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No repeat for June, but a seat at the top will do

Apparently ‘Christmas in June’ didn’t have the same ring.

Bettie Wiedo of Phoenix, aka June, nearly became the Gridiron Guru’s first two-time winner of the year by picking 15 games correctly last week.

Unfortunately for her, so did reddurango (Carolyn Hately).

The Dallas Cowboys just happened to smile a little brighter on reddurango’s 28-21 tiebreaker pick.

That’s not to leave out Ben Ruybal, who cleverly calls himself benruybal, who also picked 15 games correctly.

Most of our other recent champions found themselves in the 10-13 wins range, perfectly acceptable for championship aspirants.

Your venerable Guru kept himself in the pack with 11 correct prognostications.

Johnny Football did me no favors, and neither did Matty Ice.

Maybe I should refrain from placing my trust in quarterbacks with catchy nicknames.

That’s not to say that every recent champion kept their lofty perch.

Gary Hudson (gdhudson53) and Frank Hawkins (hawk99) only picked up eight and six wins, respectively, to land in the losers.

Thursday, Dec. 18

TENNESSEE AT JACKSONVILLE (NFL NETWORK): Awful game to end Thursday night games. Pick: Jaguars, 15-9. Line: Jaguars by 3.

Saturday, Dec. 20

PHILADELPHIA AT WASHINGTON (NFL NETWORK): The Redskins are a mess. Pick: Eagles, 31-21. Line: Eagles by 8½.

SAN DIEGO AT SAN FRANCISCO (KCNC, KREZ): Give me Diego in the battle of the Sans. Pick: Chargers, 21-20. Line: 49ers by 2½.

Sunday, Dec. 21

BALTIMORE AT HOUSTON: Not willing to pick against J.J. Watt. Pick: Texans 17-14. Line: Ravens by 4.

CLEVELAND AT CAROLINA: Sipping on the Johnny Football Kool Aid. Pick: Browns 20-13. Line: Even.

DETROIT AT CHICAGO: Always pick against Jimmy Clausen. Pick: Lions 21-10. Line: Lions by 4½.

GREEN BAY AT TAMPA BAY: Green is the better bay. Pick: Packers, 33-10. Line: Packers by 10½.

KANSAS CITY AT PITTSBURGH: Time for the Chiefs to fall apart. Pick: Steelers, 20-19. Line: Steelers by 3.

MINNESOTA AT MIAMI: Vikings can’t take the heat. Pick: Dolphins, 20-17. Line: Dolphins by 6½.

NEW ENGLAND AT NEW YORK JETS: Few playing better than New England, worse than New York. Pick: Patriots, 30-10. Line: Patriots by 10.

ATLANTA AT NEW ORLEANS: A playoff spot is on the line. Give me Brees. Pick: Saints 28-27. Line: Saints by 6½.

NEW YORK GIANTS AT ST. LOUIS: Coughlin is coaching for his job. Pick: Giants 20-19. Line: Rams by 5.

BUFFALO AT OAKLAND: The Raiders have momentum. Pick: Raiders, 14-13. Line: Bills by 5½.

INDIANAPOLIS AT DALLAS: The Cowboys collapse is coming. Pick: Colts 34-28. Line: Cowboys by 3.

SEATTLE AT ARIZONA (KOBF, KUSA): Wilson over Lindley. Pick: Seahawks 17-6. Line: Seahawks by 7½.

Monday, Dec. 22

DENVER AT CINCINNATI (ESPN): I don’t trust Andy Dalton in primetime anymore. Pick: Broncos, 27-13. Line: Broncos by 3½.

Gridiron Green

Note: The names in bold are previous Gridiron Green winners, with the weeks they won indicated in parentheses.

