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I'm 99% sure Keith wrote for them.

You never know nowadays.

I think eight teams would be fine for a college playoff, but talking about this subject is like talking about America switching over to a national sales tax instead of the current income tax system in place today. It's never going to happen, so why bother? And like I've said before, if college football wants to keep their hippie bowl games, that's fine and dandy. Yay, USC beat Ohio State in the Rose Bowl -- they're the best team from the Pac-10 and Big 10. But don't then say "this team is the best in the country" at the end of the season.

To be fair, Lushus, if a 10-year old weighed as much as the skillet bitch, that kid would be on the chunky side.

A few things: 1) Big-ups to alfdogg for giving results when I didn't. Not only has it been a busy few weeks at work, but I'm preparing for a job interview tomorrow and that > kkk Bowl IV. 2) Deadline for Thursday's game will be 8 p.m. that night. 3) I have standings below. I am assuming alfdogg's results are correct. The only thing I have changed from last week's standings is the won/loss record. PF's, PA's, etc. are still unchanged. I'll get my lazy ass around to doing it later in the week. Baltimore at Cincinnati (3.5) Arizona at St. Louis (6.5) Atlanta at Washington (1.5) (4.5) Dallas at N.Y. Giants Detroit at New England (13.5) (7.5) Indianapolis at Tennessee Jacksonville at Miami (2.5) (5.5) Kansas City at Cleveland Minnesota at Chicago (9.5) (1.5) N.Y. Jets at Green Bay (5.5) San Diego at Buffalo San Francisco at New Orleans (7.5) Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh (7.5) Houston at Oakland (3.5) Seattle at Denver (3.5) (3.5) Carolina at Philadelphia Baltimore (King PK 4-7-1) defeated by Cincinnati (Teke 5-6-1) BAL: BAL/STL/WAS/DAL/NE/IND/JAX/KC/CHI/NYJ/SD/NO/TB/OAK/SEA/CAR/24 CIN: BAL/STL/WAS/DAL/NE/TEN/MIA/KC/CHI/NYJ/SD/NO/PIT/HOU/DEN/CAR/14 DIFF: IND/TEN, JAX/MIA, TB/PIT, OAK/HOU, SEA/DEN Arizona (Vern Gagne 6-6) defeated St. Louis (Canadian Guitarist 4-8) AZ: CIN/STL/WAS/DAL/NE/IND/JAX/CLE/CHI/GB/SD/NO/PIT/HOU/DEN/CAR/20 STL: BAL/AZ/ATL/DAL/DET/IND/MIA/KC/MIN/GB/SD/NO/PIT/OAK/SEA/PHI/NOT SENT DIFF: CIN/BAL, STL/AZ, WAS/ATL, NE/DET, JAX/MIA, CLE/KC, CHI/MIN, HOU/OAK, DEN/SEA, CAR/PHI, 20/XX Atlanta (King of the 909 9-3) defeated by Washington (Human Fly 5-7) ATL: CIN/STL/ATL/DAL/NE/IND/JAX/KC/CHI/GB/SD/NO/PIT/OAK/SEA/CAR/24 WAS: CIN/STL/ATL/DAL/NE/IND/JAX/KC/CHI/NYJ/SD/NO/TB/HOU/SEA/CAR/18 DIFF: GB/NYJ, PIT/TB, OAK/HOU Dallas (Hawk34 4-8) defeated by N.Y. Giants (Cartman 4-8) DAL: CIN/STL/WAS/DAL/DET/IND/MIA/KC/CHI/NYJ/SD/NO/PIT/HOU/SEA/CAR/17 NYG: BAL/STL/ATL/DAL/DET/TEN/MIA/KC/CHI/NYJ/SD/NO/PIT/HOU/DEN/CAR/17 DIFF: CIN/BAL, WAS/ATL, IND/TEN, SEA/DEN, 17/17 Detroit (Bravesfan 9-3) defeated by New England (nl-asshole 6-5-1) DET:XX/STL/ATL/DAL/NE/TEN/JAX/KC/CHI/NYJ/SD/NO/PIT/OAK/DEN/CAR/13 NE: BAL/STL/ATL/DAL/DET/IND/JAX/KC/CHI/NYJ/SD/SF/PIT/HOU/DEN/CAR/21 DIFF: NE/DET, TEN/IND, NO/SF, OAK/HOU, 13/21 Indianapolis (Prime Time Andrew Doyle 7-5) defeated Tennessee (Cuban Linx 7-5) IND: CIN/AZ/WAS/DAL/NE/IND/JAX/CLE/CHI/NYJ/SD/NO/TB/OAK/DEN/CAR/41 TEN: CIN/STL/ATL/DAL/NE/TEN/JAX/KC/MIN/GB/SD/NO/TB/OAK/DEN/CAR/21 DIFF: AZ/STL, WAS/ATL, IND/TEN, CLE/KC, CHI/MIN, NYJ/GB, 41/21 Jacksonville (Always Pissed Off 9-3) defeated Miami (Spaceman Spiff 3-9) JAX: BAL/STL/ATL/DAL/NE/IND/JAX/KC/CHI/NYJ/SD/NO/TB/OAK/DEN/CAR/20 MIA: CIN/STL/ATL/DAL/NE/IND/JAX/KC/CHI/GB/SD/SF/TB/OAK/DEN/CAR/17 DIFF: BAL/CIN, NYJ/GB, NO/SF Kansas City (Alfdogg 7-5) defeated by Cleveland (SFA Jack 9-3) KC: BAL/STL/ATL/DAL/NE/TEN/JAX/KC/CHI/GB/SD/NO/TB/OAK/DEN/CAR/28 CLE: BAL/STL/ATL/DAL/NE/IND/MIA/KC/CHI/NYJ/SD/NO/TB/HOU/SEA/CAR/20 DIFF: TEN/IND, JAX/MIA, GB/NYJ, OAK/HOU, DEN/SEA Minnesota (Danville Wrestling 7-5) defeated Chicago (Agent of Oblivion 4-8) MIN: BAL/STL/ATL/DAL/NE/IND/JAX/KC/CHI/NYJ/SD/NO/TB/OAK/SEA/CAR/13 CHI: BAL/STL/ATL/DAL/NE/IND/JAX/KC/CHI/NYJ/SD/SF/TB/OAK/SEA/PHI/33 DIFF: NO/SF, CAR/PHI, 13/33 N.Y. Jets (Gert T 6-6) defeated Green Bay (Vitamin X 7-5) NYJ: BAL/STL/ATL/NYG/NE/IND/MIA/KC/CHI/GB/SD/NO/PIT/OAK/DEN/CAR/20 GB: BAL/STL/WAS/DAL/NE/TEN/MIA/KC/MIN/GB/SD/SF/TB/HOU/SEA/CAR/21 DIFF: ATL/WAS, NYG/DAL, IND/TEN, CHI/MIN, NO/SF, PIT/TB, OAK/HOU, DEN/SEA, 20/21 San Diego (Porter 5-7) defeated by Buffalo (Bob