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Verlander may well pitch in games 1, 4 and 7 (or at least that is Justin's wish) . More likely he pitches in game's 1 and 5 . If his form holds up its Detroit in 7 for mine . ESPN radio are covering all the games for those without Foxtel . Depending on your type of mobile phone , ESPN radio is quite accessible ... http://espn.go.com/espnradio/

Ha ha ! Well done to you blokes all the same . Those Lions were somehow still in the game right to the end despite being woeful in the red zone . In all honesty the Bears should have put Detroit away by the end of the 3rd quarter . Cutler took a huge hit from Ndamukong Suh . He seemed to recover ok but he'll no doubt have a bit of 'General soreness' himself tomorrow . In the States, some are describing this 'Tackle' as some sort of 'WWE' move . Suh is just a beast of a man !

Confident, sort of . Bit concerned about the Bears - if they keep winning it might be out of your blokes and mine for a wild-card spot . Dare I say it , at Green Bay we're taking it "One week at a time" . Although It may well come down to the 2 games that we play each other (week's 13 and 17) . Btw , how'd ya pull up after yesterday's 'Footy Forum' games ? Good to see we got another overall victory !

I've still only seen edited highlights but from what I can gather, Rodgers had a huge game again . He's an immense player when on song and unfortunately for your blokes, he stepped it up again today . As you're no doubt aware , the Rams play New England next week at Wembley - another big game ! No real surprises today although the Jets and Redskins were both unlucky to lose . Houston made a statement and the Saints won again . With Brees at the helm they're capable of winning quite a few more games and will at least provide nuisance value . Their defence is woeful though and remains their achilles' heal . Need the Lions to win tomorrow :-) Edit : Just noticed that the Rams / Patriots game is on at Wembley Stadium (corrected post)

The UK production of 'Inside Men' is a very good, fast paced thriller . 4 parts in series 1 (2012) . Series 2 to be aired next year . http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1989062/

May the better team win 'Hipster' What's the odds on a close finish ? A lot riding on this game . The loser will have a reasonably long haul back in either of their divisions . Being a 16 game season , teams that fall too far back start running out of games . Especially in our divisions, with every team being at least competitive .

The Stones with 'Gimme Shelter' Macca's 60's 10.9

Here's the full week's games and Bill Simmons column ... http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8524001/a-hierarchy-hypocrites FRI, OCT 19 11.20 AM Seattle 6 at San Francisco 13 OneHD & ESPN MON, OCT 22 4.00 AM Washington (3-3) at NY Giants (4-2) Fox2 4.00 AM New Orleans (1-4) at Tampa Bay (2-3) OneHD 4.00 AM Tennessee (2-4) at Buffalo (3-3) 4.00 AM Dallas (2-3) at Carolina (1-4) 4.00 AM Baltimore (5-1) at Houston (5-1) 4.00 AM Cleveland (1-5) at Indianapolis (2-3) 4.00 AM Green Bay (3-3) at St. Louis (3-3) 4.00 AM Arizona (4-2) at Minnesota (4-2) 7.25 AM Jacksonville (1-4) at Oakland (1-4) 7.25 AM NY Jets (3-3) at New England (3-3) OneHD 11.20 AM Pittsburgh (2-3) at Cincinnati (3-2) OneHD & ESPN TUES. OCT 23 11.30 A Detroit (2-3) at Chicago (4-1) ESPN ·Bye: Atlanta, Denver, Kansas City, Miami, Philadelphia, San Diego

I'm still not totally sold on Atlanta though it's hard to fault winning form . Their schedule isn't too tough from here on in so they could easily end up with the 1 seed . They could 'Dome it' right through to the Super Bowl (which is at the Superdome) Should be a good one tomorrow . Harbaugh will have your blokes fired up you'd reckon . For a week 7 preview here's Bill Simmons/Cousin Sal podcast ... http://espn.go.com/e...play?id=8509315 And for a bit of a laugh here's a small bit of audio from Frank Caliendo . He was on 'Mike and Mike' earlier in the week . His impressions of Jon Gruden and Chris Berman were quite good http://espn.go.com/e...play?id=8507635 Week 7 games on the tele ... ESPN as well as OneHD are covering tomorrow's game ... FRI, OCT 19 11.20 AM Seattle (4-2) at San Francisco (4-2) OneHD & ESPN MON, OCT 22 4.00 AM Washington (3-3) at NY Giants (4-2) Fox2 4.00 AM New Orleans (1-4) at Tampa Bay (2-3) OneHD 7.25 AM NY Jets (3-3) at New England (3-3) OneHD 11.20 AM Pittsburgh (2-3) at Cincinnati (3-2) OneHD & ESPN TUES. OCT 23 11.30 A Detroit (2-3) at Chicago (4-1) ESPN And here's the other games for week 7 ... http://espn.go.com/nfl/schedule#7

