Thanksgiving Results: Tom probably has Medal Points sewn up.

Tom probably has MedaL Points sewn up, but picks and points are still more competitive that in recent years.

PICKS
13-3 Tom
12-4 Kev
11-5 Harry, Kevin, Homeboy, Eric
10-6 Jeff, Anne Marie & Bruce
09-7 Vic, Steve
08-8
07-9 Pat

OVERALL PICKS
125-67 Tom
123-64 Harry
118-74 Jeff
114-78 Kev
113-79 Kevin
112-80 Homeboy
110-82 Anne Marie
108-84 Bruce
107-85 Eric
104-88 Pat
098-94 Vic
096-80 Eric
089-87 Vic
090-102 Steve

POINTS
106 Harry
103 Tom
102 Kev
097 Kevin, Homeboy
096 Eric
092 Jeff
091 Anne Marie, Bruce
090 Vic
078 Steve
064 Pat

OVERALL POINTS
1027 Tom
1015 Jeff
1008 Harry
0988 Kevin
0964 Kev
0943 Anne Marie
0930 Homeboy
0919 Eric
0911 Bruce
0859 Pat
0846 Vic
0788 Steve

MEDAL POINTS
23 Tom (Piling on like he was Bill Belichek)
...
07 Homeboy, Harry
06 Pat, Kevin, Kev
05 Vic
04 Jeff, Anne Marie, Bruce
03 Steve, Eric
02 Greg
01 Wes  

Week 12 : Winning With a 0.500 Average

PICKS
7-7 Tom (Gold), Jeff (Silver)
6-8 Anne Marie (Bronze), Bruce (Bronze), Harry, Steve
5-9
4-10 Kevin, Pat, Eric, Homeboy
3-11 Vic

OVERALL PICKS
112-64 Tom, Harry
102-74 Kev
100-76 Anne Marie

POINTS
54 Anne Marie, Bruce
53 Harry
50 Tom
49 Jeff
47 Kevin
41 Steve
39 Kev
35 Pat, Eric, Homeboy
26 Vic

OVERALL POINTS
924 Tom
923 Jeff
902 Harry
891 Kevin
862 Kev
852 Anne Marie
833 Homeboy
823 Eric
820 Bruce
795 Pat
756 Vic
710 Steve

MEDAL POINTS
20 Tom (Damn.  That's kinda far ahead)
...
07 Homeboy
06 Pat, Harry, Kevin
05 Vic
04 Kev, Jeff, Anne Marie
03 Steve, Eric, Bruce
02 Greg
01 Wes 

Good Week For Me, At Least

I had a surprisingly good week, but Tom is stilll getting farther ahead on Medal Points.

PICKS
13-2 Harry
12-3
11-4 Tom (Silver), Kevin (Bronze), Kev
10-5 Jeff
09-6 Eric, Homeboy, Bruce, Pat
08-7 Anne Marie
07-8 Vic

OVERALL PICKS
106-56 Harry
105-57 Tom
101-61 Jeff
098-64 Kevin
097-65 Kev, Homeboy
094-68 Anne Marie
093-69 Pat
092-70 Eric, Bruce
086-76 Vic
075-87 Steve

POINTS
110 Harry
095 Tom
094 Kevin
089 Kev
087 Jeff
082 Eric, Homeboy
073 Bruce
069 Anne Marie
065 Pat
056 Vic

OVERALL POINTS
874 Jeff, Tom
849 Harry
844 Kevin
823 Kev
798 Anne Marie, Homeboy
788 Eric
766 Bruce
760 Pat
730 Vic
669 Steve

MEDAL POINTS
17 Tom
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
09
08
07 Homeboy
06 Pat, Harry, Kevin
05 Vic
04 Kev
03 Steve, Anne Marie, Eric, Bruce
02 Jeff, Greg
01 Wes

Week X: Catastro-smeg

Three people had a winning week this week - and none of them were me.  Happily, at least it wasn't Homeboy.  And while it has taken me a little time, I am getting over the fact that both of my teams were playing teams that were winless - and they both lost.

