FOR SHAME!

My prognostication powers seriously were dulled last week. Was it the stirring top-25 on top-25 upsets swirling around the college game the last two weeks? Could it be the Kansas City Royals’ stunning sweep through the MLB postseason?

Or maybe it was just the fact I picked the St. Louis Rams to win on Monday Night Football and there was a tie in Week 6 on the NFL schedule.

A, B, C or D, all of the above, contributed to the Gridiron Guru’s 7 in Week 6, but I wasn’t alone. Oh no, Aaron Archuleta of Durango, our Week 2 Gridiron Green winner, was right there with me among the biggest losers.

Jake McKie, however, managed to avoid the aforementioned pickin’ pratfalls to score a 13 out of 15 to win the Week 6 Green. McKie of Mancos tied six others atop the leaderboard, but his 24-18 Eagles’ tiebreaker broke our tie, as well.

Week 7

Bye: Philadelphia and Tampa Bay.

Thursday, Oct. 16

N.Y. Jets at New England (KCNC, KREZ; NFL Network): Tommy Terrific and the Patriots have rediscovered their mojo. Pick: Patriots, 33-13. Line: Patriots by 9½.

Sunday, Oct. 19

Seattle at St. Louis: The Seahawks finally lost at home. Good luck with this one, Rams. Pick: Seahawks, 23-10. Line: Seahawks by 6½.

Miami at Chicago: Cutler. Forte. Jeffery. Marshall. Pick: Bears, 27-20. Line: Bears by 3½.

Carolina at Green Bay (KASA): Mr. Rodgers neighborhood. Pick: Packers, 24-23. Line: Packers by 7.

Atlanta at Baltimore: No good at home. No good on the road. Pick: Ravens, 30-17. Line: Ravens by 7.

Tennessee at Washington: Finally, a winnable game for the Redskins in the nation’s capital. Pick: Redskins, 23-20. Line: Redskins by 5.

Cleveland at Jacksonville: Just how good are the Browns? Well, this isn’t the litmus test. Pick: Browns, 30-16. Line: Browns by 5½.

Cincinnati at Indianapolis: Luck? At home? Pick: Colts, 26-21. Line: Colts by 3.

Minnesota at Buffalo: Kim and Terry Pegula get their first victory as new owners. Pick: Bills, 19-13. Line: Bills by 4½.

New Orleans at Detroit: The Lions’ d-line is winning football games. Pick: Lions, 30-28. Line: Lions by 3.

Kansas City at San Diego (KCNC, KREZ): With a near-loss at Oakland and the Broncos looming on a short week, call it a trap game. Pick: Chiefs, 23-21. Line: Chargers by 4.

Arizona at Oakland: Carson Palmer brings stability to the Cardinals. Pick: Cardinals, 23-20. Line: Cardinals by 3½.

N.Y. Giants at Dallas (KASA): OK, now we believe. Pick: Cowboys, 28-22. Line: Cowboys by 5½.

San Francisco at Denver (KOBF, KUSA; KRSJ 100.5 FM): Juicy, juicy, juicy. The 49ers can’t afford another first half like they suffered in primetime in St. Louis. Pick: Broncos, 30-27. Line: Broncos by 6½.

Monday, Oct. 20

Houston at Pittsburgh (ESPN): J.J. Watt and the Texans’ gunslinging’ D light a fire under Mike Tomlin’s hot seat. Pick: Texans, 20-17. Line: Steelers by 3½.