It's a tipsters nightmare 'Harcourt' . Makes the games so much more interesting though . I had the 49ers as 10pt favs over the Giants but was once again proved wrong . Was thinking about doing a top 12 this week but it's very difficult with Houston , New England and San Francisco all losing along with the Ravens and Falcons just getting over the line . I'd have to have the Giants near the top . Yeah , nearly did the same '84' but Peyton has been getting this Denver team back into games . Once they got it back to 24-14 it was game on . Don't know what's happened to Rivers .

Big comeback win to the Broncos today . Denver have had a really tough schedule and are now 3 and 3 . As for San Diego , that was a meltdown . Leading 24 - 0 at half time . The locals aren't very happy ... http://www.utsandieg...-lead-ballgame/ Peyton's QB rating was 129 . He threw for 309 yards (24/30) with 3 TD's . Elway look well pleased on the sidelines .

Packers are at St Louis next week . Big clash for quite a few on 'land ! Relieved to win that game against the Texans . Green Bay came to play but Houston had a really off day . Rodgers was great with 6 TD's . There's hardly any guaranteed wins in the NFL and next week could go down to the wire . Watched the end of the Eagles game and thought you had 'em Dappa . Was genuinely surprised by the ease of the Giants win and how about Seattle ? Russell Wilson is stepping up and surprising a few people . The Bills helped the other 3 teams in the NFC West division with an upset win . Didn't see that coming either . Seattle are at San Francisco on Friday (our time) Baltimore and Atlanta did well to hang on and it's hard to believe that the Jets are now joint leader of the AFC East . A few teams have come back to the field today and a few others have put their hand up . The Giants especially .

Good work 'Yossarian' . Must have a listen to a bit of their other stuff

'The Average White Band' with 'Pick up the Pieces' . This song is still used occasionally in the States for their sporting promo's and highlights . Hailing from Scotland their music is a mix of rock , funk and R&B . (yes, they're still kicking around) Macca's 70's 10.8

Yeah , Monday's are a mad scramble during the NFL season . I like the EPL and the baseball as well so fitting in those 3 sports and work is an exhausting effort . By midnight I'm cooked ! Here's Bill Simmons weekly column . Nearly always entertaining ... http://www.grantland...4/to-believe-in

Ibanez does it again !

Here's the full weeks games and a preview podcast from Bill Simmons ... http://espn.go.com/e...play?id=8479152 And here's the standings ... http://espn.go.com/nfl/standings Click on any team for further news , information and fixtures ... FRI, OCT 12 11.20 AM Pittsburgh 23 at Tennessee 26 OneHD That's a costly loss for the Steelers . MON, OCT 15 4.00 AM Detroit (1-3) at Philadelphia (3-2) OneHD 4.00 AM Dallas (2-2) at Baltimore (4-1) Fox3 4.00 AM Oakland (1-3) at Atlanta (5-0) 4.00 AM Cincinnati (3-2) at Cleveland (0-5) 4.00 AM St. Louis (3-2) at Miami (2-3) 4.00 AM Indianapolis (2-2) at NY Jets (2-3) 4.00 AM Kansas City (1-4) at Tampa Bay(1-3) 7.05 AM Buffalo (2-3) at Arizona(4-1) 7.05 AM New England (3-2) at Seattle (3-2) 7.25 AM Minnesota (4-1) at Washington (2-3) 7.25 AM NY Giants (3-2) at San Francisco (4-1) OneHD 11.20 AM Green Bay (2-3) at Houston (5-0) OneHD & ESPN TUES, OCT 16 11.30 AM Denver (2-3) at San Diego (3-2) ESPN

Yeah , ya right , should be a good game to watch . Rodgers came out today and said that he had to lift his own game . I like that kinda honesty in sport . It's often better to come straight out and admit a problem rather than make excuses . In the NFL there's nowhere to hide and all the teams seem to have high expectations . Take Indi and the Redskins for instance . Now that they've got decent QB's the expectation is to win - right now . To a point where RG3 probably should be rested against Minnesota . But Washington need to win to keep their playoff chances alive . Thus , he'll most probably play . The Colts impressed me last week and Andrew Luck is gonna be very very good .

