Merry Christmas from Warrick D. Nicolson... featuring Richie Benaud's 2013 Christmas XI

Merry Christmas Everyone!

By W D Nicolson - December 23, 2013
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Have a fantastic Christmas Day 2013 and a safe 2014 from all of us here at www.wdnicolson.com... okay that's just me, but still - be good!

#NFL 2013: Week 16 Picks - Head to Head and with Spread | #nflpicks #nflpickem

2013 NFL PICKS - WEEK 16

- AFC and NFC Picks - Head to Head and with the Spread -
By The Postman, December 22, 2013

WEEKLY RECAP: Stuck on the fence on both fronts - with matching 8-8 records halting the momentum from back to back 10-6 and 11-5 weeks (Head to Head wise). Just a poor week with upsets happening everywhere as Sunday went into Monday in the NFL.

H2H UPSETS PICKED: Well Chicago looked after us, but Jacksonville remembered they suck and lost at home to Buffalo. Only went with two upsets, so 1 from 2 is acceptable. Tipped 1 from 2 Upsets Correct for Week 15 (per Pick'Em favourite/underdog listing).

H2H LESSONS LEARNED: We're so late in the season you'd think teams with their playoff lives on a knife's edge would turn up... not so. Good luck to San Diego who beat Denver and Miami over New England but seriously Philly losing to Minnesota, Dallas to Green Bay, New Orleans to St Louis, Cincinnati to Pittsburgh and Baltimore to Detroit all involved the losing team being in a position to either secure their playoff spot or a high playoff seed and they got BEAT.

Our Week 16 Picks are up next...

Not gonna happen... thanks Atlanta

My 2013 NFL Season Preview and SuperBowl picks are here - and every week throughout the NFL in 2013 I will be posting my picks here on www.wdnicolson.com and via @wdnicolson.

Last year in the Yahoo! Sports Pro Football Pick'em competition I managed to finish in the 98th percentile (so Top 2%) of tipsters across the world... completely surprising myself by using the rule of thumb I (for some reason) refuse to back entirely in my NRL Tipping (that is pick favourites and then pick favourites and then, and only then... pick favourites and maybe one or two gut picks - which doesn't hurt you as much with up to 16 NFL games a week v 8 NRL games).

Week 16 sees the first regular season week of the year without Thursday Night Football - with all but one game now on Sunday. There are just two weeks left until the playoffs.

=====WEEK 16 PICKS=====

#NRL Classic Footy Films previews the 2014 Parramatta Eels...

Can the Parramatta Eels end the nightmare?

2014 National Rugby League Premiership Preview

By W D Nicolson - December 13, 2013
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There's plenty of 'newness' at the Parramatta Eels for 2014... so Classic Footy Films takes a look at the team for next season.

How do you think the 'New Eels' will go in 2014 Parra fans?
Let us know by commenting below or replying on Twitter.

Now you can still subscribe to our NOT The Footy Show Podcast on iTunes here and although we're not sure if or when we'll be back on air again, it doesn't hurt to be prepared right?

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