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The players in our charity pro football underdog game have spoken, and here are their selections for the week. Once again two teams draw quite a few votes of confidence (or hope, at least):
12 TENNESSEE at Houston - Gordon, Ted, Drewbob
9 NEW ORLEANS at Green Bay - Jeremy, Lucas, Bob, Bayou Baby, Cinderella Story, Tinknocker, Juicen, Eric W., Gary
7 CAROLINA at Atlanta - Dr. D, Annie, John Cr.
6.5 OAKLAND at Denver - Sola, Rudie, Bad Brad, PDXileinOmaha, Biggest Cubs Loser, Grizfan, Paul, Coastal Storm
6 MIAMI at Arizona - Broadway Joe
4 BUFFALO vs. New England - NoPoGuy, Pdxmick, genop's gal
4 NEW YORK JETS vs. San Francisco - Carol, Pete Rozelle, Usual Kevin
3 WASHINGTON at Tampa Bay - Ricardo, Tung, Pete Rose, Michael K., DB Cooper, John Ch.
3 MINNESOTA at Detroit - Dave A., Will, MickeyMac, genop, JMH
Nobody's got either of the night 'dogs, the Giants or da Bearss.
As usual, these are the picks as of earlier this morning, several hours before the deadline. (This post is being triggered by a robot.) If additional picks have come in (or changes have been made) after this post was written but before the deadline, they will be added to this post as soon as we can get to it later today.
Have a great day and enjoy the last games of September, everyone!
UPDATE, 1:01 p.m.: Just added timely picks by DB, Mac, the genops, John Ch. and JMH.
UPDATE, 1:55 p.m.: Minnesota scores for five of our players in an early game.
UPDATE, 4:56 p.m.: Washington wins a late game, earning points for six players. New Orleans loses a heartbreaker in Wisconsin, marred by terrible officiating. By the regular refs.
Comments (5)
I fear the season is passing much too quickly. As much as I love watching football in the fall, I cannot sit in front of my big screen with the weather such as it is. So, by the time I finally get interested, the season will likely be half over. At least the real refs will have had a chance to practice in a real game or two by the time I start watching.
Here are my TV viewing picks if you don't have Direct TV.
Plan A: Walk around in the sun today and catch the Giants-Eagles tonight.
Incidentally, I was up on Tabor yesterday and I heard tons of sirens and saw smoke on around Division and 60th. It wasn't on the news. I hope that went okay.
Plan B: Listen to the radio. The 49ers are playing the Jets, and you can also hear Atlanta-Carolina. If you have to watch TV watch the Ryder Cup with a game on the radio.
Life is too short to watch the Seahawks/Rams, and the 1:00 games are problematic too: The Raiders-Denver thing could be good, but Peyton is starting to be a little depressing, for me anyway.
In the other game the Packers and the Saints could end with both teams 1 and 3. I can't look at the Pack right now - although I probably will. They let their QB get sacked 8 times by the Seahwaks in the first half. Life is too short to watch that kind of football, especially when you spend 3 days whining about getting jobbed. After a while America doesn't want to hear about it. That's one key point that Conan didn't understand either: If you get screwed, and complain, eventually you will be seen as a loser. If you laugh it off, the public will appreciate it. You're not dying in Afghanistan. Make a few jokes and move on. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid always made jokes when they were in trouble. Be cool about it and you can gain fans.
In retrospect I thought the replacement refs debacle was kind of funny.
I'm an Eagles fan so I must return to chanting and praying for tonight.
Finally! I'm on the board with a whopping 3 points! Go Vikes!
Plus I get to watch a heated rivalry in the NFC East when my Giants take on the Eagles in Philly. A one-point spread for a grudge match with Michael Vick's job starting to ride on each performance. Should be a great game for SNF.
I'm an Eagles fan, but I love this Giants team. Why? They beat the Pats twice in the Super Bowl. I've hated the Patriots ever since they cheated their way to victory - including a Super Bowl win over the Eagles.
Watching the Giants knock Brady around in the Super Bowl, and then to have Eli Manning stick it to Belichick, etc...not once, but twice, is a form of justice rarely seen anywhere in the world.
The villain in our division is the Cowboys.
Meanwhile, Michael Vick losing his job could be exactly what the Eagles need. The backup is terrific.
