Pho and Football. Noodles and Picks.

Before getting to football picks.  Today for only the third time since 1988 I was wrong.  My Chef and I had a slightly heated debate over the Vietnamese soup Pho.  Specifically pronunciation.  I was wrong and concede.  $1 to the Grizzly Bear bringing us back to even.

 If you don't know the soup check out Tony Bourdain's video below.  A little long but worth it.

 

 

Now on to Foosball (what men do while the women and the Europeans play soccer or make sandwiches)  My Beard and I have amassed an immense amount of football knowledge over the years.  That knowledge plus the Beard's inane grasp of all things masculine are put into the picks below. 

 

Beard says These ones are Done

Atl over Cards - Falcons coming off 1st loss of year and at home

Texans over Jags - Again a great team at home against a sub par team this yr

Pats over Indy - I hate picking Pats.  I repeat .. I hate picking Pats but the Beard says Bilichick against rookie qb's is a no brainer with or without luck

Rams over NYJ - Jets should be renamed Jersey Jets cause they stink like hot garbage and hair gel

 

Beard leans this way

Pack go into Detroit and get the win.  Staffords a punk and Boy named Suh is a dirty bastard

Bengals over the Chiefs - There is no sunshine in KC but Beard says this will be close

Saints over the Raiders - Despite being beardless and 5' 3" Brees keeps 'em rolling

SF over da Bears - Cutler is a chump but with him they had a shot.  9'ers in a decisive manner

Panthers over the Bucs - like the Bucs this year.  Love the Panthers every year.  We should have one more this year and Beard and I say we get this to even the tab with Tampa

 

Probably Shouldn't but Beard is REALLY Reckless

Cleveland over Dallas - the game that gets Garret fired - direct Beard quote "Like I give a shit about the Cowboys"

Chargers go into Denver and make a statement - Philip Rivers went to school in NC and has got to be sick about hearing Peyton Manning's name.  'bla, bla, bla Peyton...bla, bla, bla his division to win...bla, bla, bla smartest qb to ever play.'  Beard and Rivers say bullshit.  Bolts by more than 7

 

Beard's Game of the Week

 

Baltimore at Pittsburgh

Always one of the most fun games to watch for smashmouth foosball.  This year no Big Ben...No Troy...No 'I'm a Murderer' Ray Lewis.   The Beard has marinated on this all week.  But in Pitt and with the pictorial evidence below....

 

BEARD PICKS STEELERS

 

 

 

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