It was another banner week for Ernesto the Prediction Iguana as the Lions win last night earned him a 5-1 weekly slate (2-1 in teasers) and swelled his season record to a sterling 23-7 overall (10-5 in teasers). The lone loss was the Chiefs, who looked so good headed into halftime after Tyreek Hill turned a pass over the middle into a playground ball TD as the gun...
That’s not Godzilla, that’ Ernesto the Prediction Iguana vaporizing the NFL with a perfect 6-0 record last week, 3-0 in teasers. That brings the season totals to a sweet 18-6 overall, 8-4 in teasers. Now’s the time to keep riding the hot hands. Here’s this week’s winners before they happen. As always, we do teasers here, so you get to...
Upsets by the Bears and Chargers triggered Ernesto the Prediction Iguana’s worst week in three years – a 2-4, 1-2 performance that left the season totals at 12-6 overall, 5-4 in teasers. That makes three big wins by the bears over quality opponents, as they beat both the Ravens and Steelers, making them and the Rams the season’s most remarkable...
Ernesto the Prediction Iguana continued his impressive opening to the NFL prognostication season with a 4-2 week, 1-2 in teasers. His only miscues were those pesky Bears…this time they upended the ravens in Baltimore…and the Giants. The Bears may play in the NFC North, but they may want to petition for a change since they could end up metaphoric champions...
Ernesto the Prediction Iguana opened his NFL prognostication season with a perfect 6-0 slate last week, 3-0 in teasers. That result brings into razor-sharp clarity why we wait until Week 5 to start playing our picks. This week’s slate is particularly difficult – there is still a remarkable fluidity to the League so far this season, and over the long haul...
So Ernesto the Prediction Iguana and his band of merry animal handicapping friends finished the season with exactly a 60% winning percentage – 24-16-3 in teasers, (69-23-3 overall). With his win in the Super Bowl parley, the Patriots and the OVER, Ernesto also finished the playoffs 8-3-1, 2-3-1 in teasers. So as Lord Football descends his throne for another...
Ernesto the Prediction Iguana went .500 again last week, hitting with the Patriots, but astonishingly losing the Packers +10.5. That leaves the playoff totals at 6-3-1, (1-3-1 in teasers…BLEAH). Happily the season totals are a more respectable 67-24-3, 23-16-3 in teasers. Here’s Ernesto’s final pick of the year, before he goes back into hibernation...
Ernesto the Prediction Iguana went .500 last week, 2-2 over all, 0-2 in teasers, putting the playoff record at 5-2-1 overall, 1-2-1 in teasers. That puts the season totals at 66-23-3 overall, 23-15-3 in teasers, a solid total. Here’s this week’s winner – and remember what Paulie Walnuts said about gambling on the Sopranos, “Bet wi’ ya...
My monthly “Elysian Fields” column is up over at Golf Course Trades. As always, it’s fun to write about a homespun, feel-good story like Crestwood Golf Club in Marcy, New York: the Little Muni that Could…and did! Kudos to Barb Presky and Steve Naczewicz for living the dream and taking a whole town along with them.
Ernesto the Prediction Iguana went 3-0-1 last week, hitting on the Texans and the OVER against Oakland, and the Seahawks in their shellacking of Detroit. He got lucky pushing the STEELERS-dolphins game on the back end. That makes us 1-0-1 for the playoffs (64-21-3 overall this season, 23-13-3 in teasers). Here’s this week’s winners before they happen. As...
With Ernesto the Prediction Iguana at the helm for the final week of the season, we here at AWITP and GNN went a surprising 3-1, 1-1 record. Week 17 is always tough, what with who sits and rests and who plays, but we finish the season at 61-21-2 overall and 22-13-2 in teasers. Solid numbers. Now for the playoff push… There are a lot of new faces in unlikely...
Nothing like a vacation to get Ernesto the Prediction Iguana back to firing on all cylinders. His 7 wins, 1 tie, zero losses swells the season totals to a strong 17-9-2 in teasers this season, 47-15-2 overall. Here’s this week’s winners before they happen. And when you collect, tell your man he got crushed iguana style. As always, we do 2-team teasers...
Are you ready or some football picks? We are. Jay’s Plays NFL Picks is back for it’s 11th season. First we want to welcome back all our readers from Golf News Net. Glad to have you aboard again. Also welcome to all the listeners on the Jay’s Plays Radio Show. We’ve been kicking ass and taking names for much of the last decade, batting a...