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Sunday Football Open Thread

The game garnering the most attention is Monday night when Brett Favre faces the Packers. I'll talk about that game tomorrow (hint - Percy Harvin comes up.) Today I am picking 5 games, trying to bounce back from my miserable 1-4 week (now 10-10 for the season.) So I am looking for 5 sure winners, and I found them.

Cincinnati travels to Cleveland. The Browns are terrible. Cincy is only a 6.5 point favorite. I think bettors have not yet absorbed just how bad the Browns are. I like the Bengals (-6.5).

When was the last time an 0-3 team was favored on the road? Well Tennessee is a 3 point favorite at Jacksonville. I like the Titans (-3). More . . .

Are the Bears for real? The oddsmakers seem to think so. They are 10 point favorites over the Lions. I don't think the Bears have won a game by 10 points in 3 years. This happy talk seems premature to me (and I think Cutler is great.) I like the Lions (+10).

I love Dallas over Denver today. The Cowboy are only 3 point favorites over a lousy Broncos squad. This is a surprising line - but I am taking the Cowboys (-3).

My final selection is based on the argument that the NFL does not like having 0-4 teams. Miami would be 0-4 is they lost to the Bills today. The line is pick em in Miami. the thinking is with Pennington out, the Dolphins are doomed. I thik the opposite. Pennington was a nice player, but the Dolphins were going nowhere with him. The Dolphins will probably play wildcat half the time. And it is going to work. Watch. I like the Fish (even) to notch their first win.

In non-selection games, I like the Pats, the Raiders, the Giants, the Bucs, the Seahawks, the Jets, the Rams, and the Chargers. (All picks are versus the spread.)

I went, surprise! 3-2 in the college games yesterday, making me 15-10 for the season (I was a bit unlucky as I had the Wolverines (+3) and the game went into overtime.)

This is an Open Thread.

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    I'm diggin' all the hot pink (5.00 / 1) (#8)
    by nycstray on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 05:30:41 PM EST
    just sayin' . . . :)

    So (none / 0) (#1)
    by TeresaInSnow2 on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 12:12:44 PM EST
    What's it all matter when the world is going to end in 2012? (wink)

    Trailer

    I can report from Packerland (none / 0) (#2)
    by Cream City on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 12:33:52 PM EST
    that it will be crazy here.  The weekend has been all abuzz about abounding parties planned in bars, homes, and in the streets.  Huge-screen teevee sales are up, I hear -- amazingly, as if there was a bar or home in this state that didn't already have to deal with that challenge to interior decor.

    Monday night, as ever during a Packer game, will be a great time for the few non-football fans to go mall shopping.

    Heh, I'm off to the store (none / 0) (#3)
    by nycstray on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 12:41:19 PM EST
    I was waiting for all the pre-game Giants fans to get back to their TVs and the church going folks to clear out also. I've gotten stuck in the Sunday rush one time too many ;)

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    Although I fear you are right (none / 0) (#4)
    by magster on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 02:46:27 PM EST
    about the Denver-Dallas game, I will not hesitate to call you an idiot anyways if Denver wins.  Go Broncos!

    Broncos 17 Dallas 10 (5.00 / 1) (#11)
    by magster on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 06:26:06 PM EST
    Idiot!

    :)

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    What to do. BTD predicts U of M will (none / 0) (#5)
    by oculus on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 03:07:56 PM EST
    beat MSU.  But MSU wins.  Wouldn't want to be too critical of the prediction though, being a U of M grad.

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    What will he do... (none / 0) (#14)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 07:17:05 PM EST
    ...for this Saturday's game?  He picks the Hawk's to win and they do, he picks us to lose and they don't.  

    Hence, I'm convinced it's not who the football expert picks, but rather it is my lucky scrubs that really matter.

    /debates whether or not to wash said lucky scrubs

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    I think it depends on when I (5.00 / 1) (#15)
    by oculus on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 07:23:01 PM EST
    become aware of what's happening in the game.  Last week--final 5 minutes.  Mich. wins.  This week I pd. attention too early. Mich loses.

