Chicks and Football, Please Pass the Dip .....

Great, a chick won the pool this week. I love it when that happens. You know girls, they make their selections using one of two systems; (1) by if like to vacation in that city or (2) if that team has a cute mascot and once in a while this strategy works – bravo. The rest of real game players know how the system works, we know that you don’t have to win a week to finish in the money, just average 8.5 wins a week and in the end that will get you into the end of season money spots. No need to blow your load the first week, let the chicks do that, pace yourselves, it‘s a marathon not a sprint. But congrats to “Kris10” someone had to win week one and I really wasn’t in the mood to win myself.


A little know fact, the pool started way-way back in 1997 in the security office inside Filene’s in Chestnut Hill. Instead of chasing shoplifters a few of us put together a football pool all done with pen and paper each week. The first year there were 7 players, $10 was the fee, first place for the season won $60 last place won $10, and there were no weekly prizes. Why is this important, because even back then, the dreaded 1/2 point difference in a spread would still screw people over? You should know what I am talking about, esp. those of you who took Minnesota this week. You lose a game by a mere half a point ATS! Sometimes you can live with it, like when you are getting 3.5 and your team loses 21-17, it sucks but it wasn’t like your team left points on the board by missing an extra point they just got 2Td's and a FG so be it. But lets revist last Thursday, what a way to start the season for those 27 players who took Minnesota getting 4.5 points, a mere 21% of players who could have started the season off with a leg up but instead they are left mumbling to themselves that a missed extra point cost them a win when Minnesota lost 14-9. You could have been like the rest of us and done..well ...–nothing- you would have been assigned the Saints and won but nope, you had to be different and try to be clever. And believe me, I know who you all are and come the end of the season when people are jockeying for position in the money spots some of you will be wishing you just left well enough alone.


As far as the Survivor pool where the cool people hang out Jimmy Johnson survived another week but sadly several of you hung your hopes one two teams trying to win on the road, never an easy thing unless your Baltimore playing at the Jets but I digress... for those 8 players who took those aforementioned SD and Dallas that is strike 1 or strike 1.5. But don’t feel too bad because 2 players bought into the Hard Knocks hype and actually took the Jets Huh!, I'm going to guess you were the two fans at that game with those brown bags over your head. But as bad as that was you still were not the loser of the week, that title goes to those 5 players who never bothered to make a pick, they probably figured they had too many teams to pick from and couldn't make a decision. Nice job - Thanks for your $10 …. And while we are there all you fuckers better pay this season, no deadbeats, if you signed up and made picks you are in the pool so don’t be a retard and screw the rest of us honest folks over. I'll expose you here, at your work, school, church, I'll canvas your whole neighborhood letting everyone know you are a deadbeat.

And now a new feature this season I like to call ....

"Nomar Fact of the week"
“Nomar Garciaparra's 30-game hitting streak in his 1997 rookie season is an American League record.”