Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Week 8 Results

I want to thank Shawn, for running the ATS. I'll be taking over this week.
Now to the winners
Jim A , Brad and Dave all had 9 wins.

Rankings

1st Janet 583%
2nd Any 574% 1gb
3rd Allyson 565% 2gb
4th Shawn and Jim A 546% 4gb
6th Mitch 528% 6gb
7th Jackie and Brad 519% 7gb
9th Joe 509% 8gb
10th Colleen, Rich and Dave 500% 9gb
13th Jim R and Trish 491% 10gb
15th Kassidy 435% 16gb
16th Eric 361% 24gb

Later I'll post some stats but for now, New Eng is the only team to cover every week. their bye week is still to come.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Results

I'll post them tomorrow. I'm running late today.
Hope you like the new look of the ATS site.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Warning

I am not home tomorrow, Shawn is running the ATS this week Call HIM at 415-6410.


Joe

Friday, October 26, 2007

2007 Rankings: Bookend Partners

I found this today and thought I'd post it.

Joe

'07 Rankings: Bookend Partners

By Jason Cole and Charles Robinson
October 23, 2007

The Patriots and Colts' routs kept them in the top two positions, respectively, and moved them one step closer to a battle of unbeatens in Indianapolis on Nov. 4. At the opposite end of the rankings, the Rams and Dolphins look like serious contenders to remain winless this season.

While no one made a major move up in both writers' rankings, the Buccaneers took a fall outside of the "Top 12" after losing to the Lions. And while the Broncos moved closer to the "Top 12" on one side, they remain at the "Bottom of the Pack" by the other writer.

Here are the complete rankings following Week 7 action.

TOP 12

Cole rankings

1.

LW (1)

New England Patriots (7-0)

2.

LW (2)

Indianapolis Colts (6-0)

3.

LW (3)

Dallas Cowboys (6-1)

4.

LW (5)

Jacksonville Jaguars (4-2)

5.

LW (6)

Green Bay Packers (5-1)

6.

LW (9)

Tennessee Titans (4-2)

7.

LW (12)

New York Giants (5-2)

8.

LW (10)

Washington Redskins (4-2)

9.

LW (4)

Pittsburgh Steelers (4-2)

10.

LW (11)

Cleveland Browns (3-3)

11.

LW (13)

Seattle Seahawks (4-3)

12.

LW (15)

Kansas City Chiefs (4-3)

Robinson rankings

1.

LW (1)

New England Patriots

2.

LW (2)

Indianapolis Colts

3.

LW (4)

Green Bay Packers

4.

LW (5)

Dallas Cowboys

5.

LW (3)

Pittsburgh Steelers

6.

LW (8)

New York Giants

7.

LW (9)

Tennessee Titans

8.

LW (6)

Jacksonville Jaguars

9.

LW (10)

San Diego Chargers

10.

LW (12)

Washington Redskins

11.

LW (7)

Baltimore Ravens

12.

LW (13)

Cleveland Browns



Cole: OK, Miami isn't very good, but what New England did to them was absolutely ridiculous in putting up 42 points in the first half. But enough about the latest exploits of the Patriots, who are playing like they're seriously ticked at the league. Can't imagine why. As ludicrous as this sounds, I'm getting the feeling that the Patriots could go undefeated if they really wanted to this season. Then again, they have to deal with Indianapolis on Nov. 4. … As for the rest of the top of the league, you would have gotten some seriously long odds on a parlay from me that Cleveland and Kansas City would have been in the top 10 of the league. Yeah, the Browns are a pretty big reach at No. 10, it's not like anybody else deserves to be there right now. Seattle needs to figure out if it's going to be good or not after a couple of ugly games preceding the victory over St. Louis. … In all, after the top three, this is about as fluid as it gets.

Robinson: This whole idea that the Patriots can't establish the run is a myth. Come playoff time, the triumvirate of Laurence Maroney, Sammy Morris and Kevin Faulk will be just fine. And who needs to establish the run when there isn't a secondary in the league that can hold down your passing game? … One Colt who could really, really hurt New England's defense: Dallas Clark. … Seven games into the season, and Terrell Owens is quietly having one of his most superb seasons. Seriously. As welcome as his good behavior has been this season, it almost seems awkward. … With David Garrard limping, that decision to dump Byron Leftwich and his salary looks like a big mistake. And no, I'll never buy that the Jaguars cut Leftwich because his presence would have undermined Garrard. … The Texans and that struggling defense are on the verge of a serious beat down at the hands of the Chargers. … Raise your hand if you agree with Ray Lewis and the rest of the Baltimore fan base when it comes to Brian Billick's mundane offensive play-calling.


