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Sunday, December 30, 2012

NFL Picks

It's the last week of the regular season. Time to go out with a win. Eat your heart out, Patty Cakes: 

TB at Atlanta: Atlanta
NYJ at Buffalo: Buffalo
Baltimore at CINCY: Baltimore
Chicago at Detroit: Chicago
Jacksonville at TEN: TEN
Houston at INDY: Houston
Carolina at NO: NO
PHILLY at NYG: NYG
CLEV at PIT: PIT
KC at Denver: Denver
GB at MIN: GB
Miami at NE: NE
Oakland at SD: SD
Arizona at SF: SF
STL at Seattle: Seattle
Dallas at WASH: Dallas

Friday, December 28, 2012

Week 17 2012 NFL Picks

I beat Rachelle and Beth 4 weeks in a row. It's time to cap off a winning season with my 5th win in a row. All in all, happy New Year everyone. Here are this week's winning picks:

NYJ at BUF
BAL at CIN
CLE at PIT
HOU at INDY
JAC at TEN
PHI at NYG
CHI at DET
TB at ATL
CAR at NO
MIA at NE
GB at MIN
KC at DEN
OAK at SD
AZ at SF
STL at SEA
DAL at WAS

Sunday, December 23, 2012

NFL Picks: Merry Christmas

Mark my words: Beth and I WILL win this week. Merry Christmas!!! Here are Beth and my Week 16 picks:

NO at Dallas: Dallas
TEN at GB: GB
INDY at KC: INDY
Buffalo at Miami: Miami
SD at NYJ: SD
WASH at PHILLY: WASH
CINCY at PIT: PIT
STL at TB: TB
OAK at Carolina: Carolina
NE at Jacksonville: NE
MIN at Houston: Houston
CLE at Denver: Denver
Chicago at Arizona: Chicago
NYG at BAL: NYG
SF at Seattle: SF  

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Week 16 2012 NFL Picks

I won 4 weeks in a row. Lets make it 5. Here are this week's winning picks:

Date & Time Favorite Line Underdog


12/22 8:30 ET Atlanta -3.5 At Detroit

12/23 1:00 ET At Green Bay -12.5 Tennessee

12/23 1:00 ET At Carolina -8.5 Oakland

12/23 1:00 ET At Miami -4.5 Buffalo

12/23 1:00 ET At Pittsburgh -3.5 Cincinnati

12/23 1:00 ET New -England 14.5 At Jacksonville

12/23 1:00 ET Indianapolis -7 At Kansas City

12/23 1:00 ET At Dallas -2.5 New Orleans

12/23 1:00 ET Washington -6.5 At Philadelphia

12/23 1:00 ET At Tampa Bay -3 St. Louis

12/23 4:25 ET NY Giants -2.5 At Baltimore

12/23 1:00 ET At Houston -7.5 Minnesota

12/23 4:05 ET At Denver -13 Cleveland

12/23 4:25 ET Chicago -5.5 At Arizona

12/23 8:30 ET At Seattle  PK San Francisco

12/23 1:00 ET At NY Jets -2.5 San Diego

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Week 15 2012 NFL Picks

I won again last week. That makes it 3 weeks in a row. Beth has a baby, two dogs and a mean looking cat with glowing eyes. Yet, I continue to be the man. With one cat only. Okay, I have a turtle, too. I found out he's giving the cat advice and it's possible the turtle might be the one behind all of the success.

Here are this week's winning picks. Read em and weep:

12/13 8:25 ET Cincinatti At Philadelphia
12/16 1:00 ET Green Bay At Chicago
12/16 1:00 ET NY Giants At Atlanta
12/16 1:00 ET Tampa Bay At New Orleans
12/16 1:00 ET Minnesota At St. Louis
12/16 1:00 ET Washington At Cleveland
12/16 1:00 ET Jacksonville At Miami
12/16 1:00 ET Denver At Baltimore
12/16 1:00 ET Indianapolis At Houston
12/16 4:05 ET Carolina At San Diego
12/16 4:05 ET Seattle At Buffalo
12/16 4:05 ET Detroit At Arizona
12/16 4:25 ET Pittsburgh At Dallas
12/16 4:25 ET Kansas City At Oakland
12/16 8:30 ET San Francisco At New England
12/17 8:40 ET NY Jets At Tennessee

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Week 14 Picks

Here are Beth and my NFL Week 14 picks. Our cute adviser is one smart, little cookie. Eat your heart out, Patrick!

