SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle

When FSU boosters arrive at rcade's door to ask him to help pay for the Norvell buyout, he can't tell them that all his spare cash went to fund last year's Mestemaker NIL money at UNT.

Apparently, Mest hardly made a dime in Denton, but made up for it when he got to Stillwater.

posted by beaverboard at 04:30 PM on November 01

SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle

The post-Doeren / pre-Rivers era began well at NC State.

There will often be a bump after a change at the top.

Belichick damn near beat the top team in the country. He's probably gonna be bowl eligible.

Who woke LaNorris Sellers up a week or so ago, and what did they give him? Dude has suddenly rediscovered his game.

posted by beaverboard at 11:47 AM on November 01

NFL Pickem Week 8: Trade All the Colts Edition

Revised picks for week 8:

Bills by 7
Bengals by 7
Cowboys by 7
Lions by 3
Jaguars by 7
Raiders by 3
Steelers by 3
Buccaneers by 3
Rams by 7
Broncos by 3
Patriots by 7
Commanders by 7
Seahawks by 3

posted by rcade at 08:40 AM on November 01

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posted by undike at 03:41 AM on October 30

NFL Pickem Week 8: Trade All the Colts Edition

My picks for week 8:

Packers by 7
Bills by 6
Bengals by 14 (lock)
Cowboys by 9
Lions by 6
Jaguars by 7
Jets by 6
Steelers by 7
Buccaneers by 4
Rams by 13 (lock)
Chiefs by 7
Patriots by 10 (lock)
Commanders by 3
Seahawks by 7

posted by rumple at 07:43 PM on October 29

NFL Pickem Week 8: Trade All the Colts Edition

My picks for week 8:

Packers by 8
Bills by 13 (lock)
Bengals by 10 (lock)
Cowboys by 8
Lions by 7
Jaguars by 11
Raiders by 8
Steelers by 3
Buccaneers by 5
Rams by 9 (lock)
Broncos by 6
Patriots by 12 (lock)
Commanders by 6
Bears by 4

posted by Ufez Jones at 06:47 PM on October 29

NFL Pickem Week 8: Trade All the Colts Edition

My picks for week 8:

Packers by 7

posted by rcade at 06:04 PM on October 29

NFL Pickem Week 8: Trade All the Colts Edition

My picks for week 8:

Packers by 5
Bills by 6
Bengals by 10 (lock)
Cowboys by 7
Lions by 5
Jaguars by 10 (lock)
Jets by 5
Browns by 5
Buccaneers by 6
Rams by 10 (lock)
Chiefs by 5
Patriots by 10 (lock)
Commanders by 5
Bears by 6

posted by NoMich at 04:51 PM on October 29

NFL Pickem Week 8: Trade All the Colts Edition

My picks for week 8:

Packers by 5
Bills by 15 (lock)
Bengals by 16 (lock)
Cowboys by 7
Lions by 2
Jaguars by 20 (lock)
Jets by 3
Steelers by 8
Falcons by 3
Rams by 19 (lock)
Chiefs by 4
Patriots by 9 (lock)
Commanders by 1
Seahawks by 5

posted by tommybiden at 01:58 PM on October 29

NBA Pickem Week 2: Knicks Collecting Ls Edition

I could have sworn I put my picks in yesterday, but they were not there. I would have been wrong on both games anyway. Trying to make up a little ground.

posted by Howard_T at 01:14 PM on October 28

NBA Pickem Week 2: Knicks Collecting Ls Edition

Revised picks for week 2:

76ers by 8
Thunder by 6
76ers by 6
Lakers by 5

posted by NoMich at 09:26 AM on October 28

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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 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

Play the SportsFilter NBA Pickem

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

Play the SportsFilter NBA Pickem

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

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

Play the SportsFilter NBA Pickem

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posted by rcade at 11:12 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:

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:

Panthers by 7

posted by tommybiden at 09:34 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 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 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 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