Fit to be tied

The ultimate proof that a football season has been turned on its ear is when two teams can play 75 minutes of football and no one wins — not the teams involved, not the fans, and certainly not the Gehlke Bros., who will from now until the end of December have to report season standings in the W-L-T style, thanks to the Eagles and Bengals. (In case you were wondering, W-L-T stands for "We Loathe Ties".) Leave it to a lightweight like Cincinnati to stink just enough that they couldn't blow the game in the final few seconds like other cooperative NawFuL punching bags. Instead, they traded futility with Philadelphia in the fifth quarter to wind up at 13-13. If you're superstitious, that must be like double bad luck.

The only good luck to be found in Week 11 was with Sean's predictions. The Junior Bro gained ground on everyone thanks to his selection of Green Bay over Chicago in the Pack's 37-3 home victory. That gave him a win in his only split with Glenn, and gave him one more point of agreement with Ben en route to taking 4 of 7 splits the rest of the weekend. Sean still trails Ben by 9 games and the Senior Bro by 3.

There were fewer surprises than might have been expected, given the results of the season's first 10 weeks. The Titans remained perfect with their 10th victory, the Giants continued their methodical march toward defending their Stupor Bore championship, and the Raiders and Lions snatched defeat from the jaws of victory yet again. But lest you thought this week's full moon had no effect outside of Cincinnati, the Steelers prevailed over the Chargers in the first 11-10 final in NawFuL history. Bizarre.

Sean won the week with his 10-5-1 record, while Ben and Glenn were 9-6-1. We all picked the victories of Miami, Indianapolis, Carolina, Tennessee and Pittsburg. None of us anticipated that Dallas would welcome back Tony Romo with a win, that Buffalo would shank a potential game-winning field goal on Monday night, or that the "Bengagles" wouldn't finish what they started.