Because I noticed Nick’s comment from a week ago, because I love Super Bowl prop bets, and because today I’m not working on that project that stops me from posting here from work (ha!, as if I would post from home, that’s my free time)...the mighty return of

The Ro-Pick System!!!!

According to my calculations, the Ro-Pick System is up $500 Ro-Dollars for the year after a pretty brutal finish...so here’s where we make it all up...on retarded Super Bowl Proposition Bets!!...and a few legit ones…

The Game…
ARI +7

46.5--OVER--

PIT -3 in the 2nd half

4th Quarter OVER 13

Springsteen plays “Born in the USA” at the half--2/1

Coin flip--HEADS

1K Ro-Dollars on each...all winners...all the time…

The Ro-Pick System!!

After a week on vacation (St. Barts) the Ro-Pick is back for some more eeeeeeasy money!

Not so great in week 12, 1-5, Jose’s girlfriend put a cruse on my computer, so that’s that.

The Ro-Bank is now up 1.5k Ro-Dollars for the year...here we go:

MIN -10
ATL +3
CLE +15
MIA v BUF over 42
KC +9.5
SF +4

/crosses fingers

Our winning ways continue here at the number two sports handicapping service in my house! (Number one is the Daisy-Pick System)

The Ro-Pick System went 3-2-1 last week bringing our winnings for this year up to 3.5k Ro-Dollars.

These are #%%^ing results you can’t argue with!!!

Stop trying to argue with them.  I guarantee you won’t win the arguement.  Ro-Pick -6.5 at Your Aruguement!!!!!!!!

teh pixxors…

The greatest rivalrty in the history of November!!

THE University of Michigan +21

...and the pros

BAL even
PHI at BAL under 39.5
TB at DET under 42
STL +9
NYJ at TEN over 40

There it is...like a gift card from your aunt to Applebee’s...free money!!

The Greatest Sports Handicapping System of all times is back!!

After going 4-2 last week (despite the haters!!), the Ro-Pick System is now up a fantastically Gi-Normus 3K Ro-Dollars!!

If you bet a million dollars on every piece of advice I gave, you’d be up 6 million dollars!!!!

But you’re not, ‘cause you didn’t, ‘cause you’re an idiot!!!

Basketball--Tonight!
Pistons +10

Fussball--Sunday
DET at CAR Over 39
GB -3.5
KC +5.5
MIA -10
BAL vs NYG Over 40

Can you smell what the Ro-Pick System is cooking?!!!!

Stir-Fry and $crilla!!

Coming off another HUGE week!!  The Ro-Pick System was 4-2 including the correct prediction of the President Elect!!

The Ro-Bank is now up 2k Ro-Dollars!!  HUGE hUgE huge!!!!

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TEN -2.5
DET +7...and the over (43.5)
GB +2.5
STL @ NYJ...over (44)
OAK +10

The Ro-Pick System does it again!!

The number 4 sports handicapping system in the universe is back!!

And we’re up 1k Ro-Dollars due to last week’s make-up picks...congrats to the Phightin’ Phils on their championship, and my ca$h money made upon their success.

This week’s winners:

DET at CHI o/u 43.5....over
BAL +3
OAK +3
NE +6.5
DEN -3
Obama -700 (3.5k to win 500)

The Ro-Pick System does it again!! 

According to John Clayton over at the World Wide Leader, the Lions have signed Daunte Culpepper.  Of course, this is a mind-boggling move and therefore suits the Lions perfectly.  Just when I was little happy about the team’s future now that they have cleaned house and look to make significant changes for the future, they pull a bonehead move like this.

The question is:  Why would they sign Culpepper?  He is an aging player, his best years behind him, the injuries that forced him to retire from football still a question.  I’ll tell you why.  It’s a fan grab.  For the first time in the history of Ford Field, the Lions did not sell out last week’s loss to Washington.  Thus, by NFL rule, the game was not broadcast on television in the Detroit area.  The average fan’s interest in this brutal team has to be low, and when they’re not on television, it’s even lower.  I watched a different game, took a nap, and listened to some of the inevitable loss on the radio.  I mean, what’s the point, right?

With likelihood high that the Lions will not sell out any of their remaining games (except Thanksgiving), the team had to make a move to regenerate interest in the 0-7 club.  And this is it.  Of course, this does nothing but stall any movement towards future success.  It’s a stop-gap to pique the waining interest of fans.  After offensive coordinator Jim Colletto stated this week that Drew Stanton is not getting a chance to start because he’s not ready and added that he’s (Colletto) “not going to embarrass the kid just to prove a point to somebody else”, any chance that we’d see anyone but Dan Orlovsky was dashed, crushing the hopes (albeit small hopes) that we’d see something positive on the field this season.

