Rogue One

Hey, remember me??

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:

I taped over his real name, but you get the idea....  Hahaha!  Unreal...  I had zero belief in Dak Prescott.  I've seen what happens to the Packers when they put in their rookie backups....  Yikes.  You may as well put cocktail sauce on the barrel of your 45, because you're going to be sucking on it, and thinking of pulling the trigger, when you see them play.

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!!!

The Force Awakens....

Hey, Good Evening!

Yes, Cadillac Pat here.

Since November 8th, I got a very sudden take it or leave it offer at work....  So, after flipping a coin, decided to take it.

Which it now appears was a bad decision.... I may melt that coin down, or hammer it into nothing, or whip it out the car window, or something....  Not a good decision.

So here I am, at Ice Station Zebra, a couple hundred miles north of my Pewaukee location.....

My Guy DJS moves like, every 6 months, from one Paradise, to an even better Paradise.....  How come I can't get moved to Paradise???  Wassahp wit dat?!?!?!?

I used to joke that every time I went somewhere, it was better than home, and that you really had to go out of your way to find something worse....  Apparently God, or the Karmic Universe, or something, has a sense of humor, because, ho boy, yeah, I found something worse....

Ahem, anyways, I've had no time.

But, the prizes went in the mail today, so....  Let's quickly recap our winners.  I think my last post was while the Packers were being destroyed by the Carolina Panthers.  What was that, November??

Week 9: Florida Boys!  I wanna move to Florida....  And win a week, in my own pool....  Hahaha!  2 things that aren't going to happen anytime soon....
Week 10: Erin07!!  Nice job man.
Week 11: Gregslo!  Actually, this is the old Gregslo's Son, making the picks....  Nice job man!
Week 12: Badgergil!  Hey, he got hot near the end.  Stay tuned.
Week 13: Sears!  Perennial Power Picker Sears breaks thru for a weekly win.  Tough season to pick.  Nice job man.
Week 14: Badgergil again!  Wow.  Nice.
Week 15: KCamosy.  Let's set the stage here.... By this time, KCamosy was leading the season.  I was in second.  Elusive was lurking, Smitty was sort of lurkingDJS and Studmonkey were in the picture... But I felt pretty good, that with 3 weeks to go, I could run him down.  KCamosy must have checked the rearview, while he was blasting Rush tunes in the car, and seen me closing, and he put the hammer down, won the week, and disappeared.  I wanna say he was the only one in the whole pool who had Detroit, on that one Monday, and they won for him.  So, that win just slapped us all in the face, like a boss.....
Week 16: Brady02!  Got a late start, but did win a week.
Week 17: DJS26!!!  Capped the season with his 3rd weekly win.  Came up JUST a tad short for the season, but still a great year....  sun was probably in his eyes, he couldn't properly analyze games.

So, for the all important Season's Champions

3rd: StudMonkey.  Hey, congrats!!!  Super job.

2nd: DJS26.  Congrats, man.  Quite a season.  These young kids coming up, they have talent, and are not afraid to pick an upset.....

Speaking of picking an upset....  Remember how I said I couldn't wait to bet against Cincinnati in the Playoffs???  Thank YOU!  Thank you.  Huge win.  SO nice...  I'm so frickin busy with all this bullcrap, I didn't see one minute of the game, but.....  The result is all that mattered....

Anyways, your Season Champion is KCAMOSY!!!  Wait, what??  I thought it was between me and Smitty???  I guess not.  Smitty201 won a week, which is more than I can say....

Heavy lies the Crown, man....  You'll see.  Nah, seriously, Congrats.  Very nice season.

Playoffs are underway....  All 4 road teams won last weekend.  Crazy.  Besides the Bengals though, I mean, was there ever a weaker Division Champion than Washington???  Ohhh, the NFC East was brutal this year.  We're talking about a team that won their division, and NEVER beat a team all year with a winning record....  and Minnesota, omg, stumbling into wins all year long....  their schedule was softer than a bag of Stay-Puft marshmallows.....

Actually, I had just taken a seat at an establishment, to see the game, since I have no TV in this creepy apartment yet....  And, here's the end of the Vikings Game.  Lining up for a chip shot field goal....  And they MISSED IT!!!  This place went insane....  Pandemonium.   Seahawks fans, Vikings fans....  That's another goofy thing up here, there is a REAL contingent of Vikings Fans in the establishments....  Very strange.

Uhh huh.  There ya go.

Anyways, I do this every year... Compare to the so-called "experts"....  Chris Mortensen was way down last year, but he was back this year.... Best of the ESPN pickers.  Take a look:

Chris Mortensen 163-93

KCamosy 162-94

DJS26       160-96
Badgergil   160-96

StudMonkey  159-97

Ron Jaworski 159-97
Keyshawn Johnson (throw him the damn ball) 159-97

Gregslo  158-98
Patrick686  158-98
Merrill Hoge 158-98

Not too bad.....  Again, a decent showing....Nice job....

Well, enjoy the playoffs people!  Another great season is in the books.....

Best Regards in Football,
Cadillac Pat