Sunday, September 20, 2009
Professional NFL Expert Picks - Week 2
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 are routinely shown 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: Texan versus Titan -- Ah, the classic battle of Rugged Frontier vs. Cradle of Civilization, Brave New World against Old Dead Guys, Eating Five-Alarm Chili vs. Eating Your Own Children. Do the Titans, with their massive clubs capable of leveling entire continents, would seem to make an easy meal of the spur-sportin' mortal. But the Texan has technology on his side: between the twin killin' powers of kung-fu and a .44 Magnum, I'll take Walker over Saturn any day of the week. Texan over Titan
