tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-95053862010-01-14T10:17:53.029-05:00Two guys named Steve who spend a hell of a lot of time emailing one another discussing sports. Well, now you lucky people have an inside look to their "expert" opinions. And we use the word "expert" loosely.Steve St. Ideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685035490512838128noreply@blogger.comBlogger296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9505386.post-9808689860939907312010-01-10T11:37:00.000-05:002010-01-10T11:37:34.753-05:00

According to Blogger.com this is our 300th post at SBS! That’s quite a milestone. OK, I thought I’d have more to write about said milestone but that’s all I’ve got. The truth is I haven’t had any coffee yet and I have a pretty busy day ahead of me. I need to pick up a few gameday groceries (chicken wings to be precise, oh and onion soup for the dip mix), and I need to take the dog out for a walk.

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I feel like crap. I started sneezing Thursday morning at around 2:30 AM and have not been right since. I'm taking Claritin and Benadryl, and shooting some Vicks nasal spray up my honker for good measure. I have band practice tomorrow and haven't picked up an instrument since New Years Eve. So please constant reader take Ol' Samichlaus's picks with a grain of salt, or at least a shot of Makers

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Here at SBS we love it when our reader gets involved. Back when Anonymous graced these pages a tradition of back and forth banter was established between those who read and those who wrote. Indeed when Mrs. Samichlaus (aka Kiki) was a regular contributor I actually had a reasonable chance to improve my odds of having nookie by simply acknowledging her comments as a loyal SBS reader. So I wanted

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Merry Christmas from the Samichlaus household here in the southernmost region of the North Pole. It was a spectacular Christmas, as we were able to keep our respective families at a safe distance and share a quiet holiday with each other. I did manage to watch some of the Bolts beat down of the Titans, and I will say that I would have taken the Chargers to win. We’ll see if St. Ides feels a

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Ha! I almost blew another week! I’m sitting here looking at a foot of snow on the ground in Richmond wondering how the hell this could have happened. In fact I was getting ready to go outside and restock my bird feeders when I remembered there’s football tonight. St. Ides who of course sent these to me on time, also had this to say on Thursday morning…FYI I'm taking the Colts on Thursday night.

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Well, I wish I could make an excuse for not posting picks this week. Something creative like "My pet chicken ate my research" or "I was busy working on my time machine, and I lost track of what day it was". But neither of these are accurate. The truth is I intended to do my picks on Saturday, and I plum forgot. By the time I remembered (this morning) I figured it was too late and besides, I

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Samichlaus actually sent me his Thursday pick during the afternoon on Thursday, but we didn't get it up. We're not cheating. Really.It's going to be cold as a fill in your hackneyed metaphor here tonight in Cleveland, with temperatures at kickoff expected to be at 19 degrees. But does this favor the home team or the visitors? Read on dear reader, read on...Pittsburgh (6-6) at Cleveland (1-11) +

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Wecome to December, or as it's referred to in Dallas, "Baseball Season". Yes friends your favorite sports blogging idiots have not forgotten you, and if St. Ides can wrest himself away from the X-Box he too may have some picks. There are a lot of good matchups this week, including a Monday Night game that Ol' Samichlaus has a rooting interest in so let's get to it...For the record, I don't own an

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So we're back for another Thursday night of football, this evenings contest pitting the schizophrenic  New York Jets against the equally schizophrenic  but generally suckier Buffalo Bills. Not a lot of motivation to put deep thought into this one, but have at it. NY Jets (5-6) vs Buffalo (4-7) +3.5 Buffalo is a bad football team coming off a surprising win last week against the Dolphins. But

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Hi kids, Samichlaus here. As you know this is my busy season: the elves and I are getting the sled all filled with beer and pretzels to bring to all the good little children on Christmas morning. So with that said, I’m going to do these quick and dirty… but you can’t say that Ol’ Samichlaus stiffed ya!. Washington (3-7) at Philadelphia (6-4) -9.5 The Eagles are one of the teams that currently

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Greetings from your favorite sports blogging jive turkeys, and yes I do that line every year at Thanksgiving. Consider it a holiday tradition, like stuffing or the Lions losing a football game. Anyway, we’re all set here at the Samichlaus household. The in-laws will be here and all the provisions have been secured. Dinner is set for 4:00 sharp, which should give me plenty of time to watch the

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Dude, I don't even know what week it is! Anyway, I'm all done. The doc attacched says week 10. I think that's right...Math lesson! So all the byes are over with now for the year (yay!) Take your team’s record, add the wins and losses together, add 2 (1 for their bye week, and 1 because it’s the “current” week and the game hasn’t been played yet), and you have the week. So take the Packers: 5 wins

