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It's Week 19 of our 20-week charity prof football underdog game -- the time has surely flown -- and here are the week's options for our predictors. But before we reveal them, let us remind players that this week, because we are in the playoffs and half the games are on Saturday, all picks are due by Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time.
Repeat: This week, all picks are due bySaturday at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time.
That said, here's what we are looking at:
9.5 BALTIMORE at Denver
9.5 HOUSTON at New England
3 GREEN BAY at San Francisco
1 SEATTLE at Atlanta
Now, to win points in our game, our players' teams must win their games outright. Our top five 'dog pickers get to send money to their favorite charities -- $1,340 all told. Only 8 points separate second from seventh place in our standings, and with two 9½-point 'dogs on the board, the picking is going to be interesting. There'll be only two games next week in the finale, and players could easily cancel each other out then; therefore, this week is crucial.
Oh, and did we mention? All picks are due bySaturday at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Good luck, everybody!
Comments (4)
Amazing that the odds guys only have Atlanta one point over my Seaturkeys.
I'm a litle surprised that Seattle didn't stay on the east coast this week, say in Charloette, and use the Panthers facilities for prep.
Coming back west from DC Sunday and going back east to Atlanta Friday seems a little much.
Junior Seau had degenerative brain disease when he committed suicide The National Institutes of Health says in a study that Seau, one of the greatest linebackers in NFL history, had chronic traumatic encephalopathy when he shot himself in May. More than 2,000 former players are suing the NFL over the issue of head injuries.
January 10, 2013|By Sam Farmer and Rosie Mestel, Los Angeles Times http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/10/sports/la-sp-junior-seau-20130111
GREEN BAY (+3) at San Francisco -- This is the most obvious best bet in this contest this week. While most pundits say this comes down to the QBs and Green Bay's All-Pro and Super Bowl Champion Aaron Rogers is the no-brainer choice over first-year mid-season SF starter, Colin Kaepernick, it really is going to be won by the defense and special teams. Hence, the 3-pt. spread. When you take a bird's eye look at these two teams and the season they've had -- the Packers are running away under pretty full steam after a choppy start. Meanwhile, even the most rabid Niners' fan would admit that they're very nervous about this game and have deep doubts that their inconsistent team can overcome the confident and well-coached Packers.
Upset Special
BALTIMORE (+9.5) at Denver -- While Broncos QB Peyton Manning is having the Comeback Player of the Year year of of all years, and the Denver defense is playing very well, and they jumped on the Ravens in Baltimore a few weeks ago and plucked them good, this playoff matchup is going to be a much tougher game for Denver.
The key will be who wins on the turnover balance sheet, and Ravens QB Joe Flacco (meaning which Joe shows up). The Ravens defense will give the Broncos their toughest test this year in this game, especially in coverages, and on offense look for the Ravens combo of RB Ray Rice, WR Torrie Smith, and TE Dennis Pitta (who had 8 catches in the Broncos game -- they can't cover him). This is the big bet of the day today -- the line was already down to 8 in some books in Vegas last night due to the heavier play accumulating on the Ravens.
Is this Ray Lewis' last game? Maybe not!
(Imagine the eternal highlight reel splice of Lewis sacking Manning in this game.) Maybe not.
HOUSTON (+9.5) at New England -- Well, there's not much to say about how the Texans would win this one, but if J.J.Watt gets to Brady one time too many (and it may only take one), it could change the character of this game. If Houston can stop the Patriots running game early or at least frustrate its progress at key times, they may be able to hang onto the ball more and steadily get ahead of the Patriots and force Brady to toss it around more. The Texans have very good secondary players and might pick a couple off, even. May come down to Texans' kicker in the end. Or even the Patriots leg man.
* *Track 8: Hot 'Lanta. This is the closing night of The Fillmore East, a very special show that has flirted with an official release for over 30 years.
"The tape begins with Graham introducing the Allman Brothers Band as one of the best he's heard according to his untrained ears, and the band embark on a show that packs a lot into an eighty minute set. The opening numbers show some restraint and not until "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed" does the band get into an elongated jam session reaching over twelve minutes. The show ends with a twenty minute "Whipping Post" and a seventeen minute encore "You Don't Love Me"/ "Final Serenade" where Duane Allman quotes Handel's "Joy To The World". "
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 (4)
Amazing that the odds guys only have Atlanta one point over my Seaturkeys.