PICKS
10-4 Tom (Gold)
8-6 Kevin (Silver), Bruce (Bronze)
7-7 Steve, Jeff, Vic, Pat
6-8 Harry, Kev
5-9 Eric, Anne Marie
4-10 Homeboy

OVERALL PICKS
94-53 Tom
93-54 Harry
91-56 Jeff
88-59 Homeboy
87-60 Kevin
86-61 Kev, Anne Marie
84-63 Pat
83-64 Eric, Bruce
79-68 Vic
75-72 Steve

POINTS
64 Tom
63 Kevin

59 Steve
52 Jeff
49 Vic, Harry
45 Kev
43 Pat
42 Bruce
41 Eric
39 Anne Marie, Homeboy

OVERALL POINTS
787 Jeff
779 Tom
750 Kevin
739 Harry
734 Kev
729 Anne Marie
716 Homeboy
706 Eric
695 Pat
693 Bruce
674 Vic
669 Steve

MEDAL POINTS
15 Tom
14
13
12
11
10
09
08
07 Homeboy
06 Pat
05 Vic, Kevin
04 Kev
03 Steve, Anne Marie, Eric, Harry, Bruce
02 Jeff, Greg
01 Wes

Week 9 -- Dammit, I'm late!

WEEK IX

  Tom's bold weeks have left him with a pretty substantial lead in Medal Points.  His bold picks have also left him some games out of first.

PICKS
9-4 Tom (Gold), Kev (Silver)
8-5 Harry (Bronze), Kevin
7-6 Anne Marie, Homeboy, Eric
6-7 Pat, Steve, Vic & Jeff, Bruce

OVERALL PICKS
87-46 Harry
84-49 Jeff, Tom
81-52 Anne Marie
80-53 Kev
79-54 Kevin
78-55 Eric
77-56 Pat
75-58 Bruce
72-61 Vic
68-65 Steve

POINTS
71 Harry
65 Tom
64 Kev
63 Kevin
60 Anne Marie, Homeboy
58 Eric
53 Pat
52 Steve
51 Vic, Jeff
43 Bruce

OVERALL POINTS
735 Jeff
715 Tom
690 Harry, Anne Marie
689 Kev
687 Kevin
677 Homeboy
665 Eric
652 Pat
651 Bruce
625 Vic
610 Steve

MEDAL POINTS
12 Tom
11
10
09
08
07 Homeboy
06 Pat
05 Vic
04 Kev
03 Steve, Kevin, Anne Marie, Eric, Harry
02 Jeff, Greg, Bruce
01 Wes

Week IX Drama!

This week is currently going as follows ...

Only Anne Marie correctly picked the Dolphins to win.  (They have my love, but not my trust.)
Only Steve and Eric got burned by picking the Falcons.
Everyone picked the Cowboys and Chiefs.
Only Tom correctly picked the Jets.

There was some division on the Titans-Rams game.  Harry, Kev, Vic, and Kevin got the Titans.

Kev, Steve, Vic, and Tom had the Redskins.

As for the ongoing games:

Everyone picked the Seahawks

Steve and Vic picked the Steelers over the Patriots

Only Kev and Steve picked the Eagles

 

For tonight, only Vic picked the Texans

For tomorrow only Eric picked the Bears; this surprised me, as I took a long time to make this decision.

 The game to watch is the Browns Ravens game.

BROWNS: Harry, Eric, Tom, Kevin

RAVENS: Anne Marie, Kev, Steve, Pat, Vic, Jeff, Bruce

Homeboy wins again ... Dammit

I am not a romanticist.  I do not believe that there is magic to correctly picking games, but it is a **wee** bit frustrating that the automated set of choices I set up is smarter than I am.  Also, after Jeff and I have run neck and neck for several weeks, I have pulled ahead by a game.  Seems like a good time to go 4-9 next week.

The deciding games this week were Cowboys at Lions and Falcons at Cardinals.  (Players can check this by looking at the "Week 08" file on Sheet 3.)

PICKS
12-1 Homeboy (Gold)
11-2 Bruce (Silver), Harry (Bronze)
10-3 Anne Marie, Kev, Jeff & Kevin, Eric
09-4 Tom, Pat, Vic
08-5 Steve

OVERALL PICKS
79-41 Harry
78-42 Jeff
77-43 Homeboy
76-44
75-45 Tom
74-46 Anne Marie
73-47
72-48
71-49 Kev, Kevin, Eric, Pat
70-50
69-51 Bruce
68-52
67-53
66-54 Vic
65-55
64-56
63-57
62-58 Steve

POINTS
84 Anne Marie, Homeboy
83 Kev
82 Jeff, Kevin
81 Eric, Bruce
77 Harry, Tom
74 Pat
72 Steve
71 Vic

OVERALL POINTS
684 Jeff
650 Tom
630 Anne Marie
625 Kev
624 Kevin
619 Harry
617 Homeboy
608 Bruce
607 Eric
599 Pat
574 Vic
558 Steve

MEDAL POINTS
9 Tom
8
7 Homeboy
6 Pat
5 Vic
4 
3 Steve, Kevin, Anne Marie, Eric
2 Jeff, Kev, Greg, Bruce, Harry
1 Wes

Week VII, Homeboy slips a bit

Welcome to Week VII, just allow me a moment to express my feelings on how the Dolphins failed on another final drive after giving up the lead in the last two minutes ...

