Semi-Finals

You know when you see a Vegas line and you begin drooling? In high school you'd bet your last penny on this bet only to wake up more broke than you'd ever been. In college, you'd look at this line and be more cautious, but still feel like you'd have to find someone to take this action. Post-college you look at this same line and either completely stay away from this line or actually go against your best instinct and pick the other team. This is the trap that I've become very accustomed to.

Segue into this week's matchups. I looked at this week's games and I couldn't believe how lopsided the matchups are. If I was in high school I'd bet my daughter and Craigger's girlfriend on Pump and Coatu. I really don't see these games to be very close.

For Pump

Manning vs. Detroit= Domination
MJD vs. Green Bay= No Taylor, Big Day
Morris vs. Oakland= Oak can't stop the run, huge day
Jennings vs Jacksonville= Rogers has something to prove means happy Jennings
Marshall vs. Carolina= Time for him to break out
Cooley vs. Cincy= Anyone seen Jason Campbell throw the ball more than 10 yards?
Moore vs. Bears= Balls will be thrown his way... too bad he's not gay
Longwell vs Cards= High scoring game
Ravens vs. Steelers= Can we say hard hitting?

Wow! Big week for the Big Pump

For Coatu:

Rivers vs. KC= Laughable
Johnson vs. Texans= This kid is good and Texans are bad
Westbrook vs. Browns= Westbrook = Philly offense
Fitzgerald vs. Vikings= Warner will pass it 50 times this game.
Johnson vs. Tenn= He gets more targets than almost anyone
Carlson vs. Cards= Cards are pathetic and Carlson is getting more looks
Hartley vs Bears= Don't know much about this kid, but he's a kicker
Steelers vs. Ravens= See above

Wow! Big week for the King

What I'm really interested in is which of these two teams will score the most points. I'd like to see this be the championship game.

As mentioned above, my first instinct, after learning my lesson in high school and college, would be to go against my first instinct and pick Kyle and Matt to win big.

See, now I'm confusing myself. Seeing how I was three for three last week, does that mean that Coatu and Pump are happy that I'm picking them to win? Knowing that my instincts are telling me to pick against Pump and Coatu, does that mean Kyle and Matt are happy with my picks? I'm so confused.

Either way, good luck to all.