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2006 NFL Week 8 Picks

Talk about a tough week. In week 7, all of us batted sub-.500. But we weren’t alone. ESPN experts got 41% right and around the web, the average number of picks correct straight up was 5 with the high being 8 picks correct. If you want to see how we stack up against all the experts, check out a very nifty expert picks compilation spreadsheet by our buddy Tokar. Last week’s Pickem winner was Jackie Blue and his picks are below.

The featured games this week are Atlanta @ Cincinnati, Indianapolis @ Denver, Dallas @ Carolina, and New England @ Minnesota. You can download the podcast directly (running time 37 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest.

**Finally, don’t forget to check out the mid-season survival pool that starts this week.

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2006 NFL Week 7 Picks

Last week was a tough week for everyone. Trevor and Ryan went 8-5 and RJ and Vin went 7-6. Overall, only 58% right. All the upsets last week meant you could win your pool with 9 or 10 correct. This week, we attempt to right the ship.

The featured games this week are Carolina @ Cincinnati, Pittsburgh @ Atlanta, Arizona @ Oakland, Minnesota @ Seattle, and NY Giants @ Dallas. You can download the podcast directly (running time 45 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest.

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2006 NFL Week 6 Picks

Last week we went a combined 50-6, a win percentage of .893. But Trevor stole the show by getting every single one of his picks correct. This is the first that has ever happened on Sportscolumn’s Weekly NFL Picks. The Pick ‘Em Contest winner also had all his picks correct. Congrats to stevemc for winning the week 5 contest. Want to win your office nfl pool? Check out the picks below.

The featured games this week are NY Giants @ Atlanta, Philly @ New Orleans, Kansas City @ Pittsburgh, and Chicago @ Arizona. You can download the podcast directly (running time 42 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest.

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2006 NFL Week 4 Picks

Last week we went a combined 33-23, a win percentage of .589. While this a big dropoff since the previous week, it was a tough week all around for pigskin prognosticators — the ESPN “experts” only went .541. The top scorer for the third straight week was Vegas Vinny going 10-4. We’re also going to let the weekly winner of the Sportscolumn pickem contest pick the games as well. Week 3’s winner was Jackson with 12 correct and his picks for this week are included below.

The featured games this week are Minnesota @ Buffalo, San Diego @ Baltimore, New England @ Cincinnati, and Seattle @ Chicago. You can download the podcast directly (running time 35 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest.

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2006 NFL Week 3 Picks

Last week we went a combined 49-15, a win percentage of .766 compared to the ESPN crew’s 95-32 record (.748). The top scorer for the second straight week was Vegas Vinny with 14correct. We’re also going to let the weekly winner of the Sportscolumn pickem contest pick the games as well. Week 2’s winner was Crumb Snatcha with 13 correct and his picks for this week are included below.

The featured games this week are Chicago @ Minnesota, Cincinnati @ Pittsburgh, Jacksonville @ Indianapolis, NY Giants @ Seattle and Philly @ San Francisco. You can download the podcast directly (running time 34 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest.

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2006 NFL Week 2 Picks

Last week the Sportscolumn crew went a combined 39-25, a win percentage of .609 compared to the ESPN “experts” 68-59 record (.535). If you want to win your office pool, you’re better off going with us. The top scorer among the four regulars was Vegas Vinny with 11 correct.

We’re also going to let the weekly winner of the Sportscolumn pickem contest pick the games as well. Week 1’s winner was Bamabird with 14 correct and his picks for this week are included below.

The featured games for week 2 are Buffalo @ Miami, NY Giants @ Philadelphia, Washington @ Dallas, and Pittsburgh @ Jacksonville. You can download the NFL Weekly Picks podcast directly (running time 38 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest.

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2006 NFL Week 1 Picks

Welcome back football fans! We’re back for the 2006 NFL season. Every week, we pick all games straight up and then give you our Lock of the Week against the spread. This year, we’re throwing a little wrinkle into the Locks of the Week by telling you how much we’d put on each game. This will give you a sense of how good we feel about each Lock.

As with last year, we have an associated podcast where we discuss a bunch of games in depth. The featured games this week are Miami @ Pittsburgh, Atlanta @ Carolina, Cincinnati @ Kansas City, Dallas @ Jacksonville, and Indianapolis @ NY Giants. You can download the podcast directly (running time 38 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest.

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Friday Free For All

You know, a long time ago, before the blog and site development sucked up all my time, I used to write about 3 columns a week here on SC. Only about one and a half of them were any good. Still, that’s a better batting average than Peter King, who manages to suck (mostly Tom Brady) in every single column. Ever since Trevor came out with his sports medley column, I’ve been meaning to wrestle the title of “Most Random Writer” back from him. So here it is folks, the inaugural Friday Free For All.

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NFL Week 3 Picks September 25th 2005

[These are the 2005 Picks. Get the Week 3 2006 Picks here.]

Like the Dallas Cowboys, we just want to pretend last week never happened. Nope. Those two bombs to Santana Moss never happened. Just like us picking the Lions. For shame.

Don’t forget about the podcast to go along with the picks below. You can listen/download the mp3 file directly here or you can subscribe to the podcast using this feed. If you have iTunes, go to your Advanced Menu, click on Subscribe to Podcast and enter this url: http://feeds.feedburner.com/nflpickspodcast

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NFL Week 3 Picks

[These are the 2004 Picks. Get the Week 3 2006 Picks here.]


Last week the Sportscolumn staff picked 64% of the games right. Overall, our record is 62% right. That’s not setting any records but we’re still beating the “experts” at ESPN.com who are picking only 59%. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather get more right and not have to look at that that smug bastard, Merrill Hoge. In any case, here are the week 3 picks.