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NFL Week 13: Turkey picks
You're driving to Grandma's, not reading this, so let Queen Elizabeth worry about who's going to beat whom.
A quick look at the A-11 offense
Piedmont High doesn't get much of a chance to run its famous scheme in a first-round playoff loss.
NFL Week 12: Big-game picks
It's rivalry week on campus, but as great as Auburn-Alabama might be, how can it compete with Texans-Browns? Wait, let us rephrase that ...
Ocho Cinco and you
Finally, some good news about the NFL Network: You don't have it so you'll miss the Bengals-Steelers game, just like Chad Johnson.
The coach in waiting
Texas makes defensive coordinator Will Muschamp the Lone Star State's Prince Charles.
BCS goes to "pay TV"
Long-feared apocalypse for sports fans, a major championship on cable, is just a routine business deal.
Steelers clock management caused mess
Had Pittsburgh been smarter about time, there would have been no last Chargers play for the officials to screw up.
Bad ending? You bet
Maybe the fix wasn't in for the Steelers not to cover against the Chargers, but if it had been, the end could have looked the same.
NFL Week 11: Vacation picks
No more bye weeks. Everyone works for the rest of the year. Unless the Browns call in sick.
NFL Week 10 picks: Perfection
The Titans have achieved it so far, so where's the "halfway to 16-0" talk? Plus: The Lions have been perfect too. And: Giants-Eagles showdown.
Week 10, Part I: Brady at QB!
Not that one. Quinn takes over in Cleveland as NFL Network's Thursday night football kicks off.
Panel o' Experts: The experts are winning
Something is amiss in the standings: The smart people have been the best at picking NFL games.
NFL midseason prediction report
The good, the bad and the really bad. Also the terrible. And the rotten.
Colts, wasted TO's do in Pats
Bill Belichick might be a genius, but he can squander timeouts with the best of 'em.
NFL Week 9: Scary Halloween picks
Boo! There won't be any spooky clichés in this rundown of the week's games.
Cleveland without rival in futility
Buffalo and San Diego haven't crowned a champ in a while either, but they've had fewer teams.
Bears squib themselves
Lovie Smith opts for the old "Let's give them great field position" play, and the Falcons get a win at the gun.
NFL Week 6: Playoff picks
Baseball playoffs, that is. In other words: They're still playing football? And: What? Hockey?
The hot A-11 offense's female cousin
Piedmont High's all-eligible scheme is the talk of football, but a coach in a women's pro league says he's been running it for three years.
NFL assumptions: Wrong again
Unless you saw Atlanta (3-2) over Green Bay (2-3) coming, you didn't see this season shaping up this way either.
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King Kaufman on sports: This column ran from 2002-09. The barstool is now empty, but I'm still at Salon. You can find me on Twitter or Facebook or drop a line to king at salon.com.

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