239 games picked, 158 wins, 81 losses. Not bad. Just a cat hair away from picking correctly two out of three times!
Everybody needs money. That’s why it’s called ‘money.’
Despite those gaudy numbers, Football Cat was inexplicably Beat in 2025 by Andy, Murph, and multiple time winners Vin and Warren’s Aunt! Congratulations again!
Thanks to all who read, participated, or just cheered from the cheap seats. Football Cat will Return.
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
Oh, yes, for those who have been wondering, the healthy gal in the cheetah patterned two-piece is Australian model, influencer, blogger, designer, and businesswoman Natalie Roser. You’re welcome.
From the home office in Nashua New Hampshire, the Top 10 Cat New Year’s resolutions for 2026…
10. Stop knocking things off the table… before making eye contact. 9. Learn what “no” means — and continue to ignore it. 8. Sit on warm laptops instead of freshly folded laundry. (Maybe) 7. Eat food more slowly so humans stop accusing me of “inhaling.” 6. Meow at 3 a.m. with a clearer sense of purpose. 5. Fit into boxes without questioning physics. 4. Respect personal space — primarily my own. 3. Pretend to be grateful when receiving gifts I absolutely hate. 2. Reduce judgmental staring to under 14 hours a day. 1. Finally reveal why I do anything… just kidding!
Saturday Dinner Time Panthers at Buccaneers (-2.5) Black cats sink Bucs
Never too early to mark those calendars
Saturday Prowl Time Seahawks (-1.5) at 49ers Purrrrrdy swallows fake Sea Birds
Sunday Lunch Time Saints at Falcons (-3) Falcons excommunicate Saints
St.Gertrude of Nivelles, patron saint of cats
Browns at Bengals (-7.5) Stripey Cats eat elves
Colts at Texans (-10.5) Houston’s practice squad has no problem with Indy’s practice squad
Titans at Jaguars (-12.5) Jags top Tits
Did someone say “Jags tit top”?
Packers at Vikings (-6.5) Vikings win by default
Cowboys (-3.5) at Giants Dart defeats Dallas
Darts is (are?) the sport of the future
Jets at Bills (-7) Bills ground Jets
Visual flight rules are in affect
Lions at Bears (-3) Bears send Jungle Kings into hibernation
Chargers at Broncos (-12.5) Is this the long awaited Trey Lance breakout game? Sorry Patriot fans, it is not.
Cardinals at Rams (-7.5) Rams rough up Red Birds
Chiefs (-5.5) at Raiders Raiders are dozing for Mendoza
It’s not tanking, it’s napping
Dolphins at Patriots (-10.5) Patriots drop Coach Drip
Commanders at Eagles (-7) American Birds crush Commies
The good old days when Russia were the bad guys
Sunday Prowl Time Ravens (-3.5) at Steelers Team X lives! Black birds get to prove that they aren’t afraid to lose on Wild Card Weekend.
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
After going an impressive 13-2 in Week 16 and not being bested by any of you primates, Football Cat has decided to spend this between-the-holidays weekend maxing and relaxing at the Fortress of Fortitude. Football Cat will return for the final week of the NFL season.
As it turns out, Football Cat was making rather merry yesterday, and is in no condition to make picks this week. But fear not! Other the15net.com adjacent animals have graciously stepped up to fill the void. Football Cat will be back next week, tanned and rested, and ready to ring in the New Year.
A poor excuse for picking a dog’s pocket every twenty fifth of December!
Saturday Dinner Time Texans at Chargers (-1.5) After a thorough review of each team’s sleep scores and rain gauges, Frank says take the Texans
My diet consists entirely of discarded egg yolks
Saturday Prowl Time Ravens at Packers (-3) Jocko doesn’t like the Black Birds
Sunday Lunch Time Seahawks (-7) at Panthers Jocko doesn’t like the Black Cats
Jocko is set in his ways
Cardinals at Bengals (-7.5) Warren Dull’s second stepfather’s neighbor’s nephew’s grandmother once had a budgie that got eaten by her bridge partner’s cat. The stripey cats do the same to the pretty red birds.
Trouble brewing
Steelers (-3) at Browns The Cleveland Pig will be drowning her sorrows at the feeding trough
The Ozempic has done wonders for her
Jaguars (-6.5) at Colts Kenny the pet bee thinks the Jags swarm the Colts. Indy better have extra epee pens on hand.
She suffers from rosacea you inconsiderate jerks!
Buccaneers (-5.5) at Dolphins Jasper loves the Bucs inside and out.
Keep shining! People notice!
Patriots (-13.5) at Jets Loki is waiting to see a jet crash and burn
Think lovely thoughts
Saints (-2.5) at Titans Millie says to lay it all on the Tits
Pay attention to Millie!
