Taking Down The Home Game And Sunday’s Picks
Saturday was a fairly successful day as I picked both winners in the NFL, I was profitable overall for the day, I turned my free $20 shot on Gutshot Poker into $25 and I took down our home game tournament in stylish fashion. On the flip side, I was bad beat out of the Silver Iron Man despite playing extremely well and I failed to qualify for Surfers Poker’s HORSE Championship. My bankroll is now at $2119+$25 on Gutshot which bumps it to $2144.
Yesterday’s predictions went fairly well:
Actual Results
Packers 42, Seahawks 20 (Prediction: Packers 27-17)
"Green Bay rolls as Shaun Alexander fails to show again." I think that’s a pretty accurate description of the game as Green Bay outscored Seattle 27-3 after spotting the ‘Hawks 14 points. Shaun Alexander had 9 carries for 20 yards. The Pack are going to be tough for whoever wins today.
Patriots 31, Jaguars 20 (Prediction: Patriots 31-17)
A late Jags field goal robbed me of the glory of being spot on in this game. Who can beat the Patriots? I think the answer might be no one.
Sunday’s Round Two Predictions
San Diego 24, Indianapolis 21
Here’s another example of where I may be picking with my heart rather than my head. This got me in trouble last week when I picked the Bucs to beat the Giants when I actually didn’t think it was going to happen. This time I have a little more faith in the Chargers as they come into the playoff game with 7 straight wins and boasting bragging rights against Indy since they beat them earlier in the year. The problem is going to be that Indy is a juggernaut at home… but they are just 3-3 against playoff teams and 0-3 versus playoff teams not from Florida. LT and Shaun Merriman have gigantic games and the Peyton Manning I remember from two playoff seasons ago will return… and I’ll call last year a fluke. 
Cowboys 27, Giants 20
This game will go back and forth but the Cowboys will prevail. The Eli Manning for President campaign will come to a screeching halt after this week’s game although Tony Romo still makes me nervous as he’s always capable of putting up a clunker. My prediction is TO plays and has a big game.
So, I’m 5-1 in 6 games picking winners yet I haven’t had a strong enough feeling about any game with the exception of the Packers yesterday to put any $$$ on them against the spread.
Do me a favor next week. Pick the Giants. The Cowboys really came up lame against the G-men. In the 2d half they looked nothing like the team that dominated the lowly NFC through the first 12 games of the season. I wonder if Joe Buck and Troy Aikman have finally realized that the Giants’ secondary had enough talent to stymie the passing attack of the Cowboys with a fading Romo, a wounded T.O. and a bunch of others with bad hands and brain cramps.
Jerry Jones on the sideline at the end looked like he didn’t know whether to poop or go blind. As for Wade Phillips and the ‘boys, they probably knew that they had just peed their pants. — Bob J.
Comment by Bob J. — January 14, 2008 @ 3:11 am