Roger Simpson got off the Pine (Arizona) and RAMJET-ted himself into the Gridiron Green game.
Simpson, from Pine, Ariz., aka RAMJET, won the Week 9 tiebreaker to break a two-way tie for first place. Simpson picked Pittsburgh to beat Baltimore 27-24; Pittsburgh beat Baltimore 43-23.
Huckster – one of two overall leaders with 94 total points – and Shauna, both previous Gridiron Green winners this season, showed up on the weekly leaderboard, while the rest of the champions, including the Gridiron Guru, showed up safely in the middle of the pack.
The ol’ Guru went 8-5, including correctly timing the Denver Broncos’ demise in Boston, to run the overall record to 78-55 this season.
On to Week 10, the last of this year’s six-team bye weeks.
Week 10
Bye: Houston, Indianapolis, Minnesota, New England, San Diego and Washington.
Thursday, Nov. 6
Cleveland at Cincinnati (NFL Network): The Bengals don’t lose at home. (They do tie, though.) Pick: Bengals, 22-13. Line: Bengals by 6½.
Sunday, Nov. 9
San Francisco at New Orleans: The 49ers are not who we thought they were. The Saints are, at home anyway. Pick: Saints, 30-27. Line: Saints by 4½.
Kansas City at Buffalo: Without a run game or Sammy Watkins (questionable), Chiefs win. Pick: 27-20. Line: Chiefs by 2.
Miami at Detroit: These two teams mirror each other – good defenses, improving offenses (Jarvis Landry and Ryan Tannehill getting big in Miami; Reggie Bush and Calvin Johnson getting healthy in Detroit). Pick: Lions, 20-17. Line: Lions by 2½.
Tennessee at Baltimore: Ravens get right against the Titans. Pick: Ravens, 28-20. Line: Ravens by 9½.
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets: The Jets’ secondary can’t handle one good receiver, so how are they going to handle Big Ben Roethlisberger’s stable of wideouts. Pick: Steelers, 27-16. Line: Steelers by 4½.
Atlanta at Tampa Bay: Surely, the Falcons can beat the Buccaneers. Pick: Falcons, 23-21. Line: Falcons by 1½.
Dallas vs. Jacksonville, at London (KASA): DeMarco Murray will pick up the slack for a Tony Romo-less, Brandon Weeden-led Cowboys’ offense. Pick: Cowboys, 24-16. Line: off (Romo).
Denver at Oakland (KCNC, KREZ; KRSJ 100.5 FM): Just a blip in Boston, the Broncos get back on track by the bay. Pick: Broncos, 37-20. Line: Broncos by 11½.
N.Y. Giants at Seattle (KASA): The G-Men are a wreck, and now, welcome to Seattle and the 12th Man. Pick: Seahawks, 33-20. Line: Seahawks by 9.
St. Louis at Arizona: It’s hard to figure these Rams; these Cardinals, however, are legitimate. Pick: Cardinals, 24-20. Line: Cardinals by 7.
Chicago at Green Bay (KOBF, KUSA): Aaron Rodgers off a bye against the Bears? Pick: Packers, 36-26. Line: Packers by 7½.
Monday, Nov. 10
Carolina at Philadelphia (ESPN): From Nick Foles to Mark Sanchez, there’s a new QB in town. Pick: Eagles, 24-17. Line: Eagles by 6.
Gridiron Green
Week 9
Note: The names in bold are previous Gridiron Green winners this season, with the weeks they won indicated in parentheses.
Overall Week 9
ramjet (9) 91 12
crnorton 82 12
ncblue311 90 11
christinab 71 11
Tripp 88 11
tomd 73 11
ZumaB 83 11
hawk99 89 11
marionl 82 11
cardfan 90 11
stkitts10 87 11
bojangles 84 11
jesvigil 81 11
tarheel 92 11
mwanger 84 11
ta26 87 11
james 79 10
tramirez 84 10
connief 85 10
albertf 86 10
glnorton 83 10
dbroncos 92 10
tlittle 75 10
deanna 82 10
june 90 10
ladonna 88 10
amos 86 10
shauna (4) 89 10
jorjor 77 10
edonelan 87 10
rbarkley 72 10
vince 90 10
byron 74 10
Mr. Wales 91 10
