Week 3 NFL Plus Random Thoughts

 Greetings from the Free Fascist State of Florida. I'm beginning to hate it here; this feels like 1983 all over again. I wound up leaving Florida though later that year, and DeSantis is bye-bye from Jai Alai after next year, so I better not say anymore (don't want to jinx it). 

Last week was a very good one in terms of my NFL picks. I went 13-3 (only misses were Pittsburgh, KC, and Minnesota) to give me a two-week total of 23-9. On the college side, I was reminded once again as to why I don't go to Hard Rock Bet to pick games. I went 3-4 though I got the Georgia Tech pick right. Don't think I'll do college picks this week, even though there is one game I will have eyes on (UNC at UCF), though I might not watch it since it's on Fox.

For this week I have the following:

Buffalo over Miami
Tampa Bay over NY Jets (barely)
Philadelphia over LA Rams
Green Bay over Cleveland
Washington over Las Vegas
Atlanta over Carolina
Cincinnati over Minnesota (how did Nantz/Romo get that assignment?)
Pittsburgh over New England
Jacksonville over Houston
Indianapolis over Tennessee
LA Chargers over Denver
Seattle over New Orleans
Dallas over Chicago
Arizona over San Francisco
Kansas City over NY Giants
Baltimore over Detroit

And now, allow me to say a few more words surrounding the Charlie Kirk assassination: XXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX. XX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XX XX.

Seriously, didn't that sound stupid? I guess free speech is no longer allowed in the US unless it falls in line with the narrative of the controlling political party, which in my opinion is what the right-wing has been trying to do in this country since 9/11. Long story which I'll get into one day, but let me ask you this first: how does a struggling formerly drug-addicted talk radio host in Tampa of all places get launched into superstardom and national prominence?

There used to be a segment on Kimmel's show (and I didn't watch it that often) where he would randomly add bleeps to whatever a person was saying on tape. I think it was called Unnecessary Censorship. I think this latest stunt by ABC and Nexstar (who want to complete a merger with Tegna) would qualify as such. Come to think of it, this was sort of the same thing CBS did with Stephen Colbert. All in all, this sucks.

Meanwhile, in England, let's check in on our "Dear Leader:"

Hoo boy...

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Somewhat Hot And Bothered Week 2 Picks

 Good afternoon, everyone. But definitely not Tyler Robinson. As you're probably aware by now, he's the individual behind the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Enough about that because I'm sure there are plenty of tweets/Facebook posts/blogs/podcasts/misinformation concerning all that.

Anyway, after a wild end to Week One, we are onto Week Two of the NFL season. So far, I'm 11-6 including last night's game which I touched on briefly on Wednesday night. This week I hope to do better and try to improve on a rather mediocre opening week. Tampa is playing Monday night in Houston as part of an ESPN Doubleheader, plus we have a Super Bowl matchup on our hands. Looking at 506sports, the games in the markets I care about the most appear to be okay, except for two: Orlando gets Jacksonville at Cincinnati and Lumberton, NC gets Seattle at Pittsburgh (despite every surrounding market receiving NY Giants at Dallas).

Here's what I see going down this week, and remember to take these with a grain of salt:

Buffalo over NY Jets
LA Rams over Tennessee
New England over Miami
Baltimore over Cleveland
Cincinnati over Jacksonville
Dallas over NY Giants
Detroit over Chicago
Pittsburgh over Seattle
San Francisco over New Orleans
Indianapolis over Denver 😮
Arizona over Carolina
Taylor Swift (KC) over Philadelphia (ugh)
Minnesota over Atlanta
Tampa Bay over Houston
LA Chargers over Las Vegas

Last week I scored big time on picking USF to cover at Florida. Not only did they cover, but they won outright, and now many Gator fans are wanting Billy Napier's head on a stick to be paraded throughout Gainesville (not really, but you sense their anger). This week, I think USF will cover again at Miami, but I don't think they'll pull off the upset, unless Mario Cristobal does something stupid. Oh, and Thom Brennaman is calling the game for the CW as Castellanos hits a drive into left field and that'll be a home run. Seriously, I don't know if he's calling an FSU game this season since their QB is named Castellanos, but wouldn't that be a hoot if it is indeed the case?

