Nemmers Scrum

Here are the picks for week 6.  They may look a bit crazy, as 4 people went with the Thursday game, and so I have posted those results here.  Sadly, the Steelers didn’t get it done, and so now we must say goodbye to 4 more players – Grandpa Bill, Gerri, Joel and Jim – thanks for playing.  There is also 2 picks in gray:  Uncle Bill and Charlie N. just can’t face the fact that they are done, so they’ve picked anyway, even if it doesn’t count. We are down to 8 now – so I will start to concoct a plan of what happens if all remaining players go out in the same week.  Or, we’ll just see if Howie can go coast to coast without a loss.

Good Luck everyone – see you in D.C.!!!

Emily

Hello Footballers,

Here are the week 5 results.  Charlie N. and Bill N. both were eliminated when Green Bay just couldn’t pull it out in the 4th.  While this will make a pool a lot easier to keep up with (now only 1 Charlie and 1 Bill), I will be sad to see both of them (and their coded weekly pick messages) be done.

But don’t feel bad, guys.  You weren’t the only losers this weekend.  Our Texas Rangers must not have got the memo that the season lasts until October, I know Mom (even though she’s not in the pool) is trying to deal with the end of the Chipper Jones era, and the Texas State Fair pie judges clearly didn’t know a good thing when it landed on a plate in front of ’em yesterday – as there were no ribbons for me this year.  Waaah!

Ok.  On to Week 6.  Picks in by Friday – unless you want to pick the Steelers or the Titans from Thursday night’s game.  Then, I need those picks before kick off.  I haven’t looked at the line ups, but Kevin said this is gonna be a tough week – good teams playing each other and bad teams playing each other.  Please double check and make sure you don’t use a team you have already picked.

Hello Footballers!

Sorry for the delay in getting up the picks this week.  The Great State Fair of Texas has taken over our household.  Friday we spent the day with the kids at the fair (the school district gives each kid a ticket to get in and the day off), and then today is “Pie Day”.  So, while you are all pulling for the Giants today, keep your fingers crossed that my Blueberry Lemonade Meringue wins me a pretty ribbon.

Good luck to everyone!

Well, it came down to the wire in quite a few of those, but somehow everyone survived.  Man, Arizona-pickers, I thought you were DONE!!!!

Congrats to all for making it to week 5.  Go ahead and get your picks in bright and early this week.  If you are crazy enough to want to go with Arizona  or St. Louis this week, make sure to have your selection made before Thursday’s kickoff.

Also, it’s getting to that time of the season, were teams you like might start looking good again, so double check your work and make sure you don’t choose someone you’ve already used up.

Ok, and fingers crossed.  While you guys will all be cheering for your teams on Sunday, I’ll be sitting in the shadow of Big Tex over at the Texas State Fair waiting on the judgements of the pie competition.

Good morning footballers!

Despite rain covering nearly the entire state of Texas this morning, I am feeling pretty good.  First off, the State Fair starts today!!!!  Woo Hoo, bring on the Corn Dogs and Pig Races.  Secondly, of the 15 of us left in the pool, 8 different teams were picked this week.  Way to mix it up!  All this excitement should be the perfect thing to keep me distracted from watching the Rangers melt down on the way to the post season.  And, congrats to the early birds:  Paul, Howie and Kevin  – they correctly picked the Ravens on Thursday night and can now enjoy watching the rest of us sweating it out.

Here’s the picks for week 4:

And just like that, ladies and gentlemen, we have a competition on our hands!  Lots of strikes this week; only 4 of 18 players didn’t get a strike.

I would like to take this opportunity to publicly apologize to Uncle Howie for mocking his Cowboys pick on Saturday.  Silly me, indeed.  My hat is off to him, being the only person left in the pool without a strike.  Well played, Mr. Senn, well played.  I am also having a bit of envy that Mike Ditka did not show up in a dream to help me with my pick, as he had for some others.

So, while we are busy licking our wounds and sharpening our strategies for next week, let’s take a minute to bid a fond farewell to our first 3 eliminated players:  Tyler, Mary Senn and Team Sherburne.  Thanks for playing – better luck to ya next year!  (p.s.  Tyler and Mary, you still owe your $10)

Week four picks – get ’em in on time.  If you want the Browns or the Ravens, then make sure to have your pick in before Thursday night kick off.  And, no Steelers or Colts in week 4, as they are both having their bye week.

Here are the picks for week 3.  It looks like 9 people went with New Orleans,  4 with SF, 3 with da Bears, and a pick of the Colts and the Cowboys (really Howie?), to keep it interesting.  So, as much as I hate to cheer against the cutest birthmark in the NFL (that would be Drew Brees) I’m hoping that the Chiefs dominate and shake this pool up a bit.  Good luck to everyone – or well, at least the half that didn’t pick the Saints.  

Well, even a Cardinals fumble with less than a minute to go wasn’t enough to keep the Pats from shanking that field goal wide left.  And with that – 4 players join Tyler with a strike.  Jim also takes a hit for his Vikings pick.  I’m just one step closer to taking all your $$$$!  Get those picks in by Friday – unless you want to pick the Giants or the Panthers – then you’ll need your pick in by kickoff on Thursday night.  

With 7 different teams picked, there will be lots to cheer for (and against) this week for sure.  Clearly the herd went with Cincy, with 8 people picking them.  And, because nobody picked the Monday Night game –  I should be able to get the weekend’s results posted on Monday morning.  Good luck, Fooballers!

Whew!  It was a close one for all those Detroit and Philly-pickers this past week.  But, in the end, only Tyler didn’t get a win.  So, 1 strike for him, everyone else is still good.  Thanks so much for everyone getting their picks in on time.  Jim thinks that he should get an extra bonus because his team won by the biggest spread – I think he should be penalized because his Ravens pick on Monday night screwed up my schedule of posting on Monday morning.  Oh well.  The good news is, we’re all in for another week.  So, bust out those research skills and pick yourself a winner!  Results from week 1 are posted below: