NFL Underdogs for Wild Card Weekend

NFL Wild Card Playoff Games 

                                             Date & Time     Favorite       Underdog

                                             1/3 8:15 ET       at Steelers      Ravens

                                             1/3 4:35 ET       at Panthers    Cardinals

                                             1/4 4:40 ET       at Cowboys    Lions

                                             1/4 1:00 ET       at Colts           Bengals

Playoff Rules

Playoff Game Rules:

1. Members will begin the playoffs with their total points from the season.

2. Each playoff pick win will add 3 points to their scores.

3. If the member's pick is the underdog in the game, 2 points will be added as well.

Week 17 Stats

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Week 17 Picks

Observations from the Commish

1. Ed holds his lead, but Kevin, Sean gaining.  Ed slipped ever so slightly this week with a 9-7 record, and with 10-6 weeks, Kevin is now 5 behind, Sean 6.

2. Marcus wins the week. Marc tied for first with six others with a 10-6 week, but he was the lone winner Monday night, so his total points was 11, tying him with his dad at 169.

3. Bran and Marc get Picks of the Week.  Bran picked the Giants to win at the Rams and Marc picked the Bengals to win at home against the Broncos.

4. Unanimous duds. Of our three unanimous picks, only the Patriots pulled out a win. The Eagles lost to the Redskins and the Bills lost to the Raiders. Both games had playoff implications for the losing teams, effectively eliminating them from Super Bowl contention.

5. Ed closing in on Kevin's regular season record for points. Kevin set the record last year with 188 points. With Ed at 176, he would need 12 points to tie and 13 to set a new record. Kevin averaged 11 points per week last year, and Ed is averaging exactly 11 points per week this year.

***Pats ban lifted. This week's games might be tricky with some teams potentially resting players because a loss would not affect their seeding. The Pats are one of those teams and the Bills could have been a tough game for them. With this in mind, the unofficial ban on picking against the Pats will be lifted for the last game.

So says

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Week 16 Stats

Week 16 Picks

Saturday Night Picks

Thursday Night Picks

Thursday Night

The King and the Ghost pick the Jaguars.

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Week 15 Stats

Week 15 Picks

Thursday Night Picks

Thursday Night

The Ghost and the King pick the Rams.

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Week 14 Stats

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Omaha

Lies....all lies

Not true...not true.

I have no fascination with the  icky Bears or any other team and I have no hatred towards the Patriots...if there would be a team I would "hate", it would be most assuredly the Broncos.

I take this stuff seriously....really I do.


Big Red

Eagles

I should have the Eagles. #evilmonkey

Very funny

When it comes to picking Patriot games, the Czar continues his wretched attempt at comedy.

Week 14 Picks

Omaha's Picks

To make sure that Omaha won't question the Commish's integrity yet again, here are his picks for week 14.

More harrassment from the czar...

Once again, I'm unable to get, access or even see the survey monkey for this week's picks. So I went to the email the czar sent with the survey. It required me to sign in (oh boy, you know where this is going to end). Once again, it says I don't exist. There is no end to this harassment... omaha

Big Red Loves the Bears and Pelini and Hates the Patriots...I Rest My Case

Big Red,

Your fascination with the Bears is understandable, my own son shares your regard. The Bears have solid players in key positions on offense, and, if they run the ball, their defense can get by. But after blowout after blowout after blowout when facing average to good teams...well, you might anticipate another blowout.

And then there is your hatred of the Patriots. I know you do not have much history in New England, but still, what is there to hate? A coach who loves football? A quarterback who has won three Superbowls and gone to five? I just don't get Patriot haters, but you can pick whom you like in this league.

But finally, there is Pelini. What do you find likeable about the oaf? He is abusive towards Nebraska fans, towards referees and towards his own players, on occasion. He apparently cannot speak without spitting and raising his voice. They just dumped him for a guy who has lost as many as he has won, but who is a great guy to his players and his fans.

It cannot be said that Nebraska is so liberal that Pelini could not last. It can be said that Pelini was so neanderthal that he couldn't last, even in Nebraska, given that Sen. Johanns is against every initiative by Obama, even the conservative ones, and Sen. Fischer is a big fan of the ozone layer being depleted. This would seem to be a safe state for the likes of Pelini to inhabit, but no, for some unfathomable reason, they want a homosapien coaching their football team. Go figure.

League members have rallied to your cause, which speaks volumes to your personal warmth and sincerity. League members are the league, and I speak for them when I say follow your heart and pick as you choose (as long as you pick the Pats).

As God as my witness....

I truly did think the awful Bears might have a chance to win this game.  They HAD to win tonight .