Barron 6-6) SD: BAL/STL/ATL/DAL/NE/IND/JAX/KC/MIN/NYJ/SD/SF/PIT/HOU/DEN/CAR/42 BUF: BAL/STL/ATL/DAL/NE/IND/JAX/KC/CHI/GB/SD/NO/PIT/HOU/DEN/PHI/17 DIFF: MIN/CHI, NYJ/GB, SF/NO, CAR/PHI, 42/17 San Francisco (Lightning Flik 4-8) defeated by New Orleans (Cena’s Writer 5-6-1) SF: XXX/STL/WAS/DAL/NE/IND/MIA/KC/MIN/NYJ/SD/SF/TB/HOU/DEN/CAR/17 NO: CIN/STL/ATL/NYG/NE/IND/JAX/CLE/CHI/NYJ/SD/SF/PIT/OAK/SEA/CAR/27 DIFF: XXX/CIN, WAS/ATL, DAL/NYG, MIA/JAX, KC/CLE, MIN/CHI, TB/PIT, HOU/OAK, DEN/SEA, 17/27 Tampa Bay (Starvenger 8-4) defetaed Pittsburgh (Kahran Ramsus 7-4-1) TB: BAL/STL/WAS/NYG/DET/IND/JAX/KC/MIN/GB/SD/NO/TB/HOU/SEA/CAR/14 PIT: BAL/STL/WAS/DAL/NE/IND/MIA/KC/CHI/GB/BUF/SF/PIT/HOU/SEA/CAR/27 DIFF: NYG/DAL, DET/NE, JAX/MIA, MIN/CHI, SD/BUF, NO/SF, TB/PIT Houston (Bored 5-7) defeated Oakland (Smues 6-6) HOU: BAL/STL/WAS/NYG/NE/IND/JAX/KC/CHI/GB/SD/NO/PIT/HOU/DEN/PHI/17 OAK: BAL/STL/WAS/NYG/NE/IND/JAX/KC/MIN/NYJ/SD/NO/PIT/OAK/SEA/CAR/24 DIFF: CHI/MIN, GB/NYJ, HOU/OAK, DEN/SEA, PHI/CAR Seattle (C Dubya 5-7) defeatd by Denver (Canadian Chris 6-6) SEA: BAL/STL/WAS/NYG/DET/IND/MIA/KC/MIN/NYJ/SD/SF/PIT/OAK/SEA/PHI/24 DEN: BAL/STL/ATL/DAL/NE/IND/JAX/KC/CHI/NYJ/SD/NO/PIT/HOU/SEA/CAR/20 DIFF: WAS/ATL, NYG/DAL, DET/NE, MIA/JAX, MIN/CHI, SF/NO, OAK/HOU, PHI/CAR, 24/20 Carolina (Fazzle 4-8) defeated by Philadelphia (Harley Quinn 6-5-1) CAR: BAL/STL/ATL/DAL/NE/TEN/MIA/KC/CHI/NYJ/SD/NO/TB/HOU/DEN/CAR/19 PHI: BAL/STL/WAS/DAL/DET/TEN/JAX/KC/MIN/NYJ/SD/NO/TB/HOU/SEA/CAR/17 DIFF: ATL/WAS, NE/DET, MIA/JAX, CHI/MIN, DEN/SEA AFC EAST New England Patriots (nl-asshole) 5-5-1 < PF: 74, PA: 66, AFC: 2-5-1, NFC: 3-0, DIV: 1-4 > Buffalo Bills (Bob Barron) 5-6 < PF: 80, PA: 79, AFC: 3-4, NFC: 2-2, DIV: 3-1 > New York Jets (Gert T) 5-6 < PF: 73, PA: 74, AFC: 5-4, NFC: 0-2, DIV: 1-2 > Miami Dolphins (Spaceman Spiff) 3-8 < PF: 75, PA: 86, AFC: 2-5, NFC: 1-3, DIV: 2-1 > AFC NORTH Cleveland Browns (SFA Jack) 8-3 < PF: 78, PA: 74, AFC: 6-2, NFC: 2-1, DIV: 3-1 > Pittsburgh Steelers (Kahran Ramsus) 7-3-1 < PF: 77, PA: 72, AFC: 5-3-1, NFC: 2-0, DIV: 1-1-1 > Cincinnati Bengals (Teke) 4-6-1 < PF: 66, PA: 80, AFC: 3-3-1, NFC: 1-3, DIV: 2-2 > Baltimore Ravens (King PK) 4-6-1 < PF: 75, PA: 81, AFC: 2-4-1, NFC: 2-2, DIV: 0-2-1 > AFC SOUTH Jacksonville Jaguars (Always Pissed Off) 8-3 < PF: 79, PA: 72, AFC: 5-2, NFC: 3-1, DIV: 3-1 > Tennessee Titans (Cuban Linx) 7-4 < PF: 81, PA: 75, AFC: 3-4, NFC: 4-0, DIV: 2-1 > Indianapolis Colts (Prime Time Andrew Doyle) 6-5 < PF: 85, PA: 74, AFC: 3-4, NFC: 3-1, DIV: 1-2 > Houston Texans (Bored) 4-7 < PF: 75, PA: 79, AFC: 3-4, NFC: 1-3, DIV: 1-3 > AFC WEST Kansas City Chiefs (Alfdogg) 7-4 < PF: 77, PA: 75, AFC: 4-3, NFC: 3-1, DIV: 2-2 > Oakland Raiders (Smues) 6-5 < PF: 77, PA: 73, AFC: 5-3, NFC: 1-2, DIV: 4-1 > San Diego Chargers (Porter) 5-6 < PF: 73, PA: 84, AFC: 4-5, NFC: 1-1, DIV: 1-3 > Denver Broncos (Canadian Chris) 5-6 < PF: 71, PA: 77, AFC: 5-5, NFC: 0-1, DIV: 2-3 > NFC EAST Philadelphia Eagles (Harley Quinn) 5-5-1 < PF: 79, PA: 82, AFC: 1-3, NFC: 4-2-1, DIV: 3-0 > Dallas Cowboys (Hawk 34) 4-7 < PF: 74, PA: 78, AFC: 1-2, NFC: 3-5, DIV: 2-2 > Washington Redskins (Human Fly) 4-7 < PF: 66, PA: 73, AFC: 0-4, NFC: 4-3, DIV: 1-3 > New York Giants (Cartman) 3-8 < PF: 74, PA: 78, AFC: 1-3, NFC: 2-5, DIV: 1-2 > NFC NORTH Detroit Lions (Bravesfan) 9-2 < PF: 84, PA: 74, AFC: 2-1, NFC: 7-1, DIV: 2-1 > Green Bay Packers (Vitamin X) 7-4 < PF: 73, PA: 73, AFC: 1-2, NFC: 6-2, DIV: 3-0 > Minnesota Vikings (Danville Wrestling) 6-5 < PF: 78, PA: 75, AFC: 1-2, NFC: 5-3, DIV: 1-2 > Chicago Bears (Agent Of Oblivion) 4-7 < PF: 70, PA: 79, AFC: 3-1, NFC: 1-6, DIV: 0-3 > NFC SOUTH Atlanta Falcons (King Of The 909) 9-2 < PF: 90, PA: 74, AFC: 3-1, NFC: 6-1, DIV: 4-0 > Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Starvenger) 7-4 < PF: 82, PA: 74, AFC: 0-2, NFC: 7-2, DIV: 3-2 > New Orleans Saints (Cena’s Writer) 4-6-1 < PF: 76, PA: 77, AFC: 2-2, NFC: 2-4-1, DIV: 1-4 > Carolina Panthers (Fazzle) 4-7 < PF: 78, PA: 76, AFC: 1-2, NFC: 3-5, DIV: 1-3 > NFC WEST Seattle Seahawks (C Dubya) 5-6 < PF: 78, PA: 80, AFC: 1-1, NFC: 4-5, DIV: 3-1 > Arizona Cardinals (Vern Gagne) 5-6 < PF: 79, PA: 71, AFC: 1-1, NFC: 4-5, DIV: 2-1 > San Francisco 49ers (Lightning Flik) 4-7 < PF: 70, PA: 76, AFC: 0-3, NFC: 4-4, DIV: 3-1 > St. Louis Rams (Canadian Guitarist) 4-7 < PF: 81, PA: 81, AFC: 3-0, NFC: 1-7, DIV: 0-5 >

