i don't do college football predictions, because i don't know enough about it. But since i've had such luck with the pros this year, and since all you people seem to want to talk about is college ball, here goes.

The Big Game: Cal is favored by seven. The Bears will crush Stanford by fourteen.

Alabama vs. Auburn: i love Auburn. Defense appears to be their weak spot, but i expect them to get the W, if not cover their seven point spread. Alabama will then drop in the BCS, opening a post season bowl spot for the undeserving Ducks.

Syracuse vs. Notre Dame: Just because i'm Catholic, do i have to root for Notre Dame? i don't think so. i read a spirited defense of ND's number 6 ranking, but i'm not buying it. One close game against SC doesn't convince me that they're better than Ohio State, for instance. On the other hand, i've always had this unreasonable dislike for Syracuse. i don't know why. It may have something to do with a tournament pool i lost a few years back, thanks to them. The Green will trounce the Orangemen.

The Ohio State University vs. Michigan: The hidden offense will be revealed, just in time. OSU by a TD.

Southern Cal vs. Fresno State: Looking at Fresno's mascot, i'm wondering whether John Thompson should be their coach. Talk about over-rated. Who have they beaten this year? Carroll and Leinart will embarrass the Hoyas by at least three touchdowns. No, make it four.

Penn State vs. Michigan State: Penn State is back, baby. i can't understand why they're only 7 point favorites over the 5-5 Spartans. i'd spot Michigan State at least 17.

The Civil War: Since 1997, the winner of this rivalry has alternated between Oregon and Oregon State every year. It's the Duck's turn this year. Ducks by seven with their quarterback platoon.

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Today, a little Sandburg, from 1920.

The Lawyers Know Too Much
 
The lawyers, Bob, know too much.
They are chums of the books of old John Marshall.
They know it all, what a dead hand Wrote,
A stiff dead hand and its knuckles crumbling,
The bones of the fingers a thin white ash

    The lawyers know
      a dead man’s thoughts too well.
 
In the heels of the higgling lawyers, Bob,
Too many slippery ifs and buts and howevers,
Too much hereinbefore provided whereas,

Too many doors to go in and out of.
 
    When the lawyers are through
    What is there left, Bob?
    Can a mouse nibble at it
    And find enough to fasten a tooth in?
 
    Why is there always a secret singing
    When a lawyer cashes in?
    Why does a hearse horse snicker
    Hauling a lawyer away?
 
The work of a bricklayer goes to the blue.

The knack of a mason outlasts a moon.
The hands of a plasterer hold a room together.
The land of a farmer wishes him back again.
    Singers of songs and dreamers of plays
    Build a house no wind blows over.

The lawyers—tell me why a hearse horse snickers hauling a lawyer’s bones.

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So the Clippers are 6 and 2, and number one in the West? Don't worry, the planets are not out of orbit. The Dodgers had a great start this year too.

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What's the spread? i don't know. Oh well. Phillies vs. Cowboys. The Cowboys will win.

Update The Phillies are favored by three at game time. i stand by my prediction. Of course now that it's already 7 to nothing, i'm starting to second guess myself.

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1 wtf?

Posted by: d-rod at November 14, 2005 07:37 PM (1Skit)

2 I need a favor: whenever the Seahawks play...um, anybody, pick them to lose, would ya? Seriously, I picked the Eagles to lose, too. Who'da thunk it, eh?

Posted by: Stevin at November 14, 2005 09:03 PM (LfL8N)

3 I'm sure that you're right, and anyone who thinks differently deserves exactly what they may get... NUTHIN'!

Posted by: Casca at November 14, 2005 09:35 PM (qBTBH)

4 All your readers should be voting for you in this poll: http://aarons.cc/2005/11/11/deck-o-bloggers-2005-hearts-voting-open/

Posted by: dawn summers at November 14, 2005 10:57 PM (FrOrQ)

5 That's a sweet comment Dawn. I don't care what Karol says about you anymore.

Posted by: d-rod at November 14, 2005 11:25 PM (W8uIM)

6 Cowboys Come Back in Thriller The Cowboys are dominated for much of the game, but they stun the Eagles with a late rally. Dallas strikes for touchdowns on both offense and defense in 25 seconds to steal a 21-20 road victory. OK, Annie, the only mistake you made tonight was to doubt your own superiority and infallability. Of course, it took and offensive and defensive TD in 25 seconds to make it a reality, but as we say...there are no pictures in the score book.