Lived in Illinois for 28 years and I NEVER looked those Bears.

Big Red

Thursday Night Picks

Ghost Speaks Nonsense

Of course, as you have intuited, I do have the power to edit all posts, so absent any respect for my integrity, I guess I could be the only one posting these messages. That was pretty much the case for most of this year as few if anyone but me posted anything, until Wayne got his posting rights back and look where that has led.

But I digress. I don't think #ghost'stheories/rampantspeculation actually exists because I don't believe Twitter allows apostrophes. But it was a good effort.

Ghost Speak

So I was talking with my dad and this came up:


The Ghost contends, since the Commish can access Wayne's account, that the conversation between the Commish and Wayne is actually just the Commish posting as Wayne and having an argument with himself. Why you ask? No idea. Ask the Ghost. #ghost'stheories/rampantspeculation.




The King in the North

Thursday Night

The Ghost picks the Cowboys.


The King in the North picks Da Bears.






Commish: PLEASE DO NOT EDIT!!!!!!!!!!!

BTW, both the Ghost and I think you are doing a great job as commissioner and we feel that you should be named Commissioner for Life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks!

I never saw that option. Thanks for the tip.

The Czar has no clothes

Our Czar, Vladimir O'Leary has no shame either. Look carefully at the upper right hand corner of this survey. See the Edit box? Our crooked esteemed Czar just happens to be the only one who can utilize this feature. He can edit any survey we send him, as he has done in this case. omaha

Omaha is Feverish

Omaha's paranoia is increasing, perhaps driven by Big Red's hatred of the Pats and need for an intervention. Below is Omaha's picks for last week.

Note that he picked, not his beloved Packers, but the Pats. Note also that the IP address is again the same as Big Red's. So this fevered fiction that he picked the Pack peels back his true ambition—to rudely untimely rip the Commish from his elective function.

So be it Omaha. The battle is joined!

Best wishes to all,

Commissioner, the GoZone Football League

President for Life, the GoZone Football League

Revisionist history

Our esteemed Commish puts a favorable slant to history, favorable to him, that is. He describes the round-about steps I had to go through to get into the Zone, but fails to mention that about 3 weeks ago even those steps stopped working. I was completely booted out - no entry, no way to post - nothing. It was only after I threatened legal action that he reinstated me to the Zone. And I haven't ruled out such action in the future. Not only do I still have to go through these numerous circular steps to get in, but now I am the recipient of these vicious lies and accusations. He contends I somehow hit Bran's name when filling out the survey one week. Oh puleeeeze. My name is the first one listed on the survey, and Bran's name is well down the list. I would have to seek it out to select it, and why would I do that? The truth is our Commish, likely in a drunken stupor, or perhaps deliberately, got my survey confused with Bran's, and now accuses me of misfiling it. All of his vicious accusations are just a smokescreen to shift attention away from his blatant attempt to sabotage and change my picks. The Colt logo this past week tripped him up and caught red-handed, he attempts to brush it off as a clerical mistake while refusing to give me my beloved Packer pick. I guess he thinks he's Czar for life.

The Facts, not Omaha's Fiction

1. I did not boot Omaha from the Go Zone, although he was booted by technology. When he attempted to sign in to the Go Zone with his proper id and password. he received a message saying that was the wrong info. Omaha would then click out of the page, go to his favorites and choose the Go Zone. He would be greeting with "Welcome Wayne," but with no where to click to send a new post. After working with the Commish, to no avail, the Commish established a totally new id and password and google email account for him. The Commish then sent an invitation to the Go Zone, went to Omaha's new email account and accepted. When Omaha attempted to sign in with this new email id and password, he was once again refused. He clicked out, went to favorites and chose Go Zone and got in, this time with posting privileges. How Omaha sees this as the Commish "booting him out" is beyond comprehension. There is obviously a glitch between Omaha's computer and the Go Zone site.

2. On Sunday of Week 8, I called Omaha and reminded him to make his picks. He went postal, saying he had made his picks and this was just another example of God Knows What. As he was ranting, I checked the Survey Monkey and found that Bran/Ryan seemed to have chosen twice.

Notice that on one of her choices, the IP number is the same as Karen's. Omaha over the phone dictated his choices and they were the same as the first Bran choices. I told Omaha of this situation, and he insisted that the Survey Monkey, in cahoots with Google and the Commissioner conspired to corrupt his picks. I suggested that, given his hand shakes quite a bit anyway, he may have moved the cursor enough to have picked Bran's name. He denied not only this, but even the possibility of this happening, then went into one of his tirades against Google, the Commish and various other ills he sees in the world. Quite an interesting list, actually. But, the fact remains computers are a tool; what you put in is what you get out.