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    So if you don't watch... (none / 0) (#17)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 07:41:01 PM EST
    ...at all it's a tie?  

    Should be just another ordinary, run-of-the-mill classic Big Ten battle.  The kind of game that'll give you heartburn and heart palpitations.

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    I usually forget to tune in til (none / 0) (#23)
    by oculus on Mon Oct 05, 2009 at 12:46:53 AM EST
    the game is over.

    PS  Why are all those teams which have lost one game still on the top 25 list when U of M got dumped for losing a game?  Is that fair, I ask you?  SEC is soooo overrated, or something.

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    2 years in a row! (none / 0) (#18)
    by Steve M on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 07:53:31 PM EST
    Last time MSU beat U-M two consecutive years, I wasn't even born yet.

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    Congrats. But don't count on anything (none / 0) (#24)
    by oculus on Mon Oct 05, 2009 at 12:47:28 AM EST
    next year.

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    Good day to be a Bears fan! (none / 0) (#6)
    by barryluda on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 03:15:27 PM EST
    Are the Bears for real?

    Yes!

    Looks like they more than covered the 10 points, winning by over 3 touchdowns. Sorry about that BTD.


    Peyton and the boys (none / 0) (#7)
    by caseyOR on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 04:29:06 PM EST
    defeat the Seahawks. All these many years living in the Pacific Northwest and I have never taken to the Seahawks. I carry a lifelong allegiance to the Bears, which is almost as hopeless as my lifelong allegiance to the Cubs. Thank the football gods for Peyton Manning and the Colts. I've been a Peyton fan since his days with the Vols and appreciate his winning ways.

    The Bears win!!! (none / 0) (#16)
    by caseyOR on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 07:38:50 PM EST
    OMG! The Bears and Colts victorious. And the Bear win was by more than 10 points. I don't have any idea how all the betting rules go, and I am not exactly sure what "the spread" means, but since Chicago won by more than 10 does that mean they beat the spread?

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    A sure winner, huh? (none / 0) (#10)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 06:25:13 PM EST
    I love Dallas over Denver today. The Cowboy are only 3 point favorites over a lousy Broncos squad. This is a surprising line - but I am taking the Cowboys (-3)

    Haaaahaaaahaaaahaaahaaaa!

    Yes, a team so "lousy" that they just keep finding ways to win.  


    Congrats! (5.00 / 1) (#12)
    by nycstray on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 06:36:54 PM EST
    My Jets didn't do so well, but the D still looked good and Sanchez (from what I saw, was cooking) didn't seem to crumble and crawl in a corner on a not so great performance.

    I actually had your game on for awhile in the kitchen. High 5s to anyone who beats the Cowboys  ;)

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    NO is a tough team. (none / 0) (#13)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 07:08:41 PM EST
    Especially at home.  The rookie probably learned a thing or two that are going to help down the road--like avoiding those pesky pick-six's.  

    Too bad the Raven's couldn't come through today.

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    Right now... (none / 0) (#25)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Mon Oct 05, 2009 at 09:19:05 AM EST
    ...I'd say the Saints and the Giants are the front-runners in the NFC.  One with a great offense and one with a great defense.  Both winning on the road too.

    Not sold on the Vikings as yet.  Maybe tonight's game will change my mind of that.  

    One thing for sure, these aren't the Aint's of old.  

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    After watching Lance Kifffin (none / 0) (#19)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 08:01:22 PM EST
    call offensive plays for UT I must admit that he shows flashes of shear stupidity.

    I reference the last offensive series in the UCLA game and the first offensive series in the Auburn game.

    Yikes! BTD goes (none / 0) (#20)
    by mg7505 on Sun Oct 04, 2009 at 11:22:10 PM EST
    2 for 5, if I counted correctly. But seriously who saw the Tennessee loss coming?

    What a crazy week! And it only gets better when my Minnesota boys play the Pack on MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL! BTD do me a favor and please don't pick the Vikes... though I'm looking forward to your preview regardless.