Week 8 expert picks: Rookie revenge?

Last Week's Review

WEEK 7 STANDINGS
John Czarnecki (9-4)
Adrian Hasenmayer (9-4)
Alex Marvez (8-5)
Adam Schein (8-5)
Peter Schrager (8-5)
Jay Glazer (7-6)

LAST WEEK'S UPSET PICKS OF THE WEEK
None

LAST WEEK'S UPSETTING PICKS OF THE WEEK
Browns over Packers — Marvez: "Real simple explanation: I typed this in wrong. I'll blame Karo Parisyan for making this pick."

Redskins over Eagles — Schrager: "What can I say? Sometimes you play pin the tail on the donkey in the dark. Sometimes you bob for an apple in murky waters. Sometimes you wake up next to someone ... something you don't remember looking like that the night before. I took the Redskins over the Eagles. It happens. I hate myself for it. Sometimes, you just need to move on."

Braggin' Rights of the Week

To the victor goes the spoils, including getting to tell everyone else about how smart he is.

Last week the top spot was shared by our overall leader John Czarnecki and our resident season cellar dwellar Adrian Hasenmayer, as both led the way going 9-4.

So let's hand the keyboard over to our weekly winners for their trash.

CZAR: I must admit that I am simply going against whatever Terry and Jimmy use on Sunday's pregame show.

HASENMAYER: I know I have ABSOLUTE ZERO right to talk any trash, thanks to my awful overall record this season. I dug myself a horrendous hole with a terrible Week 2, and credit my steady turnaround to actually spending more than five minutes on my picks each week nowadays.

The reason: I really would prefer not to become a Hazing victim. Ever since we debuted the feature, I'm spending every quiet moment looking at games to make sure my old high-school yearbook shots don't end up on this website. I'll just say this: Marvez wasn't the only guy rocking the mullet.

Hazing of the Week

Here's a new section sure to inspire hurt feelings, ego trips and other uncomfortable circumstances among colleagues. But let's face facts: We've been WAY too easy on the weekly last-place finisher, so we intend to change that in a big way.

Week 7 Victim: Jay Glazer (7-6)

DEFENDING THEIR PICKS
EDITOR'S NOTE: Jay actually has an excuse for his poor picks last week — he allowed UFC star and Glaze training partner Karo Parisyan make Jay's picks for Week 7, resulting in Jay's first last-place finish of the season. Therefore, Glazer steps before the microphone and cameras to face the music like a man.

GLAZER: I have to take full responsibility for my gross negligence and mistake for allowing my friend make my picks last week, and especially considering that for Karo and his friends, football is a little round ball with a bunch of hexagons all over it.

Then he absolutely insisted to take the Chiefs. That's when I shoulda stepped in, but I was unable to do so because I was being choked.

As a result I have stepped up my training and fought them off this week, and promise to come back with a vengeance. Although I must warn my fellows experts out there, Karo is not taking this lightly. He already told me that he plans to "Superman" punch Czar in the face if he talks any trash.

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