Thank you.  Now for this week's results:

PICKS
11-4 Pat (Gold)
10-5
09-6 Vic, Tom (Silver), Jeff, Kevin, Harry
08-7 Bruce, Anne Marie
07-8 Kev, Steve
06-9 Eric, Homeboy

OVERALL PICKS
68-39 Jeff, Harry
67-40
66-41 Tom
65-42 Homeboy
64-43 Anne Marie
63-44
62-45 Pat
61-46 Kev, Eric, Kevin
60-47
59-48
58-49 Bruce
57-50 Vic
56-51
55-52 Greg
54-53 Steve

POINTS
83 Vic, Tom
82 Jeff
79 Pat
77 Kevin
65 Harry
62 Bruce

OVERALL POINTS
602 Jeff
573 Tom
546 Anne Marie
542 Harry, Kev, Kevin
533 Homeboy
527 Bruce
526 Eric
525 Pat
503 Vic
502 Greg
486 Steve
300 Wes

 MEDAL POINTS
9 Tom
8
7
6 Pat
5 Vic
4 Homeboy
3 Steve, Kevin, Anne Marie, Eric
 2 Jeff, Kev, Greg
1 Harry, Wes
0 Bruce
59 Anne Marie
55 Kev
53 Steve
50 Eric, Homeboy

Week VI Over, We gain a little ground on Homeboy

Sorry that this is the end of the day instead of the beginning of the day - what with a game on Thursday.

PICKS
10-5 Pat (Gold), Tom (Silver)
09-6 Greg (Bronze), Harry (in fourth place by two points), Kev
08-7 Jeff, Anne Marie, Vic, Steve, Kevin
07-8 Bruce, Homeboy, Eric

OVERALL PICKS
59-33 Jeff, Homeboy, Harry
58-34
57-35 Tom
56-36 Anne Marie
55-37 Greg, Eric
54-38 Kev
53-39
52-40 Kevin
51-41 Pat
50-42 Bruce
49-43
48-44 Vic
47-45 Steve

POINTS
84 Pat, Greg
83 Tom
82 Harry
80 Jeff
77 Anne Marie
74 Kev, Vic
73 Bruce, Steve
72 Kevin
60 Eric

OVERALL POINTS
520 Jeff
502 Greg
490 Tom
487 Anne Marie, Kev
483 Homeboy
477 Harry
476 Eric
465 Kevin, Bruce
446 Pat
433 Steve
420 Vic

MEDAL POINTS
7 Tom
6
5
4 Homeboy
3 Vic, Steve, Kevin, Anne Marie, Eric, Pat
2 Jeff, Kev, Greg
1 Harry, Wes
0 Bruce

Addendum:  Clearly, Homeboy picks the Seahawks

Week V over; Dolphins lose, Titans lose, Jets win. Lots of Suck

...Homeboy is fighting his way back, Dammit.  There is a game Thursday night - Giants at Bears.  You don't want to lose the points for this!

PICKS
10-4 Kevin (Gold), Anne Marie (Silver), Homeboy, Eric (Bronze)
09-5 Jeff
08-6 Harry, Pat
07-7 Kev, Bruce, Vic, Greg
06-8 Steve, Tom

OVERALL PICKS
52-25 Homeboy (Editor's Note: AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!)
51-28 Jeff
50-27 Harry
49-28
48-29 Eric, Anne Marie
47-30 Tom
46-31 Greg
45-32 Kev
44-33 Kevin
43-34 Bruce
42-35
41-36 Pat, Vic
40-37 Wes
39-38 Steve


POINTS
73 Jeff
68 Kevin
64 Anne Marie
63 Homeboy, Eric
60 Harry
59 Kev
58 Pat, Vic, Bruce
56 Greg
50 Steve
49 Tom

OVERALL POINTS
440 Jeff
418 Homeboy, Greg
416 Eric
413 Kev
410 Anne Marie
407 Tom
395 Harry
393 Kevin
392 Bruce
362 Pat
360 Steve
346 Vic
300 Wes


MEDAL POINTS
5 Tom
4 Homeboy
3 Vic, Steve, Kevin, Anne Marie, Eric
2 Jeff, Kev
1 Harry, Greg, Wes
0 Bruce, Pat

Week IV: Tom, Kev, Anne Marie win the week

...Hooray!  Homeboy didn't win.  Sadly neither did the Dolphins.  Next week, there should again be an interim posting listing where we differ on picks.  There was a problem with one particular picks transmission method, which should now be clear.