It’s a young team that is really going to have to rebuild in all aspects of the organization.  I haven’t given up on Stanton or Orlovsky...yet.  Let them play.  There really is no reason to sign an aging QB now and stunt their possible growth. 

Big Winners!  BIG WINNERS!!

The Ro-Pick System was 3-2 last week putting the Ro-Bank back up to even. 
The number one sports handicapping system in AMERICA is looking to go up BIG this weekend!!

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College Selection:
Michigan +5.5

Pros:
TB +2.5
WSH -7.5
SD -3
PHI -9
CIN +10

All guaranteed!  All the time!!

The Ro-Pick System!!

UPDATE
The make up for the week on Monday Night

IND at TEN
o/u 41

OVER!! for 1k Ro-Dollars

also....PHI is -170 tonight...I’ll take it...1.7k to win 1k

The Lions lost to the Texans in Houston on Sunday, 28-21, but the the game was not nearly as close as the score indicates.  Eight of those points came from a ridiculously long bomb from Dan Orlovsky to Calvin Johnson and the subsequent two point conversion.  This touchdown also made Orlovsky and Johnson’s stats seem decent, but when you take away that near hundred yards their days become pedestrian, if not bad.  Six more points were due to team MVP Jason Hanson hitting two 50+ yard bombs when the Lions failed to sniff the redzone. 

The game started as all but one this season has, with the opponent coming out of the gate and dropping three scores upon a clueless Leo’s defense.  Then the Lions come back a bit as the team on the other side relaxes with their massive lead.  Then the Lions lose.  The season was over long ago, and some nice moves have been made for the future.  Marinelli and his staff must be next on the chopping block, though it doesn’t make too much sense to do it now with no suitable replacement waiting in the wings. 

This Sunday our beloved losers take on the Redskins.  I’m predicting Clinton Portis goes from something like 300 yards and 2 TDs.  Redskins 38, Lions 20.

I really don’t want to mention the whole Brett Favrver thing, but there’s not really much else to say about this team.  This is such a non-story, but blown all over place because it’s ole’ number 4, so that’s all the analysis you get.  Speaking of things that are over blown; If Frank TV did an impression of Favre, then found Caylee, would that unmake existance?  Let me rip off The Jim Rome show real quick:  Make the world a better place, punch Nancy Grace in the face.

Back up in that ass with the resurrection!

The Ro-Pick system is here to save you, degenerate!

Last week we went even...leaving the Ro-Bank at 9500 Ro-Dollars, that’s down only 5 dimes, idiot!!

If you fail to use the guaranteed winners doled out this week by the number one sports handicapping/film consultant system in the world, you’re dumber than a drunk frat boy!

*special college selection*-- Penn State -24

and...the pros:

DET +11
TEN -7.5
DAL -7
SF +12
DEN +3.5

Get a grip, point spread sucker!  These picks will save your wallet and failing marriage!!

The Lions lost 12-10 in Minnesota on Sunday and looked like a reasonably competent team doing it, with the exception of Dan Orlovsky running into the bleachers for a saftey on a 3rd and 10 near the endzone (The endzone won Kissing Suzy Kolber’s “Meast of the Week").  The offense ran for 100 yards and had a decent average of 4.2 yards/carry.  Orlvosky, making his first start, didn’t do anything spectacular, but also didn’t make the big mistake (besides the saftey).  The defense looked determined and focused, recording 5 sacks and limiting Adrian “Purple Jesus” Peterson to a pedestrian day, when one could have easily imagined him going for 800+ yards and a billion touchdowns.  Yes, the Honolulu Blue warriors were hosed by some bad calls, particularly Calvin Johnson’s “fumble” and Leigh Bodden’s “pass interference”.  But I’m not going to blame the refs.  Believe it or not, I had a good taste in my mouth after the game, and no, it wasn’t due to that pita bread and wonderful garlic sauce from La Pita, I was really entertained and enjoyed watching this team for the first time this season, despite the loss.

