NFL Championship Game Picks

PITTSBURGH -3.5 vs. NY Jets
CHICAGO +4 vs. Green Bay

Last Week: 0-4
Season: 125-89-3

NFL Playoff Picks

Let's get these in early.


Seattle +10 vs. CHICAGO
NEW ENGLAND -8.5 vs. NY Jets
Baltimore +3.5 vs. PITTSBURGH
ATLANTA -2 vs. Green Bay

Last Week: 2-2
Regular Season: 125-85-3

NFL Wild Card Picks

SEATTLE +10.5 vs. New Orleans
INDIANAPOLIS -2.5 vs. NY Jets
Baltimore -3 vs. KANSAS CITY
PHILADELPHIA -2.5 vs. Green Bay

Last Week: 8-8
Regular Season: 123-83-3

Sepp Blatter to create FIFA anti-corruption committee

Sepp Blatter to create FIFA anti-corruption committee

"I will take care of it personally, to ensure there is no corruption at FIFA," Blatter said.


Does this mean you're going to quit?  


Otherwise, this has to qualify as a useless statement, seeing as Sepp has presided over FIFA corruption for years.  Soccer thrives in spite of FIFA making most every decision contrary to common sense (Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022) and officials being corrupt at all levels.


Nice to know that at least now they don't deny it. 

Weekend Football Picks

Carolina +15.5 vs. ATLANTA
Cincinnati +10.5 vs. BALTIMORE
Pittsburgh -5.5 vs. CLEVELAND
KANSAS CITY -3 vs. Oakland
NEW ENGLAND -3 vs. Miami
Tampa Bay +9.5 vs. NEW ORLEANS
Jacksonville 0 vs. HOUSTON
INDIANAPOLIS -9.5 vs. Tennessee
WASHINGTON +4 vs. NY Giants
San Diego -3 vs. DENVER
SAN FRANCISCO -6.5 vs. Arizona
St. Louis -1 vs. SEATTLE
Minnesota +3 vs. DETROIT
NY JETS 0 vs. Buffalo
GREEN BAY -10 vs. Chicago
PHILADELPHIA -6.5 vs. Dallas

Note: some of these odds are impacted by injuries or players projected to rest before the playoffs.


Last Week: 12-4
Season:  115-75-3

Six Patriots named to AFC Pro Bowl Team

QB Tom Brady
LG Logan Mankins
NT Vince Wilfork
LB Jerod Mayo
S Brandon Meriweather 
CB Devin McCourty


Brady, Mayo, Big Vince and McCourty are deserving; Meriweather and Mankins are not. 

Brett Favre's streak of consecutive games started to end at one

ESPN and USA Today are reporting that Brett Favre (concussion, ankle, collarbone, shoulder, exposed penis, over-rated, just threw another interception) is unlikely to play on Tuesday Night Football, meaning his consecutive games started streak will end at one.

Onion SportsDome: Rodney Harrison

Onion SportsDome

BCS Bowl Picks

WISCONSIN +3 vs. TCU - Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA
OKLAHOMA -17 vs. UConn - Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, AZ
Virginia Tech +3.5 vs. STANFORD - Orange Bowl in Miami, FL
Arkansas +3.5 vs. OHIO STATE - Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, LA

Oregon +3 vs. AUBURN - BCS Championship Game in Glendale, AZ

Oregon wins 38-27.

College Bowl Picks

Non-BCS Bowls

Hawaii -10 vs. TULSA - Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu, HI
TOLEDO -1.5 vs. Florida International - Little Caesars Bowl in Detroit, MI
AIR FORCE -2.5 vs. Georgia Tech - Independence Bowl in Shreveport, LA
WEST VIRGINIA -3 vs. NC State - Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, FL
Missouri -2.5 vs. IOWA - Insight Bowl in Tempe, AZ
MARYLAND -7 vs. East Carolina - Military Bowl in Washington, DC
Illinois +1 vs. BAYLOR - Texas Bowl in Houston, TX
OKLAHOMA STATE -4.5 vs. Arizona - Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, TX
SMU -7 vs. Army - Armed Forces Bowl in Dallas, TX
Kansas State +1 vs. SYRACUSE - Pinstripe Bowl in Bronx, NY
TENNESSEE +2 vs. North Carolina - Music City Bowl in Nashville, TN
NEBRASKA -14 vs. Washington - Holiday Bowl in San Diego, CA
CLEMSON -5.5 vs. USF - Meineke Bowl in Charlotte, NC
MIAMI -3 vs. Notre Dame - Sun Bowl in El Paso, TX
GEORGIA -6.5 vs. Central Florida - Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN
SOUTH CAROLINA -3 vs. FSU - Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta, GA
TEXAS TECH -9.5 vs. Northwestern - Ticket City Bowl in Dallas, TX
ALABAMA -9.5 vs. Michigan State - Capital One Bowl in Orlando, FL
Penn State +7.5 vs. FLORIDA - Outback Bowl in Tampa, FL
Michigan +4.5 vs.MISSISSIPPI STATE - Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, FL
MIAMI (OH) -1 vs. Middle Tennessee - GoDaddy.com Bowl in Mobile, AL
LSU -1 vs. Texas A&M - Cotton Bowl in Arlington, TX
PITTSBURGH -3 vs. Kentucky - BBVA Compass Bowl in Birmingham, AL
Boston College +7.5 vs. NEVADA - Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco, CA

Bowls to date: 0-4
Season: 38-42-1


Did not pick two bowls (would have gone 1-1, picking Boise State -17.5 and Louisville -3.5, but that doesn't count)