2011 NFL Season Picks: Week 1

As of right now the lines are as follows. I'll update them as the first day approaches.

Date & Time Favorite Spread Underdog 9/8 8:30 ET At Green Bay -4 New Orleans 9/11 1:00 ET At Baltimore -2.5 Pittsburgh 9/11 1:00 ET At Tampa Bay -2 Detroit 9/11 1:00 ET Atlanta -3 At Chicago 9/11 1:00 ET At Kansas City -6.5 Buffalo 9/11 1:00 ET At Houston -6 Indianapolis 9/11 1:00 ET Philadelphia -4.5 At St. Louis 9/11 1:00 ET At Cleveland -6.5 Cincinnati 9/11 1:00 ET At Jacksonville -3 Tennessee 9/11 4:15 ET NY Giants -3 At Washington 9/11 4:15 ET At Arizona -7 Carolina 9/11 4:15 ET At San Francisco -5.5 Seattle 9/11 4:15 ET At San Diego -8.5 Minnesota 9/11 8:25 ET At NY Jets -4.5 Dallas

Monday Night Football Point Spread 9/12 7:00 ET New England -7 At Miami 9/12 10:15 ET At Denver -3 Oakland

1st Day!

Well, it started a bit rough, but it got better. I'm teaching 4 classes, but I only have one prep, so by 6th period I had it down. I need to reestablish my ethos, however, with my first class (2nd period). I'm afraid they think I'm a bit weird. {Melissa says, big surprise, you are weird.}

I, however, have already had the defining moment of my year. In my last class, one student suggested that a line was nothing more than an infinite collection of points. Almost immediately, another student raised his hand and said, "How can it be that a something with dimension could be built out of things which have no dimension?" It was spontaneous -- I had nothing to do with it. But it was the perfect question at the perfect moment. "There is a philosopher amongst us."

Could you pass this test?

A math assessment for a intro science class at UW. I'm giving my 9th graders a modified version of it tomorrow.

Here's the grades, with the percentage breakdowns of correct responses per question. We math teachers aren't preparing our students for college very well, me thinks.

Phoenix

I am now an Arizonan. And as the phoenix rises from the ashes to new life, so I begin again to recount my thoughts on this blog of inebriation.

Monday begins my first day of school, and most of my thoughts are occupied with the formation of lesson plans and structures of discipline. I am teaching geometry, and I will be beginning the year with the following poem, on which I welcome your comments.

Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare.
Let all who prate of Beauty hold their peace,
And lay them prone upon the earth and cease
To ponder on themselves, the while they stare
At nothing, intricately drawn nowhere
In shapes of shifting lineage; let geese
Gabble and hiss, but heroes seek release
From dusty bondage into luminous air.
O blinding hour, O holy, terrible day,
When first the shaft into his vision shone
Of light anatomized! Euclid alone
Has looked on Beauty bare. Fortunate they
Who, though once only and then but far away,
Have heard her massive sandal set on stone.

I think my favorite part of this poem is the verb 'prate' and the immediate capitalization of the noun 'Beauty.' Many speak of 'Beauty,' as if they were on intimate terms with her, and knew her ways and her wiles. A gentle mockery. "Oh yesss. Beeeaaauty" says the teenage beatnik in the coffee shop. But it is Euclid who has seen her in her bedchamber, and knows her ways.

2001 Hyundai Elantra for Sale!!!

Hi Friends. As you may or may not know, we're moving, and in the process have decided to sell one of our cars. It's a 2001 Hyundai Elantra, manual transmission. I've kept it in good running order. As you can see from the pictures below, it has a few cosmetic flaws: paint missing from the mirrors, a piece of side molding missing. The only emergency maintenance I ever had to do on this car was replace the spark-plug wires once. I have all the maintenance records if you're interested and want to have a look. The blue book value is $2045.00. We're looking to sell it asap, so make us an offer!

2009 Week 7 Picks

Date & Time	Favorite	Spread	Underdog	Result
11/8 1:00 ET	At Jacksonville	-6.5	Kansas City	Loss
11/8 1:00 ET	Baltimore	-3	At Cincinnati	Loss
11/8 1:00 ET	At Indianapolis	-9	Houston	Win
11/8 1:00 ET	At Atlanta	-10	Washington	Win
11/8 1:00 ET	Green Bay	-9.5	At Tampa Bay	Win
11/8 1:00 ET	At Chicago	-3	Arizona	Loss
11/8 1:00 ET	At New England	-10.5	Miami	Win
11/8 4:05 ET	At New Orleans	-13	Carolina	Loss
11/8 4:05 ET	At Seattle	-10	Detroit	Win
11/8 4:15 ET	At San Francisco	-4	Tennessee	Loss
11/8 4:15 ET	At NY Giants	-5	San Diego	Win
11/8 8:20 ET	At Philadelphia	-3	Dallas	Loss
11/9 8:35 ET	Pittsburgh	-3	At Denver	Loss

Results: 6-7
Cumulative Results: 63-65-1

All I can say is it's better than last week.

