Category Archives: Fun & Games

Beat Football Cat! (2026 Week 9)

Hello November

Can YOU pick more winners than our own Football Cat? If so, you become eligible to win prizes! Football Cat picked 8 winners against 5 losers, none too shabby. But not enough outdo a new winning contestant Mike, who went 9-4! Wow!

How to play? Simply pick who you think will win this weekend’s games. (Sunday and Monday only) Pick more winners than Football Cat, and you can win your choice of either a The15 Inside Joke Prize Pack, a $25 Ninety Nine Restaurant Gift Card, a $25 Amazon Gift Card, or a $25 Supermarket Gift Card! Your choice as to Market Basket, Big Y, Shaw’s, or Stop & Shop! (Or another, if you are outside the New England Area)

Fluff, CITCO shirt, & your choice of KENO hat!

(One winner per week. In the event of a tie, a winner may be chosen at random. Winners remain eligible to also win in future weeks.)

Here are this weekend’s NFL matchups:

Bengals at Falcons

Broncos at Panthers

Cowboys at Colts

Jets at Chiefs

Lions at Dolphins

Browns at Saints

Giants at Eagles

Rams at Commanders

Texans at Chargers

Raiders at 49ers

Packers at Patriots

Cardinals at Seahawks

Buccaneers at Bears

Bills at Vikings (Tiebreaker – total points scored)

Email your picks to bjbsjournalintern@gmail.com (prior to kickoff of the first listed game) or, if that isn’t how you roll, post them on the Twitter and our stellar group of interns will make sure your entry is added to this week’s pool of contestants!

And good luck to all our contestants!

You play to win the game.

Beat Football Cat! (2026 Week 8)

Sometimes dead is better, lady.

Can YOU pick more winners than our own Football Cat? If so, you become eligible to win prizes! Football Cat went 7-6, which is more winners than losers, which would be fine except for Warren Dull’s Aunt going 8-5. She might be part cat!

Mrowr.

How to play? Simply pick who you think will win this weekend’s games. (Sunday and Monday only) Pick more winners than Football Cat, and you can win your choice of either a The15 Inside Joke Prize Pack, a $25 Ninety Nine Restaurant Gift Card, a $25 Amazon Gift Card, or a $25 Supermarket Gift Card! Your choice as to Market Basket, Big Y, Shaw’s, or Stop & Shop! (Or another, if you are outside the New England Area)

Prizes! Wheeeee!!

(One winner per week. In the event of a tie, a winner may be chosen at random. Winners remain eligible to also win in future weeks.)

Here are this weekend’s NFL matchups:

Ravens at Bills

Titans at Bengals

Cardinals at Cowboys

Vikings at Lions

Colts at Jaguars

Raiders at Jets

Browns at Steelers

Falcons at Buccaneers

Chargers at Rams

Chiefs at Broncos

Patriots at Dolphins

Eagles at Commanders

Bears at Seahawks (Tiebreaker – total points scored)

Email your picks to bjbsjournalintern@gmail.com (prior to kickoff of the first listed game) or, if that isn’t how you roll, post them on the Twitter and our spoopy group of interns will make sure your entry is added to this week’s pool of contestants!

And good luck to all our contestants!

Jump scare!

Football Cat’s Week 8 NFL Picks 2026

Have a Jolly Halloween!

What do you get when you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by it’s diameter?

Pumpkin Pi

I was told there’d be no math

Why did the Ghost of John Dennis’s go to the bar?

To get some Boos!

The morticians did a great job

Why did zombie Chris Gasper get kicked out of church?

He tried to eat the organ

Get well soon Kid Gas

What is A.J. Brown’s favorite Halloween candy?

Butterfingers

He’s on the all hands thumbs team

What does Robert Kraft give out for Halloween?

Boo-logna sandwiches

It was either bologna or little blue squares

Sunday Lunch Time
Ravens at Bills (-3.5)

Hairy cows spook scary black birds

Titans at Bengals (-10)
Stripey cats pounce on flopping Tits

Send Bobs

Cardinals at Cowboys (-6.5)
Boys BBQ pretty red birds

Vikings at Lions (-2.5)
Jungle Kings dethrone Vi-Kings

Colts at Jaguars (-7.5)
Spotted cats corral colts

A jaguar colt

Raiders (-1.5) at Jets
Jets keep Raiders below the Mendoza line

Browns at Steelers (-3.5)
Elves yoke Yinzers

He’s making a list and checking it twice, so you know it’s accurate

Falcons at Buccaneers (-1.5)
Penix pumps Baker’s boys

Sunday Dinner Time
Chargers at Rams (-7)

LA wins! (Horny sheep version)

Fake News from 1942

Chiefs (-1.5) at Broncos
Broncos bust Indigenous Peoples

Patriots (-7.5) at Dolphins
Patriots squish the fish

Greatest non-Super Bowl win in franchise history!

