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[Nabubrush]

Also, LT is not fair.

[Lister]

LT is not fair, I agree.  Luckily he is not my problem until next week, possibly.

First round winner!

Now: do I pick up Garcia and play him instead of Bulger, who seems to be fading?

[Carlos del Vaca]

Now: do I pick up Garcia and play him instead of Bulger, who seems to be fading?

The Eagles go to Dallas, which may be a tall order.  Cowboys' pass defense ranked 11th in the league (yds/game).

The Rams are at home against the Redskins, who despite their suprising win at New Orleans, are really crappy.  Washington's pass D:  24th in the league.

So I'd stick with Bulger.  (Of course this probably means you should do the exact opposite, as my fantasy team is about to play in the 7th/8th place consolation game in our 10-team league.)

[Carlos del Vaca]

OK, here is a football-pool conundrum for you.

In the two football pools I'm in that are actually for money, I'm in second place in one and third place in the other.  Top three for the season win money in each.  The first is against the spread, one point per correct pick; the latter is a confidence-ranking, winners-only, just like the TOUAMB pool I set up on Yahoo that no one but me plays anymore.

Now, the first pool, a couple years ago I was in first place going into the last week of the season, and rather famously picked something like four winners out of 16 games in the final week to fall to fourth place and out of the money.  I'd have been better off pulling a Costanza--make my picks, and then reverse them all.

So here's the thing:  Do I go for the gusto, and make my best selections in both pools and attempt to win money in them both?  Or do I make more-or-less opposite picks in each pool, so that it's highly likely I'll have a good week in one but not the other, and thus hedge my bets a bit?

[Lister]

First: Bulger was the right choice.  I am now in the Super Fantasy Bowl of Fantasy.

Second: I'm going against Tomlinson and the Chargers still have positioning to play for.  Fuck.

As for picking, I'm generally horrible picking games.  If it were me*, I'd put my "locks" in for both leagues, then consider flipping a coin for the others.  However, I did learn something interesting today as far as picking vs. the spread: Unpopular teams beat the spread almost every time.  The Titans, for example, are 11-4 vs. the spread this year.  Apparently this information came from USA Today, but I can't find it on their site.

Random thought: Cleveland at Houston on week 17 is proof that the schedule makers were trying to consolidate meaningless games.

*Note: taking my advice doesn't mean you can blame me for losing real money.  However, I will totally accept a cut if my advice is profitable.  I call this the "Consultant caveat."

[littlefallsmets]

In all games and gambling, you gotta dance with the one you brought...

Your strategy has worked this far? Then unless something huge has changed, stick with it.

a.) It has worked up to this point.

b.) If things go wrong, you can at least say "well, I tried how I knew how to try"... as opposed to "why did I try this strange new thing that turned out to suck at the last minute?" You'd have lost on your terms and your only lingering doubts would be about things you're not all that sure of to begin with. Less pain in losing.

Go with what's worked if the field of play hasn't changed, I say.

[Nabubrush]

Yeah, my Super Bowl was last week - I lost by three points, after absolutely dominating our league.

However, on a lighter note - LT set basically every record available to him and got the rushing title, and I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up with the MVP. Plus, the Bolts have home field throughout. Now if my Broncs can emerge victorious from the Fiesta Bowl, my year will be complete.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Playing both football pools straight up was the right move; I finished tied for second in both of them.

Rex fuck*ng Grossman cost me a hundred bucks last night, though.  If the Bears had won I'd have taken second outright in one of the pools.  That guy sucks.

[KeithHernandez]

Now if my Broncs can emerge victorious from the Fiesta Bowl, my year will be complete.

Looks good right now.

[KeithHernandez]

OH MY GODDDDDD. 

That was the greatest football game I have ever seen.  Much congrats to Nabu and the rest of the Boise State fan base.

Now, for the reasons I was routing for BSU over OU, despite the fact I go to OU:

My dad was a military brat, who went to school in Hawaii, then went to Law School at the University of Tulsa.  When he moved to the OKC area (right in between OU and OSU) he went to an OU game.  At the game, many of the fans were talking shit to him that he was not a real OU fan, that they had been fans for so much longer, etc., so I was raised to hate OU.  Then, when I was about 8 years old, my dad took me and my sister to an OU-OSU game in Norman (OU).  At the game OSU won (which was there first win in the contest in approximately 15 years), and a 75-80 year old man started talking shit to me.  I still remember this very, very clearly, and have absolutely hated OU since then.  The third main reason that I dislike OU is because about 90% of the state of Oklahoma are huge OU fans.  However, none of them even came close to going to OU, and, now that I live about 2 blocks from campus, I have to have these jerks ruin my town 6 times a year.  Basically it is alright for them to be uneducated pieces of shit who support OU, because they have for a long time, but my dad gets talked shit to for moving here and checking out an OU game.  However, I went to OU because I got a better scholarship and because I am a history major, which is not really a strong point at OSU.  Also, (this might be bad, but) there is a much nicer drug and music scene in Norman. 

On to the game.  Me and my dad did not talk for about 3 minutes after the BSU quarterback threw that interception.  Then, on 4th down, the BSU guy lateralled it, while he could have gotten a first down.  My exact quote: "WHAT THE FUCK, NO NO NO, HOLY SHIT HE HAS IT HE HAS IT OH MY GOD YES YES YES"  Then, Peterson (who used to buy weed from my roommate, pretty nice guy) ran for that easy touchdown in overtime.  Then, BSU has a 4th and 2 from and THEY HAVE A WR/RB IN AT QB???WTF? NO.  Somehow he makes it, and BSU has the balls to go for two and makes it.

Greatest football game I have ever seen, both because of the great action on the field and because of my hate for OU.  Amazing. 


Also, lets cue up some Tweedy:

Statue of Liberty play
Only works once
Don't throw it away


I saw a statue of liberty play, a wr pass play and a hook and ladder play within about 15 minutes all in very crucial points of a game.  That is still unbelievable.

[Nabubrush]

That was the most amazing game I've ever seen - that's one for the ages. I'm so glad I taped that. Now I just need to find someone to remove all the crap and put it on a DVD. I'm babbling, because I can't talk about the actual football right now.


We are all BSU football fans today.

[Carlos del Vaca]

I flipped past that game early in the fourth quarter, said "Meh," and changed the channel.  I feel like an idiot today.

D-I college football is the only sport I can think of, at any level, where you can win every single one of your games and still not be the champion.

[KeithHernandez]

there is a nice highlight package here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENwDDB0dlRk&NR

[Drygioni]

In the third play (is that right?) on the video, why did the white shirted man throw it to the red shirted man almost directly?

[KeithHernandez]

The receiver did the wrong thing, or the quarterback thought that the receiver was supposed to do something else.  It was probably a timing pattern, which means there is like a count and the quarterback throws to a predetermined spot at the predetermined count.  You couldn't see in that shot, but there was a white shirt like 3-5 yards down field.

Either that or it was an awful pass.