Football predictions: 2005

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:37 pm

Always glad for the show of solidarity Weasel

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 12:10 am

Well BS, I'd love to see Favre torch the Bears, but judging by how crappy the Pack's season has been, that would take a miracle.

*Crosses fingers and prays that Favre throws 4 TD's and NO INTERCEPTIONS, shutting Bears fans up*

As for the Eagles...you have to give them credit for making it to the Super Bowl without TO though.

As for TO...wouldn't it be great to see him end up in Atlanta? Vick, Owens, Dunn, Crumpler, and Duckett spearheading the offence? That's pretty.

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 10:13 am

Atlanta at Carolina
Buffalo at Miami
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
Dallas at N.Y. Giants
Green Bay at Chicago
Houston at Baltimore
Jacksonville at Cleveland
Minnesota at Detroit
Tampa Bay at New Orleans
Tennessee at Indianapolis
Arizona at San Francisco
Washington at St. Louis
Denver at Kansas City
N.Y. Jets at New England
Oakland at San Diego
Seattle at Philadelphia

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:30 pm

[QUOTE=Bloodstalker]Always glad for the show of solidarity Weasel

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One for all, all for one!!

GO EAGLES!!

Go as quick as you can from this beating you are taking.

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:44 pm

[QUOTE=The Z]

As for the Eagles...you have to give them credit for making it to the Super Bowl without TO though.

As for TO...wouldn't it be great to see him end up in Atlanta? Vick, Owens, Dunn, Crumpler, and Duckett spearheading the offence? That's pretty.[/QUOTE]

No I don't

I'd love to see it happen. I sincerely hate the Falcons and would love to see the clash of egos between Owens and Vick tear the team apart.

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:06 am

I'd love to see the Eagles sit on Owens for the next five years (it won't happen, though). Did you see that Philadelphia is trying to recover some of his signing bonus? Now, not only will Owens never receive another multi-year deal with a big-money signing bonus, but he's going to have to pay back some of the money he did get from the Eagles.

This sets a dangerous precedent for the player's union if teams are able to sit on players who open their big mouths and can get some of their signing bonuses back if the player gets suspended. I suspect that some of the other players aren't too happy with Owens about this, because he didn't just hurt himself, he hurt them, too.

After initially saying "no picks this week", Hill-Shatar is in a 3-way tie for first this week, while Kipi continues with the not-so-popular coin flip method to get to another 50% week.

Hill-Shatar 14-2 (87.50%)
qwertitus 14-2 (87.50%)
The Z 14-2 (87.50%)
HLD 13-3 (81.25%)
Jwmblade 13-3 (81.25%)
Tybaltus 13-3 (81.25%)
Gwalchmai 12-4 (75.00%)
Weasel 12-4 (75.00%)
Bloodstalker 10-6 (62.50%)
Home Team Wins 9-7 (56.25%)
Kipi 8-8 (50.00%)

The overall standings are:

Hill-Shatar 54-14 (79.41%)
qwertitus 46-16 (74.19%)
Gwalchmai 131-61 (68.23%)
Tybaltus 131-61 (68.23%)
HLD 128-64 (66.67%)
The Z 125-67 (65.10%)
Weasel 123-67 (64.74%)
Jwmblade 120-72 (62.50%)
Home Team Wins 115-77 (59.90%)
Bloodstalker 110-81 (57.59%)
Kipi 37-41 (47.44)

The inactives are:

RandomThug 11-3 (78.57%)
ch85us2001 28-18 (60.87%)
VoodooDali 62-49 (55.86%)

There are lots of good games on the slate this week; some division games, and a bunch of games with playoff implications.

Chicago at Pittsburgh
Cleveland at Cincinnati
Houston at Tennessee
Indianapolis at Jacksonville
New England at Buffalo
Oakland at N.Y. Jets
St. Louis at Minnesota
Tampa Bay at Carolina
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia
San Francisco at Seattle
Washington at Arizona
Baltimore at Denver
Kansas City at Dallas
Miami at San Diego
Detroit at Green Bay
New Orleans at Atlanta

Hill-Shatar · Post by **Hill-Shatar** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:30 am

After initially saying "no picks this week", Hill-Shatar is in a 3-way tie for first this week, while Kipi continues with the not-so-popular coin flip method to get to another 50% week.

I had no access to a TV.

Best to move away from things that reminded me of that.

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:43 am

Chicago at Pittsburgh
Cleveland at Cincinnati
Houston at Tennessee
Indianapolis at Jacksonville
New England at Buffalo
Oakland at N.Y. Jets
St. Louis at Minnesota
Tampa Bay at Carolina
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia
San Francisco at Seattle
Washington at Arizona
Baltimore at Denver
Kansas City at Dallas
Miami at San Diego
Detroit at Green Bay
New Orleans at Atlanta

qwertitus · Post by **qwertitus** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:04 pm

Chicago at Pittsburgh
Cleveland at Cincinnati
Houston at Tennessee
Indianapolis at Jacksonville (close; but without Leftwich?)
New England at Buffalo
Oakland at N.Y. Jets (this game should not be on TV)
St. Louis at Minnesota
Tampa Bay at Carolina
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia
San Francisco at Seattle
Washington at Arizona
Baltimore at Denver
Kansas City at Dallas
Miami at San Diego
Detroit at Green Bay
New Orleans at Atlanta

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 11:22 am

qwertitus wrote: Oakland at N.Y. Jets (this game should not be on TV)

What about this game:

Detroit at Green Bay

It shouldn't even be played. This makes two out of the last three weeks that I'd almost rather watch a Hannity & Colmes marathon than the Sunday night game (Saints/Jets in week 12).