Posted by: shelly at November 14, 2005 11:29 PM (6mUkl)

7 Well, they didn''t beat the pitiful spread. Infallable? Not.

Posted by: d-rod at November 14, 2005 11:37 PM (W8uIM)

8 I could not stay up long enough to watch the end. they start those things too late for the east coast and central time zones. Besides I have to get up at 5:00 every morning. Damm, I fell like such an old man at times.

Posted by: kyle at November 15, 2005 04:30 AM (iH+PC)

9 d-rod, you stay out of football as well. The Cowboys were an UNDERDOG. As my grandson says, "Annika rules, d-rod drools".

Posted by: shelly at November 15, 2005 07:49 AM (6mUkl)

10 Dang. okay, annika is awesome.

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Rather than legislate a blanket prohibition on all "cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment," (which in many cases can be quite useful, not to mention fun*), i propose the following, more simple compromise amendment:

SEC. __. UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR THE INTERROGATION OF PERSONS UNDER THE DETENTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) IN GENERAL - All persons within the custody or under the effective control of the Department of Defense or under detention in a Department of Defense facility shall be subject to any treatment or technique of interrogation that works.

(b) LIMITATIONS - But whatever you decide to do, for God's sakes, don't film it!

* Lighten up. i said "not to mention," didn't i?

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1 Actually, every bit of it should be filmed, and every bit of information regarding detainees should be classified. It's that simple. BTW, is Cal really an 18.5 pt punk to USC? I'm thinking that it's a lot closer.

Posted by: Casca at November 11, 2005 10:30 AM (qBTBH)

2 Very funny, as usual. My thoughts on the role of the pardon power in any extreme interrogation methods: http://www.affbrainwash.com/chrisroach/archives/020509.php

Posted by: Roach at November 11, 2005 04:49 PM (MRlvg)

3 There is one cruel and inhumane interrogation technique which always works and has not (as for as I know) been banned by international tribunal. Put the detainees in a room and play nonstop Yoko Ono! (but you have to tie them up so they do not puncture their own eardrums.)

Posted by: Kyle N at November 11, 2005 07:48 PM (F0Eov)

4 C'mon Casca, stick to SCOTUS and Big 10 stuff and lay off the big leagues. Pac 10 is way too complicated for guys from Columbus. Cal has a second string QB and is scrappy, but thin. USC has a way of looking for payback; guess who the last team to beat them was, and where, in a huge upset as well? Look for this Trojan team to once again explain to the liberals from Sather Gate just how they feel about their last visit to Strawberry Canyon. USC 50+, Cal less than 20.

Posted by: shelly at November 12, 2005 10:10 AM (6mUkl)

5 LMAO, I KNOW what YOU think. I wanted to hear from the scandinavian blond. I'm watching Ohio State v Northwestern on Gameplan broadband. The resolution sucks! Next week, for the first time in forever, the dykes who now run ABC sports have decided that Ohio State v Michigan is unworthy of a national broadcast... amazing.

Posted by: Casca at November 12, 2005 12:01 PM (qBTBH)

6 For the uninformed amongst you, Keith Jackson is a puss-filled, ass-sucking whore, as are most of the PAC-10 officials who will do anything to keep another team from contending against USC. In one series, one sees a penalty called where there is none, and a TD called where there is none.

Posted by: Casca at November 12, 2005 02:42 PM (qBTBH)

7 So much for Mighty Alabama and their pretentions. Looks like its Texas vrs USC. and I am gald it worked out that way because, Honestly I think Texas is the only team with a chance of beating USC.

Posted by: Kyle N at November 12, 2005 06:40 PM (o5q9S)

8 Nah Kyle, there are several, it just needs to be one with a real defense, ND with a punk defense proved that, and a straight officiating crew, if there is one... fucking lawyers! Ought to mean instant disqualification for the job.

Posted by: Casca at November 12, 2005 07:20 PM (qBTBH)

9 Or, if you must film it, just edit the end of a Kerry-Edwards campaign commercial to it, so the last thing you hear after seeing the torture is "I'm John Kerry, and I approve this message."

