- 04:58 AM
- 10/15/24
My picks:
Blue Bombers by 10
Elks by 7
Roughriders by 3
Alouettes by 12
No locks. I'm turning over a new maple leaf.
posted by rcade at 09:39 AM on October 11, 2024
My picks:
49ers by 3
Jaguars by 10 (lock)
Texans by 14 (lock)
Ravens by 3
Eagles by 14 (lock)
Packers by 7
Buccaneers by 7 (lock)
Colts by 3
Broncos by 3
Steelers by 7 (lock)
Lions by 3
Falcons by 14 (lock)
Bengals by 3
Bills by 14 (lock)
I am locking the Jaguars because they are more powerful in London. I think it has something to do with ley lines.
posted by rcade at 10:57 AM on October 10, 2024
Bob Costas might want to dial back the bias a little.
People are saying he was just ending a lament he'd already begun about Stanton being unable to run full speed, but that's still no way to mark a huge defensive play late in a playoff game.
posted by rcade at 08:12 PM on October 09, 2024
This seems like a big mistake to me. Saleh was capable of winning with a good quarterback and they presumably have one this season. Now Aaron Rodgers has to burn the whole season under an interim when his time in the NFL is growing short.
posted by rcade at 03:31 PM on October 08, 2024
Revised picks:
Jets by 3
Bears by 7 (lock)
Bengals by 3
Patriots by 10 (lock)
Commanders by 7
Jaguars by 3
Bills by 7
Broncos by 3
49ers by 10 (lock)
Packers by 13 (lock)
Seahawks by 3
Cowboys by 10
Chiefs by 3
posted by rcade at 09:28 AM on October 06, 2024
This is the biggest game in CFL Pickem history. I pray Saskatchewan is ready.
posted by rcade at 01:12 PM on October 05, 2024
You just invented the super lock.
I triple super lock the Roughriders by 6.
Penalties for being wrong are -10 times lock level.
posted by rcade at 07:11 PM on October 04, 2024
My picks:
Roughriders by 17 (lock)
Lock 'em all!
posted by rcade at 05:44 PM on October 04, 2024
Sorry about the lack of Friday picks. This server hit 0% free disk space last night and I've been addressing that problem.
In other news, I got 16 points! That may be my personal best this season.
posted by rcade at 05:44 PM on October 04, 2024
I've been wondering if Pete Rose was our most overdebated subject on SportsFilter.
I loved Rose's intensity as a kid discovering baseball in the '70s. It was enthralling to see him run the bases in that Prince Valiant haircut like warplanes were peppering the ground with bullets.
posted by rcade at 06:19 PM on October 03, 2024
My picks:
Buccaneers by 3
posted by rcade at 11:35 AM on October 03, 2024
If they want to attract players and avoid depressing fans they have to be smarter about avoiding headlines like this. The voice of the Jaguars Frank Frangie is a Pirates fan and news of this got attention on his radio show in Jacksonville.
I bet the Pirates have enough executives to task somebody with figuring out when to release or demote somebody without looking like it was incentive related.
Now that Mark Cuban doesn't own the Mavericks maybe he'll get a second shot at buying the Pirates someday.
posted by rcade at 11:30 AM on September 27, 2024
My picks:
Blue Bombers by 10 (lock)
Lions by 3
Roughriders by 11 (lock)
Alouettes by 17 (lock)
It's hard to believe I ever won this contest. It's like they're playing in a foreign country.
posted by rcade at 11:26 AM on September 27, 2024
My picks:
Cowboys by 14 (lock)
Saints by 7
Bears by 3
Packers by 7
Colts by 3
Jets by 14 (lock)
Buccaneers by 7
Bengals by 14 (lock)
Jaguars by 3
Cardinals by 3
49ers by 17 (lock)
Raiders by 3
Chiefs by 14 (lock)
Bills by 3
Titans by 3
Lions by 7
I hate the Monday Night Football doubleheader, though I should be grateful that it meant fewer eyeballs on the Jaguars game. At one point last season Jacksonville was 8-3 and had the best AFC record. Since then they've won one game and are back in the first-overall-draft pick conversation.
posted by rcade at 09:50 AM on September 26, 2024
That theme song is still an earworm.
