Walking the 'dogs
The players in our charity pigskin underdog game have spoken, and here's who they'll be rooting for today and tomorrow:
9.5 SEATTLE at New York Giants - Bob, Michael K.
9.5 NEW YORK JETS at New England - Pete Rozelle, john dull, Gordon, Bayou Baby, Annie, Weavmo, Eric W.
6 OAKLAND at Houston - PDXileinOmaha, Usual Kevin, Larry Legend, Gary, Carol, Tommy W., genop
6 CAROLINA vs. New Orleans - Broadway Joe, Bad Brad, Grizfan, Drewbob
5.5 ATLANTA vs. Green Bay - mna
5.5 CHICAGO at Detroit - Ricardo, Biggest Cubs Loser
5 TENNESSEE at Pittsburgh - Paul, Rudie, umpire
4 DENVER vs. San Diego - NoPoGuy, genop's gal
3 BUFFALO vs. Philadelphia - AKevin, Money Maker, John Ch.
2.5 CINCINNATI at Jacksonville - jmh
One distinctive thing about our game: You wind up rooting for your own 'dog, and the favorites in all the other games. We'll call that the 'Dog Isolation Effect. In any event, enjoy the games, everybody!
UPDATE, 1:44 p.m.: Lots of wildness in the first games. Cincy, Boffo, Oakland, and the Big Dog, Seattle, all score for their 'dog pickers.
UPDATE, 4:59 p.m.: No help from the late afternoon 'dogs. We have three players left with stakes in the night games.
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Comments (4)
FYI, here's a nice scoreboard to follow the action. http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/scoreboard
Posted by Bad Brad | October 9, 2011 11:48 AM
And here's a scorecard to keep in mind:
"...NFL owners and players generally are not shy about expressing their political views – through campaign cash to candidates."
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ys-cnbc-nfl_politics_lean_right_100711
"Of the top five most generous NFL franchises, four tilted heavily toward the GOP. The most politically active team in the league, the Houston Texans, was responsible for a total of $293,100 since January of 2009. Of that, $287,300, or 98 percent, went to Republicans. That’s because of one man – team owner and energy executive Robert McNair. McNair has given $215,200 of his estimated $1.4 billion net worth to political causes since January 2009, almost entirely to Republicans."
Posted by Gardiner Menefree | October 9, 2011 12:05 PM
As with most observations emanating from CNBC, nothing should be accepted without additional reading. The Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) has provided its own interpretation of its study:
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/10/nfl-teams-play-political-football.html
Notice, for one thing, that CNBC lists the Steelers fifth among GOP contributors; but CRP found that Dan & Patricia Rooney gave nothing to the GOP and $24.4K to Dems. (Another $5K went to neither party.)
Posted by Gardiner Menefree | October 9, 2011 12:30 PM
Ok, coulda, shoulda, woulda picked Oakland, but I'll take my safe 2.5 points from the Bengals. But why, oh why, did the Giants suck so badly today?? Losing to the Seahawks?? At home?? Please.
Posted by jmh | October 9, 2011 1:46 PM