Posted by: Eric Kephas at November 13, 2005 02:28 AM (ZRjA4)

10 OK Casca, I hope you reconsidered and did not part with your ill gotten money to back a bunch of weenies from Sather Gate. Even if you did, I figure you got it back while the Buckeyes continued to hide their offense. Did a great job of hiding the plays this time, huh? Too bad you guys blew it against Penn State; can't believe you guys actually lost that game, especially without Pac 10 officiating. Texas will not beat USC. It will be a shoot out, but SC's offense is virtually unstoppable, and they will simply outscore the horns and wear them down. The Rose Bowl is not our home field, but it is close enough for government work, and the place will be full of cardinal and gold, and not too much burnt orange. I hope OSU enjoys it in Hawaii.

Posted by: shelly at November 13, 2005 07:52 AM (6mUkl)

11 You old fuck, I'm not stupid enough to bet on Cal. It's not just PAC 10 officials who are corrupt either. There are at least several in the Big 10, and while PAC 10 officials are almost uniformly corrupt, Big 10 officials are almost uniformly incompetent. The requirements for officials should be; nobody over forty, nobody who wasn't a starter in the league for at least a year, and no lawyers. As you know, it's impossible not to destroy a team that is self-destructiing, and that's what NW did yesterday. After the blocked punt, they collective stood there and pissed their pants until it was over. Penn State won because Troy Smith can't pass read, and threw an interception that gave the ball to PSU on the OSU 2 yard line, leading to the margin of victory score. Unless Penn State falls to MSU, which is possible, although a longshot. Remember MSU beat ND. Ohio State and ND will get the at-large bids and go to the Fiesta Bowl. There's just too much money to be made off of all those Buckeye and Irish fans. Plus, it'll be a great game.

Posted by: Casca at November 13, 2005 09:02 AM (qBTBH)

12 This might be the best bowl season in a long time. One of the funniest things is that Spurrier actualy has a chance to win the SEC with the lowly Cocks. Spurrier is the best, nastiest, craftiest college coach ever.

Posted by: Kyle N at November 13, 2005 09:49 AM (6ngro)

13 Spurrier the best, ever? Well, ever hear of Knute Rockne, Red Blaik, John McKay, John Robinson, Howard Jones, Red Sanders, Pete Carroll, Ara Parsegian, Bear Bryant, Woody Hayes...just to name a few of the hacks that he is better than. NOT. Kyle, history is a great subject; learn it, or be doomed by it. (Apologies to Santayana)

Posted by: shelly at November 13, 2005 08:31 PM (6mUkl)

14 Shelly you are the one who needs to read. I said he was the NASTIEST, CRAFTIEST best coach. And I stand by that.

Posted by: kyle at November 14, 2005 04:14 AM (b7UTw)

15 Casca - Think other at large will go to either SEC # 2 or PAC-10 # 2. Ohio State ends up in the Capital One, assuming PSU and OSU win out. Well, if crafty means going to Washington, DC, screwing up a NFL team, and walking away with $15M, then Spurrier is all that. Hope McCain will define "degrading" because wading through the various references to find a definition is a mindnumbing endeavor. Article 16 Each State Party shall undertake to prevent in any territory under its jurisdiction other acts of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment which do not amount to torture as defined in article 1, when such acts are committed by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity

Posted by: Col Steve at November 14, 2005 11:14 AM (NvUmm)

16 Kyle, I know how to read; I even know how to parse. Try parsing your sentence. Clearly, you did not write what you meant to say. Give it a rest; Spurrier is probably a flash in the pan. Certainly, in my mind, he cannot shine the shoes of the men I listed. I didn't include Shula, Lombardi or Landry, or George Allen or a passel of others due to the fact that you said college and I understood that part of it. But, if he keeps whipping the pussies at OSU, I may add Paterno...

Posted by: shelly at November 14, 2005 04:17 PM (6mUkl)

17 One more inhumane act is to have 15 posts on American football...now that is torture!

Posted by: NOTR at November 14, 2005 06:54 PM (izx0t)

18 And then I'll know that you've taken up the pipe and joined the crackheads on the palisades.

Posted by: Casca at November 14, 2005 07:54 PM (qBTBH)

19 I said, he has to keep beating the pussies at OSU. I guess, as long as they hide their offense, anything is possible. Carroll, on the other hand, just says that we are going around your right end; try and stop us... The pipes are in Venice, not the Palisades.