Didn't get the job, but I really didn't care for what I saw either. It was more of a "tune-up" for, hopefully, future interviews with places I'd actually give a shit about. When I got the inadvertent "overqualified" line and then got asked, "do you have any questions?" I went to town. It's fun when you ask an interviewer something they can't answer and spend several minutes stumbling about looking to say something other than "um."

• Here we go again. Another red diaper doper baby telling the rest of the country how their lives should be run … um, actually, I’ve always wondered how blind people figure out what bill denominations they are giving out during a purchase. • I guess Playstation3s are in such high demand that even cops are killing people to get their hands on these things. I’m a bit of an odd bird when it comes to my video game history. Hey, what better way to transition into something that could be worth a day’s entry, and maybe more? As a kid, video games were my passion. Well, maybe not my “passion,” but I sure played them enough. Even now I spend way too much time in front of a television or computer monitor killing some demon or scoring a go-ahead touchdown. Well it beats being out on the street causing trouble or spending quality time with the wife. Let’s take a stroll down my video game history, shall we? The Atari 2600 was my first video game console, and of course I played the hell out of the poor thing. Later on when my first system went to video game heaven, it was replaced by an Atari 7800. However, I don’t recall a single 7800 game purchased other than Xevious. After my 2600 playing days were over, I moved on to the … hey, wait a minute. I still have my 2600/7800 games. What better time than now to look in my Rubbermaid container that’s in the walk-in closet in the room from where I am currently typing and take a trip down memory lane? There we go. Now it’s time to see my Atari 2600/7800 game collection and note that all the money spent on these games could have went to purchase Microsoft stock. I have these games ranked by the company that made them, or something of that nature. You'll figure it out. Activision Games: Commando (I have two of this title. I must have broken or stolen one of them), Decathlon, Dolphin (more on this one below), Keystone Kapers (I always laughed when I made the cop duck because it looked like he was going to the bathroom; when I got a “best of Activision game” a year or two ago one of the first things I did was play this title and, sure enough, made the cop duck just so it looked like he was pinching a load), River Raid (loved this one, even though I was, and still am, terrible at it). I have no idea what posse the following games were from. They were funky cartridges that were long, thin and black with a slanted top saying the game’s title. None of these have any artwork. Astroblast, Football, Kool-Aid Man (!), Soccer. Here’s a little more background on the above-mentioned football game. One Christmas my cousin had his uncle figure out how to control his team’s players, and I proceeded to get slaughtered something like 100-0. I got my revenge next year when I learned how to run and pass, but I think that was also the same Christmas when I got the air hockey table and my football glory was short-lived. While playing air hockey, my cousin was cheating (or something) and I was calling him on it. I think our house rules was that a player wasn’t allowed to go beyond the table’s middle stripe, and he was constantly violating this rule. I then proceeded to get yelled at by my mom and aunt for my enforcement of these ever-so-strict guidelines because I was beating him anyway (what I lacked in other facets of my life I more than make up for in air hockey, believe you me). My cousin said something smart-ass to me and I replied, “OK, DICK FACE!” and wailed my air-hockey paddle at him, much to the horror of all the adults that were in the room (except my dad; I think he found the whole thing funny as hell). Memories. Imagic Games (the ones with a sorta slanted top and this fancy silver label): Cosmic Ark, Demon Attack. EPYX Games (mostly white labels; I can’t describe these games any further than to point out I didn’t play these titles a lot): California Games, Sea Hunt, Summer Games, Winter Games. US Games (white background label with a blue background with a white lettering to the cartridge’s top). Eggomania (I can’t begin to describe this one), Gopher, Name This Game (It was a contest and was sorta like a Sea Hunt-type game, only better; you had to fight off a shark that got faster with each passing level and this big, black octopus.) Other: Amidar (I have no idea what this is but an ape, pig, painter and Indian with a bone in his nose are on the cover; I think I may have been a Pac-Man-like game where you had to fill a screen with something before the bad guys get you), Blueprint (no idea) and this cartridge with the label ripped off. I think it is “Frogger” because I know I had this game and can’t find it elsewhere. Now that I think about it, I know it’s “Frogger” because that game used to piss me off to the point where I got so mad I would take the game out of the console and BITE IT!!! Eventually the saliva dissolved/tore off the game’s label. What in God’s name is wrong with me? Now time for the basic Atari cartridges: Adventure (you’re a square and have to fear the green/yellow/red dragons, unless you have the sword that looks like "-->"), Asteroids, Battlezone, Centipede (once I found out you were an elf with a hippie wand, my opinion of this game declined; I thought for quite a while you were in some cool spaceship blasting away), Berzerk, Combat, Defender, Donkey Kong, Golf, Joust (one of my favorites), Jungle Hunt, Kangaroo, Mousetrap, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man, Real Sports Baseball, Space Invaders, Superman, Vanguard (I don’t remember much about this game other than it was one of my favorites), Video Pinball, Yars Revenge (loved that cover). Hey, aside from Xevious I also had Choplifter for the 7800, along with Pole Position (or was it Pole Position II?) Here’s another memory of the 2600: There were some games where if you got to a certain score you could win a prize if you took a picture of the game with a camera and mail it in. One of these titles was Activision’s Dolphin. As a kid I could never achieve this score (I think it was 100,000). Believe me, this was frustrating, especially since I really wanted that hippie Dolphin patch. Years and years later while a college student I dusted off my 7800 to play some old games. One of these games I put in the 7800 was Dolphin and began playing. And playing. And playing. It wasn’t until I was about 90 percent of the way through the game when I noticed how close I was to accomplishing what I gave up so long ago doing. Then the pressure hit. Although I lost a few dolphins to that bastard squid, I eventually beat the game. The best way I could describe the feeling is to compare it to that day when you are finally able to beat your old man in a one-on-one basketball game. So you’re now better than your father at something you spent years trying to best him at. Big deal. You don’t feel any different and your dad knows his glory days are behind him anyway, so it’s not like he cares much either. One final note. Just to embarrass myself even more than I already do, I would like to say that I took pride in owning every game that was on the Pac-Man Fever album: Pac-Man, Frogger, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, Defender, Mousetrap and Berzerk. And yes, I do remember them in order. However, I didn’t remember the actual titles to all the games, just the games they represented. Now if you will excuse me, I got a pocket full of quarters and I’m headed to the arcade.

