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2011 NCAA Tourney Pick'Em

2011-03-12T16:21:36-08:00

I've created a private pick'em group on Yahoo! for us! Please join and pick a bracket ASAP!

http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/register/joinprivategroup_assign_team?GID=62589&P=brutal

tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/register/joinprivategroup_assign_team

Group ID: 62589

Password: brutal

Alex and Scott's pre-season Super Bowl XLV Picks

2010-12-20T11:49:05-08:00

Alex - Ravens vs Packers

Mulligan - San Diego vs Saints

Scott - Jets vs Eagles

Mulligan - San Diego vs Saints (Nearly chose Atlanta which looks like the better pick. But I did not.)

2010 Official BDFL & Friends Free Fantasy Football Games on Yahoo!

2010-08-17T17:56:45-07:00

Everyone is welcome to join! Please tell your friends! The password for all leagues/groups is "brutal".

Yahoo! 2010 Fantasy Football: Brutal Deluxe Experimental League (BDXL)

Up to 12 teams in two divisions; top 6 go to the playoffs (weeks 14-16)
Autodraft - you don't need to be online at draft time to pick a team
Standard Yahoo! FF scoring plus 1 PPR, bonuses for passing/rushing/receiving/returning thresholds, return TDs
League ID: 487467
League URL: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/bdflexperimental
One-click signup: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/register/tos?league_id=487467&password=brutal

Yahoo! 2010 Pro Football Pick'Em: BDFL and Friends Group

Pick the winner in all NFL games each week of the regular season and playoffs
No confidence points
No spread
Lowest week dropped
Most correct picks at the end of the season wins (tiebreak is available)
Pick through the playoffs! (New this year.)
Group ID#: 22543
Game URL: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem

Yahoo! 2010 College Football Pick'Em: BDFL and Friends Group

Pick the winner in select college football games during the college season
No confidence points
Pick against the spread
Lowest week dropped
Most correct picks at the end of the season wins (tiebreak is available)
Group ID#: 8913
Game URL: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/college

Yahoo! 2010 Survival Football

Pick one winning team per week from each NFL game week
You can only pick each team one time per season
Three strikes and you're out
Pick through the playoffs! (New this year.)
Last one standing wins
Group ID#: 9375
Game URL: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/survival

Join today!

Acai Berry

2010-05-19T21:23:42-07:00

Hi every one can u tell me how is acai berry for weight loss

Curling

2010-02-16T11:33:39-08:00

After seeing the US Olympic Curling team on Real Sports on HBO this weekend I am more convinced than ever that Curling is a complete joke. It might have it's fans, people who live on the frozen tundra and like shuffle board, but that is all curling is, shuffle board on ice. The US team's diet consisted of Mountain Dew and McDonalds and the dudes seriously did not look like athletes.

I tried for several years now to give Curling a chance, but after seeing those dudes. I am convinced that if given the training opportunity I could make the Curling team. I am sorry, but the GAME, not sport, deserves the same respect as shuffle board. I am just as impressed with the worlds best shuffle board player, back gammon players, what have you. They are seriously hurting for Winter Olympic events when Curling is in the Olympics. I do not care how popular it is in Canada, it is only because it is too damn cold to go outside. Have you ever thought about just how accessible most if not all the events in the Winter Olympics are to most of the people in the world? The answer is not very.

Mike Martz...

2009-01-21T07:38:33-08:00

I wonder where Mike Martz is going to land? As an unfortunate Lions fan, I thought Martz did a decent job when he was with the Lions. I remember when the Lions started off with a 6-2 record (2007 season) with Martz calling the shots. Then, they lost a couple of games and everyone panicked. They wanted Martz to have a more balanced attack in his offense, and then everything went south after that. I didn''t watch too many SF games, but it seems he got run out of town for the same reason even though SF did better than last year.

Alex and Scott's Super Bowl XLIV Picks (from week 2)

2009-10-06T10:48:57-07:00

Scott - Baltimore Ravens vs New York Giants with mulligan picks Pittsburgh Steelers or San Francisco 49ers.

Alex - Indianapolis Colts vs New York Giants. I am not sure of your mulligan picks, Saints and Ravens?