Posted by: shelly at November 14, 2005 11:42 PM (6mUkl)

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A Happy Veteran's Day thank you to all veterans! And a belated Happy Birthday to the U.S.M.C.!

Check out Blackfive today. Uncle Jimbo has a great post. And contribute to Project Valour IT.

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i have been frustrated with the comments being down, too. For some reason, the whole of Munuviana has been hit hard recently. Pixy is on it, as he always is, but as you know he's only one man. Superhuman yes, but still only one man. Here's some interesting facts that might shed light on things or at least help us all to be patient:

We got 1.3 million trackbacks over the past 30 days, and 550,000 comments. About 99.8% of trackbacks and over 90% of comments were spam. Over 99% of the spam got blocked, but that still left a lot of cleaning up.

. . .

Massive amounts of comment spam coming in right now - several thousand a minute. Busy upgrading Fluffy's armament. Back soon.

Ugh. Seriously ugh. We're talking over a hundred comments a second here.

Update: New super doom-Fluffy installed. We'll see how we go with that.

Update update: 75,000 80,000 85,000 spams from a single source in under 90 minutes. It would have been more than that except that the server ground to a halt under the load. It's sped up significantly now that it's all being blocked immediately.

Update update update: Out of 90,000 95,000 spams, four actually got through. Congrats to Ted, Linda, Daniel and Lawren, who won the prize.

Update^4: 100,000! It's now 104 minutes since the flood started

Update^5: Looks like it's leveled off at a steady 1500 spams a minute. I wonder how long they'll keep up this futile exercise?

Update^6: Just past the two hour mark and it seems to have stopped. 123,111 spam attempts, four of which got through, for a success rate of 0.00324%. I shall now delete those four spams... And done.

. . .

We have to move off Movable Type; we have no choice in the matter. However, no-one will be forced off MT before they're ready. The new servers will be able to cope with the existing users just fine; the problem is that further growth will bring serious problems. We're already the largest MT installation in the world, and worse, we are stuck on version 2.6 due to licensing issues.

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1 This is precisely the reason I moved platforms. When I realized that every morning I was waking up to stave off a new spam attack--and that if I didn't do it, the spammers were able to take down the server every morning--I realized that I simply couldn't stay with MT. As much as I had enjoyed the ride, I hated having to spend so much time fighting the spammers.

Posted by: zombyboy at November 10, 2005 09:59 AM (1yNBe)

2 Yes. Come over to the dark side of WordPress.

Posted by: Robbie at November 10, 2005 12:50 PM (lbWbV)

3 Ordinarily, I would think of a male named "Pixy" as being more well versed in show-tunes than in being a Warrior King, I have to give him credit there.

Posted by: skippystalin at November 10, 2005 04:21 PM (ohSFF)

4 As you know, Annie, someof the other blogs have these weird distorted letters you have to match before it will allow a comment to be sent. I think that effectively blocks the spammers.... Maybe they should use that system???

Posted by: shelly at November 10, 2005 04:40 PM (6mUkl)

5 One advantage annika has in Munuvia is everything is free. Server space, tech support...all kindsa shit. It's perfect for a starving law student: No money down, no montly payment...heck, tell me who couldn't afford that!

Posted by: Victor at November 10, 2005 05:33 PM (l+W8Z)

6 Definitely can't beat free. I believe the tool shelly is referring to is called 'captcha,' where you have to type in a random combination of a word and numbers. I've heard other bloggers say it's highly effective; but I've only seen that on Expression Engine blogs...

Posted by: Amy Bo Bamy at November 11, 2005 07:31 AM (Wz2Gp)

7 I stand corrected; the captcha tool is also available from Pmachine Pro...

Posted by: Amy Bo Bamy at November 11, 2005 07:33 AM (Wz2Gp)

8 Of course, pMachine and EE are from the same company. We use EE, and the captcha thing really does work. Comment spam went from ten or twenty a day to zero immediately. Then, the trackback spam started...

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Or, yesterday, rather:

For several years, these people have been testing the water, trying to gauge the size of the lies they can get away with. Unsurprisingly, they’ve come to realize that, if they all simply insist on the “truthfulness” of a given lie of their own creation and marketing, that little piece of the greater war narrative will, with the help of a compliant media, slowly ossify into “fact”—or at the very least, will dig beneath the skin of settled history and fester there, constantly picked at by the conspiracy theorists and fantasists who stroke their own egos by pretending to know more than the surface reveals.

