Week 13 NFL Picks

2006-12-02 Thread John D. Giorgis
Sorry to be a little late this week.. Baltimore at Cincinnati - You'll have to take my word that I registered this pick before the game, but with the Bengals at home, on the brink of playoff elimination, and a killer schedule ahead, this was a must-win game in comparison to a Ravens team that

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2004-12-07 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 12:06:46AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 06:10:47PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: I'm just curious, but what exactly is the nature of your benchmark? The parimutuel market, of course.

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2004-12-06 Thread Erik Reuter
Checking in on the results A correct pick gets +1, an incorrect pick gets -1, and an abstain is 0 (just like you bet $1 at even odds on each of the picks). So, here is the benchmark for this week: FAVORITE: -1 Baltimore +1 Buffalo +1 Detroit +1 Indianapolis -1 Minnesota +1 New

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2004-12-06 Thread Robert Seeberger
Erik Reuter wrote: Checking in on the results A correct pick gets +1, an incorrect pick gets -1, and an abstain is 0 (just like you bet $1 at even odds on each of the picks). So, here is the benchmark for this week: I'm just curious, but what exactly is the nature of your benchmark?

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2004-12-06 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 06:10:47PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: I'm just curious, but what exactly is the nature of your benchmark? The parimutuel market, of course. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

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2004-12-06 Thread Julia Thompson
On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 06:10:47PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: I'm just curious, but what exactly is the nature of your benchmark? The parimutuel market, of course. Where do you get the information? 5 years ago, the local paper printed it,

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2004-12-05 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 10:22 AM 12/4/2004 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: At 09:54 AM 12/4/2004 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: Just for the record, I have no idea how I did last week. :) You went 12-4 not bad! JDG John D. Giorgis -

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2004-12-05 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, John D. Giorgis wrote: At 10:22 AM 12/4/2004 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: At 09:54 AM 12/4/2004 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: Just for the record, I have no idea how I did last week. :) You went 12-4 not bad! Yeah, well, so far, I'm 6-8. Over dinner, I said

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2004-12-05 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, John D. Giorgis wrote: At 10:22 AM 12/4/2004 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: At 09:54 AM 12/4/2004 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: Just for the record, I have no idea how I did last week. :) You went 12-4 not bad!

Week 13 NFL Picks

2004-12-04 Thread John D. Giorgis
Another solid effort last week at 11-5, bringing me to 100-76 for the year. Last week I eschewed my own Buffalo Bills and went with the inept Baltimore Ravens in the Buffalo Specials, and the Upset Special ineptly fell to 5-7. Carolina at New Orleans - The Saints actually played some inspired

Re: Week 13 NFL Picks

2004-12-04 Thread Erik Reuter
I've been seeing these posts for a while, and it seems to me if you are going to the trouble of making the picks, you should compare your results to an appropriate benchmark or what's the point? So, here is the benchmark for this week: FAVORITE: Baltimore Buffalo Detroit

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2004-12-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Just for the record, I have no idea how I did last week. :) On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, John D. Giorgis wrote: Carolina at New Orleans - Pick: SAINTS Saints. Houston at NY Jets - Pick: JETS Texans. Minnesota at Chicago - Pick: VIKINGS Vikings. New England at Cleveland - Pick: PATRIOTS

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2004-12-04 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 09:54 AM 12/4/2004 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: Just for the record, I have no idea how I did last week. :) What's up with picking the Dolphins!?!?!Hm.. ? Anyhow, it seems like there oddly isn't that much difference this week. so maybe we'll both be happy JDG

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2004-12-04 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, John D. Giorgis wrote: At 09:54 AM 12/4/2004 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: Just for the record, I have no idea how I did last week. :) What's up with picking the Dolphins!?!?!Hm.. ? Well, I'm just picking on which team I'd prefer to win. Why I pick the

Week 13 NFL Picks

2003-11-29 Thread J.D. Giorgis
On Thanksgiving Day I took Green Bay and Miami, and surprisingly went 1-1 in this .500 kind of year for me. Arizona at Chicago - The story of the Cardinals this year has been surprising people at home and getting blown out on the road. Pick: BEARS New England at Indianpolis - Bill Belichick,

Dallas game and Thanksgiving Re: Week 13 NFL Picks

2003-11-29 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, J.D. Giorgis wrote: On Thanksgiving Day I took Green Bay and Miami, and surprisingly went 1-1 in this .500 kind of year for me. That Dallas game was painful to watch here in Austin. (Not that I'm in Austin right now, but I was watching the game there, anyway) We