With a new season of "True Detective" upon us, I am rewatching the first and best season of "True Detective". The season with Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey.

We have done this Pick 'Em thing 10 times starting with the 2012 season. Five of us have played every time...jabe, LedZeppfan1977, paul carruthers, Walter, and me. Bong-Man and ebk started playing in 2014 and are the only other ones who have played the majority of the 10 NFL Pick 'Ems. Here are our aggregate totals and our season average from highest to lowest. 1. Bong-Man: 162.7 - 94.7 7 years for a total of 1,139 - 663 2. Strider: 161.4 - 96.7 10 years 1,614 - 967 3. Walter: 161.2 - 92.1 10 years 1,612 - 921 4. ebk: 159.8 - 99.1 8 years 1,278 - 793 5. jabe: 155.1 - 103 10 years 1,551 - 1,030 6. paul carruthers: 147 - 103.5 10 years 1,470 - 1,035 7. LedZeppfan1977: 146.4 - 111.4 10 years 1,464 - 1,114

Ummm, don't the Red Sox have 4 World Series titles this century? Likewise, I feel fairly blessed and lucky with my teams, even with the Raiders sucking ass for most of my adult life. Lakers: 12 NBA Championships Raiders: 3 Super Bowls Kings: 2 Stanley Cups Dodgers: 2 World Series USC Football: 6 National Championships USC Baseball: 8 National Championships

Fun fact: Nick Saban and Pete Carroll are the same age.

The Kings have yet to win this year as they slip down the standings.

Pete Carroll is out in Seattle. redrum cheers. Could Dan Quinn be going back to Seattle? https://www.si.com/nfl/seahawks/news/dallas-cowboys-source-dan-quinn-moves-to-seattle-seahawks-wish-list-as-new-coach

Saturday, January 13 Houston Texans Kansas City Chiefs Sunday, January 14 Buffalo Bills Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams Monday, January 15 Philadelphia Eagles

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Merci beaucoup everyone for the thank yous and kind words. Take it away Walter.

I was cheering for Washington but Michigan was clearly the better team today. As good as Penix was last week against Texas, he was miserable tonight. Not sure where he'll end up in the draft. Number 73 of Washington's O-Line was a joke. At least four drives he killed with his stupid mistakes and penalties. Rich Eisen will be insufferable tomorrow.

Congratulations LedZeppfan1977!!! You are the 2023 NFL Pick 'Em champion! Congratulations to Walter!!! You won the week for the 6th time this season...the most of anyone this year. Thanks to everyone who participated this year. Everyone finished above .500 I won't be doing the playoff pool...that'll be up to someone else to take on. Here are the final numbers. Week 18 Results Walter: 12-4* custard pie man: 11-5 redrum: 11-5 ebk: 10-6 LedZeppfan1977: 10-6 Bong-Man: 9-7 greengrass: 9-7 jabe: 9-7 paul carruthers: 9-7 Strider: 9-7 Final Season Standings After 272 Games 1. LedZeppfan1977***: 173-99 2. Bong-Man****: 168-104 3. paul carruthers***: 167-105 4. Walter******: 164-108 5. ebk***:162-110 6. custard pie man*: 162-110 7. jabe*****: 159-113 8. Strider**: 159-113 9. redrum****: 155-117 10. greengrass***: 142-130 Number of Week Wins Walter: 6 jabe: 5 Bong-Man: 4 redrum: 4 ebk: 3 greengrass: 3 LedZeppfan1977: 3 paul carruthers: 3 Strider: 2 custard pie man: 1

Nice choke job Miami. 😡

Rick has clinched the Season. Once Jacksonville went down there was no chance for the others. I'll have final numbers later after the Buffalo-Miami game.

Last week of doing math on Sundays.

Ok. Tampons it is.

What? Sorry...I haven't been paying attention to the season. Did they actually win something?

@greengrass Where are you man? You can't give up now! Too late for the Steelers-Ravens game but you still have time to get your Houston @ Indy pick in.

That should buy you a burger and a shake.

Okay, you've got the Tennessee Waltz, Cornelius.

You mistook my point. I never said anything about a release of a pro-shot 1977 video. I have said for years that there can't be any official release by Jimmy of a 1977 show because so far we have zero evidence that any 1977 concert was recorded professionally. They didn't record at any of the Forum concerts I saw and there is nothing to suggest Madison Square Garden, Silverdome, Kingdome, Oakland, or any other 1977 shows were recorded on multitracks. All we have are soundboards and in the case of Seattle Kingdome, a videotrack. That was the point I was making...that even though the band was not recording any of the 1977 shows for posterity, somehow we still got videotape of the Seattle Kingdome show. Which suggests the likely possibility of the existence of Silverdome video tapes. But because there would only be a soundboard or videotrack audio component, it's not something Jimmy is going to put out like he did with Earls Court and Knebworth on the 2003 DVD. Unlike Earls Court, Knebworth, and Seattle Kingdome, the Silverdome video has somehow remained tucked away in the vault and remained free from the clutches of collectors and bootleggers.

Anyone who has seen the photos of the Silverdome show on this site or in media coverage of the event can see that the stage was higher and the crowd further back than Madison Square Garden. The staging for the Silverdome was similar to their stage setup for the Kingdome and Oakland-Alameda Coliseum that same tour.

Week 18 picks. Pittsburgh Indianapolis (The South Rule is in effect...any team you pick from the AFC or NFC South Divisions will fuck you over) Tampa Bay (See above) Cleveland Detroit New England New Orleans (More South doom) Tennessee (Ugh...a quartet of cursed South matchups) Arizona (A sizeable percentage of Seattle fans want Pete Carroll gone) Green Bay Las Vegas Kansas City Giants San Francisco Washington Miami