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"Intellectually" Intelligent You're 'Intellectually Intelligent.' That pretty much means that you're good with theoretical ideas and concepts - but this comes to you naturally. More or less, you're a natural brainiac. Good for you. 40% theoretical intelligence 40% natural intelligence

Take this quiz at QuizGalaxy.com

via Kitty.

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Tony Blair's days as PM are numbered?

(You might say that. i couldn't possibly comment.)

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JCrue has pictures of the new distinguished Marines stamps. Nice.

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Again, from Willliam Carlos Williams:

To A Solitary Disciple

Rather notice, mon cher,
that the moon is
tilted above
the point of the steeple
than that its color
is shell-pink.

Rather observe
that it is early morning
than that the sky
is smooth
as a turquoise.

Rather grasp
how the dark
converging lines
of the steeple
meet at a pinnacle—
perceive how
its little ornament
tries to stop them—

See how it fails!
See how the converging lines
of the hexagonal spire
escape upward—
receding, dividing!
—sepals
that guard and contain
the flower!

Observe
how motionless
the eaten moon
lies in the protecting lines.

It is true:
in the light colors
of the morning
brown-stone and slate
shine orange and dark blue

But observe
the oppressive weight
of the squat edifice!
Observe
the jasmine lightness
of the moon.

Optimism?

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Everything lost.

It's easy to blame the lying public employee unions, and to feel discouraged about the future of democracy. i do. But those feelings will pass, because i know the main reason Californians voted for the status quo yesterday.

Californians, like most of the country, are very pissed off at their government for various, often opposing, reasons. So when you have a bunch of propositions that are intended to improve things and change the status quo, but you introduce them into a climate of voter dissatisfaction, it's very hard to expect people to vote "yes" on anything. The "no" is their way of saying "we don't like things the way they are."

Remember, the recall election was itself a "no" vote.

Add to that, the legions of well-funded and motivated, goose-stepping union members who were certain to get out their own vote yesterday, and you see why the reform measures had no chance.

Oh, and San Francisco voted yesterday to invite gun-toting outlaws to visit the city, stay a while, and while they're there why not rape rob or kill a San Franciscan for added fun and profit.

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i know everybody's been pimping the 2002 Thomas Dalrymple article on the Parisian suburbs. i found it via A Nation Of Riflemen. If you haven't yet read it, believe the hype. It's one of the most interesting things i've read all year.

Kevin Kim links to it too. But Kevin has much more on the riots, including English translations of some French sources i had seen elsewhere. Not knowing French, i'm thankful to Kevin for doing the work. Just keep scrolling down on his blog. He'll like that.

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Stacy at Not A Desperate Housewife did a beautiful job on today's Veteran's day theme Cotillion Ball. Please go check it out.

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AP's report about today's Tennessee school shooting contains an unusual choice of quotes in the third paragraph, as printed in this ABC News post.

The motive for the shooting at Campbell County High School, 30 miles from Knoxville, was not immediately known, Sheriff Ron McClellan told WVLT-TV.

'We don'a0644t [sic] know yet. I have the individual at the hospital,' McClellan said. 'These men are all fine Christian men, and I am at a loss for words.'

But i find it interesting that AP seems to take special care to identify the religion of this particular murderer at the top of the story, when i usually have to read to the end of a typical AP story on terrorism to find out that kind of information -- if they disclose it at all.

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If you are a Californian, you must vote today. The special election is the difference between changing things or giving up. Don't you give up. Vote for change. Unless of course, you like things the way they are in CA.

The cool thing is, if you haven't studied the propositions, don't worry. Just vote like i did.

Proposition 73: YES.

Proposition 74: YES.

Proposition 75: YES.

Proposition 76: YES.

Proposition 77: YES.

Proposition 78: YES.

Proposition 79: NO.

Proposition 80: NO.

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The mahi-mahi fish is also called the dolphin fish. (It's fun to watch people freak out when i tell them i've eaten dolphin meat.)

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It amazes me that after eleven days of rioting, the French have not yet called out the military or instituted a curfew. Isn't that riot control 101? i mean at some point, you gotta do something, don't you. What are they doing over there? Sheesh, Mike Brown could have done a better job than Chirac and Villepin are doing.