My burning hatred for Racheal Ray knows no bounds.

Or maybe you were drunk.

One note: Just won/loss records are updated. PFs, PAs, Division/Conference records will be done later in the week. AFC EAST New England Patriots (nl-asshole) 6-5-1 < PF: 81, PA: 73, AFC: 2-5-1, NFC: 4-0, DIV: 1-4 > Buffalo Bills (Bob Barron) 6-6 < PF: 87, PA: 84, AFC: 4-4, NFC: 2-2, DIV: 3-1 > New York Jets (Gert T) 6-6 < PF: 78, PA: 77, AFC: 5-4, NFC: 1-2, DIV: 1-2 > Miami Dolphins (Spaceman Spiff) 3-9 < PF: 79, PA: 91, AFC: 2-6, NFC: 1-3, DIV: 2-1 > AFC NORTH Cleveland Browns (SFA Jack) 9-3 < PF: 84, PA: 79, AFC: 7-2, NFC: 2-1, DIV: 3-1 > Pittsburgh Steelers (Kahran Ramsus) 7-4-1 < PF: 81, PA: 78, AFC: 5-3-1, NFC: 2-1, DIV: 1-1-1 > Cincinnati Bengals (Teke) 5-6-1 < PF: 72, PA: 85, AFC: 4-3-1, NFC: 1-3, DIV: 3-2 > Baltimore Ravens (King PK) 4-7-1 < PF: 80, PA: 87, AFC: 2-5-1, NFC: 2-2, DIV: 0-3-1 > AFC SOUTH Jacksonville Jaguars (Always Pissed Off) 9-3 < PF: 84, PA: 76, AFC: 6-2, NFC: 3-1, DIV: 3-1 > Tennessee Titans (Cuban Linx) 7-5 < PF: 86, PA: 82, AFC: 3-5, NFC: 4-0, DIV: 2-2 > Indianapolis Colts (Prime Time Andrew Doyle) 7-5 < PF: 92, PA: 79, AFC: 4-4, NFC: 3-1, DIV: 2-2 > Houston Texans (Bored) 5-7 < PF: 82, PA: 85, AFC: 4-4, NFC: 1-3, DIV: 1-3 > AFC WEST Kansas City Chiefs (Alfdogg) 7-5 < PF: 82, PA: 81, AFC: 4-4, NFC: 3-1, DIV: 2-2 > Oakland Raiders (Smues) 6-6 < PF: 83, PA: 80, AFC: 5-4, NFC: 1-2, DIV: 4-1 > Denver Broncos (Canadian Chris) 6-6 < PF: 79, PA: 83, AFC: 5-5, NFC: 1-1, DIV: 2-3 > San Diego Chargers (Porter) 5-7 < PF: 78, PA: 90, AFC: 4-6, NFC: 1-1, DIV: 1-3 > NFC EAST Philadelphia Eagles (Harley Quinn) 6-5-1 < PF: 86, PA: 88, AFC: 1-3, NFC: 5-2-1, DIV: 3-0 > Washington Redskins (Human Fly) 5-7 < PF: 74, PA: 80, AFC: 0-4, NFC: 5-3, DIV: 1-3 > Dallas Cowboys (Hawk 34) 4-8 < PF: 82, PA: 86, AFC: 1-2, NFC: 4-5, DIV: 3-2 > New York Giants (Cartman) 4-8 < PF: 82, PA: 86, AFC: 1-3, NFC: 3-5, DIV: 2-2 > NFC NORTH Detroit Lions (Bravesfan) 9-3 < PF: 91, PA: 81, AFC: 2-2, NFC: 7-1, DIV: 2-1 > Green Bay Packers (Vitamin X) 7-5 < PF: 76, PA: 79, AFC: 1-3, NFC: 6-2, DIV: 3-0 > Minnesota Vikings (Danville Wrestling) 7-5 < PF: 84, PA: 81, AFC: 1-2, NFC: 6-3, DIV: 2-2 > Chicago Bears (Agent Of Oblivion) 4-8 < PF: 76, PA: 85, AFC: 3-1, NFC: 1-7, DIV: 0-4 > NFC SOUTH Atlanta Falcons (King Of The 909) 9-3 < PF: 97, PA: 82, AFC: 3-1, NFC: 6-2, DIV: 4-0 > Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Starvenger) 8-4 < PF: 88, PA: 78, AFC: 1-2, NFC: 7-2, DIV: 3-2 > New Orleans Saints (Cena’s Writer) 5-6-1 < PF: 85, PA: 79, AFC: 2-2, NFC: 3-4-1, DIV: 1-4 > Carolina Panthers (Fazzle) 4-8 < PF: 84, PA: 83, AFC: 1-2, NFC: 3-6, DIV: 1-3 > NFC WEST Arizona Cardinals (Vern Gagne) 6-6 < PF: 86, PA: 78, AFC: 1-1, NFC: 5-5, DIV: 3-1 > Seattle Seahawks (C Dubya) 5-7 < PF: 84, PA: 88, AFC: 1-2, NFC: 4-5, DIV: 3-1 > San Francisco 49ers (Lightning Flik) 4-8 < PF: 70, PA: 76, AFC: 0-3, NFC: 4-4, DIV: 3-1 > St. Louis Rams (Canadian Guitarist) 4-8 < PF: 88, PA: 88, AFC: 3-0, NFC: 1-8, DIV: 0-6 >

