Last Year (Head-To-Head): 170-98
Last Week: 3-1
Year To Date: 174-91
All Time (2006 Through 2012 Combined Record To Date): 649-371
AGAINST THE SPREAD (ATS) Last Week (ALL scheduled games played): 3-1 (.750)
ATS (Calculated By My Line + Or – Vs Vegas Odds At Time Of Publication Listed Below, Or Locks Updated Prior To Kickoff) Year-To-Date, All Scheduled Games Starting Week 4: 114-85-5 (.573)
ATS & O/U Locks Last Week: 4-1 (.800)
ATS & O/U Locks YTD: 43-38(.531)
LOCKS (IF APPLICABLE) ARE IN RED, BOTTOM OF THIS COLUMN SO SCROLL DOWN…
Here we are… the AFC and NFC Championship series; the race to Super Bowl XLVI and it doesn’t get much better than this, does it?
As evidenced by last weekend’s NFC and AFC Divisional matchups, defense, INDEED, does still win championships in the NFL. Yeah, I know Alex Smith tossed the game winner with 9 seconds left to defeat the Saints in his best offensive game to date but who had the better “D” — the Saints or the Niners? Obviously, the Niners did, just like the Giants had the better “D” than Green Bay. Who won? The best defensive teams won… AND it won’t be any different this weekend either…
… With no further adieu, onto my NFL 2011 Season AFC and NFC Championship Round Playoff Weekend Picks…
Championship Round Playoff Weekend Picks
Sunday Early Afternoon Game (Jan 22nd @ 2:00 PM, CST) Game):
Baltimore Ravens (13-4) @ New England Patriots (14-3) – The GTL’s Line: BAL -3.5, 44.5 OU Total (VEGAS LINE As Per Vegas Insider, Thur Jan 19th @ 5:42 PM: NE -7, 50.5 OU) – RAVENS COVER +7
Sunday Late Afternoon (January 22nd @ 5:30 PM, CST – FOX) Game (NFC Matchup):
New York Giants (11-7) @ San Francisco 49ers (14-3) – The GTL’s Line: SF -11, 43 OU (VEGAS: SF -2.5, 42 OU) – FORTY-NINERS COVER -2.5
AFC & NFC CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND PLAYOFF (WEEK 20) LOCKS:
NEW YORK GIANTS @ SAN FRANCISCO: FORTY-NINERS -2.5
BALTIMORE @ NEW ENGLAND: RAVENS +7
BALTIMORE @ NEW ENGLAND: UNDER 50.5
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Agree? Disagree? Have your own NFC and AFC Championship Playoff Round Week 20 predictions? Post them into the comments section below…
Other political bloggers and their commenters take a break from poly-tix for a few minutes to weigh in on NFL Week 20, 2011: Elizabeth Weaver Engel (Liberal) of both The Huffington Post and Snarkin’ the NFL; And Eric (Conservative) of THE TYGRRRR EXPRESS…






