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OK...here's the deal...

I am so damn competitive and it nearly always get's me in deeper than I want to be.

Just at the end of the pre-season NFL games I happened upon a conversation between a few male co-worker's in which they were discussing who they should ask to join the workplace football pool. As I walked by I heard one guy say that I (Lixy) probably wouldn't want to do it cause I've never participated any other year. He then went on to say that most women don't really understand football as well as men do. I spun on my heel and approached the chuckle fest and glared directly into the jingoistic face of the proclaimer of all knowing! (try to imagine the face I had on when I approached him...something like this ---->) :vamp: :hair:

I told him that, yes, it was true that I hadn't participated in the previous pools of years gone by. I told him I DO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE GAME!!!! I further explained that I hadn't watched football in over 17 years because after I divorced my first husband I didn't care if I ever saw another sporting event and more specifically...NFL FOOTBALL! (<---it was quite a problem in my first marriage...but that's another story)!

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Time to go potty and get that cold drink you are dying for. This is a Lixy thread...and you came in knowing that...so you are now stuck! Admission is free...YOU PAY TO GET OUT! :rofl:

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I went on to tell him I'll take his challenge and prove him sooooooooooooo wrong that he has to make a bet of the biggest magnitude he's ever betted. I didn't want money. I want him to drop to his knees and kiss my shoes (in front of all who I told of his proclaimation and are participating in the pool) when I win the pool at work! In turn...if I lose...I have to do the same. I still have time to up the ante on that bet...so any new ideas will be greatly appreciated! *giggle* Make him suffer peeps!

Anyway...Mr. Lixy doesn't watch football (bless him's wittle heart and soul...tis why I love him...well, one of the reasons anyway)...and so I can't rely on his input (except in the bedroomm...but I digress!). So I come to my other family for a request of fair assistance.

Here's my plan...

I get the pool every Monday. I still don't watch the games so I rely on stats and such from websites I have bookmarked. Yes...I do my homework! I check stats and standings, I consider home team advantage and circumstances of the like, I get a few predictions from sports writers and professional betting sites and I keep close tabs on injuries and additions to a team. I understand the game pretty well...but due to not having watched a single game since the Rams were still in Los Angeles, I don't know all the players and their quirks and advantages.

Here's the match-up for this weekend and Monday night and my picks for said teams...

TEAMS MY PICKS

Houston@Cincinnati Cincinnati
Philadelphia@Kansas City Kansas City (I know! But the injuries, no?)
Indianapolis@Tennessee Indianapolis
Detroit@Tampa Bay Tampa Bay
Seattle@Washington Seattle
Denver@Jacksonville Jacksonville
San Diego@New England New England
Buffalo@New Orleans Buffalo
St Louis@NY Giants NY Giants (YIKES! I closed my eyes to pick!)
NY Jets@Baltimore Baltimore
Dallas@Oakland Oakland
Minnesota@Atlanta Atlanta

San Fran Cisco@Arizona San Fran

Monday Night
Green Bay@Carolina Carolina

^^^Hope that comes out as typed!

OK...I just checked on "Preview Post" and it doesn't read exactly as typed...but you get the gist...eh?

What I'm asking from you (fellow Pixies) is input when I pick my teams. Tell me why you think I picked a shitty pick. Tell me why you think I picked a good pick. I know there'll be some bias on the basis of home team loyalty...but try and be realistic when you explain your reasons. I'm not asking you to help me cheat! I'm just furthering my knowledge base from some of the most sports savvy peeps I've ever known! I'll post in this thread after I've picked my teams (usually Wednesday or Thursday of every week)...and then sit back and hope to see a reply or two before I hand in my final pool. I hand it in on Friday of every week.

What do you say? Care to give me your Wednesday/Thursday night armchair low-down?

OK...you can go and figure your dogmatic pontification now! Thanks guys!

XXXOOO

P.S. I should add my standings to date...

Week 1 - 10 of 14
Week 2 - 5 of 14
Week 3 - 11 of 14
Week 4 - *above*

Total correct to date - 26
Not bad for a woman...eh? *grrrrrrrrrrrrr*

Chauvanist co-worker's standings to date...

Week 1 - 5 of 14
Week 2 - 8 of 14 (it was a fluke...all the teams went topsy turvy!!)
Week 3 - 10 of 14
Week 4 - He said we only have 2 different picks and I can't remember what teams he said were different. Hmmmmmmmmm........

Total correct to date - 23

P.P.S. If the mods feel this thread should be in the Advice Forum...please feel free to move it and then please PM me of the move. TY so much!

