Football

After picking 9 winners out of the 13 NFL games played last weekend, my season prediction record stands at 79 correct and 37 wrong. With the season reaching the halfway point, teams are starting to establish their 2011 identities, which should make it easier to pick winners, but that never seems to be the case. … Read More

According to coach Chan Gailey, the Bills’ braintrust spent the bye week breaking down the defense in the team’s first 6 games, and were determined to do whatever was necessary to improve on that side of the ball. Apparently, judging by the Bills’ 23-0 shutout of the undermanned Washington Redskins on Sunday, the tinkering went well. … Read More

Last weekend’s games produced my first sub-.500 record of the year as I picked 6 winners and 7 losers. Still, the overall season record stands at a respectable 70 correct and 33 wrong. Here are the picks for week eight: Washington at Buffalo – this game is being played in Toronto as a “home” game … Read More

Week 6 turned out to be another pretty successful one for me in picking winners on the NFL games, as I wound up with 11 correct and 2 wrong, making the season record 64-26. This week is the bye week for the Buffalo Bills, among other teams, so again it’s a partial slate of games. … Read More

The Buffalo Bills dropped a 27-24 heartbreaker to the New York Giants on Sunday in the “new Meadowlands”, AKA Metlife Stadium. They now head into their bye week with a 4-2 record, dropping a game behind New England in the AFC East race after the Pats defeated Dallas later in the day. The loss to … Read More

Week five was the first week that included byes in the schedule, so there was only a “partial” slate of games played. I picked 9 winners out of 13, raising the record for the season to 53 right and 24 wrong. Here are my week six selections: Buffalo at New York Giants – the Bills’ … Read More

So far in this young NFL season, long-suffering Buffalo Bills’ fans have been treated to some of the most exciting games since the club’s 4 Super Bowl runs in the 1990s, especially at home in Ralph Wilson Stadium. Sunday’s game against the self-proclaimed “Dream Team”, the Philadelphia Eagles, was no exception. The Bills used the … Read More

Week four was the first week of the NFL’s young season to feature some upsets, and my week’s record of 9 correct and 7 wrong, after 3 good weeks of predictions, reflected that. My record after four weeks now stands at 44 right and 20 wrong. Here are my week 5 picks: Philadelphia at Buffalo … Read More

When Marv Levy’s Bills were dominating the AFC in the early 1990s, amazingly, his teams would take criticism from the local media if they won games, but the wins weren’t convincing enough. He used to routinely say “It’s hard to win every week in the NFL, it takes everything you’ve got, it’s physically and emotionally … Read More

Heading into week four of the NFL season, I should probably be planning a trip to Las Vegas. After correctly picking 13 of 16 winners last week, my season record now stands at 35 correct, 13 wrong. Here are my week four picks: Buffalo at Cincinnati – the Bills gave their fans a sneak peek … Read More