Chau's Corner

Last week of regular season football! Need a huge miracle this week for the Steelers to make the playoffs! Off to week 17 picks we go! Last week’s pick-em record: 12-4 Last week’s ATS record: 9-6-1 Pick'em picks in bold & ATS picks in brackets. All spreads from: www.sportsbook.ag    1:00 Games Baltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals (-6.5) Cleveland Browns (+9.5) @ Pittsburgh Steelers  Carolina Panthers (-6) @ Atlanta Falcons Detroit Lions @ Minnesota Vikings (-1) Houston Texans @ Tennessee Titans (-7) Jacksonville Jaguars (+11) @ Indianapolis Colts  New York Jets (+7.5) @ Miami Dolphins Washington Professional Football Team @ New York Giants (-3.5) 4:25 Games Buffalo Bills @ New England Patriots (-7.5) Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears (+3) Denver Broncos (-11) @ Oakland Raiders Kansas City Chiefs (10.5) @ San Diego Chargers  Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ New Orleans Saints (-11.5) San Francisco 49ers @ Arizona Cardinals (-2.5) St. Louis Rams (+10.5) @ Seattle Seahawks  SNF Philadelphia Eagles (-7) @ Dallas Cowboys Enjoy the football! Pick-em record: 157-82-1 ATS Record: 120-111-2   

Two more weeks of football before the playoffs! Here are my week 16 picks! Last week’s pick-em record: 9-7 Last week’s ATS record: 8-7-1 Pick'em picks in bold & ATS picks in brackets. All spreads from: www.sportsbook.ag    1:00 Games Miami Dolphins (-2) @ Buffalo Bills Cleveland Browns @ New York Jets (-1) New Orleans Saints (+3.5) @ Carolina Panthers  Minnesota Vikings (+7.5) @ Cincinnati Bengals  Dallas Cowboys (-3) @ Washington Professional Football Team Denver Broncos (-10.5) @ Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts (+7) @ Kansas City Chiefs Tennessee Titans (-4) @ Jacksonville Jaguars Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ St. Louis Rams (-3.5) 4:05/4:25 New York Giants (+9.5) @ Detroit Lions  Arizona Cardinals @ Seattle Seahawks (-10) New England Patriots (PICK-EM) @ Baltimore Ravens Pittsburgh Steelers (+1.5) @ Green Bay Packers Oakland Raiders (+9) @ San Diego Chargers  SNF Chicago Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (-3) MNF Atlanta Falcons (+14) @ San Francisco 49ers Enjoy the football! Pick-em record: 145-78-1 ATS Record: 111-105-1  

Here we go! Week 15 picks! Last week’s pick-em record: 9-7 Last week’s ATS record: 10-6 Pick'em picks in bold & ATS picks in brackets. All spreads from: www.sportsbook.ag   TNF San Diego Chargers (+14) @ Denver Broncos 1:00 Games Buffalo Bills @ Jacksonville Jaguars (+1) Chicago Bears (-1.5) @ Cleveland Browns Houston Texans @ Indianapolis Colts (-6) New England Patriots (-1) @ Miami Dolphins Philadelphia Eagles (-6) @ Minnesota Vikings Seattle Seahawks @ New York Giants (+7_ San Francisco 49ers (-6) @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers  Washington Professional Football Team (+7) @ Atlanta Falcons 4:05/4:25 New York Jets (+11.5) @ Carolina Panthers Kansas City Chiefs @ Oakland Raiders (+5.5) Green Bay Packers @ Dallas Cowboys (-7) New Orleans Saints (-6.5) @ St. Louis Rams Arizona Cardinals (+3) @ Tennessee Titans SNF Cincinnati Bengals @ Pittsburgh Steelers (+3) MNF Baltimore Ravens (+6) @ Detroit Lions   Have a good one!  Pick-em record: 136-71-1 ATS Record: 103-98-4 

