Last week summary: I missed 3 games. I scored 86% of points under the positive only system, BUT; only 64% under the plus minus scoring system. which means I missed some of my high picks. (Actually only one High pick, and it was a surprise to me. HOWEVER; it was an overtime game. HOW did the Falcons, allow the Buccaneers, to stay close enough to to even put it in overtime). By the way the Colts lost in OT to the Panthers. That makes 2 OT games. Is it just me or are we really having more OT games this year? We saw 4 games with a mere FG as the difference. ONE of them with a combined 101 points, (the Giants with 49 and the Saints with 52). Kind of seems like both teams’ defense had the day off. ONE game, the Seahawks, Cowboys game was so close just 1 point separated them at the final whistle. 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: St.L Cardinals, Bal. Ravens, Det. Lions, Hou. Texans, K.C Chiefs, STL Seahawks All Times All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 11/05/15 20::25 1NFL Cle. Browns 10 @ CIN. BENGALS 31 12 12/12 SUNDAY 11/081/15 13:00 2 FOX G.B. PACKERS 29 @ Car. Panthers 37 4 12/8 3 FOX WA, Redskins 10 @ N.E. PATRIOTS 27 13 25/21 4 CBS TN. Titans 34 @ N.O. SAINTS 28 (OT) 11 25/10 5 CBS Mia. Dolphins 17 @ BUF. BILLS 33 5 30/15 6 FOX St.L Rams 18 @ MIN. VIKINGS 21 (OT) 1 31/16 7 CBS J’ville Jaguars 23 @ N.Y. JETS 28 9 40/25 8 CBS Oak. Raiders 35 @ PIT. STEELERS 38 7 47/32 SUNDAY 11/08/15 16:05 9 FOX N.Y. GIANTS 32 @ T.B Buccaneers 18 3 50/35 10 FOX ATL. FALCONS 16 @ S.F. 49’ers 17 10 50/25 SUNDAY 11/08/15 16:25 11 CBS DEN. BRONCOS 24 @ Indy Colts 27 8 50/13 SUNDAY 11/08/15 20:30 12 NBC PHI. EAGLES 33 @ Dal. Cowboys 27 (OT) 2 52/15 MONDAY 09/21/2015 20:30 13 ESPN Chi. Bears 22 @ S.D. CHARGERS 19 6 52/9 61% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 50 57%/1% Actual Score 41 Points Off -9 Possible Points 91 Views: 96
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NFL Confidence Picks, Week 8 10/29 11-01-02/2015
Only 3 games ended with a 3 point or less score. Washington Redskins, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers was a the only game with a mere point separating them. Although not perfect I will accept a week with 79% correct picks, and 80% of the total points available, as a pretty good week. How does that compare with your picks. DON’T FORGET SUNDAYS 9:30 AM GAME 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: Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins All times AST (mistakenly called EDT) by those who do not know the time zones. HOWEVER: Remember to set your clocks back 1 hour before you go to bed Saturday. As Sunday’s games will begin observation of EST. (What a mess our government has unnecessarily punished us with…) I am one of those who live in the CENTRAL TIME ZONE. Forced to live the summer 2 hours ahead of the sun, and winter 1 hour ahead of the sun. ME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 10/29/15 20::25 1 CBS Mia. Dolphins 7 @ N.E. PATRIOTS 36 13 13/13 SUNDAY 11/01/15 09:30 2 FOX Det. Lions 10 @ K.C. CHIEFS 45 8 21/21 SUNDAY 11/01/15 @ 13:00 3 FOX T.B. Buccaneers 23 @ ATL. FALCONS 20 (OT) 12 21/9 4 FOX AZ. CARDINALS 34 @ Cle. Browns 20 9 30/18 5 FOX S.F. 49 er’s 6 @ ST.L RAMS 27 14 44/32 6 FOX N.Y. Giants 49 @ N.O. SAINTS 52 6 50/38 7 FOX MIN. VIKINGS 23 @ Chi. Bears 20 1 51/39 8 CBS S.D. Chargers 26 @ BUF. RAVENS 29 5 56/44 9 CBS CIN. BENGALS 16 @ Pit. Steelers 10 2 58/46 10 FOX Tn. Titans 6 @ HOU. TEXANS 20 7 65/53 SUNDAY 11/01/15 16:05 11 CBS N.Y. JETS 20 @ Oak. Raiders 34 3 65/50 @ SUNDAY 11/01/15 16:25 12 FOX STL. SEAHAWKS 13 @ Dal. Cowboys 12 10 75/60 @ SUNDAY 11/01/15 20:30 13 NBC G.B. PACKERS 10 @ Den. Broncos 29 4 75/56 MONDAY 11/02/2015 20:30 14 ESPN Indy Colts 26 @ CAR. PANTHERS 29 (OT) 11 86/67 82%/64% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 45 Actual Score 55 Points Off -10 Possible Points 105 Views: 88
