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Friday (Football picks) edition: Wha’ Happened?

Posted on October 10th, 2008 – 9:22 AM
By Michael Rand

footballpicks.jpgWell, this post promises to provoke just as much discussion as the past one, we think. Why? Well, our NFL picks are always CONTROVERSIAL. Road teams. Underdogs. History-reversing trends. We scoff at such things. So let’s roll through this week’s picks. Your thoughts in the comments as always:

Chicago vs. Atlanta: Take that, jama.

Miami vs. Houston: The Texans find a new and interesting way to win for a change.

Baltimore vs. Indianapolis: The Colts just aren’t that good. They will miss the playoffs.

Detroit vs. Minnesota: It will be nice to pick the Vikings and actually be right.

Oakland vs. New Orleans: Phone’s ringing! Going deep!

Cincinnati vs. NY Jets: Favre’s next prank will be leaving the remains of the Bengals in someone’s locker.

Carolina vs. Tampa Bay: The wheels come off for Tampa.

St. Louis vs. Washington: The Rams make the Lions look good.

Jacksonville vs. Denver: Should be a good one. (Yeah, that’s all we’ve got).

Dallas vs. Arizona: Another conspiracy to keep the NFC West down.

Philadelphia vs. San Francisco: Long travel equals big loss.
Green Bay vs. Seattle: Seahawks extend GB misery.

New England vs. San Diego: The travel thing again.
NY Giants vs. Cleveland: Brady Quinn in primetime?

Fasola-link! Tracking your laptop in case it gets stolen.

11 Responses to "Friday (Football picks) edition: Wha’ Happened?"

The Hootie says:

October 10th, 2008 at 9:25 am

AH!! Finally!! I can breathe again!!

Rand- don’t EVER do that to us again!

Also- San Fran over Philly? You’re obviously a liberal [redacted].

(GAH! See what you did??)

newbie says:

October 10th, 2008 at 9:37 am

Hootie-

You obviously didn’t read the whole post and took his pick way out of context. TYPICAL media jackal. He also picked Houston over Miami. Proving he is just insane.

AZGopherGirl says:

October 10th, 2008 at 9:38 am

Stu - can you do a “Reading that last post so you don’t have to” summary for us?

Jon says:

October 10th, 2008 at 9:48 am

I just checked my stats in the Upickem game….

I’m tied for ninth locally. I’m tied for 99th in the nation.

How is this possible? I have NO information that everybody else doesn’t have, but I’m in the top one-hundredth of one percent.

Stu says:

October 10th, 2008 at 9:52 am

Of course.

Reading That Last Post So You Don’t Have To

BLARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGH. Also, AIDS is an awful disease that Magic Johnson faked.

This has been a special edition of Reading That Last Post So You Don’t Have To, a sister organization of Reading P3 So You Don’t Have To, an award-seeking service provided by the Dale Carnegie Institute and Mannequin 2: On the Move, out on DVD and Blu-Ray October 14th.

muxhut says:

October 10th, 2008 at 10:09 am

Reading Stu’s Postscript So You Don’t Have To

Laugh, damnit.

This concludes Reading Stu’s Postscript So You Don’t blah blah blah

Dave MN says:

October 10th, 2008 at 12:06 pm

Seriously, I stopped looking at last night’s post after jama’s apt comment. What the hell happened? I mean, I know it got front paged, but I didn’t think the Katherine Kersten crowd would even bother to visit a sports blog.

If I took a drink every time I read “sensitivity police”, “PC”, some form of the word “liberal”, or “Obama” in the post about Magic Johnson and AIDS, I’d be comatose or dead.

It’s just interesting how quickly that got out of hand and off-topic.

lattewarrior says:

October 10th, 2008 at 12:06 pm

I had to reference IMDB to check the Mannequin 2 title. Jesus, Stu, you’re a sicko.
Funny stuff.

Comet says:

October 10th, 2008 at 1:12 pm

Dave MN,

From what I can tell, they’re still going at it.

/goes back to hiding in the lurker’s bomb shelter

Dave MN says:

October 10th, 2008 at 6:48 pm

Comet: They’re still going at it as of 6:00 p.m. today.