week. Of course my Redskins just laid down and gave their giant lead away to Houston. It was very disappointing, but the defense did not come out in the second half and stand up to Houston’s offense. Watching the Mannings competing against each other was not only interesting, but it was an exciting game as well. I’m secretly glad Peyton won. Eli has a long career ahead of him, he has plenty of time to make up for his brotherly loss. So here’s the final results for week 2 for the Prince and I.

Week 2
SUN, SEP 19 Spring’s Picks
Spring’s Results
The Prince’s Picks
The Prince’s Results
Game Results
Pittsburgh at Tennessee Tennessee L Tennessee L 19 – 11
Miami at Minnesota Minnesota L Miami W 14 – 10
Arizona at Atlanta Atlanta W Atlanta W 7 – 41
Baltimore at Cincinnati Baltimore L Baltimore L 10 – 15
Kansas City at Cleveland Kansas City W Kansas City W 16 – 14
Chicago at Dallas Dallas L Dallas L 27 – 20
Philadelphia at Detroit Philadelphia W Philadelphia W 35 – 32
Buffalo at Green Bay Green Bay W Buffalo L 7 – 34
Tampa Bay at Carolina Tampa Bay W Carolina L 20 – 7
Seattle at Denver Denver W Seattle L 14 – 31
St. Louis at Oakland Oakland W St. Louis L 14 – 16
Houston at Washington Washington L Washington L 30 – 27 OT
New England at NY Jets New England L New England L 14 – 28
Jacksonville at San Diego Jacksonville L San Diego W 13 – 38
NY Giants at Indianapolis Indianapolis W Indianapolis W 14 – 38
MON, SEP 20 .
New Orleans at San Francisco New Orleans W New Orleans W 25 – 22

Results: W = 9 / L = 7   of 16

Season: W = 19 / L = 13  of 32

Results: W – 7 / L – 9   of 16

Season: W = 13/ L = 19  of 32

This entry was posted on September 22, 2010, in Sports - NFL.

Week 2 – 2010 NFL Picks – Spring & The Prince’s Picks

Time for Week 2 already? Where did the week go?
No big insights this week. I picked Philly over Detroit primarily because Vick is starting and I think he gives the team a major boost in performance. I’m counting on my Titans to win again at home. And finally, I’m not sure people understand how much of a confidence builder the Redskins get after beating their biggest rival the Cowboys. The rivalry between the Skins and the Cowboys never diminished within the hearts and minds of the fans. It may have waxed and waned amongst the team and the NFL over all, but it never faded for fans. As indicated by the intensity and electricity of the Skin’s stadium last week. That emotional high should carry over to this week as Washington takes on Houston.

Once again keep in mind the Prince makes his pick based on which team is the animal, or which animal will beat the other animal. It’s interesting how he perceives animal strength, it’s not just brawn that wins the day. He seems to think if you’re a bird, you are invincible. 😉

So here are our picks for the week.

Week 2
SUN, SEP 19 Spring’s Picks
The Prince’s Picks
Pittsburgh at Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Miami at Minnesota Minnesota Miami
Arizona at Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta
Baltimore at Cincinnati Baltimore Baltimore
Kansas City at Cleveland Kansas City Kansas City
Chicago at Dallas Dallas Dallas
Philadelphia at Detroit Philadelphia Philadelphia
Buffalo at Green Bay Green Bay Buffalo
Tampa Bay at Carolina Tampa Bay Carolina
Seattle at Denver Denver Seattle
St. Louis at Oakland Oakland St. Louis
Houston at Washington Washington Washington
New England at NY Jets New England New England
Jacksonville at San Diego Jacksonville San Diego
NY Giants at Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis
MON, SEP 20 .
New Orleans at San Francisco New Orleans New Orleans
This entry was posted on September 18, 2010, in Sports - NFL.

Week 1 – 2010 NFL Picks – Spring & The Prince’s Results

 Well not a bad start to the 1st week. My picks finished 10wins to 6 losses. Not great, but better than some of the professional prognosticators in TV. The best game in my book was of course my Redskins vs. Dallas. Those last 3 seconds were definitely a nail-bitter. But woohoo the Cowboys self-destructed! Hahaha!!!