Let’s go! Week 14! Last week’s pick-em record: 8-8 Last week’s ATS record: 6-9-1  Pick'em picks in bold & ATS picks in brackets. All spreads from: www.sportsbook.ag     TNF Houston Texans @ Jacksonville Jaguars (+3.5) 1:00 Games Buffalo Bills @ Tampa Buccaneers (-3) Minnesota Vikings (+7) @ Baltimore Ravens Cleveland Browns (+13) @ New England Patriots  Indianapolis Colts (+6.5) @ Cincinnati Bengals Detroit Lions @ Philadelphia Eagles (-3) Atlanta Falcons (+4) @ Green Bay Packers  Kansas City Chiefs @ Washington Professional Football Team (+3.5) Miami Dolphins @ Pittsburgh Steelers (-3.5) Oakland Raiders (+2.5) @ New York Jets 4:05/4:25 Games Tennessee Titans @ Denver Broncos (-13) New York Giants (+3.5) @ San Diego Chargers  Seattle Seahawks (+2.5) @ San Francisco 49ers St Louis Rams @ Arizona Cardinals (-6) SNF Carolina Panthers (+3.5) @ New Orleans Saints MNF Dallas Cowboys @ Chicago Bears (PICK-EM) Have a good one!  Pick-em record: 117-64-1 ATS Record: 93-92-4

Happy Turkey Bowl day! Love this day and luckily I’ll be able to catch the games today at the comfort of my own home. Anyway, here are my picks for Turkey Bowl day and week 13! Last week’s pick-em record: 5-8-1 Last week’s ATS record: 5-9 Pick'em picks in bold & ATS picks in brackets. All spreads from: www.sportsbook.ag    Turkey Bowl Games Green Bay Packers (+6.5) @ Detroit Lions Oakland Raiders (+9) @ Dallas Cowboys  Pittsburgh Steelers (+2.5) @ Baltimore Ravens 1:00 Games Jacksonville Jaguars (+7) @ Cleveland Browns Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Carolina Panthers (-8) Chicago Bears @ Minnesota Vikings (+1) New England Patriots (-9) @ Houston Texans Tennessee Titans (+4.5) @ Indianapolis Colts Miami Dolphins @ New York Jets (-2) Arizona Cardinals (+3) @ Philadelphia Eagles 4:05/4:25 Games Atlanta Falcons (+3.5) @ Buffalo Bills  St. Louis Rams (+9) @ San Francisco 49ers Cincinnati Bengals @ San Diego Chargers (-1.5) Denver Broncos @ Kansas City Chiefs (+5.5) SNF New York Giants (-1.5) @ Washington Professional Football Team MNF New Orleans Saints (+6) @ Seattle Seahawks Pick-em Record: 109-66-1 ATS record: 87-83-3 

Quick pick this week Last week’s pick-em record: 10-5 Last week’s ATS record: 7-6-2 Week 12! Pick'em picks in bold & ATS picks in brackets. All spreads from: www.sportsbook.ag    TNF New Orleans Saints @ Atlanta Falcons (+9) 1:00 Games New York Jets (+3.5) @ Baltimore Ravens Pittsburgh Steelers (+1) @ Cleveland Browns Carolina Panthers (-4.5) @ Miami Dolphins Chicago Bears(+1) @ St. Louis Rams Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+8.5) @ Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers (-5) Jacksonville Jaguars (+10) @ Houston Texans San Diego Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs (-5.5) 4:00/4:25 Games Indianapolis Colts (+2.5) @ Arizona Cardinals Tennessee Titans @ Oakland Raiders (+1) Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants (-2.5) SNF Denver Broncos (-3) @ New England Patriots  MNF San Francisco 49ers (-6.5) @ Washington Redskins Pick-em Record: 104-58 ATS record: 82-74-3

I have to admit it now! Basketball has pretty much consumed my sports life! I’ve begun to miss the 1:00 games due to basketball (actually playing it) and I’ve watched more Thursday double headers over TNF. Nonetheless, the picks must continue! Last week's pick-em record: 10-4 Last week's ATS record: 9-5 Here we go week 11! Pick'em picks in bold & ATS picks in brackets. All spreads from: www.sportsbook.ag    TNF Indianapolis Colts (-3) @ Tennessee Titans 1:00 Games New York Jets (Pick-em) @ Buffalo Bills Baltimore Ravens (+3) @ Chicago Bears Cleveland Browns @ Cincinnati Bengals (-5.5) Detroit Lions @ Pittsburgh Steelers (+2.5)  Oakland Raiders @ Houston Texans  (-7) Arizona Cardinals @ Jacksonville Jaguars (+7.5) Washington Professional Football Team @ Philadelphia Eagles (-4) Atlanta Falcons @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers  (+2) 4:05/4:25 Games San Diego Chargers (-2.5) @ Miami Dolphins Green Bay Packers @ New York Giants (-5.5) Minnesota Vikings @ Seattle Seahawks (-12.5)  San Francisco 49ers @ New Orleans Saints (-3.5) SNF Kansas City Chiefs (+7.5) @ Denver Broncos  MNF New England Patriots @ Carolina Panthers (-1.5) Have a good one! Pick-em Record: 94-53 ATS record: 75-68-1

