The Bored Football Pool Thingie

[littlebeast13]

Has just been activated for another year....

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem

Group Name: WWTBAM

Group ID# 30521

Password: squirrel


Same format we've been running with... confidence points, all 17 weeks count and deadline is 5 minutes before each game starts.

Join the fun...

lb13

[Vandal]

Thanks, LB.

I'm in.

[MarkBarrett]

My picks are in and thank you for getting this going.

[andrewjackson]

Week 1 results and standings:

1. Vandalians 105 11-5
2. VikingsMark 99 10-6
3. Kroxquo's Spread Sheet 99 11-5
4. daks boys 97 10-6
5. LB's Evil Squirrels 91 12-4
6. The Boneheads 89 9-7
7. Andrewjackson 88 10-6
8. rayxtwo 87 9-7
9. TClark45 84 10-6
10. Kelly's Heroes 66 10-6

LB did what I usually do. He only missed 4 games but wound up in 5th place. I, on the other hand, am trying a new tactic: miss a bunch of games AND poorly use confidence points.

[littlebeast13]

Week 1 results and standings:

1. Vandalians 105 11-5
2. VikingsMark 99 10-6
3. Kroxquo's Spread Sheet 99 11-5
4. daks boys 97 10-6
5. LB's Evil Squirrels 91 12-4
6. The Boneheads 89 9-7
7. Andrewjackson 88 10-6
8. rayxtwo 87 9-7
9. TClark45 84 10-6
10. Kelly's Heroes 66 10-6

LB did what I usually do. He only missed 4 games but wound up in 5th place. I, on the other hand, am trying a new tactic: miss a bunch of games AND poorly use confidence points.

I have an uncanny knack for doing well at the beginning of the season (misplaced confidence points notwithstanding) only to fall apart later on in the season. Why? Knowledge to me is not power. I picked like crap when I used to follow football, and now do well when I'm completely in the dark and have no past records to fall back on. I was the only one to pick Denver over Carolina (Damn, did Manning retiring make the Broncos that sucky of a team in the eyes of everyone to be an underdog at home?), and had I not spotted the bizarre fact that the Pats were listed as underdogs (Oh, wait, I think Brady's suspended! Better pick AZ), I'd have won that game as well (though it was the only one of my four losses I didn't have a double digit number of points attached to)....

At least this time I won't lead from wire to third-to-last week only to fall into second...

lb13

[Vandal]

I usually get off to a terrible start and have to claw my way back up to my usual "middle of the pack" status.

I'll take the quick start because the inevitable "doomer" week usually happens in late September/early October.

[SportsFan68]

Week 1 results and standings:

1. Vandalians 105 11-5
2. VikingsMark 99 10-6
3. Kroxquo's Spread Sheet 99 11-5
4. daks boys 97 10-6
5. LB's Evil Squirrels 91 12-4
6. The Boneheads 89 9-7
7. Andrewjackson 88 10-6
8. rayxtwo 87 9-7
9. TClark45 84 10-6
10. Kelly's Heroes 66 10-6

LB did what I usually do. He only missed 4 games but wound up in 5th place. I, on the other hand, am trying a new tactic: miss a bunch of games AND poorly use confidence points.

I have an uncanny knack for doing well at the beginning of the season (misplaced confidence points notwithstanding) only to fall apart later on in the season. Why? Knowledge to me is not power. I picked like crap when I used to follow football, and now do well when I'm completely in the dark and have no past records to fall back on. I was the only one to pick Denver over Carolina (Damn, did Manning retiring make the Broncos that sucky of a team in the eyes of everyone to be an underdog at home?), and had I not spotted the bizarre fact that the Pats were listed as underdogs (Oh, wait, I think Brady's suspended! Better pick AZ), I'd have won that game as well (though it was the only one of my four losses I didn't have a double digit number of points attached to)....

At least this time I won't lead from wire to third-to-last week only to fall into second...

lb13

Manning retiring actually made us a better team, except for his legendary sheriff status, except Oz had served an exemplary apprenticeship, except the traitor promptly bailed for greener pastures.

Here's hoping.

[lilclyde54]

10-6 gets me in last place. I've gotta get my confidence points figured out.

[andrewjackson]

Week 2 results:

1. Kroxquo's Spread Sheet 96
2. daks boys 94
3. TClark45 87
4. Andrewjackson 87
5. LB's Evil Squirrels 81
6. Kelly's Heroes 81
7. Vandalians 80
8. Skippy 80
9. The Boneheads 72
10. VikingsMark 69
11. rayxtwo 0




Standings:

1. Kroxquo's Spread Sheet 195 22-10
2. daks boys 191 20-12
3. Vandalians 185 20-12
4. Andrewjackson 175 20-12
5. LB's Evil Squirrels 172 22-10
6. TClark45 171 20-12
7. VikingsMark 168 17-15
8. The Boneheads 161 16-16
9. Kelly's Heroes 147 19-13
10. rayxtwo 87 9-23
11. Skippy 80 8-8

[andrewjackson]

Week 3 results:

1. VikingsMark 97
2. TClark45 77
3. The Boneheads 76
4. LB's Evil Squirrels 70
5. Kroxquo's Spread Sheet 69
6. Skippy 66
7. daks boys 63
8. Vandalians 57
9. Kelly's Heroes 56
10. Andrewjackson 55

Awful, just awful.



