If you think about it, the Prediction Games are a lot like that guy who just crossed the English Channel on what was essentially a jetpack. I mean, really, that was pretty darn cool. He flew. Using a jetpack. If you don't think that's cool, then you must be from the future, when they have jetpacks and you're used to it.

The prediction games are a lot like that, because they are also pretty cool. Man, I'm the best at analogies. You know what else I'm the best at? Segues*. Segues that are also analogies. Check it out:

When the year 2000 came around, a lot of people who grew up back when the year 2000 was the distant future and it was popular to think that in the year 2000 we'd have warp drive and jetpacks and stuff thought it was a funny joke to go around saying, "where's my jetpack?" That's a lot like wjackalope. See, when Tuesday came around, a lot of wjackalope who grew up back when the prediction game results were posted on Tuesday mornings and it was popular to think that Tuesday morning would be when the prediction game results would be posted thought it was a funny joke to go around saying, "where's my prediction game results?"

Well, people, there's your jetpack.

Well wjackalopes, here's your prediction game results.**

49ers @ New Orleans

1. Ninerfromacrossthepond (6)
2. albertoleecho (8)
3. wjackalope (14)

It's worth noting that nobody else picked the Saints this week. We're all suckers. Including those of us who aren't.

Philadelphia @ Chicago

1. jtoj (8)
2. albertoleecho (14)

It's worth noting that, obviously, nobody else picked the Bears this week. Boy, nobody could have predicted that one. Including those of us who did.

Baltimore @ Pittsburgh

1. albertoleecho, Josh from Hollywood (6)
2. wjackalope, StrictlyFootball (8)
3. groug, 408, etb2, Vote4Gore, mojorisin', Netsky (12)

It's worth noting that lots of people picked Pittsburgh to win this game. Or it isn't. I can't really tell anymore....

Green Bay @ Tampa Bay

1. 49erLou, bayboy, howtheyscored, Mike Hawk (6)
2. Niner Fan Lost in WI (8)
3. Ninjames (14)

Arizona @ New York Jets

1. proudcanadian99 (36)
2. montasmob69 (44)
3. 49erLou, marcello, Mike Hawk, Niner Fan Lost in WI (50)

San Diego @ Oakland

1. marcello, wjackalope (4)
2. jtoj, KingofDucks1987, etb2, Fooch (6)
3. 408, Vote4Gore (8)

I think it's worth noting that only one person predicted Oakland in this game. Bet you thought it would have been, like, 2 or 3 less than that, didn't you?

And that makes our week 4 leaderboard look like this:

1. wjackalope – 25
2. proudcanadian99 – 17
3. albertoleecho – 12
3. marcello – 12
4. 408 – 11
4. 49erLou – 11
4. CB30 – 11
7. Fooch – 10
7. bayboy – 10
7. howtheyscored – 10
7. jtoj – 10
7. Number22Drew – 10
7. youngbuckeroo – 10
13. Josh from Hollywood – 9
13. montasmob69 – 9
13. Netsky – 9
13. Niner Fan Lost in WI – 9
13. sfgfan – 9
18. Mike Hawk – 8
18. StrictlyFootball – 8
20. good as gold – 7
20. illini49er – 7
20. Ninerfromacrossthepond – 7
20. Ninjames – 7
20. sam23 – 7
20. Vote4Gore – 7
26. mojorisin’ – 6
26. PHUT! – 6
28. etb2 – 5
28. gatling – 5
28. J2daZ – 5
31. Ali4President – 4
31. camwoody – 4
31. groug – 4
34. Rishi – 3
34. shlecko – 3
34. SuperFly – 3
34. The Golden One – 3
38. Ceradecke – 2
38. JerseyNinerFan – 2
38. KingofDucks1987 – 2
38. UnleashTheGore – 2
42. DiegoAsFan – 1
42. jfainsf49 – 1

First of all, I'd like to say that we're back to normal. After a couple of noisy weeks in the scoring, we went through an entire week without so much as a dangerously close to perfect prediction. It was starting to seem like getting perfect predictions was becoming like going Super-Saiyan after Goku and Vegeta had kids - suddenly e'rrybody's doing it! Everybody but me, the prediction game equivalent of Kullilan, or groug, who I would characterize more as a Yamcha-type. Man, there I go again with those awesome analogies. I bet some of you don't even know who Goku is.

So this is more like it. You better EARN those 10 points!

Second of all, I'd like to say congratulations to albertoleecho, who had a tremendous week. He moved up from tied for 23rd to being tied for regular 3rd just like that. So, congrats albertoleecho. Nice job there.

Which brings me to my weekly update on myself. Hey, I'm doing alright! I only scored one game this week, but it was a win for 3 points. I haven't started getting the consistent points that I want, but hey... it's better than my crap sucking Fantasy Football teams!

wjackalope had a nice week, but he still didn't really distinguish himself from the second tier. Less than 10 points to second. The third tier is a little further back, but I'm not too worried. Somebody like albertoleecho goes on a tear, and that lead is in serious trouble by the middle of October.

And, you know, I've said it before and I'll say it again. Fooch is playing the silent killer. Every week it seems like he comes up quiet, but every week he's still hanging right around the edge of the top 10. Evil genius? Dumb luck? Some weird combination of the two, like dumb genius or levil duck? I'd say it's definitely one of those four and definitely not something else.

*Apparently, that's how you spell segway.

**Hot damn, I'm good at this.