So this year, for the NFL season, I'm going to try making survivor picks. In case you aren't aware of this game, here are the rules:
1. Each week, I have to pick a team to win a game.
2. If the team wins, or ties, I survive to the next week.
3. If the team loses, I'm out.
4. I cannot use any team more than once. So each week I have to pick a different team.
Let's see how far I can get. I think the games in Week One are actually quite challenging -- I really don't see any sure things. But I'm going with the Rams over the Bears on Sunday night. I'm hoping that the Rams at home will be ready to put on a special effort for the fans in their new stadium.
Hurrah!
ReplyDeleteI think your pick looks best of the Week 1 slate. I also like the Washington Football Team at home against the Chargers early Sunday, and I kind of like the Raiders on Monday night at home against the Ravens.
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm out.
ReplyDeleteI wish you had asked me about the Football Team. I could have given you some advice there.
ReplyDeleteDOLPHINS!
ReplyDeleteThat was fantastic. Huge day for the Dolphins. Huge day for the Chiefs.
DeleteMahomes is electrifying.
DeleteThis will be the 94th meeting between the Bears and Rams, who spent many decades in the same division. The Bears lead the all-time series with a record of 53-37-3.
ReplyDeleteI've decided to regard the Chicagos as my second-favorite team in each sport. In this way, the Bears have supplanted (in order at various times over the course of my life) the Rams, Buccaneers, Lions, Packers and Panthers; the Bulls, the Suns; the White Sox and Cubs, the Astros, Yankees, Mets and Nationals, and the Blackhawks, the Hurricanes.
DeleteThis is a bold move.
DeleteAccording to Pro Football Reference, the three greatest players for the Bears (since 1960) are Walter Payton, Mike Singletary, and Brian Urlacher. The three greatest players for the Rams over the same period are Merlin Olson, Jack Youngblood, and Jackie Slater.
ReplyDeleteMy all-time-favorite Bear is Virgil Livers, and my all-time-favorite Ram is probably Isiah Robertson.
DeleteEvery year, I tell myself that this will be the season I finally get serious about watching Sunday Night Football. Every year, I end up watching most of about six games, and parts of about eight more. The problem is that by Sunday night, I've already watched a lot of football. The other problem is that once you get to October, I'm watching the baseball playoffs. But for now, I'm ready to get serious about Sunday Night Football.
ReplyDeleteWhen the Patriots were driving late last night, I thought to myself how I might not watch another second of NFL21. Then the Dolphins recovered the fumble, and now I'm thinking about investing in all of the services.
DeleteRams out to an early 10-0 lead, and looking very strong. The whole NFC West has looked great today. Meanwhile, I'm listening to "Nomads, Indians, and Saints" by the Indigo Girls. What a great album.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Indigo Girls song is "Happy in the Sorrow Key:"
DeleteAs I lay my burden down
In the cradle of an elegy
In the shotgun shape of this life
I'm happy happy in the sorrow key
Hadrian's wall was mighty
Not so mighty it didn't fall
I roamed among its sod and stone
To wonder how we come apart
The earth it holds the human toll
The heavens bow to the gravity
The bursting heart the bleeding brain
In grief we shift tectonicly
As I lay my burden down
In the cradle of an elegy
In the shotgun shape of this life
I'm happy happy in the sorrow key
Three days moored in Singapore
The ancient lure of currency
The rain came down the trade winds blew
And held me anchored to my dues
Slumbering I felt a tug
I ran to little India
To find a beggar's clarity
And eat the spice of deities
When I close my eyes
Imagine us dead and gone
The bright light of kingdom come
But I can't see
Take it out of my hands
I want to know the truth
The eye of the eagle
To deliver me
I'm happy in the sorrow
My favorite is "Three Hits."
DeleteWhen I watch a game at the L.A. Coliseum or the Rose Bowl, I know the teams are in Southern California. In the Rams' new stadium, they appear to be playing this game in some place like Dallas or Atlanta.
ReplyDeleteI still like that "Scoop, There It Is" commercial.
ReplyDeleteME, TOO! This was the only part of the entire broadcast last night that I took off mute. I want to learn that dance where the two people bump their feet together.
DeleteRams up 13-0 with 4:42 left in the second quarter. ESPN gives them an 89.4 percent chance of victory.
ReplyDeleteRams lead 13-7 at the half, as Andy Dalton leads the Bears to a late touchdown. NBC is very frustrated that the Bears aren't using Justin Fields at QB.
ReplyDeleteMatt Stafford throws a bomb to put the Rams up 20-7 early in the second half. On TV, Stafford's wife seems really happy to be out of Detroit. Meanwhile, every time I look up at the screen I wonder "why are the Rams and Bears playing in Atlanta"?
ReplyDeleteEvery time I looked up I wondered, "Why do they keep showing pictures of Justin Fields if he isn't playing?"
DeleteRams lead 27-14 with 10 minutes to go in the 4th. Bears have a 4th and 15 at the Ram 30. They go for it. They don't get it. Rams take over with 10:01 left and a 13-point lead.
ReplyDeleteThe decision not to play Justin Fields did not work out for the Bears. They are trounced 34-14, and I have survived for another week.
ReplyDeleteWell done.
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