Bleach 607 - The Master

Another Bleach chapter is out, so why not talk about it?

Spoilers after the cut.

2014 NFL Power Rankings, Week 12

Week 12 in the NFL dialed back the craziness quite a bit.  In fact, the only really nutty result occurred on Thursday, when 0-10 Oakland suddenly became 1-10 Oakland.  They're still eliminated from the playoffs (along with the New York Jets), but hey, it's nice to beat a team that could be a division winner (well, it's possible, but not likely).

Here are the Rankings for Week 12:

Bleach 606 - Divine Division

Another Bleach chapter is out, so let's talk about it.

Spoilers after the cut.

2014 NFL Power Rankings, Week 11

It was a crazy week in the NFL as teams playing in the early timeslot just couldn't seem to put it together, even though they were likely favored to win.

Of course, most of those teams were losers anyway.  But there were a few teams in the Rankings that didn't really show up, although a couple of them were playing each other and that makes things more difficult.

Also, the Monday night survival by Pittsburgh brings them back into the fold and knocks Cleveland out.  Hey, they lost to the Texans.  You can't lose to the Texans (who have one good player) and expect to stay here.

Here are the Rankings for Week 11:

Bleach 605 - Don't Call My Name

Another Bleach chapter is out, so let's talk about it.

Spoilers after the cut.

2014 NFL Power Rankings, Week 10

Looking at the matchups for Week 10, my initial thought was that it would be Blowout City.

It's never that simple.  Or, rarely so.  There would be a surprise result that I hadn't picked and for whatever reason (read: bias) wouldn't be able to foresee. Really, there were only two of those, and I bumbled into a third by forgetting the first rule of the 2010's NFL: Andy Dalton can't win in the regular season when the game is played in prime-time.  I ignored that, and of course the Browns curb-stomped Cincy.

Boy, do I dislike Cincinnati.

I picked New Orleans to win straight up and that was looking good until the refs called offensive pass interference on Saints TE (not WR, TIGHT END) Jimmy Graham.  The call was bogus because one of the DB's in the area, Perrish Cox, flopped like an NBA or European football player.  So a sure-fire Saints win was turned into an OT game.  Predictably, Drew Brees continued his year of "this guy is an elite QB? you must be joking" by fumbling the ball, thus giving the game to the 49ers.

The other goof was picking Pittsburgh to beat the Jets.  No matter that the Steelers had won three in a row and Roethlisberger had thrown 12 TD's in the previous two games...the Steelers were bound and determined to not only look stupid, but to hand the Jets a win they didn't deserve.  I should have known better, but somehow didn't.

And with that, here are the Rankings for Week 10:

Bleach 604 - Revitalize

Upward and onward, Bleach fans!  Another chapter with momentous events to discuss.

Spoilers after the cut.

2014 NFL Power Rankings, Week 9

For once, my top 10 didn't go entirely to pot.  This is good.

And maybe, just maybe, we know who's good and who isn't in the NFL this season.

That said, there's still plenty of time for things to go awry.  We're only halfway through, after all.

Here are the Rankings for Week 9: