Ben Stuever is the Gridiron Green Master.
Somehow in the utter chaos of Week 15 in the National Football League, the Bayfield resident with the “master” handle as his Gridiron Green alias scored a 12 in an impossibly frustrating week for prognostication.
Stuever tied “josie” with the only 12s atop the leaderboard, but Stuever’s 24-21 pick of Pittsburgh over Cincinnati – Pittsburgh won 30-20 – broke the tie and tilted the week toward The Master.
The rest of the Green was scattered with a Who’s Who of Green Champions in our dubious 4th and Long designation.
The Gridiron Guru finished safely in a large pack of nines to run his season total to 132-89, a long 18 picks behind the Gridiron Green season leaders – “commute29” and “baylsc” – who share the lead with 150 points, one point better than a trio of chasers with one week to play.
On to Week 16 and our grand finale ...
Sunday, Dec. 22
Tampa Bay at St. Louis – I doubted the Rams at home last week against superior competition; I’m not making that mistake again. Pick: Rams, 23-10. Line: Rams by 5½.
Indianapolis at Kansas City – This smells like an Andrew Luck game more than an Alex Smith game. Pick: Colts, 21-20. Line: Chiefs by 6½.
Denver at Houston (KCNC, KREZ; KRSJ 100.5 FM) – The poor Texans. They have to go back to Matt Schaub. Pick: Broncos, 35-17. Line: Broncos by 10½.
Miami at Buffalo – The Dolphins have everything to play for. The Bills have nothing. Pick: Dolphins, 20-16. Line: Dolphins by 2½.
New Orleans at Carolina – The road is a dangerous place for the Saints. Panthers need a win. Pick: Panthers, 27-22. Line: Panthers by 3.
Dallas at Washington (KASA) – No confidence in Tony Romo or the Cowboys this late in the season. Pick: Redskins, 33-31. Line: Cowboys by 3.
Cleveland at N.Y. Jets – Neither team thrills me, but I like the Browns’ defense against the Jets’ offense. Pick: Browns, 20-13. Line: Jets by 2½.
Minnesota at Cincinnati – If they want to be a playoff team of any note, the Bengals will blow out Minnesota. Pick: Bengals, 26-13. Line: Bengals by 7.
Tennessee at Jacksonville – The Jaguars suddenly are resurgent. Pick: Jaguars, 21-10. Line: Titans by 5½.
Arizona at Seattle – No one wins in Seattle but the ’Hawks. Pick: Seahawks, 23-17. Line: Seahawks by 10½.
N.Y. Giants at Detroit – Lions need this one. They’ll get it. Pick: Lions, 24-17. Line: Lions by 9.
Oakland at San Diego – Chargers are well-rested and coming off a big win in Denver. Pick: Chargers, 37-13. Line: Chargers by 10.
Pittsburgh at Green Bay – Rumors of Aaron Rodgers’ return buoy the Packers. Pick: Packers, 27-21. Line: Off.
New England at Baltimore (KCNC, KREZ) – Who is Tom Brady throwing to now? Pick: Baltimore, 22-20. Line: Ravens by 2½.
Chicago at Philadelphia (KOBF, KUSA) – In a shootout, the nod goes to the better quarterback. Pick: Eagles, 30-24. Line: Eagles by 3.
Monday, Dec. 23
Atlanta at San Francisco (ESPN) – A case of opposite directions, and Atlanta isn’t singing Candlestick Park’s swan song. Pick: 49ers, 30-16. Line: 49ers by 12.
Gridiron Green
Week 15
PublicName Overall Week 15
master 128 12
josie 135 12
LukeMartin 136 11
jlane 139 11
cowboydave 138 11
klyons 126 11
buds 146 11
redskin58 134 11
cheryl 139 11
pckrgrl 134 11
opie 134 11
huckster 138 11
duziedu 117 11
mschwantes 141 11
crowley 147 11
mike 130 10
Nemesis 135 10
delbz 132 10
jason 140 10
wally49 118 10
randallg 138 10
packerfan 141 10
dragracer 140 10
june 132 10
twheeler 132 10
rmiller 137 10
sherry 142 10
Tanaya 120 10
edonelan 134 10
Darrell 145 10
JSKY 145 10
rbarkley 124 10
