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Posted by: Jim Richardson at 7:18PM EST on December 30, 2007
Wow..I'm watching the Titans-Colts now..the Colts just took lead with their backups. If the Colts win..Scott wins the regular season title, if Titans win..Chris takes the title. (We will still have an overall champ after playoffs, see below) Now Vince Young goes out of game..what drama!
Props to the Giants for playing all out and scaring us all who picked the Pats. If Giants pull off upset Steve gets 10 games bonus and comes in first. Instead he slides down to 4th.
All the other teams that didn't have to win like Cowboys, Jags, and Tampa Bay mailed it in. Congrats to Joe Gibbs for making playoffs after everyone wanted him fired. Like Tony Dungy, he is a great Christian example of what it means to have your faith come first.
Well, the Titans win thanks to 60 year old Kerry Collins.he still throws a beautiful ball. here are the final regular season standings.
1. Chris....54-31 (.635) 6-0 for week brings him all the way to top.
2. Scott.....61-36 (.629) 3-3
3. Dougie...57-41 (.582) 4-2
4. Steve.....54-42 (.562) 1-5
5. Jim..........53-42 (.558) 5-1
6. rebel......49-40 (.551) 1-4
7. Undeserved.41-36 (.532) 4-2
8. Craig.........50-46 (.521) 3-3
Those are the 8 eligible for title of myccm top football pickers. Chris missed the first 2 weeks, and Undeserved missed a couple of weeks..but the other 6 didn't miss a week all year..thanks!
This week Keith went 4-2 and finished 13-12.
Danielle missed again and finished 34-25.
Overall, I think it was a sucessful first year...so on to the playoffs....
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OK, here is how the playoffs are going to work:
Above we had our final standings for the regular season. I'm going to open up the playoffs to everyone in myccm, and we can have a separate winner for just the playoffs. But after the playoffs I will combine the playoff with the regular season results to have our "Overall Champion" for the year.
There will be a total of 11 games in the playoffs. Each week I will have one 2 point game. Everyone must pick every game, or you will get credit for a loss for that game.
In addition..I am now going to rank the teams 1 through 12 in order of how good I think they are. Pick who you think will win the Super Bowl this week, and who they will beat. I will give you bonus points according to their ranking. Let's say you pick the Pats over the Packers. The Pat's are ranked #1, so you get one point for them. The Packers are #4, so you get 4 points for them. If your team you picked wins the Super Bowl you will get double their point value. So for the above example you would get 6 points..2 for Pats and 4 for Packers. If you picked the Pack to win you would get 9 points...8 for Packers and one for Pats. This will be something extra to keep our interest up throughout the playoffs. Here is how I rank them:
1. New England
2, Dallas
3. Indianapolis
4. Green Bay
5. San Diego
6. Jacksonville
7. Seattle
8. Pittsburgh
9. New York Giants
10. Tampa Bay
11. Washington
12. Tennessee
Here are the games for week one:
Washington at Seattle
New York at Tampa Bay
Jacksonville at Pittsburgh (This will be the 2 point game)
Tennessee at San Diego
All the games are kind of tough to pick. So make your picks below as well as your Super Bowl prediction.
Have a great and safe New Year!..Jimmy the geek
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Posted by: Jim Richardson at 9:14PM EST on December 24, 2007
Hey everyone..Merry Christmas!
Tough week picking games..I was the only guy with a winning record..the other 2 were our ladies pickers Rebel and Danielle. Our leader Scott could have gone 0-6 but the Redskins 2 pointer saved him. I was so mad at my Vikes for a terrible performance..now they need the Cowboys to beat Redskins, and they will be resting everyone so I doubt they will beat them. Who thought the Redskins would make the playoffs after Sean Taylor's death and tough loss to Bills afterwards. Might be destiny for them. The Bills played inspired after seeing Kevin Everett come back from his crippling injury and walk in locker room on his own. Unfortunately they were only inspired for about 17 minutes, then they realized they can't stop a good ground game! The Browns laid an egg too..I had that one picked too. I was tired of the Browns fans rubbing it in to the Bills that they were going to make playoffs, that I was hoping they wouldn't..and now they need Titans to lose to make playoffs. Doesn't matter what they do against San Fran.