2009 Brutal Deluxe National Champion

2010-01-14T06:20:10-08:00

The Brutal Deluxe Data Center computers took some additional time to crown this years National Champion due to the amount of factors to be added to this years equation. We are always trying to improve the process of awarding a National Championship with the lack of any sort of playoff system. Congratulations to the Boise State Broncos, the 2009 Brutal Deluxe National Champions who finished their season a perfect 14-0-0. Alabama was eliminated due to their inability to crush an opponent using a backup quarterback and their continued support of a broken BCS system. The Broncos defeat of an undefeated TCU team proved their superiority and earned them their second National Championship in the last four years.

Past champions dating back to 1990 (Note we are no longer using the Nitevilla name):

1990 BD National Champion - Georgia Tech - 11-0-1

1991 BD National Champion - Washington - 12-0-0

1992 BD National Champion - Alabama - 13-0-0

1993 BD National Champion - Auburn - 11-0-0

1994 BD National Champion - Penn State - 12-0-0 (Paterno would have played Nebraska in a parking lot, but Nebraska was scared - I was there and heard the challenge.)

1995 BD National Champion - Toledo (OH) - 11-0-1 (Again Nebraska refused to play Toledo)

1996 BD National Champion - Brigham Young (UT) - 14-1-0 (Everyone had a loss and BYU won their championship game and won and played more games than anyone)

1997 BD National Champion - Nebraska - 13-0-0

1998 BD National Champion - Tulane (LA) - 12-0-0

1999 BD National Champion - Marshall (WV) - 13-0-0

2000 BD National Champion - Oklahoma - 13-0-0

2001 BD National Champion - Miami (FL) - 12-0-0

2002 BD National Champion - Ohio State - 14-0-0

2003 BD National Champion - Miami (OH) - 13-1-0 (Only lost first game of the year and everyone else had one loss)

2004 BD National Champions - Utah - 12-0 and USC - 13-0-0 (Split Championship - sorry Auburn, but I gave you 1993. I could not get the trophy to split right three ways)

2005 BD National Champion - Texas - 13-0-0

2006 BD National Champion - Boise State (ID) 13-0-0 (Only undefeated team)

2007 BD National Champion - Kansas - 12-1-0

2008 Brutal Deluxe National Champion - Utah - 13-0-0

2009 BDFL Pro Football Pick 'Em Champion

2010-01-04T13:43:32-08:00

Winning out the last 4 weeks of the season and having the best dropped-week of all of us, Scott cruised to victory in the BDFL Pick 'Em this year, beating Andy by 6 picks and me by 11. That's just about a lap in my book: Scott averaged about 11 correct picks per week, with a season record of 171-72 (better than 70% performance).

Congrats, Scott!

Thanks to Scott, Andy, Mike, and Kyle for participating in the Pick 'Em group this year. To the rest of you - where were you? See you next season?

The Nitevilla / Brutal Deluxe 2009 National Champion

2009-12-10T16:58:27-08:00

We are guaranteed to have at least two undefeated teams at the conclusion of this season, with a chance at three. I am hoping for three. Something is seriously wrong in major college football. At any rate I will be naming a National Champion again this season at the conclusion of the bowl season. Stay tuned.

Hellion 2006 and Prior

2009-11-12T12:34:16-08:00

The team logo before becoming the Middletown Brewers.

An NFL Team in London

2009-10-23T11:02:13-07:00

How soon if ever will we see a team in London? Goodell seems convinced that the NFL could have a team in London. With the current 16 game schedule that would mean eight home games a year. A scheduling nightmare, as you would have to assure teams had bye weeks either before or after, preferably before playing London. What about West Coast teams, would they somehow limit this type of matchup. I imagine the AFC East or AFC North would be the best fit. Thoughts?

What about team names? How about the London Fog or London Calling? Would there be an expansion draft and would Big Ben have to play for London? Start your London Fletcher references now.

College Football

2009-09-19T16:57:44-07:00

I need to get some posts going again out here. Twitter and sharing Google Reader have really stunted my sports discussion.

I so was feeling the Washington Huskies over USC. I picked them in both College Pickems, though with the spread it kind of stunts my prediction some. I am pretty certain USC will lose at least one more this year, though they were really ripe against a vastly improved Huskies team. The Huskies are one of the college teams I root for, so I was all to familiar with what they were capable of doing against USC.

