Day: October 28, 2020

I’m 57-31 now. I wish I had a better record. I wish I understood a bit more about each of these teams to be more predictive in who would win and who would not. Would that these predictive abilities extend to the wonder of fantasy I would be a millionaire. Or at least a few K richer. Money is an issue these days and I haven’t figured out a way to make more though I need to figure that out fast. Winter is coming and I cannot afford Christmas.

But enough about my woes… This is supposed to be about football. I’ll start back in the youth arena where two teams have moved up to D1 and two teams have moved down to d2. This changes little for us. We are fully aware that the d1 battle is going to put us in line to face either the AZ Suns or the Badgers on the way to the ‘ship. Probably both. Probably equally strong teams along the way. Not sure we have what it takes to win at that level. Not sure about the lower level either. We can compete, but a win seems only like a possibility vs. an assured situation.

On to the big boys… Giants have a legit chance for the ‘ship… NOT. Though winning the NFC East is a legit possibility providing they pull off a few more divisional wins. As for this week?

Bucs over Giants
No question here. Brady is historically troubled by the Giants, but not in this uniform and not with this team.

CAR over ATL
I don’t think the Falcons are very good.

BAL over PIT
Jackson.

LA over MIA

KC over NYJ
For me the real question is how is Bienemy going to use Bell in this one?

GB over MIN
GB won’t lose three regular season games. They’ve already lost one…

IND over DET
Best D in football vs. Detroit. I’m going with D

LV over CLE
Still going with D

TEN over CIN
Going with the ground game here. Burrow should get 400 yards but it won’t be enough.

NE over BUF
Divisional games are won by the Patriots. Period.

DEN over LAC
Not sure who the Chargers are yet. Hebert is solid, but he needs more time to develop winning ways.

SEA over SF
Tough loss last week. They will bounce back.

NO over CHI
I believe NO is a Superbowl team

PHI over DAL
The poop division will make PHI the team to catch at 3 wins…

The weather is changing for the better here in AZ. It is colder during the days and longer nights abound. I like the new weather. It compels me to go outside and to move around in the natural world in a way that I haven’t done regularly since Covid-19 changed our reality.

But changed it in which way? For the better, I believe. In my life, at least, the world slowed down and left me more time to write and to breathe and to be a person. In other ways it had drawbacks. It found me deeply enthralled in workplace politics, which inevitably led to my dismissal. As I’ve said in the past, I am happy about leaving that cesspool of small and fairly morally corrupt people for an opportunity to evolve as a writer and as a person. That evolution is a long time coming but also complicated by financial burdens and, well, laziness.

So now I am moving into the best time of the year and a great time to grow as a person. Let’s see what I can become.

Some Thoughts:

1. I’m deeply confused about the youth season. There is a disconnect between when the season itself will end and when the playoffs for the season will begin. The disconnect surrounds the December 5th start date for the national tournament. Even if our team isn’t going, the coaches are going with a different team, which means we won’t have the full staff…