Looks like you picked Carolina, but bolded the Bears.

This is a bit off-topic, but does anyone else get frustrated watching pro fooball these days? Especially Monday Night Football?

Specifically, it's the way they show replays. I'm one of those people who dares to multi-task and do other things while the game is on, and often need to see the replay if something dramatic happens. The Cowboy-Eagles game was an excellent example. There were several dramatic, long, passing plays, and when they got around to the replay, it was some weird angle close-up that robbed the play of all it's perspective.

The original shot they show, from up high, ALWAYS looks more impressive and dramatic, but they only ever show that angle live, and if you miss it, you have to wait for SportsCenter.

meet TiVo.

Looks like you picked Carolina, but bolded the Bears.

You never heard of hedging your bets?

Thanks for the tip. That's being fixed. Carolina is in fact the pick.

King, with only two exceptions, you picked the team with the better record to win every game. Were you aware of this? Not that I probably wouldn't do the same thing, but it's kind of funny when you consider a.) there are upsets every week in the NFL, and b.) you don't have to know anything about football to use that strategy.

Totally unrelated, how about the NFC North going 4-0 last week? Could anyone have predicted that?

(by which I mean teams that begin with the letter B, not teams that are necessarily subpar)

...only one (the Buckeyes) will win this weekend. Woody Hayes told me in a dream!

Go Bucks, and go Colts.

One of the things that I like about King is his sardonic use of fooball picks. While providing us with excellent sports analysis, he also lets us know the real importance of punditry and sports in the grand scheme of things.

Who really cares if he picked Carolina or Chicago? By reading text, can we ever really tell who he's going to pick?

I am disappointed that you dropped the Pats win,loss,win,loss,win,loss,win (do you see a pattern yet? Neither do I) schtick, King. Keep up the good work and don't ever take another vacation.

King - the sure sign that the Colts are due to fall is that the local IndyStar gloom-and-doomer posted a glowing tribute to their 9-0 start today. I think Indy will certainly give up some points in the air tomorrow. Chad Johnson on Jason David. Like at least 3 TDs.

But look for Edge to have a nice game (130+) against a porous run defense. Maybe you confused Ickey with Edge, King, must be the gold teeth...I'll stick with my Colts 30-24. Dwight Freeney has had a couple of quiet weeks - maybe time to stop ending up 10 yards BEHIND the QB on 75% of his rushes.

I just glad we can start playing some quality teams and find out if thing is for real or not.

last week the bookies were burned, where did they get that number, everyone was wondering? bears by 13, snort, hack, the bears can't score 13! the bears might have covered except for an INT in the endzone. and the windy weather, hey they closed Hawthorne, and gave the horses the day off. Carolina has a suspect defense, a feature back with vulture-like fantasy numbers, and crazy legs smith. bears are bolder than you think.

King, with only two exceptions, you picked the team with the better record to win every game. Were you aware of this? ...

I wasn't, but don't I do that a lot? Doesn't everyone? About a third of all NFL games are "upsets," I think, which is why nobody ever does much better than 70 percent picking games. If you picked no upsets, ever, you'd be in the mix in any contest like the Panel o', I suspect. Pick a few upsets here and there and if you get lucky you'll win.

it's kind of funny when you consider ... you don't have to know anything about football to use that strategy.

Well then it's perfect for me!

Normally I would go on a tirade about the lack of respect the Seahawks are getting, but this just makes me laugh. The #1 offense vs. the last place defense.

A bold pick indeed.

our favorite sportswriter is blowing away the other experts I look at each week before losing ground in my office football pool. I may just have to follow his picks this week (which will doubtless lead to his worst week ever-- sorry, King). Isn't it past time for a mid-season report on the standings? (I am especially eager to see if I'm ahead of Buster).

was not 10-4 now, was it?

i am too lazy to check any other week then the last one but maybe this shows a pattern... OF DECEPTION ON YOUR PART!

As predicted, Colts able to outscore Bengals despite Chad Johnson killing our corners. gimme some more Dallas Clark, please. Loved CJ's TD celebration proposal...

Someone call Dwight Freeney and tell him that the QB is the guy with the ball and not the guy in the black and white 12 yards behind the line of scrimmage. Colts DL and LBs got carved up like so much turkey for most of the game.

Good luck with the What the Heck (tm) pick this week!

You were saying? The No. 1 offense almost got tied in regulation at the end there, having gained, what, 16 yards in the fourth quarter. Nice.

About my record: Yes, last week I went 7-7, not 10-4. And my overall record after Week 10 was 93-51, not 96-48. The typos were fixed not too long after publication, once someone brought the mistake to my attention. What happened was I tallied my picks on Buster's sheet and vice-versa. Wishful thinking on my part. He's the one who went 10-4.

I'll update the standings in the column sometime this week, probably Wednesday. Through 10 weeks, Buster was in fact in first place in the Panel o' Experts at 99-45, one game better than Sean Salisbury. I had fallen into a three-way tie for fifth (out of 15), and it's going to get worse. I went 8-7 yesterday. Buster keeps chugging along: He went 10-5 yesterday, picking up a game on Salisbury, though Salisbury will get it back tonight if Green Bay beats Minnesota. If the Vikings win, Buster will have a commanding three-game lead.