Happy Yule, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Merry Kwanzaa

I don’t want to talk about my Titans or Redskins. sniff sniff. But kudos to the Panthers for taking the Giants down.  Good Job!

Here’s the picks:

There are two good bets this week if you think like the computer. One is that Indy will cover the spread. Considering last week, they made it clear that they don’t plan to win any more regular season games, I’ll be surprised if this bet is still good after the game.

The other good bet is that Seattle will beat Tennessee thus, covering the spread. I like this bet.

As a result of the decision by Indy to lose the final two games of their regular season, it’s interesting that they could face the Jets again in the playoffs. The computer says they will. Maybe the Jets beating their starters would make the Indy fans fill a little less gypped. Here’s how the playoffs look to me:

E.W.

Think coach Belichick saw what coach Ryan did and said, “And you thought going for it on 4th down was bad…”

The Prince and I both are picking the Titans in an upset over San Diego. Come on, it’s Christmas day; miracles can happen. I’ll be wearing my #28 Chris Johnson Jersey (I just love that kid, man he is good!)..who knows what luck may come our way!

The Prince is also making a bold upset pick with Detroit over the 49’ers. Who knows, he’s been right on weird upset picks before. Course he just told me that his picks are based on his favorite team, the Eagles, Ravens, Cardinals, Jags, Bengals…..basically all the animal teams are his favorite team. Though he is very partial to the Eagles. Not sure Momma who grew up with the Redskins is totally ok with that, but he’s cute; so what are ya gonna do.

So here are our basic party line picks for the week. Go Titans!!  Although I love my Redskins, I got burned on picking them last week from the heart. Even hoping can’t beat a better a team. So I’m ignoring my heart this week and picking…gag..do I have to say who.. No I don’t. I’m not picking my Skins this week and we’ll leave it at that.

Awe Man….the Saints lost. I can’t believe they lost. We are stuck with the void of Comcast in the boonies of the non-digital world, so we have no way of watching games on the NFL. But I’m hoping that they lost because they didn’t play their starters and they’re resting up for the playoffs. I’m crossing my fingers anyway. And Woohoo the Colts are still undefeated. I love when someone defies the odds. And I like Peyton; that boy not only has talent, he’s also got to be a great guy. Only someone with a healthy confident in themselves would play a part where they get laughed at in every commercial they’re in. And I love his commercials. I mean come’on, giving a mouth guard to a middle aged lady..that’s funny.

My Titans won. I’m so excited they won. And in overtime too! I kept waiting to see all the replay shows run the miraculous interception that bounced through several players hands before it wound up in the possession of the Titans, but no one seems to think that was kewl but me.

The surprise to me was the Panthers taking Minnesota. Brett’s front line seems to have crumbled here in the late part of the season. Where’s the protection for the pocket for goodness sake. I know they’re missing some guys, but the fill-ins are supposed to be professionals and should step in and show what they’ve got. Don’t they get it’s an opportunity to audition for a permanent spot?

Ok, enough of the review; here’s how the Prince and I ended up for the week. It was a 50/50 week for me. The 6 year old didn’t fair so well with his picks. But he tends to pick who ever I don’t pick. That works sometimes.

Here’s the picks:

There was one good bet, but then the spreads moved. Oh well…

Here’s how the playoffs look to me:

E.W.

About cheerleaders in coats… There is a commercial on lately where a bunch of cheerleader types jump and do a cheer, but they are in jeans and flannel shirts. It occurred to me that without the outfits, cheerleaders are just annoying.

Here’s the picks:

No good bets this weekend per the computer, but I got a feeling that Baltimore can’t beat anybody by 10 points, much less Chicago.  With the loss of Chris Henry. I expect Cincinnati to play with more than a little extra heart this weekend so maybe a win for them.

So much for agreement with the computer. Seems that the Pats have fallen out of favor for the Superbowl now and a rising star in the form of San Diego has shown up for the first time in the model. New Orleans wins it only by the barest of margins. Here’s how it looks:

E.W.

If women didn’t make us crazy, chasing them wouldn’t be so much fun would it?

Here we go for week 15.

I don’t think there’s a lot of surprises if everyone plays to their records. But strange things have happened in the last few weeks, so who knows.

No way is Jacksonville going to be able to stand up against the Colts, so I think their undefeated season is safe. I can’t stand Dallas, but even so I agree with Tony Dungee who said the Cowboys don’t have what it takes to bring down the Saints at home. So I expect them to continue undefeated as well. Crossing my fingers they do; I really want the Saints to go undefeated for the season; as I’ve mentioned several times over the past weeks. 

The tough picks for me are Atlanta and NY Jets. I’m going with the Jets, but you never know about Atlanta. Sometimes they step it up when they know they need to. Tennessee and Miami is another hard pick. But I’m going with my Titans to win at home.  The Prince is sure the Dolphins will step it up and take Tennessee.

We’re split on New England at Buffalo. He thinks being home is going to give the Bills the advantage. I don’t think it’s going to matter. But the Patriots have some pretty bad Coaching decisions so anything is possible.

Then there’s Green Bay and Pittsburgh. I really don’t understand why the Steelers have played so poorly lately. But it’s hard to pick them this week. I think the Packers will continue the ride on their previous games and take the Steelers easily.The Prince is counting on that home field advantage again. Which he thinks will carry over into Charlotte for the Panthers as well. I don’t think Carolina has what it takes to stop the Vikings Offense or hold back their Defense. So I’m going against SirEvil’s home team and picking Farve and the boys in purple.

So here are our week 15 picks.

Spring 11 of 16 & the Prince 9 of 16

So we ended the week fairly good. Even the little Prince is still doing better than 50%. Here’s the results of our picks.

Here’s the picks:

No good bets this weekend, at least Cleveland showed up to play last week.

As the playoff picture crystallizes, it appears the reality is starting to agree with the computer on the Superbowl. Still says the Pats will beat NO there. Not much change from last week:

E.W.

Anybody else notice that right after the Large Hadron Collider came online, that a large wormhole opened up over Norway?

LHC 2.36 TeV Collision Event

Wormhole over Norway

The Prince is making several upset picks this week. Most notably Atlanta ending the perfect record of New Orleans. And Cleveland over Pittsburgh.

My upset pick is Cincinnati over Minnesota. I think the Viking front line injuries will continue to plague their offense and no matter how good the Geriatric Ninja Farve is, he can’t win alone. I’m hoping New Orleans continues their winning streak and carries their undefeated record forward for another week. 

Houston v Seattle is our tough game. We decided to pick the opposite teams, that way one of us at least wins the pick. It’s a close match up I think, but Houston has a knack for being good at home.

I’d like to say Washington is going to take Oakland. Especially after their stepped up performance last week. But I think instead of a notch up in their confidence, that hard fought game took a lot out of them and they’re going to be tired this week in California. Not to mention the travel to the opposite side of the country.

So here’s our week 14 picks: