I haven't picked in a while, but I'll jump back in for this one. Having the 49ers in there make it easy since I loathe them. Kappy is a hell of a player, though.
Ravens
Enjoying the SportsNation on ESPN now. Nice little rap "Greatest of All Time" talking about Jerry Rice.
This may have been posted elsewhere, I don't know, but Bill Simmons just wrote what I thought was an amazing piece on PEDs in sports at Grantland:
This may have been posted elsewhere, I don't know, but Bill Simmons just wrote what I thought was an amazing piece on PEDs in sports at Grantland:
I've found Simmons' writing to be annoying for several years, but that was an excellent piece. And I agree with pretty much all of it.
@Fedaykin98, I doubt it was posted anywhere else. Simmons' column usually doesn't get posted until 6pm EST. I liked the piece. Agreed with his assessments of Lewis and Peterson.
Fedaykin98 wrote:This may have been posted elsewhere, I don't know, but Bill Simmons just wrote what I thought was an amazing piece on PEDs in sports at Grantland:
I've found Simmons' writing to be annoying for several years, but that was an excellent piece. And I agree with pretty much all of it.
I remember when McGwire was going on his runs and the one reporter confronted him about what he had in his locker? Didn't the media on a whole submarine that guy and pretty much side with McGwire?
pretty much agree with it all.
I would be 0 shocked if Lewis was doping or that whatever the f*ck is on his arm is actually from the future and is a terminator prototype.
Deadline is 5:30pm on Super Bowl Sunday.
49ers
S0LIDARITY wrote:@Jayhawker and @Sheared, if you two pick different teams, it guarantees that Certis can't win the year outright.
I should have coasted to a win, but really blew it late. I also have two picks of the chiefs that I knew better.
So I'm just gonna proclaim myself the Champ and pick the Ravens.
Any tie-breaker ideas, or do we care?
Tie breaker is whoever has the most gingery beard.
I've done some soul searching. I think the Ravens have the best chance to win, but I like the 49ers more since they're kinda fun. So I'm going 49ers.
49ers
Ravens
But I don't feel good about it.
This may have been posted elsewhere, I don't know, but Bill Simmons just wrote what I thought was an amazing piece on PEDs in sports at Grantland:
Great article!
Tie breaker should be prop bets on the draft.
Ravens
Tie breaker should be prop bets on the draft.
But I already dyed my beard!
As the (still technically) reigning pick em champ, I'm thinking something up for the tie break.
When the Ravens win, the tie-break will be unnecessary.
Serious question: Is it the 49ers Harbaugh who's the notorious asshole? I need to know who to root against.
Serious question: Is it the 49ers Harbaugh who's the notorious asshole? I need to know who to root against.
No that would be Detroit's Jim Schwartz.
Stele wrote:Fedaykin98 wrote:Serious question: Is it the 49ers Harbaugh who's the notorious asshole? I need to know who to root against.
No that would be Detroit's Jim Schwartz. ;)
This. Neither Harbaugh is an asshole. Jim Schwartz is the kind of guy that will cuss out players on the other team and then get butt-hurt over a perceived post-game handshake slight.
Jim Harbaugh is... animated... and every emotion is expressed all over his face, but he's not a jerk.
One of our sports writers would beg to differ. He (the sports writer) covered the Wake-Stanford game in W-S a few years back. Apparently Jim pissed and moaned the whole time about the cross-country travel, the early (for a West Coast team) kickoff and various and sundry other slights.
The word our writer used to describe him was d!ck.
That said, Jim Harbaugh was my QB on my very first fantasy football team. So that more than cancels out his d!ckishness.
49ers vs. Ravens
Warren Sapp makes the Hall of Fame. Two Bucs now, three next with after Derrick Brooks. Sapp may be an obnoxious douchebag, but he was astoundingly disruptive in the interior for a good number of years. Homersim woo!!!
Also, finally, Cris Carter in. Larry Allen, Jonathan Ogden, and Bill Parcells are the other three modern-era candidates. That is a pretty impressive class.
So, is there an over/under for the number of times Phil Simms' assaults Logic, Reason, and the English language?
So, is there an over/under for the number of times Phil Simms' assaults Logic, Reason, and the English language?
+/-10 times.
I'm taking the over.
Super Bowl Prop Challenge, we only have 8 players so far.
cube wrote:So, is there an over/under for the number of times Phil Simms' assaults Logic, Reason, and the English language?
+/-10 times.
Spoiler:I'm taking the over.
So will everyone else.
49ers vs. Ravens, mostly because that is who I prefer to win.
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