Bik's Week 9 Picks

Due to some scheduling conflicts didn’t get a chance to post my Thursday Night Pick but just know it was documented between TJ and I that I picked Dolphins +3.... I know it looks shady since my picks are struggling this year and I’m posting that I got the game right the day after, but just make a leap of faith.

I was going to write something about the Sedins’ re-signing with the Canucks but it was getting excessively long and this piece is generally saved for the NFL Picks so I’ll have that for you next week. So onto the picks – on bye this week: Denver, Detroit, New York Giants, Arizona, San Francisco, Jacksonville. Home teams are in CAPS.

Bik's Week 9 Picks: June 20th 1994

I may have only been a mere 9 years old but it’s stuck with me since then. And really its something that I will always look back to. I think about why can’t we get back to that point? But also about how we got to this point. And how potentially different it could have been.

As the NHL has finally done the inevitable and cancelled its show-piece regular season game, The Winter Classic, I think back to when I was 9 years old. June 20^th 1994 to be exact.

Bik's Thursday Night Week 9 Pick: Natural Disaster

Ok look – It’s Thursday and we’ve had a hurricane and 2 earthquakes in North America in the past week alone. I am freaking out. I’ve barely picked above .500 the past 3 weeks, but am still 1 game over .500 for the season. I’m hunkering down in a bunker until the world rights itself and until I’m well over .500. So today’s pick’s post is going to be a short one, but let’s get to it.

Thursday Night Week 9 pick. Home team in CAPS.

Chiefs (+7.5) over CHARGERS

When Norv Turner’s back is against the wall on a 3^rd n’ 5 in the 4^th quarter of a meaningful game – he unequivocally folds and things blow up in his face. The Chargers season hangs in the balance and his job security is as secure my nephews Halloween Candy haul. This game features 2 bad teams on a short-week. I’ll take the points especially since it’s over a touchdown. And Brady Quinn is no longer starting for the Chiefs, so this’ll be Matt Cassel’s first game starting after he was booed for being knocked out. The Chiefs really have no pressure on them because they just aren’t expected to compete in any games. I mean, when your coach is asked why Jamaal Charles got only 5 carries and his response is “Now, that I’m not exactly sure either.” The level of expectations are just lowered for you to do anything competently. So you’re a complete wildcard – and on a short week, the last thing a team that DESPERATELY needs a win and is ill-equiped to pull out clutch wins, is to face a team that has nothing to lose and will impress by doing fundamentals correctly. This is an end of an era game for the Chargers if they lose this... bye to Norv, bye to GM AJ Smith, potentially the ultimate demise of Phillip Rivers. No pressure or anything.

Last Week: 7-7

Season: 59-58-1