This weekly wagering contest will reward the best football prognosticator with a $100 gift certificate from a meat/steak company. New guys can still join in any time and you don't have to make a pick every week. You can post your plays any time, but they must be posted before a game you are playing kicks off. You must make your picks in this thread and you must provide at least one reason for each pick. Minimum 50 picks to qualify by the end of the contest.

***Note: There are 2 weeks left of NFL regular season games. The final week of the contest will be college only, Jan.1-Jan.7. The final game is the beatdown of the Luckeyes at the hands of the very deep Tigers of LSU, who is down to -4 from a -5 1/2 open from what I see. Good Luck everybody!


..........................ThisWeek......Season..........%
Mitch Cumstein.......4-4.............69-33-2........68
At Large.................5-5.............26-20-1........57
Nas.....................17-15...........158-134-4......54
a retard.................4-2.............25-21-1........54
good dolphin..........3-0.............34-33-1........51
Chus....................4-5.............176-175-9......50.14
Evergreen Tommy.12-20...........63-63-2........50
buryman................0-0............10-10............50
Bud Dude...............0-0............49-50-1.........49.5
Gloopan Kuratz.......0-0............18-19-3.........49
muman89...............3-2.............44-47-1........48
Hawkeye Vince.......0-0............37-40-3.........48
FarveFan................0-0............36-39-3.........48
Uga4Prez...............3-6.............17-19-1.........47
newper..................0-0............11-13-2..........46
reents...................5-2.............73-91-8.........45
Irish Boy...............0-0............38-46-4..........45
schmitty1211..........3-8.............55-74-4........43
donspiracy.............11-17...........48-64..........43
Matt Murton's Beard.3-12............15-21..........42
Boilermaker Rick.....0-0............14-22...........39
Darren-Tinley Park..0-2.............29-50-1........37
hootmon.................0-0.............9-18-2.........33
Chuckle Nuts...........0-0.............2-7............22
Coasttocoast...........0-0.............0-2............0



Overall_________1074-1129-57_____48.8%
ThreeWeekTrend_
NFL Week 15______77-100_________43.5%
NFL Week 14______80-64-2________55.6%
NFL Week 13______52-79-1________39.7%


Please let me know if any of the totals are incorrect. Thank you.


Early NFL , College Bowl Lineup

Thursday, December 20, 2007 7:15 PM CT
Pittsburgh (9-5, 2-4 away)
St. Louis (3-11, 1-6 home)


Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:15 PM CT
Dallas (12-2, 6-0 away)
Carolina (6-8, 2-5 home)

Bowl Game Date/Time Site Matchup Network-ALL TIMES CENTRAL

***Week 1 Dec. 20- Dec. 24*** 6 games

San Diego Co. Credit Union Poinsettia Dec. 20
8 p.m. San Diego, Calif. Utah vs. Navy ESPN

R&L Carriers New Orleans Dec. 21
7 p.m. New Orleans, La. Florida Atlantic vs. Memphis ESPN2

PapaJohn's.com Dec. 22
12 p.m. Birmingham, Ala. Cincinnati vs. Southern Miss ESPN2

New Mexico Dec. 22
3:30 p.m. Albuquerque, N.M. New Mexico vs. Nevada ESPN

Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Dec. 22
7 p.m. Las Vegas, Nev. BYU vs. UCLA ESPN

Sheraton Hawaii Dec. 23
7 p.m. Honolulu, Hawaii East Carolina vs. Boise State ESPN

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I was 4-5 last week, not 4-4.

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And I 5-5, not 5-6.

back over 50%. I should stop right now but like in real life, it encourages me to take more action.


Rams +7.5 against Steelers

Taking the home dog on thursday night again. Are the Steelers really that good on the road that they should be laying more than a TD. That half poin is also a jinx number. If you don't take the Rams, lay off this one unless it goes to 7 or under.


Packers -9 at Bears

I hate to do it. I think the Bears made their last stand against the Vikes. The Vikings were one dimensional so the Bears could afford to load up against the run. Favre will have a field day if they try that this week. Bears will score less than 10 points this week.

I was actually 0 - 2. But like I said before, does it really matter? Just trying to be honest. God I suck .

You could pick teams at random and have better success Darren.

I was thinking about asking my almost five-year old son and three and a half year old daughter to pick which team will win each game and use them as my picks.

Edit: In fact, that's what I'll do this week and I'll see how it goes.

Thanks for the help.

Plays already made in the Bowl Schedule Thread:

***Uga4Prez***

Navy +8.5 vs Utah W
Memphis +2.5 vs Florida Atlantic L
Cincinnati -11 vs Southern Mississippi L
New Mexico -3 vs Nevada W
UCLA +6.5 vs BYU W
Boise State -10.5 vs East Carolina L

***good dolphin***
Utah -9 L
Florida Atlantic -2.5 W
Southern Miss +11 W
Nevada +3 L
BYU -6.5 L

***Chus***
Utah -8 L
New Mexico -2.5 W
BYU -6 L

***reents***
Navy +7.5 W
Boise State -10.5 L

***Matt Murton's Beard***
Utah -8 over Navy L
Memphis +3 over FAU L

***schmitty1121***
Cincinnati -10.5 L
Boise St. -10.5 L
BYU -6 L

***Evergreen Tommy***
Florida Atlantic -3 W
BYU -6 L
S. Miss +10.5 W
Nevada +2.5 L
Boise St. -10.5 L

***At Large***
Florida Atlantic & Memphis over 66 W
BYU -6 1/2 L

***donspiracy***
Florida Atlantic -3 1/2 @ Memphis over(67 1/2) W W
East Carolina @ Boise St. -10 1/2 under(67) L L

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better mark uga down for a loss on that first one

Fixed! And stop referring to yourself in the third person.