Gridiron Green

Week 6
Note: The names in bold are previous Gridiron Green winners this season, with the weeks they won indicated in parentheses.
Overall Week 6
jakem (6) 57 13
kane 63 13
dave 56 13
janiceb 54 13
lisadonela 56 13
plgone 56 13
Skater22 60 12
petershirk 55 12
cindylou 58 12
cookie45 60 12
meyers 59 12
kristalp 58 12
slroberts 58 12
connief 58 12
lbewley 55 12
elvis65 59 12
packerfan 59 12
scott27 58 12
dpollock 54 12
marmstrong 59 12
june 59 12
ladonna 58 12
amos 57 12
shauna (3) 58 12
dominique 56 12
rrichardso 56 12
Tanaya 50 12
yomama 52 12
azfan 61 12
hawk99 58 12
grandma1 52 12
beaver74 29 12
vince 59 12
justjamee 30 12
w00dy 57 12
yogibear 44 12
delbs 55 12
Gremlins 58 12
byron 43 12
oscar 61 12
redskin58 50 12
stkitts10 56 12
ryans 63 12
jennifertr 34 12
“XXX” 27 12
bree 56 12
vickyt 52 12
goober 50 12
alisha 61 12
Cyphers 56 12
opie 55 12
fishscale 30 12
hillster 56 12
huckster 60 12
marioG 61 12
hsteinle 60 12
brandon198 45 12
shed 54 12
fdeano45 58 12
Jake doyle 24 12
chanel 50 12
truchas 60 12
broncos 59 12
mikecortez 58 12
tanner1 57 12
mamajama 57 12
paddy 53 12
crazylouie 55 12
tarheel 60 12
cajun 59 12
bigdog99 58 12
thomas24 56 12
peggy 62 12
trav 56 12
lamar18 55 12
ollie 51 12
atrain 43 12
nlopez 43 12
texasdeck 38 12
moni 32 12
oldman 30 12
ajheirtz 60 12
benruybal 49 12
broncobart 55 12
broncosfvr 48 12
cbef 58 12
cooter89 51 12
dciluffo 60 12
dpgrizzly 49 12
EL GECKO 56 12
Maverick 60 12
hmckie 60 12
jcbia 57 12
lamadden 58 12
picklepus 59 12
ag120695 58 12
quasarwes 60 12
rams91 58 12
rtm79 52 12
suealsum 60 12
sdebelina1 55 12
superextem 43 12
ta26 59 12
SnapFace 60 12
ingelise 12 12
youngkathy 60 12
Peyday 58 11
JoeSmith 21 11
ncblue311 58 11
mike 54 11
KittyCent 54 11
christinab 41 11
tramirez 53 11
pistolpete 60 11
jason 57 11
deanob 56 11
albertf 57 11
glnorton 53 11
master 59 11
Tripp 57 11
dbroncos 61 11
rmorris 64 11
simpson 49 11
redhawks 57 11
twheeler 52 11
MillerTime 57 11
rmiller 60 11
jorjor 46 11
jrichardso 57 11
gjohnson 59 11
edonelan 58 11
groberts 60 11
skibum 60 11
Hound 58 11
billy 58 11
SWITT 61 11
chrissim33 50 11
aelliott 54 11
Boogie man 20 11
weese338 48 11
Motob 61 11
jetsfan 53 11
CC23 38 11
Shaqattack 56 11
Mr. Wales 59 11
pckrgrl 59 11
choker 54 11
sobrino 54 11
forsberg39 58 11
lester 54 11
mamat 45 11
jesvigil 49 11
stoneage 58 11
ramjet 60 11
tiffmc 53 11
terry n 58 11
bobster 54 11
zoeygirl 58 11
boatie 54 11
mcheather 59 11
trooper 50 11
laurakunia 22 11
elwood 11 11
bjforkner 31 11
blwells 58 11
boydh 60 11
broncfan51 59 11
broncoh8r 57 11
denvoo 36 11
durango57 54 11
eaglesrgr8 46 11
hesperado (1) 60 11
jadosse 55 11
kslyter 57 11
mikerak 30 11
moreh2o 59 11
mwanger 55 11
notbobo 24 11
pewtergirl 58 11
pkabill 55 11
Pat Flores 54 11
rick81326 47 11
crowley 56 11
skolmn 56 11
spannistan 60 11
Zabkatista 60 11
zman033 52 11
ElleBee 52 10
james 50 10
roylb 53 10
wally49 51 10
broncbust 57 10
jwilson 48 10
robrog 57 10
dragracer 52 10
deanna 52 10
jsquires 55 10
susanne 54 10
sherry 58 10
jlane 45 10
khinkle 54 10
rbarkley 44 10
netter 57 10
clarkbar 53 10
klyons 53 10
tomd 42 10
swami 58 10
jsalchicha 55 10
kmvdad0927 56 10
debbiez 49 10
mbalzen 56 10
dizzydean 10 10
taylor 44 10
bigal60 59 10
hmorris 54 10
ABC123 50 10
tbone 54 10
eblack 52 10
john_s 41 10
mommamary 45 10
Atbatcat 47 10
baylsc 61 10
brownpow 10 10
butterguy 56 10
carriekate 44 10
cas19 55 10
crnorton 51 10
jrarch55 54 10
kelleyj4 61 10
lsovocool 59 10
mgrome 57 10
michmat 45 10
odhainey 56 10
shupie 51 10
smouret 56 10
tspoon32 56 10
joosten 59 9
blackrose 55 9
heatmiser 48 9
jaydoc 37 9
katwalk 38 9
GinaA 57 9
bemrich 47 9
marionl 52 9
antonio 50 9
esteban 56 9
ryanp 55 9
Evans 46 9
cardfan 59 9
Josie_L 42 9
harry55 58 9
paulj 63 9
56golf 53 9
waylon (4) 53 9
steeler75 (3) 50 9
reddurango 50 9
stevieb 9 9
broncosbm 55 9
cidx2 55 9
DO86 51 9
gdhudson53 53 9
jimsquires 53 9
lordhunter 55 9
quiklikeab 50 9
rionate 55 9
StephieO 51 9
wildryty 53 9
xskunk 50 9
tlittle 47 8
ZumaB 53 8
sparky 52 8
Geri 563 53 8
crisg 48 8
bojangles 52 8
c130 49 8
tucson 36 8
erinjlopez 41 8
tarzano 19 8
threef504 49 8
Gridiron Guru 53 7
rickb 55 7
Aaron A. (2) 61 7
aeverett81 53 7
xt1ngu1sh 51 7
jank 6 6
johnnygood 45 5
Missali23 57 5
joyceella 43 5
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