-Terrible week ! HOPE you are enjoying the faster load times. We had to make server changes. Now the transition is complete. TRIVIA: JETS 09/21/1969, rookie punter Steve O’Neal kicked a 98 yd punt the longest in NFL history against the Broncos. BUCANEERS: QB: Tom Brady threw his 600th TD. 49’ERS: Hope for QB: Jimmy Garopplo (foot/quad) to start against COLTS. BRONCOS: QB: Terry Bridgewater expected to start, but questionable TNF against BROWNS. LB: Baron Browning, (concussion), OUT. LB: Aaron Patrick (ankle), OUT. OT: Garrett Bolles, (knee), questionable. S: Calen Sterns, (illness), questionable. BROWNS: QB: Baker Mayfield (shooulder), OUT at least 1week expected to need shoulder surgery after season. QB: Case Keenum to start. RB: Nick Chubb, (calf), OUT. CB: A.J. Green (shoulder/groin), OUT. QUESTIONABLE, are; WR: Odell Beckham (shoulder). OT: Jack Conklin (knee). OT: Jedrick Willis, (ankle). DE: Jadeveon Clowney, (ankle,chest,knee). DT: Malik Jackson, (knee). LB: Malcolm Smith, (abdomen). C: J.C. Tretter (knee). And, LB: Mack Wilson, (shoulder) COLTS: S: Julian Blackmon, (torn achilles), OUT for season. GIANTS: OUT this week are; RB: Saquon Barkley, (ankle); WR: Kenny Golladay, (knee); WR: Kadarius Toney, (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: TE: Evan Engram, (calf); WR: Sterling Shepard, (hamstring); WR: Darius Slayton, (hamstring); WR: John Rose, (hamstring); LB: Tae Crowder, (thigh). DOUBTFUL: DL: Denny Shelton, (pectoral). JETS: OUT: TET: Tyler Kroft, (back). QUESTIONABLE: RB Tevin Coleman (hamstring). DOUBTFUL: LB C.J. Mosley (hamstring) PACKERS: For throw back uniforms WILL celebrate the first time Greenbay wore green. The modern-day interpretation features green jerseys and pants with gold accents, including gold numbers and shoulder stripes. It’s all topped off with a solid gold helmet. Rookie C: Josh Myers, (knee), to miss next 3 weeks PATRIOTS: OUT: CB: Jonathan Jones (shoulder), CB: Shaun Wade (concussion). QUESTIONABLE: RB: Brandon Bolden (thigh), OG: Shaq Mason (abdomen), DL: Davon Godchaux (finger), DL: Christian Barmore (shoulder), DL: Deatrich Wise (knee), LB: Dont’a Hightower (elbow/ankle), LB: Brandon King (thigh), LB: Josh Uche (shoulder), LB: Kyle Van Noy (groin), LB: Ja’Whaun Bentley (ribs), DB: Jalen Mills (hamstring), DB: Adrian Phillips (back), S: Kyle Dugger (knee), K: Nick Folk (left knee) PANTHERS: Missing this week will be FB: Giovanni Ricci, (concussion); WR: Terance Marshall, (concussion); OL: Cam Erving, (neck/illness); and LB: Shaq Thompson, (foot). Questionable: WR: Alex Erickson, (concussion). SAINTS: 3 players ready for return, from IR LB” Kwon Alexander, (hamstring) (torn Achilles). DE: Marcus Davenport, (pectoral), and WR Tre’Quan Smith ,(hamstring). Starting C: Erik McCoy and LT: Terron Amstead ,return Sunday. QB: Tayson Hill, (concussion), OUT, Monday. WR: Deonte Harris (hamstring, OUT). DE: Payon Turner, (calf) and RB: Dwayne Washington (neck), OUT. SEAHAWKS: Claim Jacob Eason off waiver from COLTS. TITANS: Activate from IR, RB: Darrynton Evans, (knee), and DL: Larrell Murchison, (elbow). WASHINGTON: Release PK: Dustin Hopkins. Activate K: Chris Blewitt. For those of you who are new here. This is how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT). The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game. EXAMPLE: Say this week we have 16 games. The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1. You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score. We use the Monday night (Last game played) as a TIE BREAKER. The tie is broken by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating teams) final score, without going over. YOU can adopt the scoring described above. Or, the optional method. A negative score for missed games. We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions. EXAMPLE: if you scored 1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pts on the second game and lost you would still have 1 pt. 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score If we were playing this is how my sheet would look; My pick will be in bold Capital letters. you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting. I will show my correct points in Bold I will fill in my picks Thursday. Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use. Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MIS-COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. BYES: NONE:–– –BILLS — CHARGERS — COWBOYS — JAGUARS — STEELERS — VIKINGS (All Times AST or erroneously known as EDT GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 10/21//21 20:20 1 FOX Broncos (3–3) 14 @ BROWNS (3–3) 17 2 2/2 SUNDAY 10/24/21 13:00 2 FOX PANTHERS (0-6) 3 @ Giants (1–5) 25 4 2/2 3 CBS Jets (1–4) 13 @ PATRIOTS (2–4) 54 9 11/7 4 CBS CHIEFS (3–3) 3 @ Titans (4-2) 27 7 11/0 5 FOX Washington (2–4) 10 @ PACKERS (5–1) 24 10 21/10 6 FOX Falcons (2–3) 30 @ DOLPHINS (1–5) 28 1 21/9 7 CBS Bengals (4–2) 41 @ RAVENS (5–1) 17 8 21/1 SUNDAY 10/24//21 16:05 8 FOX Lions (0–6) 19 @ RAMS (5–1) 28 12 33/13 8 FOX Eagles (2-4) 22 @ RAIDERS (4-2) 33 3 36/16 SUNDAY 10/24//21 16:25 9 CBS Texans (1-5) 5 @ CARDINALS (5–1) 31 13 49/29 11 CBS Bears (3–3) 3 @ BUCCANEERS (5-1) 38 11 60/40 SUNDAY 10/24//21 20:2 12 NBC Colts(3–3) 30 @ 49’ers (2–3) 18 6 60/34 MONDAY 10/25//21 19:10 13 ESPN SAINTS (3–2) 13 @ Seahawks (2–4) 10 5 73/39 GAMES Points Possible 91 Tie Break (Total score Last Game) Total Points Off Views: 112
Author: Wayne Lawrence
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 6 NFL 10/14-17-18/2021