The little Prince didn’t fair as well. His method of picking is base on the name of the team. If it’s a bird, ie: Cardinals, Eagles, Ravens, Falcons; he picks them to win. He likes animals over objects for the most part. Not sure it’s the best method, but it works for him and that’s all that matters. He’s excited that he won 6 picks last week and didn’t even seem to listen that between us, I won the week. He asked; but it just didn’t matter because his Eagles won.  Not sure how he’s going to feel when his Eagles play my Skins.

So here are our 1st week results:

Week 1
THU, SEP 9 Spring’s Picks Spring’s Results The Prince’s Picks The Prince’s Results Game Results
New Orleans at Minnesota New Orleans W Minnesota L 14 – 9
SUN, SEP 12 .
Carolina at NY Giants NY Giants W Carolina L 18 – 31
Atlanta at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh W Atlanta L 9 – 15
Cleveland at Tampa Bay Tampa Bay W Cleveland L 14 – 17
Denver at Jacksonville Denver L Denver L 17 – 24
Indianapolis at Houston Indianapolis L Indianapolis L 24 – 34
Miami at Buffalo Buffalo L Miami W 15 – 10
Detroit at Chicago Chicago W Chicago W 14 – 19
Oakland at Tennessee Oakland L Oakland L 13 – 38
Cincinnati at New England New England W New England L 24 – 38
Arizona at St. Louis Arizona W Arizona W 17 – 13
San Francisco at Seattle San Francisco L Seattle W 6 – 31
Green Bay at Philadelphia Philadelphia L Philadelphia L 27 – 20
Dallas at Washington Washington W Dallas L 7 – 13
MON, SEP 13  
Baltimore at NY Jets Baltimore W Baltimore W 10 – 9
San Diego at Kansas City Kansas City W Kansas City W 14 – 21

Results: W = 10 / L = 6   of 16

Season: W = 10 / L = 6  of 16

W – 6 / L – 10
This entry was posted on September 18, 2010, in Sports - NFL.

Personality Quizzes

I often wonder when I see the results of these things on Facebook, if there is an option, and if there is, would it report it or not for people like me. Like the latest one “What kind of dog are you?” would I get:

Evil got Mangy, Flea Bitten, Nearly Rabid, Junkyard Dog.

You are the dog that can found inside double fences to keep people out. In fact you tend to keep them fairly back from the outer fence and the inner fence is for the poor bastard that has to feed you and even he doesn’t want to get that close. You love it when rats get inside the fence and you can eat them. Not because you can’t catch that occasional rabbit or cause there’s not enough dog food, you just like how the rat tastes. In short, you are a complete asshole.

Or “What kind of Mom are you?”:

Evil got Crack Whore.

You are the Mom who, if you got lucid for an hour or so, would sell your children to the highest bidder. You already sold the john who knocked you up. You’re sure that the migrant farmers who bought him are putting him to good use. The reason you’re not in prison is not that you’re street smart, but basically no cops really want to touch you.

Or “What kind of dessert are you?”:

Evil got Spotted Dick.

You might not be sweet or even appetizing but the “dick” part is spot on.

Or “How attractive are you?”:

Evil is -5% Attractive.

You are the kind of guy who can get in the inner fence with the junkyard dog and he’ll stay on the farthest corner because he’s afraid that whatever you have is worse than rabies. You probably like to buy the johns who don’t pay from the local pimp and resell them to migrant farm workers. The last time you got pulled over you told the cop to get back in his car and he did.

Or “Which Disney princess are you?”:

Evil got Snow-White’s Evil Stepmother Queen.

Evil Queen: “Mirror mirror upon the wall, tell me am I fairest of them all?”

Mirror: “Seriously?”

You live a life of leisure thanks to the contract with Lloyds of London that pays you to stay away from mirrored windows on the high rises downtown.

Or “What type of Kissing are you?”:

Evil got Manga Horror Kiss.

You are the poster child for banning manga from the Internet. Sadly for the rest of us, there seems to be no good way to ban actual people. We can only hope that you don’t end up in our cache.

E.W.

All right Mr. De Mille, I’m ready for my quiz. Are you?

