Don's Crystal Ball Week 8 Pick's

[D'BOYZ]

THE DON'S
Crystal Ball

2008 SEASON
WEEK 8 PICKS

By DonCanabis/D'BOYZ
Analyst/Godfather

I think the damn Crystal Ball is broken. I must run to the pottery barn and get me a new one..... this past two weeks have been brutal.

This week the difference was that there were many close games to call that we all knew that could go either way. Buf vs SD, Ind vs GB, NO vs CA and Bal vs Mia.... in this 4 games it was hard to call the winner and in all 4 cases I went with the hot hand the teams that were playing better right now, in all 4 cases it came back to kick me in the ass.

There were 2 surprises, the first was Dallas I gave Brad Johnson the benefit of the doubt and didn't gave enough credit to St. Louis, I new there was a big chance Dallas wouldn't cover the spread but never did I thought they would get roll over like that. The other surprise was NYJ vs OAk.... for me this was a shoe in, Favre had been playing great the past couple of weeks, came from a bye and oakland looked worse with cable at coach if that was possible.

You get weeks like this when things just don't go your way..... some were great calls like. Ten, Pit and NYG covering the big spreads, the chicago game which also was an expecting close game and the Houston game which everyone expected them to cover the spread against a bad Detroit team.

Sometimes the chips don't fall in your way but knowing you were right in some hard calls is a bright spot that you're going in the right direction. It's always like this when you gamble some times it's just not your night.

Sorry guys having trouble with the column this week can't seem to get to up all the comments so I'll just post the picks. Next week I'll have it fix.

Oakland at Baltimore -7.5 Ovr/Und 36

Straight: Bal
Spread: Bal
Ovr/Und: Und

San Diego at New Orleans 3.5 Ovr/Und 45

Straight: SD
Spread: SD
Ovr/Und: Und

Kansas City at New York Jets -14 Ovr/Und 39

Straight: NYJ
Spread: NYJ
Ovr/Und: Ovr

Buffalo at Miami 1.5 Ovr/Und 42.5

Straight: Buf
Spread: Buf
Ovr/Und: Und

Tampa Bay at Dallas -1.5 Ovr/Und 40.5

Straight: TB
Spread: TB
Ovr/Und: Ovr

Atlanta at Philadelphia -9 Ovr/Und 45

Straight: Phi
Spread: Phi
Ovr/Und: Ovr

St. Louis at New England -7.5 Ovr/Und 42.5

Straight: NE
Spread: NE
Ovr/Und: Ovr

Arizona at Carolina -4.5 Ovr/Und 43

Straight: Car
Spread: Car
Ovr/Und: Ovr

Washington at Detroit 8 Ovr/Und 42

Straight: Was
Spread: Was
Ovr/Und: Und

Cleveland at Jacksonville -7 Ovr/Und 42

Straight: Jax
Spread: Cle
Ovr/Und: Und

New York Giants at Pittsburgh -3 Ovr/Und 42

Straight: Pit
Spread: Pit
Ovr/Und: Ovr

Seattle at San Francisco -5.5 Ovr/Und 40.5

Straight: SF
Spread: SF
Ovr/Und: Und

Cincinnati at Houston -9.5 Ovr/Und 45

Straight: Hou
Spread: Cin
Ovr/Und: Und

Indianapolis at Tennessee -4.5 Ovr/Und 40.5

Straight: Ten
Spread: Ten
Ovr/Und: Ovr

Hot Picks
Record 25-17 (60%)
Tampa Bay (league)
Philadelphia(league)
Tennessee (League)
Pittsburgh
San Diego
Washington

[CRedskinsRule]

Thats gotta hurt picking TB straight up. I hope your under pick on the Skins game is wrong.

[D'BOYZ]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Thats gotta hurt picking TB straight up. I hope your under pick on the Skins game is wrong.

It hurt but I'm Glad I was wrong

[johnerotten]

do you pick any college games?

[D'BOYZ]

Originally Posted by johnerotten

do you pick any college games?

