A few weeks ago, my sister-in-law and I made a bet. She is a die-hard NY Giants fan and I am a die-hard Redskins fan. The bet was this. The person who’s favorite team won first, was owed an Ice Cream of choice from the other.
And . . .
The bet was double or nothing if both the Giants and Redskins were 0 – 11 when they meet for the first time this season in week 12.
I would like chocolate please.
In reality, I’m actually glad the Skins won. Not because I get ice cream but rather if they had lost to the lowly Raiders then we would have two weeks of:
Listening to sports junkies talk about how much the Shannies should be fired and or RG III benched.
But now we have been saved.
Saved from two weeks of painful heartache and hearing disgruntled fans say “Thank God hockey season starts”.
Now we all have hope. Hope that Dallas will lose this week to the Broncos. Hope that the Giants wake up against the Iggles and win. And if those two things happen, hope when we meet Dallas after this bye week, and win, we will once again be winning the NFC EAST! With a 2 – 3 record !
Wouldn’t that be something!
Speaking of something . . . Here is this weeks version of three and out . . . AND our predictions!
1) Shutdown Countdown:
Talk about a fumbled return… Capitol Hill is costing us tax payers $10,000/hour in salary and they still can’t do the most basic function of their job – run the government!
Obama and congressional leaders met Wednesday evening for happy hour. Nothing happened.
Note to Obama: Next time offer LOTS of FREE beer! None of our leaders strike me as the type who hold their liquor well. I’m willing to bet after a couple six packs each and every one of them could probably be convinced to sign just about anything.
That would get the job done and get people back to work.
2) Not In My House:
My youngest son brought home a book from school about the NFL. It was all about Ben Roethlisbergerand Tony Romo!
I told him we don’t read those kind of books in this house and made him take it back.
So today he brought home another NFL book – on the Redskins. We read all about Slinging Sammy Baugh, Sonny Jurgensen, John Riggins, and Darrel Green.
It was an awesome book.
Just for the record, I would have let him read a book about most any other team or players except those two.
OK, maybe not Vick and the Eagles.
But most any other would have been OK
3) King of the League:
My son Mark (AKA TacoMan) is once again kicking butt in fantasy football.
Though I have not been good about posting lately, we have been keeping track and he has been killing everyone in both pick’em and our no bench league. He is 4 – 0 in that league and holds a 63% accuracy in pick’em.
So without further delay, here is this weeks pick’em – pick’ems. . .
| TacoMan | Rich | BirdKiller | TheStampede | |||
| Buffalo | vs. | Cleveland | Bills | Bills | Browns | Bills |
| Baltimore | vs. | Miami | Dolphins | Ravens | Dolphins | Ravens |
| New Orleans | vs. | Chicago | Saints | Saints | Saints | Saints |
| New England | vs. | Cincinnati | Patriots | Bengals | Patriots | Bengals |
| Detroit | vs. | Green Bay | Packers | Packers | Packers | Packers |
| Kansas City | vs. | Tennessee | Chiefs | Titans | Chiefs | Chiefs |
| Seattle | vs. | Indianapolis | Seahawks | Seahawks | Seahawks | Colts |
| Jacksonville | vs. | St. Louis | Rams | Jags | Rams | Jags |
| Philadelphia | vs. | NY Giants | Eagles | Eagles | Giants | Giants |
| Carolina | vs. | Arizona | Panthers | Cardinals | Panthers | Panthers |
| Denver | vs. | Dallas | Broncos | Cowboys | Broncos | Broncos |
| Houston | vs. | San Francisco | 49ers | 49ers | 49ers | Texans |
| San Diego | vs. | Oakland | Chargers | Raiders | Chargers | Chargers |
| NY Jets | vs. | Atlanta | Falcons | Falcons | Falcons | Falcons |
Fumbled Returns 