NFL Confidence Picks, Week 7 10/22-25-26/2015
I had a really bad week, missing 6 games. We saw only 2 exciting games, both going into OT. The Bears and the Lions; and Broncos and Browns. Bear Vs Lions wasn’t too much of a surprise. Broncos and Browns was a big SURPRISE. We saw teams fall apart and lose big LEADS. The Seahawks once again blew a big lead. Hopefully they get their game back soon. There were some games which ended closer than they appeared during the course of the game. Seems some teams are getting a little overconfident when they have a good lead, meanwhile the other team is creeping up on them. Hopefully I will see a better week, and WE all get to see better games. One thing I have noticed over some period of time. “IF MY TEAM WINS, IT IS A GOOD GAME”. PROGRAMMING NOTE: THE 9:30 SUNDAY GAME WILL ALSO BE STREAMED ON YAHOO! 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: Chicago Bears, Cin. Bengals, Den. Broncos. G.B. Packers All Times All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time) Erroneously referred to as EDT GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 10/22/15 20::25 1 CBS STL. SEAHAWKS 20 @ S.F. 49’ers 3 12 12/12 SUNDAY 10/25/15 09:30 2 YAHOO BUF. BILLS 31 @ J’ville Jaguars 34 9 12/3 SUNDAY 10/25/15 13.00 @ 3 FOX T.B. Buccaneers 30 @ WA. REDSKINS 31 4 16/7 4 FOX ATL. FALCONS 10 @ TN. Titans 7 5 21/12 5 FOX N.O Saints 27 @ INDY COLTS 21 10 21/2 6 FOX MIN. VIKINGS 28 @ Det. Lions 19 1 22/3 7 CBS PIT. STEELERS 13 @ K.C. Chiefs 23 2 22/1 8 CBS Cle. Browns 6 @ ST.L. RAMS 24 11 33/12 9 CBS Hou. Texans 26 @ MIA. DOLPHINS 44 8 41/22 10 CBS N.Y. Jets 23 @ N.E. PATRIOTS 30 14 55/36 16:05 SUNDAY 10/25/15 16:05 11 CBS S.D. Raiders 29 @ OAK. CHARGERS 37 7 62/43 SUNDAY 10/25/15 @ 16:25 12 FOX Dal. Cowboys 20 @ N.Y. GIANTS 27 6 68/49 SUNDAY 10/25/15 @ 20:30 13 NBC Phi. Eagles 16 @ CAR. PANTHERS 27 3 71/52 MONDAY 10/25/15 20:30 14 ESPN Bal.Ravens 18 @ A.Z. CARDINALS 26 13 84/65 Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 48 79% 80%/62% Actual Score 44 Points Off -4 Possible Points 105 Views: 106
NFL Confidence Picks, Week 6 10/15-18-19/2015
An EXCITING week. 3 OVERTIME GAMES. 2 GAMES DECIDED BY ONE POINT. And 1 game by a field goal. As for my week kind of mediocre. Some would consider it good, in that I only missed 3 games. AND I missed the final score by only 1 point. Well maybe this week will behi better. HOW did you do? 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: Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders, St. L Rams, T.B. Bucanneers All Times All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time) Erroneously referred to as EDT GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 10/15/15 20::25 1 CBS ATL. FALCONS 21 @ N.O. Saints 31 7 0/7 SUNDAY 10/18/15 13:00 2 FOX WA. Redskins 20 @ N.Y. JETS 34 12 12/5 3 FOX AZ. CARDINALS 13 @ Pit. Steelers 25 6 12/1 4 CBS K.C. Chiefs 10 @ MIN. VIKINGS 16 10 22/9 5 CBS CIN. BENGALS 34 @ Buf. Bills 21 5 27/14 6 FOX Chi. Bears 34 @ DET. LIONS 37. (OT) 4 31/18 7 CBS DEN. BRONCOS 26 @ Cle. Browns 23 ((OT) 9 40/27 8 CBS Hou. Texans 31 @ J’VILLE JAGUARS 20 1 40/26 9 CBS Miami Dolphins 38 @ TN. TITANS 10 2 40/24 SUNDAY 10/18/15 16:05 10 FOX Car. Panthers 27 @ STL. SEAHAWKS 23 11 40/13 SUNDAY 10/18/15 16:25 11 CBS S.D. Chargers 20 @ G.B. PACKERS 14 54/27 12 CBS BAL. RAVENS 20 @ S.F. 49’ers 25 3 54/24 SUNDAY 10/18/15 20:30 13 NBC N.E. PATRIOTS 34 @ Indy Colts 27 13 67/37 MONDAY 10/19/2015 20:30 14 ESPN N.Y. Giants 7 @ PHI. EAGLES 27 8 75/45 Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 49 Actual Score 34 Points Off -15 Views: 95
