CGal has back to back big weeks and has taken a significant, albeit a likely temporary lead. Greg seems to have lost some momentum and the others seem stuck around the .500 mark. Let’s see how things develop heading into the playoffs…

	The GMan	Tim B	Big Ed	Greg	C Gal
Last Week	7 - 9	7 - 9	7 - 9	6 - 10	11 - 5
YTD	45 - 51	49 - 47	43 - 53	49 - 47	54 - 42
Indy at Buffalo (-7)
New Orleans at Carolina (-7)
Jacksonville at Cleveland (-1.5)
Philadelphia at Dallas (-3)
Chicago (-3) at Detroit
New England at Houston (-8)
Pittsburgh (-3) at Miami
NY Giants at Minnesota (-8.5)
Cincinnati at NY Jets (-10)
San Francisco (-7.5) at St Louis
Atlanta (-2.5) at Tampa Bay
Green Bay at Arizona (-3.5)
Kansas City at Denver (-13)
Baltimore (-10.5) at Oakland
Washington at San Diego (-3.5)
Tennessee (-4.5) at Seattle

Boy, where do I start? I feel this morning like I want to throw up. I had posted on Twitter last night that it was the first time in my life that I was actually embarrassed to be a Colts fan. Judging by the forums and commentary on the Indy websites, I was not the only one.

I wrote a piece a couple of weeks ago expressing my thoughts on the whole matter of the Colts chasing an undefeated season. That being unbeaten actually gave the GM and coaching staff cover from the fans in case a star player got hurt in the process. That all would be forgiven because they were chasing history. Clearly, Bill Polian did not read my article.

The Colts have, at least in recent years, been looked upon as a class organization. Always doing things the right way, not running the score up on opponents (unlike some team we won’t mention), and handling themselves in a professional and classy manner. Last night’s debacle has certainly tarnished that some.

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CGal made the big move last week, nailing 11 out of 16 picks to move into a tie with Greg for the YTD standings. Barnesy sits just one win behind, so it will be a shootout the rest of the way till Super Bowl Sunday. Here are their picks for Week 16.

	The GMan	Tim B	Big Ed	Greg	C Gal
Last Week	7 - 9	7 - 9	6 - 10	6 - 10	11 - 5
YTD	38 - 42	42 - 38	36 - 44	43 - 37	43 - 37
San Diego at Tennessee (-3)
Seattle at Green Bay (-14)
Oakland at Cleveland (-3.5)
Kansas City at Cincinnati (-14)
Buffalo at Atlanta (-9)
Houston at Miami (-3)
Carolina at NY Giants (-7)
Tampa Bay at New Orleans (-14)
Jacksonville at New England (-7.5)
Baltimore at Pittsburgh (-2.5)
Denver at Philadelphia (-7)
St Louis at Arizona (-14)
Detroit at San Francisco (-12)
NY Jets at Indianapolis (-5.5)
Dallas (-7) at Washington
Minnesota (-7) at Chicago

Anyone who knows me knows that I am an avid Indianapolis Colts fan. From the Colts caps, tees, and sweatshirts that I wear to the license plate on my car it is obvious.

As I Colts fan, I heard music to my ears last night on SportsCenter. The Colts head coach, Jim Caldwell, stating that all the starters will continue to start barring any health issues. “With the playoffs on the horizon and nothing left to play for, why would that be good news?”, you might be thinking to yourself. Here is why.

One word: 2006. That was the year that Pittsburgh came into town against one of the best Colts teams in recent years and left with a playoff victory. This came after the Colts had not given their starters any meaningful minutes in a game for about a month or so. The rust that accumulated on the Colts offense was incredibly evident and indeed they took almost three quarters to get in sync. Of course, by then, it was too late.

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Greg was the big winner last week, nailing 12 out of 16 picks to take the overall lead, while the rest of the guys went down in flames! For some it was pretty ugly. Let’s see if the GMan, Big Ed and C Gal can redeem themselves with a better week this time out!

	The GMan	Tim B	Big Ed	Greg	C Gal
Last Week	2 -14	5 - 11	3 - 13	12 - 4	3 - 13
YTD	19 - 29	26 - 22	21 - 27	29 - 19	23 - 25
Pittsburgh (-10) at Cleveland
Denver at Indy (-7)
Cincinnati at Minnesota (-6.5)
NY Jets (-4) at Tampa Bay
Buffalo at Kansas City (PK)
Green Bay (-3) at Chicago
New Orleans (-10) at Atlanta
Detroit at Baltimore (-13)
Miami at Jacksonville (-3)
Carolina at New England (-13.5)
Seattle at Houston (-6)
St Louis at Tennessee (-13)
Washington (-1) at Oakland
San Diego at Dallas (-3)
Philadelphia at NY Giants (-1)
Arizona (-3.5) at San Francisco

Legally blind, 14-year-old Nick DiCarlo now embraces the sport he once feared.

Nick DiCarlo sits in the center of adolescence, a place where self-consciousness is a way of life, a place where being different feels like a death sentence.

Nick hates to admit it, but he’s different.

Unmistakably, undeniably different.

He can watch television, but has to sit two feet from the screen. He can read, but has to hold the book inches from his eyes. He can hit a baseball, but it can take 30 swings.

The 14-year-old from Dalton says his eyesight is normal.

Doctors say he’s legally blind.

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