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Inspired by the greatest television show ever created, Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal , we at SPiN have decided to search for a true psychic among us.
Beginning with week one in the NFL, we’ll be exploring the depths of the abilities of five prospective psychics. Our participants include: a real-life fantasy sports expert, an uninformed/uninterested school teacher, a 2002 U.S. quarter, a dog named Bowden and yours truly, the SPiN Producer.
We'll start the search by making weekly picks during the 2008 NFL season. With no spread in play, we’re simply picking winners and losers. We’ll also look at the NCAA football bowl season, the NBA season, NCAA March Madness and plenty of other avenues, hoping to show the depth our psychic powers.
| Introducing the SPiN Psychics | ||||
| Gregory Urbano, SPiN Producer: Picks made by using knowledge gained from thousands of hours glued to a couch watching football and years of playing football video games. Jamey Eisenberg, CBSSports.com Fantasy Sports Expert: Picks made using knowledge gained from years of research done while providing in-depth fantasy news and insight to CBSSports.com users. Uninformed/Uninterested School Teacher: Picks made by choosing cities she: likes, visited, went to school in, wants to visit, heard good things about, knows Tom Brady plays for. Bowden, Mixed-breed Dog: Picks made when choosing between two of the same treats held in front of his face. The treat in the left hand was the away team, and the home team was in the right. 2002 U.S. Quarter: Picks made by flipping the quarter high into the air and waiting for it to land. When it lands, heads represents the home team winning and tails is the away team. | ||||
| Week 1 | ||||||
| Game | Urbano | Eisenberg | Teacher | Bowden The Dog | Quarter | |
| Washington Redskins @ N.Y. Giants |  | | | | | |
| Seattle Seahawks @ Buffalo Bills |  |  | | | | |
| Detroit Lions @ Atlanta Falcons |  | |  | | | |
| Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens |  | | | | | |
| St. Louis Rams @ Philadelphia Eagles |  | |  | | | |
| Houston Texans@ Pittsburgh Steelers |  | | |  | | |
| Jacksonville Jaguars @ Tennessee Titans |  | | | | | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ New Orleans Saints |  | | |  | | |
| Kansas City Chiefs @ New England Patriots |  | | | | | |
| N.Y. Jets @ Miami Dolphins |  | | |  | | |
| Arizona Cardinals @ San Francisco 49ers |  |  | | | | |
| Carolina Panthers @ San Diego Chargers |  | | |  | | |
| Dallas Cowboys @ Cleveland Browns |  | |  | | | |
| Chicago Bears @ Indianapolis Colts |  | |  | | | |
| Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers |  | |  | | | |
| Denver Broncos @ Oakland Raiders |  |  | | | | |
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Test #1 – 2008 NFL Season, Week One: Providing a great litmus test of true psychic abilities, the first week of the NFL season is always tough to predict.
With pre-season games giving no real sign of what to expect, picks for Jamey Eisenberg and I are based on gut feelings and guesses.
Our school teacher loves Chicago and went to college in Jacksonville, so here’s hoping they go 16-0!
Bowden The Dog could be in the dog house after one week with Miami, Atlanta and Oakland all needing wins.
And the 2002 U.S. quarter picked just two different outcomes than our school teacher, so we’re wondering whether or not cheating was allowed here. If so, detention is in order!
| Archive | ||||
| Regular season: Week 1 | ||||