STL at Buffalo: Buffalo
Dallas at Cincy: Cincy
KC at Cleveland: Cleveland
TEN at Indy: Indy
Chicago at MIN: Chicago
SD at PIT: PIT
Philly at TB: TB
BAL at WASH: BAL
ATL at CAR: ATL
NYJ at JAC: JAC
Miami at SF: SF
NO at NYG: NYG
Arizona at Seattle: Seattle
Detroit at GB: GB
Houston at NE: NE

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Week 14 2012 NFL Picks

I beat Rachelle and Beth for the 2nd week in a row last week. Now it's time to make 3 a charm.

They have a new advisor, a baby, who makes their picks for them.


The baby looks tough to beat. But, with the help of my bookie we will give it all we have to beat that baby.

Here are my winning picks:


12/6 8:25 ET Denver At Oakland
12/9 1:00 ET Baltimore At Washington
12/9 1:00 ET Kansas City At Cleveland
12/9 1:00 ET San Diego At Pittsburgh
12/9 1:00 ET Tennessee At Indianapolis
12/9 1:00 ET NY Jets At Jacksonville
12/9 1:00 ET Chicago At Minnesota
12/9 1:00 ET Atlanta At Carolina
12/9 1:00 ET Philadelphia At Tampa Bay
12/9 1:00 ET St. Louis At Buffalo
12/9 1:00 ET Dallas At Cincinnati
12/9 4:05 ET Miami At San Francisco
12/9 4:25 ET New Orleans At NY Giants
12/9 4:25 ET Arizona At Seattle
12/9 8:30 ET Detroit At Green Bay
12/10 8:40 ET Houston At New England

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Week 13 NFL Picks

Well last week, we all tied in the pick-war games.... This week, Beth and I will WIN!!! Here are our NFL Week 13 Picks: 

Jacksonville at Buffalo: Buffalo
Seattle at Chicago: Chicago
Indy at Detroit: Detroit
MINN at GB: GB
Carolina at KC: Carolina
NE at Miami: NE
Arizona at NYJ: NYJ
SF at STL: SF 
Houston at TENN: Houston
TB at Denver: Denver
PITT at Baltimore: Baltimore
Cleveland at Oakland: Cleveland
CIN at SD: CIN
PHIL at Dallas: Dallas
NYG at WASH: NYG  

Week 13 2012 NFL Picks

Last week we tied. This week I will win.

I'll be spending my weekend at Lake Gaston NC with my son. The temperature is expected to be in the high 60s today, so I will have my XM radio outside to listen to my teams decimate Rachelle and Beth. It should be a lot of fun!

11/29 8:25 ET New Orleans At Atlanta
12/2 1:00 ET Seattle At Chicago
12/2 1:00 ET Minnesota At Green Bay
12/2 1:00 ET San Francisco At St. Louis
12/2 1:00 ET Arizona At NY Jets
12/2 1:00 ET Carolina At Kansas City
12/2 1:00 ET Indianapolis At Detroit
12/2 1:00 ET Jacksonville At Buffalo
12/2 1:00 ET New England At Miami
12/2 1:00 ET Houston At Tennessee
12/2 4:05 ET Tampa Bay At Denver
12/2 4:25 ET Pittsburgh At Baltimore
12/2 4:25 ET Cleveland At Oakland
12/2 4:25 ET Cincinnati At San Diego
12/2 8:30 ET Philadelphia At Dallas
12/3 8:40 ET NY Giants At Washington

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Week 12 NFL Picks

Well, Patrick barely came out on top last week, but Beth and I are ready to return to conquer!!! We are already up one game as we picked the Redskins to win on Turkey Day while Patrick went with his Cowboys, which wasn't very smart. Prepare to lose, Patty Cakes!!! Here are Beth and my Week 12 picks:


Houston at Detroit: Houston
Washington at Dallas: Washington
NE at NYJ: NE
Min at Chicago: Chicago
Oakland at Cincy: Cincy
Pittsburgh at Cleveland: Pittsburgh
Buffalo at Indy: Indy
Denver at KC: Denver
Seattle at Miami: Seattle 
Atlanta at TB: Atlanta
TEN at Jacksonville: TEN
BAL at SD: BAL
SF at NO: SF
STL at Arizona; Arizona
GB at NYG: GB
Carolina at Philly: Carolina

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Week 12 2012 NFL Picks

Here are this weeks picks to beat Rachelle and Beth again.