NFL 2009 Week 9 Picks

Repeat after me: I will not make stupid picks, I will not make stupid picks ...

2009 Week 7 Picks

Date & Time	Favorite	Spread	Underdog
11/8 1:00 ET	At Jacksonville	-6.5	Kansas City
11/8 1:00 ET	Baltimore	-3	At Cincinnati
11/8 1:00 ET	At Indianapolis	-9	Houston
11/8 1:00 ET	At Atlanta	-10	Washington
11/8 1:00 ET	Green Bay	-9.5	At Tampa Bay
11/8 1:00 ET	At Chicago	-3	Arizona
11/8 1:00 ET	At New England	-10.5	Miami
11/8 4:05 ET	At New Orleans	-13	Carolina
11/8 4:05 ET	At Seattle	-10	Detroit
11/8 4:15 ET	At San Francisco	-4	Tennessee
11/8 4:15 ET	At NY Giants	-5	San Diego
11/8 8:20 ET	At Philadelphia	-3	Dallas
11/9 8:35 ET	Pittsburgh	-3	At Denver

Week 8 Results

2009 Week 8 Results

Date & Time	Favorite	Spread	Underdog	Result
11/1 1:00 ET	At Baltimore	-3.5	Denver	Loss
11/1 1:00 ET	At Chicago	-13.5	Cleveland	Win
11/1 1:00 ET	Houston	-3.5	At Buffalo	Win
11/1 1:00 ET	NY Giants	-1	At Philadelphia	Loss
11/1 1:00 ET	At Indianapolis	-12.5	San Francisco	Loss
11/1 1:00 ET	At NY Jets	-3	Miami	Loss
11/1 1:00 ET	At Detroit	-4	St. Louis	Loss
11/1 1:00 ET	At Dallas	-9.5	Seattle	Win
11/1 4:05 ET	At San Diego	-16.5	Oakland	Loss
11/1 4:05 ET	At Tennessee	-3	Jacksonville	Loss
11/1 4:15 ET	At Arizona	-10	Carolina	Loss
11/1 4:15 ET	At Green Bay	-3	Minnesota	Win
11/2 8:35 ET	At New Orleans	-10.5	Atlanta	Loss

Results: 4-9
Cumulative Results: 57-58-1

Week 8 Picks UPDATED 10/30

2009 Week 7 Picks

Date & Time	Favorite	Spread	Underdog
11/1 1:00 ET	At Baltimore	-3.5	Denver
11/1 1:00 ET	At Chicago	-13.5	Cleveland
11/1 1:00 ET	Houston	-3.5	At Buffalo
11/1 1:00 ET	NY Giants	-1	At Philadelphia
11/1 1:00 ET	At Indianapolis	-12.5	San Francisco
11/1 1:00 ET	At NY Jets	-3	Miami
11/1 1:00 ET	At Detroit	-4	St. Louis
11/1 1:00 ET	At Dallas	-9.5	Seattle
11/1 4:05 ET	At San Diego	-16.5	Oakland
11/1 4:05 ET	At Tennessee	-3	Jacksonville
11/1 4:15 ET	At Arizona	-10	Carolina
11/1 4:15 ET	At Green Bay	-3	Minnesota
11/2 8:35 ET	At New Orleans	-10.5	Atlanta

Update 10/30: Lines adjusted. Picks are unchanged.

Week 7 Results

2009 Week 7 Picks

Date & Time	Favorite	Spread	Underdog	Result
10/25 1:00 ET	San Diego	-5	At Kansas City	Loss
10/25 1:00 ET	Indianapolis	-13.5	At St. Louis	Win
10/25 1:00 ET	At Cincinnati	-1	Chicago	Loss
10/25 1:00 ET	Green Bay	-8.5	At Cleveland	Loss
10/25 1:00 ET	At Pittsburgh	-5.5	Minnesota	Loss
10/25 1:00 ET	New England	-15	Tampa Bay*	Win
10/25 1:00 ET	At Houston	-3	San Fransisco	Push
10/25 4:05 ET	NY Jets	-6	At Oakland	Win
10/25 4:05 ET	At Carolina	-7	Buffalo	Win
10/25 4:15 ET	New Orleans	-6.5	At Miami	Win
10/25 4:15 ET	At Dallas	-4	Atlanta	Loss
10/25 8:20 ET	At NY Giants	-4	Arizona	Loss
10/26 8:35 ET	Philadelphia	-7	At Washington	Win

*Game played in London

Result: 6-6-1
Cumulative Results: 53-49-1

Week 7 picks

Well, after last week, I'd like to say I have no where to go but up, but I suppose that's not technically true. Here's to a .500 week!

