Bik's Week 13 Picks

Packers (+6.5) over LIONS

The Lions beat the Packers 40-10 on Thursday.

Raiders (+7.5) over COWBOYS

The Cowboys beat the Raiders 31-24 on Thursday.

RAVENS (-3) over Steelers

The Ravens beat the Steelers 22-22 on Thursday Night.

Titans (+4) over COLTS

Broncos (-5.5) over CHIEFS

Jaguars (+7) over BROWNS

Buccaneers (+8) over PANTHERS

Bears (+1) over VIKINGS

EAGLES (-3) over Cardinals

JETS (-2) over Dolphins

BILLS (-3) over Falcons

Rams (+8) over 49ERS

Patriots (-7.5) over TEXANS

CHARGERS (-1) over Bengals

REDSKINS (+1) over Giants

SEAHAWKS (-4.5) over Saints

This Week: 1-2

Last Week: 9-5

This Season: 82-88-6

Bik's Week 13 Thanksgiving Picks

Oh my oh my oh my – does November have to end? LOVE this month so far with the picks! Forget Movember – let’s go with #Lovember. Trucking along 32-20-4 in November... not too shabby on the march back towards .500 for the year.

Happy Thanksgiving and Happy no more bye weeks for teams! A week without Seahawks football is the worst. Onto the Thursday Picks. Home team in CAPS:

Bik's Week 13 Picks: Drunk With Power

The commissioners are officially out of control.

It’s gotten to the point now where you can put the names of the commissioners of the big 4 North American sports in a hat, pull 1 out and complain about them for 30 minutes. So somehow I’m going to bypass the commissioner who has brought on his 4^th work stoppage in 20 years during his tenure. Somehow I’m going to avoid talking about the commissioner who is lobbying for 18 game seasons while player safety is becoming an increasingly dangerous predicament for the league. Somehow I’m going to ignore the commissioner who is about to see 3 stars go onto their first Hal of Fame ballots, but all 3 have a cloud of steroid mystery around them. Yep – David Stern, this one is ode to you.

Bik's Week 13 Thursday Night Pick: A Lockout Pool

This is for those who see the glass as half full.

One of the biggest losses throughout this NHL lockout has been losing all fantasy leagues and hockey pools. It’s a strong source of camaraderie that allows us to replicate, even on a miniscule level, managing and creating your own hockey team. No more can we trash talk in the office or amongst friends when Ryan Smyth had an unexpected 3 point night ruining another owner’s week.

So I present to you a new pool for your office or your friends. We need to salvage this aspect of this dreaded lockout. It’s a calendar pool as to when the NHL Lockout will end. Just make a calendar from today’s date until June 28^th 2013. The 28^th is the date for the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, so if the NHL hasn’t figured out this CBA nonsense by then, we might as well become basketball fans.

Charge $5 per date, you can choose as many dates as you want. And it works like TPIR (The Price is Right), whoever is closest to the date without going over. Multiple people can pick the same date and split the winnings if it lands on that date, but you have to pick a day that is more than a week in advance. This’ll create some anxiousness in the office and allow you to trash talk people for their optimism. “YOU THOUGHT FEHR AND BETTMAN WOULD SOLVE THIS BY DECEMBER 9^TH?!? PFFFFT!” Doesn’t this kind of talk excite anyone else? Is this me grasping at straws?

Mind you this entire pool is contingent on the NHL and NHLPA actually solving their issues, which at this stage seems like we need a prophecy from an Oracle and both sides to negotiate with a ‘Neo’ like belief.

“There is no spoon”

Rest of Week 13 Picks on Friday. Home team in CAPS.

Saints (+3.5) over FALCONS

Last Week: 7-7-1

Season: 86-87-2