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Cowboys 24 @ Giants 17
Final
Wed, 9/5/12 7:30pm


3 Picks - 16%	16 Picks - 84%

Giants

Jaguars 23 @ Vikings 26
final overtime
Sun, 9/9/12 12:00pm


6 Picks - 29%	15 Picks - 71%

Vikings

Patriots 34 @ Titans 13
Final
Sun, 9/9/12 12:00pm


20 Picks - 95%	1 Pick - 5%

Patriots

Dolphins 10 @ Texans 30
Final
Sun, 9/9/12 12:00pm


0 Picks - 0%	21 Picks - 100%

Texans

Commanders 40 @ Saints 32
Final
Sun, 9/9/12 12:00pm


3 Picks - 14%	18 Picks - 86%

Saints

Commanders

Rams 23 @ Lions 27
Final
Sun, 9/9/12 12:00pm


0 Picks - 0%	21 Picks - 100%

Lions

Bills 28 @ Jets 48
Final
Sun, 9/9/12 12:00pm


10 Picks - 48%	11 Picks - 52%

Bills

Jets

Bills

Falcons 40 @ Chiefs 24
Final
Sun, 9/9/12 12:00pm


17 Picks - 81%	4 Picks - 19%

Falcons

Chiefs

Falcons

Eagles 17 @ Browns 16
Final
Sun, 9/9/12 12:00pm


20 Picks - 95%	1 Pick - 5%

Eagles

Colts 21 @ Bears 41
Final
Sun, 9/9/12 12:00pm


3 Picks - 14%	18 Picks - 86%

Bears

Seahawks 16 @ Cardinals 20
Final
Sun, 9/9/12 3:15pm


18 Picks - 86%	3 Picks - 14%

Cardinals

Seahawks

49ers 30 @ Packers 22
Final
Sun, 9/9/12 3:15pm


4 Picks - 19%	17 Picks - 81%

Packers

49ers

Packers

Panthers 10 @ Buccaneers 16
Final
Sun, 9/9/12 3:15pm


14 Picks - 67%	7 Picks - 33%

Panthers

Steelers 19 @ Broncos 31
Final
Sun, 9/9/12 7:20pm


13 Picks - 59%	9 Picks - 41%

Steelers

Broncos

Steelers

Bengals 13 @ Ravens 44
Final
Mon, 9/10/12 6:00pm


0 Picks - 0%	22 Picks - 100%

Ravens

Chargers 22 @ Raiders 14
Final
Mon, 9/10/12 9:15pm


9 Picks - 41%	13 Picks - 59%

Chargers

Raiders

Chargers

Week Record

10 - 6
0.625

9 - 7
0.562

10 - 6
0.625

Season Record

10 - 6
0.625

9 - 7
0.562

10 - 6
0.625

Scotttime Record

1005 - 612
0.622

970 - 647
0.600

1003 - 614
0.620

1021 - 596
0.631

No-Pack-Vike Record

3376 - 1964
0.632

3291 - 2049
0.616

3398 - 1942
0.636

3292 - 2048
0.617

Lifetime Record

1682 - 1002
0.627

1581 - 1103
0.589

1673 - 1011
0.623

1680 - 1004
0.626

Other Nut Canner Picks

Scott

Giants
Vikings
Patriots
Texans
Saints
Lions
Jets
Falcons
Eagles
Bears
Seahawks
Packers
Buccaneers
Broncos
Ravens
Chargers

Week:	12 - 4 0.750
Season:	12 - 4 0.750
Lifetime:	1022 - 590 0.634

Alex

Giants
Vikings
Patriots
Texans
Saints
Lions
Jets
Chiefs
Eagles
Bears
Seahawks
Packers
Buccaneers
Steelers
Ravens
Raiders

Week:	9 - 7 0.562
Season:	9 - 7 0.562
Lifetime:	997 - 618 0.617

craig

Giants
Jaguars
Patriots
Texans
Saints
Lions
Jets
Falcons
Browns
Bears
Cardinals
Packers
Buccaneers
Steelers
Ravens
Raiders

