WP Police Chief, Teller County Commissioner Not Fooled By KC Hysteria
Rick Langenberg
Alright boys and girls and aspiring Monday-morning quarterbacks in the Teller High Country, keep your Day Jobs. You are officially fired as NFL score predictors.
Nope, you won’t be replacing the babbling sounds of Tom Brady, Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Rinaldi, Erin Andrews, Terry Bradshaw and more from the FOX team in analyzing Super Sunday to death. However, you weren’t alone in straying from reality as Vegas pickers for this one got it WAY, WAY wrong, with the declaration of a KC victory, and even giving the Eagles one and a half points.
Super Bowl 59 was a shocker, and more shocking were the erroneous picks by TMJ so-called experts who mostly sided with the KC Chiefs. As we all know by now, the Chiefs got smoked out of Big Easy by a lopsided score of 40-22. And the scary fact is this rout was worse in reality, as KC made a few scores in the 11th Hour when it didn’t matter. It was one of the worst defeats in the career of KC quarterback Patrick Mahomes. And already, Chiefs’ tight end and mini-celebrity Travis Kelce is contemplating retirement.
But alas, in the land of very wrong picks, there were a few folks in TMJ expert-land who almost got it right with the point spread and anointment of a victor.
The Grand Super Bowl Sunday Winners and Losers
And after everything was said and done, the local winner of our Monday-morning Super Bowl contest was Woodland Park Police Chief Chris Keisler. The chief’s pick: Eagles 34, Chiefs 14. A little off on the score, but the general rout theme got conveyed, correctly. As Chief Deisler declared prior to game time, “I’ll likely be an outlier here but here it goes, I pick the Eagles because Saquon Barkley (their star running back) is on a mission.” Well, with the taunting defense, Barkley didn’t have to do much, but his presence wasn’t forgotten.
Other notable picks, who are vying for TMJ Super Bowl Sunday Insider Expert awards, go to Teller County Commissioner Dan Williams, with a Nostradamus Super Bowl vision of: Eagles 28, Chiefs 14. Not bad. Dan’s words of wisdom were: “The Eagles win by two touchdowns. Their quarterback is ready and their coach is second to none.” Hard to argue with that now.
A few other notable contenders in our contest, and ones vying to replace King Brady, were Dennis Zerull the Bear Cave Podcast Host, with an Eagles 34, Chiefs 21 pronouncement. “I think the running back posing as a quarterback (Jalen Hurts) will lead the Eagles and their horrible song to a victory over the Kansas City “Swifties” followed by an epic (Travis) Kelce break-up song.” No, the breakup, Dennis won’t happen, but Travis maybe leaving KC.
Ralph Ostlund, a contractor and legendary skier in the area, who fired Rick Langenberg years ago as a high-country tour guide, didn’t fare bad either as a Vegas odds-maker with an Eagles 31, Chiefs 24 pronouncement, as did Greg Rodriguez of Forest Edge Dental Care, who nearly picked the Eagles’ winning point total.
As far as the worst predictors, Jessica Nichols of Jess’ Place, led the pace: Chiefs 42, Eagles 14. Ouch, but Jess is an absolute KC Chiefs fanatic, so will forgive her stance in endorsing the Redland. Our local sheriff Jason Mikesell didn’t perform much better in the Pick Land: Chiefs 35, Eagles 14. “Absolutely Kansas City by 21 points.”
Following the game, Sheriff Mikesell vowed to keep up the fight in sticking up for ICE and keeping bad buys off the street, instead of analyzing football games.
Fret not, there is always next year, with Super Bowl 60 in Santa Clara, California. Our cast of pickers may have better luck in 2026.