NFL Confidence Picks, Week5 10/08-11-12/2015
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 All Times All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time) Erroneously referred to as EDT GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 10/08/15 20::25 1 CBS INDY COLTS 27 @ Hou. Texans 20 7 7/7 SUNDAY 10/11/15 13:00 2 FOX Chi. Bears 18 @ K.C. CHIEFS 17 13 7/6 3 FOX Stl. Seahawks 24 @ CIN. BENGALS 27 (OT) 3 10/3 4 FOX Wa. Redskins 19 @ ATL. FALCONS 25 (OT) 11 21/8 5 CBS Car. Jaguars 31 @ T.B. BUCANNEERS 38 2 23/10 6 FOX N.O. Saints 17 @ PHI.. EAGLES 39 8 31/18 7 CBS Cle. Browns 33 @ BAL. RAVENS 30 (OT) 9 31/9 8 CBS St.L Rams 10 @ G.B. PACKERS 24 14 45/23 9 CBS BUF. BILLS 14 @ Tn. Titans 13 1 46/24 SUNDAY 10/11/15 16:05 10 FOX AZ. RAMS 42 @ Det. Lions 17 4 50/28 SUNDAY 10/11/15 16:25 11 CBS N.E. PATRIOTS 30 @ Dal. Cowboys 6 12 62/40 12 CBS DEN. BRONCOS 16 @ Oak. Raiders 10 6 68/46 SUNDAY 10/11/15 20:30 13 NBC S.F. 49’ers 27 @ N.Y. GIANTS 30 10 78/56 MONDAY 09/21/2015 20:30 14 ESPN Pit. Steelers 24 @ S.D. CHARGERS 20 5 78/51 74%/49% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 45 Actual Score 44 Points Off -1 Possible Points 105 Views: 89
NFL Confidence Picks Week 4: 10/01-04-05/2015
REMEMBER: EARLY GAME SUNDAY 9:30 am SUNDAY! We got to see a little better glimpse to the what the season may hold. There were a lot of key injuries, this week. For the most part we will have to see how long these key players are out. We know Big Ben Roethlisberger is expected to be out for 4 to 6 weeks. The question here is does does Michael Vick still have enough left in his tank to keep the the Steelers on the winning track. For Seattle will Marshawn Lynch heal enough to his old effective running self. On another note: We saw the Colts punter, Pat McAffee, turn a bad snap into a credible scurry for first down. It appeared he could have run the ball in for a TD. However; not a role he is used to playing, he perhaps, failed to see that opportunity. (Or maybe he just ran out of gas). But, now is the seed planted for a planned play like this to come about? As for my week’s picks I missed 25% of the games. THAT SUCKS. But now I guess it leaves me room for improvement. Did any of you do any better? Either Point wise, or Percentage wise? 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. BYE WEEK: New England Patriots, and Tennessee Titans. All Times All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time) Erroneously referred to as EDT GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 10/01/15 20::25 1 CBS BAL. RAVENS 23 @ 20 (OT) 3 3/3 SUNDAY 10/04/15 09:30 2 CBS N.Y. JETS 27 @ Mia. Dolphins 14 2 5/5 SUNDAY 10/04/15 13:00 3 CBS J’vil. Jaguars 13 @ INDY COLTS 16 (OT) 14 19/19 4 FOX N.Y. Giants 24 @ BUF. BILLS 10 9 19/10 5 FOX CAR. PANTHERS 37 @ T.B. Bucanneers 23 5 24/15 6 FOX PHI. EAGLES 20 @ Wa. Redskins 23 1 24/14 7 CBS OAK. RAIDERS 20 @ Chi. Bears 22 4 24/10 8 CBS Hou. Texans 21 @ ATL. FALCONS 48 10 34/20 9 CBS K.C. Chiefs 21 CN. BENGALSs 36 6 40/26 SUNDAY 10/04/15 16:05 10 CBS Cle. Browns 27 @ S.D. CHARGERS 30 12 52/38 SUNDAY 10/04/15 16:25 11 FOX G.B. PACKERS 17 @ S.F. 49’ers 3 13 65/51 12 FOX St.L. Rams 24 @ A.Z. CARDINALS 22 7 65/44 13 FOX Min. Vikings 20 @ DEN. BRONCOS 23 11 76/55 SUNDAY 10/04/15 20:30 14 NBC Dal. Cowboys 20 @ N.O. SAINTS 26 (OT) 8 84/63 MONDAY 10/05/15 20:30 15 ESPN Det. Lions 10 @ STL. SEAHAWKS 13 15 99/78 Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total) 43 82%/65% Actual Score 23 Points Off -20 Possible Points 120 Views: 99
NFL Confidence Picks Week 3: 9/24-27-28/2015
