Archive for November 4th, 2008
NFL Picks 2008 - Week 9 Results
That Bootleg Guy let me know that I’m running one behind the cute office secretary who picks teams based on their snazzy uniforms. I’d be upset, but I’m pretty sure I’m running five behind my friend’s pre-school nephew and a dozen behind my cat. So… who feels dumb now, Mr. Condescendingface?
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W/W - Vikings -4. over Texans, 28-21, Vikings cover: I didn’t see any of this game… I’ll just presume it was what I thought it was.
L/L - Bengals -7.5 over Jaguars, 21-19, Jags cover: The Jags are done. D-U-N done.
W/L - Bucs -8 over Chiefs, 30-27, Chiefs cover: Didn’t really see much of this game, only saw that the Chiefs jumped out to an early 14 point lead and squandered it in to a loss. That’s what happens to bad teams.
L/L - Ravens +1 over Browns, 37-27, Browns cover: Great comeback. Not much else you can say. Huge defensive stand by the Ravens defense and they’re signing up to be the other team in the AFC title game.
L/W - Jets +5.5 over Bills, 26-17, Jets +5.5: I’ll be honest… I didn’t think the Jets were as good as they’re playing. I still think Brett Favre’s going to break their hearts at an inopportune time.
W/W - Cardinals -3 over Rams, 34-13, Cards outright: About what we figured. Also — gotta love ESPN… Kurt Warner crushes a terrible team and they start talking league MVP. Nothing says “league MVP” like first place in a division where the 2nd place team is 2-6.
W/L - Bears -12.5 over Lions, 27-23, Bears cover: No surprises here… only that the Bears didn’t win by more.
W/L - Titans -5 over Packers, 19-16, Titans cover: Someone pointed out yesterday the outside chance of getting to Thanksgiving and having the Lions at 0-11 and the Titans at 11-0 for their game. I don’t know why I find this incredibly amusing, but I want it to happen now. Also, kudos to the NFL for the third straight year of having a game on Thanksgiving that I won’t see at my parents house. Well done, guys.
L/L - Dolphins +3.5 over Broncos, 26-17, Denver covers: Denver is, as they say, done. Fork and all.
W/W - Falcons -3 over Raiders, 24-0, Falcons cover: Well done, Al.
W/W - Giants -7.5 over Cowboys, 35-14, Giants cover: This game wasn’t even as close as the final score since 7 of the Cowboy points came off a Pick-6. Nothing makes me happier.
W/W - Eagles -7 over Seahawks, 26-7, Eagles cover: The Eagles/Giants game next weekend is going to epic.
L/W - Colts -5 over Patriots, 18-15, Patriots outright: This was the first of two really boring prime time games. Grinding, 15-play drives can be fun to watch if it’s your team… it’s really boring when it’s not your team… and it’s double boring when two teams exchange those drives for 60 minutes.
L/L - Steelers +2.5 at Redskins, 23-6, Redskins cover: OK, NOW I get the whole “Steelers are a Super Bowl team” thing. That defense looked unfrigginstoppable in DC last night and locked up the win for Obama. I’d also like to send a big “eff you” to both teams since I needed Nate Washington and Santana Moss to COMBINE for 10 points and they couldn’t get it done.
Five Good Spreads
5 points - Giants -7.5 over Cowboys - W
4 points - Redskins -2.5 over Steelers - L
3 points - Eagles -7 over Seahawks - W
2 points - Cards -3 over Rams - W
1 point - Falcons -3 over Raiders - W
Standings
Straight Up: 8-6 (67-63)
Spread: 7-7 (62-65-3)
Point Pool: 11/15 (65/135 - .481)