2001 Football Pool Weekly Update
Week Eight
Boo. Happy Halloween.
"Trick or Treat, Tom" --Chris Berman to Tom Jackson on ESPN's NFL Primetime
"Trick or Treat, Boom." --Tom Jackson as a reply.
Leave it to Chris Berman to turn a door-to-door plea for candy into a cheery holiday greeting. I love Chris Berman but I just can't get on board with this one. It's not "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Birthday," it's a specific demand for a treat with an implicit threat of a trick in retaliation if said treat is not given. You don't run around just saying it to each other during the day.
But I digress.
"It's the revenge game of the century. The final play will be Flutie burrowing under the earth to score the world's first subterranean touchdown. Final Score: 73-4 San Diego" --Rice~G
It wasn't subterranean but it was Flutie with the ball tucked tightly under his arm ramming his head into the end zone and his revenge into the face of his former Bills. And he saved a lot of football pool contestants in the process.
And elsewhere around the league...?
"Washington can't possibly win two weeks in a row. Therefore, my pick is the Giants. (Now that I've written that, I'm having a vision of the Week 8 wrap-up e-mail with my quote, complete with RIP) --Graham~K (RIP)
When you get a vision, pay attention.
"At my stage in this game, it's now or never for the Ravens and for me! I love my son, but this is football!" --Winer~J
Halloween can be a scary time.
"I consulted the experts this week and it came down to one:
George Washington (or at least a silver-plated replica of him). If,
after several rotations in the air, I could still see his mug,
we’d go New York; if he was kissing carpet, San Diego&ldots;
Here we go&ldots;
Heads it is&ldots;
NEW YORK GIANTS" --Olson~K
Week 8. The New York Giants continued their descent into mediocrity. The St. Louis Rams showed a crack in their superiority. And a smattering of smaller picks showed the danger of diversity. By Tuesday morning, 59 more losses were posted on the board, 26 of them fatal. Goodbye to Brightbill, Brown~S, DeSantis, Ducey~Ji, Gensler, Graham~K, Jacobson~R, Laskawy, Mabrey, Miller~D, Nyholm, Ocko, Price~R, Rosenthal, Schoenstein, Silverstein~A, Silverstain~Mat, Stein~J&S, Stein~T (for real this time), Sullivan~E, the Sylwester (sic) Sisters, Turney, and Victory. We also had a missed-deadline that was fatal. Poor Mr. Greg Schaffer. Don't let it happen to you.
"Ah, the enigma that is the NFL. She is a fickle, mysterious bitch indeed, especially this season, when 'any given Sunday' has become 'every given Sunday.' In an insane world, clearly the only sane act is to pick the Redskins... but I'm not going to. 'Swami' says... NY GIANTS" --Weene (RIP)
Weene has fallen. There will not be a back-to-back champ this year. In fact, a repeat champ has become increasingly unlikely. Besides the demise of Mr. Weene, we also lost 1998 champ Kessler~C this week AND 1999 co-champ Cook. Does the demise of previous champs cause sadness around the league? Well...
"I wish I could have been there to watch him live through a Washington humiliation. In my dreams I do." --Anonymous
The last remaining previous champion is Sullivan~N. Does she have a shot at winning? If being one of only 7 undefeated people means having a shot, then I would say 'yes.'
The standings...
00 LOSS -- 7 King-Size Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
01 LOSS -- 47 Hershey's Kisses
02 LOSS -- 72 Boxes of Raisins
03 LOSS -- 75 Nickels
Pssst... I have a secret to tell you...
Don't repeat your picks.
Send them by Saturday at dawn.
Send them to john.ducey@home.com
And I'll let our departing champion have the final word. He's the largest single winner the pool has ever known. I think he has earned it:
"As Sonny Liston gave way to Cassius Clay...
as Magic and Larry gave way to Michael...
as Farrah gave way Cheryl Ladd, Tanya Roberts, and of course, Shelly Hack...
...so too do I hereby relinquish my crown to the new king/queen."
--Weene (RIP)
(He forgot to compare himself to Jesus, but I'm sure he meant to.)
ducey
Pool birthdays this week
11/01 Judy Ducey (DickshotGirls)
11/03 Scott Olson
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