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NBA Pickem Week 2: Knicks Collecting Ls Edition
My picks for week 2:
Pistons by 6
Lakers by 7 (slam dunk)
76ers by 6
Mavericks by 8
Knicks by 6
Lakers by 13 (slam dunk)
posted by Ufez Jones at 03:43 PM on October 27
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
Just got off the phone with the Pope who said that no matter how bad things get during the regular season, the NFC South will still be obligated to have a team represent the division in the postseason.
posted by beaverboard at 02:42 PM on October 27
NBA Pickem Week 2: Knicks Collecting Ls Edition
My picks for week 2:
Knicks by 5
Lakers by 5
posted by NoMich at 09:52 PM on October 26
NBA Pickem Week 2: Knicks Collecting Ls Edition
Thanks. It's fixed.
posted by rcade at 08:45 PM on October 26
NBA Pickem Week 2: Knicks Collecting Ls Edition
rcade, the first link is taking me to last week's picks.
posted by NoMich at 04:35 PM on October 26
NFL Pickem Week 7: What the Hell Rams Edition
Hmm. I'll look into that.
posted by rcade at 03:44 PM on October 26
NFL Pickem Week 7: What the Hell Rams Edition
My picks for week 7:
Broncos by 9 (lock)
Lions by 6 (lock)
Raiders by 6 (lock)
Seahawks by 7 (lock)
Cowboys by 7 (lock)
Picking games which hadn't started yet.
The form wasn't grey-ing out games underway unlike how it worked previous years?
posted by rumple at 02:17 PM on October 25
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle
I hit the drive-in at the local Smithfield chicken & bbq place and was served by Dave Doeren. Glad he was able to find a new gig right away.
posted by NoMich at 01:28 PM on October 25
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle
The New England gods are pleased today for some reason.
With the Pats having played on Thursday, we would normally be subjected to a regional suffer game like Jets-Dolphins but somehow, they're airing Bengals-Ravens and there's no Romo, now or anytime anywhere soon.
Once in awhile, things just break your way.
Main task of the day: lining up a Bojangles voucher in NoMich's name for the day when Belichick becomes bowl eligible.
posted by beaverboard at 01:21 PM on October 25
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
Yeah, every corporation has to do infosec stuff like training videos and this email thing. It's tied to being able to charge customers money.
posted by NoMich at 01:12 PM on October 24
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
The assistant coaches didn't get a ring? Did I get that right?
Yes and no. The boxes were empty, but the reason is that the assistant coaches hadn't been fitted for the rings. Some thought this was rather tacky. The internal phishing email shows a lack of trust in your employees, but it's actually not a bad idea for locating security vulnerabilities and training people to avoid them.
posted by Howard_T at 12:59 PM on October 24
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
The assistant coaches didn't get a ring? Did I get that right?
posted by NoMich at 08:37 PM on October 23
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
Dalton Knecht just signed with the Knicks and fans are already saying that if they repeat, Dolan won't give him a ring.
Good teams are not always owned by good people.
I wonder if there's a spectrum comparing and contrasting the caliber of a star player with the caliber of the team owner.
Brunson and Dolan. Lillard and Dundon. Bijan and Blank. Herbert and Spanos. Aho and Dundon. Maxx Crosby and Halloween Davis. McBride and Bidwill. Dahlin and Pegula. Trout and Moreno. Yamamoto and Walter. Allen and Pegula. Bryce and Tepper. Denzel and Haslam. And so much more.
If you pull up the Chiefs and say Hunt and Hunt, you start to see a little more balance.
In the match made in heaven category: Kawhi and Ballmer. Together forever in our hearts.
posted by beaverboard at 08:36 PM on October 23
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Revised picks for week 1:
Spurs by 12
posted by Ufez Jones at 07:13 PM on October 23
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
The battle for worst owner in sports continues to rage on unabated: Email sent to Knicks employees featuring offer for a free commemorative championship ring turns out to be internal phishing "test".
posted by Ufez Jones at 02:31 PM on October 23
NFL Pickem Week 7: What the Hell Rams Edition
Little scoring glitch, I think rcade. Nobody got points for the 49ers win, and I think everyone had them locked.