No I used to but because I don't watch it much anymore I stopped doing it because it became a game of roulette

[Takeuon]

Why not see how we fair against one another. Ok :-)


Oakland at Baltimore -7.5 Ovr/Und 36

Straight: Bal
Spread: Bal
Ovr/Und: Ovr

San Diego at New Orleans 3.5 Ovr/Und 45

Straight: SD
Spread: SD
Ovr/Und: Und

Kansas City at New York Jets -14 Ovr/Und 39

Straight: NYJ
Spread: KC
Ovr/Und: Ovr

Buffalo at Miami 1.5 Ovr/Und 42.5

Straight: Miami
Spread: Miami
Ovr/Und: Und

Tampa Bay at Dallas -1.5 Ovr/Und 40.5

Straight: Dallas :vomit: That hurts
Spread: Dallas
Ovr/Und: Ovr

Atlanta at Philadelphia -9 Ovr/Und 45

Straight: Phi
Spread: Atl
Ovr/Und: Und

St. Louis at New England -7.5 Ovr/Und 42.5

Straight: NE
Spread: NE
Ovr/Und: Ovr

Arizona at Carolina -4.5 Ovr/Und 43

Straight: Car
Spread: Car
Ovr/Und: Ovr

Washington at Detroit 8 Ovr/Und 42

Straight: Was
Spread: Was
Ovr/Und: Und

Cleveland at Jacksonville -7 Ovr/Und 42

Straight: Jax
Spread: Jax
Ovr/Und: Und

New York Giants at Pittsburgh -3 Ovr/Und 42

Straight: Pit
Spread: Pit
Ovr/Und: Ovr

Seattle at San Francisco -5.5 Ovr/Und 40.5

Straight: SF
Spread: Seattle
Ovr/Und: Und

Cincinnati at Houston -9.5 Ovr/Und 45

Straight: Hou
Spread: Cin
Ovr/Und: Ovr

Indianapolis at Tennessee -4.5 Ovr/Und 40.5

Straight: Ten
Spread: Ten
Ovr/Und: Ovr

Really not too many diffeerences w/ the exception of the Dallas (sighs) & Miami game. A few on the Ovr/Und picks. Anyways...just for fun to compare.
Under your Hot Picks you have San Diego & Pitsburgh....are those your "lock" games of the week? Curious because I see those as being two games that could definitely go either way.

[Takeuon]

[QUOTE=Takeuon;493482]Why not see how we fair against one another. Ok :-)


Oakland at Baltimore -7.5 Ovr/Und 36

Straight: Bal W
Spread: Bal W
Ovr/Und: Ovr W

San Diego at New Orleans 3.5 Ovr/Und 45

Straight: SD L
Spread: SD L
Ovr/Und: Und L

Kansas City at New York Jets -14 Ovr/Und 39

Straight: NYJ W
Spread: KC W
Ovr/Und: Ovr W

Buffalo at Miami 1.5 Ovr/Und 42.5

Straight: Miami W
Spread: Miami W
Ovr/Und: Und W

Tampa Bay at Dallas -1.5 Ovr/Und 40.5

Straight: Dallas :vomit: That hurts W
Spread: Dallas W
Ovr/Und: Ovr L

Atlanta at Philadelphia -9 Ovr/Und 45

Straight: Phi W
Spread: Atl L
Ovr/Und: Und W

St. Louis at New England -7.5 Ovr/Und 42.5

Straight: NE W
Spread: NE L half point
Ovr/Und: Ovr L

Arizona at Carolina -4.5 Ovr/Und 43

Straight: Car W
Spread: Car L half point
Ovr/Und: Ovr L

Washington at Detroit 8 Ovr/Und 42

Straight: Was W!
Spread: Was W
Ovr/Und: Und PUSH

Cleveland at Jacksonville -7 Ovr/Und 42

Straight: Jax L
Spread: Jax L
Ovr/Und: Und W

New York Giants at Pittsburgh -3 Ovr/Und 42

Straight: Pit L
Spread: Pit L
Ovr/Und: Ovr L

Seattle at San Francisco -5.5 Ovr/Und 40.5

Straight: SF L
Spread: Seattle W
Ovr/Und: Und L

Cincinnati at Houston -9.5 Ovr/Und 45

Straight: Hou W
Spread: Cin L
Ovr/Und: Ovr L

Indianapolis at Tennessee -4.5 Ovr/Und 40.5

Straight: Ten
Spread: Ten
Ovr/Und: Ovr

Not bad...not great. Half a point got me twice. I mean are those boys in Vegas good or are they good!? Blows me away how close they get on some games.

[D'BOYZ]

[quote=Takeuon;494587]

Originally Posted by Takeuon

Why not see how we fair against one another. Ok :-)

Not bad...not great. Half a point got me twice. I mean are those boys in Vegas good or are they good!? Blows me away how close they get on some games.

Yeah those half point spreads are the death.... a really bad week for my part and yes those 6 hot picks are my locks the first 3 are the ones I pick for the league I run but I use 6 picks each week for the column.

ohh and you won this week.

[Meks]

dallas wont beat tampa ^

and i think u both picked the over i way too many games

[Takeuon]

Originally Posted by Meks

dallas wont beat tampa ^

and i think u both picked the over i way too many games

Unfortunately Dallas DID win and even worse is that the Giants won