An Almost Perfect Week(ly Blog)

That is correct, this blog will almost be perfect just like Big Jay's Picks this week in the pros were almost perfect. Missing one game, every other one was correct. Excellent job this week. He even picked the Jags over the Steelers, a gutsy move to say the least! On to the updates.

Thursday Challenge:
This was updated in my last log with Lin in the lead with his "Buns of Steel" nickname or something like that.

Eliminator Challenge:
This week saw one of the last perfect runs come to an end when Brian picked Pittsburgh and they lost. Now only Scott & myself are perfect in this game. Keep playing though because a few of you have only missed one game.

Gridiron Challenge:
The week was won by Amy & Lin with 123 points, second was Susan with 121 and I came in third with 117. The total standings are as follows:
1. Scott & Amy - 611
2. Jay - 586
3. Lin - 571
4. Joan - 561 (Is that really you Mom?)
5. Brian - 530

Pro Pickem:
This race is about as tight as you can get and inexplicably, Jason, the younger, did not make any picks this week after finding himself in first place after last week. It will be tough to climb back up but you know he will be back in there next week. As was mentioned earlier, Big Jay won the week with 13 correct picks. In a second place tie with 12 correct picks were, Amy, Jay, Big Jay (again) and myself. The standings after week 6 are as follows:
1. Brian & myself - 59
2. Lin - 58
3. Amy & Big Jay - 57
Even after not picking any games this week, Jason is only 10 points off the lead. That puts him in 9th place. Cathy's Home Field Advantage is still holding strong at 56 points. This game will go down to the last weekend of the season and we are only about a third of the way through it.

Hope everyone is enjoying the blog updates on this and the college games. Let me know what you think.

Buns of Steel??? OH...Buntsheels

Well that makes sense. When I first saw the name of our first place competitor, I thought buns of Steel?? I'm not in first place. Then I saw the name and it didn't make sense either until I read a little closer. Maintaining a strong 8 point performance, Lin has stayed in first place followed by Scott in second, Amy in third and Jay and myself in fourth. Is it me or do these games keep getting more difficult to figure out. And I guess the real question is...How much time do you spend on these picks as opposed to the real pickems? Just a thought. Oh and in case I didn't mention it, great name Lin, keep up the good work.

Oh By The Way...One More Thing

Hey you guys if you read this, make a comment. That way I know someone is reading this drivel.

Slip sliding Away

Well baseball season is officially over for us RED SOX fans. The last month we saw our beloved team slip more and faster than a gecko on a wet tile wall. So we won't repeat this year, so what. We are still the World Champions until the new one is crowned in what late November? Now we can focus our attentions to football and our favorite teams. Can the Panthers win more than two games in a row? Will the Pats loose two in a row? Will ND knock off USC next weekend? Who knows. The one thing I do know is that fall is finally in the air. When it is colder in Birmingham than it is in Boston, no one is talking about global warming. We still have a few more weeks of golf too. At the half way point this week, only 6 strokes separate top from bottom in this weeks tournament.

I hope the crowd at Fenway yesterday was as kind to the whole team after the loss as they were to Tony Graffininno in the pregame introductions. The off season for the Red Sox will be an interesting one too this year. Will they resign Damon, what will they do about their pitching, and just remember it is only about 130 days until spring training.
GO RED SOX!!

Testing 1..2..3..Testing...

Just want to make sure I can still get back into this thing once I have created it. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

GO RED SOX!!!

The First Other Update

Hey football fans,

Thought I would get everyone up to date on the other side of the football fantasy games before someone went into a spittle filled rage like Bobby Knight being cut off in traffic. Hmm...sounds like something I might do. Oh well. There is a group of die hard fantasy footballers who can't get enough and refuse to just play the college games on Saturdays and you guys are them. We are now a few weeks into the long season and this how it looks thus far.

Pigskin Pickem - this is the other "money game" if you are so inclined. Most everyone on the email is in with their $10.00 except for Big Jay, Joan, Jason (the younger), and Scott. Just send me your money if you want to reap the benefits at the end of the season. Same payout as the colleges; 50% to first place, 30% to second, and 20% to third. Here are the standings after the fourth week:
1. Lin
2. Jason (the younger)
3. tie Cathy (only playing home field) & Bryan
5. tie Myself (2 entries) and Amy
With three entries and a 17 week season there will be more repositioning than Nomar at bat. Five points separate 1st place from 10th place so don't get discouraged yet Sue.

Thursday Night Challenge - or as I like to call it, "how the hell should I know."
1. Lin (is this a pattern?)
2. Scott
3. Bryan
4. Amy
5. Jason (the middler)
Last week was a tough week on everyone. Good luck to all this week.

Eliminator - This is one game where you need to keep playing to see how you fall by the end of the season. With the parity in the league this year, this is proving to be quite tough each week. Last week saw Jason (the younger) drop from the consecutive weeks of correct answers. There are now only three of us who are perfect on the season (hope I didn't just jinx us.) They are Scott, Bryan and myself. Let's keep this string alive.

Gridiron Challenge - This is like the baseball game but you only have to change once a week. Or you can do it like I did baseball, make your team and live with it the rest of the season. So what if half of your guys have the week off. Surely you will make it up later in the season. Sorry guys this one is too short to do that. Che