What a thrilling ending to the 2016 edition of MARCH MADNESS. North Carolina probably wishing the could have waited a couple of seconds for their final shot. I didn’t do so well. I DID however pick a number two seed to win (Michigan State); BUT it was a number two seed which won. So I have to give myself a half credit (?). It has been FUN. I plan to do this again next year. Despite my troubles with CHROME. It gave me fits in updating. I would spend sometimes an hour updating just one bracket sheet. Finally learned I had to clear my cache every time before I attempted to update anything. Be sure to check back regularly. I don’t have any idea what I will write about….. NO! wait I have some idea. Maybe some racing history. (If I can find the notes I made a couple years ago. Also…. who knows. WELCOME TO OUR 2016 MARCH MADNESS. I am not sure How many years we have been doing this. I will have to look it up. This is where you can print your “OFFICE POOL” Bracket, Check the scores, etc. I will have this “MASTER BRACKET”, “WHAT IF YOU CHOSE THE HIGH PICKS” for each game. An “UPSET BRACKET” (if the favored team wins it will be in Green, if it is an upset it will be listed in RED”. And, Yes I will have my picks so you can compare your picks to mine. (And Laugh or Cry) 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. I am reminded of one year in our STATE High School WRESTLING Tournament. The Athletic Assn. decided to go with a draw, rather than seeding. The Result? Two wrestlers with one defeat each faced each other in the first match. Loser of a first round match goes home. It was a 3 OT match. One of these wrestlers went home, while wrestlers with more losses during the season advanced. The winner of this match had no competition left. Easy wins. He won the CHAMPIONSHIP that first match. Not much excitement. Reportedly there is a TEENAGE GIRL in Indiana who has only missed 3 games in this years bracket. She picked Texas over Northern Iowa. California over Hawaii. Final game she had Syracuse over North Carolina. Her Champion pick is……VILLANOVA. She says she does not follow Basketball regularly and has only attended a game or two at her high school. Maybe this is proof the rest of us over think some things To print BRACKET: Click on PRINT PDF button at top and select page with the bracket you want to print. ( If you do not see the “PRINT PDF” button. Please go to the The Title “NCAA March Madness 2016” and click to advance to the full post). MASTER BRACKET [pdf-embedder url=”https://fromthemiddle.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-march-madness-MASTER-bracket.pdf”] ALL HIGH PICKS [pdf-embedder url=”https://fromthemiddle.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-march-madness-ALL-HIGH-PICKS-bracket.pdf”] UPSETS [pdf-embedder url=”https://fromthemiddle.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-march-madness-UPSETS-bracket.pdf”] MY PICKS [pdf-embedder url=”https://fromthemiddle.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-march-madness-MY-PICKS-bracket.pdf”] Views: 110
Author: Wayne Lawrence
This That and the Other Thing
Today I will be talking about a few things. Football, Politics, Basketbal, and anything else that pops into my mind. FOOTBALL: Questions. Will Peyton Retire? YES! I believe he will retire. But follow the lead of Jeff Saturday and retire as a COLT. Will Johnny Manziel find a home? Despite his intolerable behavior….I believe someone will find a spot for him. JAMESIS WINSTON found a home, DIDN’T he. What about Robert Griffin III ? I think he will land some where. BUT as I wrote before his, Russel Wilson, and Andrew Luck’s drafting. R.G.III needs to play behind a veteran for at least one or two years. Then I think he will be ready. POLITICS: Same old thing. people will elect another MULTI-MILLIONAIRE, who has no interest in the working people. Right now it looks like