2009 Week 7 Picks

Date & Time	Favorite	Spread	Underdog
10/25 1:00 ET	San Diego	-5	At Kansas City
10/25 1:00 ET	Indianapolis	-13.5	At St. Louis
10/25 1:00 ET	At Cincinnati	-1	Chicago
10/25 1:00 ET	Green Bay	-8.5	At Cleveland
10/25 1:00 ET	At Pittsburgh	-5.5	Minnesota
10/25 1:00 ET	New England	-15	Tampa Bay*
10/25 1:00 ET	At Houston	-3	San Fransisco
10/25 4:05 ET	NY Jets	-6	At Oakland
10/25 4:05 ET	At Carolina	-7	Buffalo
10/25 4:15 ET	New Orleans	-6.5	At Miami
10/25 4:15 ET	At Dallas	-4	Atlanta
10/25 8:20 ET	At NY Giants	-4	Arizona
10/26 8:35 ET	Philadelphia	-7	At Washington

*Game played in London

Week 6 Results

I cannot think of a time when I've done worse than I did last week. Wow.

2009 Week 6 Results

Date & Time	Favorite	Spread	Underdog	Result
10/18 1:00 ET	At Washington	-6.5	Kansas City	Win
10/18 1:00 ET	At Cincinnati	-5.5	Houston	Loss
10/18 1:00 ET	At Pittsburgh	-14	Cleveland	Loss
10/18 1:00 ET	At Minnesota	-3	Baltimore	Win
10/18 1:00 ET	At Jacksonville	-9.5	St. Louis	Loss
10/18 1:00 ET	At New Orleans	-3	NY Giants	Loss
10/18 1:00 ET	Carolina	-3	At Tampa Bay	Loss
10/18 1:00 ET	At Green Bay	-13.5	Detroit	Loss
10/18 4:05 ET	Philadelphia	-14	At Oakland	Loss
10/18 4:05 ET	At Seattle	-3	Arizona	Loss
10/18 4:15 ET	At NY Jets	-9.5	Buffalo	Loss
10/18 4:15 ET	At New England	-9	Tennessee	Loss
10/18 8:20 ET	At Atlanta	-3	Chicago	Win
10/19 8:35 ET	At San Diego	-3.5	Denver	Win

Results: 4-10
Cumulative Results: 47-43

2009 Week 6 Picks

2009 Week 6 Picks

Date & Time	Favorite	Spread	Underdog
10/18 1:00 ET	At Washington	-6.5	Kansas City
10/18 1:00 ET	At Cincinnati	-5.5	Houston
10/18 1:00 ET	At Pittsburgh	-14	Cleveland
10/18 1:00 ET	At Minnesota	-3	Baltimore
10/18 1:00 ET	At Jacksonville	-9.5	St. Louis
10/18 1:00 ET	At New Orleans	-3	NY Giants
10/18 1:00 ET	Carolina	-3	At Tampa Bay
10/18 1:00 ET	At Green Bay	-13.5	Detroit
10/18 4:05 ET	Philadelphia	-14	At Oakland
10/18 4:05 ET	At Seattle	-3	Arizona
10/18 4:15 ET	At NY Jets	-9.5	Buffalo
10/18 4:15 ET	At New England	-9	Tennessee
10/18 8:20 ET	At Atlanta	-3	Chicago
10/19 8:35 ET	At San Diego	-3.5	Denver

Week 5 Results

2009 Week 5 Picks

Date & Time	Favorite	Spread	Underdog	Result
10/11 1:00 ET	Minnesota	-10	At St. Louis	Win
10/11 1:00 ET	Dallas	-8	At Kansas City	Win
10/11 1:00 ET	At Carolina	-3.5	Washington	Win
10/11 1:00 ET	At Philadelphia	-15	Tampa Bay	Loss
10/11 1:00 ET	At NY Giants	-15.5	Oakland	Win
10/11 1:00 ET	At Buffalo	-6	Cleveland	Loss
10/11 1:00 ET	At Baltimore	-8.5	Cincinnati	Win
10/11 1:00 ET	Pittsburgh	-10.5	At Detroit	Win
10/11 4:05 ET	At San Fransisco	-2.5	Atlanta	Loss
10/11 4:15 ET	New England	-3	At Denver	Loss
10/11 4:15 ET	At Arizona	-5.5	Houston	Loss
10/11 4:15 ET	At Seattle	-1	Jacksonville	Win
10/11 8:20 ET	Indianapolis	-3.5	At Tennessee	Win
10/12 8:35 ET	NY Jets	-1.5	At Miami	Loss

Results: 8-6
Cumulative Results: 43-33

Sanchez vs. Saints

Well, I hate to post this, but here it is.

Thanks to jetsdaily.com.