I am not convinced Penn State is very good. It hurts to say that, and maybe they are playing down to their competition. I watched them all three weeks and trust me when I tell you they do not look dominating. I worry about their defensive backs and they have some good wideouts but their offensive line looks weaker than last year. Iowa might thump them next week, their first true test.

The VaTech Hokies have no offense, they should have lost to Nebraska today, only Nebraska is even more sad. The Hokies handed the Corn Huskers a win on a golden platter and yet the Corn Huskers found a way to lose it with only 90 seconds left. Blown coverage and and 80 something yard gain and there you have it. Nebraska loses again to a top 20 team, and the Hokies are not a very good top 20 team.

2009 Official BDFL & Friends Free Fantasy Football Games on Yahoo!

2009-08-10T11:44:51-07:00

Everyone is welcome to join! Please tell your friends! The password for all leagues/groups is "brutal".

Yahoo! 2009 Fantasy Football: Brutal Deluxe Experimental League (BDXL)

12 teams in two divisions; top 6 go to the playoffs (weeks 14-16)
Autodraft - you don't need to be online at draft time to pick a team
Standard Yahoo! FF scoring plus 1 PPR, bonuses for passing/rushing/receiving thresholds
League ID: 514911
League URL: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/bdflexperimental

Yahoo! 2009 Pro Football Pick'Em: BDFL and Friends Group

Pick the winner in all NFL games each week of the regular season
No confidence points
No spread
Lowest week dropped
Most correct picks at the end of the season wins (tiebreak is available)
Group ID#: 11406
Game URL: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem

Yahoo! 2009 College Football Pick'Em: BDFL and Friends Group

Pick the winner in select college football games during the college season
No confidence points
Pick against the spread (this is new for our group)
Lowest week dropped
Most correct picks at the end of the season wins (tiebreak is available)
Group ID#: 5522
Game URL: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/college

Yahoo! 2009 Survival Football

Pick one winning team per week from each NFL regular season week
You can only pick each team one time per season
Three strikes and you're out (this is new for this group)
Last one standing wins
Group ID#: 4265
Game URL: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/survival

Join today!

Two More Bills Make the Hall of Fame

2009-02-01T10:20:57-08:00

Ralph Wilson and Bruce Smith are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2009! Also glad to see Rod Woodson and Derrick Thomas in the class. The Bills will get an extra opportunity to vet rookies as they will be playing in the Hall of Fame game in early August against the Titans.

Best Super Bowl Ever?

2009-02-01T20:01:19-08:00

That was the game I hoped for, minus the lead change. ;) What a game.

Herm Edwards fired...

2009-01-23T17:39:28-08:00

Another head coach getting axed, but this one I will have to agree with.

Story here

Alex and Scott's Super Bowl XLIII Picks (from the preseason)

2009-01-18T12:18:44-08:00

I tracked down our picks. We made them in our final preseason podcast: brutaldeluxe.us/podcasts/2008-09-02-bdfl-preseason3.mp3

Alex: Pittsburgh and New Orleans (almost picked Eagles - I said "I'd like a Keystone Super Bowl")

Scott: Jacksonville and New Orleans (almost picked Pittsburgh and Dallas)

Neither of us saw Baltimore as a threat. We thought if an AFC North team went, it would be Pittsburgh or Cleveland.

Steelers or Cards?

2009-01-20T14:39:34-08:00

So who are you rooting for? I'm going to root for the Cards. I would like to see Warner do it again, and keep that bum Lienart on the bench a little longer.

Lance Armstrong's Return

2008-09-10T05:44:09-07:00

I was aware of the rumors for a few days and of course heard the announcement on Tuesday. I am a big fan of Armstrong, as long as my fandom is never crushed by proof of cheating. That being said I do not realistically think he will come back and win the Tour de France. In the immediate, the news is good for American cycling, but the whole comeback thing smells of an athlete who cannot walk away. I will be rooting for him and I will certainly always remember Lance at the top of his sport even if he is not at the top in his return.

2008 Brutal Deluxe / Nitevilla National Champion

2009-01-09T08:17:37-08:00

The Buffnet computers have been crunching the numbers throughout the entire bowl season. With the conclusion of last nights Florida versus Oklahoma matchup added into the equation our computer formula along with the human vote added is ready to crown a new National Champion for major college football. Congratulations to the ONLY undefeated and untied team the Utah Utes, you are the 2008 National Champions of College Football in the only unbiased poll that matters. Utah is the best football team in the land for 2008.