our choice will be Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. Before I move on let me remind you I do not affiliate with any party. It is my belief THERE IS NO ROOM IN GOVERNMENT FOR PARTIES. That said; Donald Trump has set a precedent as one who will, if things get a little tough he will bail. Just look how many times he has bailed out of businesses using BANKRUPTCY!!!! Hillary Clinton: Don’t forget Who’s name was on NAFTA which sent and continues to send AMERICAN JOBS to another country. CLINTON. She has been caught in so many LIES already. Yes I know LYING is a politician’s pre-requisite. As an INDEPENT VOTER I must say our choices get worse every election. Lastly. BASKETBALL: Thank goodness we have something to look forward to. I will have your printable brackets, and updates for the NCAA Tournament. This year is the first time in many years the Tournament looks wide open. Every week we see I would say about 5 upsets. Who will peak at just the right time, or have an outstanding game: or the worst game of their season. Yes I will have my selections, how you would do if you had picked the favored team, AND the upset sheet which will highlight every upset for the Tourney. Time to go now. Talk to again. Be sure to check back for my coverage of MARCH MADNESS. PS: I almost forgot. The Oscars. As usual most all awards go to the least deserving. I usually go to one movie a week, and the movies I watched were MUCH better than the winners. I truly believe the pre-reqisite for an Oscar is a bad job which needs the “MAGICAL ACADEMY AWARD” to get a push. I won’t go through every award. Let me just say BEST ACTOR: DiCaprio???? Are you kidding. He was a terrible actor as a child, and is still terrible. The best movie he even came close to giving a really good performance was 14 years ago. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Sorry but that is truly the only movie I could call him creditable. THE REVENANT was an interesting story. But really a Chimpanzee could have turned in as good a performance. So as you can see they should have made a special category to score him as Oscar. The category should have been PARTICIPATION OSCAR. Just as the little soccer players win or lose get a Participation trophy. PSS: I forgot I wanted to mention the threat of the Louisiana Governor to do away with LSU Football. We all know that LSU brings in a massive amount of money to the state for their football games. To take away the financing would be a bigger blow to Louisiana’s economy than the program costs. That Is How I See It. Views: 119
SUPER BOWL 50 CONFIDENCE PICK
We have had all the hoopla and hype for SUPER 50 (L). I am not making a big post this year on it. I will simply say my pick is; as stated in the last post; ….. The NFL wants Peyton Manning to win this SUPER BOWL!!!!! We saw the longest punt return in a SUPER BOWL WE SAW THE FIRST TIME A COACH WON THE SUPER BOWL WITH THE SAME TEAM HE PLAYED WITH GARY KUBIAK. ALSO COACH KUBIAK IS THE FOURTH COACH TO WIN A SUPER BOWL IN HIS FIRST SEASON WITH THE TEAM. CONGRATULATONS THE DENVER BRONCOS ORGANIZATION. DENVER BRONCOS. FINAL Carolina 10 DENVER 24 Final score 34. I was 11 over. BIG QUESTION NOW. WILL PEYTON MANNING CALL IT A CAREER. I BELIEVE HE WILL. WHAT BETTER WAY TO END A STORY BOOK THAN THE HERO TO RETIRE ON TOP. UPDATE: MVP. VAUGHN MILLER HOPE TO SEE YOU IN MARCH AS WE START OUR “MARCH MADNESS” COVERAGE. We plan to have other POSTS in the mean time. About what ?????. Whatever strikes my fancy at the time. Views: 145
NFL and AFC Championship Week Jan. 24, 2016