I took that score out briefly and put it back in. It should be there now.
posted by rcade at 07:00 PM on October 22
NFL Pickem Week 7: What the Hell Rams Edition
My picks for week 7:
Bears by 3
Steelers by 3
49ers by 3
Bengals by 3
Panthers by 3
Texans by 3
Vikings by 3
Jets by 3
Browns by 3
Broncos by 3
Lions by 3
Rams by 3
Chiefs by 3
Cowboys by 3
posted by rcade at 06:59 PM on October 22
NFL Pickem Week 7: What the Hell Rams Edition
Another glitch--I put picks in and hit submit, but they're not showing up. For tonight--Chicago by 6.
posted by tahoemoj at 06:45 PM on October 22
NFL Pickem Week 7: What the Hell Rams Edition
Little scoring glitch, I think rcade. Nobody got points for the 49ers win, and I think everyone had them locked.
posted by tahoemoj at 05:49 PM on October 22
NFL Pickem Week 6: Think of England Edition
My picks for week 7:
Bears by 6
Steelers by 4
49ers by 7
Bengals by 6
Panthers by 7
Texans by 6
Vikings by 10
Jets by 3
Titans by 3
Broncos by 6
Lions by 7
Rams by 6
Seahawks by 7
Cowboys by 10 (lock)
Scoring glitch, I think. Nobody got points for the 49ers win on Monday, and I think everyone had them locked to win.
posted by tahoemoj at 05:47 PM on October 22
NFL Pickem Week 7: What the Hell Rams Edition
My picks for week 7:
Bears by 6
Steelers by 3
49ers by 9 (lock)
Bengals by 5
Panthers by 6
Texans by 4
Vikings by 7
Jets by 10 (lock)
Browns by 4
Cardinals by 3
Lions by 2
Rams by 7
Chiefs by 8 (lock)
Eagles by 4
Not many games worth locking this week...GO LIONS !!!!
posted by ic23b at 05:45 PM on October 22
NFL Pickem Week 7: What the Hell Rams Edition
My picks for week 7:
Bears by 10
Steelers by 3
49ers by 8 (lock)
Bengals by 4
Panthers by 6
Texans by 9 (lock)
Vikings by 4 (lock)
Jets by 3
Browns by 4
Broncos by 7 (lock)
Lions by 10
Rams by 6
Seahawks by 3
Cowboys by 7
posted by jagsnumberone at 04:15 PM on October 22
NFL Pickem Week 7: What the Hell Rams Edition
My picks for week 7:
Bears by 6
Saints by 3
49ers by 8
Bengals by 3
Panthers by 11 (lock)
Texans by 4
Vikings by 8 (lock)
Jets by 6
Browns by 7
Broncos by 5
Packers by 6
Raiders by 6
Seahawks by 5
Cowboys by 9
posted by Ufez Jones at 03:37 PM on October 22
NFL Pickem Week 7: What the Hell Rams Edition
My picks for week 7:
Bears by 5
Steelers by 5
49ers by 7
Ravens by 6
Panthers by 6
Texans by 10 (lock)
Vikings by 10 (lock)
Jets by 6
Browns by 4
Broncos by 6
Lions by 5
Rams by 6
Seahawks by 5
Cowboys by 10 (lock)
posted by NoMich at 02:54 PM on October 22
NFL Pickem Week 7: What the Hell Rams Edition
My picks for week 7:
Bears by 3
Steelers by 5
49ers by 7
Bengals by 4
Panthers by 10 (lock)
Texans by 1
Vikings by 14 (lock)
Jets by 2
Titans by 3
Broncos by 6
Lions by 2
Raiders by 5
Chiefs by 4
Eagles by 3
posted by bender at 02:21 PM on October 22
NFL Pickem Week 7: What the Hell Rams Edition
My picks for week 7:
Bears by 4 (lock)
Steelers by 4 (lock)
49ers by 10 (lock)
Bengals by 4
Panthers by 4
Texans by 14 (lock)
Vikings by 4
Jets by 10 (lock)
Browns by 10 (lock)
Broncos by 12 (lock)
Lions by 7
Rams by 16 (lock)
Seahawks by 3
Cowboys by 6
posted by tommybiden at 02:14 PM on October 22
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Good catch! I somehow managed to look over the betting lines and pick the Nuggets in a game they weren't playing.
posted by rcade at 09:37 AM on October 21
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Revised picks for week 1:
Thunder by 12 (slam dunk)
posted by rcade at 09:36 AM on October 21
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My picks for week 1:
Pistons by 4
Knicks by 7
Spurs by 3
Timberwolves by 4
Warriors by 5
76ers by 6
Thunder by 5
Celtics by 6
Head's up rcade: That last game (Nuggets @ Thunder on the 23rd) should be Houston @ San Antonio. They're playing that game at UT's Moody Center in Austin.
posted by Ufez Jones at 12:23 PM on October 20
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My picks for week 1:
Pistons by 5
Knicks by 6
Spurs by 5
Heat by 5
Lakers by 8
76ers by 5
Thunder by 10 (slam dunk)
Celtics by 4
Thunder by 6
posted by NoMich at 08:26 AM on October 20
Play the SportsFilter NBA Pickem
Last June, the New Yorker ran a telling cartoon about the cost of NBA seats.