MUDDLED MIDDLE

Cole rankings

13.

LW (7)

Baltimore Ravens (4-3)

14.

LW (16)

San Diego Chargers (3-3)

15.

LW (8)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-3)

16.

LW (14)

San Francisco 49ers (2-4)

17.

LW (18)

Cincinnati Bengals (2-4)

18.

LW (20)

Carolina Panthers (4-2)

19.

LW (24)

New Orleans Saints (2-4)

20.

LW (25)

Chicago Bears (3-4)

21.

LW (26)

Detroit Lions (4-2)

22.

LW (17)

Oakland Raiders (2-4)

Robinson rankings

13.

LW (14)

Denver Broncos

14.

LW (15)

Carolina Panthers

15.

LW (17)

Detroit Lions

16.

LW (16)

Seattle Seahawks

17.

LW (11)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

18.

LW (18)

Kansas City Chiefs

19.

LW (19)

Chicago Bears

20.

LW (20)

Houston Texans

21.

LW (21)

Arizona Cardinals

22.

LW (23)

Cincinnati Bengals



Cole: San Diego is going to creep into the top 12 pretty soon because it has a favorable schedule coming up. … Carolina fans (yeah, the few of you who actually stay for home games) were a bit up in arms about their team being underrated, but it's hard to take any team seriously that has only one legitimate offensive player (wide receiver Steve Smith) and a pair of quarterbacks who are either really bad (David Carr) or really old (Vinny Testaverde). … New Orleans has made a quick rise back to the middle of the pack, but that victory over Atlanta didn't receive any style points. Well, maybe a couple for Reggie Bush on the go-ahead touchdown. Bush showed a lot of determination on a couple of critical plays.

Robinson: Just what the Broncos needed after their biggest win of the season – more drama from Brandon Marshall. Even after teammate Darrent Williams' death, his head still isn't screwed on straight. … At some point, Shaun Alexander has to break out of this funk. Then again, maybe he's showing the typical signs of decline for 30-year old running backs. … Priest Holmes steps back on the field and suddenly people are talking about a running back controversy in Kansas City? Anyone who would take an aging, beat-up Holmes over Larry Johnson needs their head examined. … It can't be a good sign for Bears offensive coordinator Ron Turner that after Brian Griese's headset went out Chicago's offense got exponentially better with Griese calling the plays. … Not to insult Kenny Watson, but at full health, Rudi Johnson is hands down the No. 1 running back in Cincinnati.


BOTTOM OF THE PACK

Cole rankings

23.

LW (27)

Denver Broncos (3-3)

24.

LW (28)

Buffalo Bills (2-4)

25.

LW (23)

Minnesota Vikings (2-4)

26.

LW (19)

Philadelphia Eagles (2-4)

27.

LW (21)

Houston Texans (3-4)

28.

LW (22)

Arizona Cardinals (3-4)

29.

LW (28)

New York Jets (1-6)

30.

LW (29)

Atlanta Falcons (1-6)

31.

LW (31)

Miami Dolphins (0-7)

32.

LW (32)

St. Louis Rams (0-7)

Robinson rankings

23.

LW (28)

Buffalo Bills

24.

LW (27)

New Orleans Saints

25.

LW (22)

San Francisco 49ers

26.

LW (24)

Philadelphia Eagles

27.

LW (35)

Minnesota Vikings

28.

LW (26)

Oakland Raiders

29.

LW (29)

New York Jets

30.

LW (30)

Atlanta Falcons

31.

LW (31)

Miami Dolphins

32.

LW (32)

St. Louis Rams



Cole: It's hard to get a feel for whether Denver is a decent team or a team that happens to get something going once in awhile. The issue probably has to do with the fact that the Broncos are really well coached, but not particularly talented. In other words, they can make some things happen when all of Mike Shanahan's calls go right, but they can't sustain anything for an extended time. … As for the bottom of the league, being 0-7 is as miserable as it gets. Or as Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor said after Miami got hammered by New England, “I could be in Iraq.”