This week I will either have 2 teams, 1 team, or 0 teams left. The numbers favor New England and Denver. I am taking Denver, because I believe the NFL wants Manning to have another Super Bowl Win. I am taking Arizona because I think this week is their time. This year I am making a change in the scoring. YOU can adopt the new scoring or continue to use the old scoring. This year we get a negative score for missed games. We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions. EXAMPLE: LAST YEAR if you scored 1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pt on the second game and was wrong you would still have a Positive 1. HOWEVER. this year the same scenario would result with a -14 score. I will fill in my picks Friday. 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. All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE SUNDAY 01/24/16 15:05 AFC 1CBS N.E. Patriots 18 @ DEN. BRONCOS 20 2 2/2 SUNDAY 01/24/16 18:40 NFC AZ. CARDINALS 15 @ Car. Panthers 49 1 2/1 Tie Breaker (Sunday 2 team total game 44 Actual Score 64 Points Off -20 Possible Points 3 Views: 110
NFL Playoff Confidence Picks Week 2 Jan.16-17, 2016
I am going against my formula this week. However, you will notice I am only putting an 1 confidence Rating. Under my formula it would be a 2. This year I am making a change in the scoring. YOU can adopt the new scoring or continue to use the old scoring. This year we get a negative score for missed games. We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions. EXAMPLE: LAST YEAR if you scored 1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pt on the second game and was wrong you would still have a Positive 1. HOWEVER. this year the same scenario would result with a -14 score. I will fill in my picks Friday. 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. All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE SATURDAY 01/16/16 16:35 1 K.C. CHIEFS 20 @ N.E. PATRIOTS 27 3 3/3 SATURDAY 01/09/16 20:15 2 G.B. PACKERS 20 @ AZ. CARDINALS 26 (OT) 4 7/7 SUNDAY 01/10/16 13:05 3 STL. SEAHAWKS 24 @ Car. Panthers 31 1 7/6 SUNDAY 01/10/16 16:40 4 Pit. Steelers 16 @ DEN. BRONCOS 23 2 9/8 Tie Breaker (Sunday 2 team total game 39 Actual Score 39 Points Off 0 Possible Points 10 Views: 82
NFL Playoff Wild Card Confidence Picks Week 1 Jan.9-10,2016
Regular Season has ended. Is it just me, or did this season seem to just fly by? Maybe I was just having too much fun. (Yeah, that’s it as many low spots, as I have had this year). Like week 17, my gut was saying Seahawks over Cardinals. But NO! I went with the numbers. Maybe there are times when one should listen to their gut. RECAP: Two games were decided by 3 or less points. Perhaps the biggest unexpected blow out WAS the Seattle Vs Arizona game. I really expected it to be a close game. It’s a new season, now. A fresh start for all teams. Will the leaders continue, on there merry romp, or will they falter. It appears Seattle is peaking at the right moment. Will other teams begin their rise to the top? This year I am making a change in the scoring. YOU can adopt the new scoring or continue to use the old scoring. This year we get a negative score for missed games. We will continue to get a positive score for correct predictions. EXAMPLE: LAST YEAR if you scored 1 pt on the first game and you had 15 pt on the second game and was wrong you would still have a Positive 1. HOWEVER. this year the same scenario would result with a -14 score. I will fill in my picks Friday. 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. All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE SATURDAY 01/09/16 16:35 1 K.C. CHIEFS 30 @ Hou. Texans 0 3 3/3 SATURDAY 01/09/16 20:15 2 PIT. STEELERS 18 @ Cin. Bengals 16 2 5/5 SUNDAY 01/10/16 13:05 3 STL. SEAHAWKS 10 @ Min. Vikings 9 4 9/9 SUNDAY 01/10/16 16:40 4 G.B, Packers 35 @ WA. REDSKINS 18 1 9/8 Tie Breaker (Sunday 2 team total game 45 Actual Score 53 Points Off –8 Possible Points 10 Views: 116
Confidence Picks, Week 17 01/03 /2015