I was in such a pool a few years ago and did so well, I've been kicked out (or at least that's my story). There are a few sites I used to help make my picks... the best one is a ESPN site that gives the experts picks... and then there were a few teams I always favored or disfavored...

So my opinion on your picks (keep in mind I've not seen a game yet this season - so I might just be full of b.s.)....

Mine would be something like:

Texans
Eagles
Titans
Bucs
Seahawks
Broncos
Pats
Saints
Rams
Ravens
Raiders (can't ever side with the Cowboys)
Vikings (tough call, I equally dislike these two)
Cardinals
Packers (the losing streak will end, eventually)

Looking back, not many of our picks would have matched

As an aside, there are some great online places to host pools for free, why the heck didn't I think to have a pixies one, even if only for fun only and not money?!?!?

You are just picking the winners, right? Not ranking them or doing anything else?
Regardless, I think I have all the same picks you do this week, except the KC/Philly game. Which is my lowest pick, I don't trust that game. :cents:
Good luck!

I know as much about football as I do about how it feels to pee with a penis......sorry can't help you there Lixy :)

maddy...TY for the whole lot! I love to know the feeling behind each pick. Faith in the Eagles makes me a bit nervous though. I "HAVE" to be a Philly fan (due to my proximity...or so they say!) but I feel that their recent injuries and the full steam approach of late is about to slide to the odds. I almost never "bet" against the Eagles...but the odds said I had to this week. I might bow in shame come Sunday evening! (((maddy)))

fredchabotnick...Yes! Just picking winners here! I haven't gone ass over tin cups and decided to bet everything coming up and down the pike...lol! I don't feel all that confident with my decision to bet against Philly...I don't trust that game either! McNabb is a miracle worker with this team...yet I feel that his injury prays on his mind and it's so early in the season that a loss wouldn't break them. This pick (I picked KC), this week, is the most stressful for me too! TY for the good thoughts hun!

BIBI...I can't stand and pee precisely either...but I'll be damned to hell and back if I won't give it a go and tell them I did it with no residue! *shake, shake, shake* (((((BIBI))))) TY for your "input"!

Bibi........ if it helps, you can hold mine next time i gotta go! :D

Oh Lixy......... I am of no use to you here........ i tend to just pick a game and enjoy it.... but.............. I do hope he (Chauvanist co-worker's) does some boot lickin'!

Be sure to be wearing something really feminine and hot when it comes time to "pay up"! :slurp:

Um...while it's being held...could you consider the teams of the week and yell out an opinion or two????

She might think it's sexy to hear "Rams"! :rofl:

Hehe........ I may even want to Oilers!!

Ok...just pm your address please :rofl:

Oh Coaster...

I don't intend to make this a pleasant loss for Mr. Chauvanist! He might have to lick my garden shoes...ewwwwwwwwww!

I am sick up and fed with his very attitude and with all the male employee's in our company! Females get paid 20% less than the males for the same job. Falling short of doing something that'll cost them their jobs, the girls forge forward...they have no recourse...so they work side by side and usually are respected for their efforts...but are still shunned for being a woman in a "traditionally male" job!

All who know what I am doing...are clinging to me with a wide eyed hopefullness!

I'm no Norma Rae [per say]...but I am one of the few women who has boldly gone where none of our sex has gone before!

I've can't fight the system as is...but I can try and disprove the theory through a simple scenario!

Maybe I can't physically play the sport with the big boys...but I can follow the game and predict the finality like the big boys!

So the thread wasn't about ...

Nude
Female
Lust.

And here I had my pants unzipped and Kleenex handy. :(

Two games left...(well, one and a half). So if I'm reading this right you're 7-5. Not great, but not too bad.

7-6 here so far

Tonights game may help...but I don't know who the other guy picked. I'll find out today.

Geezzzzzzzzzz...weird day in football, eh?

Yea Philly! (even though I bet against them)

I'll be back with this weeks match-up...stay tuned!

Girl you are in luck, because I happen to live, sleep, eat breathe and defecate football - and i feel your pain. If you want to PM me your picks for some analysis, i'll be happy to help you out. I understand what it's like to be a chick in a male-dominated world...sucks the big one alot of times.

LAW

OK...forgot to ask what the guy's pick was in tonights game. Doesn't matter much cause I'll still have him by 1 if he wins and I lose tonight...LOL!

I did the "gloating dance" for him as soon as I saw him this morning. Gawd, I love that dance!