Doug's helper Emmy Jo had it goin' on.
posted by rcade at 11:19 AM on September 22, 2024
I love stories like this. For years I've been fascinated with the idea of what it would have taken to get ranked in tennis. I think you can earn a point by making an ITF tournament and winning a single match. In my head how this works out for me is that my opponent withdraws and I get a walkover, so for the next 12 months I am tied somewhere in the 3,000s at the bottom until my point scrolls off.
posted by rcade at 09:56 AM on September 20, 2024
My picks:
Argonauts by 10 (lock)
Stampeders by 3
Redblacks by 3
Elks by 7
posted by rcade at 09:29 AM on September 20, 2024
My picks:
Jets by 6
Browns by 7 (lock)
Titans by 2
Colts by 1
Texans by 2
Saints by 3
Steelers by 2
Buccaneers by 7 (lock)
Raiders by 5
Seahawks by 4
Ravens by 1
49ers by 7 (lock)
Lions by 3
Chiefs by 4
Bills by 5
Bengals by 8 (lock)
The Saints have to be the biggest surprise so far, scoring 91 points in two games and making the Cowboys look like the Panthers.
posted by rcade at 09:43 PM on September 18, 2024
I bought three entries in an NFL Survivor Pool. Put two of them on the Ravens to beat the Raiders.
posted by rcade at 08:59 PM on September 16, 2024
There are stories about players pooping during a game after getting clobbered.
Football is a rough sport.
posted by rcade at 07:22 PM on September 16, 2024
Is Kurt Warner in shape?
posted by rcade at 05:00 PM on September 13, 2024
Sorry about the pickem's bye week. Work hit me harder than a Sione Teuhema sack.
posted by rcade at 10:16 AM on September 12, 2024
My picks:
Lions by 7
Redblacks by 10 (lock)
Alouettes by 14 (lock)
I don't understand how the CFL schedule can have a three-game week.
posted by rcade at 10:12 AM on September 12, 2024
My picks:
Bills by 7
Cowboys by 7 (lock)
Lions by 3
Colts by 3
Jets by 3
49ers by 10 (lock)
Seahawks by 3
Commanders by 3
Chargers by 14 (lock)
Jaguars by 7 (lock)
Ravens by 10 (lock)
Rams by 3
Broncos by 3
Chiefs by 7
Texans by 10 (lock)
Eagles by 7 (lock)
Is it too early to start worrying about Cincinnati? Joe Burrow has never won an NFL game with blond hair.
posted by rcade at 08:39 AM on September 12, 2024
The saddest part of the video is watching how deferential Tyreek Hill and Calais Campbell have to be to cops who are exceeding their authority and turning nothing into something. Broad daylight right next to the stadium and even NFL athletes know they can be abused by cops with no provocation.
It was a minor traffic stop. Other video shows that he wasn't even going that fast. There was no reason to pull him out of the car. The cop who escalated the situation and kept trying to make it worse has no business in that profession.
posted by rcade at 08:09 PM on September 10, 2024
Sorry about the lack of a CFL Pickem this week. Work kicked my ass Thursday and Friday and it got too late to post even the Saturday schedule with adequate lead time.
posted by rcade at 12:11 PM on September 07, 2024
Welcome back everyone! I do know a lot of Bucs and Commanders because I spent the entire offseason in slow best ball drafts. I may have a problem.
posted by rcade at 07:58 PM on September 05, 2024
My picks:
Chiefs by 3
Packers by 7
Falcons by 3
Bills by 10 (lock)
Bears by 7
Bengals by 14 (lock)
Texans by 10 (lock)
Dolphins by 3
Saints by 13 (lock)
Giants by 3
Raiders by 3
Seahawks by 7
Cowboys by 3
Buccaneers by 3
Lions by 3
49ers by 10 (lock)
Starting your season with a game in Brazil is brutal.
