Season update — Glenn leads by 1
This in not good. We've played just two weeks of the new season and the best record for the Gehlke Bros. is a depressing 17-15. That's sort of like flipping a coin and calling each game in the air. Hey... naw. That would be too easy. We here in NawFuL land prefer to do things the difficult way, by sifting through the sports wires and comparing stats ad nauseum to make a logical determination of who should win each week. Can we be blamed when the football gods have other plans?
So far we have seen it all -- a thrown helmet that cost a victory last week, and this week the infamous "pepper spray game." Our Dwayne Rudd Award for biggest choke of the week goes to the Prince George's County police officer who tried to break up a melee in the stands at Monday's 'Skins game by squirting a little pepper spray on the miscreants. Only problem was that the cooling fans whirling away on the Eagles' sidelines picked up the noxious stuff and spread it through the stadium, leading to an 8-minute barf fest. Bet that made for some great ratings for ABC. By the way, the Eagles won the game.
The Bros. managed just one split this week -- New England's destruction of the New York Jets, which gave Glenn a one-game lead. The Senior Bro. won the week with a disappointing 8-8 record. Sean was 7-9 and Ben finished 6-10. There was plenty of agreement in our predictions, most of it faulty. We done good in siding with Chicago, Carolina, Miami and Tampa Bay, but we done reeeeallly bad in our collective picks of Green Bay, Kansas City, Tennessee, St. Louis, Minnesota and San Francisco. (Did we leave anybody out?)
It was fun watching Bill Cowher do his best Jerry Jones impersonation during the Steelers' embarrassing loss to the Raiders. This is the early season favorite to win the Stupor Brawl? And the 49ers had better find their offense soon if they hope to contend for postseason glory. The Cal Bears could have defeated them on Sunday.
Total splits: 1