Oh Yea! LAW...ty for your interest in input. I'll post here when I get the pool and pick my picks and if I haven't seen a post from you I'll PM you to give you a heads up! TY for the offer hun! *hugs*

I guess I just need some reasoning to go with all my stats! As I said, I don't watch the games but I do delve into the schematics and make reasonably educated picks! I really would like to learn why a team is doing good or shitty. Yeah, that's it! In a short synopsis I'd like to learn (from you guys) why you think team A or B is doing good or not. Could they do better this week (any given week mentioned) or do the odds predict that they will lose. Ya know...stuff like that!

Thanks again everyone! Glad to see the replies!

P.S. LAW? I should be telling you that I feel YOUR pain if it's true that you defecate football! OUCH! LMFAO!

All I can add is I know VERY little about football, the teams, and who is good at what.

So can we just get some more sexy pics of you in a Eagles Jersey?

I can't speak for every guy, but I love a woman who wants to watch sports with me. Of course the guys who don't are idiots.

Can we see it too????????? You don't even need to wear anything!! :D

*kicks dirt* If the Packers could have just one more injury the entire offensive line might be a pick up team of scraps.

Got last nights game too...Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

So, I am 8-6 this week. I'm rather pleased with that! I'll find out later how "pig guy" did. Oh geezzzzzz! That's not nice, huh? I'm trying to think up a nickname for him. One that doesn't stoop to his level and yet get's the point across. Got any ideas?

Also, I can still up the ante on that bet...so put your thinking caps on peeps. I know you can help me come up with something appropriate for the workplace with a "put-in-his-place" kind of twist to it! :rofl:

Aqua? Look below! And did I mention I :lurv: that you don't have much to contribute to a thread like this? You're my kinda guy! :x:

That's exactly why I know sports as well as I do Fred. I'd watch with my ex's because it seemed they liked it when I did and they had this little condecending way of explaining it to me (like it was rocket science), which I absorbed like a sponge. And, they had all this "free time" to watch every sporting event that came down the pike. To this day I can't figure out how to free up that much time to sit and just watch TV all day. *shrug* Must be the magic of sports!

Wish I could figure out a way to show you Coaster. Till then...think of Eddie Murphy doing the step-up/step-back/step-up as he brags to his childhood friends, "I've got an icecream...I've got an icecream...and you can't have it...and you can't have it". Of course I shouldn't use that dance or example because it is gloating and we all know Eddie drops his icecream while doing that dance...LMFAO!

Sorry about their loss Maddy...but your post is really insightful. Another injury last night? Philly's full of them too! So early in the season...I'm worried about McNabb.

I'm a bit under the weather today so I didn't get my new pool yet...and won't get it till tomorrow. I'll be back to post my picks and get some feedback on or about Thursday! Thanks everyone!

MCP -- male chauvinist pig?

The MCP card was/is also the name for the Newfoundland health card. I digress.

Like you, I lived with a guy who could spend all weekend watching sports -- hockey, baseball, football, NASCAR -- sometimes all those games in one weekend! Fun!

Unlike you, I've been lucky enough that the MCPs I've known don't think they're sports experts because they have penises.

Can't help with football, alas. I don't know a pigskin from a foreskin. Wait . . . surely there's a better analogy out there!

ROFLMFAO! Oh Steph...I knew you'd understand!

I'm diggin' MCP...and intend to use it from here on in! Even to his face. And when he asks what it means I'll tell him, "Oh hell...even a chick can figure that out...pfffffft"! LMAO!

PMP@last analogy...and pounding on the floor as I roll all over it! Baaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha!

OK...here's my picks for Week 5
 

Gimme some input *WEG*...and then give me your opinions of my picks (good/bad/undecided) too! TY!

Seattle@St. Louis-I picked Seattle. Seemed the stronger of the bet even though St. Louis is at home this week.

[email protected]. Jets-I picked Tampa Bay because...um...duh!

New Orleans@Greenbay-Bobbing back and forth on this one. Greenbay is pretty desparate at this point and they are home. They NEED the win and might just fight for it this time round! However, New Orleans has been trying to give it's city an uplift and now they are truely an away team as opposed to being a home team in an away situation (due to Katrina). Hmmmmm...I could use more opinions on this one. I did pick New Orleans...but it's too damn close to call!

Baltimore@Detroit-I wanna say Baltimore but I am leaning towards the home team. Baltimore has a weak advantage to me in this match-up. What do ya think?

