Week 9 Results

Time for football! And I’m late posting my picks.

So last week I didn’t so badly. Not as well as Week 8, but still I finished Week with a 76% win ratio for the week and a 62% win ratio for the season.

My surprise was that Miami was able to defeat Cincinnati. That was a good game to watch. New Orleans losing, that wasn’t a good game to watch and my heart hurt for Drew Brees. My personal opinion, which isn’t worth much, his receivers let him down in that game.

So here’s how my week 9 went: Continue reading →

Evils Review and Picks

Week 8 was great, got 11 picks right. Unfortunately the one good bet I flagged was dependent on D.C. showing up with both halves of their team. Someone send a cab to whatever airport bar they are at and pick up their defense.

I nailed the the game in New England. Not too hard the Pats were going to kill them, the question was: by how much? Ditto on the Saints game. And not ditto on the game in St. Louis. I correctly predicted that the Seahawks would NOT wipe out St. Louis.

Even more amazingly I had zero true failures. None of my predictions failed on all three counts, line, over-under or pick. Sometimes the math is all right.

There aren’t any good bets unfortunately, so there will be no redeeming of my good name in gambling. I like to think the glass is half full though, so I’ll say it’s more like no chance of me digging that hole any deeper this weekend.

My take: Continue reading →

Week 8 Results

This is a red letter week! Out of the 13 games played in Week 8, I missed 1 game. Giving me a win ratio for the week of 90%! Woohoo!! I was very excited. More so because it means I beat Evil’s computer program that he relies on to make his weekly picks. Yeah me!!

The game I missed was Philadelphia and the NY Giants. I really expected the Eagles to win at home. But it was not to be. I don’t think they were all to happy about losing either. Especially since it was a division match up. Nor was the little Prince all that happy that his team lost.

But for me it was an exceptional week of picks, so I can’t be too upset!

So here’s my results: Continue reading →

Evil’s Picks, Bets & Analysis

One word: Meh. 50%. Made 67% of the good bets, thanks to the fact that neither of the horse teams have a defense. It either the Colts or Broncos had a defense that game would have been a blow out.

I nailed three games in Atlanta, Pittsburgh and Green Bay.

In the true failures category, Cincinnati scored one more TD than I planned and both DC and Chicago both left their defenses in a bar somewhere.

There is one good bet and that is that DC brings their defense to the game in Denver. That game will go under. Continue reading →

Week 7 Results

Not a bad week. Not a great week. There were some unexpected losses. But I finished Week 7 with a 60% win ratio. Come on, that’s at least ahead of the game. So to speak.

I’m wondering, as many might be, what’s happened to New England? Has Brady reached the downside of the mountain? Is he done? I don’t think so, but something is happening up there in the cold. It’s definitely odd that New England would lose again, and to the Jets no less.

I was really counting on the Prince’s Eagles to whallop Dallas. A division game that keeps Dallas in the hunt for a playoff spot. Yuck. That gives me the heebee-geebees just thinking it. Continue reading →

Evil’s Picks, Bets & Analysis

Well, last week got better for me. First let me point out that ALL of my good bets were right. That’s right, the computer correctly predicted (never mind all those other times…) that Jacksonville would wake up and discover that, even though they really suck, that they actually are an NFL football team. True, they got hammered. But they didn’t get hammered like Vegas said they would. So if you’re gambling with me… well, you’re still down. But only 150% now!

I might be wrong about Detroit this year. Thanks to the slimmest of margins, the computer says they make the playoffs now. Bad part of that is I had to do another strength-of-victory calculation. I need to upgrade my spreadsheets cause that is a pain right now. Continue reading →

The Little Prince’s Favorite Team

Week 6 Results

I’m not happy about how the week turned out for my picks. I know the Lions are not better than Cleveland, so how did they win…IN Cleveland no less?! Carolina has been struggling off and on. They have no consistency, especially on the road. So how did they beat the Vikings by 25 points IN Minnesota?

I don’t even want to talk about my Skins. But I knew deep down they weren’t going to win in Dallas. That was definitely a pick of loyalty and it’s hard enough to pick Dallas in games that aren’t against Washington. No way can I pick them against my home team! So I expected that one.

But now explain Indianapolis and San Diego. You can’t. So never mind.

Let’s simply get last week over with and move on. I finished the with a 60% win ratio, so I can’t be too upset about the overall week. And it was better than Week 4, so I’ll focus on the bottom line and everything will be ok.

Here’s how I ended Week 6: Continue reading →

Evil’s Football Picks & Bets

First rule of loser club: Don’t talk about loser club. So let’s break that rule by pointing out that I got 6 games last week. And over all gambling: down 480%. Even on bets I would have taken, where I essentially broke even, I’m down 20%. I haven’t finished running this weeks sims as I write this. I can’t wait to see if the computer still has faith in Jacksonville recalling that they are, in fact, still a NFL team.

And even if the computer predicts a 15-1 season for New England, I can guarantee you that it won’t happen. Here’s why: NO team who got beat by Cincinnati EVER managed to beat all the other teams they faced. I said that New England would roll over them like a Zamboni on ice. Well they did and proceeded to skid out of control, crash through the catch fence, hit Juan Pablo Montoya, burst into flame and when they came to a stop, Tony Stewart threw a helmet at them.

I did correctly predict that Dallas would cover the spread. They didn’t do it by beating them but I’m okay with that, I’m not a Dallas fan. I called an under bet on that game which failed because it is clear that neither team brought a defensive squad. Continue reading →

Season Week 5 Results

Well I started out the day winning all the morning games. Then halftime happened. And it was down hill from there. Some one please explain to me how New England lost to Cincinnati? Did the Patriots forget to get on the plane?

Seattle at Indianapolis was my fun game to watch. I rather enjoyed that one. I thought I was heading for a great pick week, but alas I finished my pics with a 50% win ratio. At least I broke even! Continue reading →