Robinson: They might be 2-4, but with the injuries they're dealing with, the Bills coaching staff is doing a hell of a job. And while we're on the subject of the Bills, someone can tell J.P. Losman to start packing his bags. … Considering the injuries suffered by the teams on its schedule, it's conceivable that New Orleans could win its next four games and go into the Nov. 25 tilt at Carolina at 6-4. … The more you watch the Eagles, the more you believe that Donovan McNabb won't be quarterbacking that franchise in 2008. … Ditto for Chad Pennington's tenure with the Jets. … Forget the Patriots – when do we start talking about the odds that Miami or St. Louis will go 0-16?


Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Week 7 results

It looks like most of the players thought that this was the week to start picking winners. Only 4 players went below 500% and they were only 1 game off.
The winners this week were Mitch and Amy with 11 wins each, not bad at all. Amy also moved into a tie with Janet for First place.

1st Janet, Amy 579%
3rd Allyson 558% 2gb
4th Shawn 537% 4gb
5th Jim A and Mitch 526% 5gb
7th Joe and Jackie 516% 6gb
9th Colleen, Rich and Brad 495% 8gb
12 Jim R, Trish and Dave 473% 10gb
15th Kassidy 442% 13gb
16th Eric 368% 20gb

Only the Jets have not covered any games.
Carolina and New Eng have covered every game.
Remember that Shawn is running the ATS this coming weekend.

Joe

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Shawn

So picking the jersey color works?

Joe

Week 6

WARNING - I will not be home Sunday, Oct 28th. Shawn will be running the ATS that day. His cell number is 415-6410. Please post a comment with your name, so I know you read this.

This week Shawn and Janet won with 8 wins.

1st Janet 605%
2nd Allyson 556% 4GB
3rd Amy 543% 5GB
4th Jim A 531% 6GB
5th Jackie, Shawn 519% 7GB
7th Joe 506% 8GB
8th Colleen 494% 9GB
9th Mitch, Rich, Trish 481% 10GB
12th Brad 469% 11GB
13th Jim R 457% 12GB
14th Dave, Kassidy 444% 13GB
16th Eric 358% 18GB

Carolina and New England are the only teams that have Covered every week.
Denver and the Jets have not covered once.
It's time for some of us to start picking winners, if we are to have a chance this year.

Joe

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Oakland

OK, Before someone points it out, ( as if anyone reads this ), Oakland did cover in week 2.

Joe

Week 5

Jackie and Allyson won this week with 8 wins.

1st Janet 586%
2nd Jackie and Allyson 571% 1GB
4th Amy 557% 2GB
5th Joe and Jim A 514% 5GB
7th Shawn and Colleen 486% 7GB
9th Trish 471% 8GB
10 Mitch and Rich 457% 9GB
12th Brad and Kassidy 443% 10GB
14th Jim R and Dave 429% 11GB
16th Eric 329% 18GB

Carolina, New Eng are the only teams to cover all their games.
Denver, Jets, New Orleans, Oakland have not covered a game yet.

Joe

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Sorry

I could not use MY computer today, until now, because Jackie was waiting for a phone call. So I'll post the results Wednesday

Joe

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Results for week 4

Warning, I will not be home Oct. 28th. So picks must be in by Sat. the 27th, unless I can find someone to run the ATS for that week (any volunteer's ? ).
We have a new leader, Janet won the week with 10 wins and has taken the lead. Here are the ranks;

1st Janet, 34wins, 22losses, 607%
2nd Jackie, Amy, Allyson, 32/24, 571%, 2 games back
5th Joe, 30/26, 536%, 4gb
6th Shawn, Jim A, 29/27, 518%, 5gb
8th Mitch, 28/28, 500%, 6gb
9th Colleen, Trish, 27/29, 482%, 7gb
11th Rich, Brad, Dave, 25/31, 446%, 9gb
14th Jim R, Kassidy, 24/32, 429%, 10gb
16th Eric, 17!!!/39, 304%, 17gb

OK, now that's done here are a couple of team stats;
Dallas,Green Bay,New Eng,Tampa, Tenn, have covered every game.
Chicago, Denver, Jets, Miami, New Orleans, Oakland, St Louis, have not covered a game yet.