Update: i have two more semi-facetious observations. First, it's a measure of how much things have changed in Europe, that the German government is actually advising their citizens to "be careful" about traveling to France. Come on guys. Now is the perfect time to strike! Whatever happened to "Let the last man on the right brush the channel with his sleeve?"

Second, a lot of people are saying it's poverty that's causing these riots. So maybe France isn't socialist enough. Taking that line of thought to its logical conclusion, i'd have to agree. If France were a full blown Communist dictatorship, you can bet these riots would have stopped soon after the first rock was thrown. Just ask any Czech or Hungarian of a certain age.

Update 2: Read Sarah's personal experiences living in one of the Parisian "suburbs."

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Colts vs. Patriots, at Foxboro. Indianapolis is 7 and 0 this season, but they've only played one team with a winning record. They're soft and they've lost to New England the last six times they've met. You could say that Indy is due for a win against the Pats. But you could also say that Indy is due for a loss this season. The law of averages cancels itself out. New England has had a much tougher schedule, and they seem to have been reborn with Bruschi's return last week.

Indy is favored by 4 points. i really think it will be a close game, so i'm taking Indy [New England] and the points.

Update: Okay, i'm an idiot. That was a typo, obviously i meant to say New England up there.

Update 2: i'm now 2 and 5. That's a .286 winning percentage, which is better than the Jets, the Ravens, the Titans, the Texans, the Packers, the Saints, the Cards, and the Niners. Plus, i'm cuter.

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1 Bruschi's a beast, singlehandedly he will destroy the Colts, taking inspiration from his alma mater which two days prior laid the smack down on the #7, formerly underfeated, UCLA bruins. Colts manage 16 points before limping home.

Posted by: Scof at November 07, 2005 08:38 AM (tzeux)

2 I think you get hurt (again) on this one. The Colts are due for one allright. Another ass whuppin by the Pats and Co. led by the most brilliant active football coaching mind in the game. PATS 28 - COLTS 10

Posted by: americancrier at November 07, 2005 09:28 AM (tKVmW)

3 "Indy is favored by 4 points. I really think it will be a close game, so i'm taking Indy and the points." Let's see, you are taking Indy AND the points. How do I get the name of your bookie? Last time I looked, when a team is favored, you LAY the points, not TAKE them. I guesss I took the wrong classes at PSU.

Posted by: shelly at November 07, 2005 02:42 PM (6mUkl)

4 i don't have a dog in this hunt. But I think Indy will probably win due to the way they have been kicking ass so far. BTW Eli is a better QB than his brother.

Posted by: Kyle N at November 07, 2005 04:32 PM (DDcxw)

5 Crap. Obviously, that's a typo. i'm taking NE and the points.

Posted by: annika at November 07, 2005 05:13 PM (zAOEU)

6 I think you chose the right team the first time.

Posted by: Casca at November 07, 2005 06:15 PM (qBTBH)

7 About. Damn. TIIIIME! Jeez... us Indy fans've been bloody waiting for YEARS for a win over the Pats. Damn, they're a good team! Sheesh! 'Scuse me... flung that blasted simian off our collective backs onto the ground... now gonna go join in the mutual monkey stompage. Involves copious amounts of beer. And it's after midnight here in Indiana, and I gotta work in the mornin'... thank God for sick days Damn good Pats team... they fight, even when they're down. Gotta hand it to them. Finally!

Posted by: E.M.H. at November 07, 2005 09:19 PM (Ynd4F)

8 Like I said, Annie, you and Casca need to stick to SCOTUS picking or something a little more esoteric; football is definitely not your thing. Me, I gave up trying to bet the Pro's years ago. My daddy tole me never to bet on anything that can talk, or is controlled by anything that can talk. I just root for my favorite team, that is, whoever the Raiders are playing that week.

Posted by: shelly at November 07, 2005 10:55 PM (6mUkl)

9 Don't make me have to get out the whoop-ass, shelly.

Posted by: d-rod at November 07, 2005 11:44 PM (kWaTj)

10 Aw c'mon d, he's old, drooling, senile, and his stream is weak.

Posted by: Casca at November 08, 2005 06:22 PM (qBTBH)

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