I don't think Peyton is too crazy about the Wildcat formation

Week 10 LOLpicks: Pay the goddamn writers

Raiders +3.5 VS Bears: Fun little contest here. I'd rather watch reruns of shitty Season 6 of 24 than this game. And I just might have to.

Bills -3 AT Dolphins: Think of all the plumbers in the stadium that identify with Robert Royal in this picture. That's why the Bills' fans love their team. That and the Sabres are so goddamn depressing.

Colts -4 AT Chargers: Playing against a lesser team than the Patriots with the refs on their side, how can they not cover?

(Damn, Sports Guy, and you thought Gregg Easterbrook was crazy.)

Cowboys -2.5 AT Giants: The New York Giants with their six straight wins face off against America's Team with their fresh-faced quarterback and his new contract. You couldn't have written a better script. And if you did, you're a scab.

Last Week: 3-1
Season: 18-17-2

Super Bowl XLI.5 my ass... those commercials sucked

Congratulations, Colts fans! Your team did not have the score run up on them, therefore ruining my first ever 4-0 weekend. By the way, your team's stadium has some acoustic problems that it might want to get checked out.

(By the way, if you are going to pipe in noise during an opponent's possession, why not use something more bad-ass like Metallica's Kill 'Em All? It works for Guantanamo Bay!)

(UPDATE: So that crowd noise skipping sound was from a CBS production error, and not the Colts' super-efficient crowd noise-maker. My bad.)

Anyway, a fine game that the entire country was forced to watch. Let's preserve the moment in pictures....

It's always sunny in the RCA Dome

Tonight is the night I've been dreading ever since the day Peyton Manning lifted the Lombardi Trophy over his head with that goddamned "aw shucks" grin on his face. It's Peyton's coronation as Jesus Christ Quarterback (and all this time you thought that was Tim Tebow), and I will be watching with the same enthusiasm as I would have for the inauguration of a president who did not receive my vote.

This will not be over quickly. I will not enjoy this.

However, it is still NFL football, and if it means having to sit through the sycophantic rumblings of John Madden and the incessant patriotic-laced Chevy Silverado commercials, then that's what I have to do. I can always rely on the fact that Al Michaels is doomed to the same fate (maybe not the commercials, but the fact that he has to sit next to that ancient slurpee machine makes up for it).

And what do I have to complain about... this should be an awesome game between the Colts and the Saints. Plus, it's as good a time as ever to introduce LOLpicks, where I will pick a handful of games against the spread, and display my horrible gambling problem to the world.

Note: I won't actually be putting money on these games, since currently my "salary/actual money in bank" ratio is looking very similar to Michael Strahan's. This is just to see how god-awful I would have done.

This will probably be the last Colts game that I will pick, considering my desire to never see Peyton Manning succeed. And with that, I'll take the six points and pick the Saints. I'm sure Drew Brees will be able to deliver some punishment to that Colts defense.

Now that Peyton Manning has a ring, expect your announcers to be even more insufferable

At this very moment, Bill Maas' cellmate is probably getting an unsolicited earful about Peyton's accuracy and ability to handle pressure in the pocket.

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