Another week rolls by means it’s another week of NFL picks here! I must admit that this NFL season has been pretty miserable for me given the brutal performance of the Steelers. However, the NBA season has done wonders for me in terms making me forget about those losses. Last week's pick-em record: 7-6 Last week's ATS record: 4-8-1 Onward to week 10! Pick'em picks in bold & ATS picks in brackets. All spreads from: www.sportsbook.ag   TNF Washington Professional Football Team (-2.5) @ Minnesota Vikings 1:00 Games Buffalo Bills @ Pittsburgh Steelers (-3) Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (+1.5) Detroit Lions (Pick-em) @ Chicago Bears Philadelphia Eagles (+1) @ Green Bay Packers St. Louis Rams @ Indianapolis Colts (-9.5) Jacksonville Jaguars (+12) @ Tennessee Titans  Oakland Raiders @ New York Giants (-7.5) Seattle Seahawks @ Atlanta Falcons (+6) 4:05/4:25 Games Carolina Panthers (+6.5) @ San Francisco 49ers  Denver Broncos (-7) @ San Diego Chargers Houston Texans @ Arizona Cardinals (-2.5) SNF Dallas Cowboys (+7) @ New Orleans Saints MNF Miami Dolphins @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+3) Enjoy your weekend! Pick-em record: 84-49 ATS record: 66-62-1 

Welcome to the halloween edition of NFL picks! We got another week of fun picks. I have to say though, with the World Series and the start of the NBA season, the NFL took a back seat this week. Last week's pick-em record: 10-4 Last week's ATS record: 5-9 Week 9 picks, here we go! Pick'em picks in bold & ATS picks in brackets. All spreads from: www.sportsbook.ag   TNF Cincinnati Bengals (-3) @ Miami Dolphins 1:00 Games Kansas City Chiefs (-3.5) @ Buffalo Bills Atlanta Falcons (+8) @ Carolina Panthers Minnesota Vikings (+10.5) @ Dallas Cowboys  New Orleans Saints (-6.5) @ New York Jets San Diego Chargers (-1.5) @ Washington Professional Football Team Tennessee Titans (-3) @ St. Louis Rams 4:05/4:25 Games Philadelphia Eagles @ Oakland Raiders (-3) Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Seattle Seahawks (-16) Baltimore Ravens (-3) @ Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers (+7) @ New England Patriots SNF Indianapolis Colts (-3) @ Houston Texans MNF Chicago Bears (+11.5) @ Green Bay Packers Have a safe Halloween & enjoy the football y’all! Pick-em record: 77-44 ATS record: 62-55-4

Sorry for the lack of activity lately. Been extra busy with side projects and interviews, but I've made sure that I don't miss publishing my NFL picks! Can't wait we're pretty much at the halfway mark for the season!  Last week's pick-em record: 10-5 Last week's ATS record: 9-6 Definitely could have done better last week. Had a few backdoor covers and some pretty terrible picks. Onward to week 8 picks! Pick'em picks in bold & ATS picks in brackets. All spreads from: www.sportsbook.ag TNF Carolina Panthers (-7) @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:00 Games Buffalo Bills (+11.5) @ New Orleans Saints Cleveland Browns @ Kansas City Chiefs (-7.5) Dallas Cowboys @ Detroit Lions (-3) San Francisco 49ers @ Jacksonville Jaguars (+16.5) Miami Dolphins (+7) @ New England Patriots New York Giants @ Philadelphia Eagles (-5) 4:05/4:25 Games New York Jets @ Cincinnati Bengals (-6)  Pittsburgh Steelers @ Oakland Raiders (+3) Washington Professional Football Team @ Denver Broncos (-13) Atlanta Falcons (+2) @ Arizona Cardinals SNF Green Bay Packers (-9) @ Minnesota Vikings MNF Seattle Seahawks (-11) @ St. Louis Rams Hope you enjoy your weekend! Enjoy the football! Pick-em record: 67-40 ATS record: 57-46-4 Until next time friends, Will

