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2011 NFL Week 4 – Picks

After a pretty good week last Sunday, I’m hoping my method of picks holds out for week 4. The Prince is sticking to his “Animal vs.” method even though it didn’t serve him very well last week.

Week 4
Sun, Oct 02	Spring’s Picks	Prince’s Picks
DET @ DAL	Detroit	Detroit
PIT @ HOU	Houston	Houston
CAR @ CHI	Chicago	Carolina
TEN @ CLE	Tennessee	Tennessee
BUF @ CIN	Buffalo	Cincinati
NO @ JAC	New Orleans	Jacksonville
MIN @ KC	Kansas City	Minnesota
SF @ PHI	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
WAS @ STL	Washington	St. Louis
ATL @ SEA	Seattle	Seattle
NYG @ ARI	NY Giants	Arizona
DEN @ GB	Green Bay	Denver
MIA @ SD	San Diego	San Diego
NE @ OAK	Oakland	Oakland
NYJ @ BAL	Baltimore	Baltimore
Mon, Oct 03
IND @ TB	Tampa Bay	Tampa Bay
Byes: None

2011 NFL Week 3 – Results

Sep28

We didn’t do so bad this week with our picks. The Prince has a solid 50% average, which isn’t too bad for an 8 year old. Had I left my pick for the Wash/Dallas game I would have been up 1 on the week. But like many I thought those bruised ribs would hurt Romo a lot more than they obviously did. So while my Skins lost, my Titans pulled out their win and I’m happy about that.

Week 3
Sun, Sep 25	Spring’s Picks	Results	Prince’s Picks	Results	Game Results
JAC @ CAR	Carolina	W	Carolina	W	10 – 16
HOU @ NO	New Orleans	W	Houston	L	33 – 40
NE @ BUF	New England	L	Buffalo	W	31 – 34
MIA @ CLE	Cleveland	W	Miami	L	16 – 17
SF @ CIN	Cincinnati	L	Cincinnati	L	13 – 8
NYG @ PHI	NY Giants	W	Philadelphia	L	29 – 16
DET @ MIN	Detroit	W	Detroit	W	26 – 23 OT
DEN @ TEN	Tennessee	W	Denver	L	14 – 17
NYJ @ OAK	NY Jets	L	Oakland	W	24 – 34
BAL @ STL	Baltimore	W	Baltimore	W	37 – 7
KC @ SD	San Diego	W	San Diego	W	17 – 20
ATL @ TB	Tampa Bay	W	Atlanta	L	13 – 16
GB @ CHI	Green Bay	W	Chicago	L	27 – 17
ARI @ SEA	Seattle	W	Seattle	W	10 – 13
PIT @ IND	Pittsburgh	W	Indianapolis	L	23 – 20
Mon, Sep 26
WAS @ DAL	Washington	L	Dallas	W	16 – 18
Byes: None
Results: W = 12 / L = 4 of 16 Season: W = 29 / L = 19 of 48			Results: W = 8 / L = 8 of 16 Season: W = 24 / L = 24 of 48

2011 NFL Week 3 – Picks

Sep20

Trying to extend the success of Week 2, here are our picks for week 3. There are a few toss ups this week. I put my pick behind the home team simply because playing at home often gives a team a little more emphasis to win for their fans, they don’t have to travel, and in some of these cases, they’re playing for pride this week. The Prince continues his pick strategy with the animal over the mundane, and the birds winning regardless, with the exception of Arizona. There he picked the bigger bird and hopes the Seahawks can win one at home.

Sunday 12:20- The Munchkin refines his picks for the day and I’m changing my pick for Wash/Dallas.

Week 3
Sun, Sep 25	Spring’s Picks	Prince’s Picks
JAC @ CAR	Carolina	Carolina
HOU @ NO	New Orleans	Houston
NE @ BUF	New England	Buffalo
MIA @ CLE	Cleveland	Miami
SF @ CIN	Cincinnati	Cincinnati
NYG @ PHI	NY Giants	Philadelphia
DET @ MIN	Detroit	Detroit
DEN @ TEN	Tennessee	Denver
NYJ @ OAK	NY Jets	Oakland
BAL @ STL	Baltimore	Baltimore
KC @ SD	San Diego	San Diego
ATL @ TB	Tampa Bay	Atlanta
GB @ CHI	Green Bay	Chicago
ARI @ SEA	Seattle	Seattle
PIT @ IND	Pittsburgh	Indianapolis
Mon, Sep 26
WAS @ DAL	Washington	Dallas
Byes: None

