Bittersweet Week

It has been a really tough week for the folks down here in my hometown of San Diego. The Chargers' loss not only brought the end of a season, but very well could signify the end of an era of LT the Charger, LT, San Diego's pride and joy. I pray that our GM and owners realize the jewel this man is; he is truly the heart and soul of America's Finest City!!!

Here are my picks:

Jets (Under 38) Jets at Indy: INDY 24-10

Minn.at NO (OVER 50) NO 38-31

Conference Championships

Downtown Scottie Brown pulled off one of the biggest upsets in political history defeating Martha Coakley for the Massachussetts Senate. So if I'm the Jets, I have hope.

Here's my picks:

Jets (OVER 38) Jets 21 Indy 20
NO (OVER 50) NO 35 Min 31

Playoffs: The Heat is On!!!

Well, I want to share some awesome news with you all: This football picking princess has been chosen as a contestant on Wheel of Fortune. Make sure to read all about it here. This is sure to be an exciting weekend as my Chargers play, competing for the chance to play in this year's superbowl. I know my team is ready, is yours? Have a great weekend, football lovers!!!

Ari/NO 52: NO - OVER; 31-24

Bal/Indy 45: BAL - OVER; 27-24

Dallas/Min: 46 DALLAS - OVER; 24-21

NYJ/SD 42: SAN DIEGO- OVER; 31-17

Brown Vs. Coakley (Okay it's really Patrick Vs. Rachelle)

Scott Brown and Martha Coaxley are in a tie right now for the Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat. This is like one of those games where you figure brown is going to get slaughtered. You may remember a few years ago the Patriots were heavy favorites to beat the Giants in the Super Bowl. Yet, the Giants pulled close and won it on a miracle play at the end of the game.

This race is like the game you don't watch at first because you figure it's going to be a blow out and your friend calls in the 4th quarter with your team driving and tells you "dude, put the game on." Jet fans will understand the feeling. If the Jets won as big a game as this is, it would pandemonium in New York. In fact its kind of like the election. Maybe I shouldn't be counting the Jets out.

So we root on Scott Brown and support his run on our blogs and hope for the best.

Hoping for the best like my football picks.

Pop culture side note: Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck offer NBC to co-host Saturday Night Live.

Okay, back to Rachelle who I beat last week by 1 measley point on the tiebreaker. This week we're going to try it again. Let's hope there is no recount and it's a clean victory by moi.


ari/no 52 no - over (NO 34 ARI 27)
bal/ind 45 ind - over (IND 28 Bal 21)
dal/min 46 dal - over (DAL 38 MIN 31)
jet/sd 42 sd - over (SD 24 Jet 21)

tiebreaker - 54 pts

I HEART Wildcard Playoff Weekend!!!

Well, fellow pig skinners, with the regular season over, it's time for some playoff football. It's that time of year for those whose teams felt the tinge of defeat to pick that one or even two teams to root for. As you all know, Losertman, Patrick, lost AGAIN last week to yours truly. Did I mention that's the second week in a row? I have to hand it to him though. He stepped up to the plate and conceded in front of thousands like a good loser should, so for that, I curtsy!!!

As you all know, I am a HUGE Charger fan. Unlike the New Englands and Dallases out there, my Chargers have only been to the superbowl one time, and that game ended in defeat. I'm truly hoping that this season does not end with another bawl-out session with a bowl of Hagan Daz like it did last season. How ironic that the Chargers beat the Steelers to go to the super bowl years ago, and last year the Steelers beat the Chargers to get to the big show? Anyway, that is something for another day. Unlike the eight teams, who will be duking it out this weekend, my Chargers will be resting comfortably at home, watching the games. With that, I give you my Wildcard Playoff Picks:

NYJ at CIN: NYJ/OVER

PHI at DAL: DAL/UNDER

BAL at NE: NE/ UNDER

GNBAY at ARI: GNBAY/ Score=28-21/OVER

Playoff Opening Week Power Picks (1/9/10 - 1/10/10)

I had to humiliate myself Monday afternoon on the Eddie Burke show. Yes, I called in and conceded to Rachelle. It just so happened I did so in front of a higher than normal number of listeners (Eddie was discussing a very controversial topic - protesting the judges who ruled that Tripp Palin's custody hearing should be open so that Levi Johnston could dance and sing for the stenographer and artist and be able to go outside on the steps with his lawyer and tell lies about Sarah Palin to the media).

Even the liberal wingnuts were listening. Here's what one Trig Truther site had to say about it.

Which means even the liberal Alaskan bloggers may have heard me concede to her.

But, that's okay. After the commercial Eddie and I just lambasted the liberal bloggers.


Okay, here we go. The rules for this week are 1) Pick the winner of the game and 2) Pick whether the total points of the game will be over or under the amount stated in the over/under line. You count if you're right on the over/under as a win as well as if the team you pick wins. So there are 8 combinations (4 teams and 4 over unders). Then you pick the exact points on the last game in case of a tie and whoever is closest wins.

Here are the teams and the lines:

Teams - (over/under)
Phi @ Dal - 45
Jet @ Cin - 35
Bal @ NE - 43
GB @ Ari - 48 tie breaker (predict the exact number of points)

Here are my picks:

Dal - under 45
Jets - over 35
NE - under 43
GB - over 48 - tie breaker 51

Good luck Rachelle. For my sake, let's hope your choice in political leaders is a lot better than your football picks.

It ALL Comes Down to This!!!

It's the final week of the regular season, and this footbal picking princess is feeling great after beating Patrick, aka Losertman, this past week. I'm STILL waiting for Patrick to concede to me on Eddie Burke's radio show, but I'm going to let his not doing it yet slide on the account that he's a mama's boy. The kind of mama's boy who had to get off the computer in his mom's room, so she could go to bed. See what I mean by mama's boy? Too funny for words, right? Oh well, at least he loves his mama. And with that, pigskinners, here are my picks for this week's games:

IND at BUF: BUF

JAC at CLE: CLE

CHI at DET: CHI

SF at STL: SF

PIT at MIA: PIT

NYG at MIN: MIN

ATL at TB: ATL

NO at CAR: CAR

NE at HOU: HOU

PHI at DAL: DAL

KC at DEN: DEN

BAL at OAK: BAL

GNBAY at ARI: ARI

WAS at SD: SD