Now for some fun news, gang, so everyone gather around your computers and keep your ears peeled. My good buddy Lucas runs a blog entitled Confessions of a Sportscaster – you can find the link on the sidebar, but screw it, we’ll put a link here, too – and you should read it because it’s quite entertaining and thoughtful (right now, he’s halfway through his NFL divisional previews, so now would be an ideal time to bookmark that URL if you haven’t done so already). And Lucas comes up to me the other day and he says to me, “You know, Nathaniel, we should combine blog forces and create an NFL picks league on ESPN.com in which we select winners against the spread, competing against each other and anyone else who is interested for the purpose of enhancing our own personal enjoyment and lording bragging rights over each other.” And I said to Lucas, “You know, that’s a great idea, let’s do it!” Then we went back to drinking Gatorade and playing games of H-O-R-S-E.
So here’s the link to that group; please consider joining our league and putting us to shame. As mentioned above, we’ll be picking winners against the gambling lines Vegas would put up for each game if gambling were legal. We’ll also explain our picks in a giant co-written post each week (found either here or on Confessions). The winner of the personal picks battle between Lucas and myself will write a guest post on the other’s blog (spoiler alert: if I win, my post will be entitled “101 Reasons Why the Packers Suck”). If any commoners among you win the league outright, it seems that Lucas is extending an offer to write a post on his blog as well; I will probably extend to you my deepest respect and good wishes. Please proffer your entry before the season begins a week from today.
Also, the last SSLYAR 2012 Team Preview was posted today; thanks to everyone who read any or all of them. If you missed any of them, I’ve posted links to all of them below (sorted by division) so you’re spared the agony of having type in the search box (the horror!).
AFC East: Buffalo, Miami, New England, NY Jets
AFC North: Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburgh
AFC South: Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Tennessee
AFC West: Denver, Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego
NFC East: Dallas, NY Giants, Philadelphia, Washington
NFC North: Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, Minnesota
NFC South: Atlanta, Carolina, New Orleans, Tampa Bay
NFC West: Arizona, St. Louis, San Francisco, Seattle
Someone Still Loves You, Alberto Riveron 
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