A victory was afoot for Miss Ali in Week 7 of the Gridiron Green.
Alison Foote of Aztec, aka MissAli23, snapped an eight-player tie for first place with a well-guessed 45-21 tiebreaker in the Sunday-night football game in Denver. The Broncos beat the San Francisco 49ers 42-17.
Foote’s 12, as a result, won the Green.
The Gridiron Guru rebounded as expected with an 11, joining fellow weekly champions Aaron Archuleta, Shauna Dooley-Wallace and Marcia Kuzma in a majority of Greenies with 11-of-15 correct.
The Guru, which correctly picked the Chiefs over the Chargers to nicely segue into the Chargers’ upset over the Broncos, is 67-41 on the season. Only ...
Week 8
Bye: New York Giants and San Francisco.
Thursday, Oct. 23
San Diego at Denver (KCNC, KREZ; NFL Network; KRSJ 100.5 FM): After seeing the Broncos’ Orange Crush a good 49ers team, coupled with the Chargers’ dinged-up secondary, short week or not, last year’s Thursday-night history be damned, I’ve changed my mind on this originally perceived trap game. Pick: Broncos, 30-20. Line: Broncos by 7½.
Sunday, Oct. 26
Detroit vs. Atlanta, at London (KASA): London’s Calling hard for a team. Jacksonville? St. Louis? It’s not the Falcons or the Lions, but, hey, Brits, enjoy the show; this is the best game, best quarterbacks, they’ve seen since Stan Gelbaugh QB’ed the London Monarchs to the 1991 World Bowl championship. Pick: Lions, 23-10. Line: Lions by 4.
St. Louis at Kansas City: Well, it’s not the I-70 series St. Louis fans were hoping for, but the Rams are building something through a Mason, building off their win against the defending Super Bowl champions, and it’s tricky. Pick: Rams, 23-16. Line: Chiefs by 6½.
Houston at Tennessee: Texans remember the Oilers, then lay an oil slick on the Titans’ home field. Pick: Texans, 22-20. Line: Texans by 1.
Minnesota at Tampa Bay: The Bucs hoist Leslie Frazier on their shoulders in the a la Buffalo Bills’ Jim Schwartz treatment. (See: Week 5.) Pick: Buccaneers, 19-17. Line: Buccaneers by 3.
Seattle at Carolina (KREZ): My prediction is the quarterbacks will outgain the running backs. Pick: Panthers, 27-20. Line: Seahawks by 4½.
Baltimore at Cincinnati (KCNC): Each teams’ arrows are pointing in different directions. Pick: Ravens, 23-16. Line: Bengals by 1½.
Miami at Jacksonville: There’s been a Michigan Man sighting in Jacksonville, but this game will come down to the new-and-improved play of the Dolphins’ hybrid quarterback. Pick: Dolphins, 21-20. Line: Dolphins by 5½.
Chicago at New England: The Bears are soldiers away from home, but Foxborough is no place for an enemies’ tea party. Pick: Patriots, 24-20. Line: Patriots by 6.
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets: Next man up for the Bills’ backfield is the third-string running back. Pick: Jets, 17-16. Line: Jets by 3.
Philadelphia at Arizona: Off the bye, take The Real McCoys. Pick: Eagles, 23-21. Line: Cardinals by 2½.
Oakland at Cleveland: People believed in the Browns, then they lost to the Jaguars. Now, they’ll lose to the Raiders. Pick: Raiders, 30-20. Line: Browns by 7.
Indianapolis at Pittsburgh (KCNC, KREZ): The quick-strike Steelers hit the Texans fast Monday night, but Luck and the Horseshoe have a number of Colts in their own artillery. Pick: Colts, 26-19. Line: Colts by 3.
Green Bay at New Orleans (KOBF, KUSA): Drew Brees. Aaron Rodgers. A Sunday night in New Orleans. It’s going to be fun, fun, fun in The Big Easy. Pick: Saints, 33-30. Line: Saints by 1½.
Monday, Oct. 27
Washington at Dallas (ESPN): Kirk Cousins. Robert Griffin III. Colt McCoy. These aren’t The Real McCoys. Pick: Cowboys, 34-17. Line: Cowboys by 9.
Gridiron Green
Week 7
Note: The names in bold are the weekly Gridiron Green winners and the Gridiron Guru, with the weeks the winners won indicated in parentheses.
