Monday, December 14, 2009

Week 14 football picks recap: The last shall be first and the first shall be last

(MNF updates in yellow)

This was an interesting week... lots of correct picks and few wrong ones, neither of which came from the people you expected. So let's start off with the poor saps in this week's loser's bracket:

LOU: We admire people who pick with true conviction, and that's especially true for people who specifically choose against Lino's Vikings to make a point. And had it not been for that pick, Lou would be in a four-way tie for the win. It's painful to label Lou a loser this week because he really doesn't deserve it.

FR. ROB KEIGHRON: The other loser this week, on the other hand, deserved everything almost everything he had coming. Why? Primarily because he picked a Steelers team that had lost 4 straight games, three of them to teams without winning records. He also picked his beloved Giants over the Eagles, and while loyalty is admirable it doesn't guarantee a win. (Just ask Lou about his picks for the Cowboys this season.) Even the pick that should've panned out didn't, as Arizona committed seven turnovers against the 49ers. There was so much talk during the Vegas trip about Fr. Rob's "system" for gambling: he still has the best overall picks record for this season, but if he indeed has a system for making his football picks it sure as hell failed him this week.

So that leaves for the tiebreaker:

MAUREEN: Whoa, dude! 0-for-3 last week, 3-for-3 this week. The boys snicker at you each week when you make your picks. This oughta shut 'em up... at least for a few minutes.

MARK HART: At the very least he owes Brett Siddell from The Busted Halo Show a beer for making his picks for him.

LINO: He finally has a chance to end his seven-week losing streak. We're now taking bets on whether or not he does so by declaring himself the tiebreak winner on Thursday.

One more game on Monday night to see if Fr. Rob can save some face or totally embarass himself, and then it's off to Thursday!

UPDATE @ 11:50pm ET: Fr. Rob's shame is complete, as Arizona commits seven turnovers and goes down in flames to the 49ers, giving him his first 0-for-3 week this season.

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