Week 11 NFL Picks Against a 5-Year-Old

Wow.  What a week.  For me at least.  The first 8 games on our list went into the win column.  My 11 correct picks are a personal best, I think.  I haven't gone back to actually check, but I think that I would have remembered 11 wins.

The poor kid took a step back today.  After climbing out of the hole to get close to .500 he had a rough week.

And JDaddy.  I mean, ummm.  Maybe he got a concussion too.

Week 10
CDog: 11-3
Uncle J: 7-7
5-Year-Old: 5-9
JDaddy: 5-9

Overall
CDog: 77-66-3
Uncle J: 76-67-3
5-Year-Old: 69-74-3
JDaddy: 67-76-3

Week 11 Picks

Game	JDaddy	CDog	5 Year Old	Uncle J
Miami (+1.5) at Buffalo	Buffalo	Miami	Miami	Buffalo
Philadelphia (+3.5) at Washington	Washington	Washington	Washington	Washington
Green Bay (-3.5) at Detroit	Detroit	Green Bay	Detroit	Green Bay
Arizona (+10) at Atlanta	Atlanta	Arizona	Arizona	Arizona
Tampa Bay (-1.5) at Carolina	Tampa Bay	Tampa Bay	Carolina	Carolina
Cleveland (+8) at Dallas	Dallas	Cleveland	Dallas	Dallas
NY Jets (+3.5) at St. Louis	St. Louis	St. Louis	St. Louis	St. Louis
Indianapolis (+9) at New England	Indianapolis	Indianapolis	New England	Indianapolis
Jacksonville (+15.5) at Houston	Jacksonville	Jacksonville	Houston	Jacksonville
Cincinnati (-3.5) at Kansas City	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Kansas City	Kansas City
New Orleans (-5) at Oakland	New Orleans	Oakland	Oakland	New Orleans
San Diego (+7.5) at Denver	Denver	Denver	San Diego	Denver
Baltimore (-3.5) at Pittsburgh	Baltimore	Baltimore	Pittsburgh	Baltimore
Chicago (+5) at San Francisco	San Francisco	Chicago	San Francisco	San Francisco

Week 10 NFL Picks Against a 5-Year-Old

What a week we just had!  I'm not talking about Election 2012, but instead I'm talking about our Week 9 picks.  Uncle J was brought back to life-and the lead-with an 11-3 week.  JDaddy continues his slow climb out of the pit of despair with a 10-4 week.  The kid finished over .500 as well.  I was the only one dragging us back, but I'm still on the good side of break-even for the season.

If you go through our list from last week, Uncle J picked the first 9 games correctly.  Can he keep it up?

Here's how the picks went last week.

Week 9
Uncle J: 11-3
JDaddy: 10-4
5-Year-Old: 8-6
CDog: 6-8

Overall
Uncle J: 69-60-3
CDog: 66-63-3
5-Year-Old: 64-65-3
JDaddy: 62-67-3

Week 10 Picks

Game	JDaddy	CDog	5 Year Old	Uncle J
Indianapolis (-3.5) at Jacksonville	Indianapolis	Indianapolis	Jacksonville	Indianapolis
Buffalo (+11) at New England	New England	Buffalo	New England	New England
NY Giants (-4) at Cincinnati	NY Giants	Cincinattie	NY Giants	NY Giants
San Diego (+3) at Tampa Bay	Tampa Bay	Tampa Bay	Tampa Bay	Tampa Bay
Denver (-4) at Carolina	Denver	Denver	Carolina	Denver
Tennessee (+6) at Miami	Miami	Tennessee	Miami	Tennessee
Oakland (+7.5) at Baltimore	Oakland	Baltimore	Baltimore	Oakland
Atlanta (-2.5) at New Orleans	Atlanta	Atlanta	New Orleans	Atlanta
Detroit (-2.5) at Minnesota	Detroit	Minnesota	Detroit	Minnesota
NY Jets (+6) at Seattle	Seattle	Seattle	Seattle	NY Jets
Dallas (-1.5) at Philadelphia	Dallas	Philadelphia	Dallas	Dallas
St. Louis (+11.5) at San Francisco	San Francisco	St. Louis	San Francisco	St. Louis
Houston (+1) at Chicago	Chicago	Houston	Chicago	Chicago
Kansas City (+12.5) at Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh

Week 9 NFL Picks Against a 5-Year-Old

I hope everyone had a great Halloween.  The 5-year-old went as Mario.  What's funny is that to me, Mario is a little plumber that likes mushrooms and saving princesses, but to the 5-year-old, Mario is a racecar driver.  He'll never understand how awesome this is.

