WEEKLY PICKS: SuperWebGirl-What happened?
Last week proved that games once thought of as "gimmes" aren't exactly in the bag before kickoff. Of the eight people who picked a week ago, only two had Ben Franklin over Clark, which up to that game had been playing well. And only one person picked McMain over Douglass, another team that was playing better football.
But the real story of this past week's picks are that SuperWebGirl came down from cloud nine. After back-to-back 8-2 weeks, her luck ran out. She went 3-7. But at least she wasn't alone. SoccerFreak gave her some company with the same record.
This week will decide the regular season champion. Professor has a sizeable lead, getting 78 percent of his picks right. Nevertheless, Ron Held, at 75 percent, has a realistic shot at moving past Professor. But they have to differ on a few picks for that to happen (more...)
In other Pick ’Em news, latecomer J.A. Borne led the pack this past week, going 7-3 in as tough a week as we’ve had here at the Handy Blog. Kudos to him.
This past week:
Me 5-5; Prep Guru 5-5; J.A. Borne 7-3; Mr. Held Over 4-6; Ron Held 5-5; SuperWebGirl 3-7; SoccerFreak 3-7; Professor 6-4.
The Big Picture
Super Gold Level (60 or more picks)
Ron Held (45-15, 75%)
Prep Guru (43-17, 71.6%)
Me (64-26, 71.1%)
SoccerFreak (37-23, 61.6%)
Mr. Held Over (33-27, 55%)
Gold Level (50-59 picks)
Professor (39-11, 78 percent)
Silver Level (20-49 picks)
J.A. Borne (14-6, 70%)
SuperWebGirl (63.3%)
Mauve Level (1-19 picks)
CG (1-0, 100%)
Christopher Mire (9-1, 90%)
Mark (17-2, 89.5%)
Mariah (0-1, 0%)
Not a big week for big games this week, but that lends itself to some tough picks. I’m expecting nothing short of brilliance from my team of pickers, however.
Come on. You know you want a sniff of the craziest game sweeping the country. Send in your picks. Put them in the comments below. Email them to me. Whichever method you choose, we’d love to have you on board. Pick all 10 games –INCLUDING THE GAME O’ THE WEEK.
Week 10
(Home team in bold unless at a neutral field, i.e. Gormley, Behrman, Yenni, Memtsas or Bertolino)
St. James 24, Kentwood 20
Dutchtown 17, Destrehan 14
St. Paul’s 28, Fontainebleau 13
Jesuit 21, St. Augustine 10 @ Gormley
Morgan City 24, Belle Chasse 14
St.Martin’s 13, Country Day 7
Rummel 31, Brother Martin 7 @ Gormley
Clark 12, Reed 7 @ Gormley
Slidell 21, Northshore 13
Game O’ The Week
Curtis at Newman
This game is probably easier to pick than I’m making it out to be. I tend to over think situations. Just ask my parents. But this isn’t the Curtis team of old, and neither is Newman the team you remember from before.
Newman, other than a big loss to St. James, has been on fire. And Curtis is coming off of its first in-state loss since early in the 2005 season.
How will Curtis react, and can Newman take advantage of a Curtis team suddenly wondering what’s going on?
I’m going with a gut feeling here, but I think J.T. Curtis is going to have his team turned around and heading in the right direction. It's not that I don't believe in Newman. It's just that I think Curtis will be back on its state championship track. Curtis 31, Newman 20
Comments? Questions? Leave a comment below or email me at bhandwerger@wwltv.com
Posted by Bradley Handwerger 
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-st james
-destrehan
-st paul
-jesuit
-belle chasse by a larger margin than you would think
-st martin's in a tight one in the IVY bowl
-rummel wins another cath league title
-clark for the recovery league title and the 30th or 31st seed
-slidell rebounds after tough start to make playoffs
-Curtis by at least 4 td's
My picks for week 10:
Kentwood
Destrehan
St. Pauls
Jesuit
Belle Chasse
Country Day
Rummel
Clark
Slidell
Curtis
Hi Brad,
It seems to me that since losing to St. Paul's earlier in the season by one touchdown, Mandeville has grown exponentially stronger each week. Can the same be said about St. Paul's? I don't honestly know. But four times this season the Skippers have beaten opponents by over 40 points, and four times they have held their opponents to a single touchdown. 7 5-A district titles aside, I would like your opinion ... at this point in the season, which is the better team? Thanks as always for your insight.
From Bradley: Dave, this is a good question. It's hard to compare teams in a scenario like this, as it has been awhile since they played. I'm not sure who is better, but Mandeville certainly is playing better right now. I think what you have to look at is the reintroduction of Michael Mauti to the defense. Since he's been back, the team has excelled. And when the defense does well, the offense has more plays to run because it's on the field more.
StJames over Kentwood,
Destrehan over Dutchtown,
Fontainebleau over StPauls,
Jesuit over Augustine,
BelleChasse over Morgan City,
CountryDay over StMartins,
Rummel over Bro.Martin,
Clark over Reed,
Slidell over Nortshore,
Newman over Curtis
JABorne
Here's the problem with my picks. I don't really get to watch/read about/hear about to much prep football. Some weeks I am forced to look at "Me's" picks and read his insight to make my selections.
But that's come back to haunt me. It's like going into a bathroom after someone has a bowel movement... then when you come out someone is waiting to go in, and they think YOU had the bowel movement. Basically, you are blamed for someone elses crap.
Having said that... here are my picks, untainted by "Me's" advice.
Kentwood
Destrehan
St. Pauls
Jesuit
Belle Chasse
Country Day
Rummel
Reed
Slidell
Curtis
From Bradley: Lovely explanation. I think I'm done eating for the day.
SuperWebGirl’s picks of the week!!
St. James 30, Kentwood, 14
Dutchtown 10, Destrehan 7
St. Paul’s 24, Fontainebleau 14
Jesuit 24, St. Augustine 20
Morgan City 20, Belle Chasse 10
St. Martin’s 20, Country Day 3
Brother Martin 27, Rummel 24
Clark 17, Reed 10
Slidell 14, Northshore 10
Newman 28, Curtis 24
St. James 20 Kentwood 17
Destrehan 27 Dutchtown 13
St. Paul’s 20 Fontainebleau 16
Jesuit 30 St. Aug. 6
Belle Chasse 17 Morgan City 14
St. Martins 20 Country Day 17
Rummel 31 Brother Martin 20
Clark 24 Reed 16
Slidell 22 Northshore 21
Curtis 35 Newman 13