I don’t even remember who won half of these games. This should be interesting. (2.5) Miami at Detroit. Correct I remember Detroit playing a good Thanksgiving Day game in previous years, even if they were having a shitty season. They even played well right out of the gate. However, Miami’s in the midst of “wait until next year” mode, when every player will be one year older, slower and more susceptible to injury. Tampa Bay at Dallas (11.5). Incorrect. Nuts, I thought I had a sleeper pick when this game first started. I then stopped watching and saw the final score later on. Ew. Denver at Kansas City (1.5). Correct. Because I don’t have the NFL Network, I have nothing to say about this one. Arizona at Minnesota (6.5). Incorrect. Damnit. Aside from those two freak plays that gave Arizona 14 points (a goal-line fumble return and punt/kick return if memory serves), this would have been a solid win. (4.5) Carolina at Washington. Incorrect. I can’t read either one of these teams worth shit. Chicago at New England (3.5). Correct. I pulled this win out by the skin of my teeth. I haven’t seen enough of Rex Grossman to pass judgment on whether or not to bench him, but he seemed good enough when the Bears were the talk of the league. I’d let him play through this slump. (3.5) Cincinnati at Cleveland. Correct. When Cleveland plays tough they certainly play tough. When the don’t they sure don’t. Houston at N.Y. Jets (5.5). Correct. I wonder how the local New York media is treating the Jets head coach now that he’s helped put his team in playoff contention? I heard in training camp/pre-season this guy was not the most media friendly coach in the league, which could spell trouble for a New York-based team if they are performing poorly. (3.5) Jacksonville at Buffalo. Incorrect. The Jags are yet another week-to-week team I can’t put my finger on. I guess those losses to Houston weren’t divisional rivalry flukes and part of a bigger problem.. New Orleans at Atlanta (3.5). Correct. I predicted one of these teams to begin a late-season collapse. I have been looking at the wrong team all along. Then again, I haven’t expected much from the Falcons as of late anyway. And regarding Vick giving the “dirty bird” to booing fans – big deal. I have to wonder though if fans at this game will get Gloria Aldred to sue Vick for offending them? (3.5) N.Y. Giants at Tennessee. Incorrect. Ah man. I was on the wrong end of this fourth-quarter collapse. It was still funny anyway. Philadelphia at Indianapolis (9.5). Correct. Colts rookie running back Joseph Addai: 24 rushes, 174 yards, 4 touchdowns. I wonder how Edgerrin James likes playing in Arizona? Oh what the heck, I’ll look at his rushing stats for this year: 226 attempts, 695 yards, 3 touchdowns. Oh well, at least he’s paid. Hope he likes putting his body on the line for a bigger paycheck rather than playing for a championship. Pittsburgh at Baltimore (2.5). Correct. This game pretty much shut everyone up in this area about playoff possibilities. San Francisco at St. Louis (5.5). Correct. The 49ers gave up the win, but they didn’t give it up by more than 5.5 points. Good enough for me. Oakland at San Diego (13.5). Incorrect. Nuts. The Chargers couldn’t blow the Raiders out twice in a season. Green Bay at Seattle (10.5). Incorrect. Damnit. Missed by half-a-point. Oh well. This week’s record: 9-7. Cumulative record: 87-89. Hey, I’m only two games under .500 – Time to get creamed with my Week 13 picks. I just heard on the television that Cleveland has just gone up 7-0. Gulp.

Deadline has come and gone.

The few times I've listened to live music, even if the artist wasn't all that good, I kept quiet and was generally supportive. No matter how bad that person played, they still would perform better than I ever could. I can play a mean "demo" button on a keyboard, though.

According to this place, which has some other info, too, 29,123.

He was? Then what's he bitching about?

Like I said in yesterday’s entry, I was getting ready for my first “real job” interview… aw sonofabitch. The NFL has some hippie Thursday night game. I guess tonight’s entry is time for this week’s pickkks. Baltimore at Cincinnati (3.5) I think Cincinnati will be up more for this game. In addition, the Bengals need this win more than the Ravens. However, I’ll take my chances with the underdog Ravens in this one. Arizona at St. Louis (6.5) Both teams have been stinking up the place as of late. The only reason I’m taking the Cardinals is that six-and-a-half point spread. Atlanta at Washington (1.5) Hmm. The Falcons are on the decline and the Redskins are … well, I have no idea. I might as well go with the devil I know and guess that the Redskins won’t be as bad as the Falcons this week. (4.5) Dallas at N.Y. Giants There’s turmoil in the Big Apple and now the national sports media is talking about T.O. and the fact they haven’t had anything to talk about regarding him. Shit. I don’t know how to go at this one. Dallas has to lose sometime, but the Giants are in some trouble themselves. I’ll go with Dallas. Detroit at New England (13.5) New England favored by two touchdowns? Against Detroit? At home? This is a steal. (7.5) Indianapolis at Tennessee The Titans have been playing tough, but the Colts usually blowout their weaker division foes. Jacksonville at Miami (2.5) I’m picking the Dolphins just so they’ll lose and this talk about “wait until next year” will be aborted while still in an early trimester. (5.5) Kansas City at Cleveland The Chiefs will continue their playoff push, and unlike last year they just might finish the job this time. Minnesota at Chicago (9.5) Divisional opponent. Chicago will probably win, but I’m hoping Minnesota will keep it close. (1.5) N.Y. Jets at Green Bay Both teams have played better than expected. Even though they are on the road, I’ll go with the team that’s improved more this year. (5.5) San Diego at Buffalo At first I was going to go with the Bills, but then I thought otherwise because I then got the hunch that this was going to be a letdown game for them. Besides, five-and-a-half points on the road doesn’t seem too bad for San Diego. San Francisco at New Orleans (7.5) The 49ers have been playing good for the past month, but I’ll take the Saints, even with the spread. Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh (7.5) With some key injuries on the Steelers’ side of the ball, I’ll take the Buccaneers to either win or keep the game close. Besides, Tampa’s starting quarterback is from the Shittsburgh area; hey, if Roethlisberger gets hurt and Charlie Batch comes in that means two hometown products will be playing quarterback for each team in this one. Good for them. Houston at Oakland (3.5) Oakland’s been losing by close margins and now they’re favored. I’ll go with Houston. Seattle at Denver (3.5) Tough one here for me. It’s in Denver, but the Broncos are struggling a bit. I’ll take Seattle in this one. (3.5) Carolina at Philadelphia If McNabb was playing in this one I’d go with Philadelphia. However, he’s not. I’m not thrilled with the Panthers, but whenever Donovan went down last year so did his team.

