NFL Week 11
Survivor/Eliminator Pools
$1,000 Pool - 6 of 67 remain
$80,000 Pool - 311 of 7,451 remain
Used teams - TEN, GB, BAL, NO, IND, PIT, KC, TB, ATL (1/2), NYG(1/2)

Hanging my hat on the Jets













A couple weeks ago I was driving into the city when NPR started playing an interview with some vulgar motherfucker named Stephen Sondheim. Apparently, he wrote lyrics to a few songs back in the day and lobbied hard to get phrases like 'When the shit hits the fan' and 'Gee, Officer Krupke, Fuck You' included in a couple West Side Story songs that he wrote in the 50's.

This is why I listen to NPR. I can now make a moral argument against musical theater.

Unfortunately for Steve, the laws at that time made it illegal to transport a recording with obscenities across state lines. The poor bastard lost his argument with the prude who was running the show. Instead, he forever tainted his legacy by writing hilariously unobjectionable lines like 'When the spit hits the fan' and 'Gee, Officer Krupke, Krup you!' He later became a raging wino.

I almost pitied the poor bastard until I found out that he wrote the New York Jets fight song! Now these guys know how to play like a jet.

Walk Tall Jets!


It looks like my choices are getting pretty limited here, so I'm going to take all that NPR Jet talk as a sign from God. The New York Jets (7-2) have a solid defense that should be pumped to be back at home with two winnable games in front of them. The last two weeks on the road they narrowly escaped with back-to-back overtime wins. Plus, they actually sound like a team.

QB Mark Sanchez will have the luxury of passing against a Houston Texan (4-5) defense that is ranked last against the pass and is only ranked higher than one team in avg total yards allowed per game, the Washington Redskins.

Washington is only worse due to the damage incurred from last night, when the Skins were savagely ripped apart by the Eagles' Michael Vick--who personally threw and rushed for 442 yards and 6 touchdowns. The whole team damn-near accounted for 600 total yards of offense while scoring 59 points. It's tragic that the antiquated dog fighting laws and racism of the south kept Mr. Vick imprisoned for two years. Imagine the highlight reels that could have been (like the first play from scrimmage from last nights' game).

Back to the Jets. The sarape-clad Sanchez fans should be out in force to cheer their Jets on to a dominant victory at home this Sunday. I think I'm going to have to place both remaining picks on the Gang Green this week. How could my favorite color lose? Go Jets! Viva Nueva York!