As the week wore on, there was more good news.  The Lions hoodwinked the Cowboys into giving a 1st, 3rd, and 6th round draft pick for Roy Williams when the general consensus was that he would only garner a 2nd or 3rd.  But I guess if you’re Jerry Jones, and you’re a silver medalist in crazieness (Al Davis runs away with the gold), and you’re feeling very desperate after 1) losing to the Cardinals (d’oh!) 2) losing your star CB for four games after a fight with Blinky and 3) losing your QB for four weeks to a boo-boo, you might just make a move that defies all rational thought and makes Lions interim GM Martin Mayhew look like a freakin genius. 

The Lions also placed Jon Kitna on the injured reserve list, ending his season and his career with the Lions.  It’s the right move.  Kitna is not going to win us a super bowl.  He’s a decent QB and had a time of success in Cincinnati as a starter and tutor to Carson Palmer, but the only way he’s winning anything is if he’s playing for the ‘85 Bears or the ‘00 Ravens.  This leaves Orlovsky and Drew Stanton as the future QBs of the Leos, for now.  Neither has really had the chance to show us what they’re made of, so the jury is still out on them.  At least it’s a move in the right direction.  Everybody knew Kitna, Matt Millen, and Rod Marinelli for that matter, were not taking us to the promised land.  Everybody knew...dogs knew, so any change has got to be the right move. 

Roy Williams and a Lions 7th round pick have been traded to the Dallas Cowboys for a 1st, 3rd, and 6th round pick.  Nice move for the Lions to get quite a bit for a guy whose contract was up at the end of the year.  It was pretty much a given he wasn’t going to stay or be franchised by the Leos when we’ve already got a super fancy number one receiver in Calvin Johnson.

Also, Jon Kitna was placed on the injured reserve list with a bad back, ending his season, and the Kitna era in Detroit.  According to WDFN, if he wants to play again this season, he’ll have to be cut and catch on elsewhere.  Let the Orlovsky/Stanton era begin!!  Ahem. 

The Ro-Pick System is back for week 6 and ready to provide those absolute guaranteed winners that you point spread players crave!!

Last Week:  Guest selector Gandhi went 2-3-1, forcing him to go on a 3 week hunger strike.  I’m currently waving a box of Fiddle Faddle in his face. 

The Ro-Bank is now at 9500 Ro-Dollars.  I know I can’t afford another losing week, and neither can you.  That’s why this week’s winners are guaranteed!! (Not actaully guaranteed).

This week’s guest selector:  My failing IRA, 401(k), mutual funds, and stocks!!!!!!!

Anything they select will be a sure-fire absolute VIP lock-winner of the decade!!!

NO -7
DET +13.5
MIA +3
DEN -3
DAL -4.5
OVER NE v SD 44

There it is!!  Screw the market!!  The Ro-Pick System is never down!!

Well, here it is.  Just what I didn’t want to write.  The Lions got their behinds kicked by the Bears on Sunday 34-7.  They showed nothing to garner any optimism for the rest of the season.  They were outplayed by the Bears in every facet of the game.  At home.  As far as I can tell, every Lions postgame analysis is going to be called “Wow, That Was Ugly Part _”.  Oh well, at least my fantasy team is 4-1. 

I received a text message from a friend in the second quarter.  “I really can’t believe this game is this ugly.” I had no response.  I watched the game at a buddies house.  By the second half, the Lions were in the background and we were much more riveted by a Red Wings 2008 championship parade mash-up that included Jiri Hudler akwardly trying to rev up the crowd, the honorable Kwame Kilpatrick being mercilessly booed then trying to start the chant “Let’s go Wed Wings”, and Mike Ilitch sounding, well, drunk as he gave his speech.  It was the most entertaining part of the afternoon.  So rather than go on about the suck-tastic Leos, I’ll share it with you.  Video here. 

The number one sports handicapping system in the nation is back for week 5.  All winners GUARANTEED!!!

The Ro-Pick System was 3-3 last week and for the season is at absolute even.  That’s why for this week’s SuperAwesome VIP Guaranteed Money Plays of a Lifetime we have brought in a guest selector.

Known for helping to free India from Imperial British rule and for his philosophies of non-violence, the Ro-Pick System brings you:  Mohandas K. Gandhi!

Ghandi is willing to give up his Satyagrahaian locks of the millenium!!

The Father of the Nation is so locked in on point spread destruction he is willing to bet a 3 week hunger strike on his picks this week!!!

The Ro-Pick is putting up the usual 5 dimes per.  The Ro-Bank:  Even at 10k Ro-Dollars

HOU +3
CAR -9.5
TB +3
BUF +1.5
JAX -4
TEN -2

Allright point spread players!!  There it is!!