Too late, I'm confused. Aside from the Steelers, who I can't help but hear news about 24/7 in this region, I'd really like to know who the other three teams are that I supposedly know something about. And I established back in Week 1 that I don't know what I'm doing. Thanks for playing. Now I hope you are properly lubed up because your uncle just parked his car by your residence and it appears he's been drinking again. For your sake I hope this time he doesn't fall asleep on top of you after he's done. Oh, and I had no idea Cutler was starting.

Now that I wrongly predicted the Ravens/Bengals Thursday night game, I can get back to my riveting tale of my first-ever “real job” interview. I spoke with Altoona Mirror News Editor Joe Frollo about my upcoming interview, and he said to bring a work portfolio with me to the Mirror’s headquarters. He added that if I could get a copy of the Mirror and “copyedit” for him that would be great, too. My interview was scheduled for early that next week, so I got the Sunday’s edition of the Mirror and put my little red pen to work. Now here’s the funny thing. For as much as I suck at speling and grammer, I am great at picking out stupid errors or inconsistencies that nobody else would care about checking. For example, at one job I picked out on a page a period that was one font point size smaller than all the other text. While the graphic artist who made this correction was amazed that I noticed this mistake, I felt more pathetic than anything else. But I digress. So there I was scanning through this newspaper when I came across some mistakes in this publication’s template areas, particularly one in the “Editorial Board” box that got run every day. When I arrived at my interview, I showed Joe everything I had found, and he was … surprised. He especially appeared so when I showed him the “editorial box” where a period was breaking up one editor’s name. As I sat down to take my editing test, he asked if he could have this page and walked away. I knew I bombed this test, but nevertheless it was off to talk with Joe and this other editor who seemed a bit smarmy. I knew I wasn’t getting this job, but they were taking me out to dinner to continue the interview process, so who am I to turn down a free meal? As I talked with Joe and this other guy, the nameless editor began asking for my opinion about the newspaper, and I gave it to him. Full blast. I don’t remember much of what I said, and most of it wasn’t even negative, but I do remember the guy getting pretty defensive about a number of things. One question I do remember was asking if the Mirror had a Web site because I couldn’t find one after looking through the newspaper and on-line (this was in 1999, so the Internet “revolution” hadn’t hit small publications such as the Mirror yet). I got an answer dealing with how it wouldn’t make the paper any money and that they mail a few copies to subscribers out of state and they would lose that revenue (yeah, all $10/month). When the meal was over and we were back at Mirror headquarters, the interview was wrapping up and Joe said to me in a low voice that he agreed with nearly all of my comments about the newspaper and that he was trying to get his smarmy boss to do many of the things I mentioned. That was when I knew for sure I was never coming back to this place. Sure enough, I was right. From the moment I left this interview, there were no harsh feelings. I knew I wasn’t qualified for the vacancy (I’m probably still not), and if you think this is some 500-word bitchfest about how the Mirror is run by a bunch of Jew-commies, then you’re sadly mistaken. However, the best part of this story came later when I got the “official” rejection. A few weeks went by and I got this letter from the Mirror. Knowing what it was, I just read the letter’s first sentence and tossed it aside. Mrs. kkk picked it up, thinking there could be some glimmering hope in what was written, and asked how the word “periodically” was spelled. I told her. She agreed with my spelling and said that the letter had it spelled as “periotically.” So not only did a fellow journalism grad misspell a job rejection letter to me, but he also felt me unworthy of a spell-check. Here’s how part of the letter went. How do I remember this? Because I have kept this letter and have it framed.

But what if a black athlete had a middle- to upper-class upbringing? Wouldn't this house negro be more comfortable with whitey at the helm? Wow, race relations really are complicated. I would guess it's because black people don't respond well to authority. How else could so many of them be in jail?

I never saw black athletes respond better to black coaches than white coaches because the white coach doesn't know what the black athlete has been through in his life ever ... ever.

Deadline has come and gone for the Thursday game. If you missed tonight's game, I suggest you PM your picks. After all, if your opponent gets this game right and you post your picks for the rest of the week, all your opponent would have to do is copy your picks to get a win.

Well today I had a job interview, and it went as I pretty much expected it to go. Do I anticipate a call from this place in the near future? No, but to tell the truth I never even expected to get called in at all. It’s funny, but for all the places in my life where I hoped for a call back, this was one where I shipped off my resume with the thought, “eh, whatever.” For anyone that has worked at a place where nametags and fryer experience were not necessities, the job interview can be a pretty intimidating place. Then again, a job interview doesn’t seem quite as intimidating when you’re already gainfully employed and have a steady source of legal income coming in. I went to today’s interview for two reasons. 1) to use up a half-day’s worth of comp time I built up over this current pay period at my current job. 2) to polish my interviewing technique just in case I get called in by a place with a job that I really desire. I don’t want it to seem like I’m dissing the place I interviewed at today; that’s not the case. In fact, I must say that the human resources chick I dealt with at this place has by far been the best at her position at any organization I have ever interviewed at. Not only has she responded to every inquiry and request I had over the past week or two, but also she seemed to genuinely enjoy doing her job. Now I’ll be curious to see how she handles rejected employment candidates. But then again, I’m sure the people I interviewed with in the department that had the vacant employment position will have more to do with the sure-to-be unprofessional way this place handles rejected job candidates. Like I said above, I treated today’s interview as a steppingstone for later encounters; think of this like a major-league player rehabilitating in the minors. My favorite part of these interviews is when you know you’re not going to be considered and they ask if you have “any questions.” I figure since I’ll never see these people again I might as well have some fun, and today’s encounter was no exception. I especially liked this paraphrased question I threw out, “With my resume in front of you, and with all that you have heard from me so far today, what do you think will be this position’s biggest challenge for me?” Talk about a deer in headlights. These people then talked for about five minutes and didn’t really say anything – kinda like my entries at this place. I may go into more detail about this interview later, but what I really wanted to talk about was my first “real job” interview. I had recently moved to the State College, Pa., area in 1999 and was full of hope and optimism that I could find a good career- starting job. Boy was I naïve. Anyway, I forget when I first applied to a nearby newspaper called the Altoona Mirror, but it was sometime in the spring. The local minor-league baseball team, the Curve, was looking for a beat writer, and I sent in my resume, samples and all that other stuff. Time went by and nothing happened, but some time later I received a call from a gentleman named Joe Frollo. He was from the Mirror and asked if I would be interested about a copyeditor’s position that his publication was looking to fill. Seeing how I was still without a full-time job I immediately jumped at the opportunity to put my edumacation to good use. (I was working a seasonal third-shift job at a yearbook publishing company, and while I liked this position it wasn’t going to be around forever.) So what happened at my first “real job” interview? Did I wow my soon-to-be bosses with accurate speling and good grammer? Tune in tomorrow to read the exciting conclusion!

