2000 Football Pool Weekly Update

Superbowl

We sit at the dawn of a new era. Behind us is the old tired National Football League. Within hours we will witness the birth of a brand new style of gridiron competition. It is known as the XFL, the X-treme Football League. Will the Baltimore Ravens be remembered as the last great Super Bowl Champion before the XFL took over a nation's appetite for MTV-style football? Is this the end of the NFL as we know it?

Unlikely. But it is the end of the football pool for 2000. The cards have been dealt, the hands have been played. Before the start of Sunday's Superbowl, seven contestants were still in the football pool. But like the Giants, they all just laid down on Sunday. All but one, that is. We have a winner, my friends in football. We have a bonafide, 100% approved, controversy-free winner of the 2000 Football Pool.

The standings...

1 ALIVE
130 DEAD

But first, other stats...

Longest survivor with no losses: John Ducey & Jason Rudofsky, Week 17
Longest survivor with one loss: Dan Weene, Superbowl
Longest correct picking streak: John Ducey & Jason Rudofsky, 16 weeks
Most incorrect picks in a week: 72, Week 6
Most deaths in a week: 19, Week 10
Lost three weeks in a row: Dusty Huber, Weeks 2-4; David Corwin & Jeremy Shamos, Weeks 4-6
Longest surviving previous champ: Vince Cook, Week 17
Longest picking streak: Vince Cook, 38 weeks, 1999-2000
Longest surviving Ducey relative: John Ducey & The Dickshot Sisters, Superbowl
Longest surviving Manoux: Alfred, Playoffs-Wk 2
Longest surviving Harvard graduate: John Ducey, Superbowl
- Harvard Honorable Mention: Jase Auby, Michael Flynn, Glenn Kessler, Christopher Ortiz, Dan Zelman, Playoffs-Wk1
Longest surviving Seton High School graduate: John Ducey, Superbowl
- Seton Honorable Mention: Adam Van Zandt, Week 16

And this is how you did...

What follows is a list of who we lost and when we lost 'em. This is where you can still come out a winner in the pool. Simply find someone you know that got eliminated before you and send out a bragging email. It's not 13,000 dollars, but it'll feel good. If your name is NOT on this list, please contact me, you may have won the pool.

WEEK 3

none

WEEK 4

Huber

Rivas

WEEK 5

Abbott

Lund~M

1999 Co-Champ Mollen~K

Roberts

WEEK 6

Blasucci

Breehey

Corwin

Crowley

Dickshot~J

Finn

Jensen~C

1998 Champ Kessler~C

McGill

McGuigan

McKinneys

Shamos

Sheron

Sitzman~L

Smith

WEEK 7

none

WEEK 8

Becks

Cattoggio

Diako

Ducey~E

Forte

Lund~C

Manoux~Ja

Manoux~P

McCabe~B

Mootsey

Roth

Sullivan~J

WEEK 9

Doyno

WEEK 10

Barley

Ciocca

Clark

Dresden

Duguay

Goldstein

Jensen~S

Johnson

Kennedy

Kleiner

Kramer

Manoux~Jo

Rice~G

Rudofsky~G

Saiet

Speichers

1999 Co-Champ Sullivan~N

Victory

Zelman~A

WEEK 11

ReimsFenton

WEEK 12

Corboy

Keen~A

Lozano

Manoux~An

McCabe~E

Mollen~T

Schwing

Shepard

Silverstein~Mar

Silverstein~Mat

Steck

Vaughan

Ward

Yang

WEEK 13

Jacobson

Millord

O'Connor

Oberheu

Ramsey

Rosenthal

Simone

WEEK 14

Gamble

Geyer

O'Connell

Rice~R

Tabata

White

WEEK 15

Abrams

DeRosa

Gonzalez

Jenks

King

Rudofsky~Ju

VanZandt~L

WEEK 16

Hochman

VanZandt~A

Zisk~C

WEEK 17

1999 Co-Champ Cook

Crudo

Distad

Egan

Glickman

Manoux~JP

Michalaks

Mulcahy

Price

Ruehl

Spina

Winer

Youngs

PLAYOFFS - WEEK 1

Auby

Bishop

Blake

Drier

Flynn

Gomez

Keen~W

Keller

Kessler~G

Manoux~C

McKenzie

Ortiz

Stein~J

Sylwesters

Zelman~D

Zisk~R

PLAYOFFS - WEEK 2

Lund~K

Manoux~Al

PLAYOFFS - WEEK 3

Ducey~Ji

Sitzman~D

SUPERBOWL

Dickshots

Ducey~Jo

Rudofsky~Ja

Spears

Stein~T

Uliana

AND NOW, THE WINNER OF THE 2000 FOOTBALL POOL...