2011 NFL Week 2 – Results

Sep20

I had a much better week in Week 2 of the NFL. My Redskins and Titans won. Even though I didn’t pick the Titans I’m happy they won. There were 2 games of the week that showed life’s lessons are about balance, even within the NFL. The Colts showed their success is based on one player and with Peyton at the helm, they can’t win. While the balance of that was seen in Atlanta showing that one man, in this case Vick, can’t win a game all alone. Where were his receivers? There were so many dropped passes that should have been easy catches that the Eagles should’ve / could’ve destroyed the Falcons. That is, if the rest of the team had showed up ready to play. In the end it was a pretty good week for me, 11 games won out of 16. The Prince came in 2nd in our family match up. Daddy, well he didn’t do real well this week.

Week 2
Sun, Sep 18	Spring’s Picks	Results	Prince’s Picks	Results	Game Results
SEA @ PIT	Pittsburgh	W	Seattle	L	0 – 24
CLE @ IND	Indianapolis	L	Cleveland	W	27 – 19
KC @ DET	Detroit	W	Detroit	W	3 – 48
BAL @ TEN	Baltimore	L	Tennessee	W	13 – 26
OAK @ BUF	Buffalo	W	Buffalo	W	35 – 38
ARI @ WAS	Washington	W	Arizona	L	21 – 22
TB @ MIN	Minnesota	L	Minnesota	L	24 – 20
JAC @ NYJ	NY Jets	W	NY Jets	W	3 – 32
CHI @ NO	New Orleans	W	New Orleans	W	13 -30
GB @ CAR	Green Bay	W	Carolina	L	30 – 23
DAL @ SF	San Francisco	L	San Francisco	L	27 – 24 OT
CIN @ DEN	Denver	W	Denver	W	22 – 24
SD @ NE	New England	W	San Diego	L	21 – 35
HOU @ MIA	Houston	W	Miami	L	23 – 13
PHI @ ATL	Philadelphia	L	Philadelphia	L	31 – 35
Mon, Sep 19
STL @ NYG	NY Giants	W	St. Louis	L	16 – 28
Byes: None
Results: W = 11 / L = 5 of 16 Season: W = 17 / L = 15 of 32			Results: W = 7 / L = 9 of 16 Season: W = 16 / L = 16 of 32

2011 NFL Week 2 – Picks

Sep17

The Prince has a method to picking his teams. The ‘birds’ win over everyone else. And if two ‘birds’ are playing, it’s the bigger bird. So in the Philly v Atlanta match up; well of course the Eagles (who are his favorite team anyway) will beat the little Falcons. I’m simply hoping to do better this week than last.

Week 2
Sun, Sep 18	Spring’s Picks	Prince’s Picks
SEA @ PIT	Pitsburg	Seattle
CLE @ IND	Indianapolis	Cleveland
KC @ DET	Detroit	Detroit
BAL @ TEN	Baltimore	Tennessee
OAK @ BUF	Buffalo	Buffalo
ARI @ WAS	Washington	Arizona
TB @ MIN	Minnesota	Minnesota
JAC @ NYJ	NY Jets	NY Jets
CHI @ NO	New Orleans	New Orleans
GB @ CAR	Green Bay	Carolina
DAL @ SF	San Francisco	San Francisco
CIN @ DEN	Denver	Denver
SD @ NE	New England	San Diego
HOU @ MIA	Houston	Miami
PHI @ ATL	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
Mon, Sep 19
STL @ NYG	NY Giants	St. Louis
Byes: None

2011 NFL Week 1 – Results

Sep17

I had a terrible 1st week, but that’s not unusual. The Prince did very well, considering he’s 8yrs old. The one game that I really cared about was Wash v NYG. My Redskins haven’t beaten the NYG on opening day since 1976. So their win over the Giants, a divisional opponent, and at home; was a GREAT win! The Prince is pleased that he beat Mom in over all pics.

