Thursday, December 29, 2005

All I want for Christmas is...

a Chiefs playoff spot. But that's about as likely as OJ getting SI's Sportsman of the Year. (I'm not sure why I threw in an OJ joke, but Merry Christmas.) Seriously depending on the Lions to beat the Steelers on the road is not a good feeling. And I'm not even sure how the San Diego/Denver game applies to the Chiefs-Steelers tiebreakers, but who cares.

Also the holidays, have meant a leave of absence from the internet, and thus no SportsCorner. Here are some backordered Week 16 Prediction recaps. Also, I started watching the Alamo Bowl with Michigan down 4 and 4 minutes remaining. Just in time to see a no-call of pass interference on 4th down, and the craziest play since Cal-Stanford. Great stuff.

The actual scores are on the left, with my predictions on the right in italics. Correct picks are in bold, with games reading Visitor, Home.

Falcons 24, Bucs 27 Falcons 17, Bucs 20
Bills 37, Bengals 27 Bills 10, Bengals 31
Cowboys 24, Panthers 20 Cowboys 17, Panthers 24
Lions 13, Saints 12 Lions 10, Saints 21
Jaguars 38, Rexans 20 Jaguars 14, Texans 13
Giants 20, Redskins 35 Giants 17, Redskins 21
Steelers 41, Browns 0 Steelers 20, Browns 14
Chargers 7, Chiefs 20 Chargers 27, Chiefs 28
49ers 24, Rams 20 49ers 14, Rams 17
Titans 10, Dolphins 24 Titans 17, Dolphins 23
Eagles 21, Cardinals 27 Eagles 13, Cardinals 16
Colts 13, Seahawks 28 Colts 17, Seahawks 20
Raiders 3, Broncos 22 Raiders 3, Broncos 23
Bears 24, Packers 17 Bears 16, Packers 7
Vikings 23, Ravens 30 Vikings 17, Ravens 13
Patriots 31, Jets 21 Patriots 24, Jets 3
This Week: 11-5
Total: 30-18
Fantastic week that could have been even better without that lame-o roughing the kicker penalty that scewed the Panthers. No analyst on ESPN did better than me, and only Jaws tied me. So this week against the ESPN guys I went 7-0-1. Nice.
Only 1 out of the 8 picked the Chiefs to win (as I did) and I was the only one who thought that the Cardinals could beat the tired Eagles in Zona. Go figure.
Pick of the Week: Raiders/Broncos. Only off by one point, and considering the odds of a team scoring 22 points, I did as good as could be expected. (I'm a firm believer in picking realistic scores - and would never ever pick a team to score 22).
Also has there ever been a less convinving 11-4 team than the Jags. No way do they win a playoff game. Not that I'm bitter.

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