well, there’s not much to say.  helene, she without penis, trounced all of the boys.  not only did she beat us, but she beat us soundly.  fortunately, only one of us has to live with her and suffer through a year of being reminded of their emasculation.  not really.  if you remember at the beginning of the season, i said that when females play this thing, they always win.  so since that part of the rule holds, then the other part, me being a football genius holds as well.  trust me, this makes sense in my head.  in any case, let’s take a look at the final standings.  in honor of helene’s victory, i have attempted to use a color scheme that reflects tabby cats.

as we can all see, the best thing about how everything turned out is how erik found himself back at the bottom of the pile.  furthermore, he came in last place in the big bet standings as well as the bob bucks standings as well.  for shame erik, for shame.  i guess now would be a good time to tell you that next year, only eric will be allowed to post picks as there’s really no reason to keep you around at this point.  another small point to make is that i pulled ahead in bob bucks at the last second.  i must say, that fredo and i really nailed the bob bucks all year.  fredo was steady freddy, and i just had some pretty ridiculous weeks.  i suppose i should also point out that i won the big bet round too, which means i won 2 out of the 3 phases of the game.  so if helene won the offensive phase of the game, then i won defense and special teams.  so maybe helene won the daytona 500, but i won the sprint cup champion points series.  asians rule.

in any case, congratulations to HELENE LEE, your 2009 BTG champ. meow!

anyways, as always, with the playoffs here, i’ll post picks, but we don’t keep track of win/lost anymore, we do it for the love of gamblor.  numbers from caesars and home team in caps.

CIN (-2.5) over nyj, o/u – 34, bengals (-135) jets (+115)
this line is shocking to me.  rookie qbs on the road in the playoffs have never ever worked out well in the history of history.  the crazy thing is that EVERYONE is picking the jets.  i can’t imagine any faultier reasoning than basing this on last week’s performance where the jets beat up on the bengals.  it’s matt sanchez people. MATT FUCKING SANCHEZ. i do think that the bengals are a little fraudy, but MATT GODDAMM SANCHEZ people! if chris henry and vicki zimmer were still alive, they’d tell you to bet the farm on the bengals.

phi (+3.5) over DAL, o/u – 45, eagles (+170) cowboys (-200)
this is purely a jinx pick as i actually for once in my life feel pretty good about the cowboys chances here. the eagles seem to be the consensus “expert” pick, but i’m telling you, the cowboys were specifically constructed to beat the eagles. they match up against the eagles better than anyone else in the playoffs. this could be a close game, that comes down to a field goal for the cowboys and who’s holding for the cowboys? could you imagine a more terrible scenario than tony romo fumbling the snap on a potential game winning field goal? and because i have thought of it, i’m pretty sure it won’t happen.

NE (-3.5) over bal, o/u – 43, patriots (-175) ravens (+155)
losing welker is huge. but the ravens don’t have enough to stop the pats on the road. flacco may as well be a rookie as he seems to have regressed from last season. but the real story is to beat the ravens, you throw on them, and guess what new england does really really well?

ARI (+1) over gb, o/u – 47.5, cardinals (off) packers (off)
this line started at cards -3. a four point swing. remember how i told you everyone loves the jets. well everyone + god loves the packers. actually, i take that back, god loves kurt warner. but, vegas never loses these games. rodgers has been pretty good this year, but this is still his first swim through the playoffs isn’t it? i guess we’re still waiting to hear on if boldin will play, but really, kurt warner is a good qb and the packers defensive line is still slightly below average. the cards faded a little at the end of the season, but at the same time, i think their running game got better. i happen to think that the cards are a pretty dangerous team this playoffs. i also happen to think that god is a pretty dangerous deity. just ask sodom and gamorrah. i for one, will not piss him off by picking against his second son, kurt warner.