Had a decent week and I only watched one game of football too. I'm back to the regular football viewing schedule this week. Will miss most of the 1:00 games because of basketball, but that's alright!  Last week's pick-em record: 12-3 Last week's ATS record: 11-4 And onto the Week 7 picks! Pick'em picks in bold & ATS picks in brackets. All spreads from: www.sportsbook.ag  TNF Seattle Seahawks (-5.5) @ Arizona Cardinals 1:00 Games Buffalo Bills (+8) @ Miami Dolphins   St. Louis Rams (+6.5) @ Carolina Panthers Chicago Bears (+1) @ Washington Professional Football Team Cincinnati Bengals @ Detroit Lions (-3) Dallas Cowboys (+2.5) @ Philadelphia Eagles San Diego Chargers (-8) @ Jacksonville Jaguars New England Patriots @ New York Jets (+4) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+7) @ Atlanta Falcons 4:00/4:25 Games San Francisco 49ers (-4.5) @ Tennessee Titans Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers (-1.5) Cleveland Browns (+10) @ Green Bay Packers Houston Texans @ Kansas City Chiefs (-6.5) SNF Denver Broncos (-7) @ Indianapolis Colts MNF Minnesota Vikings @ New York Giants (-3.5) I'm looking forward to another Ravens/Steelers matchup this week. You can always count on this rivalry game to be exciting.  Have a great football weekend! Pick-em record: 57-35 ATS record: 48-40-4 Until next time friends, Will

As I was waiting for the TTC tonight after my flight from Boston, a stranger asked me if this was the train to Finch Station. I quickly nodded and went back to my podcasts, but he made some more small talk that led to a full on conversation that took up the whole ride up from Union Station to Shepherd where I got off. Our conversation started at the fact that he was worried he'd missed his bus at Finch to get back home and how he was still getting accumulated to the city after moving from Windsor to Toronto for school. This led to me asking him what he was studying in school, which led to a full blown conversation about video game design (his major) and the sheer amount of work there is to do just for a single movement. He also talked about a startup project that he was working on with a few friends that completely blew my mind. It was amazing just to hear about the potential impact his product could have on healthcare in years to come. I ended up getting his contact info so that he could give me updates on the progress of his project and his game. All of this wouldn't have happened had I decided to ignore him after he asked me a question, but I've always been the chatty type and appreciate the opportunity to have a random conversation with a complete stranger. I've had some fantastic conversations with complete strangers throughout the years. The beauty of all these conversations is that there no investment to continue chatting after the conversation. On a Porter flight, I had a wonderful chat with a child psychiatrist and got so much insight on the current happenings in the world of child psychology. I've had countless conversations with Steelers fans because of the gear I was wearing at the time. There's obvious a time and place to have conversations with random strangers.  The next time you have an opportunity to strike up a conversation with a stranger, keep an open mind and try to have a random conversation. You never know what you might find out.  Until next time friends, Will

Pick'em Record: 45-32 ATS Record: 37-36-4

Bears by 7.

