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Well, after touting my personal picks last week, I did the worst out of the group goign 11-5. Good thing the others were there to pick up the slack. Overall, the Sportscolumn experts went 3 out of 4 on picks and on the locks. Still doing pretty well on the season.
Here we go with the Week 15 Picks. If you want to see how well the experts here at SC stack up against the competition, check out this excel file.
It’s getting harder and harder to do the Power Rankings every week for the bottom of the barrel. Everyone is just interested in the Top 10 and who will make the playoffs. I considered limiting the list but I get too much joy out of ripping on the crappy teams of the league. Not much change at the top this week but nice movement in the middle as mediocre teams jostle for playoff positioning.
Last week, Guru Ganu started talking trash to me about how he would overtake me in the picks. Not with a 9-7 week you won’t, bitch! I’m having one of those breakout seasons like I’m a third year wide receiver. My locks are actually locks and my record speaks for itself. Too bad I can’t be like Sports Guy and tout my barely above .500 record. I’ll just have to point to my 65% winning percentage. Ok, enough of that. I just hurt my arm patting myself on the back.
Here we go with the Week 14 Picks. If you want to see how well the experts here at SC stack up against the competition, check out this excel file.
This is the best time in the NFL. The Playoff races are red hot. Dominant teams are asserting themselves. Fraudulent teams are falling by the wayside. And peaking teams are trying to dig out of early season holes. This doesn’t make the Power Rankings any easier to compile but it does make for great channel surfing with NFL Sunday Ticket.
Last week was one of the best weeks we’ve ever had at Sportscolumn with the crew going 80%. Not too shabby eh? Is the NFL that predictable straight up? Maybe… but we still like to celebrate our picking prowess.
Here we go with the Week 13 Picks. If you want to see how well the experts here at SC stack up against the competition, check out this excel file.
In a wonderful moment from the play Death of a Salesman; Willy Loman states simply “Attention must be paid.” On November 29th 2004 Brett Favre made his 200th consecutive start at quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. This is easily the most impressive streak going in sports. It is irresistible to write the article on this story, because it couldn’t happen to a better guy. Brett Favre represents everything good in professional sports; he has played virtually every down of his career with one franchise. Like Willy, Brett isn’t flashy, he isn’t outrageous. He’s simply the fiercest competitor in football, attention must be paid.
Things are just as muddled this week as they’ve always been. We see four legitimate contenders (Pit, NE, Phi, Ind) and a handful of teams that might or might not be frauds. The rest of the teams are unbearable to watch. The NFL should be ashamed for making us watch Krenzel vs Henson on everyone’s favorite holiday.
These picks are from 2004. Check out the 2005 picks here.
Last week was a great week for picks as Vegas Vinny, Mile High and Guru Ganu had 12, 13 and 14 picks correct. We won’t mention Mr. X’s record. We’re hoping to keep the hot streak alive this week.
Here we go with the Week 12 Picks. If you want to see how well the experts here at SC stack up against the competition, check out this excel file.
There was no change in slots 1 through 11 this week and you’d think it’d make the Power Rankings easier to write. But how do you rank Buffalo at 4-6 if they just beat St. Louis at 5-5? Then you have the problem of a host of terrible teams all bunched up at 4-6 and 3-7. Is Tennessee better than Detroit? Who knows! Well, we’ll know in week 17 but you know what I’m getting at.
The nightmares were terrible. Images flashed. I could see a dank room, pressed uniform and bare skin.