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Week 12 Picks

Last week's 3-1 record for +27.04 points repaired most of the damage from the Week 10 debacle and Bill Belicheck's stupidity. Starting with 100 points two weeks ago, I'm only -3.44 for 96.56 points. My NFL picks for '09 climbed to 18-19; college picks stayed at 3-12, for a 22-31 overall '09 football record. The MLB playoffs bumps the overall '09 record to 27-32. Here are my Week 12 picks: Dolphins -3 over Buffalo (10pts. to win 8) Cardinals +130 (money line) over Tennessee (10pts. to 13) Patriots +1.5 over New Orleans (20pts. to win 19.05) And I venture back into college this afternoon with: Alabama -10 over Auburn (10pts. to win 9.52)

Week 11 Picks

Coming off an absolutely brutal week, helped by Bill Belichick's idiotic decision to hand Indianapolis the ball as close to the end zone as possible instead of punting the damn ball (but I'm not bitter). I'll keep it in the NFL for Week 11: Tennessee +180 (money line) over Houston (10 points to win 18) Chicago +135 (money line) over the Eagles (10/13.5) New England -10.5 over the Jets (10/9.52) Indianapolis -1.5 over the Ravens (10/9.52)

Renewing the Call for Reid to be Fired

I don't write much about the Eagles anymore because there's basically been nothing new to say about them for the last several years. Andy Reid continues to think he can re-invent football by passing the ball a ridiculous amount of times while virtually ignoring the running game. He does this despite pouring draft picks and free agency dollars into offensive lineman who would likely excel at driving off the line of scrimmage to fuel a run game. He also has stayed with a quarterback who has proven for more than a decade that he is not accurate enough to perform in the West Coast offense in the most critical times, and, until recently, receivers that have been proven unworthy of starting for any other team. But a stat that has been discussed a lot this week caused me to revisit this dreadful team in a little more depth for the first time, I believe, in about a year. The Eagles are an absurdly bad 1-8-1 in their last 10 games decided by 6 points or less. 1-8-1. I don't know wh

Week 10 Picks

A couple of early games this week, so I'm putting those out there and will organize this post with the rest of my picks tomorrow. San Francisco -3.5 over da Bears South Florida +110 (money line) over Rutgers Friday Update. I've been thinking of trying something new with my picks, and last night's split has prompted me to test it out at least for a couple weeks starting now. Let's face it, some games are more attractive than others, and I especially put more "weight" on NFL games as opposed to college games. So, starting with this weekend's games I'm going to attribute point values (wink, wink) to games. Don't worry, I'm not running from my pedestrian record, which stands at a putrid 22-26 for all sports since Week 1 of the 2009 NFL season. But I have hit a few underdogs on the money line, which would can't be reflected in a win-loss tally. Hopefully, the point system will offer a truer sense of how I'm doing. Feel free to play along in

Week 9 picks, Myers Gone, etc.

Now that sports fans' in Philadelphia can turn their full attention to football, it's time to turn it around on my football picks. A disappointing 3-4 last week, including baseball, I'm 20-23 overall since the fall. Brutal. For Week 9, here's my picks: Falcons -10 over the Redskins Packers -10 over the Buccaneers Eagles -3 over the Cowboys Cardinals +120 (money line) over the Bears Penn State -5 over Ohio State Other thoughts: • Brett Myers has already been told he will not be back next season with the Phillies. If he's healthy and Brad Lidge doesn't have a bounce back year, this is a move we'll be hearing about for a long time. It's hard to disagree with Ruben Amaro Jr. after the last two seasons, but I don't like this move. • Did the Eagles really spank the Giants last weekend? Is this really Eagles-Cowboys week? Well, Joe Banner can stop high-fiving people over the Phillies loss, and start praying his team shows up every week because we'll be

Phillies' Bid to Repeat Ends

In the end, the Yankees had just a little more as they ended the Phillies' bid to repeat as World Champions last night. The Phillies best hitters, except for Chase Utley to some degree, simply didn't get the job done. Ryan Howard set a record for strikeouts in the World Series. Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino did next to nothing. The sensation that was Raul Ibanez was cut short after his stint on the injury list. Don't get me wrong, the Yanks were the better team over the last 6 games. Neither team hit all that well, but the Yankees did it just enough to win. Unless, of course, you live in the world of Fox and ESPN in which case you believe this was simply pre-ordained. Didn't you enjoy ESPN's "Bummer in the Bronx" tease for SportsCenter after the Phillies won Game 1? I wasn't a bit bummed. It was almost as enjoyable as the multiple times Joe Buck and Tim McCarver uttered sentences like, "You just hope Alex Rodriguez gets going." Really? I