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RECAP WEEK 13:  Last week we  had no OT’s. No Ties. We did have 2 blow out games.  Both were PRIMETIME games. (What happened to  flexible scheduling? )  Sunday night the Seattle SEAHAWKS blew away the Carolina PANTHERS,  40-7.  33 Pt difference.  That is more than some teams scored, Heck, that is more some game totals.  The other was the romp of the Indianapolis COLTS over the New York Jets.  41-10.  I can remeber when these two teams were what I considered a real rivalry.  It didn’t matter whether the Jets Or Colts were having an outstanding season with the other having a mediocre to terrible season.  When the two teams met it was a toss up. We are in crunch time now.  This week and only 3 more remain in regular season.  We saw Teams, SOME of the TOP teams KEY players suffer season ending injuries.  How will this play out.  If you go by my philosophy; NEXT man up should perform as well as the man he replaces, (Or real close to it).  That means little difference in the play.  IF THE COACH HAS DONE HIS JOB.  It takes time to adjust.  But a really good coach will have planned for something like this and worked THAT NEXT MAN UP enough with the team, there will be familiarity, and YES there will be a little difference.  Our Basketball coach always said “We have no STARTERS.  Every player has something to contribute”.  If we play a team that is, or has a player with a special gift, Any one of you may start if I feel you have WHAT we need to stop or slow it down.  So be prepared to start any game”.   So, Yes due to talent levels, that INJURED player most likely has his SPECIAL talent and is the best on the team at that special job, has more game experience.  B-U-T, maybe the next up is only a tic away,  With maybe a little help from a team mate who happens to have a lighter assignment this week helps a little…..WHO knows. 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.                                                                                                                                                   * Keep in mind; NFL  sometimes uses, “FLEXIBLE SCHEDULEING”, which means they        may change game times.  Unless I catch the last minute change you will see the original schedule. GOOD LUCK TO ALL. BYE WEEK:  NONE NOTE:  All Times EST GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 12/08/16 20::25  1 NBC   Raiders  13  @ CHIEFS  21 10 10/10     SUNDAY 12/11/16 13:00  2 CBS  STEELERS 27 @ Bills  20  5 15/15  3 CBS  Broncos 10  @ TITANS  13 1  16/16  4 FOX MOVED TO   14.25    5 FOX REDSKINS 27 @ Eagles 22  2 18/18  6 FOX  Cardinals 23  @ DOLPHINS  26  3 21/21 7 FOX  Chargers 16 @ PANTHERS  28  4  25/25 8 CBS BENGALS 23 @ Browns  10 12  37/37 9 FOX Bears 17  @ LIONS  20  16  53/53 10 CBS Texans 22  @ COLTS  17  13  53/40 11 FOX VIKINGS 25 @ Jaguars  16  11  64/51       SUNDAY  12/11/16 16:05 12 CBS Jets 23  @ 49’ers 17 (OT)  6  64/45    SUNDAY   12/11/16   16:25  13 FOX FALCONS 42 @ Rams  14 14 78/59 14 FOX SEAHAWKS 10  @ Packers  38 7 78/52  FOX  Saints  11  @ BUCCANEERS  16  8  86/60 SUNDAY  12/11/16 20:30    15 NBC COWBOYS  7 @ Giants  10  9  86/51 MONDAY  12/12/16 20:30      16 ESPN Ravens  23  @ PATRIOTS  30  15  101/66  GAMES   75%/25% 136  Pts. Pos    74%/49% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 44 Actual Score  53 Points Off -9 Views: 76

CUBS WIN!!!  CUBS WIN!!!  What an exciting WORLD SERIES.  One of the best in ages. Two teams with long abscenes from a TITLE. battled down to the wire.  The Cubs join an elite club of teams who have come from a 3-1 deficit to WIN THE WORLD SERIES.  It took all 7 games and top that off with an EXTRA INNING.  What a way to end the seanson. AND SO FAR I HAVE HEARD OF NO MIS-BEHAVIOR ON THE PART OF EITHER TEAMS FANS.  Job well done by both teams.   RECAP:  This makes the second week in a row we have  had a game end in a tie.  Last week it was, tow of the best teams.  Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals, which ended 6 to 6.  (I would be amiss if I fail to mention Seattles QB was and is still playing hurt; HOWEVER, moved his team down the field for what SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE WINNING FG.  This week was a mild surprise with the Washington Redskins playing to a tie wiht the Cincinnati Bengals.   There were three OT games. The afore mentioned Redskins and Bengals 27-27.  Oakland Raiders, and  Tampa Bay Buccaneers, with the Raiders pulling out a 6 pt  win.  Sunday nights game Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys.  Dallas scored a 29 -23 win. There were 2 games decided by 3 or less points.  Jets over Browns  31-28.  Falcons over Packers 33-32.   How about  that?  Three  (3)  OT games and a ONE (1) pointer.  Pretty good games, I must say. At this time I would like to point out (not counting the non game tie),  I only missed TWO (2) games this week.  HOW DID YOU DO?  REMEMBER TO SET YOUR CLOCK BACK 1, (one),  HOUR, SUNDAY MORNING AT 2 am, (If you live in one of the states which belive they can save TIME, and use it later, or whatever their mythical belief is. 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. BYE WEEK:  CARDINALS – BEARS -BENGALS – TEXANS – REDSKINS NOTE: TIME CHANGE HAPPENS @ 2AM SUNDAY MORNING Thursday AST (Atlantic Standard Time)  Alias EDT SUNDAY and  MONDAY GAMES EST GAME VISITOR SCORE   HOME SCORE CONFIDENCE RUNNING SCORE THURSDAY 11/03/16 20::25  1 NFL FALCONS 43  @ Buccaneers 28 6 6/6     SUNDAY 11/06/16 13:00  2 FOX Lions 22 @ VIKINGS 16 (OT) 12 6/ 6  3 FOX  Eagles 23   @ GIANTS  28 3  9/3  4 CBS  Jets 23  @  DOLPHINS  27  5  14/2  5 CBS  Jaguars  14 @ CHIEFS  19  9 23/11  6 FOX  COWBOYS  35  @ Browns  10  11 34/22 7 CBS  Steelers  14 @ RAVENS  21  1  35/23   SUNDAY 11/06/16 14:05   8  FOX SAINTS  41 @  49’ers  23 7   42/30  9 FOX PANTHERS 13   @ Rams 10  4  46/34     SUNDAY  11/06/16 16:25  10 CBS Colts 31  @ PACKERS 26 13  46/21 11  CBS  Titans     35 @ CHARGERS 43 8  54/29       SUNDAY  11/06/16 20:30 12 NBC Broncos  20  @ RAIDERS  30 2 56/31     MONDAY 11/06/2016 20:30   13 ESPN     Bills 25  @  SEAHAWKS 31 10  66/41 Possible Pts   91 73%/45%   Games    11-2 85% Tie Breaker (Monday 2 team total last game) 43 Actual Score  56 Points Off -13 Views: 94