I'm a litle surprised that Seattle didn't stay on the east coast this week, say in Charloette, and use the Panthers facilities for prep.
Coming back west from DC Sunday and going back east to Atlanta Friday seems a little much.
Its going to be an interesting weekend.
Posted by Nonny Mouse | January 8, 2013 1:13 PM
Concussion-scarred Bernie Kosar finds relief with ‘groundbreaking’ treatment
By Marla Ridenour, Beacon Journal sports columnist (Jan. 11, 2013)
http://www.ohio.com/news/top-stories/concussion-scarred-bernie-kosar-finds-relief-with-groundbreaking-treatment-1.364083
Junior Seau had degenerative brain disease when he committed suicide
The National Institutes of Health says in a study that Seau, one of the greatest linebackers in NFL history, had chronic traumatic encephalopathy when he shot himself in May. More than 2,000 former players are suing the NFL over the issue of head injuries.
January 10, 2013|By Sam Farmer and Rosie Mestel, Los Angeles Times
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/10/sports/la-sp-junior-seau-20130111
Posted by Mojo | January 11, 2013 7:06 PM
Mojo's Best Bets
Oh Atlanta! Edition
Go Seahawks!
Allman Brothers Band - Hot 'Lanta - Closing Night At The Fillmore (6/27/71)**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iv2RrbWKv8
Little Feat - Oh, Atlanta from "Skin It Back - The Rockpalast Collection"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE1amt-aRxE
Best Bet
GREEN BAY (+3) at San Francisco -- This is the most obvious best bet in this contest this week. While most pundits say this comes down to the QBs and Green Bay's All-Pro and Super Bowl Champion Aaron Rogers is the no-brainer choice over first-year mid-season SF starter, Colin Kaepernick, it really is going to be won by the defense and special teams. Hence, the 3-pt. spread. When you take a bird's eye look at these two teams and the season they've had -- the Packers are running away under pretty full steam after a choppy start. Meanwhile, even the most rabid Niners' fan would admit that they're very nervous about this game and have deep doubts that their inconsistent team can overcome the confident and well-coached Packers.
Upset Special
BALTIMORE (+9.5) at Denver -- While Broncos QB Peyton Manning is having the Comeback Player of the Year year of of all years, and the Denver defense is playing very well, and they jumped on the Ravens in Baltimore a few weeks ago and plucked them good, this playoff matchup is going to be a much tougher game for Denver.
The key will be who wins on the turnover balance sheet, and Ravens QB Joe Flacco (meaning which Joe shows up). The Ravens defense will give the Broncos their toughest test this year in this game, especially in coverages, and on offense look for the Ravens combo of RB Ray Rice, WR Torrie Smith, and TE Dennis Pitta (who had 8 catches in the Broncos game -- they can't cover him). This is the big bet of the day today -- the line was already down to 8 in some books in Vegas last night due to the heavier play accumulating on the Ravens.
Is this Ray Lewis' last game? Maybe not!
(Imagine the eternal highlight reel splice of Lewis sacking Manning in this game.) Maybe not.
HOUSTON (+9.5) at New England -- Well, there's not much to say about how the Texans would win this one, but if J.J.Watt gets to Brady one time too many (and it may only take one), it could change the character of this game. If Houston can stop the Patriots running game early or at least frustrate its progress at key times, they may be able to hang onto the ball more and steadily get ahead of the Patriots and force Brady to toss it around more. The Texans have very good secondary players and might pick a couple off, even. May come down to Texans' kicker in the end. Or even the Patriots leg man.
* *Track 8: Hot 'Lanta. This is the closing night of The Fillmore East, a very special show that has flirted with an official release for over 30 years.
"The tape begins with Graham introducing the Allman Brothers Band as one of the best he's heard according to his untrained ears, and the band embark on a show that packs a lot into an eighty minute set. The opening numbers show some restraint and not until "In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed" does the band get into an elongated jam session reaching over twelve minutes. The show ends with a twenty minute "Whipping Post" and a seventeen minute encore "You Don't Love Me"/ "Final Serenade" where Duane Allman quotes Handel's "Joy To The World". "
Posted by Mojo | January 12, 2013 1:24 PM
Oops! typo: HOUSTON is the Gamblers' Corner choice. Too late, sorry. uh-oh.
Posted by Mojo | January 12, 2013 1:57 PM