It would take some doing, but if Jarhead manages to lose the Las Vegas Hilton SuperContest in the 17th and final week, he will, as Ricky said to Luci, have a whole lot of "splainin'" to do. Ask Dave Zenor, a Gold Sheet contributor and perennial Hilton entrant who took a comfortable lead into the last week one year in the '90s, needed only a couple wins to clinch all the marbles, got skunked and finished out of the "big money."

Las Vegas Hilton Super Contestants predict Sunday will be a real turkey for bookmakers and underdog players. Twelve games are slated on that day's NFL card and the Hilton consensus sided with favorites in 10 of them. Underdog San Francisco, an upset winner over Matt Hasselbeckless Seattle last week, was an 84-48 pick over St. Louis.