What happened to Home Field Advantage?

Once upon a time, in a NawFuL universe not so far away, there was something called Home Field Advantage. Groups of large men donning colorful suits of armor and helmets, known as The Home Team, used HFA to their benefit to defeat the evil forces of opposition, known as The Visitor. The universe was a happy, predictable place.

Then one day something changed in the universe's gravitational pull, and HFA was no longer so effective. Home Teams began to lose their battles with greater frequency, until one day in 2008 when the great Football Gods decreed that HFA was forever abolished...

Well, how else can one explain what has happened the past two weekends, with 11 of 16 teams winning on the road each time? That chaotic occurrence served the Chaos Kid well in Week 13, as Ben stretched his advantage in the Gehlke Bros. Football season standings after seeing it chopped in half a week ago.

Ben took three of five splits with his dad, and two of four with his uncle, to build a four- and six-game advantage over them, respectively. He was the only one to figure out that Carolina and Kansas City both would dominate their hosts.

Glenn and Sean, meanwhile, had just one split: Pittsburg's game at New England on Sunday. The teams were tied at halftime, but the Steelers then went on to dominate Matt Cassel and the Patriots for a 33-10 win that moved the Junior Bro to within two games of his big brother.

Thanks to some lopsided Turkey Day games that provided two of the week's five home-team victories, Ben and Sean tied at a lofty 12-4, while Glenn was third at 11-5. Our nine collective correct predictions included Tennessee, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Miami, Tampa Bay, N.Y. Giants, Atlanta and Houston. None of us figured on San Francisco or Denver winning on the road, which they both did.