Some selected college picks:

LSU over Florida by at least 30
Tennessee over Georgia
Alabama over Wisconsin
Georgia Tech over Clemson (!)
Coastal Carolina to cover against East Carolina (+8.5)
South Florida to cover at Miami (+17.5)
South Carolina over Vanderbilt

Personal note here, had to put up with having no AC the last three days at Chateau de Scribe. Compressor on the unit blew up Monday night after a bizarre power surge. But all is good now, and I'm not so hot and bothered...for now.

Have a good weekend everyone.

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How I Did and Enough Already

 Good morning, everyone. I had a few thoughts I wanted to write about on this solemn anniversary, but breaking news yesterday afternoon has put those plans on hold for now. 

To tie up my picks from last week, I went 10-6. Not bad but disappointing because I could've easily been 13-3. As for tonight's game I have Green Bay over Washington. The rest of the week's games will be out on Friday.

As many of you are well aware by now, Charlie Kirk was senselessly murdered at a rally in Orem, Utah yesterday afternoon. Did I like him? Not really, since he's an avid supporter of Donald Trump and the MAGA movement. But he was a husband, a father of two young kids, and a diehard Chicago Cubs fan. And even though he was on the far right, he at least encouraged the free exchange of ideas, which is more than some right-leaning talking heads do...talking to YOU Marc Levin.

As of midnight (the time of this writing) a suspect has not been found, although on one video posted to social media, an individual that appeared to be dressed in black could be seen running from the roof of a nearby building. No word to my knowledge as to what bullet was used and what weapon, although the fatal shot was fired from a distance of approximately 500 feet, which is slightly further than the bullet fired from the would-be Trump assassin in the summer of last year in Butler, Pennsylvania. Now this of course is speculative, but a shot from that range appears to be that of a sniper or a sharpshooter.

The right, of course, is calling Kirk a martyr as a result, and some on the right are already calling for retribution.

First of all, stop. As I said already, we do not know who is responsible for this. Second, this attitude of "if you're not for us, you're against us" is not helpful like at all. The main culprit of that interestingly enough is the news media here in the US. Yesterday morning, I posted on Facebook mocking the coverage on cable news channels.

Seriously, this grandstanding on both sides has to end. What happened to "just the facts, ma'am/man?" This toxic behavior has been going around for at least two decades, and interestingly enough, I could pinpoint it to what happened 24 years ago this morning, but I'll write about that another time. There are a lot of YouTube videos I have to watch and make up my mind about first. But this attitude of retribution has to come to an end. More people are going to die as a result, and we won't have an America left if it continues.

Never forget.

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Week One Picks, For S***s and Giggles

 Hello again, everyone. Well, I said in my last post that I wasn't going to make weekly picks for football season, but here we are on the eve of the NFL season. Three things to remember as I write this. One, if you're going to place a bet on any games, college or pro, please do so responsibly. Two, for the love of all that is holy DO NOT take what I'm about to write as the gospel. Yes, I am a sports fan, but I am by no means an expert on anything, and what I usually write, for better or worse, winds up being wrong anyway. And three, there is NO SUCH THING as a sure bet. A classic example is the 2007 Michigan-Appalachian State game in the Big House, where nobody gave App State a snowball's chance in hell to win, and look what happened.

Once again this season, 506sports has announcer listings and maps to see what game you'll get on your television depending on your location. So, without further ado, here's what I think for this week:

Philadelphia over Dallas
Kansas City over LA Chargers in Sao Paolo
Atlanta over Tampa Bay (I hope I'm wrong)
Washington over NY Giants
Cincinnati over Cleveland
Jacksonville over Carolina
Pittsburgh over NY Jets
Miami over Indianapolis
New England over Las Vegas
Arizona over New Orleans
Green Bay over Detroit
LA Rams over Houston
San Francisco over Seattle
Denver over Tennessee
Baltimore over Buffalo
Chicago over Minnesota

Bonus college pick:

USF to cover at Florida (-17.5).

Football season is here. Enjoy everyone!

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Some Random Labor Day Thoughts

 Hello again, everyone. Except you, Ron DeSantis. Happy Labor Day everyone. You know, it wasn't that long ago where this holiday meant that regular TV programming on one channel in wherever city you live would be hijacked for 22 hours or so to run the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. He's gone now, and the telethon left well before he did. You can google it if you want. Anyway, college football is almost done for the week, and except for one result, it was pretty good. One game remains, and that's the TCU Horned Frogs facing off against Bill Belichick and the North Carolina Tarheels. I'll definitely be watching...

