Tampa Loses

This is how little anyone cares about Philly "winning" the world series. On ESPN they had it as their cover story, but not in any blown out of proportion way as they are usually wont to do. Right next to it they had BREAKING NEWS: Oden out 2-4 weeks. The Phillies are the champions of professional baseball and breaking news is that Greg Oden is out 2-4 weeks?

It was a joke. Outside of Cole Hamels being his dominating self and Ryan Howard remembering that he was in fact Ryan Howard, I didn't see anything that made me think the Phillies won this series. I watched the Rays not show up, forget how to hit, and saw the outcome of a secret team meeting in which they said to each other, "Hey, let's play like it's 2007 tonight, gang!" Although I had picked the Rays to win, this worked out much like I saw it working out. My feeling was that the Phillies could beat the Rays, but not the Sawx, and that the Dodgers could beat the Sawx, but not the Rays. Mind you, that was a "could," my expectation was that the Rays could run the table, but they didn't. May they become the '07 White Sox next year for failing to man up. I'm embarrassed that we're saying goodbye to baseball in '08 in this fashion. Congrats, Philadelphia, you sucked the least this year.

God, the Phillies were unimpressive - I can't get over it. Ok, recaps:

None of my picks that actually came to fruition were major events for me. Except one, we'll get to that. I picked the Chiefs to cover, and that is what we call a Smart bet, considering how poorly the Jets had played a week before and still could not cover the spread. The chips were stacked against them for that, but KC is horrible, and I would say I earned my money on that pick.

Miami beating Buffalo was a shocker. Today I heard Jim Kelly talking about how really there are only 2 games a year you have to win if you're Buffalo - the two you play against the Dolphins. By the way, in case no one's noticed, Miami is 2-1 in the division...keep your eyes peeled.

Tampa Bay could have beaten Dallas, had both teams remembered that they were playing football. Watching Dallas celebrate their victory almost made me pity them...almost.

St. Louis just barely, BARELY made their points and cost me what I thought was an easy win. Oh, and Steven Jackson sat and killed my fantasy team. Who didn't sit and also helped kill my fantasy team? Anquan Boldin, who along with the rest of the Cards, earned a tie (point wise) against the Carolina F*ing Panthers (CFP as I shall refer to them from here on out). It should be mentioned that this was the first time all year that a team from the west playing on the east coast even earned so much as a tie against the spread. Still, no team from the west has won a 1 oclock game on the east this year. Mark that one down.

Washington was unable to cover the spread against a struggling Detroit team but earned a tie points wise, making me think that maybe Washington isn't as nasty as they had appeared. Then again, the Giants are arguably one of the best teams in the NFL, and they almost lost to the Bengals and did indeed lose to the Browns.

I would like to point out my prophetic powers with my AGS (Any Given Sunday) pick. The whole game felt like, "This shouldn't be happening," until the final score came and said, "Holy Shit, it happened." I think going forward I will now be instituting this pick, which in reality will allow me to pick whatever team I want and suffer the Loss, but no repercussions for a poor pick.

Seattle won the battle of Who Could Care Less, much as I thought they would, but that was anyone's guess. Both teams were so anemic coming in that I was actually going to pick the Refs in that one, and closer study of game video might have shown that they did in fact come out on top...

Indy sucks. Badly. Only one Manning has shown up this year, which leads me to my next point...

GIANTS WIN! GIANTS WIN! They were tested in the Steel City, but they came out on top. A lot has been made of Pittsburgh's long snapper getting injured, necessetating a replacement, and said replacement blowing open the game. This was a Momentum Changer, but it was not by any means a deciding factor on the game. The score was only tied, and with Pittsburgh punting from its field position, it is very likely that the Giants would have started in an even better place to drive toward the goal line. But we will never know. The truth is the snap did sail over the punter's head, and went out for a safety, and the Giants reaped the benefits. I was at a bar and must have made the safety sign about 15 times in succession. Not much is known after that. I remember cheering and chest bumping, drinking beers and singing, "There's only ooooooooone Eli Maaaaaanning!" Oh, and Justin Tuck is a BAD man. He will hurt you! The Giant's D kept them in that game, as did the O-line which yielded zero sacks to the Steel Curtain. God I love football. Picks coming up in a couple days. Getcha popcorn.

This week: 6-6-2


As a bonus for this week's pick, I will unveil the "Wide Receiver Douchiness" scale a couple of my buddies and I came up with. It will be a delight.

-Jobimoto out.
Would you say that was more of a Randy Moss or a Plaxico Burress?