Sunday Dinner Time Giants (-1.5) at Raiders The Teddy the doodle is a fan of Pete the poodle
He’s hypoallergenic and machine washable
Eagles at Bills (-1.5) Packo loves Buffalo, especially their wings with a nice coating of Rub Smoke Love BEEF CAKE premium all-natural beef rub and seasoning.
It was a very popular stocking stuffer
Sunday Prowl Time Bears at 49ers (-3) Marv thinks that Bears will lay low and then suddenly snap and go for the 49ers jugular.
Hi Marv!
Monday Prowl Time Rams (-7.5) at Falcons Cocaine bear loves LA
* loud grunting noises *
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
Do you like football? Of course you do or you wouldn’t be here. Do you like the color and pageantry of college athletics? We can see you rockin’ and reelin’, and hanging from the ceiling, so that’s a “yes”. And most importantly, do you like showtunes? *Squeals with delight!* Well Mr./Mrs./Ms./Dr. First Nighter do we have a fabulous quiz for you!
You know what would be fun?
Each of the four games in this weekend’s college football playoff involves at least one team associated with a Tony Award winning Broadway musical!
Can you name the show for each matchup? (click to reveal the answer)
Alabama at Oklahoma
“Oklahoma” (Duh!)
Miami at Texas A&M
“The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”
Tulane at Ole Miss
“Show Boat”
James Madison at Oregon
“Hamilton”
Now these are musical cats!
Saturday Dinner Time Eagles (-6.5) at Commanders American Birds crush the Commies
Saturday Prowl Time Packers at Bears (-1.5) Northwest Indiana Bears grind the Meatmen
This is not in the holiday spirit
Sunday Lunch Time Buccaneers (-3) at Panthers Someone has to win this game, may as well be the Black Cats
Bills (-10.5) at Browns What can Brown do for you, Patriots fans? Nothing. Bills cruise
I’d prefer to a lump of coal
Chargers at Cowboys (-2.5) Fun fact: In Weeks 12 and 13, the Cowboys defeated the Eagles and Chiefs. In Weeks 14 and 15, the Chargers defeated the Eagles and Chiefs. That was the first time that two different teams defeated the previous season’s Super Bowl teams in consecutive weeks. Bolts shock Boys
Jets at Saints (-5.5) Saints cook Jets
Thanks to the cooking Saints at the Nashua Soup Kitchen!
Vikings (-3) at Giants Vikings sink tanking G-Men
Chiefs (-3) at Titans Tits motorboat Mahomes-less Chiefs
Ahoy, polloi!
Bengals (-4.5) at Dolphins Stripey cats win vs Quinn the Fin
Sunday Dinner Time Falcons (-3) at Cardinals Raptors raid pretty red birds nest
Jaguars at Broncos (-3) Spotty cats can’t handle the (atmospheric) pressure
Spotty cats prefer being at sea level
Steelers at Lions (-7) Jungle Kings can’t be caged by Steel Men
Raiders at Texans (-14.5) Texans toast Vegas
Sunday Prowl Time Patriots at Ravens (-3) Road warriors roll Ravens
Glad tidings to all the Drake-A-Maniacs!
Monday Prowl Time 49ers (-6) at Colts Purrrrdy pops Ponies
Meowy Christmas
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
Can YOU pick more winners than our own Football Cat? If so, you become eligible to win prizes!
Football Cat is all rested up and is ready to again take on all comers!
How to play? Seriously? It’s Week 14. Okay, maybe some of you are playing for the first time. Simply pick who you think will win this weekend’s games. (Sunday and Monday only, Football Cat negotiated no non-holiday Thursdays) Pick more winners than FC, and you can win either a The15 Inside Joke Prize Pack 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)
Stuff the stockings with Fluff
(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:
Titans at Browns
Seahawks at Falcons
Colts at Jaguars
Commanders at Vikings
Bengals at Bills
Saints at Buccaneers
Steelers at Ravens
Dolphins at Jets
Broncos at Raiders
Rams at Cardinals
Bears at Packers
Texans at Chiefs
Eagles at Chargers (Tiebreaker – total points scored)
Email your picks to bjbsjournalintern@gmail.com (prior to kickoff of the first listed game) or, if that isn’t your thing, post them on the Twitter and our jolly team of interns will make sure your entry is added to this week’s pool of contestants!
Good luck and glad tidings to all our contestants!
Time to check in with everyone’s favorite nonagenarian sportswriter, none other than legendary boxing and gridiron correspondent for the old Boston Evening Gazette, Buzz “Lefty” McBride. Mr. McBride would like to share his take on the controversial hit New England Patriots’ linebacker Christian Eliss placed on New York Giants’ quarterback Jaxson Dart during the first quarter of Monday night’s football game.