Yeah damn fine ........the efforts of Seth Smith and Coco Crisp for the A's were terrific as well . Who do you see winning the divisional series from here ? I'm hoping that St Louis , Baltimore , Oakland and Cincinnati get through . Big ask for the Orioles though ya neva know .

Great come from behind win to Oakland today . All 4 of the divisional series are still alive . St Louis lead Washington 2-1 , the Yankees lead Baltimore 2-1 and both San Francisco/Cincinnati and Detroit/Oakland are tied up at 2-2 . Four games tomorrow ....here's the schedule ...http://espn.go.com/mlb/schedule

Jazz meets hip-hop . Maybe next year will be the Demons 'Season for Change' Macca's jazz 4.8

Cedric Benson is out for 8 weeks so we're in almighty trouble at the RB position . James Starks is over his 'Turf Toe' but he seems out of favor anyway . Rodgers is gonna have to throw and hit targets all game by the looks of it . Our new designated RB (Alex Green) has the job ahead of him . No such thing as an honourable loss in the NFL and at Green Bay there are very high expectations . A win is possible but not probable . Those Texans are the real deal and have a terrific all round game . Maybe Houston will have an off night or Rodgers has a huge night ? I did note that Houston are only -3.5 favourites There's some really interesting games this week and that Vikings/Redskins game is a good one . Detroit at the Eagles is another game with high interest . The Lions came into the season with big expectations but so far have shown very little . Philadelphia have a chance to sneak a break if their divisional rivals all lose .

Tomorrow's game ... 11.20 AM Pittsburgh at Tennessee OneHD Will post the rest of the games later tonight or tomorrow sometime . Just a heads up on the 'TV' games MON, OCT 15 4.00 AM Detroit at Philadelphia OneHD 4.00 AM Foxtel have a scheduled match but the actual game is not listed yet - be good if it were Dallas @ Baltimore . Sorry 'cfh' , it can't be the Vikings @ Washington as this is a 'Late' game and Foxtel are still only covering 1 game . 7.25 AM NY Giants at San Francisco OneHD 11.20 AM Green Bay at Houston OneHD & ESPN TUES, OCT 16 11.30 AM Denver at San Diego ESPN Some ripper games there with the probable match of the round being the 'Late' game between the Giants and the 49ers .

Welcome back Dappa , Yeah , agree with your views re the Packers , Houston , 49ers and Atlanta . Also reckon the Pats and to a lesser extent , the Ravens will both play a huge part this season . There are a few teams that could create some havoc in the playoffs if they can make it . Obviously the Giants are one of those teams along with Piitsburgh , your Eagles and my Packers . The Rams and the Vikings are another couple of teams that are doing well . Green Bay at this stage will do well to make it . We're at Houston next week (SNF) so it doesn't get any easier . I mentioned in a previous post that the Packers have to win as many games as possible against their divisional rivals . 5 and 1 or better has to happen and it won't be easy in that division . As we know , wild card teams can go a long way in the playoffs and it could be a mad scramble in the last few weeks (in both the AFC and the NFC)

The next 2 days .....all times AEDT Most or all of the games are being covered live by Foxtel and replayed on OneHD . ESPN radio are covering most of the games live .... http://espn.go.com/espnradio/ Tuesday, October 9th 7.30 AM - Washington @ St Louis (Washington lead 1-0) 11.00 AM - NY Yankees @ Baltimore (NY Yankees lead 1-0) Wednesday, October 10th 8.30 AM - San Francisco @ Cincinnati (Cincinnati lead 2-0) 12.00 PM - Detroit @ Oakland (Detroit lead 2-0)