I have no problem with the thread, but I will say that Hoge's choice most likely has nothing to do with his feelings about the Seahawks. I play on a few Fantasy Pick 'em sites. My record this year so far is 49-29. That's better than any of the experts on ESPN. In fact, that would make me tied for 5th place of all of the media's "Expert's" picks this season. I think I'm in 4000th place on one of my sites. I've been doing this for years, and it's not as easy as it looks. None of the experts are actually all that good either. I will say this: you can expect 3 to 5 upsets every week. The tough part is picking which games will be upsets. Obviously, Hoge picked the Hawks game as one of his upsets. It's not really a slight. He might think that the Hawks are far superior to the Falcons, but maybe he thinks Wilson is still playing at only 50% and he saw the injury report that said Clark and Chancellor might not play. The Falcons will likely be at full strength. Maybe he just thinks this particular game could be an upset game. I honestly don't think it's a reflection of his "hatred" for the Seahawks.
Regarding Prisco, I think there's a part of him that is embarrassed for knocking Wilson for so long, and now he simply hopes Wilson fails. I think the guys on these sport networks have to have a big ego to appear on TV and stuff, and it's probably hard to admit you're wrong when you've said some really stupid stuff about a great player.
Oh, and BTW, it's really tough to pick against your favorite team even when you try as hard as you can to be unbiased when making your picks.