Week:	9 - 7 0.562
Season:	9 - 7 0.562
Lifetime:	892 - 588 0.603

jumbo12

DAL @ NYG - No Pick
Vikings
Patriots
Texans
Saints
Lions
Jets
Falcons
Eagles
Bears
Seahawks
Packers
Panthers
Steelers
Ravens
Raiders

Week:	9 - 6 0.600
Season:	9 - 6 0.600
Lifetime:	314 - 214 0.595

Carlos44ec

Giants
Vikings
Patriots
Texans
Saints
Lions
Jets
Chiefs
Eagles
Colts
Seahawks
Packers
Panthers
Steelers
Ravens
Chargers

Week:	8 - 8 0.500
Season:	8 - 8 0.500
Lifetime:	563 - 358 0.611

RUFiO1984

Cowboys
Vikings
Patriots
Texans
Commanders
Lions
Bills
Falcons
Eagles
Bears
Seahawks
Packers
Panthers
Broncos
Ravens
Raiders

Week:	11 - 5 0.688
Season:	11 - 5 0.688
Lifetime:	798 - 480 0.624

Jfk10intex

Cowboys
Vikings
Patriots
Texans
Saints
Lions
Jets
Falcons
Eagles
Bears
Seahawks
Packers
Panthers
Broncos
Ravens
Raiders

Week:	11 - 5 0.688
Season:	11 - 5 0.688
Lifetime:	571 - 330 0.634

Musch

Giants
Jaguars
Titans
Texans
Saints
Lions
Bills
Falcons
Eagles
Bears
Seahawks
49ers
Panthers
Steelers
Ravens
Raiders

Week:	7 - 9 0.438
Season:	7 - 9 0.438
Lifetime:	566 - 362 0.610

skulman

DAL @ NYG - No Pick
Vikings
Patriots
Texans
Saints
Lions
Bills
Falcons
Eagles
Bears
Seahawks
Packers
Panthers
Broncos
Ravens
Raiders

Week:	9 - 6 0.600
Season:	9 - 6 0.600
Lifetime:	155 - 88 0.638

JDUB316

Giants
Jaguars
Patriots
Texans
Saints
Lions
Bills
Falcons
Eagles
Bears
Seahawks
Packers
Panthers
Steelers
Ravens
Chargers

Week:	8 - 8 0.500
Season:	8 - 8 0.500
Lifetime:	503 - 313 0.616

Jamey

Giants
Vikings
Patriots
Texans
Saints
Lions
Jets
Falcons
Eagles
Bears
Seahawks
Packers
Panthers
Steelers
Ravens
Chargers

Week:	10 - 6 0.625
Season:	10 - 6 0.625
Lifetime:	427 - 258 0.623

mbaraclo

Cowboys
Vikings
Patriots
Texans
Commanders
Lions
Bills
Falcons
Eagles
Bears
Seahawks
49ers
Buccaneers
Broncos
Ravens
Chargers

Week:	14 - 2 0.875
Season:	14 - 2 0.875
Lifetime:	287 - 175 0.621

Trampas

Giants
Vikings
Patriots
Texans
Saints
Lions
Jets
Falcons
Eagles
Bears
Seahawks
Packers
Panthers
Steelers
Ravens
Chargers

Week:	10 - 6 0.625
Season:	10 - 6 0.625
Lifetime:	354 - 196 0.644

X2daG

Giants
Jaguars
Patriots
Texans
Saints
Lions
Jets
Falcons
Eagles
Colts
Seahawks
Packers
Buccaneers
Broncos
Ravens
Raiders

Week:	9 - 7 0.562
Season:	9 - 7 0.562
Lifetime:	273 - 174 0.611

6timechamps

Giants
Jaguars
Patriots
Texans
Saints
Lions
Bills
Falcons
Eagles
Bears
Cardinals
49ers
Buccaneers
Steelers
Ravens
Raiders

Week:	10 - 6 0.625
Season:	10 - 6 0.625
Lifetime:	263 - 141 0.651

black_gold87

DAL @ NYG - No Pick
JAC @ MIN - No Pick
NE @ TEN - No Pick
MIA @ HOU - No Pick
WAS @ NO - No Pick
LA @ DET - No Pick
BUF @ NYJ - No Pick
ATL @ KC - No Pick
PHI @ CLE - No Pick
IND @ CHI - No Pick
SEA @ ARI - No Pick
SF @ GB - No Pick
CAR @ TB - No Pick
Steelers
Ravens
Chargers