Week 1
Thu, Sep 08	Spring’s Picks	Results	Prince’s Picks	Results	Game Results
NO @ GB	New Orleans	L	New Orleans	L	34 – 42
Sun, Sep 11
ATL @ CHI	Atlanta	L	Atlanta	L	12 – 30
IND @ HOU	Indianapolis	L	Indianapolis	L	7 – 34
BUF @ KC	Kansas City	L	Buffalo	W	41 – 7
CIN @ CLE	Cleveland	L	Cincinnati	W	27 – 17
PIT @ BAL	Baltimore	W	Baltimore	W	7 – 35
PHI @ STL	Philadelphia	W	Philadelphia	W	31 – 13
DET @ TB	Tampa Bay	L	Detroit	W	27 – 20
TEN @ JAC	Tennessee	L	Jacksonville	W	14 – 16
MIN @ SD	Minnesota	L	San Diego	W	17 – 24
CAR @ ARI	Carolina	L	Arizona	W	21 – 28
NYG @ WAS	Washington	W	NYGiants	L	14 – 28
SEA @ SF	San Francisco	W	Seattle	L	33 – 17
DAL @ NYJ	NYJets	W	NYJets	W	24 – 27
Mon, Sep 12
NE @ MIA	Miami	L	Miami	L	38 – 24
OAK @ DEN	Oakland	W	Denver	L	23 – 20
Results: W = 6 / L = 10 of 16 Season: W = 6 / L = 10 of 16			Results: W = 9 / L = x 7 of 16 Season: W = 9 / L = 7 of 16

2011 NFL Week 1 – Picks

Sep11

It’s time for football. The Prince and I made our picks for Week 1, though we’re late in posting them.

Week 1
Thu, Sep 08	Spring’s Picks	Prince’s Picks
NO @ GB	New Orleans	New Orleans
Sun, Sep 11
ATL @ CHI	Atlanta	Atlanta
IND @ HOU	Indianapolis	Indianapolis
BUF @ KC	Kansas City	Buffalo
CIN @ CLE	Cleveland	Cincinnati
PIT @ BAL	Baltimore	Baltimore
PHI @ STL	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
DET @ TB	Tampa Bay	Detroit
TEN @ JAC	Tennessee	Jacksonville
MIN @ SD	Minnesota	San Diego
CAR @ ARI	Carolina	Arizona
NYG @ WAS	Washington	NYGiants
SEA @ SF	San Fransisco	Seattle
DAL @ NYJ	NYJets	NYJets
Mon, Sep 12
NE @ MIA	Miami	Miami
OAK @ DEN	Oakland	Denver

The Best Nascar Invocation – Ever!

Jul23

July 23, 2011
Nascar Nationwide Series Race In Nashville Tennessee

One, if not the best portion of Saturday’s Nationwide Race in Nashville, came from Pastor Joe Nelms who proves an invocation doesn’t have to be stoic to be effective. Right away fans began tweeting, blogging and posting on social media networks how great the pre-race prayer was. Labeling it the Best Invocation Ever! Within minutes the video was posted on YouTube and sports blogs. SBNation.com‘s Brian Floyd likened the invocation to a scene from Talladega Nights. What some may not know is this isn’t the first time we’ve seen Pastor Joe deliver a pre-race invocation and make it a memorable one. We remember last years invocation which was equally jovial, though perhaps not as memorable as the one delivered tonight!

Transcript of:
Pastor Joe Nelms
Of Family Baptist Church in Lebannon Tn.

Heavenly Father we thank you tonight for all your blessings you said in all things give thanks.
So we want to thank you for these mighty machines that you’ve brought before us.
Thank you for the Dodges and the Toyotas.
Thank you for the Fords and most of all we thank you for Roush and Hendrick to give us the power that we see before us tonight.
Thank you for GM Performance Technology and ro7 engines,
Thank you for Sunoco racing fuel, and Goodyear tires and great performance and power to the track.
Lord I want to thank you for my smokin’ hot wife tonight Lisa my two children Ely and Emma. Or as we like to call ’em the little ‘Es’
Lord I pray bless the drivers and crews tonight. May they put on a performance worthy of this track.
Boggity Boggity Boggity
Amen

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Waving At Trains

Jun24

Train Poems

Trains have been a fascinating fixture in every culture of the world. They draw people to them to watch them pass by and even to wave at their engineers and passengers. There so many different things that draw us to the roaring sounds of a train. Roger McGough tried to put some of his reasons into poem.

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The Birthday Train

May28

An After Dinner Treat

When your birthday falls on a week day, it’s nice to go out to dinner on the weekend. And our after dinner treat is always a walk around Randolf-Macon College and train watching.

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