WEEK 16 RECAP: Three games went into overtime. Two games were decided by 3 or less points. Three teams failed to score in double digits. This is the week that I expect to score low. This is the week too many teams have nothing gain by a win. Starters may see some or no action, to protect them from injury. Teams which do have something to gain will do whatever they can to get that added WIN. So you never know what to expect. My week was pretty dismal. But the two previous weeks were great. I suppose one must not let the bad weeks overshadow the good. I see Cleveland is still having trouble with Johnny Manziel. I think I would be tired of babysitting him. But….Let us consider this. Perhaps Manziel is playing a game of his own. I do not believe he wants to be in Cleveland. So what better way to get his release, (either by trade or out right release). If you believe this what would you do? Trade or release? OR, keep him but bench him. Hide him away if you will, till his contract is up. He will not have gained experience, as he should have been; had he behaved as an adult player. Would any team even remember him. Would any team want a QB with his record, both on and off the field? Something for him to consider. HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!! For those of you who do not know 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. We use the Monday night game as a TIE BREAKER. The tie is broke by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating tams) final score, without going over. 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 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 pt on the second game and lost you would still have a Positive 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a -14 score. 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 MISS COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. I had some requests from the people who copy and paste, for their own pool to move the network out of the score column. I aim to please. So I hope this is better GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK: NONE NOTE: GAME TIME CHANGES. Are now posted All Times All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE SUNDAY 01/03/15 13:00 1 CBS N.Y. JETS 17 @ Buf. Bills 22 3 3/3 2 CBS N.E. PATRIOTS 20 @ Mia. Dolphins 10 14 14/11 3FOX Det. Lions 24 @ CHI. BEARS 20 2 14/9 4 FOX N.O. Saints 20 @ ATL. FALCONS 17 8 14/1 5 CBS Bal. Ravens 16 @ CIN. BENGALS 24 13 27/14 6 CBS PIT. STEELERS 28 @ Cle. Browns 12 15 42/29 7 CBS J’ville Jaguars 6 @ HOU. TEXANS 30 9 51/38 8 CBS TN. Titans 24 @ Indy Colts 30 1 52/39 9FOX Wa. Redskins 34 DAL. COWBOYS 23 6 52/33 10 FOX Phi. Eagles 35 @ N.Y. GIANTS 30 4 52/29 SUNDAY 01/03/15 16:25 11FOX St. L. RAMS 16 S.F. 49’ers 19 OT) 7 52/22 12 FOX T.B Buccaneers 10 CAR. PANTHERS 38 16 68/38 13CBS Oak. Raiders 17 K.C. CHIEFS 23 11 79/49 14 CBS S.D. Chargers 20 @ DEN. BRONCOS 27 12 91/61 15FOX Stl Seahawks 36 @ AZ. CARDINALS 6 10 91/51 Sunday 01/03/15 20:30 16NBC Min. Vikings 20 @ G.B. PACKERS 13 5 91/46 8 Tie Breaker Sunday 2 team total last game) 45 Games 9-7 67%/34% Actual Score 33 53% Points Off +12 Possible Points 136 Views: 103
NFL Confidence Picks, Week 16 12/24,26,27,28 /2015
MERRY CHRiSTmas, EVERYONE !! GAME TIME CHANGES: GIANTS vs VIKINGS Moved to SUNDAY 20:30. JAGUARS vs SAINTS Moved to 16:30. STEELERS vs RAVENS Moved to 13:00 THANK YOU FLEX SCHEDULING! RECAP: The average win (or loss margin, which ever way you look at it), this week was 11.56 points. Only 2 games at 3 pts or less. No OT games this week All in all, I was pleased with my picks last week. For those of you who do not know 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. We use the Monday night game as a TIE BREAKER. The tie is broke by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating tams) final score, without going over. 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 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 pt on the second game and lost you would still have a Positive 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a -14 score. 