CanadianChris

You'll probably tie him.

I loved him being announced as "Marshall from Ontario", too.

David Cross

Well, this week looks to be the moment of truth. No easy no-brainer picks for either of us.

FOURTEEN picks different. Holy schnikes. Ball State: Navy, ND, N Illinois, Maryland, W Michigan, Houston, Oregon St, Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan St, Cincinnati, Utah, Buffalo, Oklahoma Syracuse: Wake, Hawaii, La Tech, Nevada, Rice, Air Force, Pitt, S Carolina, Clemson, UGa, VaTech, Alabana, UConn, Florida

Note to kkk: You had Cleveland as 1-3 against the NFC heading into this week. The Browns were actually 0-3 against the NFC and 6-3-1 against the AFC, and they played their fourth NFC game against Philadelphia this week (and lost, making them 0-4 against the NFC). Tentative standings: AFC EAST New England Patriots (Harley Quinn) 8-6 < PF: 116, PA: 97, AFC: 5-6, NFC: 3-0, DIV: 3-2 > Buffalo Bills (Bob Barron) 7-7 < PF: 102, PA: 104, AFC: 5-5, NFC: 2-2, DIV: 3-2 > New York Jets (Gert) 7-7 < PF: 101, PA: 97, AFC: 5-6, NFC: 2-1, DIV: 2-3 > Miami Dolphins (Spaceman Spiff) 5-9 < PF: 112, PA: 120, AFC: 4-6, NFC: 1-3, DIV: 2-3 > AFC NORTH Pittsburgh Steelers (Kahran Ramsus) 9-4-1 < PF: 99, PA: 93, AFC: 6-3-1, NFC: 3-1, DIV: 3-1-1 > Baltimore Ravens (King PK) 8-5-1 < PF: 106, PA: 102, AFC: 6-4-1, NFC: 2-1, DIV: 3-3 > Cleveland Browns (SFA Jack) 6-7-1 < PF: 103, PA: 101, AFC: 6-3-1, NFC: 0-4, DIV: 3-1 > Cincinnati Bengals (Teke) 4-9-1 < PF: 101, PA: 108, AFC: 3-6-1, NFC: 1-3, DIV: 0-4-1 > AFC SOUTH Houston Texans (Bored) 8-6 < PF: 101, PA: 102, AFC: 6-5, NFC: 2-1, DIV: 5-1 > Jacksonville Jaguars (Always Pissed Off) 7-7 < PF: 100, PA: 107, AFC: 5-5, NFC: 2-2, DIV: 1-4 > Indianapolis Colts (Alfdogg) 5-9 < PF: 94, PA: 103, AFC: 4-6, NFC: 1-3, DIV: 2-2 > Tennessee Titans (Cuban Linx) 3-9-2 < PF: 105, PA: 108, AFC: 2-6-2, NFC: 1-3, DIV: 2-3 > AFC WEST Denver Broncos (Canadian Chris) 9-5 < PF: 99, PA: 91, AFC: 7-3, NFC: 2-2, DIV: 4-1 > Kansas City Chiefs (BX) 8-6 < PF: 109, PA: 103, AFC: 6-4, NFC: 2-2, DIV: 4-2 > San Diego Chargers (909) 6-8 < PF: 92, PA: 100, AFC: 5-6, NFC: 1-2, DIV: 1-4 > Oakland Raiders (Smues) 5-9 < PF: 99, PA: 108, AFC: 5-6, NFC: 0-3, DIV: 2-4 > NFC EAST x-Philadelphia Eagles (Starvenger) 12-2 < PF: 110, PA: 92, AFC: 4-0, NFC: 8-2, DIV: 3-1 > New York Giants (Cartman) 7-7 < PF: 101, PA: 106, AFC: 2-2, NFC: 5-5, DIV: 4-2 > Washington Redskins (Human Fly) 7-7 < PF: 93, PA: 91, AFC: 1-3, NFC: 6-4, DIV: 2-3 > Dallas Cowboys (Hawk) 7-7 < PF: 97, PA: 103, AFC: 2-1, NFC: 5-6, DIV: 1-4 > NFC NORTH x-Minnesota Vikings (Danville Wrestling) 10-4 < PF: 109, PA: 92, AFC: 4-0, NFC: 6-4, DIV: 4-2 > Green Bay Packers (VX) 7-7 < PF: 102, PA: 104, AFC: 1-3, NFC: 6-4, DIV: 3-1 > Detroit Lions (Chazz) 6-8 < PF: 102, PA: 96, AFC: 2-2, NFC: 4-6, DIV: 3-2 > Chicago Bears (Agent of Oblivion) 4-10 < PF: 95, PA: 108, AFC: 2-1, NFC: 2-9, DIV: 0-5 > NFC SOUTH x-Atlanta Falcons (Rocket) 11-3 < PF: 116, PA: 89, AFC: 4-0, NFC: 7-3, DIV: 5-1 > Carolina Panthers (Fazzle) 7-7 < PF: 98, PA: 110, AFC: 2-2, NFC: 5-5, DIV: 3-2 > New Orleans Saints (Brooklyn Zoo) 6-8 < PF: 95, PA: 102, AFC: 3-1, NFC: 3-7, DIV: 1-4 > Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Agent Bond) 5-9 < PF: 95, PA: 100, AFC: 0-2, NFC: 5-7, DIV: 2-4 > NFC WEST San Francisco 49ers (Devo) 9-5 < PF: 101, PA: 96, AFC: 1-3, NFC: 8-2, DIV: 3-2 > Seattle Seahawks (UZI) 8-6 < PF: 106, PA: 98, AFC: 2-1, NFC: 6-5, DIV: 4-1 > St. Louis Rams (Canadian Guitarist) 5-9 < PF: 92, PA: 100, AFC: 1-3, NFC: 4-6, DIV: 2-3 > Arizona Cardinals (Vern Gagne) 5-9 < PF: 101, PA: 113, AFC: 2-1, NFC: 3-8, DIV: 2-4 > x-clinched division title I'm almost certain starvenger has clinched a first round bye, as well.

