Week Eight Results

Props to Tyler for having the best week out there; after a week off in Week 7, he went 10-3 in Week 8. Big props to Ty.

Props to Dav. Consistency is the name of the game. Over the past four weeks, he has the best record.

Standings
Frank 8
ChrisM 6
Hanley 5
Tyler 1
Phil L 0
DaveB -2
ChrisA -6
Matt -11

Interesting point of the week:
If the only mechanism you used for picking games was to pick Patriots (8-0 ATS) and the underdogs (57-51-6 ATS), you would be 65-43-6, which is 11 games above .500. That would put you in first place in our pickem challenge, three games ahead of E-on. Sometimes, it's easier than you think...

The Game of the Century opened with the Colts as 3.5 point home underdogs. Heavy betting on the Pats pushed the line a whole point to 4.5. It could move to a whole touchdown and I wouldn't be scared. After getting burned three times thinking, hey, there's no way that the Pats can cover that number, I'm taking them every time. As Miguel said, ride that horse till it bucks you off.

Early Look at Week 9 Lines:
Washington (-3.5) NY JETS
Green Bay (NL) KANSAS CITY
TAMPA BAY (-3.5) Arizona
TENNESSEE (-4.5) Carolina
ATLANTA (-3) San Francisco
NEW ORLEANS (-3.5) Jacksonville
DETROIT (NL) Denver
BUFFALO (-2) Cincinnati
San Diego (-7) MINNESOTA
CLEVELAND (-2) Seattle
New England (-4.5) INDIANAPOLIS
OAKLAND (-3) Houston
Dallas (-3) PHILADELPHIA
PITTSBURGH (-9) Baltimore