Nemmers Scrum

Boo Footballers!

Happy Halloween. I hope you have some small wrapped bites of sugary goodness coming your way whether you trick or treat or no.

This week should be a good one. Lots of emotional picks on the line: Hergenrothers for CLE, Manteeth for PIT, and of course Jim pulling for the Cowboys. It is interesting that we have ALL SIX teams chosen as the power pick, so that’s sure to mean some movement in the standings when it is all said and done.

Thanks to everyone who sent in Halloween pictures.  There are some really great faces in there!

This was 2014, the year Fletch dressed up as a kid who got hit by a car

Hergenrother Halloween:  Who knew there were ballerinas on Tatooine?

The luster of halloween wore off over the years for Sam.  (That’s Calvin under the pumpkin head from last year.)  Also – Stephanie doesn’t age.

Here’s Maddison this year, heading out to school for Halloween as Strawberry Candy Game Girl.  So cute!

Paige…look out…there is a GIANT CAT about to eat you!!!!!   I love these sweet smiley faces.

Batman and Robin, Nemmers-style.  (For those keeping score, that’s Christian as the caped crusader)

A family effort when Adam and Lisa and the kids were the Power Rangers.  Go go Power Rangers!

And this lovely Tango dancer…I know we didn’t have a contest, but if we did, this would have been the winner. Check out Whoosie from 1980! Fantastic!  (Also, we all think that you can see the resemblance between Whoosie and Dianne here – just us?)

Thanks to everyone who sent in photos – that was really fun!  And GO STEELERS!!!!

Hello Footballers,

What a crazy week we had!  With two upsets, there was lots of movement in the pool.  Congrats to Fletcher, Mary, Adam and Dan for their big week. These strong showings put Fletcher into a tie with Charlie H for first place, with Mary and Adam right on their heels (along with Dana, John, Bill and Calvin.)  And, Dan moved up a few pegs as well.  I think that all of us can agree that we are glad we weren’t watching the Colts 49ers game in person: so. much. rain!

This week, it’s a shame that Green Bay and undefeated Arizona play on Thursday (I don’t like picking the Thursday games, as we are all not ready to be picking yet).  So, instead, we are gonna get a little personal:

Steelers v Browns
Football Team v Broncos
Cowboys v Vikings

Also, Sunday is Halloween – so I encourage you to send your favorite Halloween memory and/or photos.  Here’s a photo and a story for inspiration.  This is a photo of Iron man and Ultra Violet from about 8 years ago (with a guest appearance of our lovely tree that has since fallen over).   My favorite memory was from a different Halloween, when Kevin took a final lap with the kids while I handed out candy at our house.  When they came home and dumped out their buckets, Vi had a really nice pair of sunglasses in her stash.  “Where did you get those?” I asked.  Violet replied, “We were at a house with no one home that had a bucket of candy by the front door. Dad said we could go up to a house and take something from the porch. They were on the porch.”  Trick or treat indeed.

Happy Halloween and GO STEELERS!!!!!!

Hello Footballers,

With the Steelers and Cowboys both having a bye this weekend, there isn’t a big game buzz going on in Dallas (or our house).  But, thank goodness we have the pool to keep it interesting.  For sure the top picks for the week are Caroline / Las Vegas / San Francisco, but we do have a pretty even spread between all three games having votes for the power pick (or as Bill called it the “grapefruit and chainsaw” pick – whatever that might mean.)   And, we have 4 of the six teams picked for the power pick, with both sides being chose on the Panthers/Giants game.  Good luck to everyone!

This week we have a picture of Gabe Carter with his momma. Let’s give him (and Stephanie and family) a big HOOYAH as Gabe heads out to basic training for the Marines this week. So much to be proud of.  And, because it seems like a good week to post pictures of cute kiddos, one of Adam with grandbaby Brooks.

Hello Footballers,

Week 6 was quite a doozy.  Somehow the Cowboys managed to pull it out on the road and outsmart the Pats.  Maybe they really are as good as the guys on the local sports talk seem to think.

Big props to Calvin, Whoosie and Dana for their perfect guesses.  Hopefully a 5 out of 5 takes away a little of the sadness of a Bears loss to the dreaded Packers for Whoosie and for Dana she’s one step closer to catching Charlie. And nice work to all the people who got 4s this week.  Some of those big scores helped people to move up.

Charlie H. holds on to his lead, but Calvin and Bill are now right on his heels. One week of upsets and we could have a lot of reshuffling at the top of this thing. 