grandma1 128 10
lonzo 141 10
swami 133 10
ryanp 112 10
jsalchicha 134 10
golfkrze 136 10
miaf 142 10
11chris 143 10
jennifertr 120 10
bigpimpdog 137 10
Sweetness 140 10
vickyt 141 10
cass 128 10
jdixon 132 10
mixhael 135 10
travh 143 10
laff 142 10
56golf 107 10
rusty 85 10
james1968 20 10
tpeck 10 10
aeverett81 144 10
bretnewlin 131 10
broncosfvr 126 10
cap101052 78 10
commute29 150 10
hesperado 137 10
jadehope 94 10
jimsquires 135 10
johnhanna 113 10
mhotter2 141 10
pewtergirl 143 10
php75161 127 10
shupie 136 10
Peyday 141 9
DSlice 139 9
Angela Joy 123 9
CMDurango 129 9
Sarge 132 9
bsdossey 130 9
cookie45 140 9
kristalp 126 9
deanob 135 9
kane 141 9
connief 125 9
glnorton 136 9
heatmiser 145 9
broncbust 128 9
jwilson 127 9
tlittle 129 9
deanna 133 9
marmstrong 142 9
ladonna 139 9
simpson 123 9
brian 138 9
susanne 126 9
bella11 140 9
jorjor 137 9
jrichardso 140 9
cruzr74 132 9
gjohnson 135 9
groberts 124 9
anthony 135 9
chuck66 139 9
baygirl 128 9
netter 134 9
1standgoal 138 9
skibum 137 9
tlyn 133 9
Lockman 127 9
marionl 129 9
antonio 123 9
phil 128 9
betsy 142 9
esteban 141 9
bobo 139 9
fuse 133 9
slwalker 99 9
yogibear 129 9
marge 140 9
howard 130 9
Gremlins 125 9
Evans 133 9
byron 100 9
CathyS 138 9
danielle 123 9
kmvdad0927 147 9
vickie 129 9
hillbillyj 135 9
Mr. Wales 145 9
themainman 124 9
crisg 138 9
choker 129 9
bill 130 9
bojangles 149 9
bubba 137 9
alisha 132 9
eric1972 138 9
ezeroc 118 9
jeremy 136 9
pickem 136 9
lynda 131 9
adam81 124 9
lester 121 9
mamat 122 9
joyce 119 9
tsandoval 111 9
paulj 130 9
steelers86 107 9
winner 56 9
erin1205 50 9
azcardfan 30 9
jjm24 32 9
chanel 19 9
ajheirtz 133 9
atbatcat 138 9
banjobgboy 45 9
bigheirtz 136 9
blwells 140 9
cas19 137 9
cdarlingto 138 9
dgoromero 137 9
gankamel 135 9
hmckie 147 9
jlggarcia 120 9
joshbo 128 9
lordhunter 137 9
mauiandy 145 9
mwanger 135 9
plgone 131 9
sbrinton 135 9
schwanmu13 141 9
skolmn 148 9
toto2426 71 9
tfwaters 133 9
butch 136 8
GlennM 135 8
Falcoholic 130 8
joelr 133 8
jeffrx17 142 8
jeremiah 136 8
Doowyt 142 8
Schosh5 136 8
kent 142 8
Allison 135 8
billydee 136 8
NJboy 137 8
lunchbox 133 8
brianac 134 8
christinab 131 8
roylb 145 8
tramirez 131 8
blackrose 133 8
ldossey 132 8
pistolpete 144 8
daniel 146 8
dave 128 8
Zachary 138 8
elvis65 138 8
Tripp 137 8
dbroncos 135 8
grneyedgrl 136 8
gary 135 8
robrog 141 8
scott27 133 8
katwalk 133 8
jsquires 130 8
dpollock 130 8
cabeyta 137 8
amos 131 8
commander 132 8
jordan 127 8
shauna 125 8
rcundiff 112 8
zane 115 8
redhawks 135 8
susan 136 8
MillerTime 140 8
chainsaw 130 8
richardson 114 8
rrichardso 135 8
khinkle 132 8
kgerber 133 8
EAGLEIGH 137 8
sergent 136 8
Hound 125 8
chupacabra 37 8
azfan 136 8
donnie 134 8
dennis 137 8
clifford 133 8
amanda 128 8
sharim 139 8
beth 135 8
josh 138 8
billy 135 8
hawk99 138 8
stephwitt 133 8
rickb 139 8
laura 116 8
beaver74 132 8
deano 137 8
johnny 111 8
broncodude 138 8
vince 139 8
chrissim33 132 8
sparky 137 8
spirit 127 8
tomp 135 8
mark 143 8
dgardner 133 8
w00dy 142 8
JanaCarter 131 8
GeriAragon 104 8
raudel 134 8
debra 134 8
tony 118 8
putnam 127 8
Wohlfpack 145 8
jman 115 8
mateo 137 8
hoopstar23 77 8
weese338 143 8
jrod 130 8
josh1 142 8
Klacker 138 8
tracy 137 8
ajherrera 134 8
cardfan 139 8
stkitts10 137 8
ivypeace1 135 8
orlando 112 8
nate 52 8
jtripp 144 8
angdolphin 138 8
jeffblack 133 8
nole 135 8
yarb0348 134 8
benny 133 8
orangeblue 133 8
broncfan 137 8
beckysmith 135 8
ricksmith 141 8
goober 134 8
tammy 138 8
awesomo 133 8
raymond 135 8
joan 135 8
rosebud 126 8
freewill 135 8
legdryrob 132 8