OVERALL LEADERS: Jeff, Jeff, Tom

PICKS
10-5 Tom (Gold)
9-6 Kev (Silver), Anne Marie (Bronze), Harry, Wes
8-7 Greg, Pat, Jeff, Eric, Bruce, Homeboy
7-8 Kevin, Vic
6-9
5-10 Steve

OVERALL PICKS
42-21 Jeff, Homeboy, Harry
41-22 Tom
40-23 Wes
39-24 Greg
38-25 Kev, Eric, Anne Marie
37-26
36-27 Bruce
35-28
34-29 Kevin
33-30 Steve, Pat, Vic

POINTS
87 Tom, Kev
80 Greg
79 Anne Marie
78 Pat
73 Jeff
72 Harry
71 Eric, Bruce
69 Homeboy
68 Kevin
62 Wes
57 Vic
50 Steve

OVERALL POINTS
 367 Jeff
362 Greg
358 Tom
355 Homeboy
354 Kev
353 Eric
346 Anne Marie
335 Harry
334 Bruce
325 Kevin
310 Steve
304 Pat
300 Wes
288 Vic

MEDAL POINTS
5 Tom
4
3 Homeboy, Vic, Steve
2 Jeff, Eric, Kev
1 Harry, Greg, Wes, Anne Marie
0 Bruce, Kevin, Pat

Homeboy Wins Week III Convincingly - Humans Filled With Shame

.....Well, here we go.  The Dolphins continue to help me  out, but my robotic creation ruled us all.

PICKS

13-3 Homeboy (GOLD)
12-4
11-5 Eric (SILVER), Harry (BRONZE)
10-6 Jeff
09-7 Kevin, Anne Marie
08-8 Bruce, Greg, Pat, Kev, Steve, Wes, Tom
07-9
06-10
05-11 Vic

OVERALL PICKS

34-14 Jeff, Homeboy
33-15 Harry
32-16
31-17 Greg, Wes, Tom
30-18 Eric
29-19 Anne Marie, Kev
28-20 Bruce, Steve
27-21 Kevin
26-22 Vic
25-23 Pat

POINTS
120 Homeboy
114 Eric
089 Kevin
088 Anne Marie
085 Bruce
083 Jeff
082 Harry
077 Greg
076 Tom
074 Pat
073 Kev
066 Wes

051 Vic
070 Steve

OVERALL POINTS
294 Jeff
286 Homeboy
282 Greg
271 Tom
267 Anne Marie, Kev
263 Harry, Bruce
260 Steve

257 Kevin
238 Wes
231 Vic
226 Pat

MEDAL POINTS
3 Homeboy, Vic, Steve
2 Jeff, Eric, Tom
1 Harry, Greg, Wes
0 Anne Marie, Kev, Bruce, Kevin, Pat

Week II Results

Go Dolphins!  Tragically, I was still beaten by five people.  Homeboy had a particularly strong week; this is usually the weak part of Homeboy's performance.  This could mean that parity in the NFL is down, such that the teams that win early are the teams that are going to keep winning.  Alternatively, this could just be one of those things that happens.

..........PICKS:
13-3 Steve (Gold), Tom (Silver), Wes (Bronze)
12-4 Jeff, Bruce, Harry, Homeboy
11-5 Greg, Eric
10-6 Kev, Anne Marie, Pat, Kevin
09-7 Vic

......OVERALL PICKS
24-08 Jeff
23.9-08.1 ALL TIME RECORD pace
23-09 Wes, Greg, Tom
22-10 Harry
21-11 Kev, Vic, Homeboy

20-12 Anne Marie, Steve, Bruce
19-13 Eric
18-14 Kevin
17-15 Pat

 .........POINTS
116 Steve
113 Greg
111 Jeff
107 Tom
106 Wes
104 Bruce
100 Kev
094 Harry
091 Anne Marie, Eric
086 Pat
085 Kevin
073 Vic




