by Mike Bullock , Todd Maternowski

Only five gambling weeks left till Christmas!

Most print publications have experts picking NFL games every week. Pegasus News, however, is different, in that we have near-flawless methodology in picking teams that will actually win. Our panel of perfect prognosticators -- Todd Maternowski and Mike Bullock -- will bring the pain each and every week.

As an added bonus, we have included three competing methodologies. The first is the return of "Mascot War," in which we discuss which team's actual moniker would win in a pitched battle to the death in the wild. Besides being easily the most controversial aspect of this feature, it will probably also be a constant source of embarrassment as our picks routinely show up.

The second and third methodologies are perhaps equally arcane and mysterious to the average NFL fan. There is the "Occult Pick," in which our experts use the forbidden art of divination to predict each week's winner; and "Fashion War," in which Todd's wife selects each victor based on the relative superiority of each team's uniforms.

Most of these picks need no explanation: However, our panel has provided some commentary (footnotes and indexing to follow) for certain especially difficult-to-pick games.

Todd M: Panther versus Jet -- This week's pitched battle to the death pits two of America's most notorious gangs against each other. On the one hand, the Panthers tried to avenge centuries of injustice with militant acts against the perceived racist institutions of their time. On the other hand, the Jets snapped their fingers and pranced around. Can the Panther's weaponry overcome the Jet's choreography? Unfortunately not this week: When you're a Jet you're a Jet all the way. Jet over Panther.

What do you think?