Picks for NFL Week 3: WE NEED NEW REFS!

 ATTN: contest winners- your prize packages are almost completely put together and will be mailed out on friday morning September 21!

Well here's what I had picked for this past weeks NFL picks:

Chicago at Green Bay                                      GREEN BAY    W
Tampa Bay at NY Giants                                  NYGIANTS      W
New Orleans at Carolina                                  CAROLINA- UPSET PICK   W
Arizona at New England                                   NEW ENGLAND  L
Minnesota at Indianapolis                                  MINNESOTA    L
Baltimore at Philadelphia                                   BALTIMORE    L
Kansas City at Buffalo                                      BUFFALO        W
Cleveland at Cincinnati                                     CINCINNATI    W
Houston at Jacksonville                                     JACKSONVILLE   L
Dallas at Seattle                                                DALLAS               L
Washington at St. Louis                                    WASHINGTON    L
NY Jets at Pittsburgh                                        NY JETS             L
Tennessee at San Diego                                    SAN DIEGO      W
Oakland at Miami                                             MIAMI               W
Detroit at San Francisco                                   SAN FRANCISCO  W
Denver at Atlanta                                              DENVER                L


My stats for the season so far go like this:
week 1: 6-10
week 2: 8-8

Now here's the BIG KAHUNAS picks for week 3 of the NFL:

 WINNING

Giants at Panthers                                       NY GIANTS
Buccaneers at Cowboys                             TAMPA BAY
Rams at Bears                                            CHICAGO
49ers at Vikings                                          SAN FRANCISCO
Lions at Titans                                             DETROIT
Bengals at Redskins                                    WASHINGTON
Chiefs at Saints                                            NEW ORLEANS
Jets at Dolphins                                           MIAMI
Bills at Browns                                            BUFFALO
Jaguars at Colts                                           INDIANAPOLIS
Eagles at Cardinals                                      ARIZONA
Falcons at Chargers                                     SAN DIEGO
Texans at Broncos                                       HOUSTON
Steelers at Raiders                                      SQUEELERS
Patriots at Ravens                                        RAVENS
Packers at Seahawks                                  GREEN BAY

Those are my picks and that's what I'm sticking with!

On a side note, I wrote a poem to Roger Goodell about the replacement refs and it went something like this:

The happiest time of the week for me
is when the NFL would play on sundays,
But the refs threw the flag on the season
because for them it's all about the money.

Replacement refs are calling ghostly penalities
and giving one of the teams an extra "TIME OUT",
Now they're calling an incomplete pass a fumble
and letting Jake Locker's shoulder pop out and about.

Players are having their helmets removed via foot job
and then they get smacked with a penalty for removing it,
Letting the clock run when it should've been stopped
and not knowing how to spot a yard instead of an inch you idiot.

The refs should be so lucky they have survived
and week three is coming around the bend,
One ref was busted for being a proud Saints fan
So the NFL tossed his ass to the curb end over end.

The replacement refs know they hold some power
to determine the outcome and cover all of the bets,
We'll pull some strings and make a sick wad of cash
and how Tim Tebow will never quarterback for the Jets.

We'll let the horse collar tackle slide this time
and turn a blind eye to the QB getting illegally hit,
We'll screw up a few calls when the defense looks too good
and then call out some infractions that were not legit.

One ref says, " hey McCool you need 4 more yards"
because in my fantasy league I chose you in the draft,
For every first down and closer to 100 yards you get
that's more money for me while the others get the shaft.

BEHOLD THE POWER OF MY DAUGHTER..... and her mighty pull hand!

My beautiful daughter and I decided to take a trip on Saturday to the "dreaded" local card shop as I needed some supplies for the card sets that I am working on and I had run out of penny sleeves and jersey card holders and the last time I was at Wal Mart they were out of those things. Off we go! We get inside the local hobby shop dungeon and all you see is stuff on the counters from 2010, 2009, and 2008: all TOPPS products. As I gaze upon the boxes of hobby products and I see some of the prices he has written on them with black sharpie I suddenly have the urge to lay on the floor in a fetal position and cry out to "make it stop" as he is not one to really bargain on anything and swears a loyal oath and a blue streak by the most "unholiest of foul wretched price guides"....BECKETT (high column mainly). However not all hope is lost in this hobby dungeon of lost cards souls as one of a few bright spots is that he does have good supplies such as sleeves, containers, dividers, etc at really good bargain basement prices. So as I am gathering the much needed supplies to take back to my village, the little kahuna has been looking over the TOPPS seeds and had spotted 4 boxes of Topps Chrome 2010 baseball. She grabs me by my arm and asks if she could get a box since she has not had any cards in a while and that she got a very good report card and because Daddy loves her. Well....I do love her but I really did not want to pay 65.00 a box for Chrome but she has earned it and when I went to pay for it I only ended up being charged 50.00 for it. I felt as if I had slayed the dragon and ran away with the golden egg! This man never hardly budges on his prices. Perhaps it was my daughter's charm or the fact that this guy really needs the business. I didn't ask and he didn't say.

So we came back home and Caty rushed into the house and immediately opened up her new-found box of joy and let me tell you something.....when your daughter comes to you with what she had in her hand....well I'll just let the picture do the talking:

There was a 4th autograph as well: Cole Gillespie regular rookie auto version. This was all from one box mind you! The Gonzalez 1/1, the Castro refractor rookie auto, and the Stubbs, English, and Gillespie autos were all in one box. She brings me these cards and asks if she pulled anything good. Needless to say I pooped my pants at what she pulled. This brings me to another issue: Topps quality control. Was it a hot box? Did some think of themselves as of an air traffic controller and feel asleep at the insert/press machine? The box does say, "2 auto's per box". I guess Christmas came a little early this year from Topps.

I would also have to say that the "little kahuna" has a hot hand in the "big pulls department" as of lately.

In the immortal words of Charlie Sheen:  WINNING!