Packers perfect season in 2011? Part three

by | Nov 24, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Random Thoughts, Super Bowl

We wrote a couple weeks ago about the Green Bay Packers chances of getting through the regular season and the NFC playoffs undefeated. So far so good for fans of the green and gold.

So what happens if they do make it unscathed to the Super Bowl? Do they meet the same fate the 18-1 New England Patriots did in 2007? Or do they finish the job and become the league’s first unbeaten team since the 1972 Miami Dolphins?

The AFC is a logjam this season. Nobody in the conference is better than  Green Bay. But there are a few teams that could at least give the Packers a good game. Here are our guesses: (more…)

NFL Picks: 2011 Season, Week 12

by | Nov 24, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Picks

We’ve reached Turkey Week—probably our favorite week of the regular season, with a huge meal followed by non-stop football for the rest of the day.  Even the fact that we have to watch the Packers and Cowboys today can’t ruin it.

Last week we managed to split the four games we picked differently, meaning I remain two back for the season.  I’ve lost track of our overall records, but we’re still picking ahead of several national “experts” with our 10-4 last week.  This week, even just the Thursday games provide two games that we go different ways on, followed by two more on Sunday, making for another interesting week.

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NFL Best Bets: Week 12, 2011

by | Nov 23, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Gambling

We’re rallying a bit here at Zoneblitz.com headquarters, err, well, kind of, anyway.

Tony hit two of four picks in week 11, up from zero the week before. I was right on two of my three normal picks. My upset pick (Cincinnati [+7/+250 moneyline] over Baltimore was right against the spread. But the Bengals failed to finish the straight up win. We’ve been considering the upset pick to be am upset straight up, so I guess I can’t claim a win there.

So … I suppose you should probably keep looking elsewhere if you’re really looking to make a killing at the sports book.

Nonetheless, it fills space, so we’ll keep throwing our thoughts out there. Here goes for week 12: (more…)

NFL Best Bets: Week 11, 2011

by | Nov 16, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Gambling

Tony keeps saying we don’t know what we’re talking about. I don’t know what he’s talking about. I missed my upset, but nailed my other three. I guess he’s right about himself though as he clocked in with an 0-4 week, matching my futility from the week before.

We may not be any good at this gambling thing but you have to give us credit for persistence. We keep making inconsistent and clueless bets week after week after week. I guess we’re Vegas’ dream in that respect.

So here we go again:

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NFL Picks: 2011 Week 11

by | Nov 15, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Picks

After weeks of struggling to work my way back to a tie for the overall season record in picking games, we had two games picked differently last week—and I managed to get myself on the wrong side of both of them. My faith in the Jets fans ability to make enough noise to slow down the Patriots and the Browns to do … anything … was clearly unfounded, and now I’ve got my work cut out for me (and yet I’m picking the Browns again this weekend?  Even I don’t know my logic on that one).

In week 11, though, we’ve actually got four games going differently—I would venture a guess that I’ve got the longer shot of being right on more of them, but it’s been a strange last few weeks in the NFL, so hopefully my upsets pan out.

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NFL Best Bets: 2011, Week 10

by | Nov 10, 2011 | 2011 season, NFL Gambling

We told you last week that we clearly didn’t know what we’re doing.  Clearly we were even more right than we knew—Andy went 1-3, while I go 4-0.  If you followed our advice and bet against us, I still managed to screw you.

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