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NFL Pickem Week 8: Miami Blues
My picks:
Vikings by 3 (lock)
Falcons by 7 (lock)
Bengals by 5 (lock)
Patriots by 2
Eagles by 8 (lock)
Bills by 3
Bears by 6 (lock)
49ers by 5 (lock)
Buccaneers by 3 (lock)
Broncos by 3 (lock)
Colts by 12 (lock)
Steelers by 2
Chiefs by 9 (lock)
posted by The_Black_Hand at 01:02 PM on October 23
NFL Pickem Week 8: Miami Blues
My picks:
Chargers by 3 (lock)
Falcons by 14 (lock)
Bengals by 7
Patriots by 3
Eagles by 7 (lock)
Bills by 7 (lock)
Ravens by 3
49ers by 7 (lock)
Buccaneers by 7 (lock)
Broncos by 3
Colts by 14 (lock)
Packers by 3
Chiefs by 17 (lock)
I can't find upsets to like this time around. Denver and Dallas should be another Mile High shootout. In 2013 Tony Romo threw for 506 yards and four touchdowns and lost the game 51-48! Houston favored at home by 1.5 against San Francisco is a surprise. Even Chauncey Billups wouldn't take that bet.
posted by rcade at 11:14 AM on October 23
NFL Pickem Week 8: Miami Blues
My picks:
Chargers by 3
Falcons by 7 (lock)
Bengals by 10 (lock)
Patriots by 4
Eagles by 3 (lock)
Bills by 14 (lock)
Ravens by 7
49ers by 6
Buccaneers by 9 (lock)
Broncos by 3
Colts by 17 (lock)
Steelers by 4
Chiefs by 13 (lock)
posted by jagsnumberone at 11:01 AM on October 23
NFL Pickem Week 8: Miami Blues
There's an error I'm fixing in the Bengals score, so that will adjust the totals.
posted by rcade at 09:50 AM on October 23
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Revised picks:
Cavaliers by 8
posted by rcade at 04:53 PM on October 22
O(htani vs) Canada!
Although if it had been Dodgers - Mariners, there was a guarantee that either team having a victory parade would cause ICE and federalized troops an untold amount of well deserved anxiety.
In Canada we have NICE agents.
posted by tommybiden at 09:53 AM on October 22
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My picks:
Thunder by 7 (slam dunk)
Warriors by 2
Knicks by 3 (slam dunk)
Mavericks by 3
Thunder by 11 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 3
posted by scooby10672 at 06:07 PM on October 21
O(htani vs) Canada!
On a Seattle linguistic note, isn't it great that a company started by two young men was named Micro and Soft, and that a stadium whose naming rights are owned by a seller of handheld devices was built by a contractor called The Erection Company.
posted by beaverboard at 04:46 PM on October 21
O(htani vs) Canada!
I was torn but really wanted to see the Mariners make their first WS.
But now I'm all for the Jays. Among other things, I hope they win so they can be received at Parliament Hill instead of the White House.
Although if it had been Dodgers - Mariners, there was a guarantee that either team having a victory parade would cause ICE and federalized troops an untold amount of well deserved anxiety.
posted by beaverboard at 04:37 PM on October 21
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My picks:
Thunder by 9
Warriors by 7
Cavaliers by 6
Mavericks by 7
Thunder by 16 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 6
Knicks by 11 (slam dunk)
Timberwolves by 9
Pistons by 8
Timberwolves by 6
I'M VERY GLAD THE NBA IS BACK!!!
posted by Ufez Jones at 03:41 PM on October 21
O(htani vs) Canada!
As a Day 1 Blue Jays fan, wow, just, wow.
Seattle are 'our' expansion cousins. I don't think there's any serious animosity between the fanbases, with the possible exception of when Toronto visits every year and Blue Jays fans flood into T-Mobile Park. It was a whale of a series, could easily have gone the other way. Watching Sportsnet this morning, Los Angeles is -210 to win the series, Toronto +175
posted by tommybiden at 11:09 AM on October 21
O(htani vs) Canada!
I was kinda pulling for Seattle to make their first ever World Series appearance, but at the same time, I'm pretty excited to see Vladdy Jr v Ohtani.
posted by NoMich at 08:38 AM on October 21
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My picks:
Thunder by 7
Lakers by 5
Knicks by 5
Mavericks by 6
Thunder by 5
Warriors by 6
Knicks by 5
Lakers by 5
Cavaliers by 8
Timberwolves by 6
posted by NoMich at 06:53 AM on October 21
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Don't include Peacock. That number of additional games will make things unwieldy. My bold prediction for the season is that about half of the league winds up within 2 or 3 games of .500. Something around 6 or 8 teams will finish with more than 50 wins, while about that many don't make it to 30 wins. Picking the winners early in the season will be dicey.
posted by Howard_T at 11:44 PM on October 20
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My picks:
Thunder by 8
Lakers by 4
Cavaliers by 9 (slam dunk)
Spurs by 11 (slam dunk)
Thunder by 11 (slam dunk)
Warriors by 5
Knicks by 4
Lakers by 6
Cavaliers by 8
Timberwolves by 8
posted by Howard_T at 11:37 PM on October 20
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I think skipping them the same as the NBATV games makes sense.
