Last week was here.
ATS 31-27-4
SU 36-26
SD -8.5 StL (loss/loss)
KC+4.5 Houston (Texans win) (win/win)
NE -3 Balt (push/win)
GB - 1.5 Miami (loss/loss)
Bucs +4.5 NO (loss/loss)
Eagles -3 Atl (win/win)
Det +10 NYG (Giants win game) (win/win)
Steelers -13.5 Browns (win/win)
Bears -6.5 Seattle (loss/loss)
Den +3 NYJ (loss/loss)
Niners -6.5 Oak (win/win)
Vikes -1.5 Dallas (win/win)
Skins +3 Colts (push/loss)
Titans -3 Jags (win/win)
ATS: 7-5-2
38-32-6
SU: 8-6
44-32
I Pick College Football Games - Week 7, 2010
Last week is here.
I'm 24-28-2 on the season. Gonna pick 14 games.
Arizona v. Washington St. under 62 (win)
Auburn v. Arkansas under 61(loss)
EMich +14 Ball St (win)
Vandy +14.5 Geo (loss)
Iowa v. Michig under 54 (loss)
Navy -1 SMU (win)
Nebr -9.5 Tex (loss)
Okla -23.5 Iow St (win)
Ok St +3.5 TTech (win)
Ok St v TTech under 69.5 (win)
SCarol -5 Kent (loss)
Tulane +18.5 Tulsa (loss)
VT -21 Wake (win)
Ore St +1.5 Wash (win)
8-6
32-34-2
I'm 24-28-2 on the season. Gonna pick 14 games.
Arizona v. Washington St. under 62 (win)
Auburn v. Arkansas under 61(loss)
EMich +14 Ball St (win)
Vandy +14.5 Geo (loss)
Iowa v. Michig under 54 (loss)
Navy -1 SMU (win)
Nebr -9.5 Tex (loss)
Okla -23.5 Iow St (win)
Ok St +3.5 TTech (win)
Ok St v TTech under 69.5 (win)
SCarol -5 Kent (loss)
Tulane +18.5 Tulsa (loss)
VT -21 Wake (win)
Ore St +1.5 Wash (win)
8-6
32-34-2
The 100 Greatest Players in Professional Football History: 40-31
The previous ten, which includes the full list to that point, is here.
I'm counting down my top 100 players in NFL history, releasing it ten at a time in advance of the same release of its list by the NFL Network. Its next ten comes tonight, I get the jump here - and I'll edit in their list for comparison after the show.
40.Eric Dickerson RB 83-93 Rams/Colts
-96 TDs plus one passing, 4.4 y/c rushing, 7.6 y/c receiving, in ’84 he averaged over 130 yards rushing/game. Only played 4 full seasons with the Rams, and I would have lost the bet that said he started more games outside of an LA uniform than wearing one. As a Niner fan, the very best player I ever saw line up against us on offense was early career Eric Dickerson. Also, note that Roger Craig is his top comp. (NFL Net picked the Juice, my first ever hero. He already appeared on the list.)
39.Ted Hendricks LB 69-83 Colts/Raiders
-The Stork was born in Guatemala. (Gino Marchetti - not on my list, but in the next 50.)
38.Jackie Slater OL 76-95 Rams
-The big linemen are about to go back-to-back here in the upper 30s. (Lance Alworth - already appeared on my list.)
37.Randall McDaniel OL 88-01 Vikings
-7 time first team all pro – the stud tackles of recent vintage – Ogden/Roaf/Pace/Jones – would all be in the top 150 and have good cases to crack this list. (Jim Thorpe - not on my list.)
36.Randy White DL 75-88 Cowboys
-Consider Lilly/White, covering the interior of the Cowboy defensive line for nearly 3 decades. (Ray Berry - not on my list.)
35.Bob Lilly DL 61-74 Cowboys
-7 time first team All-Pro. (Chuck Bednarik - not on my list.)
34.Merlin Olsen DL 62-76 Rams
-Just died a few months ago. (Deion Sanders - still to come.)
33.Mike Singletary LB 81-92 Bears
-7 time first team All-Pro, only member of the greatest defense ever to play, that ’85 Bear team, to make the list. (Sid Luckman - not on the list.)
