For the first time in league history the NFL will open it's season on a Wednesday night. The league has opened every year on a Thursday night in recent seasons, but because President Obama will be giving a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte on Thursday, September 6th, the ... Continue Reading

Well, that was fast. Amid rumors that the Packers may apply the franchise tag to Matt Flynn in order to trade him for a draft pick, Yahoo! Sports is reporting that the Packers will cut veteran left tackle Chad Clifton and re-structure the contract of Donald Driver. While there's no guarantee ... Continue Reading

If you're a Wisconsin sports fan, you know there's really only two stories circulating the sports blogosphere around these parts right now, and one of them has already been beaten into the ground in the last 24 hours (see below). The other is the debate over whether the Packers should/will apply ... Continue Reading

With the worst regular season of my life picks-wise out of the way (made somewhat better by the fact that I didn't place a bet and the Packers went 15-1) let's start anew and take a look at the postseason. With the Packers getting the week off to heal their ... Continue Reading

So much badness in football this week. First the dream at perfection was ruined in Kansas City leading to Mercury Morris and idiots who think this means the Packers aren't even the conference favorites anymore reappear (it's as if the Saints didn't lose to the Rams and the Cardinals did ... Continue Reading

I wanted to go with a holiday theme this week thinking that Hanukkah had already started but that's next Wednesday so I'll withhold finding ways to drop Yiddish words in the picks (which is a shame since there were so many opportunities to say taking the Colts once again is ... Continue Reading

Where and When: Packers @ Chiefs Sunday at noon at what could be a bipartisan Arrowhead Stadium if the crowd noise when the Steelers were there is any indication. Was wondering what crew would get a game involving KC but apparently 13-0 calls for FOX's B-team so Kenny Albert, the ... Continue Reading

A third straight 6-10 week has undoubtedly killed any dreams for a rebound to .500 by the end of the season, so while I ponder being the Seattle Seahawks of prognostication (bad but not terrible where I can be mentioned with the absolute dregs) let's take a look at the ... Continue Reading

Where and When: Raiders @ Packers, Sunday at 3:15 after the league moved the champs out of one of their few noon kickoffs two weeks ago. Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will be on hand at Lambeau again after previously calling the Bronco game (one that shouldn't even count since ... Continue Reading

I have no preamble this week, picks have been shitty and so has my day, hoping that doing this in a bitter state leads to glory, clearly this is why Ditka is leading the Monday Night Countdown picks segment (I don't actually know if this is true but am banking ... Continue Reading