Here are standings. This is the last week of regular season, but the contest will go right on through to the Super Bowl! The fun never stops!
Scott.....58-33 .637 2-4 last week
Chris......48-31 .608 2-4
Steve.....53-37 .588 1-5 (ouch)
Danielle...34-25 .577 3-1
(technically Danielle has missed too many games to be "Officially' still in the running for year end contest. But I like to include her because she does a great job when she does pick!)
Dougie.....53-39 .576 2-4
Rebel........48-36 .571 4-2 (big move up)
Jim............48-41 .539 4-2 (bigger move up)
Craig.........47-43 .522 2-4
Undeserved..37-34 .521 1-4
Keith.............9-10 3-3 (only one to pick Eagles)
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Now this week has 4 games that have playoff implications. They should be kind of tough to pick because some teams will be resting starters, so who knows how they are going to play out! I also want to take part in history, so to start with, here we go:
New England at Giants. This game looks like a lock. Patriots will be playing Brady and Moss to break records, and will do anything to go 16-0. Giants might bring back Phil Simms and Otis Anderson to rest starters! This is what I'm going to call a get back in the thick of the contest game! Pick the Giants, get TEN points! Only lose one. Pick Pats and they lose, you LOSE TEN points. Only get one if they win. I think it's a free point, but you can skip game if you don't want to risk losing 10 points.
Tennessee at Indy. This will be the 2 pointer game. Indy has gotten burned in the past for resting players and being rusty come playoff time. Titans win and they are in playoffs. Plus it's under the Sunday night lights.
Dallas at Washington. If Packers would have won last week, the Cowboys would be going all out to win. Now Roger Staubach gets the nod at QB!
New Orleans at Chicago. Saints still have outside shot at the playoffs. Can they play in the cold?
Minnesota at Denver. Like Saints, Vikes need Redskins to lose.
Just wanted to thank everyone for playing all year..it's been a blast. The playoffs will be even more fun. God Bless..and once again, Merry Christmas!
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Posted by: Jim Richardson at 10:49PM EST on December 21, 2007
Well, the finals of The Next Great American band finished just the way I had prayed, The Clark Brothers winning!
It was actually one of the least entertaining shows of the year, as the groups that had been eliminated all got to perform once more. Sheila E. and John Rzeznik did good jobs with their songs. Everyone did a Christmas medley at the end which was pretty cool.
Each of the final 3 got to do a song. Sixwire had a strange choice, picking the Rolling Stones "The Last Time". They are going to be a country act, don't do a rock song. Denver was even stranger, doing a song they just did last week, "Vehicle". This was their chance to do their best song, "Stand", and they blew it. Then they were told they weren't going to win after they sang it, so they finished third.
Once again, the salvation of the show came early, when The Clark Brothers did their choice, "You Are Still The Same". This song was never performed on the show before. I'm not sure if The Clark Brother's wrote it, but it was just a simple prayer to God. I wrote down the lyrics, and you would think this could be a modern day Psalm. Every week these guys just blew me away with their faith being worn on their sleeve, and did they ever show it here. Check out these lyrics:
It's a crazy world we live in
there's a lot of sadness
lot of hurting too
but you are still the same God
you won't ever change God
and I don't have to cry O Lord
cause I know you love me.
I don't need diamond rings
fancy cars or shiny things
I just need to know you're near
I know, I know, you're here
cause you are still the same God
you won't ever change God
and I don't have to cry O Lord
Isn't that awesome?! After the song Ashley's wife was in the audience saying "Thank You Jesus".
Here is the link to the video.
