Hoping all are recovering from the Superb Owl all right. I'm impressed that the Packers pulled it off, considering Rodgers' offense had some trouble getting into gear and the officials seemed to be working for Pittsburgh. (A man stops short of going for the Lambeau Leap [because it's Dallas, not Lambeau] and he gets flagged for celebration? Bogus. ( Read more... )

Follow-up to yesterday's Super Bowl post ( with poll!)

In today's Indy Star, their sports columnist brings up that the Colts won't be the "good guys" in the upcoming battle, at least from the national media perspective:

The Colts are The Other Guys in this Super Bowl, and properly so.

The New Orleans Saints are the story in Super Bowl XLIV. First-time ( Read more... )

(Graham Norton called it that once on his show, and Snack and I get a kick out of it)

Being both a Colts fan and a Saints fan, I'm OK with either team winning the big game. Nice being in a championship town with all the hoopla, then again, to see the 'Aints finally win it all (making their recovery from Katrina complete)...

I think our (my and the_dark_snack) ( Read more... )

Yes, the NFL weekend starts tonight, so, crossposted from 19_weeks --

Consider me humbled after my "easy" picks last week went awry.
So for this week: (my picks in ALL CAPS)
Thursday: Chicago @ SAN FRANCISCO
Detroit @ MINNESOTA
DENVER @ Washington
Atlanta @ CAROLINA
Tampa Bay @ MIAMI
Jacksonville @ NY JETS
NEW ORLEANS @ St Louis
Buffalo @ TENNESSEE
( Read more... )

(As seen on 19_weeks , where somehow I still lead)

Also I have pulled ahead among my coworkers in their NFL picks game. Of course there's plenty of season left, so I don't know how long that will last.

Here's what I've got for this weekend, my choices in ALL CAPS:

BALTIMORE @ Cincinnati (this one could go either way, but Ravens are close to must-win situation ( Read more... )

As seen on 19_weeks :

My picks in ALL CAPS:
GREEN BAY @ Cleveland
San Francisco @ HOUSTON (this was a toughie)
SAN DIEGO @ Kansas City (would not be shocked if Chiefs upset tho)
INDIANAPOLIS @ St Louis
NEW ENGLAND @ Tampa Bay
Minnesota @ PITTSBURGH (if anyone can beat Favre...)
Buffalo @ CAROLINA
NY JETS @ Oakland
Chicago @ CINCINNATI
Atlanta @ DALLAS
NEW ORLEANS @ ( Read more... )

(Crossposted from 19_weeks )

Coming off one of my worst weeks in a while, my NFL picks for this weekend:

(My picks in CAPS)
Houston @ CINCINNATI
Detroit @ GREEN BAY
St Louis @ JACKSONVILLE
BALTIMORE @ Minnesota (arguably Favre's first real test)
NY Giants @ NEW ORLEANS (a toughie, so picking home-dome team)
Cleveland @ PITTSBURGH
CAROLINA @ Tampa Bay
KANSAS CITY @ ( Read more... )

As seen on 19_weeks , another weekend of NFL prognostication.

If only every week were this easy.

As always, my picks in ALL CAPS:
Cincinnati @ BALTIMORE
MINNESOTA @ St Louis
Tampa Bay @ PHILADELPHIA
Washington @ CAROLINA
PITTSBURGH @ Detroit
Oakland @ NY GIANTS
DALLAS @ Kansas City
Cleveland @ BUFFALO
Atlanta @ SAN FRANCISCO
Houston @ ARIZONA
JACKSONVILLE @ Seattle
NEW ( Read more... )

As seen on 19_weeks :

This week's NFL, my picks in ALL CAPS:
Detroit @ CHICAGO
CINCINNATI @ Cleveland
Seattle @ INDIANAPOLIS
NY GIANTS @ Kansas City
BALTIMORE @ New England (this one was tough, could go either way)
Tampa Bay @ WASHINGTON (look, a team the 'Skins can beat!)
TENNESSEE @ Jacksonville
OAKLAND @ Houston (hope weeji is happy I went with the Raiders; thinking ( Read more... )

As seen on 19_weeks :

My picks in ALL CAPS:
Kansas City @ PHILADELPHIA
Cleveland @ BALTIMORE
NY GIANTS @ Tampa Bay
Atlanta @ NEW ENGLAND
Tennessee @ NY JETS
GREEN BAY @ St Louis
San Francisco @ MINNESOTA (tough choice)
Jacksonville @ HOUSTON
Washington @ DETROIT (At last? Why not)
CHICAGO @ Seattle
NEW ORLEANS @ Buffalo
Miami @ SAN DIEGO
Denver @ OAKLAND
PITTSBURGH @ ( Read more... )