I did a little research regarding the different years we have conducted this picking pool on LZ.com. 7 seasons, with only one repeat champion in all of those years - the legendary jb126 and only one tie - 2017 and three-way at that! 2012 - Walter 171-84 2013 - jb126 164-91 2014 - jb126 177-78-1 2015 - apantherfrommd 163-93 2016 - junior 171-83-2 2017 - Bong-Man, The Chase, and Strider 175-81 2018 - kipper 167-87-2* * Its picks were admittedly made by a self-proclaimed “picks guru”.

Happy 73rd Birthday to the legendary John Baldwin...John Paul Jones!

I knew Nuke was a top 3 wr, but this stat is ridiculous...

Now I see Daryl Dragon of Captain and Tennille fame has died. Man, much like mentally ill folks going off the rails at and after the holidays - the 70+ year olds are dropping like flies...

I think that’s their way of differentiating real sports, ie Monday Night Football and professional boxing from pro wrestling - which is obviously completely sports entertainment only. He was entertaining that’s for sure!

Grim Reaper getting going in 2019... RIP “Mean” Gene

Nor the Yankees! Happy New Year to you and Mr. ebk! 😘

Happy New Year to you both! Yes, there absolutely is other forms of life out there. No way it’s just us!

Agreed, Paul. A/C running at New Years is never good. But driving with the top down to breakfast this morning is always fabulous!

Now that the long, grueling regular season is over - it’s time to look to the playoffs. Less games to pick and an opportunity for those who don’t want to commit to 17 weeks of picks, to have fun with this quick little jaunt. Rules are simple, one point for each correct game picked and, if necessary, the tie breaker at the end will be total points in the Super Bowl - separate from picking the winning team. If you’re interested, here’s the slate of games for next weekend: Saturday Indianapolis @ Houston 4:35 ET Seattle @ Dallas 8:15 ET Sunday Los Angeles Chargers @ Baltimore 1:05 ET Philadelphia @ Chicago 4:40 ET

Pretty amazing actually. Just think, pitchers and catchers report in just under 2 months! Hope you’re going fly south again! Sean you should fly east too!!

Nail meets head. Thanks again Strider.

Crazy day. My Cowboys acted like they won the Super Bowl by beating a 5-11 Giants team - with most of our starters in...so short sighted. As usual. Browns are for real. Just need to get an actual head coach to manage the games better. Titans would’ve been better off starting an injured Mariota tonight. His left arm would’ve been better than Gabbert’s right was. Saints had no heart and the Bucs could not finish a game this year...along with the Giants. KC is not the same team without Hunt and looks to be an easy target in the 2nd round. Oakland thought they were getting 2 first rounders this season, but Chicago and Dallas finished so we’ll with their outcasts, it’s more like 2nd rounders for them. Was today FINALLY Marvin Lewis’ last day as the head coach of the Bengals? AFC East is its usual train wreck. 1/2 of the coaches fired... NFC West....🙄 Zimmer should be fired for getting so little out of a very talented Minnesota team. Green Bay needs to figure out its o-line and defensive problems before Rodgers is past his prime. Was today Eli’s last start as a Giant? Is he really HoF material? New England, another first round bye and setting up for home field advantage and a trip to the SB yet again. Unless Baltimore stops them... Looking forward to the playoffs!

Congratulations to kipper and his picks guru for winning the pool this season. I thought you’d already sent y’alls picks in - until Strider posted them later. Me thinks you thought I was going to match your picks like another pussy did a few years ago against jb126....I don’t play that way. Again congrats, you and your team played well. On to the playoffs.

Buffalo Green Bay New England New Orleans Houston N.Y. Giants Atlanta Pittsburgh Philadelphia Minnesota Kansas City Baltimore Lost Chargers L.A. Rams Seattle Indianapolis As a side note, thank you once again Strider for doing the math every week, keeping the records, and making the side bar comments that make this the most enjoyable thread every year! ✌🏼

Junior: Miami Green Bay New England Carolina Houston Dallas Tampa Bay Pitt Phily Special Chicago Kansas City Cleveland (winning record!) Lost Chargers LA Lambs Seattle Tennessee

From last nights Toronto vs Orlando basketball game here in town...

Ho, ho, ho...

I bet that’s one kick ass show! 👍🏼✌🏼

Tea For One - February 13, 1996 - Tokyo Thinking of my Pops...

For Paul and any other classic wrestling fans, from Ric Flair...

For Christmas dinner I made a 6 lb prime rib roast. Seasoned with a coating of a horseradish/Dijon mustard mix brushed on and then a mixture of garlic powder, thyme, coarse ground black pepper, and kosher salt sprinkled all around. Served with au jas sauce made from the roast, whipped russet potatoes, French green bean casserole with fried onions on top, sautéed mushrooms, and dinner rolls. Very enjoyable.