What pitiful week I had. Just proves why they play the games. I used the numbers, and look at my poor score. Had I went with my gut instinct, I would have had only a slightly better week. Oh well, this is just for fun. (YEAH RIGHT) I hope you all did better. Of course if you are also playing a yearly pool….a week like this can really take a toll. It will take a lot of good weeks to make up for this one. But this last week does emphasize the difference in the two scoring system. With the +/– scoring system I only scored 12 points. Good luck this 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. BYE WEEK: NONE All Times All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time) Erroneously referred to as EDT GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 09/24/15 20::25 1 CBS Wa.Redskins 21 @ N.Y. GIANTS 32 5 5/5 SUNDAY 09/27/2015 13:00 2 FOX ATL. FALCONS 39 @ Dal. Cowboys 28 1 6/6 3 CBS INDY COLTS 35 @ Tn. Titans 33 9 15/15 4 CBS Oak. Raiders 27 @ CLE. BROWNS 20 8 15/7 5 CBS Cin. Bengals 28 @ BAL. RAVENS 24 10 15/3 6 CBS J’vil. Jaguars 17 @ N.E. PATRIOTS 51 15 30/12 7 FOX N.O. Saints 22 @ CAR. PANTHERS 27 11 41/23 8 FOX Phi. Eagles 24 @ N.Y. JETS 17 3 41/20 9 FOX T.B. Buccaneers 9 @ HOU. TEXANS 19 12 53/32 10 CBS S.D. Chargers 14 @ MIN. VIKINGS 31 4 57/36 11 CBS PIT. STEELERS 12 @ StL. Rams 6 2 59/38 SUNDAY 09/27/2015 16:05 12 FOX S.F 49’ers 7 @ A.Z. CARDINALS 47 13 62/51 SUNDAY 09/27/2015 @ 16:25 13 FOX Buf. Bills 41 @ MIA. DOLPHINS 14 6 56/45 14 FOX Chi. Bears 0 @ STL. SEAHAWKS 26 16 72/61 SUNDAY 09/27/2015 20:30 15 NBC DEN. BRONCOS 24 @ Det. Lions 12 7 79/68 MONDAY 09/28/2015 20:30 16 ESPN K.C. Chiefs 28 @ G.B. PACKERS 38 14 93/82 68%/60% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 49 Actual Score 66 Points Off -17 Possible Points 136 Views: 93
NFL Confidence Picks, Week 2 9/17-20-21/2015
I was pleased with my picks, this week. The first week is usually the hardest. It is the first time we actually see the teams play. Several star players were injured; some will miss multiple games, some were merely out for the remainder of the game. We saw the great Marshawn Lynch. stopped in a crucial play. The Giants coach lose track of opponents downs, and tell his team not to score. An apparent misunderstanding between the kicker, and coach in an OT situation. But all in all a pretty interesting week. With the headset controversy at the Patriots, game…..Well let me say it is getting hard to not to put the team from New England as the N.E. CHEATERS. After all we know, that must be in their NFL contract, a special clause. New England can do whatever they want. No harm will come to them. 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 All Times All Times AST (Atlantic Standard Time) Erroneously referred to as EDT GAME VISITOR SCORE HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 09/17/15 20::25 1 CBS DEN. BRONCOS 31 @ K.C. Chiefs 24 8 8/8 SUNDAY 09/20/2015 13:00 2 CBS Hou. Texans 17 @ CAR. PANTHERS 24 13 21/21 3 FOX S.F. 49’ers 18 @ PIT. STEELERS 43 14 35/35 4 FOX T.B. Bucanneers 26 @ N.O.SAINTS 19 16 35/19 5 FOX Det. Lions 18 @ MIN. VIKINGS 26 9 44/28 6 FOX AZ. CARDINALS 48 @ Chi. Bears 23 5 49/33 7 CBS N.E. PATRIOTS 40 @ Buf. Bills 32 3 52/36 8 CBS S.D. Chargers 19 @ CIN. BENGALS 24 11 63/47 9 CBS TN. Titans 14 @ CLE. BROWNS 28 1 64/48 10 FOX Atl.Falcons 24 @ N.Y. GIANTS 20 7 64/41 11 FOX ST.L. RAMS 10 @ Wa. Redskins 24 12 64/29 SUNDAY 09/20/2015 16:05 12 CBS Mia. Dolphins 20 @ J’vil. Jaguars 23 6 70/35 13 CBS BAL. RAVENS 33 @ Oak. Raiders 37 2 70/33 SUNDAY 09/20/15 16:25 14 FOX Dal. Cowboys 20 @ PHI. EAGLES 10 10 70/23 SUNDAY 09/20/2015 20:30 15 NBC Stl. Seahawks 17 @ G.B. PACKERS 27 4 74/27 MONDAY 09/21/2015 20:30 16 ESPN N.Y. Jets 20 @ INDY COLTS 7 15 74/12 54%/.08% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 46 Actual Score 27 Points Off -19 Possible Points 136 Views: 110