posted by Ufez Jones at 01:00 PM on October 20
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Someone loaded recent Shohei Ohtani and Bijan Robinson highlights onto a burner phone and left it in front of Christian McCaffrey's locker yesterday.
posted by beaverboard at 12:35 PM on October 20
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posted by NoMich at 10:07 AM on October 20
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I vote against including the Peacock games
posted by NoMich at 10:06 AM on October 20
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My picks:
Thunder by 6
Warriors by 3
Knicks by 8
Mavericks by 4
Pacers by 10 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 8
Celtics by 3
Lakers by 7
Cavaliers by 10 (slam dunk)
Timberwolves by 3
I'm picking the Lukas to lose the season opener at home with LeBron out. ESPN has Kyrie Irving with an estimated return date of January 1, which is three months sooner than I expected. Seems risky to cut months off the normal recovery period for a torn knee ACL with a 33-year-old star. The reason he got hurt was the Mavs risked his health by having him lead the league in minutes after the Luka robbery.
posted by rcade at 09:46 AM on October 20
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I'm debating whether to include Peacock games all season or exclude them like we do NBA TV. Increasing by 75 games is a lot -- nearly two per week.
posted by rcade at 09:45 AM on October 20
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posted by rcade at 09:17 AM on October 20
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle
Fire the coach -- Okie State still awful (and likely to be for a little while)
posted by Ufez Jones at 08:10 PM on October 19
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle
That one loss was to NC State, fellow ACC-founding team.
NC State was the best team Franklin ever beat at Vanderbilt. The rest of his resume was mostly softies.
Virginia is winning with a QB who wanted to play for Belichick at UNC but Heels GM Mike Lombardi said hell no.
I should have held off on mentioning Napier until after the Gators GM finished his Sunday breakfast.
The Gators were smart to announce the Napier firing when they did on a Sunshine State media timeline, because it looks and feels like Tua, Mike McDaniel and Chris Grier are going to be given travel vouchers in Cleveland and told to find their own way back to Miami. What wheels there were have just totally come off that team. Lake Erie weather conditions or not.
posted by beaverboard at 03:52 PM on October 19
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Thinking of firing the coach - Billy Napier's gruesome Gators beat Miss. State, making it a bit tougher to pull the plug
He gone.
posted by tommybiden at 02:36 PM on October 19
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle
Just how chaotic can a college football schedule get? Virginia is 3-0 in the ACC and 6-1 overall. That one loss was to NC State, fellow ACC-founding team.
posted by NoMich at 12:48 PM on October 19
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(leaving a trail of broken hearts and promises in his wake)
and motorcycles
posted by NoMich at 12:44 PM on October 19
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Fire the coach - UCLA wins its third straight game after going 0-4 and letting De Shaun Foster go
Fire the coach - lowly UAB upsets #22 Memphis after canning Trent Dilfer *
Fire the coach - Oregon State wins its first game of the season after dumping Trent Bray
Fire the coach - Arkansas damn near beats #11 Tennessee and #4 TAMU after ditching Sam Pittman **
Fire the coach - Penn State damn near beats Iowa with a backup QB after ousting James Franklin
Thinking of firing the coach - Billy Napier's gruesome Gators beat Miss. State, making it a bit tougher to pull the plug
Thinking of firing the coach - Luke Fickell's 2-5 beleaguered Badgers get humiliated by Ohio State, making it a lot easier to pull the plug
Rent a coach - Temporary HC Frank Reich's Stanford group beat national enigma Florida State
Don't hire our coach - Clark Lea's Vanderbilt squad beat #10 LSU, a bigger win than James Franklin ever had at Vandy
Don't hire our coach - Eric Morris' UNT team is bowl eligible two weeks before Halloween
*Former Bama whiz kid and UAB interim Alex Mortensen has a bright future in the coaching profession
** National scoundrel and Arkansas interim Bobby Petrino has an assured future in the coaching profession (leaving a trail of broken hearts and promises in his wake)
posted by beaverboard at 12:35 PM on October 19
NFL Pickem Week 7: Don't Sleep on Seattle
Revised picks:
Bears by 6
Browns by 3
Patriots by 6
Chiefs by 17 (lock)
Eagles by 8
Jets by 4
Broncos by 13 (lock)
Colts by 5
Cowboys by 6
Packers by 6
49ers by 3
Buccaneers by 3
Seahawks by 10
posted by Ufez Jones at 11:48 AM on October 19
CFL Pickem Week 17: Everybody Rae Dawn Chong Tonight
Alouettes by 6 (lock)
Tiger-Cats by 8 (lock) ' 8
posted by fongfiafia at 02:18 AM on October 19
The Greatest MLB Playoff Performance Ever
I remember being fed up with MLB in the early 1990's when the average player salary hit 1 million.
But after last night, all I could think of was: how can you even put a dollar amount on a guy like that?
posted by beaverboard at 11:25 PM on October 18
The Greatest MLB Playoff Performance Ever
Good Lord, that's impressive.
As easy as it is to get into Busch these days it's a bit shameful I haven't seen Shohei live. I'm gonna have to make a point to catch the Dodgers when they swing through town next year.
posted by Ufez Jones at 12:21 PM on October 18
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups charged in illegal poker operation tied to Mafia
The degree of stupid for anyone employed in the NBA to risk careers by gambling is mindboggling to say the least.