Rule of this week: Any player who started the season on the 53-man roster is eligible to return from injured reserve after resting at least three weeks, SPECIAL: SUNDAY, HOME TEAM BEARS, WILL WEAR 1936 WHITE UNIFORMS WITH vertical and horizontal navy and orange stripes on a white uniform, navy pants and navy helmets with three orange stripes – VISITING PACKERS TEAM WILL WEAR THEIR HOME GREEN UNIVORMS. Cam Newton: Has COVID_!9 vaccine. Now looking for a spot to land this season. 49’ers: QB: Trey Lance, (left knee sprain), to be reevaluated at end of week BEARS: RT: Germain Ifedi (knee) is not dealing with a season-ending injury, on IR about 3 weeks. OLB: Jeremiah Attaochu, on IR. BENGALS: OL: D’ante Smith (meniscus injury), out for at least 3 weeks. RB: Trayveon Williams, and, LB: Joe Bachie moved up from practice squad. RB: Samaje Perine on COVID-19 reserve. LB: Jordan Evans, (knee), out for season. BROWNS: RB: Nick Chubb, (calf), out. BRONCOS: RB: Otis Armstrong, died Wednesday age 70. A Purdue grad, Armstrong played with Broncos from 1973-1980. He led the NFL in rushing in his 2nd season with 1,405 yards. This was when the league played 14 games, so Armstrong averaged better than 100 yards per game on the ground in 1974. Armstrong rushed for 4,453 yards and scored 25 touchdowns. He added 7 more TDs on pass receptions BUCCANEERS: Remove Jon Gruden from Ring of Honor. TE. Rob Gronkowski, (ribs) remains, out. LB: Lavonte David, (ankle) and safety Antoine Winfield Jr, (concussion) are also out after not practicing during the week. QUESTIONABLE: C: Ryan Jensen, (hip), DL: Patrick O’Connor, (calf), LB: Jason Pierre-Paul , (shoulder/hand). CB: Richard Sherman. confirmed (hamstring), will miss a couple of weeks. CARDINALS: HC: Kliff Kingsbury, QB: coach Cam Turner, and, DT: Zach Allen tested postive for COVID-19. out. DC: Vance Joesph, and Assistant HC/special teams coordinator Jeff Rodgers will split HC, duties. CHIEFS: RB: Clyde Edwards-Helaire (MCL sprain), out, a few weeks. COLTS: Working out kickers, (in case Rodrigo Blankenship (hip) unable to play. Ruled out for Sunday’s contest are; RT: Braden Smith (foot), DE: Kemoko Turay (groin), S: Andrew Sendejo (concussion), RB:Jordan Wilkins (non-football illness). WR: T.Y. Hilton cleared for Sundays game. COWBOYS: CB : Trevon Diggs, ties NFL record with 7 INT’s in 1st 6 of season games. (Super Bowl era). Tied with DB: STEELERS, Rod Woodson, (1993) ; and VIKINGS, S: Brian Russell (2003). Diggs is the only player,(Super Bowl era), to have 7+ INT’s, and multiple TD returns. in season 1st 6 games. QB: Dak Prescott, (hamstring). to have MRI. DOLPHINS: QB: Tua Tagovailoa to return from IR. Status for Sunday TBD.T.Y. Hilton EAGLES: TE: Dallas Goerdert on COVID-!9 reserve. OT: Lane Johnson, (personal matter). GIANTS: WR: Kenny Golladay (knee injury), expected to miss 1-2 weeks QB: , (concussion) on schedule to recovery. status TBD. RB: Saquon Barkley (ankle) and R: Kenny Golladay (knee) likely, out. OT: Andrew Thomas (foot) still sidelined. QB: Daniel Jones cleared to play Sunday. LIONS: WR: Quintez Cephus has broken collarbone, (out), length unknown. Possible season-ending. PACKERS: Move WR: Juwann Winfree from practice squad to gameday roster. WR: Marquez Valdes-Scantling, (hamstring), on IR. will miss a minimum of 1 game. PANTHERS: P: Joe Charlton (back) on IR. Charlton is the only Punter on the squad. Will have to move someone up. have signed Ryan Winslow to the practice squad. Most likely to be moved up. RAIDERS: HC: Jon Gruden resigns! Amid “PAST social media comments”. Rich Bisaccia, (assistant head coach/special teams coordinator for the last four seasons) Named interim coach. RAVENS: 100 yds rushing streak ends at 43. Tied with 1974-1947 Steelers SAINTS: WR: Michael Thomas can return for this week, (if healthy). TE: Dylan Soehner (shoulder). To have surgery OUT for season. DT: Jalen Dalton (partially torn tricep), OUT for season. OT: Ethan Greenridge, (unspecified arm injury), OUT for season. K: Wil Lutz, (core muscle), TE: Nick Vannett,(knee) CB: Ken Crawley, (unspecifid injury), . WR: Tre’Quan Smith (hamstring), DE Marcus Davenport, (pec strain), LB: Kwon Alexander, (shoulder), all to return when healthy. LB: Chase Hansen, (groin), IR. RB: Tony Jones, (ankle), IR. SEAHAWKS: QB: Russell Wilson, (finger), on IR. RB: Chris Carson, (neck), on IR. QB: Geno Smith to make 1st start in 4 years. STEELERS: WR: Ju-Ju Smith Schuster (shoulder) out for season. WASHINGTON: To retire S: Sean Taylor’s #21 Jersey Sunday. Taylor was a two-time Pro Bowler in four seasons with Washington. When he died at the age of 24 in 2007 after he was shot during an invasion of his home. MY TWO CENTS after all this is a post for MY opinions . (Will people never learn? Social media is not a good thing for anyone. It is just a gossip mill to begin with). Anythng you say can be used against you. People you don’t even know can attribute things to you that REALLY aren’t true. But people will believe it. I am not saying the things posted are truly his or not. If true shame on him. If not shame on whoever posted it. (Off my stump. for now). NOTE: Early Sunday Game 09:30. For those of you who are new here. This is how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT). The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game. EXAMPLE: Say this week we have 16 games. The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1. You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score. We use the Monday night (Last game played) as a TIE BREAKER. The tie is broken by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating teams) final score, without going over. YOU can adopt the scoring described above. Or, the optional method. A negative score for… Continue reading NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 6 NFL 10/14-17-18/2021
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 5 NFL 10/07-10-11/2021
Joe Montana says “….Brady may be able to play to his 60’s. With all the rules to protect the QB. Rarely takes a hard hit… MARSHAWN LYNCH: Named 1st ever NFLPA Chief Brand Ambassador. As such he willbe working with retired and current players to provide “strategic support and insight for the many athlete-driven programs, resources and revenue growth opportunities available to player. 49’ERS: QB Jimmy Garoppolo’s calf injury appears to be a contusion. Status will be clearer after a Wednesday revaluation. K: Robbie Gould on injured reserve,( groin). QB: Rookie, Trey Lance, To start game for injured Jimmy Garoppolo. TE: George Kittle on IR (calf). BEARS: Aquire WR: Jaqeem Grant from DOLPHINS, FOR 2023 6th round pick. RB: David Montgomery , (knee), likely to miss 3-5 weeks. WR: Nsimda Webster, released. DT: Akiem Hicks (groin), doubtful. LB: Khalil Mack (ribs/foot), questionable. WR: Darnell Mooney (groin), ready, but no game status designation. BENGALS: WR: Tee Higgins, (shoulder) ready to play but does not have a game status designation. WR; Mike Thomas (ankle) doubtful. OL: Xavier Su’ a-Flo (knee) on IR. S: Ricardo A;;em will take his spot on Active Roster. BILLS: LB: Matt Milano (hamstring), and DE: A.J. Epenesa (foot), questionable BRONCOS: QB: Teddy Bridgewater, (concussion), questionable for Sundat BUCCANEERS: OLB: Jason Pierre-Paul, (shoulder), and CB: Jamel Dean, (knee), to play Sunday. S: Antoine Winfield Jr, (concussion), and DL: Patrick