And, once again, I was not the only champion among losers.

A topsy-turvy Week 8 flipped claimed a pair of past champions in this week’s biggest losers, including riches-to-rags Week 7 winner Alison Foote, who took the boot in one short week’s time. Right there next to the Gridiron Guru and Missali23 was Waylon Foreman, our Week 5 winner.

Foote and Foreman, however, managed crazy eights, which was two points higher than the Guru’s miserable six, which was one point better than the miserly “tucson” and “wally49,” who both managed just five correct picks out of a possible 15 guesses.

Standing tall above this Week 8 thicket were a “huckster” and a “lisadonela” with a baker’s dozen worth of correct answers, and the “huckster” shucked the grand prize on the tiebreaker.

So, congratulations to David Huckins of Durango, our Week 8 champion, a new champion to lord over the Guru in another failed week for your fearless leader. I am intrepid, so I’ll soldier on.

Week 9

Bye: Atlanta, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay and Tennessee.

Thursday, Oct. 30

New Orleans at Carolina (NFL Network): These Saints lose their piety on the road. Pick: Panthers, 28-27. Line: Saints by 2½.

Sunday, Nov. 2

Arizona at Dallas (KASA): A dinged-up Tony Romo and a stiff D to stop DeMarco Murray, the Cowboys, with or without Jerry Jones on the sideline, are in trouble in Jerry World. Pick: Cardinals, 23-21. Line: Cowboys by 4.

Philadelphia at Houston: The Eagles nearly pulled the coup in Cardinals’ country. This time, it’s a job well done. Pick: Eagles, 27-23. Line: Eagles by 2.

N.Y. Jets at Kansas City: Michael Vick is in, and the Kansas City Chiefs win. Pick: Chiefs, 27-13. Line: Chiefs by 9½.

Washington at Minnesota: Blitz Teddy Bridgewater, and watch RGIII (that’s right) win again. Pick: Redskins, 22-16. Line: Vikings by 2½.

Tampa Bay at Cleveland: The away team is a mess, much more so than the home team. Pick: Browns, 16-10. Line: Browns by 6½.

Jacksonville at Cincinnati: The Bengals got a little bit of their mojo back with a win against the Ravens. Pick: Bengals, 20-10. Line: Bengals by 11½.

San Diego at Miami (KCNC, KREZ): The Dolphins are not the Broncos. Pick: Chargers, 24-20. Line: Dolphins by 2.

St. Louis at San Francisco: 49ers are rested off a bye week, so, bye-bye, Rams. Pick: 30-16. Line: 49ers by 9½.

Oakland at Seattle: Seahawks make a statement. Pick: Seahawks, 20-0. Line: Seahawks by 15.

Denver at New England (KCNC, KREZ; KRSJ 100.5 FM): If I was right about anything last week, it was the Broncos postponing defeat against the Chargers. Alas, that time has come. Pick: Patriots, 34-33. Line: Broncos by 3.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh (KOBF, KUSA): Big Ben Roethlisberger and the boys have rediscovered themselves, and just in time with their spirited archrival in town. Pick: Steelers, 28-27. Line: pick ’em.

Monday, Nov. 3

Indianapolis at N.Y. Giants (ESPN): Off a bye, at home, Monday Night Football. Why not? Pick: Giants, 34-27. Line: Colts by 3.

