Happy Birthday Wayne!

It's Wayne Gretzky's 50th birthday this week and my gift to him is to, once and for all, prove that he is the best athlete to ever play any sport. It's actually quite easy. I could do it with just the next sentence.

If Wayne Gretzky never scored a goal, he'd still be the NHL's all-time leading points scorer.

Boom! Done.

Gretzky had 1,963 assists in his career.

1.Wayne Gretzky—1,963 (assists only)

2.Mark Messier—1,887 (goals + assists)

3.Gordie Howe—1,850 (goals + assists)

If that isn't amazing enough, Wayne Gretzky scored the most goals of all-time, too—894!

Case closed. Game over. So, that makes it:

•Wayne Gretzky—2,857 (goals + assists)

A whopping 970 more points than anyone ever! Absolute bananas. Just the extra 970 points is more than the career totals of:

•Maurice Richard—965 (goals + assists) Hall of Fame

•Chris Chelios—948 (goals + assists) And he played like 40 seasons.

•Bobby Orr—915 (goals + assists) Hall of Fame

If that wasn't enough:

•Wayne Gretzky is the only player ever to score 200 points in a season—and he did it four times.

•He won the MVP (Hart Memorial Trophy) eight years in a row. Nine times total.

•His teams won the Stanley Cup four times.

•His jersey number, 99, is retired by every single team in the NHL.

•His list of achievements go on and on and on...

•No steroids. No scandals. Just the most incredible athlete ever.

Picks Year to Date

NFL

C-Murder 35-28-5

Bert Kolson 40-35-6

Sef Sam Holy 36-33-3

Monster 27-37-4

College

Scott 26-17

Sef Sam Holy 25-21

Blake Witzman 7-10

Tim Tebow and Our Weekend Picks

I don’t know if I would bet that Tim Tebow’s success will sustain itself over the course of an NFL career but it’s been really fun to watch, and root for, this year.  I’m hoping the Broncos end up winning the Super Bowl so haters like Trent Dilfer, the worst person in the world on ESPN, eats a big bowl of crow and maybe gets fired for being so consistently wrong about everything he predicts. 

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that next offseason, Tebow works on his passing ability.  Let him start completing just 50% of his passes and he might just turn out to be legit. 

Here’s some fun information:

Tim Tebow’s career numbers

5-3 (8 starts)

12TD 4INT

1,363 yards passing

615 yards rushing

9 rushing TD’s

Last night he drove 95 yards on a Jets defense, that had only allowed 2 first downs through 54 minutes, in 5 minutes to lead the Broncos to a 17-13 win that was capped off by a 20 yard TD run against an all-out blitz.  The legend continues to grow and I continue to be interested. 

Week 11 NFL Picks

Bengals +7 at Ravens

Sef Sam Holy – Ravens

Bert Kolson – Bengals

Monster - Ravens

Bills +1 at Dolphins

Sef Sam Holy – Bills

Bert Kolson – Bills

Monster - Dolphins

Jaguars (Pk) at Browns

Sef Sam Holy – Jags

Bert Kolson – Jags

Monster - Jags

Panthers +7 at Lions

Sef Sam Holy – Lions

Bert Kolson – Panthers

Monster - Lions

Raiders -1 at Vikings

Sef Sam Holy – Raiders

Bert Kolson – Raiders

Monster - Raiders

Bucs +14.5 at Packers

Sef Sam Holy – Packers

Bert Kolson – Bucs

Monster - Packers

Cowboys -8 at Redskins

Sef Sam Holy – Cowboys

Bert Kolson – Cowboys

Monster - Cowboys

Cardinals +10 at 49ers

Sef Sam Holy – 49ers

Bert Kolson – Cardinals

Monster – 49ers

Seahawks +3 at Rams

Sef Sam Holy – Rams

Bert Kolson – Rams

Monster - Rams

Chargers +4 at Bears

Sef Sam Holy – Chargers

Bert Kolson – Bears

Monster - Bears

Eagles +4 at Giants

Sef Sam Holy – Giants

Bert Kolson – Eagles

Monster - Giants

Chiefs +15 at Pats

Sef Sam Holy – Chiefs

Bert Kolson – Chiefs

Monster – Pats

Year to Date

C-Murder – 30-22-4

Bert Kolson – 36-28-5

Sef Sam Holy – 33-25-2

Monster – 22-32-3

Week 12 College Picks

16 Nebraska +3.5 at 18 Michigan

Sef Sam Holy – Nebraska

Blake Witzman – Nebraska

Scott - Nebraska

21 Penn State +7 at Ohio State

Sef Sam Holy – Penn State

Blake Witzman – Penn State

Scott – Penn State

Miami -1 at South Florida

Sef Sam Holy – South Florida

Blake Witzman – Miami

Scott – Miami

USC +15 at 4 Oregon

Sef Sam Holy – Oregon

Blake Witzman – Oregon

Scott - USC

5 Oklahoma -16 at 22 Baylor

Sef Sam Holy – Baylor

Blake Witzman – Oklahoma

Scott - Baylor

Year to Date

Scott – 23-15

Sef Sam Holy – 23-18

Blake Witzman – 5-7

Week 11 College Football Picks and Ruining Your Friday

I was honestly going to write something about how I’m sick of hearing about this Penn State story yesterday but C-Murder told me to read the Grand Jury report before I posted what I had to say.  I read the Grand Jury report and will now not post what I was going to say.  It really is the sickest thing I’ve ever read and feel like I’m going to be scared for life because of it.  It’s all I’ve thought about all day and now I can see why everyone is talking about it everywhere you look.  There are going to be more disgusting details that will surface about this, we will have something for you soon on what we think of this awful, awful situation. 