O’Connor. (calf), ruled out. BROWNS: C: Nick Harris on IR. QB: Baker Mayfield has partially torn labrum in non-throwing should. Surgery not needed at this time. Expected to play if injury doesn’t get worse. DE: Myles Garrett (knee/ankle soreness), OT: Jedrick Wills (ankle), CB: Denzel Ward, (neck), DE: Jadeveon Clowney (elbow), C: JC Tretter (knee/back), CB: Troy Hill (toe), DE: Takkarist McKinley (knee), and TE: David Njoku (knee) are questionable for Sunday. SUNDAY, The BROWNS, became the first team in NFL History to Score 40 points and lose, while having ZERO TURNOVERS. Prior to this performance all 442 teams to score 40 points with no turnovers were 442-0. Now it is 442-1. CARDINALS: RB: Chase Edmonds (shoulder), game-day decision questionable. Along with OL: Kelvin Beachum (ribs), TE: Maxx Williams (shoulder). CB: Byron Murphy (ribs) has been ruled CHARGERS: CB: Chris Harris Jr. questionable. RB: Justin Jackson doubtful. CHIEFS: Add WR: Josh Gordon to 53 man roster. Gordon is being considered for play Sunday night. DE: Joshua Kaindoh, and LB: Willie Gay off IR. COWBOYS: WR: Amari Cooper (hamstring), RB: Ezekiel Elliott (knee), and DE: Randy Gregory (knee), questionable. DOLPHINS: WR: Devante Parker (shoulder/hamstring), questionable. EAGLES: OG: Sua Opeta on COVID-19 reserve list. OT: Jordan Mailata (knee), no game status designated. OT: Lane Johnson (personal matter) is out. FALCONS: CB: Isaiah Oliver, and P: Cameron Nizialek on IR. GIANTS: WR Sterling Shepard (hamstring), WR: Darius Slayton (hamstring) and S: Jabrill Peppers (hamstring), out OT: Andrew Thomas (foot), is questionable. JAGUARS:e CB: coach Tim Walton will not be available for Sunday’s game against the Titans due to COVID-19 protocols. Nickel backs coach Joe Danna will handle Walton’s game-day responsibilities. JETS: OLB: Hamsah Nasirildeen on IR. DL John Franklin-Myers signed to a 4 year $55 million extension. Ss Marcus Maye (ankle), and Adrian Colbert (concussion), out. LIONS: LB: Romeo Okwara on IR. TE: T.J. Hockenson (knee), OT: Penei Sewell (ankle) RB: D’Andre Swift (groin), and Jamaal Williams (hip), questionable. PANTHERS: RB: Christian McCaffrey, (hamstring), doubtful. PACKERS: C: Josh Myers (finger), and CB: Jaire Alexander (shoulder), out. . OL: Elgton Jenkins (ankle) questionable. PACKERS have franchise first in win over BENGALS. Sunday was the first time in team history that the PACKERS had a 300-yard passer, a 200-yard receiver & a 100-yard rusher in the same game. QB: Aaron Rodgers moved into 5th place for most TD passes (442). Next up is Brett Favre’s 508 TD passes. PATRIOTS: OL: Mike Onwenu and Isaiah Wynn on the reserve/COVID-19 list. OT: Trent Brown (calf), G: Shaq Mason (abdomen), and CB: Shaun Wade (concussion), out. K: Nick Folk (knee), CB: Jonathan Jones (ankle), and LB: Kyle Van Noy (groin), questionable. SAINTS: OT: Terron Armstead (elbow), and C: Erik McCoy (calf), out. SEAHAWKS: QB: Russell Wilson suffered a “badly sprained” middle finger Thursday night in the 3rd quarter. No timetable as to when on healing. BUT I am willing to bet he will return next week. To make his 166th straight start. Wilson to have MRI. Xray of finger came back negative. But MRi may result in surgery. (May Have MALLET FINGER). It is now reported that QB: Russell Wilson has a “RUPTURED” middle finger and surgery may be needed. Which means he may miss a month or up to 6-8 weeks. Russell Wilson had a double surgery Friday. two injuries to the finger: an extensor tendon rupture (mallet finger) and a comminuted fracture-dislocation of the proximal interphalangeal joint. He is expected to be back on the field this season. (Hopefully the 6-8 weeks will be all he misses). TITANS: WR: Julio Jones, (hamstring), to miss this week. WR: A.J. Brown to play, to play against Jaguars. WR: LB: Jayon Brown, WR Racey McMath, OL: Aaron Brewer, and, TE:Tommy Hudson on IR. VIKINGS: CB: Harrison Hand on the reserve/COVID-19 list. RB: Dalvin Cook, (ankle), questionable. DT: Michael Pierce, (elbow), out WASHINGTON: Trainer, Ryan Vermillion. placed on leave after Feds raid facility. RB: Jon Bostic, and CB: Torry McTyer on IR. WR: Dyani Brown (knee), WR: Cam Sims (hamstring, and G: Brandon Scherff (knee), out. RB: Antonio Gibson (shin), WR: Curtis Samuel (groin,) and, LB: Cole Holcomb (shoulder) questionable. Flexible Scheduling Starts This Week. SO check to see if a game has been moved. (I sometimes miss them), So although they will be on the pick sheet, They might not be in the right time slot. I will do my best to keep up with the changes. In 2006 the NFL implemented a primetime “flexible scheduling” element on Sundays in Weeks 10-15 and in Week 17. In 2014 that was extended so that… Continue reading NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 5 NFL 10/07-10-11/2021
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 4 NFL 09/30-10-03-06/2021
What a terrible week I had. QUESTION OF THIS WEEK: Do the coaches at New England know enough about Brady to stop him? 49’ERS: QB: Jimmy Garappolo, (calf, pain traveled down calf to Achilles Heel), may miss 2 weeks. BEARS: QB: Andy Dalton, (knee), questionable. Who will star at QB: game time decision. QB: Justin Fields projected starter Sunday. BRONCOS: QB:Teddy Bridgewater suffered a concussion in Sunday’s 23-7 loss to the RAVENS. BUCCANEERS: Sign CB: Richard Sherman to 1 year contract. WR: Antonio Brown activated from COVID-19 list. TE: Rob Gronkowsky, (ribs), questionable against Patriots. DE: Jason Pierre-Paul, out. CB: Carlton Davis, (rib/abdomen), questionable. TE: Rob Gronkowsky injury more serious than first thought. Actually has four cracked ribs, one broken rib and a punctured lung. Uknown when he will return. BRADY. Breaks, Brees record and now is the ALL TIME PASSING LEADER. 80.359 yards and games to play. CARDINALS: End 8 game losing streak to RAMS. COLTS: Will be have 5 starters not making the trip to Miami. LG: Quenton Nelson (ankle). Nelson’s; (a 3 time All-Pro) miss will end his 51 straight starts RT: Braden Smith (foot/thumb). CB: Rock Ya-Sin (ankle). S: Khari Willis (groin). Also DE: Kwity Paye (hamstring). CHARGERS: LB: Kenneth Murray (ankle), questionable. CHIEFS: DE: Frank Clark, (hamstring). and CB: Chevarius Ward (quad), out. HC: Andy Reid becomes the 1st HC; to win 100 games with 2 different teams, (including playoffs). Reid’s 100th win with the Chiefs came against the EAGLES, which just happens to be the team he led to 140 wins. EAGLES: All-Pro RB, LeSean McCoy signs 1 day contract to retire as an Eagle. RT: Lane Johnson inactive this week, (personal matter) GIANTS: WR: John Ross, activated from IR. PACKERS: Za Darius Smith, (back surgery), out for an extended number of games CB: Jaire Alexander is suffered an AC joint injury in his right shoulder. Status unknown at this time. PATRIOTS: WR: K’Neal Harry, off injured list. Expected to make 1st appearance of season Sunday. RB: James White (hip), placed on IR. RAIDERS: RB: Josh Jacobs, questionable for Monday night. RAVENS: QB: Lamar Jackson expected to return Sunday. RB: LeVeon Bell Activated from practice squad. Tie record 43 consecutive games with 100 rushing yards or more.