Football picks recap: Week 11

Well folks, another week in the NFL is in the books, and so is another week of football picks by Lino & Company. And the end result? Another three-way tie. But first, our condolences go out to…

MAUREEN: The first contestant to lose today by picking against the undefeated Colts. Even if she had gotten that one right, she still would've been brought down by the Bengals' unexpected loss to the lowly Oakland Raiders. Coincidentally, that's the same game that also brought down…

LINO: Bummer about the Bengals, dude. Isn't this like the fifth week in a row that you've lost?

Now to the tiebreak contenders, who all were perfect this week…

FR. ROB KEIGHRON: Can this priest pick 'em or what? We haven't calculated it yet, but he certainly must have the best overall record of any of the contestants.

LOU: Refreshed from a week spent deciding the fate of others, he goes 3-for-3 but gets lucky with his Dallas and Detroit picks, which could've easily gone the other way. Yes, Fr. Rob had two close games as well, but he's been much more consistent. But that's no slam on Lou… a win is a win, and he's definitely been turning things around lately.

MARK HART: A no-brainer, a close one, and the inexplicable… that sums up the Bible Geek's 3-for-3 week. Granted, Lino and friends made his picks for him. And hopefully you all heard Lino's spiel about why he picked KC over the Steelers, since they both were in town for the National Catholic Youth Conference. Question is, did Lino even fathom that that pick might actually win? We certainly didn't. We can only guess that the Holy Spirit decided to hang around in KC after the conference concluded.

So there you go. With the show running a best-of on Thursday for Thanksgiving, our best guess is to tune in on Wednesday for Lino to dictate who wins the tiebreaker! If not, then expect Lino to declare this week null and void just like he did for Week 6 after he came back from Italy.

UPDATE 11/25: As expected, football was discussed on today's show, and Lino decreed Mark Hart the winner of Week 11's "tiebreaker" (whatever that means nowadays). Mark won thanks in no small part to Lino, who thought he'd get a laugh by picking the Chiefs on Mark's behalf, only to see his plan completely backfire. Gotta love it.