Charamba, Douro 2008
Horse Heaven Hills, Cabernet 2010
Lorelle, Horse Heaven Hills Pinot Grigio 2011
Avignonesi, Montepulciano 2004
Lorelle, Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2011
Villa Antinori, Toscana 2007
Mercedes Eguren, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Lorelle, Columbia Valley Cabernet 2011
Purple Moon, Merlot 2011
Purple Moon, Chardonnnay 2011
Abacela, Vintner's Blend No. 12
Opula Red Blend 2010
Liberte, Pinot Noir 2010
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Indian Wells Red Blend 2010
Woodbridge, Chardonnay 2011
King Estate, Pinot Noir 2011
Famille Perrin, Cotes du Rhone Villages 2010
Columbia Crest, Les Chevaux Red 2010
14 Hands, Hot to Trot White Blend
Familia Bianchi, Malbec 2009
Terrapin Cellars, Pinot Gris 2011
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2009
Campo Viejo, Rioja, Termpranillo 2010
Ravenswood, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2010
Waterbrook, Reserve Merlot 2009
Lorelle, Horse Heaven Hills, Pinot Grigio 2011
Tarantas, Rose
Chateau Lajarre, Bordeaux 2009
La Vielle Ferme, Rose 2011
Benvolio, Pinot Grigio 2011
Nobilo Icon, Pinot Noir 2009
Lello, Douro Tinto 2009
Quinson Fils, Cotes de Provence Rose 2011
Anindor, Pinot Gris 2010
Buenas Ondas, Syrah Rose 2010
Les Fiefs d'Anglars, Malbec 2009
14 Hands, Pinot Gris 2011
Conundrum 2012
Condes de Albarei, Albariño 2011
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2007
Penelope Sanchez, Garnacha Syrah 2010
Canoe Ridge, Merlot 2007
Atalaya do Mar, Godello 2010
Vega Montan, Mencia
Benvolio, Pinot Grigio
Nobilo Icon, Pinot Noir, Marlborough 2009
Portuga, Rose 2011
Revelation, Chardonnay, Pays d'Oc 2010
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 2005
Monte Alto, Tinto Reserva 2005
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Cabernet, Indian Wells 2009
Espiral, Vinho Rose
Vin-Koru, Pinot Gris 2011
14 Hands, Hot to Trot Red 2009
Rodney Strong, Cabernet, Sonoma 2009
Abacela, Vintner's Blend #11
Portuga, White 2010
La Bourgeoisie, Red 2009
Januik, Red 2009
Three Rivers, River's Red 2008
Kirkland, Alexander Valley Merlot 2008
Muga, Rioja Rose 2010
Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
The Occasional Book
Hope Larson - A Wrinkle in Time, the Graphic Novel
Rudyard Kipling - Kim
Peter Ames Carlin - Bruce
Fran Cannon Slayton - When the Whistle Blows
Neil Young - Waging Heavy Peace
Mark Bego - Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul (2012 ed.)
Jenny Lawson - Let's Pretend This Never Happened
J.D. Salinger - Franny and Zooey
Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol
Timothy Egan - The Big Burn
Deborah Eisenberg - Transactions in a Foreign Currency
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - Slaughterhouse Five
Kathryn Lance - Pandora's Genes
Cheryl Strayed - Wild
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov
Jack London - The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
Jack Walker - The Extraordinary Rendition of Vincent Dellamaria
Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin
Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt
Road Work
Miles run year to date: 29
At this date last year: 66
Total run in 2012: 129
In 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269
Comments (5)
I fear the season is passing much too quickly. As much as I love watching football in the fall, I cannot sit in front of my big screen with the weather such as it is. So, by the time I finally get interested, the season will likely be half over. At least the real refs will have had a chance to practice in a real game or two by the time I start watching.
Posted by gibby | September 30, 2012 10:22 AM
Here are my TV viewing picks if you don't have Direct TV.
Plan A: Walk around in the sun today and catch the Giants-Eagles tonight.
Incidentally, I was up on Tabor yesterday and I heard tons of sirens and saw smoke on around Division and 60th. It wasn't on the news. I hope that went okay.
Plan B: Listen to the radio. The 49ers are playing the Jets, and you can also hear Atlanta-Carolina. If you have to watch TV watch the Ryder Cup with a game on the radio.
Life is too short to watch the Seahawks/Rams, and the 1:00 games are problematic too: The Raiders-Denver thing could be good, but Peyton is starting to be a little depressing, for me anyway.
In the other game the Packers and the Saints could end with both teams 1 and 3. I can't look at the Pack right now - although I probably will. They let their QB get sacked 8 times by the Seahwaks in the first half. Life is too short to watch that kind of football, especially when you spend 3 days whining about getting jobbed. After a while America doesn't want to hear about it. That's one key point that Conan didn't understand either: If you get screwed, and complain, eventually you will be seen as a loser. If you laugh it off, the public will appreciate it. You're not dying in Afghanistan. Make a few jokes and move on. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid always made jokes when they were in trouble. Be cool about it and you can gain fans.
In retrospect I thought the replacement refs debacle was kind of funny.
I'm an Eagles fan so I must return to chanting and praying for tonight.
Posted by Bill McDonald | September 30, 2012 11:11 AM
Finally! I'm on the board with a whopping 3 points! Go Vikes!
Plus I get to watch a heated rivalry in the NFC East when my Giants take on the Eagles in Philly. A one-point spread for a grudge match with Michael Vick's job starting to ride on each performance. Should be a great game for SNF.
Posted by jmh | September 30, 2012 2:27 PM
I'm an Eagles fan, but I love this Giants team. Why? They beat the Pats twice in the Super Bowl. I've hated the Patriots ever since they cheated their way to victory - including a Super Bowl win over the Eagles.
Watching the Giants knock Brady around in the Super Bowl, and then to have Eli Manning stick it to Belichick, etc...not once, but twice, is a form of justice rarely seen anywhere in the world.
The villain in our division is the Cowboys.
Meanwhile, Michael Vick losing his job could be exactly what the Eagles need. The backup is terrific.
Posted by Bill McDonald | September 30, 2012 3:23 PM
Bill,
True dat, re Cowboy villainy in the NFC East. And you're right that the Eagles may improve if they give MV the boot from the starting role.
Posted by jmh | September 30, 2012 3:54 PM