2000 Football Pool Weekly Update
Week Seven
My goodness.
"Here are our Week 7 picks. I also have picks for two others (they think I am a good luck charm)." --Keen~A
It's as if Keen entered everybody's picks. 110 picks. 110 correct. I don't even know what to say. It's staggering. Have we possibly assembled one hundred and ten of the smartest football prognosticators since Jimmy the Greek? Eight different teams were selected as winners this past week and all eight of them came through.
"Dear NFL gods, Please don't let me go down in flames to Captain Comeback and his sidekick Moses Moreno. Amen." --Clark
The NFL gods smiled on everyone. They smiled on a Buffalo field goal kicker who MISSED the game-winning field goal only to be told it was a practice kick. They smiled on the Rams who gave up an opening kickoff touchdown return only to make history by returning the very next kickoff for a touchdown of their own. And speaking of smiling and Rams and history, their one and only kicker hurt himself on his very first kick, leaving the Rams with no official kicker on the field. The result? MORE points. A four-down offense and four-out-of-five for two-point conversions left many smiling faces in St. Louis and more new offensive records for the Rams. This just in: They can score.
"Has there ever been a perfect weekend before?" --Various
In the regular season, no. Last year in the playoffs all seven remaining contestants did have a couple of perfect weeks. But during the regular season there had never been a perfect weekend. The closest we had come to date was a 96% success rate. There was a week last year when 102 out of 106 people chose correctly. 'What week?' you ask? Oddly enough, it was also Week Seven. (Note to self: Vegas next year for Week Seven. Bet the favorites.)
So, of course, no one lost. No one died. No one fell. No ties were broken. No bottle-necks were eased. I feel almost silly in recapping them, but for the purists, here you go:
The standings...
00 LOSS -- 9 Back-to-Back Champs
01 LOSS -- 67 Perpetual Also-Rans
02 LOSS -- 34 Perennial Basement Dwellers
03 LOSS -- 21 Good 'n' Dead
FYI: New page on the website. If you click on the current Week Heading before Saturday, you will get a list of the remaining contestants organized by number of losses. (Yes, I need a job.) For example, this week click on "WEEK 8" at www.ducey.com/pool2000 and you will see who stands where going into Week Eight.
Fine week, ladies and gentlemen. I am proud of you all.
ducey
P.S. Picks by Saturday. No repeat picks.
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