Rams +9
Steelers aren't playing that well, and Steven Jackson is running the ball well again. Getting 9 at home, its a gift.

Pittsburgh -7.5 over St. Louis Rams are bad, and bad at home. Pittsburgh needs to make a statement after lackluster performances the last two weeks.

Steelers vs. Rams UNDER 43.5


www.thegreek.com

Not sure where you are getting the +9 but most posters use the greek sportsbook lines for this contest, as far as I know.

Lines via sportsbook.com

Browns -3
Lions -5
Dolphins +22
Bills +3
Saints -3
Vikings -6.5

Pittsburgh/St. Louis under 43.5 L
Cincinnati +3 W
San Francisco +6 W
Kansas City +6 W
Buffalo +3 L
Denver/San Diego over 47
San Diego -6 (1st half)
Denver/San Diego over 23.5 (1st half)

6 pt. teaser
Minnesota pk/San Diego -2.5 L

6.5 point teaser
San Diego -2.5/over 40.5

Bodog had it at 9 when I put it in.

Navy +8.5....I don't think Utah's defense is as good as advertised

Damn, I need to change sportsbooks

Dallas -10.5...Carolina still sucks!!!

AZ -10...I feel sorry for Atlanta, but they still suck and AZ is ok at home.

Cleveland -2.5...I think they will win their division

Det -4.5...both these team suck...i am just taking the home team

Bears +8.5...I can not bring myself to pick the pack, but I think the Pac will win and cover

Indy -7...the super bowl march has started

Jack -13...Oak travels cross country and doesn't sniff the endzone

Minn -6.5...should be a good game, but AP prevails in the end

NE -22...I hate Miami

NO -3...another good game, tough call, going with the home team

Buffalo +2.5...home dog and NYG suck

Seatlle -11...completely different team at home

TB -5.5...SF just not good

Tenn -8.5...NYJ just not good

Cowboys -10.5

BYU -6.5

Dallas vs. Carolina OVER 42

Week 17 'Tis The Bowl Season

CLE -1 @ CIN

Bengals are overmatched by the Browns offense. 99 days until the Dusty Baker era begins 'Natty fans.

GB -9 @ CHI

Not even close. Bad weather, not a bad team, may cause the Beloved to get shutout.

HOU @ IND -7

P-E-Y and friends only getting 7? Does the roof leak at the dome?

KC +4 1/2 @ DET

Chiefs indoors and Det is running out of healthy players.

MIA +22 @ NE

This game could be 20 or 21 to zero, but a cover is a cover.

NYG -1 @ BUF

The Bills have a QB from Stanford and a RB from Cal vs. a playoff team.

OAK + 13 1/2 @ JAX

Ugly game played by even uglier people. Late garbage time Tuddy by OAK moves the differential from 20 to 13.

PHI +3 @ NO

Saints D can't cover the up the O's troubles.

WASH @ MIN -6 1/2

Minnesota Vikings in the... Playoffs?!? A beatdown 1000 years in the re-making.

ATL @ AZ -10

The Falcons will not play defense the whole game to honor the passing of their coach.

BAL +11 @ SEA

Troy Smith has the fire and the passion.

NYJ @ TEN -9

J-E-T-S, suck-suck-suck. Vince Young can run all ova the place.

TB -6 @ SF

Tampa is a playoff team. The Niners should face relagation English Premier League style. They are worse than the Dolphins.

DEN +9 @ SD

Which Broncos team will show up? The one that will lose by less than 10 points.

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Texans +7 vs Colts- I see the Colts resting players more than they say and the Texans are playing well and last year the Texans beat the COlts in Week 16.

Patriots -22 vs Dolphins- Last regular season home game and I see the Patriots getting back into old form here and go 15-0.

Giants -1 vs Bills- A tough game to pick, Giants losing Shockey and Kevin Everett being at the game, but I think the Giants want to win here and rest people next week.

Jaguars -13.5 vs Raiders- The Jaguars party here with a win to clinch a playoff spot.

49ers +6 vs Buccanners- I like what I seen from Shaun Hill last week and still not sure about the Buccnaeers.

5dimes
Cleveland -2.5 vs CIN

Sportsbook
JAX -13 vs OAK

Ok, the following picks were made by my nearly five year old son and three and a half year old daughter, thus I will not put a reason for my picks. The lines are from thegreek.com:

Cincinnati +3 against Cleveland
Chicago +9 against Green Bay
Indianapolis -6.5 over Houston
Detroit -4.5 over Kansas City
Miami +22 against New England
Giants -2.5 over Buffalo
Jacksonville -13 over Oakland
Philadelphia +3.5 against New Orleans
Minnesota -6.5 over Washington
Arizona -10 over Atlanta
Baltimore +11 against Seattle
Jets +8 against Tennessee
Tampa Bay -6 over San Francisco
San Diego -9 over Denver

Lions -5

Cleveland -3

Falcons & Cardinals Over 43 1/2

Buccaneers & 49ers Over 36 1/2

Cincinnati +3
San Francisco +6

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Kansas City +6
Buffalo +3

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6 pt. teaser
Minnesota pk/San Diego -2.5

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Denver/San Diego over 47

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
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6.5 point teaser
San Diego -2.5/over 40.5

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
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Cumstein didn't make any picks this week? I guess he wants to insure his win by not picking anymore.