Sunday Prowl Time
Eagles at Commanders (-3.5)

Swamp Things make Philly look silly

Monday Prowl Time
Bears at Seahawks (-3)

Fake Seabirds put Bears into early hibernation

Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.

Beat Football Cat! (2026 Week 7)

Winning is fun!

Can YOU pick more winners than our own Football Cat? If so, you become eligible to win prizes! Football Cat stumbled a bit picking the 1:00 games, but recovered & finished the week going 8-5. No human contestant did as well.

How to play? Simply pick who you think will win this weekend’s games. (Sunday and Monday only) Pick more winners than Football Cat, and you can win your choice of either a The15 Inside Joke Prize Pack, a $25 Ninety Nine Restaurant Gift Card, a $25 Amazon Gift Card, or a $25 Supermarket Gift Card! Your choice as to Market Basket, Big Y, Shaw’s, or Stop & Shop! (Or another, if you are outside the New England Area)

Fluff, CITCO shirt, & your choice of KENO hat!

(One winner per week. In the event of a tie, a winner may be chosen at random. Winners remain eligible to also win in future weeks.)

Here are this weekend’s NFL matchups:

Steelers at Saints

49ers at Falcons

Buccaneers at Panthers

Giants at Texans

Colts at Vikings

Dolphins at Jets

Browns at Titans

Bengals at Ravens

Broncos at Cardinals

Packers at Lions

Rams at Raiders

Chiefs at Seahawks

Cowboys at Eagles (Tiebreaker – total points scored)


Email your picks to bjbsjournalintern@gmail.com (prior to kickoff of the first listed game) or, if that isn’t how you roll, post them on the Twitter and our crisp group of interns will make sure your entry is added to this week’s pool of contestants!

And good luck to all our contestants!

Maybe you can visit the pumpkin patch Sunday with NE already having played?

Beat Football Cat! (2026 Week 6)

“Knock it off.”

Can YOU pick more winners than our own Football Cat? If so, you become eligible to win prizes! Congratulations once again to Warren Dull’s Aunt! Going 10-3-1 last week, she did better than FC’s none too shabby 8-5-1.

How to play? Simply pick who you think will win this weekend’s games. (Sunday and Monday only) Pick more winners than Football Cat, and you can win your choice of either a The15 Inside Joke Prize Pack, a $25 Ninety Nine Restaurant Gift Card, a $25 Amazon Gift Card, or a $25 Supermarket Gift Card! Your choice as to Market Basket, Big Y, Shaw’s, or Stop & Shop! (Or another, if you are outside the New England Area)

Fluff, CITCO shirt, & your choice of KENO hat!

(One winner per week. In the event of a tie, a winner may be chosen at random. Winners remain eligible to also win in future weeks.)

Here are this weekend’s NFL matchups:

Texans at Jaguars

Bears at Falcons

Ravens at Browns

Titans at Colts

Jets at Patriots

Saints at Giants

Panthers at Eagles

Steelers at Buccaneers

Cardinals at Rams

Chargers at Chiefs

Bills at Raiders

Cowboys at Packers

Commanders at 49ers (Tiebreaker – total points scored)

Email your picks to bjbsjournalintern@gmail.com (prior to kickoff of the first listed game) or, if that isn’t how you roll, post them on the Twitter and our nice group of interns will make sure your entry is added to this week’s pool of contestants!

And good luck to all our contestants!

You better be winning fair and square, Auntie! Get your three-season room in order!

Beat Football Cat! (2026 Week 5)

Columbus brought cats to the New World.

Can YOU pick more winners than our own Football Cat? If so, you become eligible to win prizes! Congratulations again to Warren Dull’s Aunt! Going 12-3, she was one better that FC’s very respectable 11-4.

