Letters to the Editor
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NFC Central
The Packers are in the NFC North. There is no Central Division anymore. It was fun when the Packers used to play Tampa Bay twice a year. Sigh, no more.
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Amongst our weaponry...
Lifelong diehard Steelers fan here.
Two possibilities:
-Steelers win a close one this week, then the Pats crush them in the second round of the playoffs. I wouldn't put it past Belichick to somehow engineer the former in hopes of ensuring the latter happens. Better a letdown in Week 14 than Week 19 (see: 15-1 Steelers losing in the 2004-05 AFC Championship Game).
-The same Steelers team that showed up for the Cards, Broncos, Jets, and Dolphins games shows up in Foxboro and gets crushed both this time and in the playoffs. (I somehow can't see the Steelers winning in Indy and Foxboro.)
See what i did there?
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Pats
They could go undefeated, winning the Super Bowl, lose their first round pick next year(#32), and still pick SECOND in next year's draft if San Fran keeps losing.
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Mmmmm. Applesauce?
WTF? I get it, its a total meaningless game at this point in the season. Just wondering what the applesauce reference was all about.
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WTH Pick fine print
King, please have your barrister confirm this, but I believe your WTH trademark says that you can't use this device to pick a game AGAINST the Bills.
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It was not a guarantee!
King, I expected better. Everyone loves the idea of a player "guarantee" for a game, so they hear what they want to, but I had such high hopes that you would not follow the lazier journalists off the same cliff. Why is nobody acknowledging the "if" part? He said: "Yeah, I can guarantee a win. As long as we come out and do what we got to do. Both sides of the ball are rolling, and if our special teams come through for us, we've got a good chance to win" That is NOT a guarantee. Would you accept a guarantee on your car: "I guarantee this car will not break down for 10 years . . . as long as the transmission keeps working, the brakes don't fail like they usually do and if the battery doesn't explode like some of our other cars, the car will keep right on running for ten years. Also provided the axels don't break in two. Yep, ten years. Guaranteed" Why does everyone keep ingoring the "if" and the "as long as"? Just for more interesting news?
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There's only one guarantee in life
And that's The Men's Wearhouse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekQ-oZX4ihM.
Mmmmm...Applesauce! I have a sudden craving for potato pancakes.
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A couple of replies
turtle The Packers are in the NFC North. There is no Central Division anymore.
Whoa. That was like my lizard brain talking there, turtle. Fixed.
BaldHeadedHo King, please have your barrister confirm this, but I believe your WTH trademark says that you can't use this device to pick a game AGAINST the Bills.
The What the Heck(tm) Rules Committee, at a special emergency meeting held in Geneva, ruled last week that when a winless team has double-digit losses, it can be the WTH pick vs. a .500 team. See http://tinyurl.com/3yqkbk
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Idea
Not to get all "notorious wes" (read: blog stalker -- I think I just coined a phrase) on you King, but the squeaky wheel seems to get the oil here. I thought now was as good a time as ever to mention that you should be the first kid on the block to write about atrocious officiating. Oops. Too late (but I doubt it's going away)...
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3145369
Also, what ever happened to a)the bribed NBA ref and b)the Pats "destroyed" cheating materials?
There's good stuff out there to write about and you don't even have to be a conspiracy theorist like me.
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NBA coaches mic'ed up?
I too don't want to be come a weird web stalker, but I'm surprised you haven't written about the new NBA policy about coaches wearing mics. Especially since you have written about sound being the final frontier of sports broadcasting. You did do that, right King? Not that I'm a stalker or anything...
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Good Picks
I would consider throwing a little money on SD over TN, Carolina over JAX, and Giants over Philly (Westbrook banged up?).
Steelers and Pats - Interesting game, because despite a 13-0 record, the Pats haven't locked up home field for the playoff's yet and will have to go after the Steelers with both barrels. The Steelers chances may be helped with the possible return of Santonio Holmes, left tackle Marvel Smith, and Troy Polamalu. Roethlisberger hasn't looked great lately, but if Holmes and Smith play maybe he can get the passing game going which will help open on things up for Willie Parker. All this means is that the Steelers have a chance, because the Pats have been brought back to Earth in the last couple games. Now that they know they're mortal, expect them to be ready.
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Slow news week?
The front page of every major news website is trumpeting a sports story. Right now.
it tastes even better with a sprinkle of cinnamon.
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My 4 year old trumps yours
Her secret system says Pittsburgh will win 'cause she likes Ben Roethlisburger and Troy Polamalu. And she can say the names. (That's for extra credit)
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Guarantees and thanks
Y'know, guaranteeing a win wasn't all that cool after March 1969. I guess players still do it 'cause they feel like they gotta say something when the reporters stick a camera in their face. Maybe Crash Davis could help that Smith guy with his cliches?
And thanks to King for making Miami the WHT pick of the week. It gives me confidence that the Bills will win out and somehow sneak into the playoffs. Not a lot of confidence, but hey, you just gotta take 'em one game at a time, and I'm just glad to be able to help the team...
PS: Good call by the WTH Executive Committee on that ruling. I mean, Niners-Vikings, Rams-Bengals, Jets-Browns... all what-the-heck-y, but not as much as much as any game involving Miami this year, and to cap it off, they're playing in Buffalo.
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Slow news week
Mikes Pace The front page of every major news website is trumpeting a sports story. Right now.
Slow news week for them too, eh?