Back to Football: Week Six Highlights

I was out at my local coffee/breakfast/bar place and they were playing the football games - Denver vs NY Jets. I ended up talking to my 4th crazy of the week, an NY Giants fan who knew a lot about football betting. I would have asked him for help understanding how it all works, but I decided not to because I didn't really want to talk to him THAT much. He did explain that the "over-under" was the total points scored in a game, and he predicted an over-under of 56 for the Monday night game.

On the TV, it showed the scores from the other games, and I was disappointed to see GB 20, MIA 24 with less than 2 minutes to go. I coped with the loss and moved on to other topics, like how the Cowboys suck. We could definitely all agree on that, except for the bartender, who is also the establishment's resident frat-boy, so, it's okay. So talking talking talking - or rather me listen to this guy babble and stuff, and then on the TV, I see GB 27 (and highlighted), MIA 24 FINAL!

FINAL(!)

My left fist goes up in triumph, I probably said "Packers!" or "Yes, Packers won!" and my companion even had a little drinking accident as a reaction to my reaction. It was a happy moment.

Well, eventually, I go home and go onto NFL.com to see other scores, and aside from Pittsburgh (stick a fork in them, they're done) losing, and a CAR-CIN tie (and who can predict those? don't even bother), my gut picks have been spot-on - 83%. So I sat back and casually kept an eye on the NFL.com site and my Facebook feed, noticing their links to videos of great plays that week.

Eventually, I decided to watch one of the "can't miss" plays because it was the winning touchdown pass from the Packers. It was sweet, but also pretty boring. I imagine that watching it in real time, however, would have been an incredible rush - similar to a hit from an injectable painkiller or some other instant high. I was surprised that I didn't see Packer fans in the stands crying. However, the play itself was pretty cut-and-dry, and when you know the outcome, it is a lot less exciting.

Anyway, after the video finishes, it moved on to another can't-miss play, which was some touchdown play of the Raiders. I kept it going, because it could be interesting, but it wasn't. Then, THEN, it goes back to the Packers, but the score is 17-17, and I realize that they're going to play some Miami score - the nerve! So I was like, "don't show me that sh*t! I don't wanna watch no anti-Packers scoring sh*t, NFL.com!" and then I said "sh*t" a few more times, and stopped the video and sh*t.

My afternoon game picks are as follows:

• SD over OAK, for obvious reasons, but with 2 minutes left to go, OAK is up*. 
• ARI over WAS, for obvious reasons. ARI is up, but there is a while to go in the 4th yet.
• CHI over ATL because NFC South teams haven't really proven themselves, especially Atlanta. So far, I look to be right. 
• SEA over DAL because the young hungry killer predator birds will eff you up every time. SEA is up by 3, with less than 5 to go in the 4th, but DAL has the ball. We shall wait it out.

* but in the time it took me to write this, and 4 seconds in football time, SD got a touchdown and is up by 3 I mean 2? things were weird on the website. Maybe there was a flag on the extra point kick, whatever.