Like a pat of butter — or a zit on a fat girl’s stomach — we’re on a roll.

So far the playoffs have been good to both Brian and I, as we went 3-1 picking an indentical slate. We got lucky (the Cowboys covered, but lost) and unlucky (the Eagles won, but failed to cover). Either way, we’ll take it. It’s interesting to note this marks my fifth consecutive 3-1 week. Yeah. 15-5 against the spread over the last five weeks. I’ll take it.

So here’s a week-by-week breakdown of how we’ve done this season. Cumulative scores are in parenthesis and a dash indicates we were either too drunk, too busy, or too stupid to make picks that week.

For the season, I’m a surprising 11 games over .500 at 33-22-1, and with the good week Brian’s inching toward the Mendoza line at 27-18-1. If we were gambling real money here — say something reasonable like $50 a game, which would mean we’d have $200 in play a week — I’d be up $550. Brian, on the other hand, would be down $80. (For people new to gambling, a standard bet would be something like $55 to win $50, which means you bet $55 against the spread, and if you win, you get $105 — the $55 you bet plus the $50 you “won”. Of course if you lose, you lose your $55. The main consequence of this is you have to do better — much better — than .500 against the spread to just break even).

Not to beat a dead horse, but in case you’re interested, here’s how our winning percentages stack up against the Sports Guy and his Wife: Jeremy: .600, Sports Gal: .514, Sports Guy: .510, Brian: .490.

If the Sports Guy’s wife can beat him picking games, makes me wonder how well Adrienne would do. I mean, could he possibly be worse? (ZING!)

More non-football-related content coming later on this week.