Frank Hastings Wow! Week four proved to be a very difficult and unpredictable week for hognosticating and ended up the worst week of results in the history of our competition. Only ten of the total fifty-four hognosticators picked over .500. Nine favorites lost including shockers in Detroit, San Diego and Phoenix. Congratulations to the ten hognosticators that … Read more
To quote the late great Vince Lombardi, “Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.” The losing habit that infected our beloved … Read more
What a strange week it was with the Browns / Bengals game… bizarre. Then there were the Vikings and Saints laying eggs in their respective road games. Some might even believe that the Redskin win on the road on Monday night was a shocker, but not we hognosticators. Probably the biggest surprise came in Carolina, … Read more
“To them, victory proves the pain and sacrifice were worth it. Defeats breed doubt in teammates, coaches and in the very price that they pay to play the game” – Thomas Boswell, Washington Post This quote was so well written and so clearly expressed the nature of the Skins’ ‘must’ win comments made in week … Read more
If you read or listen to the experts, the NFL can go ahead and award the Lombardi trophy to either the Colts or the Pats, and the NFC East crown to either Philadelphia or the Cowboys. This third season of THN’s Hognostications, as with the two seasons prior, attempts to serve as the antithesis of … Read more
Finally, the 2007-2008 football season has arrived and with it the 3rd season of TheHogs.net Hognostications competition. Welcome back to all those who have participated and an encouraging ‘get in the game’ to anyone who hasn’t. Hognosticating is a lot of fun, it keeps you up to speed on the NFL’s upcoming matchups, and provides … Read more
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. Due to time constraints, this week’s Hognostications will be brief – considering my picks this year, many may consider it a late Christmas gift. Happy New Year to all and good luck with your hognosticating. New York Giants at Washington So we couldn’t eliminate the Sheep, how ‘bout the … Read more
This is going to be a tough week to hognosticate with only a few ‘easy picks,’ and the results could play havoc on the weekly and possibly the seasonal hognostication standings. Not that I’ll be a factor, and of course, it’s usually those ‘thought to be easy picks’ that turn out to be the closer … Read more
Front page news here today is that the NFL Network and local cable providers’ negotiations are ongoing and have yet to reach an agreement. Thus, no cowpuke game for the majority of the local community (puke country), who are cable and not satellite subscribers, including yours truly (although I do have the DIRECTV’s Sunday ticket … Read more
It’s hard enough watching our beloved Skins lose games they should have won – and we’ve seen entirely too much of that lately. To add to our madness, there are the one or two games each week that truly qualify as surprising upsets. The Browns over the Chiefs and the Titans over the Colts – … Read more