Gridiron Green

Week 8
Overall Week 8
huckster (8) 84 13
lisadonela 79 13
meyers 81 12
chupacabra 12 12
grandma1 75 12
opie 75 12
hillster 79 12
tiffmc 74 12
tarheel 81 12
peggy 84 12
benruybal 71 12
cas19 78 12
james 69 11
tlittle 65 11
jaydoc 59 11
deanna 72 11
dpollock 75 11
redhawks 78 11
susanne 77 11
GinaA 78 11
MillerTime 79 11
rrichardso 76 11
jlane 67 11
groberts 82 11
Hound 75 11
SWITT 83 11
Boogie man 42 11
weese338 68 11
Mr. Wales 81 11
sobrino 75 11
mamat 66 11
paulj 85 11
56golf 71 11
eblack 74 11
mommamary 62 11
elwood 30 11
boydh 82 11
broncosbm 76 11
durango57 76 11
hesperado (1) 82 11
kelleyj4 82 11
lordhunter 75 11
mgrome 78 11
notbobo 43 11
pewtergirl 80 11
picklepus 80 11
pkabill 76 11
crowley 75 11
suealsum 82 11
tspoon32 77 11
wildryty 72 11
ingelise 31 11
youngkathy 79 11
Peyday 79 10
JoeSmith 42 10
Skater22 81 10
ncblue311 79 10
petershirk 76 10
cookie45 81 10
mike 74 10
christinab 60 10
tramirez 74 10
jason 78 10
deanob 75 10
slroberts 79 10
kane 83 10
glnorton 73 10
elvis65 79 10
Tripp 77 10
dbroncos 82 10
heatmiser 68 10
packerfan 79 10
robrog 78 10
scott27 79 10
jsquires 75 10
marmstrong 79 10
rmorris 84 10
ladonna 78 10
shauna (4) 79 10
simpson 70 10
dominique 77 10
jorjor 67 10
jrichardso 76 10
Tanaya 71 10
yomama 72 10
clarkbar 71 10
klyons 73 10
azfan 82 10
ZumaB 72 10
billy 78 10
hawk99 78 10
rickb 76 10
beaver74 50 10
vince 80 10
chrissim33 70 10
sparky 73 10
justjamee 51 10
w00dy 78 10
Aaron A. (2) 82 10
yogibear 64 10
delbs 75 10
aelliott 74 10
Gremlins 79 10
byron 64 10
oscar 82 10
redskin58 71 10
CC23 56 10
cardfan 79 10
debbiez 68 10
stkitts10 76 10
ryans 84 10
jennifertr 55 10
crisg 65 10
choker 70 10
“XXX” 48 10
vickyt 73 10
goober 69 10
alisha 82 10
Josie_L 59 10
Cyphers 77 10
fishscale 50 10
dizzydean 29 10
harry55 79 10
marioG 82 10
lester 74 10
hsteinle 82 10
taylor 64 10
brandon198 66 10
shed 69 10
Jake doyle 45 10
chanel 71 10
jesvigil 70 10
truchas 81 10
broncos 80 10
mikecortez 79 10
tanner1 78 10
mamajama 78 10
hmorris 74 10
bobster 75 10
crazylouie 76 10
zoeygirl 79 10
cajun 80 10
steeler75 (3) 68 10
boatie 76 10
bigdog99 79 10
thomas24 77 10
trav 77 10
lamar18 76 10
jakem (6) 75 10
ollie 72 10
trooper 72 10
atrain 63 10
nlopez 63 10
texasdeck 59 10
moni 53 10
oldman 49 10
aeverett81 74 10
ajheirtz 81 10
bjforkner 52 10
broncfan51 79 10
broncobart 76 10
butterguy 74 10
carriekate 62 10
cbef 78 10
cidx2 77 10
cooter89 72 10
dciluffo 81 10
denvoo 57 10
dpgrizzly 70 10
erinjlopez 60 10
Maverick 81 10
hmckie 81 10
jcbia 78 10
jimsquires 72 10
joyceella 63 10
kslyter 78 10
lamadden 79 10
lsovocool 77 10
odhainey 75 10
plgone 76 10
ag120695 79 10
quasarwes 81 10
quiklikeab 71 10
rams91 78 10
rionate 73 10
rtm79 73 10
sdebelina1 76 10
StephieO 71 10
skolmn 75 10
smouret 74 10
spannistan 80 10
superextem 64 10
ta26 76 10
SnapFace 81 10
zman033 72 10
cindylou 76 9
KittyCent 74 9
blackrose 73 9
pistolpete 79 9
dave 76 9
albertf 76 9
jwilson 65 9
dragracer 71 9
katwalk 58 9
june 80 9
amos 76 9
rmiller 78 9
sherry 77 9
edonelan 77 9
khinkle 73 9
rbarkley 62 9
netter 76 9
skibum 80 9
tomd 62 9
swami 77 9
Motob 80 9
jetsfan 71 9
kmvdad0927 75 9
Shaqattack 76 9
mbalzen 74 9
pckrgrl 79 9
bojangles 73 9
bree 75 9
forsberg39 78 9
erin1205 9 9
fdeano45 78 9
stoneage 77 9
ramjet 79 9
terry n 77 9
ABC123 69 9
c130 68 9
mcheather 77 9
laurakunia 42 9
stevieb 28 9
baylsc 81 9
blwells 74 9
broncosfvr 66 9
brownpow 28 9
crnorton 70 9
EL GECKO 76 9
gdhudson53 67 9
jadosse 74 9
mikerak 47 9
moreh2o 79 9
mwanger 73 9
Pat Flores 71 9
shupie 68 9
tarzano 36 9
Zabkatista 74 9
ElleBee 68 8
joosten 77 8
roylb 68 8
lbewley 72 8
twheeler 70 8
marionl 71 8
Geri 563 71 8
ryanp 73 8
jsalchicha 69 8
Evans 61 8
bigal60 78 8
waylon (5) 69 8
johnnygood 60 8
tbone 72 8
reddurango 67 8
john_s 59 8
Missali23 (7) 77 8
Atbatcat 66 8
DO86 67 8
eaglesrgr8 62 8
rick81326 65 8
xskunk 68 8
xt1ngu1sh 70 8
kristalp 75 7
connief 75 7
master 74 7
broncbust 73 7
gjohnson 76 7
janiceb 68 7
esteban 74 7
broncoh8r 74 7
jank 23 7
jrarch55 69 7
michmat 59 7
GRIDIRON GURU 50 6
bemrich 62 6
Antonio 65 6
paddy 70 6
threef504 62 6
wally49 63 5
tucson 48 5
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