The CPA and I have picked NFL games against one another for several years.
It started as a way to get her into the football season, especially since I was going to be watching the NFL each Sunday anyway. She wanted to have a reason to watch and creating a little competition between the two of us was a good way to make that happen.
Last year we included Big Game and Brian in the competition with the idea that the winner would get a free lunch at the end of the season.
Sadly for the three sports writers, the CPA came out on top.
Seriously, she did. Really, stop laughing!
It was a sad time for us, but we’re back this year with the added pressure that we’ll be posting our picks on this site weekly.
It’s really quite simple. We pick each game, with no point spreads involved.
The winner of a given week gets an extra point. Because of that we make the last game of the weekend, usually the Monday Night game, a tiebreaker by assigning a total point value to that game.
So if I go 12-4 in a given week and everyone else is behind me, my record is 13-4 for the week.
Here are the Week One games we’ll choose from:
Thursday
New Orleans at Indianapolis
Sunday
Denver at Buffalo
Pittsburgh at Cleveland
Philadelphia at Green Bay
Carolina at St. Louis
Atlanta at Minnesota
New England at NY Jets
Miami at Washington
Tennessee at Jacksonville
Kansas City at Houston
Detroit at Oakland
Chicago at San Diego
Tampa Bay at Seattle
NY Giants at Dallas
Monday
Baltimore at Cincinnati
Arizona at San Francisco Pts._________
And the picks:
Big Game
Indianapolis
Denver
Cleveland
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Minnesota
NY Jets
Washington
Tennessee
Houston
Detroit
San Diego
Seattle
Dallas
Cincinnati
San Francisco 44
Brian
Colts
Broncos
Steelers
Packers
Rams
Vikings
Patriots
Redskins
Titans
Chiefs
Lions
Chargers
Seahawks
Cowboys
Bengals
49ers: 49
The CPA
Indianapolis
Denver
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Atlanta
New England
Miami
Jacksonville
Houston
Detroit
San Diego
Seattle
Dallas
Baltimore
San Francisco 35
Seth
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Atlanta
NY Jets
Miami
Jacksonville
Houston
Detroit
San Diego
Seattle
Dallas
Cincinnati
San Francisco 43
Add your own picks on the comment section.
September 9th, 2007 at 10:59 am
Indianapolis
Denver
Pittsburgh
Green Bay
Carolina
Minnesota
New England
Washington
Jacksonville
Houston
Detroit
Chicago
Seattle
Giants
Cincinnati
San Francisco 31