Scroll down.
posted by beaverboard at 09:42 PM on October 19
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My picks for week 1:
Celtics by 5
Knicks by 11 (slam dunk)
Spurs by 8
Heat by 9
Lakers by 12 (slam dunk)
76ers by 10
Thunder by 11
Celtics by 8
Thunder by 13
I'll be there at TD Garden Friday night. If any of you find yourselves close enough to Boston to consider watching the Celtics, let me know. I will sell you my seats at my price; no markup or fees. Not all games will be available.
posted by Howard_T at 11:32 AM on October 19
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Past Champions
2015-16: Howard_T
2016-17: Ufez Jones
2018-19: rcade
2019-20: NoMich
2020-21: Goyoucolts
2021-22: rcade
2022-23: rcade
2023-24: rcade
2024-25: rcade
2024-25: rcade
2024-25: rcade
Always making picks (to test the code) is my super power.
posted by rcade at 11:12 AM on October 19
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My picks for week 1:
Celtics by 3
Knicks by 9
Thunder by 5
Heat by 3
Lakers by 10 (slam dunk)
76ers by 5
Thunder by 16 (slam dunk)
Celtics by 3
Nuggets by 12 (slam dunk)
Starting the season at 3 p.m. on a regular Tuesday is weird but I kind of like it.
Games for the contest will be ESPN, Prime Video, ABC and NBC. No Peacock or NBA TV.
posted by rcade at 10:28 AM on October 19
NFL Pickem Week 6: Think of England Edition
My picks for week 6:
Bears by 5
Ravens by 7
Colts by 5
Patriots by 10 (lock)
Saints by 5
Eagles by 5
Steelers by 5
Rams by 14 (lock)
Chiefs by 7
Bills by 7
Packers by 5
49ers by 10 (lock)
posted by NoMich at 11:58 AM on October 18
NFL Pickem Week 6: Think of England Edition
Revised picks for week 6:
Bears by 3
Ravens by 7
Colts by 10 (lock)
Patriots by 10 (lock)
Giants by 3
Panthers by 3
Steelers by 3
Rams by 14 (lock)
Chiefs by 10 (lock)
Bills by 7
Packers by 3
49ers by 14 (lock)
That Steelers/Bucs pick is tough.
posted by rcade at 08:49 AM on October 18
NFL Pickem Week 6: Think of England Edition
Revised picks for week 6:
Falcons by 4
Browns by 4
Colts by 6
Patriots by 8
Saints by 4
Eagles by 4
Steelers by 4
Rams by 14 (lock)
Chiefs by 9 (lock)
Bills by 6
Cowboys by 4
49ers by 15 (lock)
posted by Ufez Jones at 08:49 AM on October 18
NFL Pickem Week 6: Think of England Edition
Revised picks for week 6:
Jaguars by 3
posted by rcade at 11:01 PM on October 17
NFL Pickem Week 6: Think of England Edition
Revised picks for week 6:
Panthers by 7
posted by tommybiden at 09:34 PM on October 15
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
That was the most misleading game of the season. The Noles also overperformed this year at Bama. I don't understand what happened to Norvell's teams.
