Grating Cheese

Well it was almost boring but a good kind of boring, ya know. Nice to see them get their acts together and stop losing to pop warner. Would be nice ot at the very least have a team to route for come January. And it does feel nice to make of fool of the discount double check douchebag. 38-10, and I was kinda wanting them to push for more, but why be rude. Save it for the rest of the season, Redskins, Saints, Falcons, Ravens and Eagles won't be an easy task to outdo last years 9-7, but it may just be good enough still.

This Is Getting Ugly

Who's Wearing Out Who?

Packers vs Giants.
Laura vs Yuula.

The Rest Overslept Themselves

And then there were eight. From the Agatha Christie book. No? And Then There Were None. Anyone? You know the original title of that book? I'm getting off topic.

Football! That's right, playoffs this weekend, with four games, one more intriguing than the other, and I gotta get my two cents in. And I'm so terrible at picking winners and scores, you can mostly chalk this up to some comedic relief before the game. It's better than that hack Frank Caliendo and his "comedic" picks.

So let's go in order...

Saints Vs 49ers

What to say about this game? I think that the winner of this game goes to the Super Bowl for the NFC. That's one thing I can say. I've been following the 49ers much more than the Saints this year tho. The only bit I saw of them is when they slaughtered the Giants during the regular season. Embarrassing. But I think my money is on the 49ers today. I don't know why but I think after that defensive domination I saw in the BCS championship by Alabama, I feel like people are figuring out how to quash these potent offenses which is all New Orleans really is. Plus I think if Brees isn't getting his normal easy completions he's gonna start throwing bombs everywhere and I like the chance for some turnovers on San Francisco's side. I dunno. Let's say a low scoring game New Orleans 19, San Francisco 23. That is low scoring for New Orleans.

Broncos Vs Patriots

Good vs evil. East vs West. God vs the Devil. Call it what you will, it's gonna be a good game I bet. Brady & the Belichiks on the brink of inobscurity. Tebow and his minions going out with nothing to lose and everything to gain. I will not be surprised to see the Broncos really give the Patriots a hard time out there and keep it real close. I think the Patriots are going to use a strategy of intelligent design (no pun intended) to try and confuse Tebow and stifle his explosive plays, but I think what they take for granted is that Tebow doesn't play intelligent football where he reads defenses and gets a feel for the blitz and so on. He just yells hike and let's his neanderthal instincts take over. Tebow GO!. Ha. Watch this... Denver 31- New England 28. Surprise.

Texans Vs Ravens

Okay, I gotta admit I don't care as much about this game as the other three, but in saying that I do think that the winner of this game goes to the Super Bowl for the AFC. And I think that team will be the Ravens. I just think it's their time, with Steelers gone, Colts a joke, Patriots not their old selves. This is the fourth born kid taking center stage after the oldest leave the nest. And I don't mind that. Baltimore and 49ers in the Super Bowl. Two teams I haven't seen there lately. One step at a time tho. Houston 10, Baltimore 25. Only blowout.

Giants vs Packers

It's easy to be a humble Giants fan this year, after the hot and cold season they had and the way they backed into the playoffs, for once competing in a pathetic division, but after the last couple of games against the Jets and Falcons, I'm sorry, you gotta feel good about this team and at least a little excited to see them give Green Bay a run for their money. I don't want to jinx and make comparisons to 2007's run to the Super Bowl and so on, but the Giants seem to be clicking here, running, passing, blocking, sacking. They look darn good, but it's not hard to imagine the Packers have been laying low and letting everyone lower their expectations so they can come out blazing tomorrow night. Yeah, that's what they're doing. So this is a biased pick, but aren't they all. New York 34, Green Bay 31.

Go Yellow Team

Ahh what a lovely stadium we'll all be watching today. Satan always has the loveliest of homes. And the two teams equally deserving to be in the big game, I can't decide who I want to lose.

Yes I can.

After weeks of rhinos and chinchillas and platypi predicting the outcome of the game, I give you my official prediction, which is neither an educated guess, a diluted gut reaction or a well-thought out decision based on stats, but more what I can come up with as I type these words right here....

Green Bay 24
Pittsburgh 23
Black Eyed Peas 17

That's right! Packers by 1. Put your money down.

To be honest I'm more excited about the chip dip and the commercials than anything else. Bring the sweat Fergie!

Routinely Drawn To Underdogs

Green Bay Packers Vs. Chicago Bears - 3pm ET
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Good rivalry going on here. They already played twice this season and as tho it were scripted they each won one. So this is the tie breaker, and wouldn't you know it the winner goes on to the Super Bowl. Should be good, what with Aaron Rogers hi precision and cool & calculated run offense picking up first downs galore and Jay Cutler spraying the field as if he were using a pumpkin catapult just praying one of his receivers are in the area to snatch it. And c'mon, Devin Hester has got to run one back, escpecially if this is the Bears last game this season. But I got them by 4 over Green Bay. I like it, it's a good story. Bad team at the start turns it around. But the Packers have been pretty persistent. Almost annoyingly. I think the city wins it for them in Chicago.


New York Jets Vs. Pittsburgh Steelers - 6:30 pm ET


I don't have to tell you that the natural selection here is the Steelers. But I would really like to see a different team, one that hasn't won twice in the past 5 years, be successful. Plus I hate Rapelischeater™. That's what Laura & I call him. We made it up. I think ESPN should adopt it. I could collect royalties or maybe have an occasional guest spot on Around The Horn with Tony Reali. Either way, I'm going out o a limb and taking the Jets by 3. If I had to put actual money down on this, I may not be so brave.