(The devious Ravens with 3 seconds left, and game in hand, instead of taking a knee ran one more play picking up the 5 yards needed to extend the streak). I can’t say as I blame them. With a tie this game, it gives them the chance to set a new record next week. SAINTS: Looking forward to playing in New Orleans this week. OL: SEAHAWKS: QB: Russell Wilson threw his 274th TD, Sunday. Moving him ahead of Joe Montana on the All Time TD passes record book. Placing him 18th on he list. Wilson now has a chance to pass Vinny Testaverde this Sunday. WR: Dee Eskridge (concussion) expected to return Sunday. LB: Benson Mayowa, out. RB: Rashaad Penny placed on IR. STEELERS: WR: Chase Claypool, (hamstring), out this week. QB: Ben Roethlisberger, completed his 400th TD pass. He is one of only 8 QBs to accomplish this feat. Among active players, he is behind Aaron Rodgers, and all time leader Tom Brady. TITANS: WR: Julio Jones, (hamstring), and A.J. Jones (hamstring) could miss game this week. For those of you who are new here. This is how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARENOT). The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game. EXAMPLE: Say this week we have 16 games. The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1. You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score. We use the Monday night (Last game played) as a TIE BREAKER. The tie is broken by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating teams) final score, without going over. YOU can adopt the scoring described above. Or, the optional method. A negative score for missed games. We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions. EXAMPLE: if you scored 1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pts on the second game and lost you would still have 1 pt. 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score If we were playing this is how my sheet would look; My pick will be in bold Capital letters. you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting. I will show my correct points in Bold I will fill in my picks Thursday. Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use. Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MIS-COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. BYES: NONE (All Times AST or erroneously known as EDT GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 09/30//21 20:20 1 NFL Jaguars (1-2) 21 @ BENGALS (2 – 1) 24 14 14/14 SUNDAY 10/03/21 13:00 2 CBS TITANS(–21) 24 @ Jets (0-3) 27 (OT) 13 27/27 3 CBS CHIEFS (1=2) 42 @ Eagles (1-2) 30 12 39/39 4 FOX Panthers (0-3) 28 @ COWBOYS (2-1) 36 9 48/48 5 FOX Giants (0-3) 27 @ SAINTS (2-1) 21 (OT) 15 48/33 6 CBS BROWNS (2–1) 14 @ Vikings ( 1-2) 7 4 52/37 7 FOX Lions (0–3) 14 @ BEARS (1–2) 24 5 57/42 8 CBS Texans (1–2) 0 @ BILLS (2–1) 40 16 73/58 9 CBS Colts (1–2) 27 @ DOLPHINS (1–2) 17 3 73/55 10 FOX WASHINGTON (1–2) 34 @ Falcons (1–2) 30 2 77/57 SUNDAY 10/03//21 16:05 11 FOX Seahawks (1-2 ) 28 @ 49’ers (2–1) 21 6 77/51 12 FOX Cardinals3–0) 37 @ RAMS (3-2 20 8 77/43 SUNDAY 10/03//21 16:25 13 CBS Steelers (1–2) 17… Continue reading NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 4 NFL 09/30-10-03-06/2021
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 3 NFL 09/23-26-27/2021
TRIVIA: What QB, threw 167 TDs in his 20’s. Now has a chance to throw more TDs in his 40’s? ANSWER: A rookie in 2000 at 23 . He became the starting QB at age 24 and threw 167 TDs before turning 30. Currently he has thrown 154 in his 40’s. Following him are Drew Brews with 57. Brett Favre with 41. Warren Moon with 37 and Vinny Testaverde with 24. TYMDOARB (Unscramble the letters if haven’t figured it out. SIDE NOTE: BASEBALL: Say goodbye to the Cleveland Indians. They will now become the Cleveland GUARDIANS. (my take on the whole subject remains the same. With the removal of the Indians name, we move one step closer to forgetting that the people we call INDIANS [by a misnomer, because Christopher Columbus: for example: thought they had landed in INDIA]; WERE in fact the people who owned this great country. Generations, or less than a generation will forget they existed. Just like the removal of Confederate statues, UH-OH the Civil War never happened. WE never had SLAVERY here. NEWS: NFL states it is pleased with it’s “TAUNTING” rule and has no plans to alter it. I think I speak for most fans when I say it is a very poor rule as it statnds. Tom Brady’s take on the rule is that there is nothing the players, fans, or coaches can do about it. To sum up Tom Brady says, “…NFL’s new taunting rule STINKS” BEARS: QB Justin Fields will make 1st start for BEARS, while QB, Andy Dalton recovers from knee injury. HC: All QBs being considered for week 4 start. BRONCOS: DE: Bradley Chubb out for 6-8 weeks. (Will have surgery to remove ankle spur) WR: K.J. Hamler out for season, (torn ACL). BROWNS: WR, Jarvis Landry, on IR. (knee). WR: Odell Beckham (knee) to return Sunday against the BEARS. BUCCANEERS: RB: Leonard Fournette to start game, leaving Ronald Jones to be the backup COLTS: QB: (Often injured) Carson Wentz, (double ankle injuries), game time decision, but is expected to start game. Preparing both Jacob Eason and practice QB Brett Hundley, as a precaution if Carson Wentz is unable to play. COWBOYS: OT La’el Collins, NFL has been suspended 5 games for violating the leagues drug policies. His attempting to bribe drug test collector. DOLPHINS: QB, Tua Tagovavailoa will sit this week out recouperatinf from (fractured rib). Hoping he will return in week 6. Allowing former Colts QB, Jacoby Brissett to get the starting job. EAGLES: RG, Brandon Brooks on IR, (pec), May return after 3 week mandatory stay per COVID-19 protocol. DE: Brandon Graham out rest of season on IR, (ruptured achilles tendon). (Bad week to