mistercellaneous

“thanks for retiring tiki, have fun sitting at your desk”

i thought it might be time for a little renovation. that old design was starting to burn my retinas.

since my picks last week were killer, i was correct on every spread, i’ll offer my two cents again this week.

• with spreads
  • san diego at -14, but still losing to the patties
  • g-men at -7, beating the favres

allow me to explain, i can’t pick against the giants. just won’t happen here. the last time i picked against the giants, it was in the weekly “pick ‘em pool” in my newsroom. i ended up losing that week by one game because the giants won. oh yea, and there is the fact that i am a new york giants fan. do i think the giants can win? yes and no. brett favre, while i hate him, i respect him. he’s had an incredible year for a 54-year-old. while much of what is being said is “how will eli play in the 3º weather,” the question remains, how will anyone play in the 3º weather?

i think both teams passing games will be significantly hindered. two keys to sunday’s game: can the giants secondary stop the speedy packers passing offense? and how effective will brandon jacobs and the giants’ run game prove to be? ick, i’m starting to sound like a pseudo-pundit from the fox pre-game show or something. i’ll stop now.

now that i think about it, i also want to point out that the football geniuses of the fox pre-game show last week, terry bradshaw, howie long, jimmie johnson and frank caliendo all picked the cowboys to beat the giants. then after the giants “surprising” victory, during the post-game coverage, not one of them brought to light the fact that they all picked against the giants. i found it funny. no, what i really find funny is anyone, analyst, talking head, whoever, who can so profoundly and confidently pick the winner of a playoff football game. anything can happen. i love when a team goes down by 14, 17 or 21 points in the first half and everyone claims that the game is over. it could be, yes, but i’m a firm believer in the fact that there are two halves to a football game. and i love to watch a team come back from a deficit in the second half. there’s really something to be said about rallying the troops and mounting a late-game comeback when the naysayers have picked your chances clean like vultures. oh, and i fully expect terry, howie, jimmy and frank to all pick the packers this week. it just fits.