Uhhh, huh huh.

Not much time to write stuff this week.  So this will be incredibly short and to the point.  Holla at Mike McCravens, for winning last week.  Shout out to Aaron Lytle for being the sole member of the 700 Club, as he leads the overall horse race, closely pursued by Ben and Pete.  And thanks to Tim Mitchell (got your entry fee AND the note calling me a rat-bastard for winning two of three weeks.  I know it was said with affection).

What am I doing with my time this week? Uhhhh. Huh huh. This is cool..

Um, hey Butthead. Who is this Mike McCravens?

Uhhh, how should I know, dumbass?  He probably played bass in Winger or something.

 
 

Dancing With The Devil

Trolling Wikipedia for good examples of the Faustian Bargain revealed a marked lack of references to pro sports and office pools and such.  Plenty of stuff in there about musicians like Paganini and Robert Johnson, but not one mention of, for example, Tony LaRussa.  And it's obvious he not only sold his soul a few weeks ago, but also those of his kids, the two generations that follow them, his BMW, and a player to be named later.

All of which is a long way of saying I won again and there is no earthly way to account for it.  The Prince of Darkness must have quite the sense of humor, granting me the thrill of football pool victory and the agony of a half-inning of Shaun Marcum's pitching this past weekend.  I probably should have read the fine print on this deal.

After six weeks, we have a 600 club comprised of ten players.  Pretty nice.  The average weekly score last year was 87.6 points among those who never missed doing picks.  That number is a rather noticeable 97.5 so far this season.  I believe this significant for two reasons.  One, it's going to take a little more juice to win it all this year.  Two, I have sh*tload of things I should probably be doing and I am obviously stalling.

Tune in next week when Bears fans celebrate another victory by whomping Jay Cutler upside the head with a bat.  Seriously, what the hell.

Have a good week.

Finally Something We Can Agree On

First time I've ever seen 100% agreement while doing picks on CBS Sports.

So the question is, who will be the first to get behind Sam Bradford? Real opportunity here for...well, you know who you are.

Week 5 1/2

I kinda never got around to toasting Mr Van Kylen for the ass kicking he delivered last weekend.  Given all the tossups, I didn't think anyone would reach the century mark, but Joel did, and his cheese stands alone. 

So I'm in Door County, WI, and given that it's Thursday already, I figured I'd probably skip the update this week.  But then the rains came, and tourist options start getting pretty limited when that happens here.  We could walk around, but there's only one umbrella.  We could shop for jelly bellies and nautically-themed shirts, but I'm not feeling very whimsical.  We could have dinner really really early, but I'm not hungry and we don't have a 2001 Buick.  I could read up on the Brewers' postseason pitching strategy, but chewing on glass shards would be less painful.  That leaves catching up on the news, and writing.

Brandon Marshall plans to show more emotion in his next game (real headline in Yahoo Sports). How do you plan for something like that?

LeBron James might play football. Fine. Next.

Die Hard 5 comes out in 2013. Jeez. Next!

Here's something. It was revealed today that NBA Commissioner David Stern believes the traditional Christmas Day pro basketball games are now in jeopardy with the ongoing labor impasse.  So, you know, consider making other plans for that day. Can't imagine what.

"Happy Holidays!  Don't say I never gave you anything."

I'm Getting A Firebird

The time was autumn of 2007.  Year three of Bush's second term.  The iPhone 2 was a just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye.  Brett Favre hadn't even announced his first retirement yet.  And yes, it was the last time I sat in the winner's chair.  My win this week is rain after a Texas-style drought, so you'll forgive me if I....yes, here it is:



Still, maybe I got lucky and "just fell into a good situation".  Eh Brent?

No Thursday games this coming week, but the byes start, so there won't be 1's and 2's to pick.  And come Monday, if we're really really lucky, maybe Hank Williams Jr. will compare somebody else he doesn't like to Hitler and we won't be subjected to that grating MNF theme song.