Nemmers Scrum

Hello Footballers,

Well, with all the unlikely things that happened this weekend, it isn’t surprising that somebody got eliminated.  But having Manning choke in Denver to eliminate Kevin AND Houston becoming a formidable team against Cincy to eliminate Tyler was something that I bet few of us saw coming.

So, what that really means is – we have a winner!  Congratulations to Jim Mantooth for winning the 2015 Football pool.  Turns out that several of us will be together in San Antonio next weekend, so we’ll award him his winnings then….

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Thanks to everyone who played in 2015.  It was a competitive, if not short season.  See ya again in 2016!

Hi Footballers,

So, we’ve made it to week 10.  With only 3 people left, it seems like they’d all be picking the most obvious choice each week.  Thing is, this far into the season, a lot of the “good” teams have been used up, and everyone is forced to scramble at least a little bit.

That being said, we’ve got 3 different picks from Jim, Kevin and Tyler.  Good luck to all of them.  (Although, if your last name isn’t Mantooth you know who you should be rooting for….just saying…)

Hello Footballers,

Well, it was a wild and woolly week.  Jim and Kevin with their early picks were sitting pretty while the watched the rest of us – except Tyler – go up in flames this weekend.  That’s right, Denver, Green Bay and the New Orleans all failed to deliver this Sunday, eliminating Celia, Team Sherburne, Gerri, Heidi and yours truly.

Personally, I can’t be too bummed, as the other team I was going to pick was New Orleans, so I would have been eliminated either way.  But, I think this must be stinging a bit more for Team Sherburne, who confessed that they were going to pick CIN on Thursday, but then didn’t get their pick off on time.

Good luck to the remaining 3.  Tyler  – no pressure – but as the last Nemmers standing, you better win this thing, bro.

Hello Footballers,

Considering the Sunday games haven’t even started yet, we’ve got a lot of news to report.

First off – the Manteeth men – Jim and Kevin, both went with the Thursday game and are sitting pretty today.  Team Sherburne also had this great idea, but they didn’t get their choice in before kickoff.  You know, the whole snoozing and losing thing.

Secondly – we have to say a sad, sad goodbye to Aunt Whoosie.  She’s been a formidable competitor going deep into the season….who also noticed that in week 8 she picked ATL for the second time and nobody caught it.  So, double bonus points for being honest, but unfortunately, it also means you’re done for 2015.

That leaves us with 8 competitors left.  And, only 6 players active today.  Somehow, we’ve managed to pick 4 different games. The teams to watch are DEN (who, Stephanie pointed out made it VERY VERY close last weekend), GB – who appear to be on fire, New Orleans – against a new coaching staff at Tennessee and the J-E-T-S.

Good luck to everyone!

Hello Footballers,

Welcome to November – when the scrum starts to crumble.  This week, Matty Ice melted a bit and Atlanta lost to Tampa Bay.  With the loss, we say goodbye to Heidi, Dana and Stephanie.

Then there was Carolina – blowing a giant lead in the 4th quarter and having to squeak it out in overtime.  Yes, OF COURSE, I was cheering for a Carolina win to support Kevin, but I did notice that if they lost that past winners Celia, Kevin and Team Sherburne would have been eliminated in one blow.  But, it wasn’t meant to be.  Seven and 0, that’s where Carolina goes.

Everyone else survived too and we’re down to 9.

So we’re on to week 9.  Half way done.  Thursday night’s game is Browns vs. Bengals.  If you want to pick that game – I need your choice by kickoff on Thursday.  Otherwise, by end of day on Friday.

Good luck to everyone, and happy belated birthday to Aunt Gerri!

Happy Halloween Footballers,

Did you remember Daylight Savings? I hope so:

I hope that everyone gave away all the junk candy and kept the Reese’s cups and Snickers for themselves.  The rain stopped long enough here and it actually turned into a pretty nice night.

Ok, back to football.  As John pointed out to me this week, “In the last couple of years a lot of people dropped out in weeks 8, 10 and 11.  I guess it takes that many weeks before all of the good teams are used up.”    Leave it to an accountant to run the numbers from past years.  Anyway, he has a point.  Lots of good teams have been picked already, and so the gamble of when these surprise good teams are going to run out of luck comes into play.  This week, 3 people took a chance on 6-0 Carolina. Will their luck hold against Colts?  You realize the Colts have a horseshoe as their logo – you feelin’ that Lucky, Kevin, John and Celia?  Sadly, they will all make us wait until the end of the Monday night game to see if they are right.

The other popular pick is the 3-3 Rams against the 49ers.  3 and 3?  Clearly, people are running out of choices.

But, to all of you I say “HAH!”  As Stephanie and Jim can back me up, I picked New England to win. Since was the Thursday night game, and they did win, I’ll be sitting back eating Vi’s flavored tootsie rolls and watching the rest of you sweat it out.

Anyway, good luck to everyone.  We’ll see if John’s predictions of the fall-off are true!