http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:27:16 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/09/192106.php#comment-103393 "See how can I be 9-6 and you 14-2 as they equal different numbers. Did I miss a pick?" There were 16 total games. I think you forgot to include the MNF game in your score. 103393@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:27:16 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/09/192106.php#comment-103199 See how can I be 9-6 and you 14-2 as they equal different numbers. Did I miss a pick? Just a casual exercise in figuring out how you all figure it out. Starting with the basic question "So, how many games were there?" 103199@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:19:12 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/09/192106.php#comment-103158 14-2... ;) 103158@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Dec 2004 01:01:14 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/09/192106.php#comment-103153 my head hurts :) 103153@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:19:46 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/09/192106.php#comment-103149 "If KC wins I'm 10-6 - RJ's not-so-hot-but-not a disaster-either result from last week." Sorry I goofed on my "7-7" math the other day. You were REALLY 8-6, and you're 9-6 now. Worst case scenario, you go 9-7. Hell, that's good enough for a division title in the NFC! ;-) The larger point is, predicting games is fun to argue about, and it's difficult to be get 'em right. And cowards who Tuesday-morning QB someone else's picks are of little value... 103149@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:07:04 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/09/192106.php#comment-103148 "RJ- Nice job!" Thank you, sir. "I'm pleased with my 10-4, but I see why not to bet on games with the spread." 10-4 is damn good. And the spread is a bitch. Which is why I don't bet real money with bookies... 103148@blogcritics.org Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:01:40 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/09/192106.php#comment-103147 So, now I'm 13-2, and the MNF game could go either way (it's 28-28 as of this writing). And where is MCH? Yoo-Hoo! MCH? Where are you? Please tell me how much I suck NOW, MCH... 103147@blogcritics.org Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:59:46 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/09/192106.php#comment-103114 I made 9-6, with MNF left to play. I can't for the life of me figure why I picked the Rams. Guess I just figured it was too good to hpe that Seahawks win and Rams lose. Things don't work out that way for the Hawks usually. The Hawks are "my team" by the way. I thought I had done better as I watched results come in. Ah well. Good for testing. If KC wins I'm 10-6 - RJ's not-so-hot-but-not a disaster-either result from last week. 103114@blogcritics.org Mon, 13 Dec 2004 20:49:14 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/09/192106.php#comment-102977 RJ- Nice job! I'm pleased with my 10-4, but I see why not to bet on games with the spread. I faltered on the Chargers-Bucs and Panthers-Rams games especially. But I really thought the Seahawks-Vikings and Cowboys-Saints games could go either way. 102977@blogcritics.org Mon, 13 Dec 2004 07:19:31 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/09/192106.php#comment-102938 Okay ya'll, here are my standings through the first 14 games: Chicago at Jacksonville: JAGS BY 6. Jags win by 19 Cincinnati at New England: NEW ENGLAND BY 13. NE wins by 7 Cleveland at Buffalo: BILLS BY 10. Buffalo wins by 30 Indianapolis at Houston: COLTS BY 8. Indy wins by 9 New Orleans at Dallas: SAINTS BY 3. NO wins by 14 N.Y. Giants at Baltimore: BALTIMORE BY 9. Baltimore wins by 23 Oakland at Atlanta: FALCONS BY 14. Atlanta wins by 25 Seattle at Minnesota: VIKINGS BY 6. WRONG! Seattle wins by 4 Miami at Denver: DENVER BY 16. Denver wins by 3 N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh: STEELERS BY 3. Steelers win by 11 Detroit at Green Bay: LIONS BY 3. WRONG! Packers win by 3 San Francisco at Arizona: SAN FRAN BY 1. SF wins by 3 St. Louis at Carolina: CAROLINA BY 4. Carolina wins by 13 Tampa Bay at San Diego: SAN DIEGO BY 10. SD wins by 7 So, I am currently 12-2. Mike is 10-4 (if I added correctly). T. A. S. is 7-7 (if I added correctly). And Mr. Hot Air himself from my last NFL predictions post (MCH) didn't even have the guts to offer his picks... 