 

2010 Nascar Chase Is On!

 The 2010 Nascar Chase has begun after last night’s Air Guard 400 at Richmond International Raceway. The race itself was less than exciting, in general. But the last 10 laps did get interesting as our native Richmonder Denny Hamlin took the checkered flag over team mate Kyle Busch. Coach Joe Gibbs had a great night in that his entries finished 1st, 2nd and 4th as Joey Logano came in just behind Jimmie Johnson.

Our boys didn’t fare real well however. Tony Stewart had improved his position to the top 5, but began dropping back like a rock after the 1st caution adjustment. Seems the team just couldn’t get those changes corrected and he finished the race in 16th.

Ryan Newman’s chance to get into the chase were dashed as Bowyer had a great race and finished in the top 10. But it was great seeing Ryan fight for all they had and finish the overall race in 11th.

And what happened to Dale Jr? He qualified well, starting in the top 10. But that was all he wrote. He dropped back during the entire race like a rock and finished 34th. All in all it was dismal year for Jr. But Sir Evil remain a true fan.

So our boys end the season like this:

Regular Season Stats
Driver Wins Top 5s Top 10s 11-20 21-30 31->
Tony 1 7 6 4 7 1
Dale Jr   2 4 10 6 3
Ryan 1 2 7 10 3 4
Joey   3 6 6 5 4

The Chase for the Cup begins Sept. 19th in New Hampshire. The points have been reset and the standings going into the race are:

RK DRIVER PTS BACK WINS TOP5 TOP10 DNF EARNINGS
1 Denny Hamlin 5060 6 10 11 2 $4,292,228
2 Jimmie Johnson 5050 -10 5 10 14 4 $5,338,436
3 Kevin Harvick 5030 -30 3 11 17 1 $5,164,351
4 Kyle Busch 5030 -30 3 8 14 1 $4,861,478
5 Kurt Busch 5020 -40 2 8 15 2 $5,464,010
6 Tony Stewart 5010 -50 1 7 14 1 $4,269,900
7 Greg Biffle 5010 -50 1 5 14 2 $3,734,487
8 Jeff Gordon 5000 -60 0 10 13 2 $4,379,398
9 Carl Edwards 5000 -60 0 6 14 2 $4,096,479
10 Jeff Burton 5000 -60 0 5 13 0 $3,943,397
11 Matt Kenseth 5000 -60 0 5 10 0 $4,091,273
12 Clint Bowyer 5000 -60 0 4 14 2 $3,402,729

At last years Chase race in Richmond, the Little Prince decided he liked Carl Edwards. Perhaps because he was able to sit in Carl’s Nationwide Scotts car, which might have been a good luck charm for Carl. He won the Nationwide race that night. Or because the Prince really likes “The Duck” from Aflac. What ever his reasons, we’ll be following Carl from now on as his #2 guy.

So here’s hoping Tony and Carl smoke ’em all in the Chase! Good Luck Guys! And if not one of our guys, ANYONE BUT JIMMIE!!!!!!

Week 1 – 2010 NFL Picks – Spring & The Prince’s Picks

It’s football season at last! The hard part for us is that it’s also the end of the season for Nascar. And not just the last 10 races, but the Race for the Chase! And 2 of our guys are in the hunt for the title. But the little Prince (who’s 7 now) and I are looking forward to pitting our picks against Daddy (Sir Evil) again this year. We did pretty well over all last year. I hope we can do better this year. Of course the first 2 weeks are the hardest for me to pick. You can’t totally base your picks on last year’s team, or pre-season performance. So here are our picks for the first week.

THU, SEP 9 Spring’s Picks The Prince’s Picks
New Orleans at Minnesota New Orleans Minnesota
SUN, SEP 12
Carolina at NY Giants NY Giants Carolina
Atlanta at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Atlanta
Cleveland at Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Cleveland
Denver at Jacksonville Denver Denver
Indianapolis at Houston Indianapolis Indianapolis
Miami at Buffalo Buffalo Miami
Detroit at Chicago Chicago Chicago
Oakland at Tennessee Oakland Oakland
Cincinnati at New England New England New England
Arizona at St. Louis Arizona Arizona
San Francisco at Seattle San Francisco Seattle
Green Bay at Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia
Dallas at Washington Washington Dallas
MON, SEP 13
Baltimore at NY Jets Baltimore Baltimore
San Diego at Kansas City Kansas City Kansas City
This entry was posted on September 11, 2010, in Sports - NFL.