32.Willie Brown DB 63-78 Raiders
-54 picks, 5 time All Pro (Jim Parker - not on the list)
31.Steve Largent WR 76-89 Seahawks
-Third greatest WR of all time; a hundred TD and 16 yds/catch. (Bruce Smith - still to come.)
I'll be back next Thursday.
30 to go. I'll be back next Thursday morning with the next ten on the list.
I'm counting down my top 100 players in NFL history, releasing it ten at a time in advance of the same release of its list by the NFL Network. Its next ten comes tonight, I get the jump here - and I'll edit in their list for comparison after the show.
40.Eric Dickerson RB 83-93 Rams/Colts
-96 TDs plus one passing, 4.4 y/c rushing, 7.6 y/c receiving, in ’84 he averaged over 130 yards rushing/game. Only played 4 full seasons with the Rams, and I would have lost the bet that said he started more games outside of an LA uniform than wearing one. As a Niner fan, the very best player I ever saw line up against us on offense was early career Eric Dickerson. Also, note that Roger Craig is his top comp. (NFL Net picked the Juice, my first ever hero. He already appeared on the list.)
39.Ted Hendricks LB 69-83 Colts/Raiders
-The Stork was born in Guatemala. (Gino Marchetti - not on my list, but in the next 50.)
38.Jackie Slater OL 76-95 Rams
-The big linemen are about to go back-to-back here in the upper 30s. (Lance Alworth - already appeared on my list.)
37.Randall McDaniel OL 88-01 Vikings
-7 time first team all pro – the stud tackles of recent vintage – Ogden/Roaf/Pace/Jones – would all be in the top 150 and have good cases to crack this list. (Jim Thorpe - not on my list.)
36.Randy White DL 75-88 Cowboys
-Consider Lilly/White, covering the interior of the Cowboy defensive line for nearly 3 decades. (Ray Berry - not on my list.)
35.Bob Lilly DL 61-74 Cowboys
-7 time first team All-Pro. (Chuck Bednarik - not on my list.)
34.Merlin Olsen DL 62-76 Rams
-Just died a few months ago. (Deion Sanders - still to come.)
33.Mike Singletary LB 81-92 Bears
-7 time first team All-Pro, only member of the greatest defense ever to play, that ’85 Bear team, to make the list. (Sid Luckman - not on the list.)
32.Willie Brown DB 63-78 Raiders
-54 picks, 5 time All Pro (Jim Parker - not on the list)
31.Steve Largent WR 76-89 Seahawks
-Third greatest WR of all time; a hundred TD and 16 yds/catch. (Bruce Smith - still to come.)
I'll be back next Thursday.
30 to go. I'll be back next Thursday morning with the next ten on the list.
1st and Ten - The Weekly Tendown October 3-9 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Dear Internet:
Would you like to own official Tendown mechandise?
Merch! Like t-shirts and mugs and bumperstickers! So you can represent! Maybe calendars!
Or posters!
Tendown isn't just a quick Sunday read - now it's a lifestyle!
None of this is true. I have no mechandise. Who has merchandise is my Lady Type Friend.
And you should buy some.
Here's Tendown 47
First: You Know Something I Don't Know
Most of the Tendown readers pick this up over the course of the week; that means you know something I don't - as Game 3 of the NLDS, the first pitch of which is 5 and a half hours from the time of this writing, has ended in your world.
Sort of a big week. Tim Lincecum threw one of the great games in postseason history in Game One, 2 hits and 14 strikeouts. And we took a 4-0 lead deep into Game 2, which we frittered away in a typicially torturous SFG postseason performance. Our last 4 playoff games were decided by one run, and 3 of those games were losses (two of which I attended). In one of my forecast posts, I noted our tremendous success in games in which we've homered this year, and our being the best team in baseball when we score 3 runs - so the early 3 run homer by Burrell certainly looked for all the world like we were taking a 2-0 lead into Atlanta today.
But that wouldn't be Giants baseball.
Sanchez/Hudson today, and the slight lean goes to the bad guys. Hudson's all ground balls, we led the league in hitting into double plays this season; the closest comparable to Hudson's style is Lowe, and we couldn't touch him in Game one. Sanchez needs to stay near the plate, his pitch count can get away from him quickly, and it would be good to avoid a deep bullpen game. A loss doesn't end our season; I forecasted we'd win the series in 5, and the scenario where we bring back Lincecum on 3 days rest down 2-1 to force a game 5 seemed a not unlikely occurrence.