• Uh-oh. Jesus at a Christmas festival. Egads. Actually, I think a better argument would be complaining about the commercialism of Christ’s birthday, but whatever. This reminds me of an episode of M*A*S*H* when Hawkeye and McEntire were trying to get some medical device and eventually ended up at a general’s press conference. After the general said some powder-puff remarks, our commie surgeons started asking what M*A*S*H* units weren’t properly equipped with devices that could help save soldiers. The reporters then began following up on this inquiry. Flustered, the general says, “This is a press conference. The last thing I want to do is answer a bunch of questions.” Not sure if this is relevant here, but it just popped into my mind. • Former vice presidential candidate John Edwards doesn’t like Wal-Mart, even though his staffers don’t mind trying to get Playstation3s from the retail giant. But that’s not what I want to talk about. This is funnier: Maybe the reason limousine liberals don’t like Wal-Mart is because it doesn’t offer valet parking. • So I was goofing around with Comcast's On Demand again and came across this gem of a movie called “Pumpkinhead.” Oh dear God. I’m not going to bother talking about the plot, so let me rip off what someone at IMDB said. OK. First question. Who the hell would name a demon Pumpkinhead? Oddly enough, rather than looking like a pumpkin, this demon looked more like that thing from the Hellraiser movie that just roamed around in that hallway and fought the leading lady over that hippie cube toward the film’s climax. Pumpkinhead was one of those movies that was so bad I couldn’t stop watching. I will say that I liked how the guy who called up Pumpkinhead slowly turned into him, or whatever the hell it was he did. And at least the dog lived, or I think it did. Oh, man. There are Pumpkinhead sequels? I’m sure they will appear On Demand in the next month or so.

