Week Three
Last Week: 0-2-1 (cricket sounds)
Season: 2-2-2
I try not to get this done so late in the week but...no but, no excuse, just didn't get to it until now. It hasn't been a good week for the international male supermodel: the Arizona game, car got hit-n-run, we only had one caller on the call-in show and I didn't win a game last week here on Nix Pix. Bloody hell! Just opened my Visa bill. Bloody hell w/interest! On top of that my house has lost power in half the rooms, just like Tyler Durden’s place on Paper Street. I’m thinking Pizza Chris and I should start a Fight Club and set up shop in the basement of The Villagio. The problem is we are more like Adam Sandler and Kevin James than Ed Norton and Brad Pitt. The Irish Assassin might be a better pick as he has violence issues and he’s younger so he heals faster. No, The Big Carrot is not Robert Paulson. His name was Jay Barrett. His name was Jay Barrett. His name was Jay Barrett. BTW, did you hear a JOTR brother cover the KHS game today? Move over John Madden. Hold that thought.
Dallas +3 @ Chicago
Say Jay did make a play to be the newest icon on pro night football or at least keep Clifford Kay at bay. He’d need a post game award gimmick like The Horse Trailer (John Elway must be tired of being hauled around the country in that thing). To be different he could go negative and give it out to the worst player of the game. For instance Tony Romo would have won a reverse MVP for his fumble vs. Seattle in the playoffs last year. Maybe a Golden Moose Turd, give it an Alaskan angle. The Dirty Sock of the Rock perhaps? How about The Flat Brewski, a warm beer in a glass that sat out overnight? The player winning this award has to drink it or be dragged through the streets of Philadelphia in Cowboys PJs. Rex Grossman could win the career prize, The Marla Singer Skunky Keg Award, for lifetime underachievement.
Nick’s Pick: COWBOYS
Detroit +5.5 @ Philadelphia
Speaking of Philly, who closed the window when I wasn’t looking? Ouch. And the Lions are trying to open it but of course everyone in Detroit has bars on their windows so it won’t be easy. But as Kelly Quinn and I discussed on the show today, the only person who could resurrect live into the MNF booth would be former Sixer Sir Charles himself (sorry my lord and savior, JB). I can hear him now commenting on Jon Kitna’s “miracle” recovery last week from a mild concussion as I’m sure he’d say God liked MJ more than himself or Mike Martz should run for governor of Michigan. Hummmmm, how ‘bout head coach at Michigan?
Nick’s Pick: LIONS
San Francisco @ Pittsburgh -9.5
While everyone is staring at New England (16.5 favs vs. Buffalo, yikes) I’ve got my eye on the Steelers as the team to beat in the AFC now. Yes, I predicted a Pats-Hawks date in the desert in February but Pittsburgh will be the team the Brady Bunch has to get by “to have the honor of losing to the“ Seahawks (stole that from Simmons and flipped it). I believe the Sports Guy was the one who said San Fran is the worst 2-0 team of all time and I concur. The 49ers might have Gore but there will be a major cooling tomorrow centralized in western Pennsylvania. That was a poor attempt at an Al Gore global warming joke. My bad. I must be ready for my nap.
Nick’s Pick: STEELERS
Last Week: 0-2-1 (cricket sounds)
Season: 2-2-2
I try not to get this done so late in the week but...no but, no excuse, just didn't get to it until now. It hasn't been a good week for the international male supermodel: the Arizona game, car got hit-n-run, we only had one caller on the call-in show and I didn't win a game last week here on Nix Pix. Bloody hell! Just opened my Visa bill. Bloody hell w/interest! On top of that my house has lost power in half the rooms, just like Tyler Durden’s place on Paper Street. I’m thinking Pizza Chris and I should start a Fight Club and set up shop in the basement of The Villagio. The problem is we are more like Adam Sandler and Kevin James than Ed Norton and Brad Pitt. The Irish Assassin might be a better pick as he has violence issues and he’s younger so he heals faster. No, The Big Carrot is not Robert Paulson. His name was Jay Barrett. His name was Jay Barrett. His name was Jay Barrett. BTW, did you hear a JOTR brother cover the KHS game today? Move over John Madden. Hold that thought.
Dallas +3 @ Chicago
Say Jay did make a play to be the newest icon on pro night football or at least keep Clifford Kay at bay. He’d need a post game award gimmick like The Horse Trailer (John Elway must be tired of being hauled around the country in that thing). To be different he could go negative and give it out to the worst player of the game. For instance Tony Romo would have won a reverse MVP for his fumble vs. Seattle in the playoffs last year. Maybe a Golden Moose Turd, give it an Alaskan angle. The Dirty Sock of the Rock perhaps? How about The Flat Brewski, a warm beer in a glass that sat out overnight? The player winning this award has to drink it or be dragged through the streets of Philadelphia in Cowboys PJs. Rex Grossman could win the career prize, The Marla Singer Skunky Keg Award, for lifetime underachievement.
Nick’s Pick: COWBOYS
Detroit +5.5 @ Philadelphia
Speaking of Philly, who closed the window when I wasn’t looking? Ouch. And the Lions are trying to open it but of course everyone in Detroit has bars on their windows so it won’t be easy. But as Kelly Quinn and I discussed on the show today, the only person who could resurrect live into the MNF booth would be former Sixer Sir Charles himself (sorry my lord and savior, JB). I can hear him now commenting on Jon Kitna’s “miracle” recovery last week from a mild concussion as I’m sure he’d say God liked MJ more than himself or Mike Martz should run for governor of Michigan. Hummmmm, how ‘bout head coach at Michigan?
Nick’s Pick: LIONS
San Francisco @ Pittsburgh -9.5
While everyone is staring at New England (16.5 favs vs. Buffalo, yikes) I’ve got my eye on the Steelers as the team to beat in the AFC now. Yes, I predicted a Pats-Hawks date in the desert in February but Pittsburgh will be the team the Brady Bunch has to get by “to have the honor of losing to the“ Seahawks (stole that from Simmons and flipped it). I believe the Sports Guy was the one who said San Fran is the worst 2-0 team of all time and I concur. The 49ers might have Gore but there will be a major cooling tomorrow centralized in western Pennsylvania. That was a poor attempt at an Al Gore global warming joke. My bad. I must be ready for my nap.
Nick’s Pick: STEELERS
Odds based on lines from Yahoo Sports