be an Eagle named Brandon}. GIANTS: OL: Nick Gates out with (fractured leg), has had surgery. Will miss significant time. Coach Joe Judge looking at worst scenario, says injury may be a career ender. JETS: WR: Jamison Crowder (groin) expected to miss week 3. PANTHERS: QB, ROOKIE, Davis Mills receives the nod to start TNF, in lieu of injured QB, Tyrod Taylor who has been placed on IR. (hamstring). RB: Christian McCaffrey injured TNF (hamstring). Unknown how long he will be out. RAVENS: QB: Lamar Jackson listed as “questionable” (illness). UPATE: Jackson expected to play. NT: Brandon Williams, DT Justin Madubike, OLs: Justin Houston, and Jaylon Ferguson on COVID-19 IR. OT: Ronnie Stanley, (ankle), and DE: Derek Wolfe, (hip/back) out for Sunday Vs Lions. Also listed as questionable ar CBs: Jimmy Smith (ankle), and Tavon Young, (knee). LB: Pernell McPhee (shoulder), and WR: Marquise Brown, (ankle). OT: Ronnie Stanley is out, (ankle) STEELERS: LB, T.J. WATT, (groin) out. WR: Dionte Johnson (knee), unknown. DE: Tyson Alualu (ankle), to miss multiple weeks. QB Ben Rothelisberger, (pec injury), Status unknown. TEXANS: QB, Tyrod Taylor may miss WEEKS, (hamstring) and could be added to IR. Deshaun Watson stays on Inactive list. VIKNINGS: RB, Dalvin Cook listed as questionable, Sunday (sprained ankle). For those of you who are new here. This is how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT). The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game. EXAMPLE: Say this week we have 16 games. The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1. You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score. We use the Monday night (Last game played) as a TIE BREAKER. The tie is broken by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating teams) final score, without going over. YOU can adopt the scoring described above. Or, the optional method. A negative score for missed games. We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions. EXAMPLE: if you scored 1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pts on the second game and lost you would still have 1 pt. 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score If we were playing this is how my sheet would look; My pick will be in bold Capital letters. you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting. I will show my correct points in Bold I will fill in my picks Thursday. Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use. Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MIS-COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. BYES: NONE (All Times AST or erroneously known as EDT GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 09/23/21 20:20 1 NFL PANTHERS(2–0 ) 24 @ Texans (1-1 ) 9 15 15/15 SUNDAY 09/26/21 13:00 2 CBS Colts (0-2) 16 @ TITANS (1-1 ) 25 10 25/25 3 FOX Falcons (0-2 ) 17 @ GIANTS (0-2) 14 4 25/21 4 CBS Chargers () 30 @ CHIEFS (1-1)… Continue reading NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 3 NFL 09/23-26-27/2021
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 2 NFL 09/16-19-20-/2021
i CERTAINLY HOPE YOU HAD A BETTER WEEK THAN I DID! TRIVIA QUESTION: How much do practice squad players make? ANSWER: 2 years or less $9,200 a week for 18 weeks, ($165,600 a season). MORE than 2 years earn a minimum $14,000 a week, ($225,000 a year). We certainly seen some bad calls last week. One was when a player was called for “TAUNTING” for saying something to the opposition who slapped his face mask. Another comes to mind with a “ROUGHING THE PASSER” which was just incidental normal contact. I am sure there were more, but those were the only 2 i actually saw. We saw two OT games. And 2 games decided by 3 or less points. (One was a mere 1 pt difference). QUESTION: What do you think of the “TAUNTING” rule? This week we saw a “TAUNTING” infraction for SPINNING A FOOTBALL, flashing the INCOMPLETE SIGN, CLAPPING, FLEXING. It seems to me this is not a good rule as it stands. Maybe for more extreme cases. But it is being called for frivolous things. Besides this is “ADULTS”. Granted adults should be above such behavior. But on the other hand “ADULTS”, be able to handle minor taunting. It appears more FANS, are disapproving of this rule. I would recommend the NFL fine tune this rule to only approve the call for more major issues. What do you think? NEWS: 49ers: RB, Raheem Mostert out with season ending knee surgery. COWBOYS: DE, DeMarcus Lawrence to a broken foot, (more specifically a broken 5th metatarsal). Suffered in practice. Surgery will be needed and he is expected to be return by November. WR: Michael Gallup, expected to miss at least the next month. (calf). RT: La’El Collins suspended 5 games for violation of leagues substance abuse policy. DE: Ramdu Gragpry tested positive for COVID. GIANTS: Will be missing this week LB: Cam Brown (hamstring). TE: Evan Engram (calf), G: Shane Lemieux, (knee). RB: Saquon Barkley is questionable (knee). PACKERS: RB: Za’Darius Smith placed on IR, (back), for Sunday’s game. RAIDERS: QB, Marcus Mariota is expected to miss multiple weeks after aggravating a quadriceps injury during his lone snap of Las Vegas’ overtime win over the Baltimore Ravens. Mariota is presumed to return by Halloween. RB: Josh Jacobs, out for Sunday game. (toe/ankle injury). Have filed an OFFICIAL COMPLAINT, with NFL citing, “ALL DIRTY HITS” on WR Hunter Renfrow by Raven last Monday. SAINTS: Plan to return to New Orleans after week 3. DE: Marcus Davenport, (shoulder), and LB: Kwon Alexander (elbow), on IR. They can return after 3 weeks. (per NFL’s updated COVID-19 roster rules. 7 offensive assistants Jim Chaney, Declan Doyle, Phil Galiano, Curtis Johnson, Brendan Nugent, Dan Roushar, and Joel Thomas will not be in attendance for the team’s game against the Carolina Panthers, due to to COVID-19 protocols. 