Nemmers Scrum

Happy New Year Footballers!

With only a handful of days left in 2022…have you made your resolutions for next year yet? Mine is to make better picks in the early part of the NFL season.  Hah!

Week 16 was a good one, with lots of 5 point winners, with an especially strong showing from the Hergenrothers. Congrats to perfect pickers Bill, Charlie H, Dianne, Paul, Tyler and Whoosie! Good pickin!  These scores and a some good four point plays created a little shake up in the upper ranks, but Dan has managed to cling to his lead.  Molly and Stephanie are right on his tail with one power pick still being able to close the gap.

This week, I tried to pick games that would be fun to watch – and are hopefully televised.  With playoff implications on the line, winning records, and tight spreads, I’m hoping the games are fun even if your picks don’t turn out the way you wanted.

Week 17 picks are:

Dolphins v. Patriots
Vikings v Packers
Bills v Bengals

No Saturday games this week, but we’ll be on the road all day that day, so earlier picks are always better.  Please get ’em in by end of day Friday.

And..for your viewing pleasure, here’s a gem that the kids found in some collections of old photos yesterday.  I hope everyone has some fun this new years like Charlie and Judy in this photo from 1965.

Ho Ho Ho Footballers,

Did you see that world cup final? Maybe the best football game of the year! Oh…wait…this is AMERICAN football.  Let’s get back to our regularly scheduled programming.

This was a week where a lot of people got 5s.  Well done to everyone!  As someone who got a 5 (woo hoo!) I was actually hoping for a 4 and a Chargers loss, as it would have totally moved me up in the standings. But, it didn’t.  And, as you can see, Dan has managed to hang on to his lead, inching up another point.  But there is still a pack at his heels.  Three weeks to go and I predict it will be down to the wire.

Here are the picks for week 16.  Please pay extra attention to getting your picks in EARLY!!! As there are games on Saturday this week.  There weren’t a lot of Sunday choices. I guess even football players like to hang out at home on Christmas day.

The games for week 16 are:

Eagles v Cowboys
Raiders v Steelers
Broncos v Rams

In the meantime, enjoy this picture of Violet getting her 2nd place medal for the 200 freestyle at her swim meet last weekend.

Hello Footballers,

Congratulations to the Sherburne contingent of the football pool – with the only two perfect 5-point weeks, Margie and Madison have managed to make big jumps in the standings.  Nice work ladies.  A few other strong performances in the middle of the pack also created some shuffling.  Personally, I am giving myself high fives as I got DOUBLE the points of the rest of my family…combined.  Boom!

And it only took about 3 months, but it has happened. We have a new player atop the leader board.  Congrats to Dan, who managed to squeak ahead of Molly this week.  Mary, Fletcher, Madison and Stephanie are all right on their tails too….so these final weeks should prove to be exciting.

This week was a tough one to put together.  All the games with small spreads had a team that we had to pick last week.  I try not to use the same team two weeks in a row. But almost all of the other games had GIANT spreads.  So, that doesn’t seem much fun either. Anyway, I think this week might surprise some people.  I am willing to guess that the picking will be just as hard. Good luck to everyone and get those picks in on time please!

Week 15 Picks:

Falcons v. Saints
Lions v Jets
Titans v Chargers

PS: Go STEELERS!!!!

Ho Ho Ho Footballers,

It is getting close to Christmas (and the end of the NFL season).  Time to see if the Tampa Bay offense will be naughty or nice.

It is a mix up kind of week, with all six choices being selected as a power pick.  I do think a lot of you just picked the Steelers to make me (and Kevin) feel better, but Violet picked them because “They are going to “steal” a win.).  We’ll see, fingers are crossed.

And, if you are like us and can’t watch the game you want because you have to watch the Cowboys and Texans (ugh), maybe you can distract yourself by checking out all of the lovely Christmas decorations…and Bailey’s tree.

Adam and Lisa’s Tree

The Mantooth Tree

Bill’s Tree

Whoosie’s Fireplace

John and Margie’s Tree

Gerri’s Tree

Bailey’s Tree

Molly’s Dorm

Stephanie’s House

Mary and Whoosie at the Milwaukee Tree lighting

Charlie and Judy’s Tree

A tie?  We had a tie?  What do we do with that?

Welp, no one gets a win, so the tie between the Giants and Commanders leaves everyone with a big goose egg for that game in week 13.

What does that mean for the pool? First it means that people who had their power pick elsewhere, had a chance to make hay.  Paul and Kevin both did just that. Earning 4 points in a week where so many only could at best get two gave them a leg up.  Congrats guys to using big gains in a weird week to leap in the standings.

Just as critically, this means that Dan caught Molly.  Fletcher, at one point behind, is still very much in it as well.  So late in the season and we have a real horse race!  Who would have imagined it?

For week 14 here are the games – this week, please also send a photo of your holiday decorations or tree. 

Ravens v Steelers
Buccaneers v. 49ers
Patriots v Cardinals

To get everyone inspired, I’m sharing a tree I saw on the internet that was decorated with Crocheted squares – I thought it was cool. Send what you have and I’ll share that with the picks.

Go Steelers!!!!!