0-4 Disaster, The Week Ahead

Well the posted playoff picks suffered thanks to a wild weekend in the NFL Playoffs. I posted those picks with write-ups on Friday, however I also make picks early in the week. Well I checked on my early picks this morning expecting to see 0-4 and was glad to realize I had picked Baltimore (+3) and Pittsburgh (-6). So I went 2-2 for those (of course they aren't documented.) Apparently I talked myself out of Baltimore and into San Diego as the week progressed. Anyway the early picks that I went 2-2 are part of a season long process, and I am now currently 140-118-4 against the spread this year. It's quite respectable to be 22 games over .500 and without a disastrous 4-12 in Week 16 it would have been a remarkable year. That said, the posted picks were terrible. While the Baltimore-Tennessee game was sure to be close, nobody saw Arizona coming. Completely unforseen and an incredible turnaround. Next Sunday should be very interesting, and I hope to avoid another 0-fer.

Lookin ahead this week, Michigan and Michigan State play back-to-back games on Wednesday night. I am expecting the Lions to hire a coach sometime this week as well. The playing seasons of Jim Schwartz, Steve Spagnuolo, and Ron Rivera are all done, and the Lions can hire any of them now. I have a feeling that Jim Schwartz will be announced as the next head coach sometime later this week, but these are the Lions and ANYTHING could happen. They may love a candidate we've never even heard of.

Lastly, Mitch Albom wrote a column titled 'The Courage of Detroit' in this weeks Sports Illustrated. It's definitely worth your time, even if you aren't from Detroit. You can read it here.

Unless anything happens like the Lions hire a coach, the Tigers decide to get a pitching staff, or Barry Sanders unretires, we'll dink-and-dunk around with the Wings and Pistons until Wednesday.