Keefe's Divisional Round Picks

Keep in mind I was 0-4 on Wild Card weekend, so bet opposite!


Ravens (+7) vs. Patriots

Seahawks (-11) vs. Panthers

Cowboys (+6) vs. Packers

Colts (+7) vs. Broncos

Good luck.

Your Thanksgiving Day TV Schedule

It's perhaps the greatest day of the year.  Football, Food, Family.  Here is what you'll (I'll) be watching this Thursday.

9am-Noon: MACY'S DAY PARADE
Look for my favorites: Woody the Woodpecker and Spider-man.  Also Cam Neely and Mike Ritcher will be on a float promoting the next day's Bruins-Rangers game.

12-2pm: THE NATIONAL DOG SHOW
You can watch 30 mins uninterrupted of this bad boy before switching back and forth with what's next.  But who doesn't love a dog show?  Give me the Working Class every time.

12:30pm: Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions
Big NFC North match up here, but an even bigger fantasy football game.  Calvin Johnson, Reggie Bush, Matt Stafford, Eddie Lacy, Jordy Nelson, Jarrett Boytkin, and Matt Flynn?

4:30pm: Oakland Raiders @ Dallas Cowboys
Not the best game, but it's still football.  Maybe eat during some of this one.

8:30pm: Pittsburgh Steelers @ Baltimore Ravens
Two disappointing teams go at it with playoff chances really on the line.  The winner is guaranteed anything but the loser is probably done.

9:30: Lady Gaga & The Muppets Holiday Spectacular
I'm no Lady Gaga fan, not even close.  But as you know, I'm in on anything Muppets.  Pair them with Stalin and I'm watching.  Hopefully it's not too much Gaga and friends. 


HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM THE SPORTS BRIEF!

Channing Crowder vs. Le'Ron McClain

Dolphins LB Channing Crowder accused Ravens FB Le'Ron McClain of spitting in his face during Baltimore's 26-10 win over Miami. Players from both sides got into the trash-talk in the post-game including Karlos Dansby and Derrick Mason. These guys truly hate each other, which is great. Check out some of the snip-its below.

Also, not making the video was Crowder breaking down some of the questionable calls from the game. He compared the refs to, Stevie Wonder and ANNE FRANK... seriously. He then corrected himself and said he meant Hellen Keller and not Frank. Yikes. The University of Florida must be proud of Crowder for comparing a bad call made by a ref to a Holocaust victim. You can't make this stuff up.

-Keefe

NFL Thoughts...

Just a couple hours following the Patriots "football game" with the Ravens. (Football game usually implies that 2 teams both try and/or give a crap.) Embarrassing performance by the Pats today, who clearly deserved to lose, and they can now go plan their golf trips and vacations, something they were thinking about before kick-off. No Wes Welker obviously hurts, we can all agree on that, but he isn't asked to tackle Ray Rice. Was anyone asked to tackle Ray Rice today?

-AFC Final 4: Colts, Chargers, Jets, Ravens... yes the Jets have advanced further than the Patriots this year... with a rookie QB and a really fat head coach.

-Cardinals are rolling the Packers right now. Everyone, I mean everyone was on this Packer band wagon. They still have time to comeback, but when will people stop betting against Kurt Warner in the playoffs?

-Cowboys got a dominating win over the Eagles last night... Dallas over Minnesota... I'm thinking so.

-Pre-Season Predictions: (patting myself on the back...) I gave you Percy Harvin as O-Rookie of the Year and Brian Cushing as D-ROY. (my MVP pick, Brees finished 2nd)...

My Super Bowl picks were Chargers over Saints back in August... I'll stick with it, though I would not be surprised if the Saints don't live up to it.

Note: I also picked the Texans, Bills, and Seahawks to make the playoffs... they can't all be winners... did I mention the Offensive and Defensive rookies of the year?

-Chris Johnson became the 6th player in league history to go over 2,000 yards rushing in a single season, also he won Fantasy Football titles in his first 2 seasons in The Gentlemen's Club... unfortunately for me it was/is not a keeper, so despite getting him as a rookie I had to watch as Shark took home the plaque this year.

-What happens to free agent Vince Wilfork next year? Franchise tag?

That's all I got for now... figured I'd write all this out rather than post like 15 messages on Twitter.

-Keefe