btwo 127 8
daisy 135 8
leww 138 8
rayray 133 8
sobrino 132 8
remiller 139 8
hambone 138 8
adrian 136 8
gregory 138 8
hillster 136 8
brianj 135 8
harry55 137 8
denton 126 8
broncos76 135 8
rhight 135 8
pegg 136 8
Cardoc 146 8
billsfan 138 8
raiderfan 136 8
beans 125 8
elgolfo13 134 8
shorty 126 8
broberts 125 8
michelle 128 8
ronny 113 8
keith 120 8
darci 120 8
Richard fx 125 8
terence 128 8
babs 125 8
speedracer 116 8
realmccoy1 125 8
yukmouth 122 8
colomom 124 8
kylie 123 8
hsteinle 110 8
randy 115 8
brady12 112 8
gobroncos 112 8
diney 118 8
divap 106 8
broncomike 112 8
benito 98 8
starla 108 8
gggjr 103 8
grahamski 95 8
bettyboop 105 8
yoyo 83 8
jessie 80 8
jerry2013 78 8
matt1987 74 8
justin 70 8
scguy 72 8
charlie 73 8
krosten 55 8
cabin 49 8
brandon198 51 8
mamad 48 8
disco 31 8
fdeano45 35 8
jake 33 8
jcs11 20 8
jesse 8 8
ablinville 135 8
alb970 134 8
aleevdb 76 8
andytripp 137 8
apache6 8 8
avs2012 132 8
baylsc 150 8
bh4jbh4j 131 8
bigj13 132 8
bpardini 115 8
brendon722 114 8
broncoh8r 50 8
WEBIV 135 8
butterguy 133 8
cacyphe 132 8
candel67 70 8
captaintee 112 8
cdowns1 138 8
Ceromero12 136 8
chevwizard 136 8
christchif 124 8
chystall 136 8
cidx2 129 8
corinnef 126 8
corwinc 135 8
crnorton 135 8
damudders 123 8
dantest 138 8
dayzduke 122 8
dcamp33 115 8
dciluffo 138 8
debdrepat 58 8
drtonyk 138 8
eebie 115 8
ehainey 123 8
eloy1 129 8
traderzane 142 8
finfan59 128 8
foneman52 100 8
forks26 52 8
geprig 117 8
gigigarcia 118 8
grannysfan 60 8
grantwells 116 8
hazelnut18 132 8
Ironman79 138 8
jadosse 143 8
jaguar13 16 8
jeanneemue 130 8
jere9be 118 8
jesquibel1 125 8
johernande 127 8
johnnygaz 133 8
jordan79mb 125 8
jrarch55 130 8
jttrujillo 132 8
jwforshee 131 8
kalby 131 8
kaygriffth 136 8
keevz22 76 8
kraegomez 133 8
kslyter 143 8
Arizona 138 8
kurtis13 130 8
lemonbella 17 8
lil04joe 134 8
lizzie0808 78 8
lsovocool 125 8
mattmages 48 8
merlina182 20 8
mgrome 134 8
mikerak 130 8
moreh2o 131 8
moze2013 133 8
nfl3607 109 8
oxfordking 47 8
pchay8 136 8
picklepus 138 8
ag120695 131 8
probee 143 8
puig1 124 8
pwflores 144 8
quiklikeab 124 8
realmccoy2 126 8
realmccoy3 125 8
realmccoy4 128 8
realmccoy5 125 8
redbear100 39 8
riomfnate 53 8
rionate 129 8
roliger 135 8
rum1961 113 8
Hannigan 136 8
suealsum 149 8
rocketman 108 8
shately 129 8
shupe52 124 8
smouret 125 8
soco21 136 8
sonnybones 124 8
swindell26 128 8
homegiblit 29 8
tarzano 76 8
Otto 137 8
tcotten 138 8
tdossey 135 8
teambohica 140 8
thepaddler 132 8
TonyHotter 138 8
tobyjm 139 8
Troy valde 135 8
wildryty 130 8
woodysteam 89 8
xt1ngu1sh 141 8
Zabkatista 139 8
PeteRdG 123 7
cdossey 128 7
joosten 117 7
cindylou 132 7
james 132 7
vikingman 122 7
albertf 122 7
lbewley 121 7
papadan 131 7
barbarak 130 7
reddurango 126 7
lgallegos 147 7
oscar 137 7
big_al 149 7
mspat 118 7
Gina 120 7
debbiez 127 7
mbalzen 141 7
petee 125 7
fishscale 141 7
kath 133 7
tlopez 131 7
cash 124 7
bigdaddyd 105 7
taylor 98 7
jlittle 89 7
juan 71 7
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shed 29 7
billcorwin 143 7
bjforkner 123 7
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DO86 141 7
RK CK 136 7
lilbucki 96 7
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xskunk 122 7
meyers 134 6
amber 118 6
clarkbar 133 6
bemrich 127 6
janiceb 131 6
jetsfan 127 6
brandonw 132 6
bree 124 6
forsberg39 146 6
danrose 138 6
jack11 48 6
broncfan51 135 6
johnmank 135 6
michmat 124 6
rams91 140 6
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jaydoc 124 5
dizzydean 126 5
joefpayne 108 5
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