Hognostications: Weeks 1-17 (and rankings)

[Redskin in Canada]

Due to the threat of Hurricane Wilma the Kansas City/Miami game has been moved to tonight Friday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m.


Better get your picks in today!

So, Where are yours???

[Deadskins]

On that note.

Miami
Cincinnati
Cleveland
St. Louis
Green Bay
San Diego
Washington
Indianapolis
Seattle
Chicago
Oakland
Denver
Tennessee
Atlanta

[SkinsJock]

This just in from SkinsJock - who happens to be in Miami for a boat show and now I find out that apart from dodging a bloody hurricane I might not be able to even see tonight's game because the NFL has some stupid policy about not competing in the "loacl area" during high school games!!!! -

oh well! Guess I'll have to go look at the uglies on South Beach, but first, here's my picks:
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati – Bengals

Detroit at Cleveland – Lions

Indianapolis at Houston – Colts

Kansas City at Miami – Chiefs

Green Bay at Minnesota – Packers

San Diego at Philadelphia – Eagles

New Orleans at St. Louis – Saints

San Francisco at Washington – Skins

Dallas at Seattle – Seahawks

Tennessee at Arizona – Cards

Baltimore at Chicago – Ravens

Denver at New York Giants – Broncos

Buffalo at Oakland – Raiders

New York Jets at Atlanta - Falcons

[1niksder]

This just in from SkinsJock - who happens to be in Miami for a boat show and now I find out that apart from dodging a bloody hurricane I might not be able to even see tonight's game because the NFL has some stupid policy about not competing in the "loacl area" during high school games!!!! -

Posted in another thread

Because of Hurricane Wilma, the National Football League has rescheduled Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins for Friday (tomorrow) night. The game will be televised on CBS affiliates in Miami and Kansas City, but there will be no national telecast. Instead, a tape of the game will be rebroadcast on the NFL’s cable network on Sunday.

Why would the NFL not want to televise a game nationally? League spokesman Greg Aiello told the press

We are not extending the telecast to more markets because we want to adhere as closely as possible to the spirit of our longstanding policy not to conflict with high school and college football during their seasons [which means Friday night and Saturday]

[Texas Hog]

that's lame....anyone know if DirecTv Sunday ticket will be broadcasting it tonight?

[SkinsJock]

..Congratulations to Tlatoani, SkinsJock and Texas Hog for a great performance.

I will post TOTALS every four weeks.

Thanks RiC! I did not "officially" begin here until the 3rd (maybe 4?) week but have been keeping track and have these results to date:
Week 1 = 9-7; Week 2 = 6-10; week 3 = 11-3; week 4 = 10-4; week 5 = 8-6 and week 6 = 11-3 for a total of 55-33.

HAIL

[Redskin in Canada]

that's lame....anyone know if DirecTv Sunday ticket will be broadcasting it tonight?

It did.

The picks by the "Sleazy" PK:

Kansas City
Detroit
Indianapolis
New Orleans
San Diego
Green Bay
Cincinnati
Washington
Seattle
Tennessee
Buffalo
Chicago
Denver
Atlanta

[Texas Hog]

Unless, of course, you have the cojones to stand by your picks.

If you knew how long it takes me to ponder my choices, you would be right to say that it takes A LOT of courage/irresponsibility to do it with so little thought!

We could set a 6:00 CST deadline on Tuesday, like I have to meet for the Hognosticator column to make things fair

[Redskin in Canada]

Almost everybody got the Chiefs as the winner on Friday. There are plenty of games on Sunday and Monday to catch on to JSPB22.

Please note that while we decide on the official deadline for the submissions of Hognostications for the coming weks in THIS other thread/Poll, we are still accepting Hognostications PRIOR to the rest of the games to be played on Sunday and Monday THIS WEEK 7.

[SkinsJock]

..The game will be televised on CBS affiliates in Miami and Kansas City..

