Well, I wrote quite a bit before but I can never quite get it back so let's just say it's looking like a three-horse race between RB27, XLII, and G-Brit, with a few of us having longshot chances... but we don't control our destiny.

YTD:

148: GiantRB27 (2)

146: XLII (4), GfaninEngland aka G-Brit (14)

142: Simms-McConkey (2), Brisulph (5)

140: ShenktheTank (9)

138: Meigs1414 (1), hocke26 (9)

137: njGiant (12)

135: Wangstu (14), M. (14)

134: LostinJersey (8)

132: GiantsReignSupreme (19)

130: Nck228 (5)

129: Mr. Met (21)

127: FreeBradshaw (17), WillgFass (20)

125: Woogie526 (5), cjmulrain (9), Shofner85 (12)

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After a happy season together, Mike Singletary has turned on me and I've gotten the 49ers wrong 2 weeks in a row.

So for this week:

14-2: XLII  -- makes it interesting getting into the mix with RB27 and G-Brit

13-3: Nck228,

12-4: cjmulrain, Meigs1414, LostinJersey, brisulph, GiantsReignSupreme, GfaninEngland, willGFass

11-5: Simms-McConkey, njGiant, M., hocke26,  Woogie526

10-6: ShenktheTank, FreeBradshaw,

9-7: Wangstu, GiantRB27

8-8: Shofner85, Mr. Met

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Below is a link to a video I just watched at Youtube.com that appear to be produced by NFL films. I am no blue gonz or bobbiblue, but I have been a Giants fan for about 25 years. This video speaks to the team that originally won me as a fan, the great 1986 team. And more specifically, the player that inspired half of my Big Blue view handle, the inimitable Phil McConkey.

I bring this up (and try to use as many extra words as possibel in order to make this a viable fan post) in response to a comment in the idiot Peter King story about all-90s no Strahan. Someone made the comment that Phil McConkey was another nameless, less-than-noteworthy bum among the crowd Phil Simms threw to.

I say nay nay.

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24 years of Giants fandom. Zero trips to Giants Stadium. Me and the Meadowlands were like the Eagles and the Lombardi trophy, it seemed -- destined never to meet.

Then the clock started ticking on Giants Stadium, and I made the hard-sell on my wife, who's been given at least one pair of Patriots tickets every year for over a decade by her dad. Birthday, Christmas, anything -- all I want baby, is to get into a Giants Stadium seat before it becomes QualtexCom park.

And she went for it for Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 against the Dallas Cowpies.

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GiantRB27 is sort of becoming the Colts and Saints combined of this pool. It was a tough week for everyone except our fearless leader, who went 12-3 so far and has GB tonight. If Baltimore wins, Bradshaw, Meigs, and hocke26 will tie at 12-4 and we'd give the Hot Hand to FB cuz he's the man. The 2-6 players all got 10 wins so no movement there. Hocke & Meigs got a little closer with 11-4 performances.

Pending MNF:

12-3: GiantRB27

11-4: FreeBradshaw, Wangstu, Meigs1414, hocke26

10-5: Simms-McConkey, XLII, Shenkthetank, brisulph, M., Nck228, GfaninEngland

9-6: LostinJersey, WillGfass, Mr. Met

8-7: njGiant, Woogie526, Shofner85

7-8: cjmulrain

6-9: GiantsReignSupreme

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Hello fellow BBV prognosticators,

It's time to discuss what we can do to have a pick'em playoffs come NFL playoff time. Rather than type a bunch of options, what I'll do is lay out my best idea and let everyone weigh in on it. Every time I try to attach a poll my pc crashes, so please, when making your non-binding, just to get a feeling vote, use the subject line YEA or NAY. Only BBV poolers, please.

We will continue to discuss this and this is in no way written in stone based on this thread alone.

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Crazy as it may sound, I am going to the Meadowlands Dec. 6 for the first time in my life, to see the Giants play the Dallas Cowpies. Don't blame me, I've always been poor and my pops never brought me. But I made a major campaign to my wife about Giants Stadium closing this year, and so for my sort of combined birthday and Christmas present, off we go. I am going with my wife, a close friend who is a Cowgirls fanatic, and his wife.

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Please check my tallies as always to avoid mistakes. With the disappearance of Phildo and Ianwestpalm, we are down to 21 players. Way to go Giants, even if I can't close my hand from losing my temper at the officials after back-to-back phantom calls against the Giants.

Week 11:

13-2: ShenktheTank

12-3: Simms-McConkey, njGiant, Meigs1414, GiantRB27, GiantsReignSupreme, G-Brit

11-4: cjmulrain, Wangstu, XLII, brisulph, Woogie526, M., Mr. Met

10-5: Tito8-0

9-6: hocke26, LostinJersey, Shofner85, Nck228

8-7: FreeBradshaw

7-8: WillgFass

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The hot hand for the second week in a row is from G-Brit. Let's bring this thing back stateside, G-Fans in America!

Seriously, though, G-Brit is on a tear with a record like 88-3 in the last 2 weeks, and got all 5 of his hot hand picks correct last week. So this is probably worth a good look:

Locks of the week
 
ARI at STL: ARI. As hard as the Rams played the Saints, it does not get any easier with the Cards coming to town. 
 
CIN at OAK: CIN. No doubt no one wants to play the Bengals now, and they are unbeaten on the road facing what must be a very demoralized Raiders team.
 
Hard to call
 
MIA at CAR: CAR. Both teams run the ball and both could struggle to stop it. I will take the Panthers as Delhomme, yes Delhomme, is less turnover prone than Henne.
 
SF at GB: GB. Which GB team turns up? Will the 49ers have any offense? Take the Packers in a low scoring game.
 
Upset special

The only game that stands out as an upset is TEN at HOU: TEN. The Titans are hot at the moment and the Texans have not taken their game to the next level. Something about Vince Young and Houston at the back of my mind - but I cannot remember what.
 
Cheers

Week 10 results:

13-2: G-Brit

12-3: WillGfass

11-4: njGiant, Wangstu

10-5: Mr. Met, Nck228, LostinJersey, hocke26, Meigs1414, freebradshaw

9-6: Shofner85, shenkthetank, GiantRB27, Tito8-0, Simms-McConkey

8-7: GiantsReignSupreme, M., Woogie526, Brisulph, ianwestpalm

7-8: XLII, cjmulrain

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