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Ness Guess takes three week lead over Randazzo
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How hot is the Ness Guess in football prognosticating? Less than five of the over thousand entries in the weekly pick-'em contest have fared better in the past two weeks running. That, in turn, has led the Ness Guess to a commanding 6-3-1 lead over WQAD-TV sports director Matt Randazzo in the '12 Challenge. Yet, there's no time for becoming complacent. It was just a year ago that Randazzo maintained that exact same three-week edge. Yet, December came and Randazzo's predicting ability went as cold as the weather, and he wound up losing by a two-week margin. That got him a pie in the face on local television on a Sunday night. Thus, there will be not Ness Guess bravado. Randazzo remains quite the formidable foe. This past week, there were only four entrants with a better mark that the Ness Guess' 11-3 (with 1 tie). Winning the $100 prize was Jeff Myers, of Moline, who was 12-2 and off on the Bears-Texans total points tie-breaker by 16 points. Honorable-mention 12-2s were Roger Reno, of Rock Island (off by 23); Dave Sackett, of Giahanna, Ohio, (off by 27); and Harvey Baker, of Milan (off by 38). Now, on to this week's games 1. Iowa at Michigan Ness: Michigan: Top of the Legends vs. the bottom of the Legends. Dazzo: Michigan: Iowa already has one upset win in Michigan; won't happen again. 2. Ohio St. at Wisconsin Ness: OSU: Defense vs. offense, I'm taking the high-powered offense. Dazzo: Wisconsin: Madison makes the difference. 3. Eagles at Redskins Ness: Redskins: Eagles can't click with or without Vick. Dazzo: Redskins: Mismatch at QB the difference. 4. Packers at Lions Ness: Packers: Told Dazzo the Pack will sweep the Lions. Dazzo: Lions: I HAVE to pick the Lions here, right Ness? (Answer: Yes.) 5. Cardinals at Falcons Ness: Falcons: Pressure to go unbeaten is off. Dazzo: Falcons: Won't lose twice at home or to the Cardinals anywhere. 6. Bucs at Panthers Ness: Bucs: Becoming a very good road team. Dazzo: Bucs: Hottest team in the NFC. 7. Browns at Cowboys Ness: Cowboys: Romo getting better and better. Dazzo: Cowboys: Game Dallas is supposed to win, so probably won't. 8. Jets at Rams Ness: Rams: Sanchez getting worse and worse. Dazzo: Rams: No OT needed this week. 9. Colts at Patriots Ness: Patriots: Just when the Colts start to make their move ... Dazzo: Patriots: Colts come back to earth. 10. Jaguars at Texans Ness: Texans: Mismatch of the season. Dazzo: Texans: Don't see too many 16-point spreads in Vegas. 11. Bengals at Chiefs Ness: Bengals: Chiefs just can't score. Period. Dazzo: Bengals: Just can't pick the Chiefs again; they've killed me this year. 12. Saints at Raiders Ness: Saints: Could use them holding Palmer in check. Please. Dazzo: Saints: Red hot offense vs. terrible defense. 13. Chargers at Broncos Ness: Broncos: Manning get January primed. Dazzo: Broncos: Remember when Rivers used to make plays to win games. 14. Ravens at Steelers Ness: Ravens: Might have picked Steelers had Big Ben not gotten hurt. Dazzo: Ravens: Another NFL team turning to a backup this week. 15. Bears at 49ers Ness: 49ers: Bears' record vs. teams with winning records makes this pick. Dazzo: 49ers: Cutler haters will see reality if he has to sit. You can enter the Ness Guess Football Contest, and have a chance at winning the $100 prize, until midnight tonight at www.qconline.com, clicking on the contest icon. 
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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