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