Xmas Special

It's Christmas Day and a time to both reflect on the year that's been and to ponder on the year to come!

The NFL Playoffs are finally around the bend (and that means our beloved football Sunday's are winding down to a close)... Will the Pats go undefeated? Will it matter if they do and fail to win it all? Is T.O. healthy? Are the Jags/Chargers for real? How bad is Eli? How good is Peyton?

MLB closes for the Holiday week but before we know it... right about the time the NFL is gearing up for Super Sunday... Pitchers and Catchers will be heading to their respective Spring homes! I'm juiced for '08... Where will Santana pitch? Will Bonds play? Torre in the NL? Will Boston repeat?

College football has begun their 32 Bowl games... In a few months, College Basketball will embark on their own 32-game tournament. How good is the ACC (beyond UNC/Duke)? G-town has another run in them? What super frosh will emerge as the #1 pick?

The NBA is doing it's thing... SOON... the games will matter and be worth watching. Till then... I'll tune in with 8 minutes to go in the 4th and see if the score is 82-80.

Hockey is skating by... Marty Brodeur is still bedeviling!

It was a good year... Tiger Woods, Jimmy Johnson, Venus Williams won big time... The Usual Suspects... Boston sure is having a grand Ole time following their teams. After going decades w/out championships... seems they are about to gorge themselves!

I sure do miss the World Cup and WBC...

The Olympics are coming... As well as the Yankees' quest for #27. The final year for Shea and Yankee stadium in NY, for Irving Stadium in Texas.

As 2007 comes to a close my only thoughts are with all of you. Merry Christmas. As my thoughts turn towards 2008, and what will be, my only wish is for y'all to have a VERY, MERRY New Year (and may Johan Santana remain a twin, until NYY sign him in 2009)...

NFL WEEK SIXTEEN RECAP

PICKS

MF: 13-3 (137-91 on the season)
GG: 11-5 (140-88 on the season)
MS: 12-4 (153-75 on the season)

NOTES

Home teams were 9-7 this week; while in Division, head-2-head battles, the home teams went 5-0!

GAME BALLS

Ben Roethlisberger
Donovan Mcnabb
Kenny Watson
Brandon Jacobs
Brian Urlacher

POWER RANKINGS

PATS
COWBOYS
COLTS
PACKERS
JAGS
CHARGERS
STEELERS
GIANTS
SEAHAWKS
BUCS
REDSKINS
TITANS
BROWNS
VIKINGS
EAGLES

NFL WEEK FIFTEEN RECAP

PICKS

MF: 11-5 (124-88 on the season)
GG: 10-6 (129-83 on the season)
MS: 10-6 (141-71 on the season)

NOTES

Home teams were 10-6 this week; In Division, head-2-head battles, the home teams went 3-2.

GAME BALLS

Drew Brees
Breet Favre
Jamal Lewis
Greg Camarillo
Jason Taylor

POWER RANKINGS

PATS
Cowboys
Colts
Packers
Jags
Steelers
Chargers
Bucs
Seahawks
Browns
Giants
Vikings
Redskins
Bills
Titans

WEEK FIFTEEN PICKS

MF - GG - MS


Broncos-Broncos-Texans
Niners-Bengals-Bengals
Browns-Browns-Browns
Titans-Chiefs-Titans
Packers-Packers-Packers
Dolphins-Dolphins-Ravens
Pats-Pats-Pats
Saints-Saints-Saints
Jags-Jags-Steelers
Bucs-Bucs-Bucs
Seahawks-Seahawks-Seahawks
Colts-Colts-Colts
Cowboys-Cowboys-Cowboys
Lions-Lions-Chargers
Giants-Redskins-Giants
Vikings-Vikings-Vikings

NFL WEEK FOURTEEN RECAP

PICKS

MF: 9-8 (113-83 on the season)
GG: 10-7 (119-77 on the season)
MS: 13-4 (131-65 on the season)

NOTES

Home teams were 8-8 this week. In Division, head-2-head battles, the home teams were 3-2.

GAME BALLS

Tom Brady
Jay Cutler
Ryan Grant
Jason Witten
Marcus Trufant

POWER RANKINGS

PATS
COWBOYS
COLTS
PACKERS
JAGS
STEELERS
GIANTS
SEAHAWKS
BUCS
VIKINGS
CHARGERS
BROWNS
BILLS
TITANS
TEXANS

NFL WEEK THIRTEEN RECAP

PICKS

MF: 6-10 (102-74 on the season)
GG: 8-8 (106-70 on the season)
MS: 12-4 (116-60 on the season)

* Due to the fact that GG did not pick a full slate of the games during Thanksgiving week... our season totals do not include picks from Week Twelve. GG was 3-0 while MF & MS were 11-5 that week.

NOTES

Home teams were 10-6 this week... In Division, head-2-head battles, home teams were 5-3.


GAME BALLS

Luke McCown
Willis McGahee
LaDainian Tomlinson
Joey Galloway
Roderick Hood

POWER RANKINGS (TOP 15)

PATS
COWBOYS
COLTS
PACKERS
STEELERS
JAGS
CHARGERS
GIANTS
BUCS
SEAHAWKS
TITANS
BROWNS
CARDS
VIKINGS
BILLS