Tennessee@Houston-Tenn. is in the top ten...but I am leaning (once again) to the home team advantage and have chosen Houston *ducks rotten tomatoes*

New England@Atlanta-Can't go the home team advantage in this pairing. N.E. is kick ass and I chose them...hands down!

Miami@Buffalo-Ain't real cold yet and this one is a toss-up to me, even though Miami is currently in first place. It's still so early in the season. I picked Miami. Tell me why I shouldn't!

Chicago@Cleveland-I took Cleveland. Good vibes here (and the stats didn't hurt).

Inndianapolis@San Fran Cisco-It's Indianapolis...of course!

Carolina@Arizona-I picked Carolina...the stronger team even though they are away.

Philadelphia@Dallas-Does Philly still have it or are the odds against them in Dallas's backyard. Never liked betting this match-up! I did, however, have to pick Philly!

Washington@Denver-Toss up here. Could go either way. I picked home team advantage for the closeness of the pair. Please Denver...don't fail me!

Cincinnatti@Jacksonville-Am I wrong in thinking Cincinnatti might get a reality check in this game? I can't trust my gut so I took the fave...Cincinnatti!

Monday Night Football

Pittsburg@San Diego-I gotta notion that Pittsburg will do it. This is a questionable notion though!



OK peeps...how am I going to do against MCP this week. All I know about his picks this week is that he picked mostly all away teams. He checks my pool when I turn it in. I show no interest in his and I tell him to try and not "cheat" off of mine. Smoothe...huh? LMFAO!

Good pick.



another good choice, although i really think things will turn around for the Jets a little now that they have Vinny T. back - they have really run into a string of hard luck. I'm a big Jets fan and would love to see them pull it out.




I'm going with new Orleans too - i really think Brett F. is past his prime...he's not quick enough anymore. Plus the Saints have a little bit of momentum behind them (katrina) despite losing last week.


Baltimore, hands down.


Are you freakin nuts? *chucks rotten tomatoe



I disagree. I think Michael Vick is too quick to be contained. As quarterbacks they are equally matched, but Tom Brady will never keep up with michael Vick scrambling. I would go Atlanta.

P.s. if NE does pull it out, it will be because of Adam Vinitaeri, and not Tom Brady.


I'm with you...this one is a tough call. i'm taking Buffalo, based simply on home field advantage.


another good call.


duh...was there ever any question?


Arizona hasn't had a good team for a long time...


Even with McNabb hurt, Philly will pull through. McNabb is a tough mother to be playing injured...even though I think he's listed as probable, it still has to hurt.


Gut instinct tells me to go Washington...but i could be wrong.


reality check? yeah right...cincy all the way.

Monday Night Football


i will never, ever ever bet against my Steelers. Ever. Pitt will dominate.


just my :cents:

I think I agreed with you with everything except these three.
Sadly, I have no good reason to pick St. Louis except that Seattle has a long habit of being a lousy road team. They're already 0-2 on the road. If they can win this, I'll give them more credit in the future. It's not a good reason, but it's all I've got.
NE vs Atlanta, I agree with lonelyarmywife, mainly because the Pats are so beaten up. They couldn't stop the run at all last week, and the Falcons, even if Vick is dinged, run well. Add that they're at home and I don't think NE can do it. (I hate picking against my team...)
And finally, yes Farve is over the hill. The team is weak, they have no run game and the defense is questionable. Still, the effects of the continual road trip are going to start wearing down a Saints team that franking wasn't very good to begin with. I think the Pack pulls this one out.

Too many close games this week. This could go one way or the other too easily. Good luck

I'll just say good luck - my picks are often mostly gut and less stat driven and well my gut is only right about 50% of the time so it's not all that reliable ;)

Seattle - good
Tampa - Obvious
Green Bay - I think this is the week, they are better than their record and at home
Baltimore - They are a better team, I think they will hive harrington fits and detroit has issues with the rogers situation.
Tennessee - Houston needs to get a better line to protect Carr.
New England - they will make a come back from last week.
Miami - On a role and this week JP is out and holcombe is in, qucik qb switch usually a disaster
Cleveland - feels right
Indianapolis - duh
Carolina - duh
Dallas - This is my upset for the week, I think Dallas D will step it up and their o-line plays better.
Denver - Washington is overrated, AFC is way stronger and Denver is at home.
Cincinatti - they are hot.

San Diego - on fire, first monday night for them in years, and just feels right.

Thats my opinion anyways, I am usually about 80-85%. Good luck!

Oh My! Thanks guys. Some real good opinions and a few have swayed me. TY so much for such great detail. I can't get that from stat charts and the stuff I base my picks on. This was very enlightening!

