How bad did the Giants hose me? Well, the formula for the money line kicked out the Giants as a pick, so I would have got some benefit if they won. On the other hand, I just didn't see them winning after the previous week's debacle and considering how well Dallas was playing, so for the spread I took Dallas and gave the Giants 4 points. If they lost by more than four, I would get a win in against the spread. Cruelly, they lost by 3, thereby hosing me on both the money line and point spread.
The Giants are pure, concentrated evil. Last year Jay Feely's missed field goal ruined my Thanksgiving weekend picks. This year on Thanksgiving weekend, 24 4th quarter points served on a silver platter to the Titans ruined my picks. Now they double hose me last week. Clearly, this has gotten personal. It's a shame the Giants fans have to put up with all the disappointment just so I will suffer.
This just in: Archie Manning is arrested for suspicion of hiring Buddy Ryan to punch Kevin Gilbride. Developing...
The Pats, playing one of their worst games in years, needed a 4th quarter touchdown to beat the Lions. The Detroit press, instead of praising the overmatched Lions for actually battling the mighty Pats so heroically, is all up in arms about the use of Josh McCown, the Lions back-up QB, as a wide receiver, and not just as a decoy and what that must say about WR Mike Williams, the first round draft pick from a couple years back. He is sitting on the bench while the back-up QB becomes a wide-out project.
So let's see if I have this straight. We have Kitna at QB. He's not doing terribly well, and the season is lost anyway, but we don't want to take a look at the younger, more mobile McCown behind center. Instead, will make him into a part time wide-out thereby passing on a chance to look at our highly drafted wide-out from a couple of years back. I'm sure Millen and Marinelli have a reason for this. Although that reason may be abject stupidity.
Note to Florio over at ProFootballTalk.com: You owe me a new keyboard for referring to Mike Vick as the Birdman of Valcatrex.
Monday Night Football capsule review
Rocky paid a visit this week, in preparation for the release of Rocky 17 or something.
Article comments
1 - themurph544
I like the added review of the 3 ring circus called Monday Night Football. I feel like I am watching the View (yes I said it) or Letterman, someone is always pitching a movie or book, and now pretending to know something about football. And watching the giddy school girls interview these “stars” is classic. If Mick was still alive he would have never let the Rock eat that last cheese steak.
2 - Matthew T. Sussman
Know what would stop Tony Romo?
Field of rakes.
3 - Matthew T. Sussman
As for MNF's guest next week?
You guessed it. Frank Stallone.
4 - RJ Elliott
"Browns +7.5"
Jesus Christ.
I'm willing to reconsider my ideological opposition to waiting periods for handguns, just so Mazzotta doesn't do anything foolish... :-/
5 - Matthew T. Sussman
It's a final: Vegas 7.5, Browns 7
6 - david mazzotta
Oh, it's long past that stage RJ.
Although Rambo IV is coming... Charles Manson blamed the Beatles, maybe I could blame Stallone.
7 - Nigger
"Packers +5"
Are you kidding me?
Once the niners beat the packers crazy, you'll learn!
8 - david mazzotta
Hey, everybody! It's Cosmo Kramer!
9 - RJ Elliott
"I'm Cosmo Kramer, The Assman."
10 - david mazzotta
5-4 vs. the spread. Not great but I'm glad for one in the "W" column.
Looks like 6-1 on the money line. Wowie zowie! That's huge!
11 - RJ Elliott
Great job!
I correctly picked a few 'dogs (Baltimore, Tennessee, Jacksonville, and Arizona), but I'm still at a miserable 7-8 for the week so far... :-/