The theme for this week's picks is the old standby game on The Price Is Right, "The Money Game".
It's a game for a car or truck - what the contestant has to do is to pick the first 2 and the last 2 numbers of the price of the car out of a pool of 9 two-digit numbers.
If he/she picks incorrectly four times, the game ends, but they win money in the amount of the total of the numbers of the wrong picks. (In the picture above, she already has $31 in the bank with the incorrect 16 and 15 picks.
The fun about this game is seeing if the producers play their tricks on Bob and the contestants when placing the correct numbers on the game board. Two common tricks:
"The Old Front-and-Back Trick" - this is when the last two digits are right next to the first two. In the case above, the last two digits turned out to be 30 - right next to the first two (as seen by the drawing of the front end of the truck where the 13 used to be). Pretty sneaky, sis!
"The Old El Cheapo" - the producers have a low number for the last two digits as well - because they are cheap and the contestants (after getting the first two numbers) wouldn't think about going after another low two-digit number, would they? Ah, those tricky producers! But Bob knows their evil plan!
How does this relate to week 7? Well, at this point, teams better have found the first two digits in the car's price by now. This means they know their strengths and weaknesses and and fine-tuning their team to get ready for the stretch run of finding the last two digits. They should only have 1 (or less) missed attempt. Others - well - are in trouble if they can't get the first two digits of the 2005 Ford Taurus. Some teams may still be wondering if they have a QB issue, or whether their offensive coordinator has an IQ above that of Quaker Apple Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal (see Carthon, Maurice). Look Mo, the Camry does not cost $45,000, so don't pick the 45 from the game board!
The games this week:
SD 24, KC 10. I don't see how KC is going to score many points against a defense very much like Pittsburgh's.
Phi 23, TB 13. Those who think TB will win this game are smoking something. Philly needs this - a classic bounceback game where Phi will be focused and come out strong.
Jax 20, Hou 10. Again, like last week, how does Houston score over 13 points here?
Mia 27, GB 20. Has shootout written all over it. Even Joey should be able to pass vs. the GB defense.
Buf 19, NE 16. Don't ask me why. The last stand for the Bills. Just a gut feeling here.
Cin 27, Car 17. The BRowns-Panthers game has left a sour taste in my mouth about the Panthers. They just aren't that good, I believe. Cinci is pissed, and has had a week to read all the stories about the so-called Super Bwol favorites finally coming together and how they will demolish Cinci. As always, go against the media.
Pit 20, Atl 13. Another team (the Falcons) that doesn't scare me too much. Of course, in 3 weeks, Vick and Dunn will run for a combined 439 yards....
NYJ 31, Det 20. Can't Ken O'Brien and Eric Hipple come out of retirement and QB this game?
Cle 20, Den 18. Two outcomes here: 1) Carthon finally comes to his senses and calls some goo dplays witht he talent he has and the BRowns score 2 TD's, or 2) Carthon out-thinks himself again and calls risky plays to "open" up the offnse that leads to turnovers. Either way, points will be scored here.
Az 24, Oak 17. I will be fascinated at watching this game unfold.
Ind 20, Was 17. Washington can run, and that is Indy' s weakness. This game will be close.
Sea 27, Min 13. The Vikings are a terrible road team.
NYG 23, Dal 20. I hate the Cowboys. There, I said it.
What, no Tennessee this week? I have to get off the bandwagon for a bit?
17 best bets. Standings:
Eric: 11-4-1 last week; overall 53-37-5
Derek: 10-6 last week: overall 45-50-1.
SD -5.5
SD/KC Under 41
Phi -5.5
Phi/TB Under 43
Jax/Hou Under 40
GB/Mia over 40.5
Buf +5.5
Cin -3
Pit -2.5
NYJ -3.5
NYJ/Det over 42
Den/Cle over 31.5
Az -3
Was +8
Ind/Was under 48.5
Sea -7
NYG +3
3 comments:
As Steven Colbert would say...
Eric you looked up the Pats/Bills game in your gut, when you should have looked it up in a book...where the facts are. Heading into todays game the Pats have beaten the Bills by an avg score of 28 to 11 over the last six games (6-0). 7-0 now...
Damn this ATL - PIT game is crazy, what a great game.
Just wanted to add this about the Eagles.
I took them in a two team tease with the Broncos.
Broncos +1.5/Eagles +.5
Boy that FG hurt.
Where did that train come from????? Jesus, I got slaughtered this week. Guess I picked the wrong time to increase the wagers. Ugh. I hate so many teams right now.
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