......OVERALL POINTS
211 Jeff
205 Greg
195 Tom
194 Kev
190 Steve
181 Harry
180 Vic
179 Anne Marie
178 Bruce
172 Wes
168 Eric, Kevin
166 Homeboy
152 Pat

......MEDAL POINTS
3 Vic, Steve
2 Jeff, Tom
1 Greg, Wes
0 Kev, Anne Marie, Harry, Homeboy, Kevin, Eric, Bruce, Pat

The Week III Ballot has been sent out.  Please send it back before the Chiefs-Eagles game on Thursday night (which should be much more exciting than I thought it would be a month ago), or you could at least send in your pick and number, and get the rest in before Sunday noon (EDT).  Beat Homeboy!  Go Humans!

Week 2 Drama!

.....This week saw a lot less division than the first week.

JETS@PATRIOTS Only Anne Marie picked the JETS; it was only 13-10, but you would not guess that from the picks
RAMS @ FALCONS No one picked the RAMS
CHARGERS @ EAGLES No one picked the CHARGERS
COWBOYS (Harry, Anne Marie, Eric, Greg, Tom Kevin) @ CHIEFS (Kev, Steve, Pat, Wes, Vic, Jeff, Bruce)
DOLPHINS @ COLTS Only Harry picked teh Dolphins.  It could hapen!
TITANS @ TEXANS No one picked the TITANS
REDSKINS @ PACKERS No one picked the REDSKINS
BROWNS @ RAVENS No one picked the Browns
PANTHERS (Kev, Steve, Vic) @ BILLS (the rest)
VIKINGS @ BEARS (Only Vic picked the Vikings ... aw, geez, not again ...)
SAINTS @ BUCCANEERS (Only Vic picked the Bucs)
LIONS (Harry, Anne Marie, Kev, Pat, Eric, Greg, Jeff, Kevin, Bruce) @ CARDINALS (Steve, Wes, Vic, Tom)
JAGUARS @ RAIDERS Only Kev and Pat picked the Jaguars
BRONCOS @ GIANTS Only Kevin picked the Giants
49ERS @ SEAHAWKS Steve, Eric, and Tom picked the Seahawks
STEELERS @ BENGALS Pat, Eric, and Vic picked the Steelers

Week 1 Results!

Well, I want to get this up and going as soon as possible both because there is a game Thursday night, and so I don't have Vic posting "Where are the results, huh? Where are the results?"  :)

  Vic won both of his bold picks, so that went well for him.  Here are the results:

..........PICKS:
12-4 Vic (Gold), Jeff (Silver), Greg (Bronze)
11-5 Kev
10-6 Anne Marie, Tom, Harry, Wes
09-7 Homeboy
08-8 Kevin, Eric, Bruce
07-9 Steve, Pat

.........POINTS
107 Vic
100 Jeff
094 Kev
092 Greg
088 Anne Marie, Tom
087 Harry
083 Kevin
079 Homeboy
077 Eric
074 Bruce, Steve
066 Wes, Pat

......MEDAL POINTS
3 Vic
2 Jeff
1 Greg
0 Kev, Anne Marie, Tom, Harry, Wes, Homeboy, Kevin, Eric, Bruce, Steve, Pat

The Week II Ballot has been sent out.  Please send it back before the Patriots-Jets game on Thursday night, or you could at least send in your Pats-Jets pick and number, and get the rest in before Sunday noon (EDT).  These early weeks (after Week I) are the best chance to get a bit of a lead on Homeboy, as hopefully human reason can outperform a formulation based on one game.  Go Humans!

What Monday Means ...

First, let us pause and wonder how the Giants played so horribly last night.


Moving on, everyone picked the Texans tonight, and only Vic picked the Eagles. 

If the Redskins win, the top four slots (out of 14, with 13 actual humans) will be Jeff (Gold), Greg (Silver), Kev (Bronze), and Anne Marie.

If the Washington-Philly game goes the way the other "only Vic picked ..." game went, the top four will be VIc (Gold), Jeff (Silver), Greg (Bronze), and Kev.  What a difference that one pick will make!

  

Week 1 Drama

So, as we are watching football today, you may wonder, "I can track how I did, but how is everyone else doing?"  Here's how.

RAVENS @ BRONCOS:  This was a really hard pick for me to make.  Few people put any confidence in this game at all, and yet everybody except Pat picked the Broncos.  Pat, that "wah, wah waaaaah" sound that you are hearing in your head in perfectly normal.