"http://www.youtube.com/v/MTvSq4OYgtg&rel=1"
Now The Clark Brothers gets a record deal with 19, the same label as Carrie Underwood and Daughtry. I want to wait in line for it right now!
Thanks for reading my blogs on the show everyone. My prayer is that you were blessed by the Clark Brothers!
Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!
Love, Jimbo
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Posted by: Jim Richardson at 7:32PM EST on December 20, 2007
Hey everyone..I'm about to go around and personally wish all my favorite peeps a Merry Christmas and ask them how they are. Instead of telling them I'm good, I'll point them to this blog to tel what we've been up to recently.
Our family has had a good December. We got together with friends to see a production of "The Christmas Carol", and also had some friends over from Church that we hadn't seen in over 15 years, but just started coming to our Church. They have kids the same ages as ours, so that's cool. Got them hooked on the Next Great American Band and my new favorite band, The Clark Brother's.
My new mail rote has been about 20-30 minutes easier and flatter, but the lawns are bigger so it's actually a bit tougher in the winter with all the snow we have gotten to walk through the lawns. I also deliver to the UPS store, and they give me tons of packages to take back to the post office. My tips will probably get cut in half on this route, since it isn't in a real ritzy neighborhood like my last one. I'lll still do better than 90% of carriers in the city, so I'm blessed. They finally have hired a bunch of people so I might not have as much overtime. I still want some for the money, but we were too overworked getting called in on most days off for years.
The girls did good at their piano recital at the nursing home. They also got to bless another nursing home with their Wednesday night girls club classes, as they sang Christmas carols last week. The residents are so cute!
The girls are doing excellent in their 1st and 4th grade homeschool studies. They are getting excited for Christmas. The are finally gonna get some webkins, and also add to their "Littlest Pet Shop" collection. I already got my main gift, a good quality boom box that can record cassette's. I still only have a tape deck in both cars, so I have to make cassette's out of my CD's, and my good cassette recorder had broken. I'm also hoping to get my favorite old time TV show, "The Odd Couple", on DVD. The girls will get the newest season's of our family faves, Little House, Walton's, Brady Bunch and Full House. Who needs new TV shows with all those classics?
What are some of the things on your Christmas wish list?
What other traditions do you have at this time of year?
We are celebrating Christmas with my family Sunday, and Sue's on Christmas. Thanks for all the prayers for my Mom. Even though her alzeimer's is getting a little worse, we found out she doesn't have cancer as we once feared.
My niece is getting married next June near Chicago. I couldn't get the time off the week of her wedding, so instead we are planning out biggest vacation ever in July. We will stop to see her and her new husband, who we never met, for a few days. Then we will go to Mt. Rushmore and spend a few days out there. On the way back we will head near Cincy and visit the awesome new creation musuem. Should be a fun trip!
So I pray that all of you have a blessed Christmas. Remember all that Jesus has done for us as we celebrate his birth.
Love you all...Jimbo
Here is some of snow we have had and my mail truck!
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Posted by: Jim Richardson at 10:58PM EST on December 17, 2007
Well, it was a crazy week of games with the snow going through the northeast. I thought it may help the Bills but they could get nothing going in it, and the Browns prevailed with the help of an unbelievable 49 yard field goal. So now the Bills are out of the playoffs, and all I have is my NFC team, the Vikes. Right now they are laying an egg against the Bears. Lots of eggs this week...mainly by the Ravens, Giants, and the Cowboys. For the first time a game I offered bonus points if you picked them won..the Redskins. So that one game turned the fortunes for Doug, Scott and Keith, and they all needed it since they all lost the 2 point game.
Here's how we did last week and the year records to date:
Scott....56-29.......5-3 Redskin game puts him firmly in first.
Chris....46-27....2-4 At least his Eagles finally won a close game!
Steve....52-32....2-4 There is always the Clark brothers to root for buddy!