Results from last week's games and standings will be posted in this thread tomorrow evening. Since I have to go to the in-laws for DINNER at 12:30 P.M. (!!!), the deadline for turkey day picks will be Thursday at noon. If you miss the Thursday games, or any non-Sunday games, they do not count as EPs. And you can submit turkey picks, then the other picks later in the week. If you submit turkey picks and none for the Sunday picks, the EPs will be used for the Sunday games; however, if that is the case I will not count a TB score if one was submitted with the turkey picks. (2.5) Miami at Detroit Tampa Bay at Dallas (11.5) Denver at Kansas City (1.5) Arizona at Minnesota (6.5) (4.5) Carolina at Washington Chicago at New England (3.5) (3.5) Cincinnati at Cleveland Houston at N.Y. Jets (5.5) (3.5) Jacksonville at Buffalo New Orleans at Atlanta (3.5) (3.5) N.Y. Giants at Tennessee Philadelphia at Indianapolis (9.5) Pittsburgh at Baltimore (2.5) San Francisco at St. Louis (5.5) Oakland at San Diego (13.5) Green Bay at Seattle (10.5) Miami (Spaceman Spiff 3-8) defeated Detroit (Bravesfan 9-2) 9-9+TB MIA: MIA/TB/DEN/MIN/CAR/NE/CIN/NYJ/JAX/NO/NYG/IND/BAL/SF/SD/GB/26 DET: MIA/DAL/KC/MIN/CAR/CHI/CIN/NYJ/JAX/NO/NYG/IND/PIT/SF/SD/GB/20 DIFF: TB/DAL, DEN/KC, NE/CHI, BAL/PIT, 26/20 Tampa Bay (Starvenger 7-4) defeated Dallas (Hawk34 4-7) 8-5 TB: MIA/TB/KC/MIN/CAR/CHI/CIN/HOU/JAX/NO/NYG/IND/BAL/SF/SD/GB/13 DAL: MIA/DAL/DEN/MIN/CAR/NE/CIN/HOU/JAX/ATL/NYG/IND/PIT/STL/SD/SEA26 DIFF: TB/DAL, KC/DEN, CHI/NE, NO/ATL, BAL/PIT, SF/STL, GB/SEA, 13/26 Denver (Canadian Chris 5-6) defeated Kansas City (Alfdogg 7-4) 9-6 DEN: MIA/DAL/DEN/AZ/CAR/CHI/CIN/NYJ/JAX/NO/NYG/IND/BAL/SF/SD/SEA/24 KC: MIA/TB/DEN/MIN/CAR/CHI/CIN/NYJ/JAX/ATL/NYG/IND/BAL/STL/SD/GB/17 DIFF: DAL/TB, AZ/MIN, NO/ATL, SF/STL, SEA/GB Arizona (Vern Gagne 5-6) defeated by Minnesota (Danville Wrestling 6-5) 8-8+TB AZ: MIA/TB/DEN/AZ/WAS/CHI/CIN/NYJ/BUF/ATL/NYG/IND/PIT/SF/SD/SEA/12 MIN: MIA/TB/DEN/AZ/CAR/CHI/CIN/NYJ/JAX/NO/TEN/IND/BAL/STL/SD/SEA/27 DIFF: WAS/CAR, BUF/JAX, ATL/NO, NYG/TEN, PIT/BAL, SF/STL, 12/27 Carolina (Fazzle 4-7) defeated by Washington (Human Fly 4-7) 8-8+TB CAR: DET/DAL/KC/MIN/CAR/CHI/CIN/NYJ/BUF/ATL/NYG/IND/BAL/STL/SD/GB/25 WAS: DET/TB/DEN/AZ/CAR/NE/CIN/NYJ/JAX/NO/NYG/IND/BAL/STL/SD/GB/16 DIFF: DAL/TB, KC/DEN, MIN/AZ, CHI/NE, BUF/JAX, ATL/NO, 25/16 Chicago (Agent of Oblivion 4-7) defeated by New England (nl-asshole 5-5-1) 6-9 CHI: MIA/DAL/KC/MIN/CAR/CHI/CIN/NYJ/JAX/ATL/TEN/PHI/PIT/STL/SD/SEA/31 NE: MIA/TB/KC/AZ/CAR/NE/CIN/NYJ/JAX/NO/NYG/IND/BAL/STL/SD/SEA/23 DIFF: DAL/TB, MIN/AZ, CHI/NE, ATL/NO, TEN/NYG, PHI/IND, PIT/BAL Cincinnati (Teke 4-6-1) defeated by Cleveland (SFA Jack 8-3) 7-9 CIN: MIA/DAL/DEN/MIN/CAR/CHI/CIN/HOU/JAX/NO/NYG/IND/BAL/SF/SD/SEA/28 CLE: MIA/DAL/DEN/AZ/CAR/CHI/CIN/NYJ/JAX/NO/NYG/IND/BAL/SF/SD/SEA/21 DIFF: MIN/AZ, HOU/NYJ, 28/21 Houston (Bored 4-7) defeated by N.Y. Jets (Gert T 5-6) 7-7+TB HOU: MIA/DAL/DEN/MIN/CAR/CHI/CIN/NYJ/JAX/NO/NYG/PHI/BAL/STL/SD/GB/14 NYJ: XXX/XXX/XXX/AZ/CAR/NE/CIN/NYJ/JAX/ATL/NYG/IND/BAL/STL/SD/GB/24 DIFF: MIA/X, DAL/X, MIN/AZ, CHI/NE, NO/ATL, PHI/IND, 14/24 Jacksonville (Always Pissed Off 8-3) defeated Buffalo (Bob Barron 5-6) 7-7+TB JAX: MIA/DAL/DEN/MIN/CAR/CHI/CIN/NYJ/JAX/NO/NYG/IND/BAL/STL/SD/SEA/17 BUF: MIA/DAL/DEN/MIN/CAR/CHI/CIN/NYJ/JAX/NO/NYG/IND/BAL/STL/SD/SEA/14 DIFF: 17/14 New Orleans (Cena’s Writer 4-6-1) defeated by Atlanta (King of the 909 9-2) 7-10 NO: DET/TB/DEN/AZ/CAR/CHI/CIN/NYJ/JAX/NO/NYG/IND/PIT/STL/OAK/GB/28 ATL: MIA/DAL/KC/MIN/CAR/NE/CIN/NYJ/JAX/NO/NYG/IND/BAL/SF/SD/SEA/17 DIFF: DET/MIA, TB/DAL, DEN/KC, AZ/MIN, CHI/NE, PIT/BAL, STL/SF, OAK/SD, GB/SEA N.Y. Giants (Cartman 3-8) defeated by Tennessee (Cuban Linx 7-4) 8-10 NYG: MIA/DAL/DEN/AZ/CAR/CHI/CIN/NYJ/JAX/ATL/NYG/IND/BAL/SF/SD/SEA/35 TEN: MIA/DAL/KC/MIN/CAR/NE/CIN/HOU/BUF/ATL/TEN/IND/PIT/SF/SD/GB/17 DIFF: DEN/KC, AZ/MIN, CHI/NE, NYJ/HOU, JAX/BUF, NYG/TEN, BAL/PIT, SEA/GB, 35/17 Philadelphia (Harley Quinn 5-5-1) defeated by Indianapolis (Prime Time Andrew Doyle 6-5) 7-8 PHI: DET/TB/DEN/MIN/CAR/NE/CIN/NYJ/JAX/NO/TEN/IND/PIT/SF/SD/SEA/10 IND: MIA/TB/KC/MIN/CAR/NE/CIN/NYJ/JAX/NO/NYG/IND/PIT/SF/SD/SEA/28 DIFF: DET/MIA, DEN/KC, TEN/NYG Pittsburgh (Kahran Ramsus 7-3-1) tied Baltimore (King PK 4-6-1) tied 10-10 PIT: DET/TB/KC/AZ/CAR/NE/CIN/NYJ/JAX/NO/NYG/IND/BAL/SF/SD/GB/7 BAL: MIA/DAL/KC/MIN/CAR/NE/CIN/NYJ/BUF/NO/NYG/PHI/BAL/SF/SD/SEA/20 DIFF: DET/MIA, TB/DAL, AZ/MIN, JAX/BUF, IND/PHI, GB/SEA, 7/20 San Francisco (Lightning Flik 4-7) defeated St. Louis (Canadian Guitarist 4-7) 10-7 SF: MIA/TB/DEN/AZ/CAR/CHI/CIN/NYJ/BUF/NO/NYG/IND/BAL/SF/SD/GB/24 STL: X/XX/XXX/MIN/CAR/CHI/CIN/NYJ/JAX/NO/NYG/IND/PIT/SF/OAK/GB/20 DIFF: MIA/X, AZ/MIN, BUF/JAX, BAL/PIT, SD/OAK, 24/10 Oakland (Smues 6-5) defeated San Diego (Porter 5-6) 11-4 OAK: MIA/TB/DEN/AZ/CAR/NE/CIN/NYJ/JAX/NO/NYG/IND/BAL/SF/OAK/GB/23 SD: XXX/XXX/XXX/MIN/CAR/CHI/CIN/NYJ/JAX/ATL/NYG/PHI/BAL/SF/SD/SEA/34 DIFF: MIA/X, AZ/MIN, NE/CHI, NO/ATL, IND/PHI, OAK/SD, GB/SEA, 23/34 Green Bay (Vitamin X 7-4) defeated Seattle (C Dubya 5-6) GB: MIA/TB/DEN/MIN/CAR/CHI/CIN/NYJ/BUF/NO/NYG/IND/BAL/SF/SD/GB/20 SEA: XX/XX/XX/MIN/WAS/NE/CIN/NYJ/JAX/ATL/NYG/PHI/BAL/STL/OAK/GB/EP DIFF: MIA/XX, CAR/WAS, CHI/NE, BUF/JAX, NO/ATL, IND/PHI, SF/STL, SD/OAK, 20/X