DAN WEENE

Dan Weene is the sole benefactor of the 2000 Football Pool. He claims a cool $1310. While the stock market is down, Dan Weene's fortunes are certainly up. Congratulations!!

For the rest of you, it's time to enjoy some pick-free smash-mouth football. Drink in the XFL and look toward the fall. Maybe next season your name will appear at the bottom of this list. Never give up the dream. (Unless you're Uliana, then I'd say you may have suffered one too many concusions to continue.)

See you in a few months. Picks are due Saturday, September 1, by DAWN. No exceptions.

Thanks for playing. I had a great time!!

ducey

NYGiants

NoPick

Rudofsky~Ja

Spears

Stein~T

3

Weene

Dickshots

Ducey~Jo

Uliana

4

Possible Pool Outcomes...

Superbowl Winner

Pool Winner(s)

Share

Baltimore

Weene

$13100

NYGiants

Rudofsky
Spears
Stein
Weene

$0

00 Losses

01 Losses

02 Losses

03 Losses

Weene

1

Everybody Else

Pool Stats | Home Page

WEEK 3
none
WEEK 4
Huber	Rivas
WEEK 5
Abbott	Lund~M	1999 Co-Champ Mollen~K		Roberts
WEEK 6
Blasucci	Breehey	Corwin	Crowley	Dickshot~J	Finn	Jensen~C
1998 Champ Kessler~C		McGill	McGuigan	McKinneys	Shamos	Sheron
Sitzman~L	Smith
WEEK 7
none
WEEK 8
Becks	Cattoggio	Diako	Ducey~E	Forte	Lund~C	Manoux~Ja
Manoux~P	McCabe~B	Mootsey	Roth	Sullivan~J
WEEK 9
Doyno
WEEK 10
Barley	Ciocca	Clark	Dresden	Duguay	Goldstein	Jensen~S
Johnson	Kennedy	Kleiner	Kramer	Manoux~Jo	Rice~G	Rudofsky~G
Saiet	Speichers	1999 Co-Champ Sullivan~N		Victory	Zelman~A
WEEK 11
ReimsFenton
WEEK 12
Corboy	Keen~A	Lozano	Manoux~An	McCabe~E	Mollen~T	Schwing
Shepard	Silverstein~Mar	Silverstein~Mat	Steck	Vaughan	Ward	Yang
WEEK 13
Jacobson	Millord	O'Connor	Oberheu	Ramsey	Rosenthal	Simone
WEEK 14
Gamble	Geyer	O'Connell	Rice~R	Tabata	White
WEEK 15
Abrams	DeRosa	Gonzalez	Jenks	King	Rudofsky~Ju	VanZandt~L
WEEK 16
Hochman	VanZandt~A	Zisk~C
WEEK 17
1999 Co-Champ Cook		Crudo	Distad	Egan	Glickman	Manoux~JP
Michalaks	Mulcahy	Price	Ruehl	Spina	Winer	Youngs
PLAYOFFS - WEEK 1
Auby	Bishop	Blake	Drier	Flynn	Gomez	Keen~W
Keller	Kessler~G	Manoux~C	McKenzie	Ortiz	Stein~J	Sylwesters
Zelman~D	Zisk~R
PLAYOFFS - WEEK 2
Lund~K	Manoux~Al
PLAYOFFS - WEEK 3
Ducey~Ji	Sitzman~D
SUPERBOWL
Dickshots	Ducey~Jo	Rudofsky~Ja	Spears	Stein~T	Uliana

Superbowl Winner	Pool Winner(s)	Share
Baltimore	Weene	$13100
NYGiants	Rudofsky Spears Stein Weene	$0