Overall Week 7
Missali23 (7) 69 12
june 71 12
susanne 66 12
bojangles 64 12
hsteinle 72 12
boatie 66 12
trooper 62 12
cidx2 67 12
GRIDIRON GURU 64 11
Peyday 69 11
JoeSmith 32 11
Skater22 71 11
ncblue311 69 11
petershirk 66 11
cookie45 71 11
KittyCent 65 11
tramirez 64 11
jason 68 11
slroberts 69 11
dave 67 11
dbroncos 72 11
robrog 68 11
scott27 69 11
jaydoc 48 11
katwalk 49 11
shauna (4) 69 11
simpson 60 11
dominique 67 11
MillerTime 68 11
jorjor 57 11
jlane 56 11
Tanaya 61 11
groberts 71 11
skibum 71 11
azfan 72 11
tomd 53 11
SWITT 72 11
rickb 66 11
grandma1 63 11
marionl 63 11
beaver74 40 11
vince 70 11
sparky 63 11
justjamee 41 11
w00dy 68 11
Aaron A. (2) 72 11
esteban 67 11
Gremlins 69 11
byron 54 11
Boogie man 31 11
oscar 72 11
redskin58 61 11
Shaqattack 67 11
ryans 74 11
jennifertr 45 11
Mr. Wales 70 11
pckrgrl 70 11
“XXX” 38 11
vickyt 63 11
alisha 72 11
Cyphers 67 11
forsberg39 69 11
hillster 67 11
huckster 71 11
harry55 69 11
marioG 72 11
paulj 74 11
brandon198 56 11
fdeano45 69 11
Jake doyle 35 11
chanel 61 11
jesvigil 60 11
bigal60 70 11
truchas 71 11
broncos 70 11
mikecortez 69 11
tanner1 68 11
mamajama 68 11
paddy 64 11
bobster 65 11
crazylouie 66 11
zoeygirl 69 11
cajun 70 11
bigdog99 69 11
thomas24 67 11
eblack 63 11
trav 67 11
lamar18 66 11
ollie 62 11
texasdeck 49 11
moni 43 11
laurakunia 33 11
aeverett81 64 11
ajheirtz 71 11
Atbatcat 58 11
baylsc 72 11
bjforkner 42 11
boydh 71 11
broncobart 66 11
cas19 66 11
cooter89 62 11
dciluffo 71 11
denvoo 47 11
dpgrizzly 60 11
durango57 65 11
EL GECKO 67 11
Maverick 71 11
hesperado (1) 71 11
hmckie 71 11
jcbia 68 11
kslyter 68 11
lamadden 69 11
moreh2o 70 11
pewtergirl 69 11
ag120695 69 11
quasarwes 71 11
quiklikeab 61 11
rtm79 63 11
suealsum 71 11
sdebelina1 66 11
superextem 54 11
SnapFace 71 11
xt1ngu1sh 62 11
joosten 69 10
mike 64 10
meyers 69 10
pistolpete 70 10
kristalp 68 10
kane 73 10
connief 68 10
albertf 67 10
glnorton 63 10
elvis65 69 10
Tripp 67 10
heatmiser 58 10
packerfan 69 10
dragracer 62 10
jsquires 65 10
dpollock 64 10
marmstrong 69 10
rmorris 74 10
ladonna 68 10
amos 67 10
redhawks 67 10
GinaA 67 10
twheeler 62 10
sherry 68 10
gjohnson 69 10
edonelan 68 10
yomama 62 10
khinkle 64 10
netter 67 10
klyons 63 10
billy 68 10
hawk99 68 10
chrissim33 60 10
swami 68 10
Geri 563 63 10
ryanp 65 10
yogibear 54 10
delbs 65 10
aelliott 64 10
Motob 71 10
cardfan 69 10
kmvdad0927 66 10
stkitts10 66 10
bree 66 10
fishscale 40 10
sobrino 64 10
lester 64 10
mamat 55 10
taylor 54 10
stoneage 68 10
ramjet 70 10
hmorris 64 10
terry n 68 10
ABC123 60 10
c130 59 10
tbone 64 10
lisadonela 66 10
peggy 72 10
john_s 51 10
atrain 53 10
nlopez 53 10
stevieb 19 10
benruybal 59 10
broncfan51 69 10
broncoh8r 67 10
broncosbm 65 10
cbef 68 10
crnorton 61 10
jadosse 65 10
jank 16 10
joyceella 53 10
kelleyj4 71 10
mgrome 67 10
picklepus 69 10
pkabill 65 10
plgone 66 10
rams91 68 10
rick81326 57 10
StephieO 61 10
spannistan 70 10
tspoon32 66 10
xskunk 60 10
zman033 62 10
cindylou 67 9
christinab 50 9
blackrose 64 9
deanob 65 9
lbewley 64 9
broncbust 66 9
deanna 61 9
rmiller 69 9
jrichardso 66 9
rrichardso 65 9
rbarkley 53 9
bemrich 56 9
ZumaB 62 9
Antonio 59 9
weese338 57 9
jetsfan 62 9
debbiez 58 9
mbalzen 65 9
goober 59 9
dizzydean 19 9
tiffmc 62 9
tarheel 69 9
reddurango 59 9
mcheather 68 9
oldman 39 9
broncosfvr 57 9
brownpow 19 9
erinjlopez 50 9
jimsquires 62 9
lordhunter 64 9
mwanger 64 9
odhainey 65 9
skolmn 65 9
ElleBee 60 8
james 58 8
master 67 8
jwilson 56 8
clarkbar 61 8
CC23 46 8
opie 63 8
waylon (5) 61 8
steeler75 (3) 58 8
jakem (6) 65 8
elwood 19 8
butterguy 64 8
carriekate 52 8
DO86 59 8
eaglesrgr8 54 8
jrarch55 62 8
lsovocool 67 8
mikerak 38 8
notbobo 32 8
Pat Flores 62 8
rionate 63 8
crowley 64 8
shupie 59 8
smouret 64 8
tarzano 27 8
wildryty 61 8
ingelise 20 8
youngkathy 68 8
roylb 60 7
wally49 58 7
tlittle 54 7
janiceb 61 7
Evans 53 7
crisg 55 7
Josie_L 49 7
56golf 60 7
johnnygood 52 7
tucson 43 7
blwells 65 7
michmat 52 7
ta26 66 7
threef504 56 7
Hound 64 6
jsalchicha 61 6
choker 60 6
mommamary 51 6
shed 59 5
gdhudson53 58 5
Zabkatista 65 5
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