Standings:

1. VikingsMark 265 28-20
2. Kroxquo's Spread Sheet 264 30-18
3. daks boys 254 26-22
4. TClark45 248 29-19
5. LB's Evil Squirrels 242 32-16
6. Vandalians 242 26-22
7. The Boneheads 237 24-24
8. Andrewjackson 230 26-22
9. Kelly's Heroes 203 26-22
10. Skippy 146 15-17
11. rayxtwo 87 9-39

[littlebeast13]

I want to finish with the best record, but in the bottom half of total points. I think I'm well on my way to that...

lb13

[andrewjackson]

Week 4 results:

1. TClark45 77
2. VikingsMark 76
3. The Boneheads 72
4. Kelly's Heroes 71
5. Vandalians 68
6. Skippy 68
7. Andrewjackson 59
8. Kroxquo's Spread Sheet 49
9. LB's Evil Squirrels 41

Standings:

1. VikingsMark 341 38-25
2. TClark45 325 38-25
3. Kroxquo's Spread Sheet 313 37-26
4. Vandalians 310 33-30
5. The Boneheads 309 34-29
6. Andrewjackson 289 34-29
7. LB's Evil Squirrels 283 37-26
8. Kelly's Heroes 274 34-29
9. daks boys 254 26-37
10. Skippy 214 23-24
11. rayxtwo 87 9-54

Hey, I actually moved up this week. Not coming in last seems to work better. Fewer people playing also helps.

[lilclyde54]

It looks like my best chance at relevancy is for about half the pool to forget to make their picks.

[andrewjackson]

Week 5 results:

1. TClark45 79
2. Kelly's Heroes 74
3. VikingsMark 71
4. The Boneheads 67
5. Kroxquo's Spread Sheet 66
6. Skippy 65
7. Andrewjackson 62
8. LB's Evil Squirrels 60
9. Vandalians 59


Week 6 results:

1. VikingsMark 86
2. Kelly's Heroes 80
3. TClark45 76
4. Skippy 73
5. The Boneheads 68
6. Kroxquo's Spread Sheet 66
7. Andrewjackson 59
8. Vandalians 105 54
9. LB's Evil Squirrels 54


Standings:

1. VikingsMark 498 57-35
2. TClark45 480 56-36
3. Kroxquo's Spread Sheet 445 53-39
4. The Boneheads 444 51-41
5. Kelly's Heroes 428 53-39
6. Vandalians 423 48-44
7. Andrewjackson 410 49-43
8. LB's Evil Squirrels 397 50-42
9. Skippy 352 41-35
10. daks boys 254 26-66
11. rayxtwo 87 9-83

Kelly's Heroes are making a move up the table. I am not.

[littlebeast13]

Getting worse and worse every week. Pretty soon, the non-players will pass me too....

lb13

[Vandal]

I'll always have week 1!

[Lizbit]

Getting worse and worse every week. Pretty soon, the non-players will pass me too....

lb13

Finally, I'm going to beat the Evil Squirrels!

My Chickens' powder fluff football team can beat the Squirrels, even without Lucille.

[littlebeast13]

Getting worse and worse every week. Pretty soon, the non-players will pass me too....

lb13

Finally, I'm going to beat the Evil Squirrels!

My Chickens' powder fluff football team can beat the Squirrels, even without Lucille.

The Evil Squirrels couldn't even beat their own cheerleaders.....

lb13

[lilclyde54]

Hard to believe but my heroes are slowly creeping up the ladder.

[Vandal]

You're welcome.

[andrewjackson]

Week 7 results:

1. TClark45 88
2. Skippy 86
3. The Boneheads 80
4. LB's Evil Squirrels 79
5. Andrewjackson 78
6. VikingsMark 76
7. Kelly's Heroes 75
8. Kroxquo's Spread Sheet 67
9. Vandalians 62

Standings:

1. VikingsMark574 65-41
2. TClark45 568 66-40
3. The Boneheads 524 60-46
4. Kroxquo's Spread Sheet 512 63-43
5. Kelly's Heroes 503 61-45
6. Andrewjackson 488 57-49
7. Vandalians 485 55-51
8. LB's Evil Squirrels 476 58-48
9. Skippy 438 50-40
10. daks boys 254 26-80
11. rayxtwo 87 9-97

VikingsMark and TClark stay on top.
Hey, I moved up a spot! If no one else plays for a couple of weeks I could get into contention.

[littlebeast13]

Man, I must've taken a bath in the Monday night game. I had the high score when I checked yesterday... and was in 6th overall.

Yep, stupid Broncos. They've taken the Raiders' usual spot of being the team that's killed me all year...

lb13

[SportsFan68]

Man, I must've taken a bath in the Monday night game. I had the high score when I checked yesterday... and was in 6th overall.

Yep, stupid Broncos. They've taken the Raiders' usual spot of being the team that's killed me all year...

lb13

Good!

Change the avatar. Your luck will improve.

[MarkBarrett]

12 games complete in Week 8 and the only red on my sheet is incorrectly picking Cleveland. The funny thing is it only cost me one point, yet I still trail for the week's top score. Perhaps me or someone else will now switch tomorrow's winner between the Vikings/Bears in the hopes of taking the week. Bwah ha ha!

[andrewjackson]

Week 8 results:

1. The Boneheads 70
2. VikingsMark 69
3. Andrewjackson 58
4. Vandalians 57
5. LB's Evil Squirrels 57
6. Kelly's Heroes 51
7. Skippy 50
8. Kroxquo's Spread Sheet 42
9. TClark45 41

Standings:

1. VikingsMark 643 75-43
2. TClark45 609 71-47
3. The Boneheads 594 70-48
4. Kelly's Heroes 554 69-49
5. Kroxquo's Spread Sheet 554 70-48
6. Andrewjackson 546 65-53
7. Vandalians 542 63-55
8. LB's Evil Squirrels 533 65-53
9. Skippy 488 58-44
10. daks boys 254 26-92
11. rayxtwo 87 9-109

Not much movement this week. The tie and the loss by the Vikings hurt everyone.