posted by rcade at 06:17 PM on October 15
NFL Pickem Week 6: Think of England Edition
My picks for week 6:
Broncos by 3
Jaguars by 6
Falcons by 6
Ravens by 3
Colts by 6
Patriots by 7
Giants by 4
Panthers by 6
Steelers by 6
Rams by 9
Chiefs by 6
Bills by 13 (lock)
Cowboys by 7
49ers by 17 (lock)
posted by tahoemoj at 05:37 PM on October 15
NFL Pickem Week 6: Think of England Edition
My picks for week 6:
Seahawks by 6 (lock)
Jaguars by 7
Bears by 9
Ravens by 10
Colts by 8
Patriots by 12 (lock)
Giants by 5
Panthers by 8
Buccaneers by 4
Rams by 13 (lock)
Chiefs by 21 (lock)
Bills by 13 (lock)
Packers by 6
49ers by 16 (lock)
GO LIONS !!! (next week)
posted by ic23b at 05:33 PM on October 15
NFL Pickem Week 6: Think of England Edition
My picks for week 6:
Seahawks by 9
Jaguars by 6
posted by Ufez Jones at 05:12 PM on October 15
NFL Pickem Week 6: Think of England Edition
My picks for week 6:
Seahawks by 7
Jaguars by 7
Falcons by 3
Ravens by 10 (lock)
Colts by 13 (lock)
Patriots by 9
Giants by 4
Eagles by 7
Steelers by 9
Rams by 17 (lock)
Chiefs by 15 (lock)
Bills by 7
Packers by 6
49ers by 13 (lock)
posted by rumple at 02:18 PM on October 15
NFL Pickem Week 6: Think of England Edition
My picks for week 6:
Seahawks by 3
Jaguars by 7
Bears by 4
Ravens by 6
Colts by 7 (lock)
Patriots by 6 (lock)
Giants by 3 (lock)
Panthers by 4
Steelers by 3
Rams by 13 (lock)
Chiefs by 10 (lock)
Bills by 7
Packers by 6
49ers by 10 (lock)
posted by jagsnumberone at 02:06 PM on October 15
NFL Pickem Week 6: Think of England Edition
My picks for week 6:
Seahawks by 3
posted by rcade at 02:00 PM on October 15
NFL Pickem Week 6: Think of England Edition
My picks for week 6:
Seahawks by 7 (lock)
Jaguars by 4
Falcons by 3
Ravens by 10 (lock)
Colts by 10 (lock)
Patriots by 7
Giants by 4
Eagles by 2
Steelers by 5
Rams by 13 (lock)
Chiefs by 8 (lock)
Bills by 11 (lock)
Cowboys by 1
49ers by 9 (lock)
posted by tommybiden at 12:39 PM on October 15
NFL Pickem Week 6: Think of England Edition
My picks for week 6:
Broncos by 7
Jaguars by 18 (lock)
Falcons by 3
Browns by 5
Colts by 10 (lock)
Patriots by 7
Giants by 10 (lock)
Panthers by 7
Steelers by 3
Cardinals by 2
Chiefs by 21 (lock)
Raiders by 4
Packers by 10 (lock)
49ers by 18 (lock)
posted by bender at 11:03 AM on October 15
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle
Well, I was pulling for the White Sox, with Pope Leo's blessing.
But now that that's over, I'm sure as hell pulling for the Brewers to do in the Dodgers.
The Dodgers might have a problem, playing a Milwaukee team after celebrating their NLDS win over the Braves with Budweiser.
posted by beaverboard at 08:32 PM on October 11
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
I still love the beating that FSU gave Bama early in the 2025 season. That was fun to watch.
posted by beaverboard at 08:23 PM on October 11
NFL Pickem Week 5: Injuries A-Plenty Edition
Revised picks for week 5:
Colts by 2
Lions by 6
Ravens by 4
posted by ic23b at 10:32 AM on October 11
NFL Pickem Week 5: Injuries A-Plenty Edition
Revised picks for week 5:
Jaguars by 4
Bengals by 9
Patriots by 3
Vikings by 6
Browns by 5
Colts by 3
Texans by 5
Commanders by 7
Broncos by 8
Lions by 10 (lock)
Bears by 7
Seahawks by 6
Falcons by 5
Rams by 4
posted by Ufez Jones at 08:36 AM on October 11
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
I want to be the FSU coach after the rebound guy.
Every time I think Norvell has begun to turn things around the Noles faceplant.
posted by rcade at 08:27 AM on October 11
NFL Pickem Week 5: Injuries A-Plenty Edition
Revised picks for week 5:
Vikings by 3
Falcons by 3
I forgot Lamar Jackson was out.
posted by rcade at 08:26 AM on October 11
NFL Pickem Week 5: Injuries A-Plenty Edition
Revised picks for week 5:
Bengals by 7 (lock)
Patriots by 3
Vikings by 7
Browns by 3
Steelers by 3
Texans by 7 (lock)
Giants by 3
Broncos by 3
Lions by 7 (lock)
Packers by 3
Seahawks by 3
Browns/Jets is the mystery of the week. Could both of these teams actually be good?
posted by rcade at 08:22 AM on October 11
NFL Pickem Week 5: Injuries A-Plenty Edition
Revised picks for week 5:
Jaguars by 7 (lock)
posted by rcade at 12:33 AM on October 11
NFL Pickem Week 5: Injuries A-Plenty Edition
Revised picks for week 5:
Bengals by 10 (lock)
Patriots by 5
Vikings by 5
Jets by 5
Steelers by 5
Texans by 5
Commanders by 3
Broncos by 5
Lions by 7
Bears by 5
Seahawks by 5
Falcons by 5
Rams by 5
posted by NoMich at 11:52 AM on October 10
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
Grassroots support is beginning to build for the nomination of rcade to the Florida State head coach search committee.