See you on Twitter for your concessions Sunday night ;)

11/22 12:30 ET Houston At Detroit
11/22 4:15 ET Washington At Dallas
11/22 8:20 ET New England At NY Jets
11/25 1:00 ET Oakland At Cincinnati
11/25 1:00 ET Pittsburgh At Cleveland
11/25 1:00 ET Buffalo At Indianapolis
11/25 1:00 ET Denver At Kansas City
11/25 1:00 ET Tennessee At Jacksonville
11/25 1:00 ET Minnesota At Chicago
11/25 1:00 ET Atlanta At Tampa Bay
11/25 1:00 ET Seattle At Miami
11/25 4:05 ET Baltimore At San Diego
11/25 4:25 ET San Francisco At New Orleans
11/25 4:25 ET St. Louis At Arizona
11/25 8:25 ET Green Bay At NY Giants
11/26 8:35 ET Carolina At Philadelphia

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Week 11 2012 NFL Picks

I won last week. Now it's time to do it again.

Rachelle and Beth think they can beat me. It's not going to happen. I'm already up 1-0 on them because I had the man smarts to pick the Bills over the Dolphins. Now it's on to victory!

11/15 8:30 ET Miami At Buffalo
11/18 1:00 ET Philadelphia At Washington
11/18 1:00 ET Green Bay At Detroit
11/18 1:00 ET Arizona At Atlanta
11/18 1:00 ET Tampa Bay At Carolina
11/18 1:00 ET Cleveland At Dallas
11/18 1:00 ET NY Jets At St. Louis
11/18 1:00 ET Jacksonville At Houston
11/18 1:00 ET Cincinnati At Kansas City
11/18 4:25 ET Indianapolis At New England
11/18 4:05 ET New Orleans At Oakland
11/18 4:25 ET San Diego At Denver
11/18 8:30 ET Baltimore At Pittsburgh
11/19 8:40 ET Chicago At San Francisco

May the best man win ;)

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Week 11 NFL Picks


Well, Patrick beat us last week.  He’s suffered enough, so we will let him have a win just this once….   Here are Beth and my Week 11 picks:

Packers at Lions: Packers

Cardinals at Falcons: Falcons

Buccaneers at Panthers: Buccaneers

Browns at Cowboys: Cowboys

Eagles at Redskins: Redskins

Jets at Rams: Rams

Bengals at Chiefs: Bengals

Jaguars at Texans: Texans

Saints at Raiders: Raiders

Chargers at Broncos: Broncos

Colts at Patriots: Patriots

Ravens at Steelers: Ravens

Chicago at 49ers: TBD

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Week 10 Picks! Happy Veterans Day!!!

Happy Veterans Day!!! Thank you to all who have served and currently serve!!! Well, we beat Patrick again last week. I'm surprised he hasn't conceded all ready. Here are Beth and my Week 10 winning picks: NYG at CIN: NYG TENN at Miami: Miami Detroit at MINN: MINN Buffalo at NE: NE Atlanta at NO: Atlanta SD at TB: SD Denver at Carolina: Denver Oakland at Baltimore: Baltimore NYJ at Seattle: Seattle Dallas at Philly: Philly STL at SF: SF Houston at Chicago: Chicago KC at Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Week 10 2012 NFL Picks

My computer is on the fritz, so I won't be able to engage in any high tech applications. Sorry, Rachelle, I will not be dancing around in a tutu. Nor will you be strutting your stuff in a string bikini either since chances are I won't be able to see it if my computer completely dies by then.

We'll have to decide what the stakes are on Twitter.

