NFL Week 8 Picks – Who Ya Got?

by | Oct 27, 2022 | Sports

Happy Halloween and whatnot, if you have kids or this holiday is still important to you. 😊 Baltimore at Tampa Bay (Thur) – NFC South Chaos, Part I – If Tampa loses, we’ll be on our way to all four NFC South teams being 3-5. I’m here for it. I’m picking with my heart,...

NFL Week 7 Picks – Who Ya Got?

by | Oct 20, 2022 | Sports

The NFL has reached the conclusion that planet earth will stop spinning on its axis if there are no Thursday games during the regular season. So in order to keep us all alive – and watching – they have further determined that all 32 teams must participate in at least...

NFL Week 6 Picks – Who Ya Got?

by | Oct 13, 2022 | Sports

Here in the Carolinas, we all heaved a sigh of relief when Matt Rhule was fired. Getting fired from your job is traumatic and awful for any person, but at the same time, he certainly earned it. He was such a great program-builder in college that he should draw major...

The Rest of the NFL Week 5 Picks

by | Oct 7, 2022 | Sports

Wow, that Thursday night game was THE definition of ugly. At least I picked the winner correctly. Now for the rest of the week’s picks: NY Giants at Green Bay (London) – The Pack is treating this as a short business trip, with no room for sightseeing and the...

NFL Week 5 Picks – Who Ya Got?

by | Oct 6, 2022 | Sports

Actually posted a winning record last week! I’m in a hurry, so it’s just the Thursday game here and I’ll do the rest tomorrow. Indianapolis at Denver (Thur) – Both teams falling short of expectations. But Russell Wilson is falling shorter than Matt Ryan is. Colts 23,...

NFL Week 4 Picks – Who Ya Got?

by | Sep 29, 2022 | Sports

I’m terrible at picking games this year, but at least I have never given a speech where I questioned, “where is (insert name of dead person here)?” Let’s see if things get better for the picks this week. Miami at Cincinnati (Thur) – Cincy got off the losing train last...

NFL Week 3 Picks – Who Ya Got?

by | Sep 22, 2022 | Sports

I’m off to my worst start ever predicting game outcomes. I can forgive myself for not picking the Jets. The only people who picked them were Mike Greenberg, Rich Eisen, and blood relatives of Jets players & employees. There are lots of overreactions – let’s...

NFL Week 2 Picks – Who Ya Got?

by | Sep 15, 2022 | Sports

Well, that round of picks couldn’t have gone much worse-er. Let’s see if we can do better this time around.  LA Chargers at Kansas City (Thur) – Remember all those “No Tyreek Hill, the Chiefs are done” laments? Like ‘Bama, Ohio State, and Georgia, KC just reloaded...

NFL Week 1 Picks – Who Ya Got?

by | Sep 8, 2022 | Sports

“You know you’re gettin’ old when you start making love to your wife and 10 seconds later think, ‘wait a minute, why did I come in here?’” – Larry the Cable Guy That was me on Monday, realizing I completely forgot to do my entry on week 1 of college football picks....

My Take On Mass Shootings Is a Little Different

by | May 26, 2022 | Business, Life

Here we are again, in the aftermath of yet another mass shooting. The responses have been very predictable: People screaming what they believe should be done about the shooting, and people with different views screaming about how evil the people that offer those views...