102938@blogcritics.org Sun, 12 Dec 2004 20:35:48 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/09/192106.php#comment-102921 Early scores are in. Good job on raw picks, RJ, getting 7 of 8 winners. I got 6 of 8 winners, but was pretty far off on the points. 102921@blogcritics.org Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:34:44 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/09/192106.php#comment-102674 R.J., I don't have time to go into all this weeks games but... San Diego is hot especially coming off that defeat of the Bronco's last week. I've got noooo doubt they'll hand Tampa Bay their asses this coming sunday. But do you really think they'll cover the spread ? 102674@blogcritics.org Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:34:33 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/09/192106.php#comment-102670 Here's my picks made today and posted today at my site. I'm new at this - only been doing this just as a test for the last few weeks. Unfortunatelyt I really haven't gone back to see how I've done. I knoe the first week I tried it (week 10 I believe, I was not good. Here's my picks in my order, marked with a ++ . I don't do point spread because i'm new at this and would be even more meaningless than now. The percentages below are those number of people who went with the team at MSNBC's Jay Novacek's picks page, which has a link on my site mirror. I also linked to RJ's post. We'll see. Lions at Packers Detroit ++ Green Bay 92% Seahawks at Vikings ++ Seattle Minnesota 79% Bengals at Patriots Cincinnati ++ New England 87% Bears at Jaguars ++ Chicago Jacksonville 81% Giants at Ravens ++ New York Baltimore 87% Colts at Texans ++ Indianapolis 94% Houston Raiders at Falcons Oakland ++ Atlanta 86% Browns at Bills ++ Cleveland Buffalo 88% Jets at Steelers New York ++ Pittsburgh 80% Dolphins at Broncos Miami ++ Denver 94% Buccaneers at Chargers Tampa Bay ++ San Diego 82% Rams at Panthers ++ St. Louis Carolina 71% 49ers at Cardinals San Francisco ++ Arizona 89% Eagles at Redskins ++ Philadelphia 91% Washington Chiefs at Titans ++ Kansas City 62% Tennessee Saints at Cowboys ++ Dallas 76% New Orleans 102670@blogcritics.org Fri, 10 Dec 2004 16:19:12 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/09/192106.php#comment-102589 Well, the Titans are at home, but the Chiefs just put Priest Holmes on IR, which makes a huge difference to me. I'm surprised my 11-point favoring of the Steelers didn't raise your eyebrow. 102589@blogcritics.org Fri, 10 Dec 2004 01:51:26 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/09/192106.php#comment-102573 Thanks for stepping up, Mike. Re: Bucs-Chargers, you may be right. After all, San Diego has got to lose at some point, and TB proved its defensive prowess last week. But, still, the game is in SD, and I haven't really seen any evidence that SD is about to slip up. Re: Colts-Titans from last week, I agree Tennessee kept pace with Indy for a little while, but only by using every trick play in the book to their advantage. I mean, they recovered two onside kicks in the first half, right? And despite that, they stsill got whupped in the final analysis. But, it will be an entirely different game on Monday night, so you could be correct about the outcome of Chiefs-Titans... 102573@blogcritics.org Thu, 9 Dec 2004 22:00:04 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/12/09/192106.php#comment-102563 Hey RJ, I'll try my hand... Jags by 4 over Bears Pats by 3 over Bengals Bills by 16 over Browns Colts by 17 over Texans Cowboys by 4 over Saints Ravens by 2 over Giants Falcons by 6 over Raiders Vikings by 7 over Seahawks Denver by 21 over Dolphins Steelers by 11 over Jets Packers by 8 over Lions 49ers by 6 over Cards Rams by 4 over Panthers Bucs by 3 over Chargers Eagles by 17 over Redskins Titans by 3 over Chiefs I think this the week the Jets collapse comes, but the Bucs-Chargers game is where we differ the most. I think the Chargers are due for a slip-up, and a hot defensive team is just the one to provide it. The Titans just played the Colts, and gave them one hell of a first quarter. As lame as the Colts defense can be, the Chiefs are worse, and the Titans at home should be good enough to beat the Chiefs. Of course, I could be the hot breeze source... 102563@blogcritics.org Thu, 9 Dec 2004 20:56:54 EST