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Hard to believe itÆs Week 17 and after this weekend there will only be 11 NFL games remaining. After The LiverÆs much deserved Roman style Christmas vacation, itÆs back to work.
This should be the worst week of the season with no less than EIGHT of the 16 games this week meaning absolutely nothing. Of the remaining eight games, seven feature teams that need to win for either playoff positioning or ...
At least The Liver warned everyone last week that his picks could be toxic and they most certainly were.
Then again, find me someone who actually had a good week 15 as far as picking against the spread. Three pushes in one week was a first. That doesnÆt make me feel any better even if I am drunk on an airplane at 39,000 feet. Maybe the unfiltered and unpolluted Texas air ...
The Liver must caution all of youàstay away from these picks . Week 15 has the potential to be either an 11-5, 12-4 kind of week or the reverse . Several, if not most, of these lines have seen varying degrees of swing, some severe, due to injuries. Most, if not all, involve a team that is in the playoffs and another that has no shot whatsoever. You just don't ...
Think the NFL Network is happy about having the two undefeated 13-0 teams on Thursday and Saturday night? Maybe not if the Colts donÆt play their starters much, which has been rumored to be a possibility. Of course it goes without saying that the following pick AGAINST THE SPREAD is for RECREATIONAL USE ONLY . Only Rick Pitino, LeGarrette Blount, DonteÆStallworth, Braylon Edwards, Bob Griese, Miguel Cabrera, Tila ...
Heartàstill flutteringàafter Texas/Nebraska. What a disaster that couldÆve been. And for all those Texas haters out there, THERE WAS A SECOND LEFT ON THE CLOCK so get over it. Check the replay if you don't believe it. At least ONE of The LiverÆs football teams is playing for a championship this season. I donÆt whatÆs happened the last two weeks but The LiverÆs picks have fallen off ...
The quote of the week goes to my friend Brian in Austin,Texas as he said to me in a text regarding the flag-laden MNF Packers/Ravens game, öI watched the game and got penalized for it. The refs threw a flag on me for pass interference.ö Of course it goes without saying that the following pick AGAINST THE SPREAD is for RECREATIONAL USE ONLY . Only Rick Pitino, LeGarrette Blount, ...
This had to be one of the more entertaining sports weeks this year. Bobby Bowden, Charlie Weis and BIG Mark Mangino are gone, Tiger Woods had cell phone issues, Mrs. Tiger found a better way to use his clubs, Ron Artest admitted drinking Hennessy during halftime of Bulls games, and The New Jersey Nets set a new futility mark to start an NBA season at 0-18. The Texas ...
Five things dawned on me as I sat in a Starbucks while writing this. No. 1: Last weekÆs games SUCKED . No. 2: Starbucks still charges for Internet usage. No. 3: In L.A., even the baristas try to scoreboard their own customers who talk about their scripts being optioned by talking about their own. No. 4: As my friend Eric the Lions fan would say "They burn their coffee." ...
As last week showed, it only gets tougher to pick these damn games as the season goes along. Despite being 3ù7 through the Thursday night and Sunday morning games, the Liver rebounded nicely to win the last six games including the Sunday (thank you Jay Cutler) and Monday night game (thank you Kris Brown) to finish a respectable but not great (by this yearÆs standards) 9ù7 for the week. ...
Thanksgiving Day games are notoriously tough to pick because of the short week. Plus, none of these games looks very interesting on paper. Still, what else are you gonna do on Thanksgiving besides drink, eat and watch football? Sex anyone?
HereÆs to an Aggie slaughter at the hands of the LiverÆs beloved Longhorns today. Then, itÆs the Big 12 title game against Nebraska, and a national championship matchup in the Rose ...