I think we're going to win this series, and think so with the same level of strength as did I before game one.
Even if, as you're reading this, we lose(lost) on Sunday; I still think we're going to win this series. Although I'm not looking forward to white knuckling both a game 4 and a game 5.
If we lost the series I was wrong.
But you should still buy some merchandise.
After the jump, the rest of the Tendown. It's an 8Down this week. I'm going to my mom's to watch the game. A game to which you know the result. People in the future! People in the future - tell me of your many wisdoms and lottery numbers!
Edit - Make that 5 straight one run games.
Did anyone else know it was allowed for SFG to win a playoff game like that? Someone really should have mentioned that before.
Would you like to own official Tendown mechandise?
Merch! Like t-shirts and mugs and bumperstickers! So you can represent! Maybe calendars!
Or posters!
Tendown isn't just a quick Sunday read - now it's a lifestyle!
None of this is true. I have no mechandise. Who has merchandise is my Lady Type Friend.
And you should buy some.
Here's Tendown 47
First: You Know Something I Don't Know
Most of the Tendown readers pick this up over the course of the week; that means you know something I don't - as Game 3 of the NLDS, the first pitch of which is 5 and a half hours from the time of this writing, has ended in your world.
Sort of a big week. Tim Lincecum threw one of the great games in postseason history in Game One, 2 hits and 14 strikeouts. And we took a 4-0 lead deep into Game 2, which we frittered away in a typicially torturous SFG postseason performance. Our last 4 playoff games were decided by one run, and 3 of those games were losses (two of which I attended). In one of my forecast posts, I noted our tremendous success in games in which we've homered this year, and our being the best team in baseball when we score 3 runs - so the early 3 run homer by Burrell certainly looked for all the world like we were taking a 2-0 lead into Atlanta today.
But that wouldn't be Giants baseball.
Sanchez/Hudson today, and the slight lean goes to the bad guys. Hudson's all ground balls, we led the league in hitting into double plays this season; the closest comparable to Hudson's style is Lowe, and we couldn't touch him in Game one. Sanchez needs to stay near the plate, his pitch count can get away from him quickly, and it would be good to avoid a deep bullpen game. A loss doesn't end our season; I forecasted we'd win the series in 5, and the scenario where we bring back Lincecum on 3 days rest down 2-1 to force a game 5 seemed a not unlikely occurrence.
I think we're going to win this series, and think so with the same level of strength as did I before game one.
Even if, as you're reading this, we lose(lost) on Sunday; I still think we're going to win this series. Although I'm not looking forward to white knuckling both a game 4 and a game 5.
If we lost the series I was wrong.
But you should still buy some merchandise.
After the jump, the rest of the Tendown. It's an 8Down this week. I'm going to my mom's to watch the game. A game to which you know the result. People in the future! People in the future - tell me of your many wisdoms and lottery numbers!
Edit - Make that 5 straight one run games.
Did anyone else know it was allowed for SFG to win a playoff game like that? Someone really should have mentioned that before.
I Pick College Football Games - Week 6, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Here's last week.
I'm 16-26-2. This is poor.
Oklahoma St. v. La/La under 62 (loss)
Arizona St. +1.5 Washington (win)
Arizona St. v. Washington under 59 (win)
Army +1 Tulane (win)
ECarolina +8 SMiss (win)
Fres St -10 Hawaii (loss)
LSU +7 Florida (win)
Mich v. Mich St. under 66 (win)
TTech -1 Baylor (win)
Minnesota +22 Wisconsin (win)
Better. 8-2, 24-28-2
I'm 16-26-2. This is poor.
Oklahoma St. v. La/La under 62 (loss)
Arizona St. +1.5 Washington (win)
Arizona St. v. Washington under 59 (win)
Army +1 Tulane (win)
ECarolina +8 SMiss (win)
Fres St -10 Hawaii (loss)
LSU +7 Florida (win)
Mich v. Mich St. under 66 (win)
TTech -1 Baylor (win)
Minnesota +22 Wisconsin (win)
Better. 8-2, 24-28-2
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