Here are my winning picks:

11/11 1:00 ET Buffalo At New England
11/11 1:00 ET NY Giants At Cincinnati
11/11 1:00 ET San Diego At Tampa Bay
11/11 1:00 ET Denver At Carolina
11/11 1:00 ET Tennessee At Miami
11/11 1:00 ET Oakland At Baltimore
11/11 1:00 ET Atlanta At New Orleans
11/11 1:00 ET Detroit At Minnesota
11/11 4:05 ET NY Jets At Seattle
11/11 4:25 ET Dallas At Philadelphia
11/11 4:25 ET St. Louis At San Francisco
11/11 8:30 ET Houston At Chicago
11/12 8:40 ET Kansas City At Pittsburgh

Pray for my computer. It held up long enough for me to post this.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

NFL Week 9 Picks

Here are Beth and my picks for week 9; Patrick, you are going down ;) Cardinals at Packers: Packers Lions at Jaguars: Lions Bears at Titans: Bears Broncos at Bengals: Broncos Panthers at Redskins: Redskins Ravens at Browns: Ravens Dolphins at Colts: Colts Bills at Texans: Texans Vikings at Seahawks: Seahawks Buccaneers at Raiders: Buccaneers Steelers at Giants: Steelers Cowboys at Falcons: Falcons Eagles at Saints: Eagles

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Week 9 2012 NFL Picks

Last week, Rachelle and I tied. So the same stakes are out there.

If (and when) I win, Rachelle tweets "@ReaganTMan is a lady killer and king of NFL picks. All who follow me are so jealous that he tweets me so much."

If Rachelle wins, I tweet "I, a lonely old man, was beaten by the beautiful and popular @RachelleFriberg in my NFL picks. I am such a loser."


Here are the picks that are going to have to make Rachelle send her tweet:

11/1 8:25 ET Kansas City At San Diego
11/4 1:00 ET Denver At Cincinnati
11/4 1:00 ET Arizona At Green Bay
11/4 1:00 ET Miami At Indianapolis
11/4 1:00 ET Baltimore At Cleveland
11/4 1:00 ET Buffalo At Houston
11/4 1:00 ET Carolina At Washington
11/4 1:00 ET Detroit At Jacksonville
11/4 1:00 ET Chicago At Tennessee
11/4 4:05 ET Minnesota At Seattle
11/4 4:05 ET Tampa Bay At Oakland
11/4 4:25 ET Pittsburgh At NY Giants
11/4 8:30 ET Dallas At Atlanta
11/5 8:40 ET Philadelphia At New Orleans

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Week 8 NFL Picks

So, long story short... Beth and I kicked Patrick's booty again last week, making that two week's in a row that he's had to succumb to more and more embarrassment (see right). This week, we go for our third week in a row. With that said, here's Beth and my picks for week 8: Carolina at Chicago: Chicago SD at Cleveland: SD Seattle at Detroit: Detroit Jacksonville at GB: GB Indy at TENN: TENN NE at STL: NE Miami at NYJ: NYJ Atlanta at Philly: Atlanta Washington at Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Oakland at KC: Oakland NYG at Dallas: NYG NO at Denver: NO SF at Arizona: SF 39

Friday, October 26, 2012

Week 8 2012 NFL Football Picks

Rachelle, I may be a good sport. I am gracious in defeat. But trust me, I'm vicious in victory. So here are my winning picks:

10/28 1:00 ET New England St Louis (At London)
10/28 1:00 ET Indianapolis At Tennessee
10/28 1:00 ET Jacksonville At Green Bay
10/28 1:00 ET San Diego At Cleveland
10/28 1:00 ET Atlanta At Philadelphia
10/28 1:00 ET Seattle At Detroit
10/28 1:00 ET Miami At NY Jets
10/28 1:00 ET Carolina At Chicago
10/28 1:00 ET Washington At Pittsburgh
10/28 4:05 ET Oakland At Kansas City
10/28 4:25 ET NY Giants At Dallas
10/28 8:30 ET New Orleans At Denver
10/29 8:40 ET San Francisco At Arizona


Since I'm at the lake this weekend and will not have the ability to do crafty things like post pictures of heels on my Twitter page or upload photos of me in some liberal's Obama hat, I suggest we keep things simple.

If (and when) I win, you tweet "@ReaganTMan is a lady killer and king of NFL picks. All who follow me are so jealous that he tweets me so much."

If you win, I tweet "I, a lonely old man, was beaten by the beautiful and popular @RachelleFriberg in my NFL picks. I am such a loser."

