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Alright, let’s get this puppy barking.

The Annual Football Pool is officially underway. Year number thirteen.

Woof!

No registration necessary. If you play in Week 1 – you’re in. So step right up and…. Make Your Picks for Week 13 now.

If you’re unsure what in Hades this silliness is all about, then read the Rules and Info page.

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A not-so-long-standing tradition is for me to kickoff the season with my “NFL Full Season Predictions in 12 Minutes.” The idea is simple enough – I sit down with the full NFL schedule pick every single NFL game for the year… in 12 minutes. That’s 512 games picked in 720 seconds. A game selection every 1.4 seconds!!!

It would probably be a better gimmick, of course, if I spent more time that on each of my picks when the season actually started. Oh well. At least I can brag a little. Last year’s spastic predictions gave us the correct Super Bowl winner – the Saints. It also gave me a tinge of carpal tunnel. What I’ll do for my craft.

Here are this year’s predictions, completed at 12:31 CST today.

NFC East  
Washington
10
Philadelphia
10*
Dallas
8
NY Giants
8
 
NFC North  
Chicago
11
Green Bay
10*
Minnesota
10
Detroit
6
 
NFC South  
New Orleans
12
Atlanta
8
Carolina
8
Tampa Bay
4
 
NFC West  
San Francisco
10
Arizona
8
Seattle
5
St. Louis
2
 
AFC East  
New England
11
Miami
8
NY Jets
8
Buffalo
3
 
AFC North  
Baltimore
11
Pittsburgh
9*
Cincinnati
7
Cleveland
4
 
AFC South  
Indianapolis
10
Tennessee
9*
Houston
7
Tennessee
7
 
AFC West  
San Diego
9
Denver
9
Kansas City
8
Oakland
5
 

And here are the playoffs…

Weekend #1
GB over Wsh
SF over Phi
Ind over Pit
Ten over SD

Weekend #2
NO over GB
Chi over SF
NE over Ten
Ind over Bal

NFC winner: Chi over NO
AFC winner: Ind over NE

Super Bowl winner: Ind over Chi

And yeah… the Bears in the Super Bowl is idiotic, as are about ten other things above. But I’ll stick with it.