2020 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 14

The coalition is back as we enter the fourth quarter of the season and... oh hey, look at those standings!

For the first time since Week 7, I'm back in the group lead after taking four of our five disputed games. Adam had another picking error on ESPN this week... but this time it worked out as he wasn't given a point he should have been given, which means his two mistakes have now evened out and his score there is accurate. I, however, still have one more point on ESPN than I should.

You can view correct standings, in addition to how we've picked in relation to each other, here. There's one again a fairly clear dichotomy in the group, as Adam is right behind me, with Geoffrey Clark in the hunt as well. Joe and Jim would need miracles to catch up at this point.

This week, Adam and I disagree on just four games out of 16. Hopefully we have no postponements that could throw the integrity of this off. Let's get to it!

2020 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 13

The coalition is back on its traditional medium this week as we continue our quest to pick NFL games against the spread!

I hope you enjoyed last week's special podcast edition. Adam and I both enjoyed it, and I think it's safe to say we'll plan to bring that format back for future editions. Stay tuned for more details on that.

As for where we stand now, I was correct in that we came pretty close to a split, as I took five of our eight disputed games last week. It should be noted, however, that that margin I won by should probably have an asterisk. Also, Adam was insistent I include the following:

For the record, if you win by 2 or less games, remember the Denver no QB game and the RGIII/Dez Ravens/Pitt game that was played on a Wednesday day. In both cases I absolutely would have picked the other way if I had the information I had at the time we made picks.

I had a feeling that, if we weren't bound by the system we work under, Adam would have gone the other way and we'd have split last week instead (even though he came reasonably close to getting away with it on Wednesday). He still retains the group lead for now, but it's now by the narrowest of margins (bearing in mind that he and I each have one more point there than we should). Correct standings and our picks in relation to each other can be found here.

Following a chaotic week where all 32 teams still played, just all over the place, Adam and I disagree on only five games out of the 15 games spaced pretty far apart. Let's get to it!

2020 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 12

We're approaching the Thanksgiving holiday, which in the advertising world that my day job revolves around means accelerated deadlines to get new commercials started on TV and radio. But in the NFL world, that means we get a full holiday of football to go with food and family. And as such, that means the coalition is back to work!

But also because it's a holiday, I teased last week that I had something special planned for the Thanksgiving week of football. Adam's and my schedules lined up on Tuesday, and so we present our special surprise to you: Week 12's picks are on an all new episode of Confessions of a Sportscaster: The Podcast!

As a point of reference for last week since it was touched on, but not gone over in full on the episode, Adam and I split our six disputed games last week, keeping him three games up with six weeks to go. You can view the ESPN standings here, bearing in mind that both Adam and I have one more point than we should. Correct standings, as well as how we've picked in relation to each other, can be found here.

And so, for your listening pleasure: our Week 12 picks!

90's Youth Life Podcast Special: 1990s NCAA Tournament

College basketball, at least at the highest levels, is on the horizon. Whether Division III will end up getting played, and thus my annual, gradual destruction of my vocal cords will commence, is still very much up in the air. And so, since this is normally the time of year I'd be getting started, I needed my college basketball fix. Thankfully, Geoffrey Clark had me covered.

You may remember him as an occasional contributor as part of the COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em contest, but also as the host of 90's Youth Life, on which I have appeared twice before. I was on earlier this year to simulate a 1990's NBA playoff tournament, and two years prior when I ruined an average Major League shortstop for him forever. But recently, he had reached out about wanting to do a college basketball tournament in March Madness style, and I happily agreed.

We had this whole thing set up, where he had 79 teams that I was going to have to pare down to 64, then get into a good old fashioned March Madness bracket, and I had this whole big idea to make it a D-III style bracket... but unfortunately, my simulator only had 25 teams of the 79 available. So, we adjusted, and we made it work.

And this, dear readers, is the result of our work. All simulations are provided by WhatIfSports.com; box scores are provided below.

2020 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 11

The coalition returns as we advance to Week 11, and I finally got a little bit of momentum again.

After a few weeks of struggles while Adam went on a heater, he cooled off a bit this week, allowing me to take five of our seven disputed games and close the gap. Despite my strong showing, Adam remains in first place in the group, bearing in mind that on ESPN, he and I both have one more point than we should. You can view correct standings, as well as how we've picked in relation to each other here.

We're coming up on Thanksgiving week, which I'm hoping to do something special for, but for now, Adam and I once again disagree on seven games out of the 14 to be played this week.

2020 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 10

As we move to the second half of the NFL season... I really need to get my butt in gear if I want to keep pace with the coalition.

Adam took three of our four disputed games last week to extend his lead as my cold streak continues and he remains atop the leaderboard (factoring in, of course, that he and I both have one more point on ESPN than we should). You can view how we've all picked in relation to each other here.

I debated about pulling an Adam and going opposite week since I need something to go my way. We'll see what happens, as Adam and I disagree on seven games out of 14 this week. I look forward to being down like 11 games going into next week.

2020 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 9

We're approaching the halfway point of the NFL season, and the coalition continues its quest to pick NFL games against the spread!

Adam has been on a bit of a heater of late, maybe not on the whole, but he took five of our seven disputed games last week to increase his group lead. Much of that has come on the back of a red hot hero pick streak, including a 3-1 mark last week along. You can view how we've all picked in relation to each other here. This page is especially important, given that our ESPN standings are not correct since both Adam and I each have one more point on there than we should.

This week, Adam and I disagree on just four games out of 14. Come on, moving back into a tie for first!