CAPTNKURT DEFEATS FOOTBALL POOL! Yeah, right.

Update 9/27/05: It would appear the Dewey Defeats Truman method was not a particularly profitable one for me... I correctly picked 6 of the 14 games. Yuk. In contrast, the winner picked 10 out of 14.

This week I took my inspiration from the most famous wrong headline in history, DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN! If The Chicago Daily Tribune had only been privy to Google, they might have gotten it right...



I Googled <team name> defeats Truman. Whichever one brought back the most hits must be the right one, right? My picks in bold. For the historically challenged, here's the whole story of the DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN headline.

St. Louis defeats Truman! 40,300
Tennessee defeats Truman! 27,000

Philadelphia defeats Truman! 27,500
Oakland defeats Truman! 10,000

Cincinnati defeats Truman! 10,600
Chicago defeats Truman! 56,300

NY Jets defeat Truman! 22,100
Jacksonville defeats Truman! 560

Minnesota defeats Truman! 22,800
New Orleans defeats Truman! 22,600

Carolina defeats Truman! 34,700
Miami defeats Truman! 19,500

Indianapolis defeats Truman! 992
Cleveland defeats Truman! 22,000

Buffalo defeats Truman! 13,800
Atlanta defeats Truman! 21,900

Tampa Bay defeats Truman! 556
Green Bay defeats Truman! 23,300

Seattle defeats Truman! 20,800
Arizona defeats Truman! 24,800

Pittsburgh defeats Truman! 15,100
New England defeats Truman! 56,100

Dallas defeats Truman! 22,200
San Francisco defeats Truman! 36,200

San Diego defeats Truman! 17,900
NY Giants defeat Truman! 23,300

Denver defeats Truman! 12,900
Kansas City defeats Truman! 23,200

Since the headline was during the '48 election, for the tiebreaker, I am saying that the Monday night game will score a total of 48 points.