49’ers and SAINTS: Former San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints DE: Parys Haralson has died at 37 years old. Haralson played his college years at University Tennessee, where he was captain, his senior year. He played for the 49’ers from 2006-2012, and played for the Saints 2016-2018. Haralson posted 267 Tackles, and 28 sacks. LIONS and RAMS: DT: Roger Brown died today at age 84. Brown, a graduate of Maryland State College was drafted by both the NFL and AFL He played with the LIONS from 1960-1966, and finished his career with the Rams 1967-1969. Brown played in the College All Star game in Chicago VS. Baltimore Colts. Mr. Brown was named Defensive Outstanding Lineman in 1962. He tied a 1932 record for single season, individual Safeties. (He sacked both Bart Starr and Johnny Unitas for safeties. In the 1962 game dubbed the Thanksgiving Massacre, against the PACKERS. Sacking Bart Starr 7 times, including a safety. Brown was a member of the original FEARSOME FOURSOME, With Alex Karras, Sam Williams, and Darris McCord. He made 6 Pro Bowls 1962-1967. Also a LIONS RING OF HONOR in 2018. While with the RAMS, Roger Brown, Deacon Jones, Lamar Lundy, and Merlin Olsen, made the most feared defensive line(at that time) the “FEARSOME FOURSOME”. For those of you who are new here. This is how confidence ranking goes, let me explain. If we were playing an office pool,(which we ARE NOT). The object is to score the most points. To obtain the score YOU rank the teams by how confident you are a team will win its game. EXAMPLE: Say this week we have 16 games. The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 16 and follow down to the team you are least confident in and assign that number 1. You add up the TOTAL CORRECT PICKS.. That would be your score. We use the Monday night (Last game played) as a TIE BREAKER. The tie is broken by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating teams) final score, without going over. YOU can adopt the scoring described above. Or, the optional method. A negative score for missed games. We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions. EXAMPLE: if you scored 1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pts on the second game and lost you would still have 1 pt. 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a –14 score If we were playing this is how my sheet would look; My pick will be in bold Capital letters. you can use circling, underlining, or highlighting. I will show my correct points in Bold I will fill in my picks Thursday. Until then feel free to: Just copy and paste for your own Fun Pool Use. Or to see if you can beat me. IF YOU SEE I MADE A MIS-COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. BYES: NONE (All Times AST or erroneously known as EDT GAME # TV VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THUR 09/16/21 20:20 1 NBC Giants (0-1) 29 @ WASHINGTON(0-1) 30 6 6/6 SUNDAY 09/19/21 13:00 2 CBS PATRIOTS (0-1) 25 @ Jets (0-1) 6 11… Continue reading NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 2 NFL 09/16-19-20-/2021
NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 1 NFL 09/09-12-13/2021
Welcome to our 10 th year doing these Confident picks. VIKINGS: Hall of Fame member. and Nebraska graduate Mick Tinglelhoff died Saturday at age 81. Tinglehoff played 17 years with the Vikings, starting 240 straight games, made 6 Pro Bowls,(1964-1969,) and 5 All Pro selection, (1964,65,66,68,and 69. He was a member of the 1969 NFL Champion Team. BUCCANEERS: Center Ryan Jensen draws 1st penalty for “TAUNTING” Recipient of the TAUNT, was Cowboys, DL Carolos Watkins. Watkins slapped Jensen in the facemask (after the play), and got a penalty of his own. It was whatever Jensen said to Watkins after the slap, that drew the “taunting penalty” , Sounds like a bad call to me. Looked like Watkins was the one doing the taunting. Any red blooded athlete would say somethng to his attacker. DOES this put him in the “RECORDS BOOK”? STEELERS: SIGN CONTRACT WITH PR, (Pass Rusher) T.J.(Watt to a four-year extension worth over $112 million with $80 million of it guaranteed at signing. UPDATE: Week 15, two of five designated matchups will be played on Saturday with the remainder to be played on Sunday. Specific dates and start times for such designated Week 15 matchups will be determined and announced no later than four weeks prior to game day. Week 18, two games will be played on Saturday, one at 4:30 PM ET and one at 8:15 PM ET with the remainder to be played on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 PM ET and 4:25 PM ET, and one matchup to be played on Sunday night at 8:20 PM ET. Specific dates and start times for Week 18 matchups will be determined and announced following the conclusion of Week 17. We probably will see several records toppled this season. How will the NFL handle this? With an extra game, beginning this season, means 1 more game to surpass records set by the likes of : Manning’s 5,477 yards. Manning’s 55 touchdowns. Brees’ 471 completions. Dickerson’s 2,105 yards, Chris Johnson’s 2,509 scrimmage yards. Calvin Johnson’s 1,964 receiving yards. Thomas’ 149 receptions. Strahan’s 22.5 sacks. Akers’ 166 points. Luck’s 4,374 yards. PERSONAL NOTE: I still think the Colts erred by signing Carson Wentz. If he stays healthy, I may be wrong, But old habits are hard to break, and I think he will struggle correcting these. Maybe the Colts coaching staff, have or will, succeed in breaking him of those bad habits. I hope i am wrong. (Except this week). You regular readers are aware, I am a big Russell Wilson backer. Regardless of what team he plays for. If you are only wanting the pick sheet just scroll down. Here are the new rules for 2021 as I understand them at this time: 1. Eliminate overtime in the preseason This one is self-explanatory. Any of the (now) three preseason games that end in a tie score will remain a tie. Previously, overtime rules in the preseason were the same as regular season rules. Regular season overtime will remain untouched, but there will be no overtime in the preseason anymore. So much for this rule, as preseason is over. 2. Establishes maximum number of players in the “setup zone” during a free kick (kickoff) This is a bit of an unknown rule, but in 2020, teams that received a kick had to have at least eight players lined up in what they called the “setup zone” up until the moment the ball is kicked. For the receiving team, this “setup zone” is the space between 10 yards in front of the teed ball (the restraining line) and 15 yards in front of that. So if the ball is teed up at the 35-yard line (as usual on a kickoff), eight players on the receiving team had to be set up between the opponent’s 45-yard line and their own 40-yard line. Here’s how it looked last year: The rule change is simple. Prior to this rule change, eight was the minimum amount of players in this setup zone, but there was no maximum. Now there is a maximum of nine, meaning there needs to be at least two players outside of this zone for the receiving team. Why? Well, the reason is simply listed as “Provides excitement and competition.” The real reason likely has to do with low conversion rates of onside kicks. Previously, teams would crowd this zone with at least 10 players to recover an onside kick. For example: This is now an illegal formation. Two players will have to be beyond the 40-yard line, leaving fewer players on the receiving team to recover an onside kick. 3. Replay officials can now provide certain objective information to on-field officials The NFL didn’t fully adopt a “sky judge” this time around but this was a bit of a compromise. Now the officials in charge of replay can assist on the following new rule applications without the need for a challenge: Possession of the ball Completed or incomplete pass Touching of a loose ball, boundary line, goal line, or end line Spot of the ball/player in relation to sidelines, line of scrimmage line to gain, or goal line Down by contact (when not ruled down on the field) These issues can still be challenged by a team, but now the on-field officials can consult with replay officials if there is a “clear and obvious” issue with the call on the field. 4. Ensure the enforcement of all penalties committed by either team on extra point/two-point conversion attempts This rule simply adds these words to an already existing rule (new part is bolded): If a foul results in a retry, Team A will have the option to enforce the penalty from the spot where it attempted the try (previous spot) or from the yard line for the other try option, the location of… Continue reading NFL CONFIDENCE PICKS WEEK 1 NFL 09/09-12-13/2021
NFL 2021 RULE CHANGES
Jaguars place rookie RB Travis Etienne on season-ending injured reserve with foot injury Welcome to the 101st anniversary of NFL football. It is THAT time of the year again. So with Pre-season upon us I find it is time to update you on the new rules as some pertain only to Pre-season. So here are the ne new rules I know of at this moment. 1. Eliminate overtime in the preseason This one is self-explanatory. Any of the (now) three preseason games that end in a tie score will remain a tie. Previously, overtime rules in the preseason were the same as regular season rules. Regular season overtime will remain untouched, but there will be no overtime in the preseason anymore. 2. Establishes maximum number of players in the “setup zone” during a free kick (kickoff) This is a bit of an unknown rule, but in 2020, teams that received a kick had to have at least eight players lined up in what they called the “setup zone” up until the moment the ball is kicked. For the receiving team, this “setup zone” is the space between 10 yards in front of the teed ball (the restraining line) and 15 yards in front of that. So if the ball is teed up at the 35-yard line (as usual on a kickoff), eight players on the receiving team had to be set up between the opponent’s 45-yard line and their own 40-yard line. Here’s how it looked last year: I assume the other 3 players are deeper as this appears to be an incomplete demo showing the lineups for only the “setup zone” The rule change is simple. Prior to this rule change, eight was the minimum amount of players in this setup zone, but there was no maximum. Now there is a maximum of nine, meaning there needs to be at least two players outside of this zone for the receiving team. Why? Well, the reason is simply listed as “Provides excitement and competition.” The real reason likely has to do with low conversion rates of onside kicks. Previously, teams would crowd this zone with at least 10 players to recover an onside kick. For example: AGAIN: I assume the other player is deeper, (meaning only 1 player is allowed to be deep). as this appears to be an incomplete demo showing the lineups for only the “setup zone” This is now an illegal formation. Two players will have to be beyond the 40-yard line, leaving fewer players on the receiving team to recover an onside kick. 3. Replay officials can now provide certain objective information to on-field officials The NFL didn’t fully adopt a “sky judge” this time around but this was a bit of a compromise. Now the officials in charge of replay can assist on the following new rule applications without the need for a challenge: Possession of the ball Completed or incomplete pass Touching of a loose ball, boundary line, goal line, or end line Spot of the ball/player in relation to sidelines, line of scrimmage line to gain, or goal line Down by contact (when not ruled down on the field) These issues can still be challenged by a team, but now the on-field officials can consult with replay officials if there is a “clear and obvious” issue with the call on the field. 4. Ensure the enforcement of all penalties committed by either team on extra point/two-point conversion attempts This rule simply adds these words to an already existing rule (new part is bolded): If a foul results in a retry, Team A will have the option to enforce the penalty from the spot where it attempted the try (previous spot) or from the yard line for the other try option, the location of which is determined by any previously enforced penalty, if applicable. I believe this simply means they will tack on penalties if they occur on back-to-back try attempts. 5. Add a loss of down to the penalty of a second forward pass Previously, when a team committed a penalty for two forward passes on one play, the enforcement was simply a 5-yard penalty. Now teams will also incur a loss of down for the same penalty, in addition to the 5 yards. This new rule addition also impacts the very rare occasion in which the ball crosses the line of scrimmage, then goes back behind the line of scrimmage, then a forward pass is attempted. That is still illegal, but it will now also incur a loss of down in addition to the 5-yard penalty. 6. JERSEY NUMBER CHANGES! The NFL has limits on what positions can hold what numbers. The main purpose of this is to designate eligible receivers from non-eligible receivers. This year the NFL has loosened those restrictions but kept the eligible/ineligible designations intact. Here are the new legal numbers by position: QB: 1-19 RB: 1-49, 80-89 TE: 1-49, 80-89 WR: 1-49, 80-89 OL: 50-79 DL: 50-79, 90-99 LB: 1-59, 90-99 DB: 1-49 One note on this rule: If a player desires to change numbers for the 2021 season, they will have to personally buy out the remaining stock of their jerseys from distributors, according to ESPN’s Kevin Seifert. If they want to change next year, they are not required to do so. This is a long-standing rule in the NFL, and it may cause players to wait a year to change numbers. In addition to these six new rules, the NFL also adopted a new way in which teams will report visits. Here’s the specific language: Views: 139