Coming up with the choices for week 7 was tough.  There are soooo many games with double digit spreads. I can’t think of another time that we had a 12 and a 15 point spread in the same week.  And, I try to pick games that aren’t just the battle of the losers, but this week, the only close games were from teams that were mediocre at best.  I tried, folks, I truly did.  Here’s what we have to pick in Week 7:

Panthers v Giants
Eagles v. Raiders
Colts v. 49ers

Get those picks in by end of day Friday.  This weekend I am working at an early polling location, so I my email timing may be wonky,  but I promise to get it out to ya.

For your viewing enjoyment, here’s two photos from our Milwaukee contingent.  One is of Paige playing flag football (and clearly dominating the play) and the other is of Bill and Whoosie out having a beer and enjoying the gorgeous weather this past weekend at a bar near their new place downtown.

And, since the Steelers have a bye this weekend, I don’t have a cheer this weekend.  Just have a good one, everybody!

Hello Footballers!

I totally forgot that the Miami v Jacksonville game was in London this week, so we are getting an early start.  Rushing to get this out before halftime of that game.

Lots of people with the same picks this weeks – props to Dan and Fletcher for being bold and taking the road less traveled.

Let’s see what the Cowboys do…as there are a lot of power picks riding on that game.  Clearly y’all must know something I do not.

Good luck and GO STEELERS!!!

Hello Footballers,

Well, another exciting week was in the books.  Jameis Winston showed up, and Patrick Mahomes not so much.  All the same, congrats to Cassie, Margie, Adam and Gerri for getting all 5 points this week.  It was unpredictable, and y’all did great! It definitely moves around the standings a bit too…with Cassie and Margie pulling ahead of Calvin, Bill and Fletcher.  Still, it is early in the season and a lot could happen.

For week 6, I am trying to keep it interesting.  And, finally the Cowboys make it to the pool.  Choices for this week are:

Dolphins v Jaguars
Vikings v Panthers
Cowboys v Patriots

And…just because it’s pretty cool, here’s a picture of the Anne of Green Gables doll that Violet crocheted for me for my birthday.  Try not to be jealous.

Please get your picks in by end of day Friday.  And despite an injury to Juju Smith-Schuster: GO STEELERS!

Hello Footballers,

Here we are at week 5: right in the thick of the season.  Lots of good teams, lots of good choices. It was exciting that 5 of our 6 teams were picked as a power pick. And, all six teams were selected to win. So, I do anticipate seeing more movement for the pool. All these spreads are so close, but the final scores have not been, so I think it is good that they still play the games.

Earlier this weekend, Fletcher, Vi and I took a quick road trip to San Antonio to check out Trinity University (which is so cool!), and got to spend the evening with the Sherburnes. We realized that it may have been the biggest gathering of folks from the scrum – so here’s a shot of all of us + super-cat Tommy.  Thanks again to John, Margie and Madison for hosting, we had a great time!

Enjoy the games today.  Unlikely that they will be as exciting as the Texas football games yesterday, but you just never know!  GO STEELERS!!!

Hello Footballers,

Well, week 4 was better than week 3. That’s for sure.  Big shout out to Charlie, Cassie, John and Dana for perfect scores.  With his pick, John made a big leap in the standings, but Charlie is slowly pulling away from the pack.  Will his good fortune continue? Only time will tell.

For week 5, I listened to the complainers of last week and only selected games that did not have anyone with a losing record.  Maybe a few 2-2 teams, but no losers.  Eww, losers.

The week 5 picks are:

Saints v Football Team (aka Redskins)
Bills v Chiefs
Browns v Chargers

Please get your picks in by the end of the day Friday.  And…if you have not paid yet – get on it!  It’s only $10 people!

Last but not least, here are a few more birthday pictures that came in this past week.  Mary celebrated a birthday that ends in a 5 with her favorite (and very tall) grandsons a few weeks back, Adam made it to KC to see the Royals during their final week of the season on Sunday, and, the Dallas Manteeth celebrated my birthday with a visit to see our good friend Big Tex at the State Fair. Yay for birthdays! We all look GOOD!

Go Steelers!

Hello Footballers,

Let’s start by saying HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Dana and Adam today.  One of these folks is now old enough to buy beer, and the other has been buying beer for quite awhile. Either way, we hope celebrating is happening for you both!  (And special shout out to Dianne who was the ONLY person who responded to my request for birthday photos.  Which is why we get to see this adorable picture of Dana at her 16th birthday).

Here are the picks for this week.  Yes, I know they were hard.  There was a lot of belly aching going on with submissions. And, while I’m sorry if they are tough to choose, I think we can all agree that the pool would be a lot less fun if there were obvious choices and everyone picked the same thing. That for sure didn’t happen this week, as all 6 teams in our pool had at least one person make them their power pick.  Lots of head to head match ups.  So, while the picking was hard, seeing how it all shakes out should actually be kinda fun.

Go STEELERS!!!!