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Constant Replay
Published: 2/6/2012 2:10 PM
Last Modified: 2/6/2012 3:09 PM


Giants long snapper Zak DeOssie. MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP

It's time to tidy up the picking file before resorting to an off-season of blogs for your reading pleasure or ire.

Let's see, in that big OU-OSU game, the one where so many self-proclaimed experts said they couldn't pick OSU until it finally beat the Sooners, we had the Cowboys in the rout that transpired.

And in the top college game of the year, LSU-Alabama, the one where everybody laughed at Alabama and said it had no chance whatsoever against Loopy Les and his juggernaut, we picked underdog Alabama outright in the major upset. And what was the score, 40-0 Bama? Thirty to zero? Something like that.

Now comes the biggest football game of the year, the one on which reputations are built and secured, exposed and destroyed, the Super Bowl. Let's see, our pick made last Thursday is around here somewhere. We don't think we threw it out. Wait. Here it is.

The underdog Giants won by 4. Our pick, Giants by 4.

In related news, the commercials were horrific. Only one showed a drop of style, the Audi spot where headlights bright as day zapped the vampires.

The post-game analysis was worse, a sporting first in which radio and TV saps and dopes second-guessed a winner! Should the Giants runner have fallen down on the 1? Let's see. Probably not, since the Giants won the game. Had he fallen down, New England would have had a better chance at a long field goal than it did for a long hail-type touchdown.

Nobody even mentioned the key play in the game, when the New York runner fumbled close to his own end zone. Four New England people had a shot at the recovery. The lone NYG player on the screen fell on the football.

Winners have good luck in common, losers, excuses.

Anything else we can help you knuckleheads with?



Reader Comments 14 Total
wgspost (last year)
Alright ladies and gents, it's time to queue up and give the devil his due. Whether you love the Picker or hate him, whether you want to hug him or hit him, you have to acknowledge the uncanny accuracy of his December-January picks. His record during bowl season was very good, but his run through the NFL playoffs would imply proficiency with a ouija board. I can personally pick football games and do relatively well, but it's usually more famine than feast; one day I'll be buying Cuban cigars and the next day my uncle Moe will have to co-sign for my lunch at Lubys. But Mr. Pickers' insights of late have been comparable to Sherman's march through the deep South or Stalin's 1941-1943 scorched earth policy: incredibly effective. Does Picker irritate as well? Of course...that's his gig and he's good at it. Good with the better. Keep it up, sir.
P.OswaldBoone (last year)
I liked the vampire commercial and the Clint Eastwood clip. Congrats to the picker, when I saw Giants by 4 I thought that was about right. The Giants seem to have been blessed by the gods of football the second half of the season.
bjorn2run (last year)
of course he's good. why do you think the Tulsa World bought out a whole newspaper just so they could add the picker to their staff?
wgspost (last year)
Hmmm...forgot to comment on the Super Bowl commercials. I swear to god, if I see one more talking baby I'm going to sell my Sony. The leisure suit wearing Madison avenue guys average about one cute SB commercial every decade; otherwise, the public airwaves are resplendent with moronic beer commercials (do the beer companies really believe that the average IQ of their market is about 68?) And why is it that companies who are catering to an adult marketplace (e.g. insurance, automobiles, etc.) feel that the best way to to appeal to that marketplace is through cartoon characters, talking reptiles, and Jerry Seinfeld? C'mon...
LaffALot (last year)
Da’ Snicker’s Pete Rozelle
voodo doll works wonders

Many of your loyal fans would be interested
if you would give a pre-preseason prediction
of next years’ local teams 2012 season records

Maybe perhaps throw in your fav’s
for the Super Bowl too!
The Picker (last year)
Laffer: There will be a dozen that could win next year's Super, many good teams a heartbeat (injury) away from the big game.

Major contenders: Balt, Houston, SF, Giants, GB, New Orleans, NE, Eagles -- the Pats have it really soft in that division and that conference. The Steelers are old, the Jets stink, the Cowboys lame at qb. I like New Orleans, it hired the Miami coach to handle the defense, which it needed, and which could put it over the top again.

The local colleges, who knows pending the WV mess, the law suit about getting out of the Big East. OU looks about the same, no run game, Stoops was terrible at Arizona, Jones is erratic at qb, great arm, but lacks mobility, oddball recruiting class full of coastal characters. OSU can't be anywhere close to as good without Weeden, could slip markedly. Same for TU, which will be hard pressed to win the toss-ups. Arkansas appears to be the best of the area teams, great quarterback and offense.
Glenn616 (last year)
Pick, any thoughts on the halftime show?
Glenn616 (last year)
wgspost, I always enjoy the Picker's columns, whether I agree with some of them or not. He knows more about sports than most of the media members in this state.
The Picker (last year)
Glenn, Madonna has always taken herself a bit too seriously. She can lip-sync with the best of them. That guy bouncing on the wire was interesting. That's a new art form. One bad bounce and you're walking on your hands for a while.
Arlo (last year)
Naked M&M and Here Wego dog were the best. Twilight headlight commercial was lame. I hate those blue headlight guys when they're coming at me.
redriverndn (last year)
Madonna was a sterile lipsyncher....

Defense wins championships....

I believe that Okie St. will be just fine next season, rely on the running game until the QB gains confidence, Pokes will be a Top 10 team & BEAT OU once again, also Texas.... All I know is that Coach Gundy knows what he's doing & he's doing it well, so in that vein, he knows how to recruit....

I'd love to see OU improve but that won't happen....

Been watching any Thunder games???? If you only watch the last couple of minutes then you've been up past midnight lately watching EXCELLENT basketball....
Soonertrain (last year)
I took the stinking Pats and lost yet another Superbowl. I think that's about 27 out of the last 30. Great.
redriver... I will predict this correctly, though. oSu, after 3 years, will have to come back to Norman next year and begin another 8 game losing streak.
The Picker (last year)
Train, how could you read this and still take the Pats?
wgspost (last year)
to redriverndn...let me get this straight...you believe "Okie St. will be just fine next season" and "Gundy knows what he's doing"? Okay champ...lie down...put a cold compress on your forehead...find someone who can read the label on a tylenol bottle and have them give you the adult dose. If delusions persist, call your doctor.
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