Too bad tomorrow is Labor Day, because there is a lot of excitement for me personally this week, and I'll have to put it off a day (bank's closed). However, it should be a fantastic week; I get to see my woman, and the NFL kicks off on Thursday when the Eagles host the Cowboys. Will I do my weekly picks this year? I doubt it. As you may have been able to tell I haven't been too active on this platform lately, I can't really put a finger on the exact reason other than I just haven't felt like it, which is not to say that I haven't wanted to because there's a litany of things I wanted to talk about, some of them will be in this entry, but I digress. Anyway, my Super Bowl pick once again will be Baltimore over Philadelphia. I was going to pick Tampa Bay over the LA Chargers, but after giving it some thought, I changed it. I don't think I'm going to pick division winners this year either. All I can hope for is that finally the Chiefs miss the AFC Title game, in fact it would be great if they went under .500. That unfortunately won't happen. Stand by to be annoyed to death with nonstop camera shots of Taylor Swift, and now State Farm ads with the equally nauseating Meghan Trainor. Blyat. Like a good neighbor, stay over there.

Speaking of things that are annoying, I've noticed something a disturbing trend on YouTube lately. Videos that have a list of certain subjects with a quick explanation of how or why that particular subject became so infamous. Informative? Yes (here's one example). But what annoys me is it's seemingly lazy on the part of the particular content creator. Like go into detail. You don't have to go into the detail that say RealLifeLore does, but for Heaven's sake put a little effort into your product why don't you?

Another trope that is getting tired that I've seen is advertisements for game-playing apps on your phone where the "boss" of a certain company is throwing a literal hissy fit because his "customers" aren't downloading his app from a reputable source. Usually these ads are reserved for "money-making" apps (which I discussed a little about in an earlier post), but this one was for Vita Mahjong. An app that to my knowledge doesn't pay diddly squat for game play (unless another legitimate game playing app includes it). All in all it seems a little sus to me.

Here, have some eye candy:

The most beautiful woman on Earth.

Now onto other things of note:

Weekend At Bernie's?

Anyone and everyone this weekend was speculating left and right about the health of President Trump since he didn't make any noticeable appearances over the weekend nor as I can tell hold "many many meetings" (remember that phrase from his last administration?) Some people on the far left, not on air mind you, even went as far as to speculate that he kicked the bucket. No, he's alive and tweeting...or truthing...or whatever he calls it on Truth Social. As far as I'm concerned, this apparently was his relaxing at one of his golf courses over the weekend:

Seriously though, despite rampant speculation and misinformation (which seems to be the norm in 2025) he is still in office, and we haven't seen any of the propaganda channels (formerly news networks) break into regular programming with crocodile tears announcing his demise...yet. Although when it does happen, I'd imagine it would look something like this:

Only except instead of Peppermint Patty displaying performance activism shown here, it will be Fox and Fiends sobbing over their Cheerios. 

By the way, I know that the Minneapolis church shooting was hideous and tragic, as well as gut wrenching, but Psaki, you're a professional, at least you're supposed to be, when doing your job. This may sound heartless on my part, but act like it.

Outright National Champions at Last

This weekend Georgia Tech battle Colorado at Boulder in what could be a battle of sorts between the two schools that shared college football's national championship in 1990. Georgia Tech outlasted Colorado 27-20, so that means that GEORGIA TECH ARE YOUR 1990 OUTRIGHT NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!! According to me. Hell, if UCF can claim a natty eight years ago, I can claim that Georgia Tech should've won the outright title in 1990, and this game backs that up. Besides, Colorado won a game on a fifth down that year. Case closed.

Speaking of College Football, mad respect and props to Lee Corso on his retirement. He went six-for-six on his picks last week, which included FSU's upset win over Alabama.

Cracker Barrel of Laughs

One subject I was going to write about last month was Cracker Barrel's attempt at rebranding, which was ultimately rescinded. There were many memes created from the new logo (many of which can be found here), and maybe I'll still share some of my favorites on here. About the remodeling though I don't like it from what I've seen. It doesn't have that old rustic country store feel and looks more like a Temu version of Bonefish Grill. Get rid of the white paint and brig the old look back.

Well, I've run out of things to talk about, I would talk about Swift getting engaged to Kelce but honestly who gives a rat's ass? Because I certainly don't. Found out that I have to postpone my date with my love for a couple of more days. Dammit. In any case, this should be a great week. I'll post again sometime before Thursday...I hope. Until then, later.

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