On top of that, here we're getting the Bears/Steelers and Browns/Bengals instead of the Colts/Jaguars. I'm about to go beat the hell out of the scheduling guys at CBS over this.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:11 pm

Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Tennessee
Indianapolis
Buffalo
N.Y. Jets
Minnesota
Carolina
N.Y. Giants
Seattle
Washington
Denver
Kansas City
San Diego
Detroit
Atlanta

Hill-Shatar · Post by **Hill-Shatar** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:41 pm

Chicago at Pittsburgh
Cleveland at Cincinnati
Houston at Tennessee
Indianapolis at Jacksonville
New England at Buffalo
Oakland at N.Y. Jets
St. Louis at Minnesota
Tampa Bay at Carolina
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia
San Francisco at Seattle
Washington at Arizona
Baltimore at Denver
Kansas City at Dallas
Miami at San Diego
Detroit at Green Bay
New Orleans at Atlanta

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 3:27 am

Steelers
Bengals
Texans
Colts
Pats
Raiders
Vikings
Panthers
Philly
Seahawks
Redskins
Broncos
Cheifs
Chargers
Packers
Falcons

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:35 am

[QUOTE=HighLordDave]Gwalchmai 12-4 (75.00%)[/QUOTE] I thought I went 14-2 last week, only missing my ATL and DEN picks..... I'll double check, though...

Week 14 picks
Chicago at Pittsburgh
Cleveland at Cincinnati
Houston at Tennessee
Indianapolis at Jacksonville
New England at Buffalo
Oakland at N.Y. Jets
St. Louis at Minnesota
Tampa Bay at Carolina
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia
San Francisco at Seattle
Washington at Arizona gut feeling
Baltimore at Denver
Kansas City at Dallas foolish pick, I know...
Miami at San Diego
Detroit at Green Bay
New Orleans at Atlanta

qwertitus · Post by **qwertitus** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:58 am

Originally Posted by HighLordDave
What about this game: Detroit at Green Bay
It shouldn't even be played. This makes two out of the last three weeks that I'd almost rather watch a Hannity & Colmes marathon than the Sunday night game (Saints/Jets in week 12).

Atleast Detroit and Green Bay weren't expected to play well this season. A lot of people had high hopes for the Jets and Raiders.

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:00 pm

[QUOTE=Gwalchmai]I thought I went 14-2 last week, only missing my ATL and DEN picks..... I'll double check, though...[/QUOTE]

You're right. I'll correct it for this week.

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:27 pm

Was out of province for the week, so I'll post my one pick for this week.

Falcons over Saints.

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:09 pm

[QUOTE=The Z]Was out of province for the week, so I'll post my one pick for this week.

Falcons over Saints.[/QUOTE]

*translation* Cheap bid to get 100% for this weeks picks.

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 8:28 am

[QUOTE=Bloodstalker]*translation* Cheap bid to get 100% for this weeks picks.

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Now why would I do that?

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:41 am

Even with Z's cheap stunt to get to the top of this week's standings, he still can't claim 16 game perfection.

This week's results are:

The Z 1-0 (100.00%)
Gwalchmai 12-4 (75.00%)
HLD 12-4 (75.00%)
Tybaltus 12-4 (75.00%)
Jwmblade 11-5 (68.75%)
Weasel 11-5 (68.75%)
Bloodstalker 10-6 (62.50%)
Hill-Shatar 10-6 (62.50%)
Home Team Wins 10-6 (62.50%)
qwertitus 10-6 (62.50%)

Has anyone seen VoodooDali? She hasn't posted any picks in a month.

Gwalchami's overall totals have changed to reflect a scoring error from last week.

The overall standings are:

Hill-Shatar 64-20 (76.19%)
qwertitus 56-22 (71.79%)
Gwalchmai 145-63 (69.71%)
Tybaltus 143-65 (68.75%)
HLD 140-68 (67.31%)
The Z 126-67 (65.28%)
Weasel 134-72 (65.05%)
Jwmblade 131-77 (62.98%)
Home Team Wins 125-83 (60.10%)
Bloodstalker 120-87 (57.97%)
Kipi 37-41 (47.44%)

As a housekeeping note, there are three games on Saturday, so be sure to get your picks in on time.

Tampa Bay at New England
Kansas City at N.Y. Giants
Denver at Buffalo
Arizona at Houston
Carolina at New Orleans
N.Y. Jets at Miami
Philadelphia at St. Louis
Pittsburgh at Minnesota
San Diego at Indianapolis
Seattle at Tennessee
San Francisco at Jacksonville
Cincinnati at Detroit
Cleveland at Oakland
Dallas at Washington
Atlanta at Chicago
Green Bay at Baltimore