If I don't respond to anyone right away, it means there's a hurricane hitting where I am. I expect to be slammed by high winds and heavy rain on the way home from Lake Gaston on Sunday. Banzai!

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Week 7 2012 NFL Football Picks

There can be no more losses to Rachelle. Having to put pictures of heels on my Twitter page is enough. This manly man is not going to lose to a girl again. It's time to send her home a loser this week.  The stakes are high. I have to tweet a picture of me in an Obama hat if I win and Rachelle has to tweet a picture of her with the words Loser as an overlay.

Here are my picks for this week:

10/21 1:00 ET Tennessee At Buffalo
10/21 1:00 ET Arizona At Minnesota
10/21 1:00 ET Cleveland At Indianapolis
10/21 1:00 ET Baltimore At Houston
10/21 1:00 ET Green Bay At St. Louis
10/21 1:00 ET Dallas At Carolina
10/21 1:00 ET Washington At NY Giants
10/21 1:00 ET New Orleans At Tampa Bay
10/21 4:25 ET NY Jets At New England
10/21 4:25 ET Jacksonville At Oakland
10/21 8:30 ET Pittsburgh At Cincinnati
10/22 8:40 ET Detroit At Chicago

Update: Since Rachelle and I have the same picks we're going to use the Sunday night and Monday night games as the tiebreaker by picking points. The closest one to the actual total of points scored in each game wins that game.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati 42 points
Detroit at Chicago 44 points

Update: We didn't have the same picks. Rachelle picked New Orleans and I picked Tampa. Gosh, how does a blonde figure out how to do that.

Anyway, here's my concession picture:




Saturday, October 20, 2012

Week 7 NFL Picks!!!

Well, Beth and I knew it would happen.... Patrick LOST again last week to us girls. You think he would just make it easy on his blood pressure and give up by now than suffer the heartache he feels each and every week. (Even his friends rib him when he loses.) Perhaps the best part of his losing was the Twitter background that he's had on his page this week. Missed it? No worries! Luckily for a little thing called a screen shot, you can see it displayed on this post (Even if it is a crappy shot). By the way, Patrick, you have EXCELLENT taste in heels. Those babies cost almost $900. I will lay off of Patrick (for now). Here are Beth and my Week Seven NFL picks: TENN at Buffalo: Buffalo Cleveland at Indy: INDY GB at STL: GB Arizona at Minnesota: Minnesota Washington at NYG: NYG NO at TB: NO Dallas at Carolina: Dallas Baltimore at Houston: Houston Jacksonville at Oakland: Oakland NYJ at NE: NE Pittsburgh at Cincy: Pittsburgh Detroit at Chicago: Chicago

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Week 6 NFL Picks Because Beth and I always #FightLikeGirls

Patty Cakes, prepare to lose to Beth and I again this week!!! Here are our winning picks. Remember, Beth and I get to pick the tweets. We're confidant we will be victorious, so this should be fun!!! Good luck (You're going to need it ;) Denver at SD: SD Oakland at ATL: ATL Cincy at Cleveland: Cincy STL at Miami: Miami Indy at NYJ: NYJ Detroit at Philly: Philly KC at TB: TB Dallas at Baltimore: Baltimore Buffalo at Arizona: Arizona NE at Seattle: NE NYG at SF: SF MINN at WSH: WSH GB at Houston: Houston

Week 6 2012 NFL Football Picks

It's time to beat Rachelle again.

Here are my picks:

10/11 8:30 ET Pittsburgh At Tennessee
10/14 1:00 ET Cincinnati At Cleveland
10/14 1:00 ET Indianapolis At NY Jets
10/14 1:00 ET Kansas City At Tampa Bay
10/14 1:00 ET Oakland At Atlanta
10/14 1:00 ET Dallas At Baltimore
10/14 1:00 ET Detroit At Philadelphia
10/14 1:00 ET St. Louis At Miami
10/14 4:05 ET New England At Seattle
10/14 4:05 ET Buffalo At Arizona
10/14 4:25 ET Minnesota At Washington
10/14 4:25 ET NY Giants At San Francisco
10/14 8:30 ET Green Bay At Houston
10/15 8:40 ET Denver At San Diego