The Empire Strikes Back: Luke....could....go....all....the....way!!

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 1:10 pm

Damn, Gwally making a late season run

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 1:18 pm

Originally posted by Bloodstalker
Damn, Gwally making a late season run

It was that Cowboy game he picked

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Fri Dec 26, 2003 12:05 pm

My picks for week 17

Patriots over Bills
49ers over Seahawks ??? Seattle really needs this one, but its on the road. This is a difficult pick.
Eagles over Redskins
Titans over Buccaneers?
Chiefs over Bears
Dolphins over Jets
Cowboys over Saints??
Colts over Texans
Falcons over Jaguars??
Bengals over Browns
Rams over Lions
Panthers over Giants
Vikings over Cardinals
Raiders over Chargers??
Packers over Broncos ??? Packers need this, Broncos don’t. Broncos will probably not play their starters, to prep for the playoffs. Broncos haven’t won in GB. But Denver could decide to play hard for pride, so I’m worried.

And Ravens over Steelers ?

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Fri Dec 26, 2003 12:15 pm

Originally posted by Gwalchmai
Cowboys over Saints??

Gwally, I am impressed by your sagasity

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 12:38 am

NE over Bills
Seattle over the Owensless Niners
Eagles over Skins
KC over Bears
NO over Dallas
Atlanta over Jax
Rams over Lions
Panther over Giants
Pack over Broncos
Pittsburg over Baltimore
Bengals over Browns
Colts over Texans
Dolphins over Jets
Bucs over Titans
Vikes over Cards
SD over Raiders

Idioteque · Post by **Idioteque** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 1:00 am

Originally posted by Bloodstalker

SD over Raiders

Wow a believer!

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 6:53 pm

Originally posted by Idioteque
Wow a believer!

If its any consolation, Tybaltus also picked SD!

So how about some picks?

Idioteque · Post by **Idioteque** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 8:12 pm

Too late for Saturday games

Kansas City
Cincinnatti
New Orleans
Indianapolis
Atlanta
NYJ
St Louis
Tennessee
Carolina
Minnesota
Green Bay
San Diego
Baltimore

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 11:17 pm

Dallas !!!

Idioteque · Post by **Idioteque** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 11:41 pm

NEW ORLEANS!!!

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 6:50 am

Looks like I missed the Saturday games, too (damn that job!).

Kansas City
Cincinnati
Dallas
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Miami
St. Louis
Tennessee
Carolina
Minnesota
Green Bay
Oakland

A few quick notes:

The Rams had better not be looking past the Lions. St. Louis needs the win to get a bye and remember that the Lions assassinated Green Bay on Thanksgiving.

The Coach of the Year should be either Marvin Lewis or Bill Belichick. No one has done more with less than the Belichick and no one has had to change a team culture more than Lewis. Personally, I'd vote for Lewis.

Anquan Boldin will be Rookie of the Year. Playing for a horrible team, he's posted a rookie record for catches (96) and has more yards (1,350 through 15 games) than Randy Moss had his rookie year (1,313). Imagine what he could do if he were in an offense with Peyton Manning or Trent Green.

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 10:00 pm

It doesn't matter, we're still in the playoffs

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 1:20 pm

"Tis a good day...Spurrier's gone

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 1:30 pm

LOL...Congratulations...!!!

Maybe you'll get even luckier and they will get Barry Switzer for next year

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 9:39 am

And now, a brief visual image to improve your lives. It will change and become completely irrelevant at some point (or even less relevant, as some would have it), but as of 31st Dec at 10:30 AM on the East Coast of the US, it's still appropriate enough to qualify.

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 10:36 am

Nice picture Fable.

Well, it seems that when all lights had gone out, the Packers still managed to win the NFC north. Kind of funny that a team can be in first place, all season, and still lose the division. The Vikes, (or queens, as us wisconsin expatriates who now live in Minnesota like to call them) were in commmand of the division from the opening kick in green bay back on September 5th all the way until time ran out in the Arizona game. But hey, sorry, you still don't get to win the division.

The media had a field day with all of it and unfortunately, I missed most of it as I was spending Christmas with the family in Kentucky (extra added note: how sweet is it for Louisville to roll into Rupp arena and dust the number 1 wildcats) and didn't return until december 30th to Minneapolis. However, I still found the newspaper and local sports radio talk show hosts reeling over the defeat, much to my amusement.