rcade's campaign rally chant is:
Hell no, we won't go
No to Jimbo 2.0
posted by beaverboard at 11:41 PM on October 09
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
Us fans of the Dan Patrick Show were given bad news this morning. The greatest caller in sports talk radio history, Chris in Syracuse, died a few weeks ago. Sad.
posted by NoMich at 04:25 PM on October 09
NFL Pickem Week 5: Injuries A-Plenty Edition
My picks for week 5:
Jaguars by 3
Bengals by 13 (lock)
Patriots by 4
Vikings by 3
Colts by 6
Giants by 4
Broncos by 6
Lions by 13 (lock)
Bears by 6
Seahawks by 6
Falcons by 4
Bills by 6
Dodged the -10 by forgetting to put in my Thursday pick!
posted by tahoemoj at 01:33 PM on October 09
NFL Pickem Week 5: Injuries A-Plenty Edition
My picks for week 5:
Cowboys by 8 (lock)
Jaguars by 4
Bengals by 17 (lock)
Raiders by 3
Vikings by 12 (lock)
Browns by 5
Steelers by 2
Texans by 7 (lock)
Giants by 12 (lock)
Broncos by 3
Lions by 6 (lock)
Bears by 11 (lock)
49ers by 4
Ravens by 8 (lock)
Rams by 3
GO LIONS !!!
posted by ic23b at 06:37 PM on October 08
NFL Pickem Week 5: Injuries A-Plenty Edition
Revised picks for week 5:
Ravens by 4
Rams by 3
The Margin of Victory field is making me enter values even when I didn't pick a winner. Ugh.
posted by rcade at 06:34 PM on October 08
NFL Pickem Week 5: Injuries A-Plenty Edition
My picks for week 5:
Cowboys by 10 (lock)
Jaguars by 7
Bengals by 13 (lock)
Patriots by 3
Vikings by 4
Browns by 3
Colts by 6
Texans by 7
Commanders by 3
Broncos by 4
Lions by 7
Packers by 3
49ers by 3
Ravens by 3
Rams by 4
posted by jagsnumberone at 04:25 PM on October 08
NFL Pickem Week 5: Injuries A-Plenty Edition
My picks for week 5:
Cowboys by 13 (lock)
Eagles by 3
Bengals by 10 (lock)
Patriots by 6
Vikings by 10 (lock)
Jets by 3
Steelers by 7
Titans by 3
Commanders by 6
Chargers by 3
Lions by 6
Bears by 7
Seahawks by 10 (lock)
Falcons by 6
Bills by 6
posted by rumple at 03:37 PM on October 08
NFL Pickem Week 5: Injuries A-Plenty Edition
My picks for week 5:
Cowboys by 7
Eagles by 3
Dolphins by 2
Patriots by 5
Vikings by 7
Jets by 3
Steelers by 14 (lock)
Titans by 4
Commanders by 3
Broncos by 3
Cardinals by 7
Bears by 3
Seahawks by 7
Ravens by 3
Rams by 7
posted by bender at 03:13 PM on October 08
NFL Pickem Week 5: Injuries A-Plenty Edition
If it were a regular Sunday match-up I don't know that you're going to find a tastier week to pick Dallas in a Survivor League.
But, woof, the Thursday games are about as volatile as they come.
posted by Ufez Jones at 02:23 PM on October 08
NFL Pickem Week 5: Injuries A-Plenty Edition
My picks for week 5:
Cowboys by 17
posted by Ufez Jones at 02:19 PM on October 08
NFL Pickem Week 5: Injuries A-Plenty Edition
My picks for week 5:
Cowboys by 10 (lock)
I want to make this my Survivor pick but I fear the Cowboys' ability to disappoint.
posted by rcade at 01:57 PM on October 08
NFL Pickem Week 4: How 'Bout Them Raiders Edition
My picks for week 5:
Cowboys by 10 (lock)
Eagles by 5
posted by NoMich at 01:10 PM on October 08
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
My NFL picks are in for this week (5), (in Week 4 thread)
posted by tommybiden at 04:15 PM on October 07
NBA Pickem Week 2: Knicks Collecting Ls Edition
My picks for week 2:
Knicks by 5
Lakers by 6
76ers by 8
Thunder by 4
76ers by 7
Lakers by 5