I’m not going to comment upon my picks from last week. They were bad. This week’s picks: San Diego vs. Atlanta Miami vs. Buffalo Washinton vs. Chicago Cincinnati vs. Cleveland Green Bay vs. Detroit Kansas City vs. Jacksonville Seattle vs. New England San Francisco vs. NY Jets Carolina vs. Philadelphia Houston vs. Tennessee Denver vs. Oakland Pittsburgh vs. Dallas Minnesota vs. New Orleans Tampa Bay vs. St. Louis I’ll update my record next week.
The Patriots wrapped up their 19th straight win today while playing the Miami Dolphins (Yahoo! Sports story). Go Pats!
I’ll admit it. I screwed up a bit with last week’s picks. 9-5 is not good. This makes me 20-8 overall. Hopefully this week is better. Detroit vs. Atlanta NY Giants vs. Dallas Minnesota vs. Houston Oakland vs. Indianapolis Miami vs. New England Tampa Bay vs. New Orleans Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh Buffalo vs. NY Jets Jacksonville vs. San Diego Caroline vs. Denver Arizona vs. San Fransisco St. Louis vs. Seattle Baltimore vs. Washington Tennessee vs. Green Bay
It’s week four of the football season and the Patriots are back from their bye-week. Here are my predictions: New England vs. Buffalo Philadelphia vs. Chicago Washington vs. Cleveland NY Giants vs. Green Bay Oakland vs. Houston Indianapolis vs. Jacksonville Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh New Orleans vs. Arizona Atlanta vs. Carolina NY Jets vs. Miami Tennessee vs. San Diego Denver vs. Tampa Bay St. Louis vs. San Fransisco Kansis City vs. Baltimore So far, my record is 11-3.
Here are my picks for week 3. Bob, etc. post yours in the comments. Atlanta vs. Arizona Baltimore vs. Cincinnati Philadelphia vs. Detroit Houston vs. Kansis City Pittsburgh vs. Miami Chicago vs. Minnesota Cleveland vs. NY Giants New Orleans vs. St. Louis Jacksonville vs. Tennessee San Diego vs. Denver Green Bay vs. Indianapolis San Fransisco vs. Seattle Tampa Bay vs. Oakland Dallas vs. Washington
I just thought I’d mention a play from tonight’s Red Sox game that was really inspiring. David “Big Papi” Ortiz managed to run all the way home from first base on a single. Way to move that big caboose of yours, big boy!
With Lockout Official, Both Sides Hunker Down (Via The New York Times.) Well, it happened, as predicted for months. Whom the blame should be placed upon is not clear. What is clear that both the owners and players have their own respective share of the blame at this point. I was really looking to forward to hockey this year as I didn’t have time to follow last year with all my senior year responsibilities. Now I’ll be reduced to following the U-Mass Hockey Team with almost stalker level obsession. That’s not what anyone wants.
After a nail-biting three hours, the Patriots pulled out a win against the Indianapolis Colts. It was nail-biting, of course, only because of some sloppy play near the end by both teams. A couple fumbles and a botched punt return put Indianopolis in good position to score with a first down. After a couple weak downs, Indianapolis tried once more on their third down to jockey for better position. To Manning’s chagrin, McGinest sacked him for a huge loss. ...
Following a Paul Hamm’s dramatic recovery from a mistake during the overall gymnastics competition at the Olympics, we all learned of a scoring error that would have meant only second place for him, giving the bronze medalist the gold. Naturally, it’s a sad turn of events for the South Korean, but the Federation of International Gymnasts (FIG) has refused to step up to the plate to rectify their mistake. Instead of giving Yang Tae-young another gold or telling the world that they made a mistake and that it is final, they are calling upon Paul Hamm to turn his medal in and “do the right thing.” Suddenly, the competitor who has no hand in the scoring, is being asked to rectify the situation? He is being called upon to fix things. It’s absurd! ...
While apparently scores of children are crying about his departure, I’m glad Nomar is gone. Not only did he have a bad attitude (as teammates revealed), but he was frequently hurt and really didn’t want to be here (as is evidenced by his refusal of a $60 million 3 year deal while hurt). His bat may have finally started to return just before his trade, but I don’t care. His errors hurt the Red Sox efforts more than his batting helped. Cabrera may not be the best hitter (currently floating just above a .200 batting average) but his fielding skills are excellent and is the key difference between the Red Sox winning and losing. ...