Kudos to:

The Packers, who hung in there all season and played great down the stretch barring a bitter loss to Philadelphia on Monday night football and the 'assassination' in Detroit on thanksgiving day. They took the division championship away from the vikings as much as the vikes handed it to them. History shows that when the vikes backs are against the wall, they'll find a way to lose.

The Tuna, who has led a dismal squad to a wild card berth. Not sure why this man's name isn't mentioned more for coach of the year.

Bill Bellichek, who directed a bunch of non pro bowl players into producing the best record in the NFL this year. Woe to all who travel to foxboro in january.

The Carolina Panthers and John Fox, who scooped up the pickup of the year in Stephen Davis and finally got to enjoy a healthy defense for a full season. Have fun losing to Dallas.

Jeers to:

The Washington Redskins. Such Jeers requires a new post or perhaps even a new thread but from top to bottom, they're the worst. Like a beaten dog with no cahonis, Spurrier tucks his tail and runs away. What an f'n coward and loser. Hiring him was a bad idea in the first place but how can you turn tail and run after two years. Hell, all he needed was another six games next years and Snyder would've fired him.

Hope all who browse and participate in this thread had a swell holiday. My own was perfect except for the lack of snow in Kentucky. Just doesn't seem Christmas w/o snow on the ground, however, it did hit 60 degrees a couple of days which is far nicer than the cold up in MN.

From the gospel according to Ned, this weeks winners are:

Dallas
Green Bay
Denver
Tennesee

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 1:36 pm

Originally posted by Ned Flanders
Kudos to:

The Tuna, who has led a dismal squad to a wild card berth. Not sure why this man's name isn't mentioned more for coach of the year.

From the gospel according to Ned, this weeks winners are:

Dallas
Green Bay
Denver
Tennesee

You're a Wise man Neddy

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 12:20 pm

SYM/DCI Standings - 2003
Week 17
Idioteque 9/4 – 69%
Bloodstalker 11/5 - 69%
Tybaltus 11/5 - 69%
Gwalchmai 10/5 - 63%
HighLordDave 6/6 - 50%

Cumulative
Gwalchmai 165/91 - 65% (even)
Idioteque 85/47 - 64% (even)
Tybaltus 115/64 - 64% (even)
Ned Flanders 10/6 - 63%
Bloodstalker 157/98 - 61% (even)
HighLordDave 123/83 – 60% (even)

Well, due to vacation time and visiting relatives, I wasn't able to watch any of the games. Looking at the scores, there seems to have been a lot more excitment than I would have thought. But there were also a few upsets, like the Cards, the Browns, and the Lions.

I had hoped to have 170 wins at the end of the regular season, so that I could at least claim 10 wins per week on average. I fell 5 games short. But there were a large number of tough weeks, which really killed me. In my office pool, I was never really in the running, though I did win one weekly pool. I hope I can do better next year. I think I'm starting to get the hand of this football stuff, and the indepth analysis that SYM and DCI has provided has really helped. Still, its on to the playoffs!

My Week 18 (Wild Card Weekend) Picks:

Tennessee over Baltimore
Carolina over Dallas
Green Bay over Seattle
Denver over Indianpolis.

Idioteque · Post by **Idioteque** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 5:38 pm

Tennessee
Carolina
Green Bay
Indianapolis

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 3:11 pm

Ravens over Tennessee.

I don't think McNair, as good as he is, can carry the entire team all the way through the playoffs, and they have no running game. Baltimore will have the ball around 35-40 minutes of the game, Controlling the clock, playing defense, the same way they went to the Super Bowl a couple years ago.

Panthers over Dallas.

Same deal, Dallas has no running game, and carter is too iffy to rely on. Dallas has the #1 defense, but they got it playing in the NFC East. And they got it early. Their front four is small, and people have been running well on them lately.

GB over Seattle.

GB is IMO the most dangerous team in the playoffs. Throw out the early games they lost when they had so many injuries, add in Green and Favre, and I wouldnt be surprised if this team goes to the SB.

Indy over Denver.

Yeah, Denver beat hell outta the Colts with a back-up RB, but there is no way that the Broncos defense is good enough to shut down the Colts offense like they did last game again. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong for Indy. Won't happen again I'm thinking.

Then again, my percetages sucked, so who knows?