posted by rcade at 03:47 PM on September 02, 2024
Past Champions
2016-17: Ufez Jones
2017-18: Tron7
2018-19: Tron7
2019-20: Tron7
2020-21: Truthhurts
2021-22: Tahoemoj
2022-23: Truthhurts
2023-24: Truthhurts
posted by rcade at 03:34 PM on September 02, 2024
My picks:
Lions by 6
Roughriders by 8
Argonauts by 13 (lock)
Stampeders by 9 (lock)
Throwing caution to the wind.
posted by rcade at 11:24 PM on August 30, 2024
Unimaginable to think about what his relatives are going through. Just one day before what was supposed to be one of life's great celebratory moments for a family.
Don't drive drunk! Don't drive buzzed! This idiot's stupid mistake of thinking he could pass a car on the right -- that was in the center of the road for a reason -- has taken two lives and forever broken many others.
It's also hard to think about kids who idolized Johnny Hockey. I still remember the shock of Thurman Munson and Lyman Bostock dying tragically in the late '70s.
posted by rcade at 10:01 AM on August 30, 2024
I'm going to start treating sports like politics and say that history will not be kind to the teams that beat the Jacksonville Jaguars.
posted by rcade at 06:51 PM on August 25, 2024
My picks:
Roughriders by 13 (lock)
Blue Bombers by 13 (lock)
Redblacks by 3
Alouettes by 13 (lock)
I'm still not over the Jaguars waiving Nathan Rourke last year.
posted by rcade at 08:53 PM on August 21, 2024
My picks:
Stampeders by 3
Alouettes by 3
Elks by 3
Blue Bombers by 3
posted by rcade at 09:32 PM on August 13, 2024
posted by rcade at 09:28 PM on August 13, 2024
Last season was my highest point total in 16 years of playing. Usually I don't pick the biggest stars but last year was all about Erling and Mo.
posted by rcade at 09:42 PM on August 12, 2024
My picks:
Redblacks by 3
Argonauts by 7 (lock)
Alouettes by 14 (lock)
Lions by 6
Calgary is winless on the road this season. I feel like picking against them is going to end that streak.
posted by rcade at 10:21 AM on August 08, 2024
What the hell, BC?
posted by rcade at 02:03 PM on August 03, 2024
My picks:
Lions by 7 (lock)
Tiger-Cats by 3
Elks by 7
Stampeders by 6
In hindsight lock 'em all was not the best strategy last week. I can't believe I ever won this contest.
posted by rcade at 09:45 AM on August 01, 2024
Pat McAfee should begin every episode with sleeves and tear them off when he gets worked up about something.
posted by rcade at 02:15 PM on July 25, 2024
My picks:
Roughriders by 7 (lock)
Stampeders by 3 (lock)
Blue Bombers by 3 (lock)
Tiger-Cats by 10 (lock)
Lock 'em all, baby.
posted by rcade at 10:07 PM on July 24, 2024
Damn. One link and I love Harbaugh now.
posted by rcade at 09:22 PM on July 24, 2024
My picks:
Elks by 3
Blue Bombers by 6
Argonauts by 10
Lions by 13 (lock)
Going out on a limb for the Elks, who would have been singularly successful as the Elk.
posted by rcade at 10:07 AM on July 18, 2024
My picks:
Alouettes by 9 (lock)
Blue Bombers by 6 (lock)
Lions by 10 (lock)
Elks by 6 (lock)
Molson Golden was my beer in college. Now I drink IPAs and the occasional kettle sour. Lock 'em all!
posted by rcade at 11:33 AM on July 11, 2024
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
I tried to talk myself into going all week! One of the greatest comebacks in the history of sport.