Right now it is 41 degrees, the sun is shining, the snow that has been on the grounds since around Christmas is melting. It almost feels like a summer day.
I’ve got another trip coming up. In about three and a half weeks I am going to Vietnam and Cambodia. I’m also considering a trip in November that could disrupt the football season.
There have been a few playoff games that qualified as picks but I was just too lazy to post them. Most involved the Jets. The computers rank the Jets very high thanks to their #1 ranked defense. I will go ahead and make the Jets +8.5 an official pick. The computers have Indy winning by only 3.5.
You really can’t make any picks in the NFL this week because you don’t know who will play and who will not. For example, 14-1 Indianapolis is an 8 point underdog to 5-10 team. And I guarantee you that any computer system that picks Buffalo to win the game is rigged. I so hope that all these teams that have clinched a playoff spot win today to make all these people changing their ratings get the games wrong. Perhaps I should just throw these games out.
It is bad for the NFL teams too, most of these teams sitting out players today are going to end up losing in their first playoff game against a team that had to fight for a spot. It happens every year. Sometime you will see it stated the team that got hot at the end of the year has a good chance. But I say it is the teams that don’t take weeks off going into the playoffs.
Here is an interesting paper on NFL coaches, their networks and their success.
San Diego would have been a pick and winner on Friday.
One game for Sunday, Baltimore +3.
My internet connection is very bad and is going in and out, so how much I can update is going to be limited
I am posting the NFL results for this week without the Monday night game. I’ll fill that game in during the week or if not it will show up in the totals the next week.
I am going to be going home for Christmas next Tuesday morning, so all results for this week and the NFL page for next week are going to be slower coming out than normal.
There are no other NFL picks for this week, only last night’s game which was a winner.
Season Totals - NCAA 32-28, NFL 13-14
Bowl Picks: Utah +3½, Boise St. +7, Connecticut +4½, Boston College +9, Kentucky +7½, Central Michagan -3
There are questions whether Indianapolis will play their stars but the computers can’t adjust for that.
So Indianapolis -3 is a computer selection for this week.
How about those Stealers, the defending champs have now lost 5 in a row, including games to some really bad teams.
Only one game this week and it involved a QB injury, so use your own judgment.
NFL: NY Jets -3
Season to Date, NCAA 32-28, NFL 11-14