If you want to read it yourself, google “Jerry Sandusky Grand Jury” and the Washington Post will have something for you with either the first or second link.  Sorry to ruin your Friday, here are me and Blake’s Week 11 College Football Picks. 

10 Virginia Tech -1.5 at 21 Georgia Tech*

Sef Sam Holy – Va Tech

Blake Witzman – Va Tech

19 Nebraska -3.5 at 12 Penn State

Sef Sam Holy – Nebraska

Blake Witzman - Nebraska

20 Auburn +13 at 15 Georgia

Sef Sam Holy – Georgia

Blake Witzman - Georgia

24 Michigan -1 at Illinois

Sef Sam Holy – Michigan

Blake Witzman - Illinois

Miami +9 at Florida State

Sef Sam Holy – FSU

Blake Witzman - FSU

7 Oregon +3.5 at 4 Stanford

Sef Sam Holy – Oregon

Blake Witzman – Stanford

*Swear on my momma we picked this game yesterday

Year to Date

Scott – 23-15

Sef Sam Holy – 19-16

Blake Witzman – 3-3

And We're Back!

After watching 7 weeks of NFL football, it’s getting difficult to provide you, the reader, with any sort of analysis that you don’t already know.  The Packers are awesome, the Dolphins/Colts/Rams may not win this year, the Lions and Bills are fun stories but both will probably somehow miss out on the playoffs, and we’ve all had a good time watching the Eagles start out 2-4. 

I’m a numbers fella, so here are some numbers that might make you go, “I uh, I did not KNOW that.” 

Mustache Sports gots backs

Maurice Jones-Drew is second in the league in rushing with 677 yards (96.7 yards per game)

Ben Tate is 9^th in the league in rushing with 466 yards (66.6 yards per game)

Beanie Wells has 6 rushing TD’s tied for 3^rd in the NFL

Matt Forte has 419 yards receiving, most among RB’s.  That’s one less yard than LeSean McCoy, Darren McFadden, and Chris Johnson combined.

Far out with the Wide Out

Calvin Johnson has 10 TD’s already and is on pace to score 23 TD’s for the season

Mike Wallace has 5 TD’s that are 40 yards or longer

Jabar Gaffney has 38 more receiving yards than Miles Austin

Preston Parker has more receiving TD’s (2) than his Bucs teammate Mike Williams (1)

Matt Forte has more receiving yards than Anquan Boldin, Stevie Johnson, Marques Colston, Brandon Lloyd, Dez Bryant, and Santonio Holmes

How are the QB’s doing?

Ben Rothlisberger has more passing yards than Matthew Stafford

Josh Freeman has more passing yards than Philip Rivers

Michael Vick has more rushing yards (378) than Rashard Mendenhall (374)

Cam Newton has more rushing TD’s (7) than every RB in the NFL other than Adrian Peterson

Rex Grossman, Cam Newton, and Philip Rivers are tied for second worst in the NFL with 9 INT’s.

Josh Freeman has thrown 10 INT’s already this year after only throwing 6 all of last year.

Kevin Kolb has throw less interceptions (7) than Tom Brady and Drew Brees (8)

We talkin bout Tight Ends!

Jimmy Graham has 225 more receiving yards than the next best TE, Jason Witten (674 to 449)

Scott Chandler has 4 TD’s this year but does not yet have 100 receiving yards

Fred Davis has the same amount of receiving yards (423) as Vincent Jackson

Did someone say kickers?

Dan Bailey has 16 field goals made in 6 games

Josh Brown has 5 PAT field goals made in 6 games]

D-Fence

The Washington Redskins defense has 17 more sacks than the Buffalo Bills (21 to 4)

The Kansas City Chiefs defense has yet to recover an opponent fumble

The Baltimore Ravens lead the league with 9 fumbles recovered

The Baltimore Ravens defense has only allowed 77 points through 6 games (12.8 ppg)

The Indianapolis Colts defense has allowed 207 points through 7 games (29.6 ppg)

Update on our Football Picking

And I’m with ya, we’ve been slacking in posting our picks for the weekly action the past couple of weeks, but NO MORE!  The fellas at Mustache Sports have been sending them in and I have the email proof to prove it.  So, without further ado, here’s our Picks Standings Year-to-Date.

College Football Picks

Scott Yasko – 23-15

Sef Sam Holy – 19-16

Blake Witzman – 3-3

NFL Picks

C-Murder – 30-22-4

Bert Kolson – 36-28-5

Sef Sam Holy – 33-25-2

Monster – 22-32-3