2021 MARCH MADNESS PICK SHEETS , UPDATES AND OCCASIONAL OPINION
This is where you can print your “OFFICE POOL” Bracket, Check the scores, etc. Yes I will have “MY PICKS” so you can compare your picks to mine. (And Laugh or Cry)I will have A “MASTER BRACKET”, “WHAT IF YOU CHOSE THE HIGH PICKS” for each game. Yes I will have MY PICKS. .An “UPSET” will be RED on “ALL HIGH PICKS” Bracket. GREEN indicate HIGH SEED Win What is a seed? Merely a starting place. Although unlikely, IT is possible for two 16 seeds to meet in the final game. Would lets say Michigan St were to be seeded as a number 16. They would still have to win all games to be CHAMPION ! SEEDING attempts to give a more favored team an easier path to the CHAMPIONSHIP. Seeding should lead to the best 2 teams playing in the final game. However there is always that upset minded team; or the chance that the favored team has a bad game, a stand out player is sick or injured. To print BRACKET: HOVER OVER SHEET. You will see a window at bottom with an arrow pointing down (second from right). Click this button. It will open a new window with the bracket then click the printer icon or go to file, and PRINT. The NCAA has named replacement teams in the event any team is unable to start the tournament due to COVID-19. The 4 teams are Louisville, Colorado State, St. Louis and Mississippi. These teams were the first 4 to miss the cut. After Tournament starts there will be no replacements. Any team deemed unable to play will be considered a “NO CONTEST” , and team still able to play will automatically advance. Tournament may have to have to switch days the East Region and Midwest Region play their Sweet 16 games. If number 6 seed BYU advances to SWEET SIXTEEN. The reason is; the East Region is scheduled to play on Sunday March 28. BYU being a Mormon, (Latter Day Saints), have a strict rule of not playing games on SUNDAY. Out of respect for the religion NCAA has agreed to switch the 2 Play dates. NCAA ANNOUNCES Oregon advances with no contest. VCU Covid-19 Was it just me or did UCLA Coach Mick Cronin, have a surprised look on his face after defeating Michigan St. Six Referees sent home from Tournament. COVID-19 related. I have to think Texas Tech Coach Chris Beard lost the chance for his team to advance. Why did he leave his team playing the last couple of minutes as if they had a 10 point lead. Letting them play a stall tactic, instead of attacking the basket. The momentum of the game was on their side. WHY? I’m sure Coach Beard had his reasons. We may never understand his thinking at that time; even if we know. I would like to see the CHAMPIONSHIP GAME played between UCLA; because they have come the farthest starting the tournament as a play in game. AND Baylor, because they have waited 61 years to return to the FINAL FOUR Then I would like to see Baylor win the whole thing. They are so long overdue. The Baylor team last played in Championship game in 1948, getting beat by Kentucky, (who won their first championship), 58-42 at Madison Square Garden. TRIVIA Baylor in first FINAL FOUR since 1950. Gonzaga’s last trip to the FINAL FOUR was in 2017. UCLA last appeared in Final Four in 2008. (Their 3rd consecutive appearance). Houston last made the FINAL FOUR in 1984. Star players that year were Ralph Sampson, Clyde Drexler, and Hakeem Olajuwon Arkansas 1st Elite appearance since 1995 Oregon St advances to ELITE 8. After 39 year absence. St Louis mascot is called a Billiken. A Billiken is a mythical “Good Luck Figure. ” To see image of Billiken scroll to bottom of page. Wisconsin snaps Roy Williams’ 29-0 first round winning streak. Oral Roberts University becomes 2nd, 15 in Tournament history to reach SWEET 16. The only other 15 seed was FGCU, (Florida Gulf Coast University), in 2013 MASTER BRACKETT [pdf-embedder url=”http://worldfootballcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-MARCHMADNESS-MASTER.pdf” title=”2021 MARCHMADNESS MASTER”] ALL HIGH PICKS [pdf-embedder url=”http://worldfootballcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-MARCHMADNESS-All-HIGH-PICKS.pdf” title=”2021 MARCHMADNESS All HIGH PICKS”] UPSET BRACKET [pdf-embedder url=”http://worldfootballcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-MARCHMADNESS-UPSETS.pdf” title=”2021 MARCHMADNESS UPSETS”] Warning ! Do not look at MY PICKS. please? MY PICKS [pdf-embedder url=”http://worldfootballcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-MARCHMADNESS-MY-PICKS.pdf” title=”2021 MARCHMADNESS MY PICKS”] My Cinderella team Pick is Colgate. No rhyme. No reason. I just thought I would add another way to be RIGHT or wrong. So much for my Cinderella Team. I hope yours does better. GAME TIME, CHANNEL, WHERE PLAYED NCAA Tournament national championship Monday, April 5 Game Time (ET) TV Game 67 9 p.m. Gonzaga Vs Baylor CBS, fuboTV Views: 198
NFL 2020 PLAYOFFS
I apologize for poor coverage this week. I have been under the weather and much time spent in bed sleeping. So if I can’t keep things like they should be, please forgive me. BILLS: Bringing QB Chad Kelly in for a tryout. Kelly was released from the COLTS, Sept 30, 2020. (He is also the nephew of former Bills QB Jim Kelly. Just in case you were wondering. I was). . BRONCOS: GM, John Elway steps down. Elway will stay with the organization as President of Football Operations. CHARGERS: Fire HC, Anthony Lynn. STILL NO UP TO SNUFF SO HERE ARE MY PICKS FOR DIVISIONAL : TEAM VS TEAM CONFIDENCE Rams PACKERS 3 Ravens BILLS 1 Browns CHIEFS 4 Buccaneers SAINTS 3 . WILD CARD DIVISIONAL CONFERENCE SUPER BOWL CHAMPION GAMES 01/6-01/17 TIME AND CHANNEL TBD #7 Colts 24 Jan 09, 21 @ 13:05 CBS #2 BILLS #3 BILLS 27 #6 Browns 48 Jan 10 21 @ 20:15 NBC #6 Browns AFC #3 STEELERS 37 Jan 24 @ 16:40 CBS #5 RAVENS 20 Jan 10 ,21 @ 13:05 ESPN #5 RAVENS #4 Titans 13 Jan 14 @ 13:05 CBS #1 Chiefs Feb 7 @ 18:30 CBS Tampa Bay #6 Rams 30 Rams Jan 9 21 @ 16:40 FOX #3 SEAHAWKS 1 20 #7 Bears 9 Jan 10, 21 CBS #2 SAINTS NFC #2 SAINTS 6 21 Jan 24 @ 15:05 FOX #5 BUCCANEERS #5 BUCCANEERS 4 31 #4 Football Team 23 Packers (1) This bracket is accurate to the best of my knowledge. HOWEVER it will be replaced when i set one up so i can update it. Views: 109
