Hondo started slowly on wild-card weekend with the Bengwads and the over, but then found his stride and hit five of the next six points, sweeping the spreads and cashing on two-of three of the totals.
The highlight, of course, was his smack-dab, right-on-the-money, honey, 24-14 prediction of Seahawks over Redskins, which bodes well for his Divisional forecasts:
Ravens-Broncos: The joint will be jumping, but then again the joints are always jumping in Colorado these days. Count on the Broncos, who haven’t lost since Oct. 7 in Foxborough, to make it 12 straight as Peyton’s smoking offense exposes an agin’ Raven D that’s going to pot. To be perfectly blunt: Broncos 31-14
Packers-49ers: It’s all about the Niners’ defense, which is wicked at Candlestick (as their 13.8 PA per game attests). If you’re wondering how Air Aaron, who was the league’s top-rated QB this season, manages to stay grounded, it’s because he endured a league-high 51 sacks this season. So figure on Rodgers to do a lot of sittin’ by the dock of the bay. 49ers 27-14
Seahawks-Falcons: Negative energy is swirling in Atlanta. Matty Ice and coach Mikey Ice are a cool 0-3 together in the playoffs, while Tony Gonzalez is 0-for-his-life. And here come the big bad Seahags, sans DE Chris Clemons. It doesn’t help that the Falcons give up a league-worst 4.8 yards per against the run, death against a team rushin’ to New Orleans. Seahawks 24-17
Texans-Patriots: Free money in Foxborough, folks! The Texans, who would be watching this game if Andy Dalton could complete a 35-yard pass to an open receiver, have no shot. They proved that in Week 14 when they were thoroughly thumped by the Gronk-less Pats 42-14. He’s back so it’ll be worse. Patriots 45-10
As for the other areas of interest to HondoNation:
Redskins’ coach Mike Shanahan doesn’t understand why Seattle’s Chris Clemons isn’t suiting up in Atlanta. After all, the only thing bothering him is a torn ACL and meniscus.
Coming attractions: A movie called “Rodham,” which is about Hillary Clinton before she became famous. Hondo hears there’s also one in the works about Bill called “Ride ‘Em!”
According to emauler Ed Buckmir, Hillary Clinton’s stay in the hospital messed up Bill’s New Year’s Eve plans so much that all he could say to her was: “Thanks a clot.”
Props to Bill Clinton, who was been named Father of the Year for 2013 by the National Father’s Day Council. The former Horndog-in-Chief won a tight race by narrowly beating outJohn Edwards, Tiger Woods, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Anthony “Ridiculous Bulge” Weiner and Eliot “John” Spitzer.
Speaking of Spitzer, the former N.Y. Guv and Client 9 of Ashley Dupre, has stepped down as the host of Current TV’s “Viewpoint” now that Al “Big Oil” Gore has sold out to Al Jazeera. Spitzer swears that’s it, he’s finally done with whores.
You would think that Al Goreera, who had so much trouble with the dangling chad, might have sold to a buyer that wasn’t the favored network of terrorists’ responsible for beheading Chad.
With the sale to Al Jazeera, Big Oil Gore finally has found a new mantra. It’s no longer “count all the votes,” it’s “count all the money.”
We interrupt this HondoNation mirth-fest with some tragic news. Current TV slug David Shuster was asked last week about Gasbag Olbermann and reported: “The days of hearing from Keith Olbermann are not over.” So sad!
Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney charged that Chris Christie prayed for Sandy to hit so it would cover up his failed policies. Sweeney must have been confused. It was Chris Matthews who prayed for Sandy because it “brought in possibilities for good politics” for Obama.
Speaking of storms, Al Roker is amazed he’s in the middle of a fecal-matter storm after revealing that on a trip to the White House in 2002 he pooped his pants. He has to understand; even a little brown-out is big news if it happens at the White House.
With Rex Ryan and Woody Johnson obviously committed to their bromance, consultant Jed Hughes has had to alter the criteria in his search for a Jets GM. He’s now looking for a seasoned and knowledgeable football man who not only will defer to Rex on all football decisions, but also be willing to be thrown under the bus next year when the season goes into the toilet.
BarkingMut of SoBe says Rex, in order to fulfill his guarantee of bringing his Super Bowl winning Jets to the White House to meet Obama, had better hope N.Y. Congressman Jose Serrano’s attempt to eliminate presidential term limits somehow passes.
More Mut: Since Rex Ryan now says he wants a mulligan for the last four years, how about Woody gives fans one, too, by refunding all the ticket and PSL money that was collected during that time period.
ESPN apologized for B
rent Musburger gushing about the beauty of A.J. McCarron’s girlfriend during the BCS Title Game. What’s the big deal? It’s not like Brent said she looks like she tastes like a heart-healthy breakfast cereal.
Brian “Mr. Laughs” Williams, continuing to grow his comedy portfolio, played himself on “Family Guy” Sunday night. It would have been a nice gesture if the NBC anchor, who lamented the “optics” of the Republican party’s all-white male Congressional leadership (while presiding over virtually all white “Rock Center”) had turned down the “Family Guy” gig so that a person of color could have improved the “Family Guy” optics.
Elsewhere on the optic topic, K-Dog of Md. points out Obama has now tapped John Kerry (white male) for State, Chuck Hagel (white male) for Defense, and Jack Lew (white male) for Treasury. It seems Obama’s cabinet also is starting to develop some optics issues.
Then again it could be that Obama has binders full of white men.
Obama had 10 galas when he celebrated his first election, but there is far less enthusiasm this time around. In fact, it won’t be long before and Obama will have something in common with Chaz Bono: Two inaugural balls.