Simpler times
Buzz “Lefty” McBride:“Looks to me like Eliss knocked Jaxson Dart onto Queer Street”
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
Many thanks to “Lefty” for his thoughtful and enlightened commentary.
Sunday Lunch Time Titans at Browns (-4.5) Turds top Tits
Did someone say turd tit top?
Seahawks (-7) at Falcons Fake sea birds rule the roost
Colts (-1.5) at Jaguars Jags jettison Jones
Commanders at Vikings (-2.5) Feds raid Minnesota
Bengals at Bills (-5.5) Buffalo buries Burrow
Just a dusting
Saints at Buccaneers (-8.5) Bucs defrock the clergy
Steelers (-6) at Ravens Scary black birds love a game played in a dark place
I guess it’s not good luck
Dolphins (-2.5) at Jets New Yorkers feast on frozen fish
Sunday Dinner Time Broncos (-7.5) at Raiders YOU want the Raiders to win, but you can’t always get what you want
Bonus bet: Raiders cover
Rams (-8.5) at Cardinals Horney sheep trample pretty red birds
Bears at Packers(-6.5) The pack is back!
Sunday Prowl Time Texans at Chiefs(-3.5) Indoor cats can’t handle the chill of the open plains
Indoors is where it’s at
Monday Prowl Time Eagles (-2.5) at Chargers Patriotic birds zap Bolts
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
Smart shoppers are avoiding the crowds by visiting the official the15net.com store to pick up their official the15net.com merchandise. It’s what all the cool people will be wearing to the office Christmas party. And who doesn’t want to be cool?
Q: Who could ever look cooler than these Fonzies
A: These two heartbreakers
Sunday Lunch Time Rams (-10) at Panthers Horny sheep skin black cats
49ers (-4.5) at Browns Prospectors fry Colonel Sanders
It takes a tough cat to make a tender bird
Texans at Colts (-4.5) Indianapolis Jones whips Houston
Saints at Dolphins (-5.5) Tua’s Dolphins dunk tanking Saints
He’s not called Coach Drip for nothing
Falcons (-2.5) at Jets Birds of Prey soar over sputtering Jets
Cardinals at Buccaneers (-2.5) Pretty Red Birds fly past Bucs
Jaguars (-6.5) at Titans Spotted cats top Tits
Did someone say “jaguar tit top”? EDITOR’S NOTE: These are leopard spots, not jaguar spots. We regret the error.
Sunday Dinner Time Vikings at Seahawks (-11.5) Sam Darnold haunts Vikings
Raiders at Chargers (-10) Bolts put out Vegas’ lights
You can get the top selling Jonathan shirt in white
Bills (-3.5) at Steelers Buffalo wings Yinzers
Sunday Prowl Time Broncos (-6) at Commanders Rested Broncos bust Commies
Monday Prowl Time Giants at Patriots (-7.5) Pats head to the bye on a high
You can get the top selling Jonathan shirt in blue
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
Turkey fans enjoy giving out gobbles this time of year, but what about America’s fastest, and fattest, growing dietary subgroup the Porksaterians? Well don’t worry Porky, we’re here to satisfy you with a serving of oinks.
Grant Huckvale (a.k.a. Hogdale): Hogdale carved a niche for himself as an overly exuberant alternative broadcaster to the stoic and bland official Red Sox play-by-play teams on NESN and WEEI. Over the summer you’d see Hogdale clips occasionally retweeted into your timeline, usually after Red Sox wins, and you’d think to yourself “I think that’s the tops“. We probably all agree that Hogdale is special. Smash cut to present day, and we are confronted with a hog of a different color. Barstool, in an effort to fill an obese chromosomically challenged void in their lineup, swooped in and waved a lucrative (by part-time minimum waged Iowan standards) five figure contract in front of Hogdale’s snout and lured him into their slaughter house. Now Hogdale’s giant screaming maw is ever present, ever hot takey and ever annoying. To quote Rocky IV: “What started out as a joke has turned into a disaster”. 4 oinks 🐷🐷🐷🐷
That will do pig
Thanksgiving early eaters time Packers at Lions (-2.5) Jungle Kings slice and dice Cheese Heads
Thanksgiving late eaters time Chiefs (-3.5) at Cowboys Squantos feast on the Pilgrims
Thanksgiving overeaters time Bengals at Ravens (-7) Scary Black Birds bury Burrow’s boys
Black Friday Afternoon Nap time Bears at Eagles (-7) Birds bully Bears
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
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