A Plus One Will Not Work

2009-01-03T07:10:36-08:00

Why will a plus one not work, because either USC or Utah would be shutout and you cannot tell me that either of these teams are not as good as the teams playing in the so called National Title game. Idiots like Saban continue to talk like the label of BCS conference means something. Sabon, your Tide just got whooped by a non-BCS school. This might not happen every year, but it is happening every few years and that is enough to show these schools can play football. A plus one will not work, you can still play the stupid bowl games, just the eight or so best belong in a playoff. Yes you would sell tickets and yes the TV ratings would be through the roof.

Thoughts on NFL Wild-Card Weekend

2009-01-01T10:52:18-08:00

Originally posted on Cygweb: http://aharden.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/thoughts-on-nfl-wild-card-weekend/

Since there was no BDFL podcast this week, here are my thoughts and predictions for this week in the NFL.

News and Notes

I'm disappointed Drew Brees came up short against Detroit to eclipse Dan Marino's record. Brees' 386 yards blew away his 316.8 yds/game average this season, but he needed 16 more to break the record. Still, he ended up with a second-best-ever 5069 yards. As a consolation, his ten 300-plus-yard passing games tie Rich Gannon's 2002 record for the most in one season.

Of the coaches that have been fired since the end of the regular season, I'm most surprised by the Jets' letting go of Eric Mangini. He should return as a head coach somewhere else next season.

I can't believe we have two 8-8 division winners this year -- Chazona. That is, San Diego and Arizona, the two teams that temporarily shared a home field in 2003. Neither will make a dent in the playoffs.

Wild Card Predictions

Atlanta (11-5) at Arizona (8-8): The Cardinals won the NFC West by being the least bad team. The Falcons were much better. Perhaps the Cardinals are having trouble selling out the game because it's on a Saturday that's part of an extended holiday weekend, but I think it's more than that. Atlanta should continue their resurgence: Falcons 34, Cardinals 17.

Indianapolis (12-4) at San Diego (8-8): The Colts ride a nine-game win streak into this one and are 6-2 on the road this season, including a win in San Diego. The Chargers have been very inconsistent and won't be able to pull this game out. Colts 27, Chargers 23.

Baltimore (11-5) at Miami (11-5): The Ravens won handily in Miami earlier this season (27-13), and I think they'll do it again. However, the defenses on both teams will keep it close. Ravens 13, Dolphins 12.

Philadelphia (9-6-1) at Minnesota (10-6): Both of these teams were lucky to make it into the playoffs. I think the battle-tested Eagles will contain the Vikings' running game enough to win. Eagles 28, Vikings 24.

Yes, I think all the away teams will win this weekend. The weather shouldn't factor in as a home-field advantage in any of the contests; two are in domes and two are in southern stadiums. The watering down of the playoff seeds accomplished with the 2002 realignment is to blame.

Wow, Coaches Falling Left and Right

2008-12-29T12:34:29-08:00

Mangini, Crennel and Marinelli in one day. I pretty much agree with all these, the only one that mildly surprised me was Mangini. Though after an awesome first season and a great draft that first year I cannot say he has done much. In addition to Mangini being fired I would not be surprised to see Brett Favre finally call it quits. His arm is obviously fading as the year progresses, I thought I noticed it last season and it was obvious this season. Great Quarterback, no harm in giving it another run, but his reign has ended.

Crennel needed to go, numerous coaching errors over the years. Not just the losses, but many mistakes that led to the losses. Poor clock management was an obvious one over the years. Marinelli, well, you have to fire a coach that goes 0-16, especially with the mess this organization has.

Unless the Eagles win it all, I think Andy Reid needs to go. If the Eagles win it all I feel like it would be inspite of Andy Reid. Great defensive coaching on the Eagles, the offense passes too much and again clock management issues for many seasons.

Herm Edwards should be fired in Kansas City as well, not sure that will happen, but it should.

Nitevilla? National Champion

2008-12-23T18:22:52-08:00

I plan to again announce a national champion following all the championship bowls being played. As with years past I will use a mixture of computer and human rankings and crown my own champion using just as much logic as the BCS. No sense in calling it the Nitevilla National Champion though, any suggestions?