Doug...51-35...4-4 No one needed that Redskins 3 pointer more than Doug
Rebel....44-34....4-2 She made good picks, won a fencing competition, and had her teams win. Not bad!
Danielle...31-24...no show for the week again. She has been busy doing more important things like learning how to drive!
Undeserved...36-30....2-4 be careful, you have 2 guys wanting to pass you!
Craig...45-39....4-2 Who was Romo playing, The Bills again?
Jim.....44-39....4-2 Still in last but thanx to by Dolphins pick I'm still in shouting distance of a few people!
Keith had a solid 5-3 week with Skins winning.
Man, there is once again a lack of good matchups this week. Here are the games:
Washington at Minnesota. The sunday night game will be the 2 pointer. It's almost a playoff game for those teams after Vikes pulled out the win Monday night.
New York Giants at Buffalo. Buffalo is playing for pride, Giants for playoffs lives with the Patriots the next week.
Cleveland at Cincy. This looks like a no-brainer at first glance, but the Browns better not overlook this game.
Philly at New Orleans. Another game with huge playoff stakes.
Dallas at Carolina. This game is Saturday night, so have your picks before then. Romo being less than 100% makes this game a possible upset. I'll give you 3 points if you go with Panthers and win.
Have a terrific week everyone. Oh, for those who asked, we will continue right through the playoffs and Super Bowl!
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Posted by: Jim Richardson at 10:21PM EST on December 14, 2007
Well, time for another live blog of the final show. Will The Clark Brothers and Denver and The Mile High Orchestra be in the final 3, probably joining Sixwire? Will the Clark Brother's go back to the original 3 brother's, which most of us prefer? The show is about to start..we'll find out soon!
Alright, Denver gets picked first to get that out of the way. They are asked to do "September", and I'm impressed with the other band members singing the high parts. They do a solid job. I agree with the judges that they are a great live band, but not sure how they will sell albums. That sums up their Christian career. If they sold more albums they wouldn't be without a contract and have to try out for a show like this.
OK, no commercial..they get right to the next group..YESSSS...The Clark Brothers! John picks out a great song.."Change The World", which was written by ex-Whiteheart member Gordon Kennedy. OK, they are back to just the 3. I don't remember this combination of 2 acoustic guitars before. Once again, they do an fantastic rendition with their own spin to it. These guys are awesome!
Sixwire is the obvious last choice..Light of Doom had a nice run for a bunch of kids! They show off all their talents doing "Reelin in the Years", though I thought the harmonies were just a bit off key. They are the band The Clark brothers must fend off somehow to win this thing.
OK, now Denver is doing a song I loved when Bo Bice did it on American Idol, "Vehicle". I love the way the song ends.."Great God In Heaven I love you" I know it's about a girl, but the song gives credit to the creator. Denver really show a lot of passion and grit for a change. They get to tell what kind of album they would like to make..one of joy, and feeling good about yourself. They blow the chance to say anything about spreading God's love however.
Now the Clark Bros. are doing a beautiful song called "Amazed". No violin or anything for Ashley, and he really gets to give it full emotion with just his voice. "Amazed" is amazing. I feel like John, who says he feels like a schoolgirl. I've always had a mancrush on Ashley myself. I could listen to them for hours.
Sixwire goes acoustic with "I'd Really Like to see You Again". Good job. That song always bored me though.
Now the guys can do their own song..Denver I thought might do one of their Christmas songs, but they do "You Move Me", which fits them like a glove. Good way to finish for them.
WOW..The Clark Brothers are going to do the song that made me their biggest fan at auditions.."This Little Light Of Mine" Once again they are letting their light shine for Jesus..these guys are not shy about where they stand. The interview with Ashley's wife was great too, saying what a man of God Adam was and stuff. The judges really want them to win, you can tell. Sheila E. gives them the ultimate compliment..saying "You let the light of God shine through you every week, that's why you are still here." Dicko says it's worth going back and forth to Australia just to hear them. Vote 1-866-856-8302 until midnight!!
