Yeah, I was going to blog more.... I guess that didn't happen. My apologies...
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and all that...
Now that we're recovering, or trying to hook up that XBox One S, or what have you, let's review a few things here....
It's been a wild season.... I was hanging in there, until a 1, and a zero, and then it just went downhill.... There might have been another zero in there.... More on that later....
But first, it's time.
It's time to give credit where credit is due. First, to the PROPHET OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS. Of course I'm talking about Sears, now a Famous Retired Guy (FRG).
Along with his pool initiation, he has this post it note stuck to the check:
So glad to be wrong about Dak.... So glad.
I feel like, after the Cowboys win the Super Bowl, I will matte that, frame it, and send it back to Sears, so he can hang it on the wall of his Man Cave....
Secondly.... Let's give some big props to the people who put up perfect 5 and 0 weeks. I didn't think it would be so hard, but this is a short list. So well done, to all of you.... Enjoy the thrill of victory....
Week 4: SEARS Well done sir!
Week 7: BIG HEADED HOLY ROLLERS. Nice!
Week 9: BIG HEADED HOLY ROLLERS. Uhh, what??? Some people are awfully glad that BHHR is not a gold club player...
Week 13: JSTONESKI. Well done. This player came in late, not a gold club member.
Week 14: BIG HEADED HOLY ROLLERS. Seriously Bro, if you don't have a Sportsbook account, you need to sign up....
Week 15: ELUSIVE. Hey Man, Nice Job!!! Longtime player... Apparently all the Rugby hits didn't knock ALL the sense out of his brain....
Week 16: PATRICK686. Wow. I was hearing results, and I thought "hmmm, I think I'm winning my games here...", but I was too busy Christmasing it up to really look, until this morning.... Or, too busy driving back & forth... Whatever.... At least I broke out of the bottom, and can salvage some pride.... For a few weeks there, people could have made a lot of money "checkering" me, and going "anti-Patrick" against my picks....
We could theoretically have 1 more here, but hey, please accept my congrats. Harder than I thought, to go 5-0....
It's also time to dump ridicule.... I thought long & hard about skipping this segment, but, I suppose.... This really is a backhanded way of saying, most of you did a good job here.....
These are people who posted up an 0 and 5.... the Agony of defeat.....
Week 5: GREGSLO and KCAMOSY. Both autopicks.
Week 10: HIGHZ, GREGSLO, and PATRICK686. Highz and Gregslo had autopicks. I, uhhh, I actually picked that myself....
Week 12: GREGSLO. Autopick.
Week 14: PATRICK686. And yes, I picked it myself....
Conclusion: I am the ONLY ONE who actually picked, myself, using my own brain, a pure 0-5. And I did it twice, just to make sure.... I will say, those 0-5's featured a lot of winners who couldn't cover, or back door covers the other way, where, the game was long over, but late meaningless touchdowns screwed me....
Let that be a lesson to the young gamblers out there.... You don't HAVE to bet it with the spread.... You can moneyline your winner, and just take smaller odds..... It's better to cash a smaller winner, than to throw a losing ticket in the garbage.....
The Packers have been flexed to Sunday Night btw, so plan accordingly.....
Anyways, so, with a week to go, what we really have here, amongst Gold Club Players, is this:
BRADY01 46
SPARKY1987 44
ELUSIVE 44
SEARS 40
HALFTAG 38
PHANATIC PHILLY PHAN 38
This is really what it comes down to, and this is an intriguing battle... SEARS can't win, but 2nd & 3rd are right there.... Sparky and Elusive could win, if Brady was to have a disaster.... These could be hard games to pick, too.... Who is playing for something? Who isn't? Who is going to rest??? We just saw a Carolina team, playing for nothing, slap Washington into the dirt, on Monday Night....
I should probably point out, we will pay top 4....
This will be:
1st 374
2nd 280
3rd 187
4th 93
And, what you see on the "Seasons Standings" page, those are the tiebreakers, in order.... So, the smaller MNF total deviation, would break the tie. # of autopicks was the second tiebreaker, but it looks like that will not be a factor....
So, while Sears, for example, would really want to move up, he also would really like to not slide down....
Alright people, enjoy the games!!!
