A victory speech (and picks) from the Sports Gal

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:03 PM EST

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Bill told me I could take off the final week of the season, go 0-for-whatever and still beat him even if he picked every game correctly. I looked up the records and, sure enough, I'm leading him by 17 wins with 16 games remaining. I thought this was really funny and demanded to write his "picks" column this week. He agreed, although he probably loved the chance to skip writing so he could spend time on more important stuff, like watching NBA games that happened in 1985, or sending taunting e-mails about his latest League of Dorks championship.

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Adam Hobson

Sports logic like this:

I usually take the Bills when they're home because I went to college in upstate New York and know firsthand how much the Bills mean to everyone there. These people have gnomes on their lawn dressed in Bills paraphernalia. Even though Philadelphia is a nice walking-around city, I'll take Buffalo because its probably under 4 feet of snow right now and there's nothing to do there but drink and shovel and root for the Bills.

and this:

If it's an all-animal matchup, I always try to weigh that accordingly. Dolphins are cuddly and nice. I don't understand why any NFL team would wear aqua blue unis and call itself "The Dolphins," then not expect to get its butt kicked. They should go with the Spearfishers. I would have taken them if they were the Spearfishers.

makes a kind of sense.

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#1 - Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:05 PM EST

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jfxgillis

Adam:

Jeeeze. Simmons (Mr., not Mrs.) had a terrible year. Hadn't read him since mid-season or so.

And the Mrs. beat you, too.

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#2 - Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:35 PM EST

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Adam Hobson

I know. I really @!$%#ed up earlier in the year, could be that I kept picking against the Pats and for the Jets. Then I really started coming on strong these past few weeks before laying a goose egg last week.

I think I have a crush on the Sports Gal.

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#2.1 - Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:43 PM EST

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jfxgillis

Adam:

There's part of your problem. You picked the Pats while they were demolishing the spread, then when they finally pummeled you into submission they lost to the spread, what, three weeks out of four?

If it makes you feel any better, I've heard the Vegas sports books are aggregate $100 million down on the season.

Speaking of Vegas, you could probably arrange to meet Sports Gal during one of Sports Guy's stag visits away.

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#2.2 - Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:54 PM EST

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