How can you follow that? My wife tells me to turn off the TV, I remind her we have to hear Sixwire again! They do their audition song too.."It's Good to Be Back", which I'll admit has hit written all over it.
So who will win? I think The Clark Brother's. Even if they don't, they will get signed for a record deal, with distribution to the secular and Christian market. Sixwire will get another chance for a Country record. Denver might finally get signed by a major Christian label.
I know I had talked a lot of peeps into watching the finals like Craig and Kyli, hoped you liked it. Hope to hear comments from you and the regulars. Next week's results show should be great with John and Sheila both performing. I just wish this show got better ratings so more people could have been exposed to the Clark brothers.
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Posted by: Jim Richardson at 11:11PM EST on December 9, 2007
Not too many upsets in football today..maybe the Texans over Tampa Bay was the only one..only Steve and myself picked them. Picking the Steelers burned me, and the Titans losing big lead cost Steve from going into first place. The Bills needed the Titans to lose, now they will make the playoffs if they can win their last 3 games, with next week's game against Browns the huge one. The Vikes are looking tough, and the Cowboys incredible comeback against Lions puts them in last wildcard slot.
I still don't know if I should have the standings based on games over .500 or percentage. Here they are in percentage order:
1....Scott....51-26..(.662)......4-1 for week
2....Chris.....44-23...(.656)....3-2 his Eagles just miss putting him in first.
3.....Steve....50-28...(.641)...3-2 what a 3 way battle for first!
4....Dougie....47-31...(.603)....4-1 not out of it by any means.
5....Undeserved....34-26....(.567) 2-3
6...Danielle....31-24.....(.567)....3-1
7....Rebel......40-32....(.555)....4-1
8...Craig.....41-37...(.525)....4-1
9....Jim.......40-37....(.519)...3-2 I'm back in last, but when the Bills squish the Fish, all is cool!
Keith went 1-4 trying to beat us in his first try..this is tougher than it looks buddy..try again next week!
Not many good matchups next week at all. Here are the games for the contest:
Buffalo at Cleveland.....biggest game for both teams in years!
Baltimore at Miami....this may be the last chance for the Dolphins to win a game.
Arizona at New Orleans...2 up and down teams
Jacksonville at Pittsburgh.....I'll make this the 2 point game.
Washington at New York Giants..pick the Skins and get it right I'll give you 3 points.
To finish, here is a picture of me and Steve when our families went to see the Christmas Carol. He's the good looking one..the better football picker as well!
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Posted by: Jim Richardson at 10:14PM EST on December 7, 2007
I can do a live blog of the show tonight because it's on at 9 instead of 8, and my kids are in bed. They are doing Queen songs, which is better for me than Rod Stewart or Rolling Stones. Entertainment Weekly gave The Clark Brothers huge props for turning "Gimme Shelter" into a Gospel song. I'm hoping the bands do 2 songs tonight since there will be only 4 competing.
Here goes...
I see the Clark Brothers have brought in a few more guys to fill out their sound..this means they are a lock to advance because they wouldn't have bothered otherwise. Sure enough..they get called on first. I've never heard this song "These are The Days of our Lives", but it's got great lyrics and melody. I'm not sure if I like having the other members at first, because the brothers are not being heard as loudly, but as the song goes on they start to emerge in the forefront. The judges love them, so do I..and they will come out later in the show!
They are interviewing Sixwire..so I'm surprised Light of Doom gets picked. That's not good for Denver as it's between Dot Dot Dot and them as I'm sure Sixwire will go through. Interesting start for Light of Doom for "We will Rock You", with the snare drums..now they are rockin it out, but the vocals aren't too hot. The judges all agree they were kind of weak.
OK, Sixwire is next and doing "Fat Bottomed Girls" I love their harmonies..they are a really tight band.
