Week 12: Pre-Update

If you're looking for the Week 12 schedule post scroll down or click here.  As a reminder, I post my picks in the comments section of each schedule post.  That way you can be sure I'm on the level.  Or, alternately, you could just look at my place in the standings and conclude that I'm the world's worst cheater.  In any case...

We're three games into Week 12 and only one of the games was expected to be remotely competitive. Fitting that, we had lots of consensus on the Thanksgiving day games.  So rather than post everyone's record, we'll do it like this, narrative style. 

Everyone in the pool picked the Jets to beat Cincinnati.  So no matter who you are, give yourself a +1 for that game. 

Everyone in the pool except one person took the Patriots over Detroit.  Going against the grain didn't look like a bad idea through the first half, but then someone in the locker rooms reminded the players their role.  After that, the game fell apart for the perpetually inept Lions.  +1 for everyone except Matthew Mariam for that game.  (A big -1 for me for not starting Deion Branch and his two TDs against Bill Denton in our fantasy football league.)

Just about everyone is 2-0 as we come to the most contested game of the day's schedule, New Orleans at Dallas.  The Cowboys have played well since firing head coach Tubby McGoo and replacing him with Sheriff Slim Touchdown-Schultz.  (Ah, the wonder of the hyphenated last name.)  The Saints, as everyone knows, are the defending Super Bowl champs.  Predictably most people picked New Orleans, but five brave souls did go out on a smallish limb and take the home team.  The Cowboys made a late run, but ultimately those of us Redskins fans had a nice little Thanksgiving present.  A +1 for you if your name isn't John Weaver, Jon Stover, Sandy Kory, Zack Klein, or Matthew Mariam.

That's where we stand three games into Week 12.  Most people at 3-0, a few at 2-1, and then Matthew Mariam. 

If you haven't already, don't forget to send in the rest of your picks.  I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and are enjoying the rest of your long weekend.
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Week 1: Pre-Update

As most of you know, I sometimes post updates to this here blog during the weekend.  Usually I do this on Sunday night before the Monday night match up.  Its fun to know if you're still in the running for the Weekly Standard Prize (WSP) and what you need to happen to win it. 

We're not that far down the road in Week 1 but I thought I'd post this pre-update to let you know how you're faring after Thursday's game.

So I've got good news and bad news. The good news is you got the Thursday night game correct.  The bad news is so did everyone else.  Yup, everyone picked the Saints this week.  Surprising, actually, because the Vikings wouldn't have been a bad pick, but nobody fell for it.   Everyone is now 1-0 on the season.  Congrats. 

I suspect things will start to stratify a bit on Sunday.  Here's to that.
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Week 14: Pre-Update

One game down in Week 14 and we've got a clear leader already: Me! That's right, you mo-rons, I'm the only one to call Cleveland over Pittsburgh. So, here's the standings for Week 14 as they stand now:

1. Me ... Wins, sunshine, and smiling puppies
16. You ... Losses, pain, sadness, and angry snakes

So, I'm running over all of y'all with a steamroller, trampling you like a soccer riot, and crushing you like Tiger's wife.

Of course, that could change in the next fifteen games.

Week 12: Pre-Update

Here's your super quick Week 12 Pre-Update. Everyone picked Dallas and Green Bay. Only five people picked Denver over the now free-fallin New York "Excruciatingly Gross" Giants: Karl Vaillancourt, Zack Klein, John Weaver, Adam Roy, and Sandy Kory. Everyone else is a game back.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Week 11: Pre-Update

It's certainly been an exciting week so far. With one game in the books, I've already been eliminated from contention. In yesterday's Panthers/Dolphins game I picked the Pottsville Maroons. Doh! Stupid passage of time...

As it stands now, we've got a three way tie for first. Joey Bansen, Matthew Mariam, and Zack Klein are all running away with this thing. They're all undefeated! And, here's the strange thing, nobody else has even a single win! Shameful.

I'll be back Monday morning with your regularly scheduled Week 11 Update. Until then, if anyone sees Jon Stover, please remind him to put his pants back on.

That is all.

Week 10: Pre-Update

One person picked Chicago and I'm missing picks from one other person. So, after one game, we've got a fourteen-way tie for first place. Gotta love Thursday night games.

In the words of Bill Denton, "Thursday games eat poo." Well said, sir. Well said indeed.
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