Monthly Archives: September 2013

NFL Week 4

The week is off to a poor start with the 49ers looking a little more 49ers-like and the Rams looking perfectly Rams-like.  It didn’t look like it was going to be that way to start.  I was ready to talk … Continue reading

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SuperContest Showdown – Week 4

In a little bit over an hour the Rams will be hosting the 49ers.  This match-up was surprisingly competitive last year.  Ignoring their two games against each other the Rams were 6-8 while the 49ers were 11-3, yet the Rams … Continue reading

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NFL Week 3 Round-Up and Rankings

Having already covered the real life losers from the weekend, let’s move on to the pretend winners and losers: me, Bill Simmons, and the models.  I’ll start with the Hilton SuperContest.  For the most part, it’s been a rough start.  … Continue reading

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Who’s Already Out of the NFL Playoffs?

We aren’t even completely through week 3 of the season but a number of NFL teams can basically start looking at young players and trying out some new plays.  Why is that?  It’s because starting off 0-3 is basically a … Continue reading

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NFL Week 3

We’ll blaze through the picks a bit this weekend, since I’ve already covered Thursday night’s game along with the models’ outright predictions.  The Eagles turned the ball over way too much to really be competitive and the Chiefs took enough … Continue reading

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SuperContest Showdown – Week 3

One of the readers asked if I could get my picks up a little earlier in the week.  That’s tough, because the main thing for me is making picks against the spread and moneyline, and often Bovada (which I used … Continue reading

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NFL Week 2 Round Up

With the Bengals’ win over the Steelers, week 2 is in the bag.  It was a pretty decent week for the models.  Luigi was 8-8 overall against the spread, but would have passed on two of those games for being … Continue reading

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The Models Return – NFL Week 2

The week is off to a good start after Thursday night’s game, which the models said would be close.  Following tradition, we get the rest of the picks today based on lines from SBR as well as picks based on … Continue reading

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Pats-Jets and a Model Refresher

Tonight we have what has traditionally been an entertaining game, the Patriots and the Jets.  Since it’s the beginning of the season, I thought I’d take the opportunity to run through the game as a little reminder of how my … Continue reading

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The NFL Has Returned

Last time I used a very straightforward model to predict who would win their week 1 games in the NFL.  As it turns out, the model leaned pretty heavily toward the home team; the only home squads it didn’t give … Continue reading

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