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Week 11:
Skins, anyone?
By Randy Williams
My friends,
the Guru experienced the joy and
pain of NFL fandom last week.
I rode the crest of emotion as the truly mighty Skins rallied
from a nine-point deficit with 1:39 remaining to take a 27-26 lead
on a career-long 54-yard field goal by Cary Blanchard.
I was so delirious after the kick that I immediately made
plans to tell my wife we'd have to name our second kid Cary and
the third child Blanchard (Yes, kid #1 will still be called Joe
Gibbs Williams.)
Alas, my heart sank as the bend-but-break Skins defense snapped
like a lawn chair under my considerable girth, allowing Arizona
to capture a 29-27 win with a last-second field goal. My thoughts
were immediately of Chief Redskin,
in a sports bar 1,000 miles away, writhing in agony and speaking
in tongues only I could understand.
You might think a two-point loss at this stage of a 1-8 season
wouldn't matter. Incorrect, my friends. I spent Sunday evening staring
at the walls, muttering to myself, the fresh image of defeat burned
on my brain.
This week the Mighties face the only team they could beat nine times
out of 10 - the putrid Philadelphia Eagles. Look for Norv &
Co. to put a tall whipping on the boys from Crack, Pa. Skins,
baby.
In other games I like the Giants (+8)
against Green Bay; Indianapolis (+6)
vs the Jets; Miami (-3) at Carolina;
New England +2) hosting Buffalo;
San Fran (-3) big at Atlanta; Pittsburgh
(+1) in a revenge match against Tennessee; Minnesota
(no line) vs Cincy; New Orleans (-2)
against St. Louis; Oakland (+1) at
home vs Seattle; San Diego (+1) over
Baltimore; and Dee-troit (no line) against
Chi-town.
In three big games, I'll take Jacksonville
(no line) against Tampa; Dallas (-3)
at Arizona; and, on Monday night, Kansas City
(no line) over Denver.
Week 10 record: 6-8-0 (Not bad, huh?)
Season record: 47-57-3 (I could coach the Skins)
Norv T's record: 27-45-1 (Next stop: the Birds)
George's NCAA record: 80-88-1 (Click
for Saturday Selections, if you dare)
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