NORM!!!
Norm's eight win week makes him the overall winner for the 2007 season. His 5 win margin of victory strikes me as the largest margin we have seen here, certainly for the last few years. Congratulations -- it is probably the best sports-related performance in Atlanta for 2007.
Jeff won the final week with 11 picks to move into a tie with me, and he missed a week earlier in the year, thus my year of fantasy football futility continues. All I have left is the College Bowl Madness -- and I need a Bowling Green victory over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane to hold off Jeff for the victory.
As an aside -- is it me or are there just too many BCS games and they are too spread out. Can we watch BCS games for three consecutive nights, then take a night off, and watch five more games (4 NFL Playoffs plus the BCS championship??) Isn't that a bit excessive -- especially when we are talking about compelling matchups like VaTech-Kansas or Oklahoma-West VA. Really who cares?
On top of that, if LSU wins we will have a national champion with more losses then a team from a major conference, which won its BCS game (Kansas). Give me a playoff -- please!
I also have the Green Bay Packers -- my preseason Super Bowl Pick. Now the road looks tough -- NFC Championship game in Dallas (where Favre has never won) then the Juggernaut, the Greatest Team to ever Strap on a Helmet the 2007 NE Patriots. But I will stick with my pick. Who would the football Gods more likely reward then Favre -- by giving him the greatest Super Bowl, nay football, nay sports upset ever (with apologies to Joe Namath). Their inexorable run to the playoffs takes a week off.
For this week, we recall that one visiting team always wins on the first weekend. All four road teams seem able to pull the upset, with the Jags actually favored on the road (when was the last time the Steelers were a home dog in the playoffs?). But I'll take the Steelers, along with the Seahawks and the Chargers to win and beat the spread. Which means I'm taking the Giants on the road - yes that means betting on Eli but he's more comfortable away from the Meadowlands anyway and the Giants are better (unless they decide that their 'moral victory' against the Pats last week was the playoffs for them).
Thanks for a great year and enjoy the Playoffs - there are only 11 more pro football games left.
Jono
posted by jmercan @ 12:39 PM
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3 Comments:
Congrats Norm!
And thanks Jono, for making all this possible. I admire that you can't stop picking games, and since I'm out of the running in the bowl contest (did I really pick Hawaii??), I'll join you. I'll go with all the home teams except the Seahawks; Washington picks them off.
I ridiculed your Pack pick preseason, but they have as good a shot as anybody to get to the Super Bowl. The Patriots win by double digits, though, against anybody.
You're so right about college playoffs--under a 12-team plan we would be eagerly awaiting the semis, probably Ohio St-Georgia and LSU-Southern Cal. (Drool)
Oh well, at least the student-athletes will be done in time for the exciting syllabus-handout at the beginning of spring semester.
--Hyman
Go Golden Hurricane!
On the BCS point, I couldn't agree more. I remeber (fondly) January 1 as an orgy of college football with numerous great games on to watch at overlapping times. It's just lost that allure at this point.
Thanks, Jono and Hyman, for the congrats. It clearly was the consolation of an Atlanta sports fan this year.
I can't claim that the victory was a result of some great football acumen, however. I just did the math, and it turns out I averaged slightly under 8 wins per week. It just goes to show that
"When you win 52% of the time, you ..."
I'm sure you can fill in the rest.
Norm
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