Nobody picked the CHARGERS over the TEXANS or the BILLS over the PATRIOTS, no real surprise.

TITANS  @ STEELERS: Only Vic picked the Titans
FALCONS @ SAINTS: Kev, Pat, Vic, Jeff and Tom pick the Saints.
BUCCANEERS @ JETS: Only Harry picked the Jets.
CHIEFS @ JAGUARS: Harry, Anne Marie, Eric, and Kevin picked the Jaguars
SEAHAWKS @ PANTHERS:  Pat, Wes, and Tom picked the Panthers
BENGALS @ BEARS: Steve, Vic, Tom, Kevin, and Bruce picked the Bengals
DOLPHINS @ BROWNS: Pat, Jeff, Tom, and Kevin picked the Browns
VIKINGS (Harry, Kev, Steve, Pat, Eric, Bruce) LIONS (Anne Marie, Wes, Vic, Greg, Jeff, Tom, Kevin)
RAIDERS @ COLTS: Only Vic picked the Raiders
PACKERS @ 49ERS: Only Steve, Pat, and Eric picked the Pack
CARDINALS @ RAMS: Only Pat, Kevin and Bruce picked the Cardinals
EAGLES @ REDSKINS: Only Vic picked the Eagles.

Harry's Football Challenge

.....I started this (in 1989) because I found my interest in NFL football dragging a bit in the season when my preferred team would be eliminated from the playoffs (Hey!  They went 7-9 last year!), and because I like games, and I like setting up games where I can participate.  I keep doing this because I really don't like how fantasy football is all about the superstar.  The teams, records, etc., don't mean a darn thing.  So this game allows me to use my drinking a beer, eating some chili football watching to lead to being able to test your wits against others.

.....Each week, I'll send out a ballot.  The ballot scores all the games that had not started when the ballot was sent out.  (For example, if a ballot came in on Sunday morning, September 8th, I'd count everything *but* the Thursday game.)  Here is how the ballot works:

.....I send out the ballot in Excel.  This is the first week's ballot.  In the "team" column, pick the one- or two-letter for the team you think will win.  (Why two letters?  Twice each year, for example, the Bengals play the Browns, and the Chargers play the Chiefs, etc.)  In the second column, list your confidence from 1 ("There is no way this team can lose!") to 16 (or 13, or 14, depending on the week) ("Does anybody know a drunken monkey with a dartboard?")

.....As an example, there is an automated player, HOMEBOY.  HOMEBOY always picks the team with the best record; in the case of a tie, HOMEBOY picks the home team.  (Week 1 HOMEBOY uses last season's records.)  There is great shame in getting beaten by HOMEBOY.

.....There are three ways in which scores are kept:

1. Right-wrong record.  Lat year, my old buddy in Florida, Steve, won, going 171-85.  The best record ever was put up by my Dad of 191-65.

2. Points.  If the team you picked as choice #1 wins (in a week with 16 games), you get 16 points.  If your #2 team wins, you get 15 points, and if your last pick team wins, you get 1 point.  Last year Steve won that, too, with 1401 total points.

3. Winning weeks.  Each week, the person with the best R/W score (using points as a tie-breaker) gets 3 medal points.  The person with the second-best score gets 2, and the person with the third-best score gets 1.  I added this one to give people who might feel that they are two far behind to win in one of the other ways a reason to keep playing into December.  Although last year Steve won that, too, with 14 points.  Honestly, the Triple Crown is not all that common.)

HOMEBOY's rules:
  Picks: Homeboy picks the team with the better record.  In the case of even records, HOMEBOY picks the home team.  In the late season, Homeboy can go 10-6 or better consistently, although in more recent seasons, the practice of phoning-it-in for the last couple games for teams with playoff spots locked down can hurt HOMEBOY.

  Ranking:  HOMEBOY's ranking is determined by how much better one team's record is than another.  For example. the Colts won eleven more games last year than the Raiders, so HOMEBOY is confident that the Colts will crush the Raiders next week.  In the case of two games with teams separated by the same number of games, HOMEBOY favors the game in which the prefered team is playing at home.  If there are still games in which the teams are separated by the same number of points, homeboy scores teams with better records more highly, on the basis that they should be more consistent.  (Homeboy has more confidence in the Falcons (13-3) beating the Saints (7-9) than in the Patriots (12-4) beating the Bills (6-10).)  After that, I use the randomize function in Excel.

  Questions?