How to play? Simply pick who you think will win this weekend’s games. (Sunday and Monday only) Pick more winners than Football Cat, and you can win your choice of either a The15 Inside Joke Prize Pack, a $25 Ninety Nine Restaurant Gift Card, or a $25 Supermarket Gift Card! Your choice as to Market Basket, Big Y, Shaw’s, or Stop & Shop! (Or another, if you are outside the New England Area)

(One winner per week. In the event of a tie, a winner may be chosen at random. Winners remain eligible to also win in future weeks.)

Here are this weekend’s NFL matchups:

Eagles at Jaguars

Bengals at Dolphins

Vikings at Saints

Raiders at Patriots

Browns at Jets

Texans at Titans

Colts at Steelers

Giants at Commanders

Broncos at Chargers

Lions at Cardinals

Bears at Packers

49ers at Seahawks

Ravens at Falcons

Bills at Rams (Tiebreaker – total points scored)

Email your picks to bjbsjournalintern@gmail.com (prior to kickoff of the first listed game) or, if that isn’t how you roll, post them on the Twitter and our fine group of interns will make sure your entry is added to this week’s pool of contestants!

And good luck to all our contestants!

Get ready for the hurricane. Stay dry.

Football Cat’s Week 5 NFL Picks 2026

Wake up sheeple

From the home office in Shedd Park…

Drake Maye’s Top 5 Conspiracy Theories:
5. Fumbles aren’t real
4. Chemtrails are creating atmospheric disturbances which are increasing the number of interceptions
3. Prolonged exposure to the electromagnetic field emanating from Robert Kraft’s surveillance bunker is weakening the soft tissue of the players
2. The real Bill Belichick is being held captive in the lighthouse while his clone is out damaging his legacy
1. Fluoridation caused Mike Vrabel to have a six year affair with Dianna Russini

I do not avoid women, Drake, but I do deny them my essence

Sunday Breakfast Time
Eagles at Jaguars (-4.5)

Spotted cats enjoy a win over a spot of tea

Yeah baby!

Sunday Lunch Time
Bengals (-7.5) at Dolphins

Stripey cats feast on fish

Look a catfish


Vikings (-1.5) at Saints
Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints?  Dey be the Vikings.


Raiders at Patriots (-3.5)
Birds may not be real, but Drake Maye IS!

Safety first


Browns at Jets (-2.5)
Brown out shuts down New York


Texans (-6.5) at Titans
Texans top Tits

Texan tit top


Colts at Steelers (-2.5)
Yinzy over Indy


Giants at Commanders (-3)
Greek Giant skins Washington

I thought you said “green giant”

Sunday Dinner Time
Broncos (-3.5) at Chargers

Bolts shock Broncos


Lions (-5.5) at Cardinals
Jungle Kings devour pretty red birds

Roar!


Bears (-2.5) at Packers
Meatmen grind out a win

I am not a bear


49ers at Seahawks (-3)
Fake Seabirds soar as Purrdy slumps in the perpetual rain of Seattle

Wet gray cat sitting beneath a sidewalk awning on a rainy city street
Yet another miserable rainy day in Seattle

Sunday Prowl Time
Ravens (-3.5) at Falcons

Penix slaps the Scary Black Birds

Monday Prowl Time
Bills at Rams (-2.5)

Horny Sheep clip Hairy Cows

Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.

Football Cat’s Week 4 NFL Picks 2026

Back off man, I’m a scientist

The calendars may gave flipped to October, but our top scientists at CoCoRaHSS have discovered a strange atmospheric phenomenon, emanating out of One Patriot Place, resulting in all of New England being transported back to Mid-Maye!

Mid-Maye

The “Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, Snow and Suck Network”, more commonly known as CoCoRaHSS (pronounced KO-ko-rozzzzzzz), is a grassroots volunteer network of backyard football/weather observers of all ages and backgrounds, working together to map precipitation and piss poor quarterbacking in their local communities.

Sunday Lu̶n̶c̶h̶  Second Breakfast Time
Colts (-3) at Commanders
Indianapolis Jones skins Commies

Commies… I hate those guys

Jets at Bears (-3)
Da Bears scramble the Jets

Titans at Ravens (-11.5)
Tits may be ass

Gluteus Catsimus

Packers (-3.5) at Buccaneers
Green topples Tampa in the “Battle of the Bays”

Patriots at Bills (-6.5)
Bills batter Bledsoe 2.0

Drew Bledsoe but with an extra chromosome

Jaguars at Bengals (-2.5)
Spots over Stripes

It’s advanced fashion, you wouldn’t understand

Cardinals (-1) at Giants
Due to Jaxson’s injury, Brother Jim told Brother John to get JJ to back up Jamesis. J-Men win!

