Week 13 Final Score

Arizona's upset helped Stally pile on the points. (AP)

For the second time this season, Arizona went to overtime tied 13-13 at home.  And, for the second time, they delighted fans with a long touchdown score.

The game put Austen on the wrong side of the big upset over Dallas and capped off a week in which he saw his seven, five, four, three and two picks all go in the wrong direction.  All in all, it led to a lopsided win for Stally, as he set a SOB record high for points, and opened up a large lead with just four weeks left in the regular season.

At this point, it looks like the race to keep an eye on will be the Pick 'Em race.  Stally closed in two games and Austen now holds a four game lead.

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Week 13: Rivalry Re-rout-ed

Orlovsky is no Peyton Manning. (Getty)

The Patriots versus the Colts.

Tom Brady versus Peyton Manning.

It's one of the biggest rivalries of the past decade in the NFL.  One that's ironically played out every single season with the exception of 2002 and often flares up in the playoffs.

Except this season.  This year, it's Tom Brady versus Dan Orlovsky.  Brady's the best quarterback of all-time, Orlovsky is appearing in just his 16th game in a seven-year career and has never won a start.

This rivalry definitely won't be the same this year.  It projects to be one of the most uneven matchups of the season and should be a rout.  It's where we start this week's picks.

Austen (Eight-Point Pick) - @New England over Indianapolis

Week 13 Coin Toss

There's plenty of blame to go
around in  San Diego. (Getty)

Stally: I don't follow the draft that closely, especially as we get deeper and deeper into the rounds.  However, I do follow college football some, so I'd obviously heard of University of North Carolina quarterback T.J. Yates, who's now with the Houston Texans.

He played for a perennial bowl contender in the ACC (never finishing in the Top-25) and threw to targets like Hakeem Nicks, Greg Little and Brandon Tate.  His stats in college were good, not great, and he was drafted in the fifth round this past spring (152nd, or 47 spots earlier than Tom Brady was once taken).

The Tennessee Titans are two games (three, when you factor in probable tiebreakers) behind the Texans.  I think we can both agree that Houston should win the AFC South, but what's the prognosis on Yates?

The Flight of an Eagle

Stally's Goal Line Stand

The Eagles are no longer responding to Reid.

There's a simple theory of gravity that states: what goes up must come down.  In sports, there are very few that ever defy the laws of gravity.

Tom Brady, the best quarterback of all-time, led his team to an 18-0 season, but landed with a thunk in a Super Bowl loss to the mediocre Giants.

Wayne Gretzky is the best hockey player to ever play the game, and remembered as such, but he put up some forgettable years as a head coach and, while he avoided any sort of charges, he was loosely affiliated with a (post-career) sports betting ring.

Andy Reid has brought the Philadelphia Eagles to nine playoff appearances in 12 seasons as the Head Coach.  His resume includes five trips to the NFC Championship games (unfortunately, he only won once and then lost to Brady's Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX).  But, he's returning to the ground at an alarming rate.

Week 12 Final Score

Stevie Johnson's drops gave the Jets a win.
Austen was happy; Stally won his pick. (Getty)

The Stubborn OXen are starting to pull the plow evenly this time of year.  Neither one lost a weekly draft pick until getting down to Austen's three-point pick.  His stubborness to accept the holiness of Tim Tebow seems to have him surrendering the Denver win to Stally on a weekly basis.

The two combined to go 23-9 in Pick 'Em, with Austen picking up the win in that category (a usual occurrence).  Meanwhile, Stally won in both the weekly and seasonal draft categories (also a usual occurrence).

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