SUPER BOWL XLIX FEB. 01, 2015
UPDATE: NFL has found 11 of the 12 balls used Sunday against the Colts, were indeed under inflated. I guess the Patriots were afraid of the Colts beating them. Not that they had to as it turned out. What punishment would be appropriate? We know the answer. FORFEIT TO THE COLTS. But they won’t go that far. Any thing less will be merely a slap on the wrist. After all the MARKETING MONIES, and PUBLICITY for advancing to the Super Bowl will way out weigh any other punishment. Suspension of William Stephen “Bill” Belichick. No problem. Given the teams history, they will most likely find a way for him to watch and get plays to the other coaches. Speaking of the other coaches, who have been with Belichick long enough to know how he would call the game any way. Maybe suspending QB Tom Brady, TE Rob Gronkowski, Place Kicker Stephen Gostkowski, Punter Ryan Allen, and of course RB LaGarrette Blount. But suspending players would not really be fair to those players or the rest of the team. What ever punishment handed should have a HUGE impact on the Patriots bottom line. HOW ABOUT Forfeiture of all income springing from their advancement to and including Their SUPER BOWL appearance. (excluding the players pay. Of Course). Plus any sanctions NFL chooses to place on Future Draft Picks, etc.etc. We all know MONEY is what PROFESSIONAL SPORTS IS ALL ABOUT! We have now reached the BIGGEST game of the season….. “SUPER BOWL” !!!!!. Two great teams, Two great Quarter Backs, with a great supporting cast. Yes the QB’s usually take the praise when his team wins. But he is also called upon to bear the burden when his team gets beat. Just like the Pitcher on a Baseball team. BUT, in FOOTBALL. There are many teams. Offense, Defense, Special Teams, Back up Player, Practice Teams, Coaching Team, and lets not forget that all important team……the 12 th man team. Everyone of these teams are just as important as the other. The OFFENSE, plays its game to MOVE the ball down field, and SCORE points. The DEFENSE, plays its game to STOP the movement down the field, and if the opportunity arises, STEAL the ball away. (Just like in Basketball). Then in semi-rare occasions SCORE points. Kind of makes it seem like the DEFENSE does most of the work and gets a passing note of praise, for a win. The SPECIAL TEAMS. Are a combination of OFFENSE and DEFENSE. They are the SPECIALISTS, as the name implies. They can return kickoffs, or receive punts, or play for the onside kick. They include the KICKERS, SETTERS, RETURNERS, and anything else they may be asked to do. The PRACTICE TEAM, is that unknown group, which plays one of the most important roles on the team. They don’t make the big money, the game time players make. (Perhaps $100,000.00 a a year). What many people don’t realize is the Practice Team must mimic every opponent their team may face in a season. After all, how would the Patriots practice against the Seahawks, and vice-versa. If you think that is easy, try being a different team every week. The BACK UP Team. The Subs, the Bench warmers. The men who sit on the sidelines hoping to someday get into a real game. They must be ready at any moment to enter the game and play up to the same standards as the starters. While on the sidelines they must be cheerleaders, spirit lifters, if you will. It can’t be easy waiting to get in a game, (most likely; even if un-concioiusly hoping for something to happen to the starter to afford them their chance), to be that support group. The Coaching Team. Held together by