Thanks iniksder! I was walking back to the motel and saw a sports bar and only missed the first few minutes - man there is a lot of goooood looking birds down here! very easy to get distracted

[Redskin in Canada]

Results so far:

Kansas City 30, Miami 20
Detroit 13, Cleveland 10
Minnesota 23, Green Bay 20
Indianapolis 38, Houston 20
St. Louis 28, New Orleans 17
Pittsburgh 27, Cincinnati 13
Philadelphia 20, San Diego 17
Washington 52, San Francisco 17
Seattle 13, Dallas 10
Chicago 10, Baltimore 6
Oakland 38, Buffalo 17
N.Y. Giants 24, Denver 23
Arizona 20, Tennessee 19

MNF game:

Atlanta 27, N.Y. Jets 14

[Texas Hog]

Brutal week! Had a feeling that was coming.

Oh well....Our Skins played great and Seattle made my day!

[Deadskins]

Denver and San Diego let me down big time, and I can't believe that Green Bay blew a 17 point lead to Minnesota. I need Atlanta to win, just so I can go .500 for the week.

[Redskin in Canada]

OK guys it was a brutally unpredictable week. Everybody is picking Atlanta to win. So, the relative positions among us will not change regardless of the outcome. We all simply would get deeper in the hole if Atlanta loses.

Please check my numbers because I only know how to count up to ten with my fingers (20 if I use my toes).

Congratulations to CLL, Joebagadonuts and SkinsJock for being on top. The Real Hognosticator was happy with our Skins win and the Pukes loss. That should be enough for all of us as well.

08 - 05 Chris Luva Luva + + + + + - - + + - + - -
08 - 05 Joebagadonuts + - + + - + + + + - - - +
08 - 05 Redskin in Canada - - + + - + + + + - + + -
08 - 05 SkinsJock - + + + - + - + + + - - +

07 - 06 1niksder - - + + - - + + + + - - +

06 - 07 FanfromAnnapolis + - + + - - - + + + - - -
06 - 07 JSPB22 - - - + - - + + + + + - -
06 - 07 Redeemed - - + + - - - + - + + + -
06 - 07 skinz74 - - + + - - - + + - + - +
06 - 07 Texas Hog - - + + - + - + + - + - -

05 - 08 Justice Hog - + + + - - - + + - - - -

The "Sleazy" PK:

06 - 07 PK + + + - - - - + + - - + -

All the 06 - 07 scores will get to 50% if Atlanta wins today. Let's start praying …

Punu, Scooter and spudstr04, among others, deserted us this week. I hope they come back. It has come down to the survival of the fittest and we are not even half-way through the season!

Oh, I forgot:

08 - 05 Redskin in Canada - - + + - + + + + - + + -
06 - 07 Redeemed - - + + - - - + - + + + -
06 - 07 PK + + + - - - - + + - - + -

It feels so gooooood!

NEXT WEEK: I will post the totals for the last four weeks PLUS the OVERALL scores from the beginning of the season. Bragging rights are at stake after Week 8!

Some people have A LOT of catching up to do.

[Texas Hog]

Denver and San Diego let me down big time, and I can't believe that Green Bay blew a 17 point lead to Minnesota. I need Atlanta to win, just so I can go .500 for the week.

I'm with you on those and Buffalo and Tennessee as well.

Who knew McNair wasn't making the trip?

The three you mentioned all blew late leads!

[REDEEMEDSKIN]

Some people have A LOT of catching up to do.

I'm only 5 games behind the Hognosticator, the only other guy bold enough to make picks early, and stick to the results of such. Among the men of honor, I'm only 5 back. BTW - Where are you hiding your running total??? Show us your (Hognostications) shame, RiC.

[Redskin in Canada]

Where are you hiding your running total??? Show us your (Hognostications) shame, RiC.

It is called modesty and humbleness. But if you insist:

Redskin in Canada:

Weeks 1 to 4: 38 - 22

Week 5: 09 - 05
Week 6: 07 - 07

Weeks 1 to 6: 54 - 34 (same score to Texas Hog's)

If we add the results for week 7 without today's game:

Week 7: 08 - 05

Weeks 1 to 7 (with one game pending): 62 - 39

Not to worry, ALL scores are posted every four weeks. We will post overall totals next week.

By the way, I am often among the first three to post my predictions in all hognostication threads. Please check them before you define the term "courage" by that standard.

That is why we have another Poll thread to receive input on this issue. I am still waiting for ALL views on that topic.

[SkinsJock]

Thanks for all your effort here RiC! I still get a kick out of the "excuses" each week! BTW, when you use your toes - is it left to right or right to left?

[Chris Luva Luva]

I see Im back where I belong .