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 MISS COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. I had some requests from the people who copy and paste, for their own pool to move the network out of the score column. I aim to please. So I hope this is better GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK: NONE NOTE: SATURDAY NIGHT GAME All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 12/24/15 20::25 1 NFL S.D. Cargers 20 @ OAK. RAIDERS 23 (OT) 7 7/7 SATURDAY 12/26/15 20:25 2 NFL Wa. Redskins 38 @ PHI. EAGLES 24 3 7/4 SUNDAY 12/27/15 13:00 3CBS N.E. PATRIOTS 20 @ N. Y. Jets 26(OT) 4 7/0 4 CBS Hou. Texans 34 @ TN.TITANS 6 9 7/9 5 CBS Cle. Browns 13 @ K.C. CHIEFS 17 15 7/6 6 CBS Indy Colts 18 @ MIA. DOLPHINS 12 1 7/5 7 FOX PIT.STEELERS 17 @ Bal. Ravens 20 14 7/9 8 FOX S.F. 49’ers 17 @ DET. LIONS 32 13 20/4 9 FOX Dal. Cowboys 6 @ BUF. BILLS 16 11 31/15 10 FOX Chi. Bears 26 @ T.B. BUCCANEERS 22 2 31/13 11FOX CAR. PANTHERS 13 @ Atl. Falcons 20 12 31/1 SUNDAY 12/27/15 16:05 12FOX J’ville Jaguars 27 @ N.O. SAINTS 38 5 36/6 SUNDAY 12/27/15 16:25 13FOX St.L Rams 23 @ STL. SEAHAWKS 17 16 36/10 14 CBS G.B. Packers 8 @ AZ. CARDINALS 38 8 44/2 SUNDAY 12/27/15 20:30 15NBC N.Y. Giants 7 @ MIN. VIKINGS 49 10 54/8 MONDAY 12/28/15 20:30 16ESPN Cin. Bengals 17 @ DEN. BRONCOS 20 (OT) 6 60/14 % Games Won/ % Total Pts 50% 44%/10% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 40 Actual Score 37 Points Off -3 Possible Points 136 Views: 114
Confidence Picks, Week 15 12/17,19,20 /2015
RECAP: I see 2 games I considered upsets. Raiders over Broncos and Steelers over Bengals. NO OT games this week. Games with a 3p (FG) difference. And we saw San Diego with a failed attempt to put the game into OT, as they failed score with 2 seconds left a game an incomplete pass which would’ve ended the game was blown dead due to a false start moving them back to the 11 yd line. Where the pass was incomplete to end the game. Two chances with 2 seconds and OT at hand the Chargers failed on both attempts. For those of you who do not know 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. We use the Monday night game as a TIE BREAKER. The tie is broke by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating tams) final score, without going over. 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 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 pt on the second game and lost you would still have a Positive 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a -14 score. 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 MISS COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. I had some requests from the people who copy and paste, for their own pool to move the network out of the score column. I aim to please. So I hope this is better GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK: NONE NOTE: SATURDAY NIGHT GAME All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 12/17/15 20::25 1 NFL T.B. Buccaneeers 23 @ St.L. RAMS 31 4 4/4 SATURDAY 12/19/15 20:25 2 NFL N.Y. JETS 19 @ Dal. Cowboys 16 6 10/10 SUNDAY 12/20/15 13:00 3 FOX Chi. Bears 17 @ MIN. VIKINGS 38 11 21/21 4 FOX Atl. Falcons 23 @ J’VILLE JAGUARS 17 8 21/13 5 CBS Hou. Texans 16 @ INDY COLTS 10 1 21/11 6 CBS K.C. CHIEFS 34 @ Bal. Ravens 14 14 35/25 7 CBS TN.Titans 16 @ N.E. PATRIOTS 33 15 50/40 8 FOX CAR. PANTHERS 38 @ N.Y. Giants 35 12 62/52 9 CBS BUF. BILLS 25 @ Wa. Redskins 35 2 62/50 SUNDAY 12/20/15 16:05 10FOX Cle. Browns 13 @ STL. SEAHAWKS 30 16 78/66 11FOX G.B. PACKERS 30 @ Oak. Raiders 20 7 85/73 SUNDAY 12/20/15 16:25 12 CBS CIN. BENGALS 24 @ S.F. 49’ers 14 10 95/83 13 CBS Den. Broncos 27 @ PIT. STEELERS 34 13 108/96 9614 CBS Mia. Dolphins 14 @ S.D. CHARGERS 30 3 111/99 SUNDAY 12/20/15 20:30 15NBC AZ. CARDINALS 40 @ Phi. Eagles 17 9 120/108 MONDAY 12/20/15 20:30 16ESPN Det. Lions 35 @ N.O.SAINTS 27 5 120/103 88%/75% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 50 Actual Score 62 Points Off -12 Possible Points 136 Views: 75