This week's scores: New Orleans 5-7 Chicago Tampa Bay 5-6 Atlanta Pittsburgh 6-5 Baltimore Denver 7-6 Carolina Tennessee 7-4 Houston Detroit 7-6 Indianapolis Green Bay 8-8 Jacksonville (Jax wins by tiebreak) San Diego 7-8 Kansas City San Francisco 6-4 Miami Buffalo 6-5 N.Y. Jets Seattle 5-5 St. Louis (Sea wins by tiebreak) Minnesota 7-8 Arizona New England 7-8 Oakland N.Y. Giants 9-6 Dallas Cleveland 8-10 Philadelphia Shame of the week: Washington 3-4 Cincinnati

Titans lose both Haynesworth AND Vanden Bosch until the playoffs. So much for home field throughout.

Happy reading.

Both of those are perfectly fine.

Quiet, you.

What are the stars for?

Also I, I tweaked the base scoring so that people can't load up on a bunch of "world's oldest ______"s.

Yeah, I'm kind of hoping the elimination of the uniqueness bonus will put an end to most of the bitching. I don't like vetoing names on people's lists because it takes a lot of the fun out of it for them.

Must-win game for Denver this week, because I don't think they beat the Chargers in San Diego next week if it comes down to that. Hopefully the Bills can be as cooperative as they've been for everyone else the past 2 months.

Richard Jeni

Average salary per team would be a more accurate indicator. Not to state the obvious, but the NBA can afford to have salaries that much higher with only 12 players per roster. The average NFL team pays out twice as much in player salaries as the average NBA team. Baseball salaries are about 50% higher.

Must be some honeymoon so far! Seriously, though, congrats. We're poor, we're not going on the honeymoon until March because we need to save some cash. Oh, that kinda sucks. From what I saw, Peterson got no TDs because the Vikings only got into the red zone three times, and the Cardinals were stacking up to stop the run down there. Both red zone TDs were on third down passes. The other scores were on long pass plays and a punt return. He was running fine in the middle of the field for the most part.

Weddings aren't that fun when you're a man. Weddings are for brides. Grooms are basically spectators to the whole process.

Must be some honeymoon so far! Seriously, though, congrats.

No, four of them. And they'll have to ditch Rafalski in order to keep either Zetterberg or Hossa. They'll probably lose Franzen no matter what. That's three players gone. Great thing for the rest of the league. I think they'll stick with Zetterberg. Franzen might stay if he takes less money and he seems like he would. I will be shocked if Hossa stays, especially if they get rid of Zetterberg to do it. Rafalski leaving would be ideal but I don't see that happening. Keeping Hossa over Zetterberg would be mind-bogglingly stupid, and Ken Holland has shown over the years that he's not that.

Listening to everyone comment on the shows afterward, there's some confusion as to what the rule actually means. A supervisor is on record as saying the ref interpreted the rule wrong. Someone posted the rule in another forum, and it looks like the ref's interpretation was correct, though. EDIT: Here is the rule:

Manu isn't either.

Sorry, I thought I was at the bottom for whatever reason. I even PMed Spiff telling him he was up. I'll remember next time, I swear.

That call's being upheld. I have it freeze framed on my screen now, Romo's back foot is clearly behind the stick.