No Runny Eggs

I just happened to take a look at Charlie Sykes’ blogroll, and this hole in the wall of the Web happens to be there. Dunno exactly how that happened; it wasn’t even much of a bleg (I happened to notice that there was a blank spot between Spotted Horse and On the Borderline, and pointed that out to him, as well as an invite to check out this place).

At least he didn’t invite me to the blogger edition of Sunday Insight; I’d probably break the cameras :-)

So, if you’re here from Sykes Writes, take a look around, ignore the near-silence I had the last 2 weeks, and pipe up.

I won’t comment on the disaster Weaks 9 and 11 were, or crow about Week 10. I’ll simply recap.

Weak 9 (5-7-2)
Cincinnati 21 @ Baltimore 9 (+3)
Atlanta 17 (-2.5) @ Miami 10
Detroit 14 (+1) @ Minnesota 27
San Diego 31 (-6.5-LOSS) @ NY Jets
Carolina 34 (-1.5) @ Tampa Bay 14
Tennessee 14 (+3) @ Cleveland 20
Houston 14 @ Jacksonville 21 (-13.5-LOSS)
Oakland 23 @ Kansas City 27 (-4-TIE)
Chicago 20 (-3-TIE) vs New Orleans 17 @ Baton Rouge
Seattle 33 (-4) @ Arizona 19
NY Giants 24 (-11) @ San Francisco 6
Pittsburgh 20 (-4) @ Green Bay 10
Philadelphia 10 (+3) @ Washington 17
Indianapolis 40 @ New England 21 (+3.5)

Week 10 (9-4-1)
Green Bay 33 (+9.5) @ Atlanta 25
(somehow this was left off the blog, but did make KHDC so you know I wasn’t lying) Arizona 21 @ Detroit 29 (-4)
Kansas City 3 (+2.5) @ Buffalo 14
NY Jets 3 @ Carolina 30 (-9)
San Francisco 9 (+13.5-WIN) @ Chicago 17
Denver 31 (-3) @ Oakland 17
Houston 17 @ Indianapolis 31 (-17.5-LOSS)
Baltimore 3 (+6.5) @ Jacksonville 30
New England 23 (-3) @ Miami 16
Minnesota 24 @ NY Giants 21 (-9.5)
Cleveland 21 @ Pittsburgh 34 (-7.5)
St Louis 16 @ Seattle 31 (-7)
Washington 35 @ Tampa Bay 36 (-1-TIE)
Dallas 21 (+3) @ Philadelphia 20

Weak 11 (7-9)
Tampa Bay 30 @ Atlanta 27 (-6)
Carolina 3 (-3) @ Chicago 13
Miami 0 (+2.5) @ Cleveland 22
Detroit 7 @ Dallas 20 (-7.5)
NY Jets 0 @ Denver 27 (-13)
Indianapolis 45 (+6) @ Cincinnati 37
Jacksonville 31 (-4-LOSS) @ Tennessee 28
Kansas City 45 @ Houston 17 (+7)
New Orleans 17 @ New England 24 (-9.5-LOSS)
Philadelphia 17 @ NY Giants 17 (-7)
Pittsburgh 13 (-3.5) @ Baltimore 16
Buffalo 10 @ San Diego 48 (-11)
Seattle 27 (-13-LOSS) @ San Francisco 25
Arizona 38 (+9.5) @ St Louis 28
Oakland 16 (+6) @ Washington 13
Minnesota 20 @ Green Bay 17 (-4.5)

That puts me at 82-73-5. For the record, that’s making money.

Don’t forget; the window is always open right up until game-time. One of these days, I’ll figure out just how bad the last 3 weeks were for me (I’d like to see you do better, Dad29 :-) , but for now, let’s look forward. As always, the line comes from Yahoo, and even though I actually will be putting money on most of these picks (my sister’s headed out to Vegas tomorrow), they’re for entertainment purposes only (there, that should keep the revenuers off my back for another week).

Atlanta @ Detroit (+3) – It’s Thanksgiving, so that’s worth 4 points for the Lions. How could the bookies forget that? Oh well, make sure you run to the window to take advantage; you have about 45 minutes to do so and have a turduckhen on your Man.
Denver @ Dallas (+2.5) – No Lett, no snow, no problem.
St. Louis @ Houston (+4) – Career backup Jamie Martin has his 2 wins.
New England @ Kansas City (-3) – Too many injuries to overcome to continue their win streak.
Cleveland @ Minnesota (-4.5) – I don’t want to take Duh Viqueens, but Duh NewBrowns are in complete disarray, and the game is in the Rollerdome.
Carolina (-4) @ Buffalo – Worst red-zone defense, meet a pissed-off 2nd-best red-zone offense. Pissed-off 2nd-best red-zone offense, meet the Bills end-zone.
Tampa Bay @ Chicago (-3) – The Bears defense will outscore the Bucs to ensure that the NFC North will not have a loser for a champ.
Baltimore @ Cincinnati (-9) – Who would’ve thunk that the BenGALS would be 7-3, or that the OldBrowns defense would be so torched?
San Diego (-3) @ Washington – Take the over 43.5 as yet another former Redskins coach beats up the Deadskins. This time, that coach has an offense.
San Francisco @ Tennessee (-7.5) – Dorsey, Smith; it doesn’t matter.
Miami @ Oakland (-7) – Stick the fork in the Dullfins; they’re done.
Jacksonville (-3) @ Arizona – If you’re wondering why I’ mainly sticking with the favorites, it’s because the bookies usually have a good grasp of what’s what this late in the season.
Green Bay @ Philadelphia (-4.5) – If Ron Wolf says the Pack is done, believe it. This is the game of the weak.
NY Giants (+4.5) @ Seattle – This great game, which on any other week would be The Game of the Week, will not be seen in Milwaukee, Green Bay, or Philadelphia. We’ll be missing a barnburner.
New Orleans @ NY Jets (+1.5) – Jimmy Hoffa says you won’t need them points. ESPN is wondering what it did so wrong to get this game of the weak, part deux.
Pittsburgh (+7.5) @ Indianapolis – Over/under on the Al Michaels gambling references-4. Take the over on that, take the under 47 for the point total, and end the week rolling in dough while enjoying the game of the year.

Here I am trying to figure out Week 12, and this liberal who claims to be Jeff Wagner wants to make a seat-belt violation a primary enforcement issue, involving a heftier fine and points off the driver’s license. One of his arguments is that because we already let government regulate driving so heavily, what’s another thing? Well, why not make the sales tax 6% statewide because it’s already at 5.85% in Milwaukee County restaurants? Why not make the top rate for the state income tax 10% because we’re so close now? Why not let the feds take 80% of every dollar you make above $186,500 (or so) because we were there once? Why not require a photo id to purchase limited quantities of Claritin (quantities that don’t last more than a week during allergy season) because we already do that to a whole class of its competitors?

Sorry, Jeff. The line has to be drawn somewhere. If you want to stick gubmint in the seat-belt issue, why not make it a mitigating circumstance in the courts and insurance claims?

(For the record, I do wear my seat belt; not because the gubmint tells me to, but if I decide to or am forced to make a sudden maneuver, I don’t feel like leaving my seat.)