3. This seems to be Omaha's draft. He has left in his cross outs which indicate it was his first attempt. I am sure that when he finishes his post it will be absent such cross outs and generally more intelligible.

Mike O
Commissioner of the Go Zone Football League
President for Life of the Go Zone Football League

This is an outrage

First, the Commish boots me out of the Go Zone. He denies my picks two weeks ago, then claims they were submitted under someone's else's name. Then he again denies me access to the forum. After several phone calls and nasty emails, he finally grants me temporary access. So then what does he do? Instead of giving me my Packers pick, he gives me the Colts over the Patriots, then marks it down as a loss when they don't play each other. His latest ploy is to now claim I picked the Patriots over my beloved Packers. This dastardly Commish will resort to any ploy to deny me my rightful place at the top of this league. My only mistake? Not making my picks by email and blind-copying myself to provide proof of my picks. I suspect many of my picks have been altered by this cad we laughingly call our Commissioner. I request an emergency meeting of the Senior Advisory Board, or whatever he calls it, fire this bastard...fine this thief...investigate and assemble the facts that will will result in firing...disqualifying...executing...all of the above...exposing him for the scoundrel he is. Respectfully submitted, Omaha

Technical Clitch Assigns Omaha the Colts, Big Red's in Trouble, the League Tightens Up, and Omaha Has To Relearn How to Title His Posts

My crack IT people are really spooked by the "Omaha situation." Try as they might to assign him his Patriots pick, the computer mysteriously reverts back to the Colts. They have never seen anything like this, but I have. My brother in law Marcus Emery bet on the Colts to beat the Pats 10 or 15 years ago. To this day he is known as "The Colts Lover."

BTW, your survey indicates you picked the Pats.

As to Big Red's anxiety about being kicked out of the league, that doesn't happen. There are a few, however, who have resigned from the league after harsh treatment, usually from Deland. The Commish, of course, always tries to foster comity amongst our league members, no matter the cost of invectives he usually receives. His silent and good-natured presence has brought many to tears.

On the other hand, Big Red's Patriot-hating pick was her second transgression, according to irate league members. They recognize the signs, and they have expressed strong feelings to me that she be put in a solid 10 step program. Oh sure, we could just look away and let her go, but that is really enabling at its core. We wouldn't be surprised if she went against the Pats again this week, susceptible as she is to the temptation to ruin. She must be living in some kind of haze to like Bo Pelini. I don't know what demons she faces daily (although I do know Wayne),  but that is never an excuse. No excuses will suffice. To that end, the Senior Advisory Council has demanded that I challenge everyone of her non-Pats picks. If her defense is as flimsy as Omaha's faith in Google, then the pick should be officially challenged. So, pick away Big Red, but realized that we are watching... and waiting.

Absent Ed, and what a prescient term that is, the league has intriguingly started to bunch up. Kevin now has 136 points, Sean 135, Pat and Mike 134, Karen 132, Marc 131 and Luke and Wayne 130. As has been thought often over the past few years, if it wasn't for Ed, this would be fun!

If i only had a brain.

Sorry to say that I am one of those people in Nebraska who was a Boliever.   This caused a great deal of friction between Omaha and me.  I must say, that has eased my pain these past few days.  Add to that the fact that I have pulled in front of him in points this week PLUS the relief I feel for not yet being kicked out of this group for picking the Packers this week.

Big Red

What gives?

OK, what happened while I was at war with our beloved...bewildered Commish over GoZone access, somehow Karen (who invited her to this site anyway?) has managed to conspire with said Commish to bypass me in the standings. To illustrate just how crooked our Commish is, I get a loss on the Pats' game even though my beloved Packers won the game.

Omaha's Pellini News

Congratulations on the firing of Bo Pellini. If there is a coach ripe for firing not because of his won/lost record,  it is Pellini with his obnoxious personality. I notice his players are grumbling about it, but everyone with a brain in the state of Nebraska is very happy indeed.

I will speak to my IT people about the Colts discrepancy.

Your Esteemed Commish

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Week 13 Stats

Pats-Packers pick???

I notice that in our esteemed Commissioner's picks chart, for the Patriots - Packers game I picked.......the Colts?

Omaha

I am finally once again able to post on this illustrious message board.  I expect it to be temporary, so I'm going to make my first post a very important one.

(You can exhale now.)

We finally did it!!!!!

Yep, Nebraska fired Bo Pelini!

I know you have anxiously been awaiting the coming of this great news, as I have been, so you can relax and resume your normal lives now.

Omaha