2011 NFL Season, Week 12 Results

So, I forgot to post my prediction results from last week slate of NFL games.  Here they are.  My record was 13-3, which is pretty good, but not sensational.

I still did very well, especially when compared with the ESPN crew.  However, they are catching up.  Mark Schlereth beat me with a record of 14-2.  Good job, Mark!  Both of us missed on the Rams, incidentally.  Several dudes managed to tie my record of 13-3. This would include Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter as well as the Pick'em gambling service.  You can see all the results here.

Hendry's coin did not fare very well this week.  Th coin was 9-7.  Yes, this is a winning record, but the coin did not beat a single human prognosticator at ESPN.  It got close to Golic, but he was still better by one game.  Here are the results of the coin toss.

One step closer to blowing up the ship

So, in case you missed it, the Rams lost to the Cardinals 23-20 today.  This brings the Rams record to 2-8, {Editor's note:  We are actually 2-9.  I lost the count.  We've lost so many games, it's easy to do.} and gives us official control of the basement in the NFC West, the worst division in professional football.  We are officially one loss closer to blowing up the ship.

I said it last week, and I will say it again this week.  If we can't beat weak and rebuilding teams in our own pathetic division, we have plenary proof of abject failure.  The rebuilding project has failed.

The good news is that we remain in position to draft Justin Blackmon.  The bad news is we suck.  The good news is that we have one more victory than we did in 2009.  The bad news is that we have only one more victory that we did in 2009.

The boos are loud and continuous in Saint Louis

Well, the battle does not go well today.  The Cards are up 20-10 on the Rams right now.  The boos have been rather loud and continuous all game long.  Austin Pettis & Brandon Lloyd have both made catches that have brought the fans to their feet cheering, but these were only fleeting moments.  The chorus of boos have dominated these proceedings.  Not even in Indianapolis are the fans booing like this.

It's loud moments like these that make me think everyone is going to get fired at the end of this season.  I suspect we will do what the 49ers did at the end of last season.  We will clean and flush the coaching staff, but we will also blow-up the front office.  Just remember:  The prime suspect is Billy Devaney.  It's his draft decisions that have put us in this pathetic position.  If we don't get him out of there, we won't improve.  Hopefully, we will not flush and clean the roster.  This would be the second consecutive clean and flush without success.  I would hate that.

Dave vs. the Coin, Week 12

So, before we split from work on Wednesday, my buddy Hendry tossed the quarter for this week's pick.  Hendry is from Indonesia, so he is not much of a football fan.  You can't say he has a biased thumb or owns a biased quarter.

I was pretty astounded by the results of the coin toss.  The quarter was hot, and I knew it.  I didn't expect the quarter to beat me on Thanksgiving Day, but I knew the quarter was going to be tough.  We might have another octopus story here...  Remember the octopus that was undefeated in the World Cup last time around?