Now is what I've been waiting for..if Denver gets picked that would make 2 out of the final 4 Christian bands, which would be unbelievable...here we go...YESSS!..it's Denver! They are once again not afraid of their faith in the little bit leading up to the song..way to go guys. "Sleeping on the Sidewalk" is another song I've never heard of, but Denver is sounding pretty good tonight and the band is outstanding as usual. The judges seemed to have like it, though Dicko gets on Denver a bit for not dressing up enough. Denver is wearing a t-shirt with his daughter's name "London" on it.
Now they get to do originals. The Clark brothers do "Homestead", which I think is a real catchy country number. Dicko thinks the lyrics were lame, but everybody else say great things.
OK..Light of Doom's original is out of Heavy Metal 101.
Sixwire is getting me nervous, there song "Go On" was really great. They will be tough to beat if they are that good in the finals next week.
OK Denver, here is your chance for a good Christian song..they do "Big White House", which fills the bill, saying that things in life don't fill the longing in your soul, you need "Love". I guess coming right out and saying "Jesus" might have been too much for this show. The judges liked it, though not enough hooks, it had conviction.
So I'm thinking Light of Doom has to be eliminated before next week's final. It's gonna be tight finish for Sixwire and Clark brothers with Denver and MHO finishing third. They had to cancel most of their Christmas tour for this show by the way. I just got their Christmas CD, and it's better than the other one I have of them.
Let me know what you think..God Bless...Jimbo
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Posted by: Jim Richardson at 11:26PM EST on December 4, 2007
I did a blog on Christmas albums last year. I'm so lazy I was going to reprint it with a few additions, but I can't find it. I must have deleted it my mistake or something! So here is a brand new one!
I love Christmas music. I actually listen to it all year round. Every time I go to the library I go through the Christmas music. When else are you going to hear the music world's biggest stars sing about Jesus? I've probably heard and bought hundreds of Christmas albums, so I think I can be a good judge on what's the best stuff out there.
My idea of a great Christmas CD will have like 12 songs, of which at least 3 will be originals. When you get originals, or at least little known songs, you feel like the artist put forth a little extra. To many artists feel they HAVE to do a Christmas CD, and it will be the same 10 songs you here on about every other Christmas album. It will sound like they went into the studio and whipped it out on just a few takes in July! So usually Christian artists will have the best albums because they can write great originals, but I'm going to include a few others in my list. I can't really rate them one through ten, I'm just gonna list a few that would be great to have in your collection.
There are several artists who have put out several Christmas projects. Including:
Amy Grant. Her first one of her 3, "A Christmas Album" from 1983 is a true classic that is timeless. This includes songs new at the time and now classics like "Heirlooms", "Emmanuel", "Love Has Come" and "Tennessee Christmas." Her version of "Sleigh Ride" is still the best recorded version of that song. Her other 2 albums are great. but the first has to be in your collection.
Michael W. Smith. He just put out his third this year which I actually haven't gotten yet. My fave from him is 1998's "Christmastime"
If instrumental music is your cup of tea, you can't go too wrong with anything by Kenny G, Jim Brickman, Mannheim Steamroller or Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Anything by the great Bing Crosby.
Randy Travis has a new one this year, but his first one from the 80's, "An Old Time Christmas", is a classic to me.
Steven Curtis Chapman has had several, but his first, "The Music Of Christmas" from 1995, is my fave. Lots of great originals on that one.
Both of Point of Grace's albums are pretty cool.
Now here are some of the other classics.
The Carpenters..."A Christmas Portrait." If you only owned one traditional Christmas album, this is the one for you. Karen's voice just makes you want to curl up in front of the fireplace on a cold Christmas eve.
Mariah Carey..."Merry Christmas." I loved this album so much it was my favorite album period the year it came out. The best originals ever, like "Jesus, Born on this Day" (Which Avalon later covered), "Jesus Oh What A Beautiful Child," "Miss You Most at Christmas Time" and "All I Want For Christmas Is You." Her versions of "O Holy Night" and "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" will give you goose bumps! (In the same vein, I just got Christina Aguilera's from the library, and she really show's off her pipes on some classics and originals too.)