Im going to have to do better to keep up with you guys. I had some people who weren't supposed to play sneak in at the last minute and screw me. R. Moss and McNair hurt me the most.

[Redskin in Canada]

Thanks for all your effort here RiC! I still get a kick out of the "excuses" each week! BTW, when you use your toes - is it left to right or right to left?

Excuses are great. I love them, including mine.

The toes go from left to right with my right oot and from right to left on my left foot, or the other way around. I forgot. Wait untile next week to remember how it is done.

But even then, it is not fool-proof.

[Redskin in Canada]

Congratulations to CLL, Joebagadonuts and SkinsJock for being on top.

09 - 05 Chris Luva Luva + + + + + - - + + - + - - +
09 - 05 Joebagadonuts + - + + - + + + + - - - + +
09 - 05 Redskin in Canada - - + + - + + + + - + + - +
09 - 05 SkinsJock - + + + - + - + + + - - + +

08 - 06 1niksder - - + + - - + + + + - - + +

07 - 07 FanfromAnnapolis + - + + - - - + + + - - - +
07 - 07 JSPB22 - - - + - - + + + + + - - +
07 - 07 Redeemed - - + + - - - + - + + + - +
07 - 07 skinz74 - - + + - - - + + - + - + +
07 - 07 Texas Hog - - + + - + - + + - + - - +

06 - 08 Justice Hog - + + + - - - + + - - - - +

The "Sleazy" PK:

07 - 07 PK + + + - - - - + + - - + - +

[Chris Luva Luva]

Congratulations to you also.

[Redskin in Canada]

I have given some thought to the deadline for the submission of Hognostications every week. According to the Poll, the majority feel that it should be acceptable to anybody to change any prediction PRIOR to any game. The minority feels that there should be some kind of cut-off period.

I am a democratic person, so I will go with the majority and accept ANY change PRIOR to ANY game. But I will also ask that as a matter of PREFERENCE you agree to make any changes PRIOR to the day when the first game of the week is played. No penalties for changes the same day, just a matter of fairness to those that posted before and have no chance to make changes the same day of the game.

Texas Hog is entitled to make any changes in the thread, even if he does not or can not make changes in his Exclusive Article for several logistic reasons. He still has that same option available to him as anybody else. Hopefully, this choice will achieve support from all in practice.

Having gotten this issue out of the way, I am openning the thread for posts on Week 8 in case anybody is bold enough to post his/her Hognostications -PRIOR- to Texas Hog.

Sunday
Arizona at Dallas 1:00 p.m.
Chicago at Detroit 1:00 p.m.
Cleveland at Houston 1:00 p.m.
Green Bay at Cincinnati 1:00 p.m.
Jacksonville at St. Louis 1:00 p.m.
Minnesota at Carolina 1:00 p.m.
Oakland at Tennessee 1:00 p.m.
Washington at N.Y. Giants 1:00 p.m.

Kansas City at San Diego 4:05 p.m.
Miami at New Orleans (Baton Rouge, LA) 4:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at Denver 4:15 p.m.
Tampa Bay at San Francisco 4:15 p.m.

SNF
Buffalo at New England 8:30 p.m.

MNF
Baltimore at Pittsburgh 9:00 p.m

[Redskin in Canada]

My picks in progress:

Dallas (they will come back after a long reprimand by Parcells)
Chicago (they are playing better and the D is solid)
Houston (it is time and Dilfer is in trouble)
Cincinnati (at home with too much to re-establish themselves after Pitt)
Jacksonville (away win, great D, No Martz)
Carolina (at home, they are not Green Bay)
Oakland (R. Moss is back and the running game is good)
Washington (need I say anything?)
San Diego (at home and they are better than their record shows)
New Orleans (playing "at home" against a team that is hurt)
Denver (they will rebound at home from a painful loss, tough day for Donovan)
Tampa Bay (it is their turn to punish the guys in the West coast Bay)
New England (It is still Brady)
Pittsburgh (playoff contender, no Ray Lewis)

[Punu]

Arizona
Detroit
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Jacksonville
Minnesota (upset special)
Oakland
Washington

San Diego
Miami
Denver
Tampa Bay

SNF
Buffalo

MNF
Pittsburgh

I WILL BE #1 this WEEEEEK!!!!