One week of NFL season to go...

There will soon be batsu.

With one week to go in the NFL season and all but 2 of the 12 playoff spots secured, we can safely look at how the guys picked and who will be punished:

Teams both Mike and Tim got right (5):

• Seattle (all 4 sets)
• Pittsburgh (all 4 sets)
• Houston (both of Mike's sets, Tim's adjustments)
• New England (all 4 sets)
• Raiders (all 4 sets)

Teams Mike got right (1):

• NY Giants (both sets)

Teams Tim got right (3):

• Atlanta (adjustments)
• Dallas (both sets)
• Kansas City (both sets)

Teams neither got right, good (meaning they made the playoffs) (1):

• Miami

Teams neither got right, bad (9):

• Minnesota (both adjustments)
• Carolina (both original sets)
• New Orleans (both of Mike's sets)
• Arizona (all 4 sets)
• Chicago (Tim's original set) 
• Indianapolis (both original sets)
• Cincinnati (both of Mike's sets)
• Jacksonville (Tim's original set)
• Denver (both adjustments)

Teams that can still clinch that both picked (1):

• Green Bay (all 4 sets)

Teams that can still clinch that neither picked (and need help) (3):

• Detroit
• Washington
• Tampa Bay

As it stands at the moment (all with just the Packers pending):

Mike's original set: 6/12
Mike's adjustments: 6/12
Tim's original set: 6/12
Tim's adjustments: 8/12

Tim's good picks cancel out his bad picks, which are tied with both of Mike's sets, so...

Mike, BATSU GAME!!!

The punishment will be announced during our next podcast recording session, along with the batsu for bowl picks.

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North American soccer needs to change and soon.

Episode 216 - UEFA Champions League Review and College Bowl Picks (and more)

First things first: we had to issue some batsu.

Tim's punishment for his picks for the 2016-17 UEFA Champions League group stage will be:

Reciting one of the fan chants of Borussia Dortmund, one of the teams in group stage he whiffed on.

Now, on to college bowl picks:

Bowl Game	Mike's Pick	Tim's Pick
New Mexico	New Mexico	New Mexico
Las Vegas	Houston	Houston
Camellia	Appalachian State	Appalachian State
Cure	Central Florida	Central Florida
New Orleans	Southern Miss	Louisiana-Lafayette
Miami Beach	Tulsa	Central Michigan
Boca Raton	Western Kentucky	Memphis
Poinsettia	BYU	BYU
Idaho Potato	Colorado State	Colorado State
Popeyes Bahamas	Old Dominion	Old Dominion
Armed Forces	Navy	Navy
Dollar General	Ohio	Troy
Hawaii	Middle Tennessee	Middle Tennessee
St. Petersburg	Miami (OH)	Mississippi State
Quick Lane	Boston College	Boston College
Independence	NC State	NC State
Heart of Dallas	Army	Army
Military	Wake Forest	Temple
Holiday	Minnesota	Washington State
Cactus	Boise State	Boise State
Pinstripe	Pitt	Pitt
Russell Athletic	West Virginia	West Virginia
Foster Farms	Utah	Utah
Advocare V100 Texas	Texas A&M	Texas A&M
Birmingham	South Carolina	South Florida
Belk	Virginia Tech	Virginia Tech
Alamo	Colorado	Oklahoma State
Liberty	Georgia	Georgia
Sun	Stanford	Stanford
Music City	Nebraska	Nebraska
Arizona	South Alabama	Air Force
Orange	Florida State	Michigan
Taxslayer	Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech
Citrus	Louisville	Louisville
Chick-Fil-A Peach*	Alabama	Alabama
Fiesta*	Clemson	Clemson
Cotton	Wisconsin	Western Michigan
Outback	Florida	Florida
Rose	Penn State	USC
Sugar	Auburn	Oklahoma
Championship**	Alabama	Clemson

Think you can pick better than us?  Please feel free to join our Yahoo picks pool.

Other topics of quick discussion:

• UMKC is off to a great start to their basketball season (barring an embarrassing loss to KU)
• Tim going off on the Chicago Bears over their bad season, and a plea to cut Jay Cutler
• Mike is experiencing extreme schadenfreude over the mess that is Los Angeles, and especially takes joy in this graphic:

Fair use: Senor Stan returns.



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Top 10 Greatest Sports Leagues in the World

Now for a little holiday season treat.



We talk about all sorts of sports on the podcast, but are there some we're leaving out, intentionally or not?



This is an excellent video on the top sports leagues in the world.  Spoiler: we often talk about the top 5 on this list and touched on only 1 of the remaining 5.



So, should we start talking about cricket and Aussie rules football?  Personally, I don't understand either.

2016-17 UEFA Champions League Prediction Check

How did Mike and Tim do with their 2016-17 UEFA Champions League picks?

Group	Mike's Picks	Tim's Picks	Actual
Group A	Arsenal PSG Ludogorets Basel	Arsenal PSG Basel Ludogorets	PSG Arsenal Ludogorets Basel
Group B	Benfica Dynamo Kyiv Napoli Besiktas	Dynamo Kyiv Benfica Napoli Besiktas	Napoli Benfica Besiktas Dynamo Kyiv
Group C	Barcelona City Celtic Gladbach	Barcelona City Celtic Gladbach	Barcelona City Gladbach Celtic
Group D	Bayern Munich Atletico Madrid PSV Eindhoven Rostov	Bayern Munich Atletico Madrid PSV Eindhoven Rostov	Atletico Madrid Bayern Munich Rostov PSV Eindhoven
Group E	Leverkusen CSKA Moscow Monaco Tottenham	Leverkusen Monaco CSKA Moscow Tottenham	Monaco Leverkusen Tottenham CSKA Moscow
Group F	Real Madrid Dortmund Sporting Legia Warsaw	Read Madrid Sporting Dortmund Legia Warsaw	Dortmund Real Madrid Legia Warsaw Sporting
Group G	Leicester Porto Copenhagen Club Brugge	Porto Leicester Copenhagen Club Brugge	Leicester Porto Copenhagen Club Brugge
Group H	Juventus Sevilla Lyon Dinamo Zagreb	Juventus Dinamo Zagreb Sevilla Lyon	Juventus Sevilla Lyon Dinamo Zagreb
UCL Winners	Barcelona	Arsenal	TBA May

Mike: 14/16 (3rd place 3/8)
Tim: 13/16 (3rd place 1/8)

Tim, BATSU GAME!

Tim's punishment will be determined during our next podcast recording session.