Confidence Picks, Week 14 12/10,13,14 /2015
WOW!!! I hope you all were able to see the Rodgers to Rodgers HAIL MARY PASS. Was there something mystical in this connection. Both players named Rodgers, Both players attended, and played FOOTBALL for the California Golden Bears, college. EERIE! Can you say C-H-O-K-E. That was the fate of the Chicago Bears. Chicago had the game sewed up. A mere 36 yard chip shot, field goal and the game was over with the Chicago Bears adding another notch in their comeback belt. (Did I just say CHIP SHOT? Sorry about that I hate it when I or anyone “cross-terms” sport jargon), But alas, was not to be. As Robbie Gould shanked the kick. I know no one is perfect. HOWEVER, with the money these men make for playing a game, is it expecting too much for them to be perfect. I can’t say it all rode on Gould’s shoulders. Whenever you look back, there is always another play that makes a difference in the outcome. Like Jay Cutler’s pick 6 pass. If he hadn’t thrown that; the game would have been over before the errant FG kick. But on the other side. Had the 49’ers made some different play, during the course of the game. They could have won. Do you suppose New England Patriots, and their fans, have finally figured out that TOM BRADY, isn’t the the…TEAM.. Like most QB’s he needs those team mates that half the people don’t know their names. Are the Seattle Seahawks really back? Russell Wilson’s has been working on and showing his passing skills. Some writers are calling them the “most dangerous wild card team”. We had two games go to OT. One game separated by less than a FG. Two games were won with a 3 point margin For those of you who do not know 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. We use the Monday night game as a TIE BREAKER. The tie is broke by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating tams) final score, without going over. 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 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 pt on the second game and lost you would still have a Positive 1. HOWEVER. with the same scenario new scoring system would result with a -14 score. 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 MISS COPY OF THE GAMES AND TIMES FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND TELL ME I GOOFED. I had some requests from the people who copy and paste, for their own pool to move the network out of the score column. I aim to please. So I hope this is better GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK: NONE *NOTE: N.E./HOUSTON & SEATTLE/BALT. GAMES WERE SWITCHED AS NOTED ON PICK SHEET. (Part of the FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING). All Times All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 12/10/15 20::25 1 NFL Min. Vikings 20 @ AZ. CARDINALS 23 16 16/16 SUNDAY 12/13/15 13:00 2 CBS Buf. Bills 20 @ PHI. EAGLES 23 1 17/17 3 FOX S.F. 49’ers 10 @ CLE. BROWNS 24 3 20/10 4 FOX DET. LIONS 14 @ St. L. Rams 21 5 20/5 5 FOX N.O. Saints 24 @ T.B. BUCCANEERS 17 8 20/3 6 CBS TN. Titans 8 @ N.Y. JETS 30 11 31/8 7 CBS Pit. Steelers 33 @ CIN. BENGALS 20 6 31/2 8 CBS * STL. SEAHAWKS 35 @ Bal. Ravens 6 14 45/16 9 CBS INDY. COLTS 16 @ J’ville Jaguars 51 2 45/14 10 CBS S.D. Chargers 3 @ K.C. CHIEFS 10 15 60/29 11 FOX Wa. Redskins 24 @ CHI. BEARS 21 9 60/20 12 FOX Atl. Falcons 0 CAR. PANTHERS 38 13 73/33 SUNDAY 12/13/15 16:05 13 CBS Oak. Raiders 15 @ DEN. BRONCOS 12 12 73/21 SUNDAY 12/13/15 16:25 14 FOX Dal. Cowboys 7 @ G.B. PACKERS 28 10 83/31 SUNDAY 12/13/15 20:30 15 NBC * NEW ENHLAND 27 @ Hou. Texans 6 7 90/38 MONDAY 12/13/15 20:30 14 ESPN N.Y. GIANTS 31 @ Mia. Dolphins 24 4 94/42 66%/31% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 46 Actual Score 55 Points Off -9 Possible Points 136 Views: 99
