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PICKS: Wildcard Weekend edition

by TheCommish

The Steelers garnered 95% of picks in their game against the Dolphins and are favored by over 10 points... so why is Miami the highest leverage pick of the weekend? Commish explains, and reveals the pickoffs for all the BFIG (and NBA) marbles...

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THIS is how The SZN does Bachelor competitions... you're sooOoOoOo not ready

by TheCommish

You think Commish and GM brought shtick to football season... just you wait for what we bring to this. Bachelor might not be your favorite show. It might actually be your least favorite show. That's all about to change...

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BFIG PICKS Week 17: It all comes down to this

by TheCommish

Commish breaks down the top contenders' final week picks, ponders whether BORTLEMANIA!! is about to hit its peak, and brings in @BigDaddy - who waxes poetic on blind squirrels' ability to predict football games - to make Week 17 predictions...

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SZN Weekly Update: IT'S CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK

by TheCommish

It's BFIG Championship Week - do you know anyone with a shot at the Belt? Commish lays out the favorites, supplies the Golden Spreadsheet to end all spreadsheets, and pays homage to the Cleveland Browns...

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BFIG PICKS Week 16: You ready for things to get weird?

by TheCommish

The highest number of teams we'd picked in Week 16, prior to this year: Four. Number of teams in play this week: 19. We've more or less quintupled our previous record for Week 16 variance, and things are about to get weird...

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BFIG Week 16 Update: When Savage saves your season

by TheCommish

For a good number of BFIG combatants, this man took your flickering Title Belt dreams and, over the course of a few short Bud Light Lime-infused hours, made them glow with the renewed faith of 100,000 Texans fans...

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Title Belt Tiebreaker leaderboard: Who's going 15-0?

by TheCommish

Commish never thought a Tiebreaker leaderboard would be required at this juncture, but here we are. Our invincibility (really just NFL favorites' absurd hot streak, paired with the Browns, Niners, and Jags absolute futility) has created logjam at the top...

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Take the SZN 2016 survey, because Commish and GM really want you to

by TheCommish

You have a big influence on where we take this place. This survey is just 5 minutes. *Commish pinky promise.* Tell us what you like and don't like, and give your take on some important questions about our future.

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BFIG PICKS Week 15: Dirty Bird partayyyy

by TheCommish

We weave back through our biggest picks each week to see who we've picked against most. The answers certainly surprised Commish. Plus, the most entertaining Moxie Award of the season, and David Mick's lockity lock of the week...

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Commish and BigDaddy pick the games: Week 15

by TheCommish

Fresh off our best week ever (10-5-1), we're ready to do more damage. But we start by reflecting on whether there's a better way to pick the games, and whether this all might just be random, anyway...

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THIS could decide our Inaugural NBA Survivor champ (SZN weekly update)

by TheCommish

Our first-ever NBA Survivor is down to the final seven. When you're making your 15th and 16th NBA survivor picks, well, hilarity often ensues. Commish breaks down the games picked this week, including Lakers vs. Sixers. Yes, you read that right.

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BFIG PICKS Week 14: The Detroit Lions?!

by TheCommish

We've made the Detroit Lions the heaviest BFIG pick of the year - 60 percent of title pool picks and a staggering 81% usage rate. Do we feel good about it? We can't possibly feel good about it. Fast facts, weekly awards, and amazing pick comments await...

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Commish and BigDaddy pick the games: Week 14

by TheCommish

We're amid our first real rough patch of the year. But BigDaddy has a few key pieces of inside information: 1) The Dolphins had a legit excuse for their blowout loss to Baltimore last week, and 2) What it takes to beat Belichick.

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Golden Survival Spreadsheet: Week 14

by TheCommish

The Pats are on top (again), the Browns are on the bottom (again), and the Raiders, Lions, and Falcons just might determine our fate (again). Hold up, the Lions and Raiders? That last part is definitely new.

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BFIG PICKS Week 13: Our most indecisive week ever

by TheCommish

Our top pick garnered just 20 percent of total picks - by FAR the lowest total in BFIG history. Get a healthy dose of fast facts, plus what it's like to ride the Packers as a Bears fan, and roommates committing BFIG treason.

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Commish and BigDaddy pick the games: Week 13

by TheCommish

One week before we rendezvous at Lambeau Field for Packers-Texans, I asked @BigDaddy what his craziest Packers game experience was. His answer was WAY better than I expected. (Oh, and we're still pretty hot with our picks!)

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BFIG Week 13 Update: Favorites gonna fav... but for how long?

by TheCommish

Everything is exciting. Everything is intense. Yet, nothing really makes sense. Welcome to your 2016 NFL survivor reality. Will we end the season with something absurd like 100 survivors?

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BFIG PICKS Week 12

by TheCommish

The history of Eli Manning in BFIG is short... and painful. We've basically avoided the Giants for five years because of it, and yet... this week's to pick is Eli Manning in a road game. (Survival) godspeed, everyone.

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Commish and BigDaddy pick the games: Week 12

by TheCommish

We're 10-5-2 in our last 17 games. We think we're on a heater. BigDaddy is changing his predictions at the last second just for fun. We DO cover some legitimate topics, though, such as underdogs' aggregate performance against the spread since 2003.

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Title Belt Probabilities: Who has the best shot at 17-0?

by Hmchu

It's increasingly looking like 17-0 will be required to take home this year's BFIG Title Belt. Who has the best shot at doing so after their Week 11 wins? Let's unveil the probabilities...

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BFIG PICKS Week 11

by TheCommish

It's a week of big favorites, yet none of our top five picks feel safe. Why is that? Commish will tell you each team's reason, in three words or less. Plus, the rise of Elisha Manning, a near-Browns pick, and David Mick isn't yet recanting his Bears Super Bowl pick...

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Commish and BigDaddy pick the games: Week 11

by TheCommish

In a week full of big favorites, we think a bunch of teams will win without covering the spread. Also: BigDaddy's thoughts on what can fix the Vikings, what makes good NFL teams good, and how Goff's first start will end.

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BFIG Week 11 Update: The golden survival spreadsheet is back

by TheCommish

The title pool is down to less than 10 percent of its original size. Commish has been relatively light on stats and analysis compared to previous seasons. Consider today the day that changes...

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NBA Survivor Update: Can we write good basketball takes? Lol, silly question

by TheCommish

The best takes from our first three weeks of NBA survivor: Adam Silver's likelihood to join SZN, the Mt. Rushmore of idiotic athlete quotes, and the Warriors blowing a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals...

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Two-Week Survivor is here! Read this post then go make your picks

by TheCommish

Two-Week Survivor is like BFIG on steroids, with at least a 33 percent chance you'll consider picking an AFC South team to win a football game. READ THIS POST, then click the link at the bottom to join and make your picks.

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