pckrgrl 89 10
sobrino 85 10
huckster (8) 94 10
hsteinle 92 10
tbone 82 10
eblack 84 10
mommamary 72 10
stevieb 38 10
Atbatcat 76 10
broncoh8r 84 10
cbef 88 10
eaglesrgr8 72 10
erinjlopez 70 10
jank 33 10
kslyter 88 10
michmat 69 10
pewtergirl 90 10
picklepus 90 10
quiklikeab 81 10
shupie 78 10
smouret 84 10
youngkathy 89 10
Peyday 88 9
JoeSmith 51 9
ElleBee 77 9
Skater22 90 9
petershirk 85 9
joosten 86 9
cookie45 90 9
roylb 77 9
kristalp 84 9
jason 87 9
slroberts 88 9
dave 85 9
lbewley 81 9
elvis65 88 9
master 83 9
jwilson 74 9
robrog 87 9
scott27 88 9
dragracer 80 9
marmstrong 88 9
rmorris 93 9
dominique 86 9
MillerTime 88 9
jrichardso 85 9
gjohnson 85 9
Tanaya 80 9
yomama 81 9
khinkle 82 9
groberts 91 9
netter 85 9
clarkbar 80 9
skibum 89 9
Hound 84 9
chupacabra 21 9
klyons 82 9
azfan 91 9
bemrich 71 9
billy 87 9
beaver74 59 9
Antonio 74 9
chrissim33 79 9
sparky 82 9
justjamee 60 9
w00dy 87 9
Aaron A. (2) 91 9
esteban 83 9
Geri 563 80 9
ryanp 82 9
Gremlins 88 9
Evans 70 9
Boogie man 51 9
weese338 77 9
redskin58 80 9
kmvdad0927 84 9
Shaqattack 85 9
ryans 93 9
jennifertr 64 9
crisg 74 9
“XXX” 57 9
vickyt 82 9
goober 78 9
alisha 91 9
Cyphers 86 9
opie 84 9
forsberg39 87 9
hillster 88 9
harry55 88 9
marioG 91 9
mamat 75 9
paulj 94 9
brandon198 75 9
erin1205 18 9
fdeano45 87 9
Jake doyle 54 9
chanel 80 9
stoneage 86 9
truchas 90 9
broncos 89 9
mikecortez 88 9
tiffmc 83 9
tanner1 87 9
mamajama 87 9
paddy 79 9
terry n 86 9
bobster 84 9
crazylouie 85 9
ABC123 78 9
zoeygirl 88 9
c130 77 9
cajun 89 9
bigdog99 88 9
thomas24 86 9
trav 86 9
lamar18 85 9
ollie 81 9
trooper 81 9
atrain 72 9
texasdeck 68 9
moni 62 9
laurakunia 51 9
aeverett81 83 9
ajheirtz 90 9
bjforkner 61 9
blwells 83 9
boydh 91 9
broncfan51 88 9
broncobart 85 9
broncosbm 85 9
brownpow 37 9
carriekate 71 9
cas19 87 9
cidx2 86 9
cooter89 81 9
dciluffo 90 9
denvoo 66 9
dpgrizzly 79 9
durango57 85 9
gdhudson53 76 9
Maverick 90 9
hmckie 90 9
jcbia 87 9
jrarch55 78 9
lamadden 88 9
mgrome 87 9
notbobo 52 9
odhainey 84 9
ag120695 88 9
quasarwes 90 9
rick81326 74 9
rionate 82 9
rtm79 82 9
crowley 84 9
suealsum 91 9
sdebelina1 85 9
skolmn 84 9
superextem 73 9
tarzano 45 9
SnapFace 90 9
wildryty 81 9
ingelise 40 9
xt1ngu1sh 79 9
Zabkatista 83 9
zman033 81 9
GRIDIRON GURU 78 8
KittyCent 82 8
blackrose 81 8
pistolpete 87 8
wally49 71 8
broncbust 81 8
packerfan 87 8
dpollock 83 8
simpson 78 8
redhawks 86 8
GinaA 86 8
twheeler 78 8
rmiller 86 8
sherry 85 8
rrichardso 84 8
SWITT 91 8
rickb 84 8
grandma1 83 8
swami 85 8
yogibear 72 8
delbs 83 8
oscar 90 8
Motob 88 8
choker 78 8
Josie_L 67 8
taylor 72 8
bigal60 86 8
waylon (5) 77 8
steeler75 (3) 76 8
boatie 84 8
reddurango 75 8
mcheather 85 8
jakem (6) 83 8
tucson 56 8
nlopez 71 8
elwood 38 8
baylsc 89 8
EL GECKO 84 8
hesperado (1) 90 8
jadosse 82 8
jimsquires 80 8
mikerak 55 8
moreh2o 87 8
plgone 84 8
Pat Flores 79 8
spannistan 88 8
threef504 70 8
xskunk 76 8
meyers 88 7
kane 90 7
heatmiser 75 7
jaydoc 66 7
susanne 84 7
janiceb 75 7
debbiez 75 7
mbalzen 81 7
bree 82 7
shed 76 7
hmorris 81 7
lisadonela 86 7
peggy 91 7
oldman 56 7
Missali23 (7) 84 7
benruybal 78 7
broncosfvr 73 7
butterguy 81 7
DO86 74 7
lordhunter 82 7
lsovocool 84 7
pkabill 83 7
rams91 85 7
StephieO 78 7
mike 80 6
deanob 81 6
katwalk 64 6
jsquires 81 6
jlane 73 6
aelliott 80 6
jsalchicha 75 6
jetsfan 77 6
CC23 62 6
fishscale 56 6
dizzydean 35 6
lester 80 6
56golf 77 6
johnnygood 66 6
john_s 65 6
joyceella 69 6
tspoon32 83 6
cindylou 81 5
kelleyj4 87 5