Overall Week 15

reddurango (15) 141 15

june (14) 158 15

benruybal 141 15

blackrose 146 14

dpollock 148 14

jlane 133 14

Aaron A. (2) 153 14

Josie_L 135 14

trooper 144 14

kslyter 155 14

james 138 13

KittyCent 150 13

pistolpete 151 13

dbroncos 156 13

marmstrong 152 13

ladonna 151 13

sherry 149 13

jorjor 142 13

gjohnson 148 13

edonelan 148 13

klyons 146 13

vince 155 13

chrissim33 144 13

sparky 146 13

delbs 145 13

Boogie man 112 13

jetsfan 137 13

CC23 128 13

cardfan 153 13

Shaqattack 147 13

opie 146 13

fdeano45 152 13

stoneage 149 13

tiffmc 149 13

c130 137 13

tarheel 153 13

eblack 145 13

jakem (6) 147 13

aeverett81 147 13

mwanger 146 13

picklepus 155 13

crowley 139 13

suealsum 154 13

spannistan 154 13

ta26 152 13

Peyday 147 12

JoeSmith 115 12

Skater22 154 12

petershirk 149 12

joosten 144 12

tramirez 143 12

meyers 149 12

jason 149 12

slroberts 152 12

kane 151 12

connief 145 12

albertf 148 12

lbewley 145 12

broncbust 142 12

jwilson 138 12

packerfan 150 12

robrog 148 12

scott27 152 12

rmorris 154 12

shauna (4) 155 12

susanne 146 12

GinaA 138 12

dominique 150 12

twheeler 141 12

MillerTime 151 12

Tanaya 144 12

khinkle 139 12

groberts 154 12

chupacabra 79 12

azfan 155 12

tomd 135 12

hawk99 (13) 142 12

SWITT 153 12

janiceb 136 12

rickb 148 12

grandma1 136 12

marionl 146 12

beaver74 123 12

Antonio 137 12

justjamee 124 12

ryanp 146 12

Gremlins 149 12

oscar 153 12

weese338 136 12

redskin58 144 12

kmvdad0927 145 12

stkitts10 151 12

mbalzen 144 12

ryans 157 12

jennifertr 128 12

Mr. Wales 153 12

crisg 133 12

pckrgrl 153 12

“XXX” 121 12

bree 144 12

vickyt 146 12

alisha 155 12

Cyphers 150 12

fishscale 114 12

forsberg39 152 12

huckster (8) 153 12

harry55 150 12

marioG 155 12

mamat 138 12

56golf 137 12

brandon198 139 12

erin1205 82 12

shed 139 12

Jake doyle 115 12

chanel 144 12

jesvigil 142 12

truchas 154 12

broncos 153 12

mikecortez 152 12

tanner1 151 12

mamajama 151 12

hmorris 143 12

bobster 148 12

johnnygood 123 12

crazylouie 149 12

cajun 153 12

steeler75 (3) 132 12

boatie 136 12

bigdog99 152 12

thomas24 150 12

peggy 154 12

trav 150 12

lamar18 149 12

ollie 145 12

mommamary 134 12

nlopez (12) 137 12

texasdeck 132 12

moni 126 12

oldman 118 12

laurakunia 115 12

stevieb 101 12

ajheirtz 154 12

bjforkner 125 12

blwells 146 12

boydh 152 12

broncfan51 152 12

broncobart 149 12

broncosbm 144 12

brownpow 92 12

carriekate 133 12

cooter89 145 12

dciluffo 154 12

denvoo 130 12

dpgrizzly 143 12

durango57 144 12

EL GECKO 146 12

Maverick 154 12

hmckie 154 12

jcbia 151 12

jimsquires 143 12

joyceella 129 12

lamadden 152 12

lando03 33 12

lordhunter 143 12

lsovocool 144 12

mgrome 151 12

mikerak 115 12

moreh2o 146 12

pewtergirl 151 12

pkabill 147 12

ag120695 152 12

Pat Flores 141 12

quasarwes 154 12

sdebelina1 149 12

skolmn 146 12

superextem 137 12

tspoon32 142 12

SnapFace 154 12

ingelise 101 12

xt1ngu1sh 143 12

youngkathy 152 12

zman033 145 12

ElleBee 139 11

ncblue311 149 11

cindylou 139 11

christinab 133 11

roylb 136 11

kristalp 143 11

deanob 144 11

dave 145 11

master 142 11

Tripp 147 11

tlittle 134 11

dragracer 140 11

jaydoc 126 11

deanna 144 11

amos 142 11

simpson 134 11

rmiller 148 11

jrichardso 147 11

rrichardso 149 11

yomama 142 11

netter 147 11

clarkbar 142 11

Hound 136 11

billy 148 11

swami 145 11

esteban 148 11

Geri 563 140 11

byron 136 11

goober 139 11

sobrino 144 11

paulj 149 11

ramjet (9) 149 11

terry n 151 11

ABC123 143 11

zoeygirl 152 11

tbone 141 11

lisadonela 144 11

mcheather 147 11

Missali23 (7) 147 11

Atbatcat 138 11

baylsc 149 11

broncoh8r 144 11

broncosfvr 132 11

butterguy 139 11

colotex 45 11

crnorton 140 11

eaglesrgr8 132 11

erinjlopez 131 11

jrarch55 138 11

kelleyj4 144 11

notbobo 111 11

odhainey 144 11

quiklikeab 137 11

rams91 150 11

rtm79 139 11

tarzano 104 11

Zabkatista 143 11

cookie45 151 10

glnorton 137 10

elvis65 149 10

wally49 126 10

rbarkley 132 10

skibum 151 10

bemrich 131 10

ZumaB 139 10

w00dy 149 10

aelliott 139 10

jsalchicha 134 10

Evans 124 10

Motob 144 10

debbiez 130 10

hillster 146 10

dizzydean 86 10

lester 143 10

hsteinle 151 10

bigal60 147 10

paddy 139 10

waylon (5) 138 10

john_s 121 10

elwood 96 10

cas19 145 10

DO86 130 10

jadosse 138 10

rionate 142 10

StephieO 137 10

xskunk 134 10

mike 120 9

heatmiser 133 9

katwalk 119 9

redhawks 145 9

tucson 111 9

cbef (10) 148 9

cidx2 141 9

hesperado (1) 150 9

jank 88 9

michmat 121 9

plgone 144 9

rick81326 127 9

threef504 119 9

jsquires 133 8

yogibear 126 8

choker 133 8

bojangles 140 8

taylor 125 8

shupie 134 8

smouret 137 8

gdhudson53 (11) 129 7

wildryty 127 7

atrain 128 6

jolynn 1 1

kwestegard 1 1

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