Nemmers Scrum

Hello Footballers,

Two weeks in and we are seeing that this new system of picking tight games is HAARRRDDDD!!! At least know that you are not alone in your  struggle, as many folks had thoughts about how this year is a lot harder, when you can’t just pick whomever is playing Detroit.

Congrats to Adam and Margie for not only being the only 2 players to get all 3 games right this week, but also as the only 2 with perfect seasons so far. That’s pretty impressive. The outlook would have been quite different if the Ravens had been able to pull out a victory, but Andy Reid and the Chiefs were just too much for Lamar Jackson’s squad.  The eight people that got 4 out of 5 also deserve some props, as it did make the standings move around a bit.

This week is a mixed bag…with the Sunday Night game being a bigger spread, how you pick the other two games might matter more.  Good luck to everyone!

Week 4 picks are:

Colts v. Bears
Patriots v. Chiefs
Eagles v. 49ers (Sunday Night)

Good luck to everyone!

And as Adam is currently atop the leaderboard, I’ll use this as the pick for the week….

Hello Footballers,

It’s only week 2 and I’ve already received more messages about this week being “hard” or “tricky” than I probably got in all of last season.  I think that’s a good thing, it means that we are all having to approach the picks in a new way.

This week is going to be super fun – with all 6 teams getting votes for “PowerPick”.  Somebody could win big, somebody could lose big.  We’ll just have to wait until the clock runs out on Monday night. That Monday Night game has a lot riding on it.  Too bad we’ll be watching Stanley Cup Hockey and won’t be able to see it. (Go Stars!)

Also, a little book keeping to clear up. I did have some errors in last week’s posting. In addition to the change in Dianne’s picks, I made errors on Charlie H and Charlie N.  Charlie H joins the ranks of those who had a perfect score in our first week.  Charlie N sadly falls to the bottom.

One other administrative note – in order to keep our contest aligned with the NFL season, I’m going to name our weeks with the NFL weeks, so even though this is really  our second week of competition, I’m calling it week 3.  We’ll stay that way so that it is easy to match a week’s picks with the NFL results.

This week’s picture is from the Mantooth clan’s support of the NAMI walk in honor of Andy Senn.  We went on a tour of our neighborhood last night to celebrate Andy and just enjoy being together in the twilight. There were good vibes all around. If you want to support NAMI and Mary’s efforts there’s still a chance.  Click here and donate to help Mary reach her team’s goal.

Happy Football everybody!!!  I hope your teams win, but since no one has the same picks as me this week, I hope you have at least one loss!

Hello Footballers!

We survived the first week of our pool (the second week of the NFL season) and everyone managed to get at least 1 game correct. Major props to Adam, John, Kevin, Margie and Violet for picking perfectly across the board.  Nice work!

Also, I had an error in Dianne’s picks for last week.  Please double check the standings and confirm that I had the right picks in the grid for you. I think I got a little trigger happy when I was formatting, so help make sure that you are represented correctly.

Speaking for myself, I really enjoyed how this format pitted players against each other, and think that will only get better as the weeks go on.  Violet sure enjoyed talking a lot of trash over the weekend. She learned that from her dad.

For week 2, here are the games to pick:

Rams v Bills  (both teams are undefeated!)
Packers v Saints (Sunday Night Game)
Chiefs v Ravens (Monday Night Game – both teams are undefeated)

Get those picks in by the end of the day Friday, and make sure to let me know which one is your power pick. Send me photos to share while you are at it. We’re off to a good start!

While we are waiting for photos to come in, I’ll share this picture of the crazy big double rainbow we saw down at the Lake of the Ozarks this summer.

Hello Footballers,

What a weird year it’s been.  Before we post the picks for NFL week 2 (week 1 of the scrum), we have some unfinished business to attend to. In the chaos that took over Casa Mantooth late in the 2019 season, it appears that we never had a post to celebrate last year’s winner.

So – CONGRATULATIONS!!!! to the 2019 Season Champion Paul Hergenrother! It was an impressive feat – going 13 weeks into the season and in the end besting Whoosie.  Well done to Paul!  I need to find the photo so that we can add him to the hall of winners.

Ok, now here we are in the weird and wild 2020. The picks for week 1 are in, and I do think it is going to be quite fun. Lots of head to head match ups, and on all 3 games we have power picks for both teams. Let the trash talking begin! I’ll go first – there’s no way the Rams will beat Philly – Fly Eagles Fly!

Have fun watching the games today!  When you send your picks for next week, I fully expect to see some photos of what people are up to. I think we are all missing seeing people, so it doesn’t have to be exciting, just send it!

Go Steelers!