the HEAD COACH. Each coach has his speciality. They are the ones who decides the plays, trains the players, and inspires them to succeed. Of course if you ask any one of them HIS job is the most important coaching position on the team. But the Head coach is the one who acts as referee, and maintains the peace among this group. I’m sure the Offensive Co-ordinator, makes most of the offensive play calls, just as the Defensive Co-Ordinator, makes the decisions on defensive plays. Etc.Etc. on down the line. But the Head Coach is the ultimate decision maker. NOW. We come to that all important 12 th MAN TEAM. They are sometimes called the “Boosters”, because that is what they do. They give the team that extra BOOST. Cheering them on to work harder, Applauding them when they make good plays. Supporting the team by buying the game tickets, concessions, and the various souvenirs, and Team apparel. They make noise to drown out the opposing teams signals, and hush up so their team can be heard and on the same wavelength. On one hand you have the seasoned veteran, TOM BRADY. On the other hand you have that “undersized” QB, RUSSEL WILSON, who is in his THRD year. BUT…. by the way already has one Super Bowl Championship under his belt. HUH? Can that be right. The QB most teams thought was to short to play that position effectively? YEP. That be him. (Not to brag or anything. But if you check my post of Jan. 13, 2012. Colts 1st Round Draft Pick Is…. I had Wilson as a TOP 3 Pick: in my eyes the most capable of the three). Can he be the QB with 2 Super Bowl Championships in a career of 3 years. This should be the BEST Super Bowl in MANY years. But there is always that unknown phantom that can come in and just make the game a blow out. As my Dad, always said. “HOPE FOR THE BEST, AND EXPECT THE WORSE”. As of this writing the odds makers in Las Vegas, have made no move as to odds and who they think will win. Right now it is just… Continue reading SUPER BOWL XLIX FEB. 01, 2015
NFL Conference Play Championships Confidence Picks Jan 18 2015
COMMENTS: Biggest Blown Call.. The reversal of Dez Bryant REVERSAL. I replayed the action numerous times. I had others observe it and we all agreed no doubt he had control. switched hands, stretched to cross line and scored a TD. But apparently scoring a TD is not considered completing a play in the NFL. Then you look at the TD in the College Playoff. Oregon players TD counted. But I can’t understand how he could have had control when he had like one finger touching the end of the ball when crossed the line. Oh well two different games. I know most of you aren’t playing the “pool” any more. What we did when I ran the company pool, was raised the entry fee. AND heavily relied on the Tie Breaker. Enjoy the rest of the season. I don’t care for the “PRO BOWL” so you won’t see any posts on that. But now we are down to the final four. We should be able to see an all out effort by all teams. Hopefully it will be more like the NCAA division 3 (I think it was). VERY,VERY few flags. They let them play. Enjoyed that game immensely. 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 17 games. The team you are most confident will win you would assign the number 17 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 broken by the closest to the total (that is the COMBINED score of the two participating teams) 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 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 01/18/15 15:05 1 G.B. Packers 22 @ STL. SEAHAWKS 28 (OT 2 2/2 SUNDAY 01/18/15 18:40 2 Indy Colts 7 @ N.E. PATRIOTS 45 1 3/3 Tie Breaker (Sunday 2 team total) 54 Actual Score 52 100%/100% Points Off -2 Possible Points 3 Views: 95