Speaking of Halloween, Uncle J's picks were pretty scary last week.  After dominating through 7 weeks, he took a nose dive in Week 8.  4-10 has landed him in second place, with the kid breathing down his neck.  JDaddy continues his long climb out of the hole.

Lastly, the war zone has a new face, as TJ Kool has shown up on the scene.  If you want to keep up, you can check out his thoughts here.

Here's how the picks went last week.

Week 8
JDaddy: 8-6
CDog: 8-6
5-Year-Old: 7-7
Uncle J: 4-10

Overall
CDog: 60-55-3
Uncle J: 58-57-3
5-Year-Old: 56-59-3
JDaddy: 52-63-3

Week 8 NFL Picks Against a 5-Year-Old

Welcome to the game, JDaddy.  After 6 dreadful weeks, even by our standards, JDaddy arrived to win Week 7.  But just his luck, it wasn't the best week to finally break through.  For one, Uncle J got back in the groove to tie JDaddy for the best week.  Second, there were just 13 games last week and 2 of them ended up as pushes, so there were only 11 games to accurately pick.  It's hard to do much catch up when there aren't many games.

The kid finished last, but it wasn't a terrible week.  He's still lurking back there.

Lastly, I know that this is a football column, but I want everyone to meditate on the fact that Pablo Sandoval is now on the same sacred list as Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson, and Albert Pujols.  The Mayans might be right after all.

Week 7
JDaddy: 7-4-2
Uncle J: 7-4-2
CDog: 6-5-2
5-Year-Old: 5-6-2

Overall
Uncle J: 54-47-3
CDog: 52-49-3
5-Year-Old: 49-52-3
JDaddy:44-57-3

Week 7 NFL Picks Against a 5-Year-Old

Week 6 came and went.  I was out of town so I didn't get to watch much football.  I did see the last two minutes of the Cowboys game.  Those last two throws to Dez Bryant are a sort of a microcosm of his entire career, aren't they?

As for our picks, there weren't many highs or lows.  The 5-year-old won his second week in a row, and now, after a slow start he's within striking distance of getting back even.  Uncle J had his second week below .500 so he is now dropping back to the pack.  By Week 10 we could easily see the kid back in the lead.  Stay tuned!

Week 7
5-Year-Old: 8-6
CDog: 7-7
JDaddy: 6-8
Uncle J: 6-8

Overall
Uncle J: 47-43-1
CDog: 46-44-1
5-Year-Old: 44-46-1
JDaddy: 37-53-1

"Punchers" Stampede to Number One!

The top ranked Frost Polar Bears dropped all the way down to #4 as they suffered a two touchdown loss (44-27) at the hands of Hubbard High School. Moving up to #1  are the Punchers from Mason after another dominant win. (44-0 over Harper High.

The Ricebirds from El Campo stayed unbeaten and moved back up to #2 in our polls. Bottom ranked New Braunfels got a big Unicorn win over local rival Canyon, 30-27.

This weeks Top 10 shakes out like this.

                                                    Last Week               This Week

1. Mason Punchers -------     6-0 (W - 44-0) --------- Ozona

2. El Campo Ricebirds ---      6-0 (W - 63-21)--------- Wharton

3. Trent Gorrilas ---------      6-1 (W - 56-6) ----------  BYE

4. Frost Polar Bears -----      6-1 (L - 27-44) ---------- Wortham

5.Grandview Zebras -----      4-2 (W - 56-21) --------   Red Oak Life

6. Texas City Stingarees -      4-2 (W - 64-34) --------   Galveston Ball

7. Hutto Hippos ---------      3-3 (L- 24-58) ----------   Bastrop

8. Brazosport Exporters -      3-4 (L - 7-27) ----------    Angleton

9. New Braunfels Unicorns - 2-4 (W - 32-27) -----        Castleberry

10. Springtown Porcupines - 2-4 (L - 17-48) ------        San Marcos