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Only at the Samichlaus household could this conversation possibly occur: Samichlaus: “Hey hon, check out the blog. We’ve got the picks up and I did another entry on the Barnett thing” Mrs. Samichlaus: “OK. Oh, by the way, (with a distinct sense of indignity) I knew what a “Dirty Sanchez” was. I knew what a “Dirty Sanchez” was when they were talking about it with that Screech guy from “Saved by

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The following exchange occured on Twitter earlier this week: Nick Barnett after the loss to Tampa Bay: “Dissapointed!!! That's all I can say!!! But regardless how hard we will be beat up by media we will continue to work as hard as we must” Samichlaus, after reading Nick’s tweet: “@NickBarnett Stop blaming the media, and stop talking about "working harder". The team gets outworked every week,

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I'll skip the long intro since you were treated to a separate Thursday night post... On to the picks!Detroit (1-7) at Minnesota (7-1) -16.5Two TDs plus? No problem for Minnesota coming off their bye week. The only way Minnesota doesn’t win by 20 is if they’re taking the Lions lightly, and the veteran leadership on that team won’t let that happen. Note to Ted Thompson and the Packers: that’s the

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For those of you waiting with with pee pees in hand for our take on the Thursday night game, I've decided to go ahead and post mine. Really about 5 hours ago I sent it to St. Ides with the promise that I'd have the rest of the week's picks done in "about an hour". But alas, several things have cropped up today. First of all, job one around the Samichlaus household right now is to secure one job (

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This morning I saw that someone had commented on a post from three years ago. The comment read as follows: A little off topic, Guys... I have a question. Last weekend I looked at this site: [url=http://www.rivalspot.com]Rivalspot.com - Xbox tournaments for money[/url] They say you can play online NCAA Basketball game tournaments on any console for cash... had anyone tried that before? Looks

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So once again Ol’ Samichlaus finds himself the victim of the economic downturn. I was officially laid off on Monday after two years of dutiful service to my employer. But worry not dear reader: we’ve got great plans here at the SBS Complex, and we’re excited about the future! There’s some exciting things in the works and Samichlaus predicts a better job is just around the bend… Now let’s hope my

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In the world of Harness racing, Mack Lobell is considered by many to be the greatest trotter to ever live. Mack’s statistics are impressive to say the least: Mack Lobell had a six-year international racing career in which he won 71 of 94 starts, and retired as the fastest and richest American-bred stallion of all-time. He is still the fastest male trotter in a race and holds numerous current

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Well, first let me start by saying I didn't actually lose any money. I'm in a season-long pool that includes weekly prizes, so the $200 I just missed out on would have been a prize. Now, I just had a bad feeling as soon as the Saints scored that this wasn't over... How right I was.. For those just joining us, the pool I am in has over 75 people. Each week, you pick any 5 NFL games of your choice,

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I love Brett Favre. And yes, if I were at Lambeau Field yesterday I would have booed the ever living Christ out of him. But I. Love. Brett. Favre. (and no, not in a "Senator Larry Craig" way. God, what's wrong with you people???) And now, from a storied career that can fill several highlight reels came these precious moments yesterday, what regular SBS contributor Dan Glarus described as "A snot

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Zomg, Happy Halloween! I can't wait to see the crazy costumes all those wacky fans come up with this weekend. Hey kids, Samichlaus here! Happy Sunday to our readers, and yes, Ol Samichlaus had a heck of a week. In my other secret identity as a computer geek, a great project shut its doors and I've been celebrating with my co-workers. Oh, and working my buns off as well. What ever alone time I

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A note to our loyal readers (all three or so of you…we chart IP addresses here at the “SBS Data Center and Business Intelligence Compound”). This weekend it is once again safe to turn on your TV’s. The NFL has mercifully scheduled a bye week for the Seattle Seahawks. And not just the really good Seahawks who showed up two weeks ago, but the crappy ones too who mailed one in last week against

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While watching several games last Sunday, Ol’ Samichlaus had an epiphany: Good teams play good and bad teams play bad. When the Giants devastated the Raiders, I thought about how “clever” my pick was: “Take the Giants! Eli is hurt! The Raiders will cover!” . Bullspit. Good teams play good and bad teams play bad. Now lets see how many times I contradict myself this week.So the picks are a bit late

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Well kids, one of us is going to tally up our picks this week… One thing that worked out better than expected was the early bye for the Packers. With the team reeling and the O line sucking like one of those Dyson vacuums, the Pack needs to regroup and “clean up” all the issues (to use a little coach speak). Truth be told, it’s going to take a little more than a “clean up” to fix their woes. I

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