Another week and more picks! Keeping this week's picks real short! No Steelers game this week so I don't have to watch another depressing game too.  Last week's pick-em record: 10-5 Last week's ATS record: 9-5-1 Not a bad performance! Surprised I did alright actually! Onward to week 5! Winners in bold & ATS will be in bold as well TNF Buffalo Bills @ Cleveland Browns (-4) - Bills ATS So how about dem Browns!? 2-0 with Brian Hoyer and no Trent Richardson who was averaging around ~3 YPC. Bills are coming off a strong W against the Ravens last week. I'm looking for EJ to win it on the road! Bills by 3 1:05 Games Baltimore Ravens @ Miami Dolphins (-3) Ravens ATS Both these teams are coming off losses and are facing a ton of questions whether or not they're the real deal. I'm looking at the Ravens to come back strong against the doubters. Ravens by 6 New Orleans Saints (-1) @ Chicago Bears - Saints ATS Brees continues to roll in their season. Do watch out for the run though. The Saints' D isn't as amazing as people think especially on run defence. They give up a league worst 5.5 YPC. It won't matter in this game though. Saints by 10 New England Patriots (-1) @ Cincinnati Bengals - Pats ATS Losing Wilfork sucks for the Pats and I really hope it doesn't ruin their season. He was the team's second best player. Pats by 5 Detroit Lions @ Green Bay Packers (-7) - Lions ATS Packers by 3 Seattle Seahawks (-3) @ Indianapolis Colts - Seahawks ATS Hawks by 8 Jacksonville Jaguars @ St. Louis Rams (-11.5) - Jags ATS Jags can't be this bad right? RIGHT?! ATS upset pick! Kansas City Chiefs (-3) @ Tennessee Titans - Chiefs ATS Titans losing Locker really hurts especially when they were starting to come together as a team. Let's see what Fitzmagic can do in his place. KC will win, but this will be a closer game than the score indicates.  KC by 7 Philadelphia Eagles @ New York Giants (-2) - Eagles ATS Both of these teams have gone way downhill. I'll believe in Vick just a little bit more than Eli this time. Man this game is going to be miserable to watch. Eagles by 3. 4:05/4:25 Games Carolina Panthers (-2.5) @ Arizona Cardinals - Cards ATS Another terrible game that I won't be stopping. Luckily there are only two games at 4:25. Cards with the upset special.  Cards by 1. Denver Broncos (-9) @ Dallas Cowboys - Broncos ATS Watching Peyton play on this Denver team is just a trip every week. Broncos will win this game huge and that crappy NFC division will get even more entertaining. Can't hate too much though, AFC North isn't that great either. SNF Houston Texans @ San Francisco 49ers (-6) - 49ers ATS How can you even choose the Texans now with that bad loss last game.  Schaub is on thin ice with this Houston team. Kaep and the Niners will win this game easily.  49ers by 15 San Diego Chargers (-5) @ Oakland Raiders - Chargers ATS Terrible Pryor is back  this week and that actually makes me happy. Rivers is a having a great season and I really hope that this game will be entertaining to be honest.  Chargers by 10 MNF New York Jets @ Atlanta Falcons (-10) - Jets ATS Falcons' 1-3 record can be very misleading as they've played a few decent teams. I don't expect the Jets to win this game, but I see Sexy Rexy drawing up a great defensive game plan to keep this game close. Falcons by 7. Pick'em record: 37-26 ATS record: 31-29-3

This isn't a show out that there that has consistently left me crying or on the verge of tears as much as this show. This show is about the Braverman family which extends to three different generations. No matter what demographic you are as a viewer, there will be a Braverman family member that you can relate to.  Simply put, this show makes you feel. Whether it's pure joy or sadness, this show will tug your heartstrings throughout the series. Have your tissues box ready. Until next time friends, Will

With #BlogEveryDayinSept winding down, I wanted to take some time to write about some lessons learned during this project. When I first started, I knew that it could be a tough challenge because I've always had that issue of being a perfectionist rather than a completionist as Beth Dunn would call it. Here are some lessons I've gained throughout the challenge: 1. Inspiration can come from anywhere When I have to blog everyday and aren't the most creative person, getting inspiration on what topics to write wasn't going to come easy. That's what I thought initially anyway and because of this, I was able to open my eyes and ears to surroundings around me to get inspired. There are so many ideas that I haven't written about because I wanted to save for later that just came from random events like talking to my doctor or taking out the garbage. Ideas can come from everywhere, you just have to be paying attention.  2. Don't waste time Sacrifices will need to be made when you have to blog everyday. It's not a bad thing because you're doing something fantastic. I've watched less TV and read so much more during this time which is something I didn't expect in the beginning. If not having enough time is something you would say when approaching a challenge like this or in general then the harsh truth you need to face is that you're likely not willing to make some sacrifices to make it happen.  I found that I needed to get my ideas on paper in some form right away when I get inspired. I've always been like that even during my comedy days. The key is following through on adding more to initial idea. Put everything on paper and just put it out if it makes the most minimum standards you've set.  3. The more you write, the more creative you become As long as you're constantly writing, the more likely it will be that your perspective evolves over time. Your writing skills will improve as well as long as you're open to criticism because you'll figure out what works or doesn't. Stay open tot the criticism, but do not fear it as well.  Your perspective will change as you write since you're going to be exposed to new areas that you can write about. As for the areas you're an expert in, your perspective can also change and you will start to approach things differently. I've always love writing about football/basketball picks from a statistical standpoint. Because of the amount of research I've done for the football blogs, I've started to understand the game at a different standpoint. I've never played a down in my life so I've only understood the game from the stats standpoint. Throughout the years, I've begun to understand the strategy behind all the different schemes used but this challenge really accelerate that. I strongly recommend that you give this challenge a try. It's going to be fun month of you creatively. Always keep writing! I Until next time friends, Will