Natalie Grant's "Believe" falls into the big voice style too!
Hanson.."Snowed In" Great energy and fun!
NSYNC..."Home For Christmas" When they were still young and innocent, they recorded a fantastic Christmas album. If you like this style the Plus One Christmas isn't half bad...though the guys in the group were embarrassed by it.
Russ Taff..."A Christmas Song" Classic big band sound. Video's of this album looked like they were from the 1940's!
A Charlie Brown Christmas is timeless.
Brian Setzer Orchestra..."Dig That Crazy Christmas" If you don't mind a couple of songs about Santa being a party animal, this is classic big band fun..fun..FUN! Not much spiritual content though. For that in this style..get Denver and the Mile High Orchestra's album!
From the past few years...the albums by MercyMe, Third day, Todd Agnew and Relient K are all superb! I still haven't heard the Jars of Clay one yet.
Cool side note..on Relient K's, the guys give you a personal greeting during "Auld Land Syne." The Beach Boys are big to them, and I just heard their rendition of the song..they do the same thing..so that's where Relient K must have gotten the idea for that!
Well, I know I've forgoten a few, but I think I gave a good wide variety. Let me know what your faves are..and I'll get back to you with my thoughts. Have a great Christmas music listening year.
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Posted by: Jim Richardson at 9:29PM EST on December 3, 2007
Man, I was looking at this week's games and not a whole lot of games stuck out to me as hard to pick and meaningful. Here are the 5 I came up with:
San Diego at Tennessee. This will be the 2 point game.
Pittsburgh at New England. Some think the Steelers can give the Pats a game..if you want to pick them and get it right I will give you 3 points. (As I write this the Pats are playing awful against Ravens)
Tampa Bay at Houston. Seems I have the Texans every week in this contest.
New York Giants at Philly.
Arizona at Seattle.
If you missed it I have the results from last week in my blog from yesterday.
Have a great week everyone!
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Posted by: Jim Richardson at 10:48PM EST on December 2, 2007
Since there was no night games in our contest I can give the results and thoughts for the week early.
Great comeback for my Bills. I felt bad for the Redskins, coping with the death of Sean Taylor. But this is the type of game the Bills are famous for losing the past 7 years. They are now right back in the thick of the wildcard chase at 6-6, only a game behind Cleveland and Titans for last spot, and they play Cleveland after they hopefully take care of Dolphins next week.
My other team, the Vikes, keep looking better each week. Adrian Peterson comes back, and he is just a beast. He made the Lions look like fools on several cuts and big runs.
The Colts had a huge win over Jags. It's looking like they are the only team in the way of Patriots in the playoffs.
I thought Cleveland pulled off another miracle on last second catch in end zone, but the refs ruled Winslow was out of bounds. I thought he was pushed out and refs blew it.
Eagles should have beat the Seahawks, but A.J. Feeley played like A.J. Feeley again.
For our contest, we had a losing record overall. The games were tough to predict this week. Chris had best week at 5-2, and could have easily gone 7-0 because he had Redskins and Bears. He now is actually in first place percentage wise, and just a game out the traditional way.
Here is the standings.
Scott....47-25....4-3 for the week.
Steve....47-26....3-4
Chris....41-21....5-2
Dougie....43-30.....2-5 (tough week for picking and Broncos)
Undeserved...32-23....3-4
Rebel......36-31....3-4 (picking Texans jinx them again)
Danielle...28-23.....Missed second straight week...come back!
Jim....37-35....4-3
Craig....37-36...3-4 (Falls behind me for last place again..but he got to see Kansas so his weekend was much better!)
OK, it's too early to have next weeks games. I'm not going to have the Thursday game. I should have the games for next week by Tuesday night. Have a great week everyone!
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