Here's my final picks...

Seattle
Tampa
New Orleans
Baltimore
Tennessee
Atlanta
Buffalo
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Carolina
Philadelphia
Denver
Cincinnatti

Pittsburg

Good luck everyone...and I'll be back to let you know how I did against MCP this weekend!

lixy,

you should reconsider San Diego v. Pittsburgh and Miami v. Buffalo.....In my opinion and what I have been reading, I am convinced San Diego is a lock, and Buffalo with their qb problems and takeo spikes still out is gonna lose.

I want you to beat that guy and don't want to have to say I told u so :P, the rest that we disagree on I think are all too close to call....in any case, good luck.

Thanks sweetyheart!

On my way to work today, I couldn't stop thinking about the Monday night game and the "implied advantage" that San Diego might have. I mean...home team, first Monday Night televised game since dinosaur's roamed around (ok...least since the moon landing), team stats so close that I evened out from every source I had!

I changed my pick for Monday night to San Diego when I got to work.

More than that, I had to ask MCP for another pool paper because the guy who runs the pool wasn't in yet (had 2 more hours for his arrival), and I asked MCP who he picked for the game. He bantered back that he wouldn't tell me till I told him. I told him my dilemma and that I needed to fill out another pool. He laughed out loud and got another pool paper for me. As he watched me circle my picks he was counting. Said I had 6 different picks than him. Don't know what ones are differnt...only that he had said earlier that he picked mostly all "away" teams".

NOW WE HAVE A COMPETITION!

I told him my change and he told me he had Pitts. I told him why I changed and asked him why he wanted Pitts. He joked that he always picked "home" teams. I displayed astonisment (oh my gawd...you gotta be kiding me!)...and he said he was kidding. Then he said, "I just like Pitts. this time around".

So, here we go...this is my final picks...

Seattle@St. Louis - Seattle
Tampa@NY Jets - Tampa
New Orleans@Greenbay - New Orleans
Baltimore@Detroit - Baltimore
Tennessee@Houston - Tennessee
New England@Atlanta - Atlanta
Miami@Buffalo - Buffalo
Chicago@Cleveland - Cleveland
Indianapolis@San Fran Cisco - Indianapolis
Carolina@Arizona - Arizona
Philadelphia@Dallas - Philly
Washington@Denver - Denver
Cincinnatti@Jacksonville - Cincinnatti

Monday
Pittsburg@SanDiego - San Diego

Thanks again...EVERYONE! You've no idea how much talking to real people makes a difference when I am in competitive mode!

*hugs*

Be back with the results when they are in! Stay tuned!

no prob lixy, good choice on San Diego again because I just found out that they are wearing their cool retro powder blue uniforms for the game.....its a sign.

The powder blues! San Diego...super chargers!

i think you're making a mistake on San Diego and Arizona, but we'll just wait and see.... :x:

never pick againts the Pats after a loss

I was praying this would be the Pack's week, but had nothing but my gut to support it. *happy dancin'*

at 52-3 I guess it was the Packers week

no shit I dno't know what all that was about, but they owned the saints. And Ms. lixy, it appears I have steered you wrong in Altanta vs. NE too...i didn't know Michael V. wasn't playing.

Although i did say that if NE won, it would be becuase of Adam Vinetaeri....

Hey Guys! Didn't do so bad...though I don't know how MCP did yet. As far as I can tell with just assumptions (he said he chose mostly away teams...but I don't know what home teams he picked...and he said we had 6 different this week) I might have won out over him anyway. As I said though, I am assuming!

I got 7-13 and am waiting on tonight's game.

MCP and I have picked opposite teams tonight...so let the games begin!

Thanks for all you input and for sharing your knowledge. Hey...someone has to win, right? If predicting the future was easier, we'd all be rich from betting!

BBL with tonight's game results. Keep good thoughts for me and San Diego (sorry to those who want Pitts.). Then, tomorrow I'll get a new pool and we have a go at it again...ok? Can't wait to hear what you have to say!

XXXOOO

Favorite - Under dog
at Baltimore - Cleveland
at Buffalo - NY Jets
Carolina at Detroit
at Chicago - Minnesota
Cincinnati at Tennessee
at Dallas - NY Giants
at Denver - New England
at Kansas City - Washington
at New Orleans - Atlanta
at Oakland - San Diego
at Pittsburgh - Jacksonville
at Seattle - Houston
at Tampa Bay - Miami

Monday, Oct 17
Favorite
at Indianapolis - St. Louis