I know, a new low in blog posts.... I'm too busy. Next year, things will be different. I hope.
Merry Christmas from the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders! Hopefully, Santa brought you everything you wanted, and you had a good time.....
Cowboys are in the Playoffs.... We'll see how that goes...
49ers Cheerleaders seem happy, even though Jim Harbaugh is gone.... they must have forgot about that decade or so of wandering in mediocrity.... Remember Mike Nolan? Yeah, they're trying to forget.... Although, a young unknown coach named Mike McCarthy was their offensive coordinator for a year.... Then he got hired by Tedly, to be HC of the Green Bay Packers.... so I guess that worked out okay for us, anyways....
Denver is back in the playoffs.... I do like the chaps, that's a good look for cold weather Cheerleaders....
Whoa. the Jacksonville Jaguars Cheerleaders.... that's a good look for warm weather Cheerleaders.... Not a good Football Team, but wow.... Ohh my. I'm starting to see why some of our Florida Players are Jaguars Fans....
Ahem. Anyways, let's recap our weekly winners, since I did not offer the congratulations I normally would have....
Badgergil - Weeks 1, 12, and 15 Nice job from a perennially fine picker of football contests...
Smitty 201 - Weeks 8 and 16. Our Past Season's Champion, putting in another fine season. More on that later.
Sears - Week 6. Sears! Long (long) time Player Sears, breaks a LONG dry spell. Last time he won a week was Week 4 of 2011. Over 48 weeks, no wins. I sh&t you not. Unreal. So, Congrats to Sears... Nice job man. (He's probably pouring a Gentleman Jack right now, thinking "Has it REALLY BEEN THAT LONG?? I personally hate those dry spells... Feels like you might never win again....)
StudMonkey - Weeks 2 and 10. New Player last year, won 2 weeks last year, 2 weeks this year. And, more on him later.... I may just "accidentally" boot him, he's too good at this....
(Joking.... Nobody's getting booted for being too good of a player...)
DJS26 - Week 13. Nice job! DJS was second for the Season last year also, you might recall.. DJS26 is the guy who couldn't stand Florida, and moved to Southern California. Yesterday it was -2 when I drove to work here.... I kid, but, seriously, if I was young, and had a choice, I would never set foot in the State of Wisconsin again.... At least in winter....
Sparky1987 - Weeks 4 and 17. New Player last year, who won nothing, broke through this year. Congrats! Were you peeking at StudMonkey's picks??? Just wondering....
KCamosy - Week 7. Nice job.
Patrick686 - Weeks 5, 9, and 11. Pretty good year for me. More on that later..... Despite the Bears & Broncos costing me at least 1400 points this year, I managed to win a few weeks....
(Editor's Note: We've asked him 4,562,853 times to stop exaggerating....)
Brady02 - Week 14. One win last year, one win this year. This is Brady01 from last year. Note, you can use your same username the following year, if you want to....
Big Headed Holy Rollers - Week 3. Congrats!
Alright.... Well, despite the firings of Trestman, Smith, and Harbaugh, Tom Coughlin remains employed, and supposedly is "safe".... He's 68 years old. With 2 highly unlikely Super Bowl victories.... Why do you go on with this??? Do you REALLY want to stand on a cold sideline in New Jersey and watch The Fraud that is Eli Manning throw picks?? Really?? You have nothing better to do??? Get a hobby or something.... I assumed ownership would wander downstairs to his office and tell him "yeah, we think you oughtta retire...", but I guess not...
Anyways, the Season's Champions....
3rd Place: StudMonkey! Yeah, see?? He's too good of a Player.... Kidding. Nice job man! Congrats! You had me worried there at the end, you were closing....
2nd Place: Smitty201. Congrats! You had me very worried too.... Last year's Season's Champion, puts in another fine season. Let's recap here for a second. 2012, Smitty was second for the season, losing to me by only 6 points. 2013, Smitty wins the season. 2014, Smitty is second for the Season, And was closing the gap at the end.... If we had a "mythical" 3- Year triple season champion, Smitty wins it.... What a 3 year run.... Unreal.
1st Place: Patrick686. I know, a shocker. I felt like I didn't pick that great, but I was 176-79-1. In the last 6 years, nobody in our pool has picked 176 games correctly. Not once. The next 4 Closest are StudMonkey, with 175, also this year, and in 2011, Erin07 had 174 correct. In 2009, Badgergil and Highz also had 174. So, I actually feel pretty good about that. Erin07 has really been beset by poor point management, over the years, looking at these numbers. Year after year, he picks games as well as anyone, really, but his points are lacking.... Spend a minute on the points, Bro!
So, to those of you who have already sent along your congratulations, thank you very much, I appreciate your warm wishes and kind words. I will now feel free to talk a lot of trash, and refer to myself as "Your Fearless Leader" for another year....
I know, heavy lies the Crown. I will endeavor to persevere....
In an annual tradition, what did we do against so called professionals??? Let's find out....
Cris Carter 179-76
Tom Jackson 177-78
Patrick686 - 176-79
Ron "Jaws" Jaworski 175-80
KC Joyner "The Football Scientist" 175-80
StudMonkey 175-80
Smitty201 173-82
KCamosy 173-82
Erin07 173-82
Sears 172-83
Big Headed Holy Rollers 171-84
Wickersham 170-85
Badgergil 170-85
So, again, we were as good as anyone, really....
Interesting note, Chris Mortensen is usually pretty good. He was horrible. Would have been at the bottom of our pool. And typically, Cris Carter and Tom Jackson are terrible.... Not sure what they did differently this year....
Anyways, my best wishes for a great 2015!!!
See you next year!!!!