Week:	2 - 1 0.667
Season:	2 - 1 0.667
Lifetime:	146 - 91 0.616

Krystall

Giants
Jaguars
Patriots
Texans
Saints
Lions
Jets
Falcons
Eagles
Colts
Seahawks
Packers
Buccaneers
Broncos
Ravens
Raiders

Week:	9 - 7 0.562
Season:	9 - 7 0.562
Lifetime:	23 - 21 0.523

Chamillitary420

Giants
Vikings
Patriots
Texans
Saints
Lions
Bills
Falcons
Eagles
Bears
Seahawks
Packers
Panthers
Steelers
Ravens
Raiders

Week:	8 - 8 0.500
Season:	8 - 8 0.500
Lifetime:	8 - 8 0.500

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Cowboys 24 @ Giants 17

	Jeremy Weird that the NFL would burn this big matchup right away. Now they'll only have the other one to talk about. And the other one.
	Sarah Boo to both teams, may the odds be never in your favor!
	Jon I hope there's a good match at the US Open Wednesday night.

Jaguars 23 @ Vikings 26

	Jeremy Vikings to get a head start on ruining their 2013 draft pick by starting 1-0.
	Sarah This one will be a real barn burner.
	Jon I'm going to preemptively say that Percy Harvin continues to impress me.

49ers 30 @ Packers 22

	Jeremy Packers suck.
	Sarah Pretty interesting match up, let's hope the good guys win!
	Jon I could see this playing out in a few different ways. But I picked the Packers because it just seems like a game they would win.

Steelers 19 @ Broncos 31

	Jeremy I wonder if anyone will mention Peyton Manning?
	Sarah Peyton!
	Jon Broncos never have any exciting stories to follow.

Bengals 13 @ Ravens 44

	Jeremy It's week one and I'm already sick of doing these.
	Sarah Already tired of doing this!
	Jon AFC Championship game preview? Probably not, but it sounded good for a second.

Chargers 22 @ Raiders 14

	Jeremy Philip Rivers was available in like the 7th round of our recent fantasy draft. Safe to say quarterbacks have gotten pretty deep over the last few seasons.
	Sarah Raiders always seem to get the first (second) MNF game because they are way out yonder on the Pacific.
	Jon Going with Oakland on this one. Remember, there's lots of foul territory there, so it's harder to score.

	Jeremy - As Seen On The Internet 09/01/2012 @ 12:36:01 PM
So...we're doing this again.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Sarah - How do you use these things? 09/02/2012 @ 10:16:26 AM
Yea, I didn't look at Jeremy's comments before I made my own... scary.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Jeremy - As Seen On The Internet 09/02/2012 @ 10:57:26 AM
I think I make the same comment every year		Rate this comment Yours: Total: Rated 1 times.

	Jeremy - Always thinking of, but never about, the children. 09/02/2012 @ 11:02:37 AM
The feed I get games from seems to have switched the home and away teams. Thus, if you made your picks before this comment, they were reversed. You may want to reevaluate.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Jfk10intex - My computer is better than yours!!!! 09/02/2012 @ 10:35:21 PM
good to be back.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Jfk10intex - 229 Posts 09/02/2012 @ 10:37:20 PM
Whats scotttime record?		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Jeremy - 1.21 Gigawatts!?!? 09/02/2012 @ 10:47:21 PM
It's our records in the period in which Scott has also been making picks.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Scott - Resident Tech Support 09/03/2012 @ 04:17:46 PM
proof that my life has left a lasting impact. I am now referred to as a period of time.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Sarah - 4671 Posts 09/03/2012 @ 06:08:36 PM
Scott Wrote - Today @ 04:17:46 PM proof that my life has left a lasting impact. I am now referred to as a period of time. More like you thought you were above and beyond the rest of us in game picking. As you can see, I'm far superior in that aspect (one game) and have picked games even after the Packers were out of it.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Scott - 6225 Posts 09/03/2012 @ 06:46:16 PM
oh, well, winning percentage. I've passed on certain playoff games after devastating losses when I was too depressed to think about football. I also passed on the Packers Super Bowl out of possible superstition that somehow not picking would cancel out any effect my pick might have on the outcome. I'm also guessing that if you exclude games that involve the Packers or the Vikings, that the numbers would be even more interesting. Matt, for instance, never picks against the Vikings, and the Vikings have been a sub .500 team during that span. Me, on the other hand, usually pick the Packers, and the Packers are a large amount above .500, giving me what you might call a home-team bias. Although I pick against "my team" more than most of at least the senior staffers, so that could play into it as well.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.
Scott perfected this at 09/03/2012 6:49:13 pm

