How did the football picks go?

Before the NFL season started, Mike and Keith made their picks.  How did they do?

Division	Mike's Picks	Keith's Picks	Actual Results
NFC North	Green Bay	Green Bay	Minnesota
NFC South	New Orleans	New Orleans	New Orleans
NFC East	NY Giants	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
NFC West	Arizona	Seattle	Professional Liars
NFC Wild Cards	Philadelphia Seattle	Carolina NY Giants	Carolina Atlanta
AFC North	Pittsburgh	Baltimore	Pittsburgh
AFC South	Houston	Houston	Jacksonville
AFC East	New England	New England	New England
AFC West	Raiders	Raiders	Kansas City
AFC Wild Cards	Denver Indianapolis	Kansas City Miami	Tennessee Buffalo
NFC Champions	Green Bay	New Orleans	TBA
AFC Champions	New England	Raiders	TBA
SB52 Champions	Green Bay	New Orleans	TBA

Mike's picks: 4/12
Keith's picks: 5/12

Mike, BATSU GAME!!!

That's 2 pending batsu games for Mike.

Trump's Delusional Year in Sports

Episode 252 - Updates in the Sports Legal World

Yesterday, a Missouri circuit court judge in St. Louis handed down an initial decision on St. Louis v. NFL (which we spent 3 podcast episodes reading and discussing when it was filed in April).

This is the big news on today's podcast.  We also talk secondarily about the ongoing NASL-USSF case and the related USSF Presidency race.  We call out the Eastern New York State Soccer Association's recent Twitter actions.  (Side note: the association's Twitter account has been shut down because they went too far.)

Fair use: Today, we unleash Senor Stan 2.0, so apologies to Arsenal Fan TV, Star Trek, South Park, HOTM, and Bernie Miklasz.



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Packers Done! Mike, BATSU GAME!!!

This evening, the Green Bay Packers were eliminated from playoff contention.

Mike - whose sister is one of the 360,760 fan-shareholders of the Packers - picked them to win the Super Bowl.  Since that is not happening,

Mike, BATSU GAME!!!

The batsu game will be issued next time we can get together for a podcasting session.

Mike could also be issued a second NFL batsu game had he formalized his assertion that the LA Chargers would at least finish with a better win-loss record than Senor Stan's Cadre of Professional Liars.  That will, sadly and very surprisingly, not happen.  He also calls major shenanigans on Stan's team's sudden success - which was EASILY ATTAINABLE WHEN THE TEAM WAS IN ST. LOUIS!!!

Regarding the guys' NFL picks:
- Mike currently has 3 confirmed good picks, with a maximum possibility of 6.
- Keith currently has 2 confirmed good picks, with a maximum possibility of 9.

Keith's Super Bowl champs - New Orleans - is currently leading the NFC South and will likely clinch a playoff spot.

Long-awaited Batsu Game Now In the Books

As we know by now, Mike had a huge batsu game to cover a lot of bad, bad picks from earlier this year: play a game of Twilight Imperium, a science fiction board game that is notoriously long (average game 6 hours).

It took a while, but it finally happened this evening at Mike's normal board game night.

To clarify, it was actually the newly released 4th edition, not the 3rd edition pictured above (which Mike actually owns but has yet to play).

It was a three-player game that was slightly shortened and played with a tremendous learning curve.  Mike was playing as the Federation of Sol (aka the humans - coincidentally, the one race he was most looking forward to playing as) and finished tied for first with 8 victory points.

Twilight Imperium is a very long game, but its gameplay justifies the length.  It is very complex with a lot going on.

So, those Champions League picks?

How did Mike's UEFA Champions League picks do?  Let's see:

Group	Mike's Picks	Actual Results
A	Benfica Basel CSKA Moscow Man United	Man United Basel CSKA Moscow Benfica
B	Bayern Munich PSG Celtic Anderlecht	PSG Bayern Munich Celtic Anderlecht
C	Atletico Madrid Roma Qarabag Chelsea	Roma Chelsea Atletico Madrid Qarabag
D	Barcelona Juventus Sporting Portugal Olympiacos	Barcelona Juventus Sporting Portugal Olympiacos
E	Liverpool Sevilla Spartak Moscow Maribor	Liverpool Sevilla Spartak Moscow Maribor
F	Man City Shakhtar Donetsk Feyenoord Napoli	Man City Shakhtar Donetsk Napoli Feyenoord
G	Besiktas Porto Monaco RB Leipzig	Besiktas Porto RB Leipzig Monaco
H	Borussia Dortmund Real Madrid APOEL Tottenham	Tottenham Real Madrid Borussia Dortmund APOEL

Mike's Picks: 13/16 - the three misses were courtesy of the Twin Satans of English football as well as the Shite Half of North London.

3rd Place Finishes: 4/8

Verdict: Mike BARELY receives SAFETY!

Now, it's up to Barcelona to win the whole thing.