Rams (-2) at Eagles
American Birds soar over road weary Rams

Cowboys at Texans (-2.5)
Houston has too many problems

Félicette made it back alive, suck it Laika

Sunday Dinner Time
Dolphins at Vikings (-10)

With Arch Manning in Miami and Dante Moore with the Jets, in 6 months the Patriots may have the worst QB in the division. Minni over Miami.

Chargers at Seahawks (-6.5)
Fake Seabirds make Brother Jim wish he had traded for JJ McCarthy

Chiefs (-4.5) at Raiders
The Autumn Wind is a Raider, pillaging just for fun. He’ll knock you ’round and upside down, and laugh when he’s conquered and won… but not this time!

Autumn wind? Sounds chilly

Broncos at 49ers (-3)
Bucking Billies struggle at sea level

Sunday Prowl Time
Lions (-3.5) at Panthers

Black Cats dethrone Jungle Kings

Monday Prowl Time
Falcons at Saints (-2.5)

In a stunning reversal, Popes penetrate Penix

Please your Holiness, no more Penix

Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.

Beat Football Cat! (2026 Week 4)

Football Cat is unaccustomed to losing.

Can YOU pick more winners than our own Football Cat? If so, you become eligible to win prizes! And prizes were won! Congratulations to the two winners! Football Cat’s usually dependable intuition was doubtless affected by the humidity from the nor’easter.

How to play? Simply pick who you think will win this weekend’s games. (Sunday and Monday only) Pick more winners than Football Cat, and you can win your choice of either a The15 Inside Joke Prize Pack, a $25 Ninety Nine Restaurant Gift Card, or a $25 Supermarket Gift Card! Your choice as to Market Basket, Big Y, Shaw’s, or Stop & Shop! (Or another, if you are outside the New England Area)

(One winner per week. Usually. In the event of a tie, a winner may be chosen at random. Winners remain eligible to also win in future weeks.)

Here are this weekend’s NFL matchups:

Colts at Commanders

Jets at Bears

Jaguars at Bengals

Cardinals at Giants

Rams at Eagles

Packers at Buccaneers

Patriots at Bills

Titans at Ravens

Cowboys at Texans

Dolphins at Vikings

Chiefs at Raiders

Broncos at 49ers

Chargers at Seahawks

Lions at Panthers

Falcons at Saints (Tiebreaker – total points scored)

Email your picks to bjbsjournalintern@gmail.com (prior to kickoff of the first listed game) or, if that isn’t how you roll, post them on the Twitter and our classy group of interns will make sure your entry is added to this week’s pool of contestants!

And good luck to all our contestants!

I will name this leaf, ‘Ryan.’

Beat Football Cat! (2026 Week 3)

Stay dry.

Can YOU pick more winners than our own Football Cat? If so, you become eligible to win prizes! But so far, the best anyone has done is eked out a tie! Insufficient!

How to play? Simply pick who you think will win this weekend’s games. (Sunday and Monday only) Pick more winners than FC, and you can win your choice of either a The15 Inside Joke Prize Pack, a $25 Ninety Nine Restaurant Gift Card, or a $25 Supermarket Gift Card! Your choice as to Market Basket, Big Y, Shaw’s, or Stop & Shop! (Or another, if you are outside the New England Area)

You should try and win prizes.

(One winner per week. In the event of a tie, a winner will be chosen at random. Winners remail eligible to also win in future weeks.)

Here are this weekend’s NFL matchups:

Chargers at Bills

Panthers at Browns

Texans at Colts

Jets at Lions

Patriots at Jaguars

Chiefs at Dolphins

Titans at Giants

Bengals at Steelers

Seahawks at Commanders

Cardinals at 49ers

Vikings at Buccaneers

Raiders at Saints

Ravens at Cowboys

Rams at Broncos

Eagles at Bears (Tiebreaker – total points scored)

Email your picks to bjbsjournalintern@gmail.com (prior to kickoff of the first listed game) or, if that isn’t how you roll, post them on the Twitter and our autumnal group of interns will make sure your entry is added to this week’s pool of contestants!

And good luck to all our contestants!

It’s like I’m in Blade Runner, or Wobey Mike’s idea of Seattle.

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