	RUFiO1984 - 219 Posts 09/03/2012 @ 09:57:25 PM
Last years champ is back!! :) Thank you, Thank you		Rate this comment Yours: Total: Rated 1 times.

	Musch - 20 Posts 09/04/2012 @ 07:20:50 AM
Ahhh I love the smell of nutcan in the morning. I missed you all.		Rate this comment Yours: Total: Rated 1 times.

	Carlos44ec - 2079 Posts 09/04/2012 @ 12:45:14 PM
can we ditch the and-and-1? I mean that terrible tie from a couple of years ago.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Matt - Nutcan.com's MBL 09/04/2012 @ 04:06:02 PM
Scott Wrote - Yesterday @ 06:46:16 PM Matt, for instance, never picks against the Vikings, and the Vikings have been a sub .500 team during that span. I've never picked against the Vikings and I'm 79-86 when picking them to win. I've picked the Packers to win six times and am 4-2. I've picked against them 166 times and am 64-102. Make of that what you will.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Sarah - How do you use these things? 09/04/2012 @ 05:33:42 PM
Matt Wrote - Today @ 04:06:02 PM Scott Wrote - Yesterday @ 06:46:16 PM Matt, for instance, never picks against the Vikings, and the Vikings have been a sub .500 team during that span. I've never picked against the Vikings and I'm 79-86 when picking them to win. I've picked the Packers to win six times and am 4-2. I've picked against them 166 times and am 64-102. Make of that what you will. I have.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Scott - 6225 Posts 09/05/2012 @ 10:30:53 AM
What I meant by "i pick the packers (my team) and some pick the vikings (your team)" is that because "my team" happens to be better record wise, my wins might be schewed high because of my home team bias. The Packer fans on this site that are inclined to pick their team out of preference rather than reason benefit from that team simply having a better record overall, while the Viking fans that are inclined to pick their team for the same reason are at a disadvantage simply because the Vikings have a worse record. For instance, while I've been making picks, the packers have gone 68-35. I pick the Packers to win 88% of the time, and I've only been wrong about either win or loss a total of 33 times, or 32% of the time. Matt on the other hand picks the Vikings every time. During his time picking the Vikings are 79-86. Matt picks incorrectly 52% of the time. Now compared to Matt, I'm not sure if eliminating the Vikings and Packer games would even the numbers out, but clearly when comparing me to Matt (and also noting that Matt almost never picks the Packers either; I am rather successful in picks involving the Vikings, particularly compared to Matt's, Jon's, or Jeremy's picks involving the Packers, so my "bias" might only applies to the Packers), there is a major bias that would make my numbers artificially higher and Matt's artificially lower simply because of the difference in overall records of the two teams that we call ourselves fans of. I'll use this. Jon, who has never picked against the Vikings, is only 16 wins behind me in the era known heretofore as Scotttime. If Jon was as good at picking games involving the Vikings as I have been* (i have a .663 winning percentage picking viking games), he would have 52 more wins overall. Compared to the overall records, Scotttime accounts for about 60% of the overall time span. So if we use that number, Jon could possibly have accounted for 31 more wins if he picked the Vikings as an unbiased observer rather than a bleeds-purple-and-gold vikings fan. Conclusion: I probably am not quite as good as my record would indicate, and Sarah (whether she wants to admit it or now) is in the same boat. *I have picked the Vikings to Win 44 times and lose 54 time. so I've picked the Vikings win 44.9% of the time, which is just slightly lower than their overall winning percentage over than time span (45-53). In other words, evidence would suggest that I am fairly unbiased in picking games involving the Vikings.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.
Scott perfected this 3 times, last at 09/05/2012 10:44:26 am

	Scott - 6225 Posts 09/05/2012 @ 10:33:14 AM
http://espn.go.com/nfl/preview12/story/_/id/8295463/espn-experts-nfl-predictions-2012 9 of the 16 espn "experts" have picked the Packers to win the Super Bowl. Clearly that means that they're screwed. It looks like Bob McGinn's 10-6 forecast might be more realistic afterall. Although they won the Super Bowl as a 10-6 team 2 years ago.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Sarah - How do you use these things? 09/05/2012 @ 07:02:40 PM
I pick against the Packers if I think they're going to lose, and pick the Vikings when I think they're going to win. That's how you've got to do picks. We can't say someone is hypothetically better just because they shouldn't be picking their team. That's their prerogative, no matter how it plays out.		Rate this comment Yours: Total: Rated 2 times.

	Scott - Get Up! Get outta here! Gone! 09/05/2012 @ 08:34:29 PM
So there's only been 10 times in the last 10 years when you thought the Packers might lose? And Jon has never legitimately thought the Vikings might lose? And really, regarding Sarah and me, picking against the Packers when it's fitting might actually make our win totals higher, so there's that caveat I guess. Well, whatever your justification, your ability to "think the packers are going to win" isn't eschewed in any way shape or form by the fact that you happen to bleed that team's colors, right? It might be Jon's prerogative to pick the vikings every single week for 10+ straight years, and if we judge based solely on wins, then I got him beat. But based on the fact that he has not once picked against him, I'd say there's something that is causing him to pick that team in a biased way, making those picks a little less legit, thus I'd be be somewhat reasonable saying he might be better or more equal to me in making picks. Now I'd say the bias is for you and me doesn't include the Vikings. Although even if my picks for the Packers are legit, Jon's and Matt's picks for the vikings make their numbers worse than they probably would be if they were picking with their heads rather than their hearts.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.
Scott messed with this at 09/05/2012 8:36:03 pm

	Scott - No, I did not change your screen saver settings 09/07/2012 @ 01:49:54 PM
So I guess I'll throw in the obligatory "we own the 49ers" line in here. The Packers have beaten the 49ers 8 straight times dating back to November, 1999, and they have won 13 of the last 14 matchups. You have to go back to when George H.W. Bush was president of these here united states to find the last time the 49ers won in the state of Wisconsin, nearly 22 years ago.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Alex - But let history remember, that as free men, we chose to make it so! 09/09/2012 @ 05:37:16 PM
Jarret Bush can't even cover his own mouth when he coughs.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Carlos44ec - ...and Bob's your Uncle! 09/10/2012 @ 09:30:31 AM
Scott Wrote - 09/07/2012 @ 01:49:54 PM So I guess I'll throw in the obligatory "we own the 49ers" line in here. The Packers have beaten the 49ers 8 straight times dating back to November, 1999, and they have won 13 of the last 14 matchups. You have to go back to when George H.W. Bush was president of these here united states to find the last time the 49ers won in the state of Wisconsin, nearly 22 years ago. You didn't knock on wood.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.

	Scott - 6225 Posts 09/10/2012 @ 09:31:49 AM
The announcers made a comment about Jarret Bush and getting turned around, and I thought to myself "you could probably use a lot of different prefaces that ultimately end up with "and then Jarret Bush got turned around", and they don't all have to refer to football.		Rate this comment Yours: Total: Rated 1 times.

	Scott - 6225 Posts 09/11/2012 @ 10:40:07 AM
You know, I really need to be more true to my rational thought process rather than my wishful thinking. I have a packers schedule on my cube wall at work, and a couple weeks ago, I went through and marked off games I thought the Packers would lose. The 2 games I marked down? At the Giants and home against the 49ers. If I had just consulted my at work packer schedule I would have been right about this week.		Rate this comment Yours: Rated 0 times.