Like Deja Vu All Over Again ....

We had our first two-time winner this week as "Bob W" threatens to turn this pool into a laughter. He is picking winners at a 62.5% success rate meaning if he was betting all his picks he would be up a nice profit even with the vig factored in.  I just wish he had a better nickname, "Bob W" is boring and not much to work with image wise.

I just returned from my first ever trip to the eye doctor and I can hardly see a thing, they used a series of drops in my eyes to run some test and it takes  a few hours for the drops to desolve so I am stuck with blurred vision for the next few hours.  I am tied up the rest of the week so I need to do this today so I am typing this while seeing triple what is on the screen.   And after the visit I do need glasses so I am back at it again next Monday to get them and my contacts. Sucks getting old but I still have my looks at least.  Moral of this story, isf there are any screw-ups regarding facts today it can be blamed on my poor vision.

After seeing only a mild separated in weeks 6 and 7 this week we saw major movement, 10  wins separate # 1 and # 28. Last week that number was at 50.   As we approach the mid-way point of the season things start to take shape, if you are in the bottom 10 chances are you won't get much better in the second half. Historically speaking if you are not in the top 70 by mid-season it may be time to start looking at your 2011 March Madness bracket.

The biggest jump of the week was "D' Man", up 32 spots but even with that big jump he still sits at 37th place.  "Bean Pie Specials" finally picked a Monday Night winner Yippie!. The most popular pick was KC with an outstanding 108 (87%) players picking them over Jax and KC paid off their faith with a nice win. 

Onto the people who don't understand how to follow the rules, yes you "Sagamore Squad", WTF, you have played in this pool for year's and you make your Survivor pick in the "comments" section instead of using the drop down option that everyone else used. Then you whine about it and of course latched onto my KC pick so this season while we all are allowed just two losses you get a break. Personally I would have told you to eff-off and not allowed you to get your pick in, rules are rules and the rules clearly say  once the games start the picks are locked so you need to review them on Sunday AM and if they are incorrect let the Admin know.  Read the rules (1c), print it and staple it to your forehead. You should do the right thing and take Buffalo this week as a punishment. 

This past weekend I was able to finally watch SD as they played my Patriots and now I understand why that team has been a Survivor pool cancer, holy shit are they a bad team, not talent wise but coaching. They can't get out of their own way, players not playing to the whistle, false starts, turnovers - no wonder they suck.   As predicted most jumped all over NO and Bal this week and wow I was hoping the Bills drove the ball down-field in OT to win it but it was fine settling for a Saints loss and a nice surprise to see so many jump onto Denver and lose.  If you listened to me and took KC you were sitting pretty, that game was never really close.   After the weekend we said bye to 13 more players, 12 at least got their pick, one player decided it was too much to pick and gave up and of course poor "Sagamore Squad" being a ritard. We started with 108, we have 35 left, 11 with no losses.  This weekend it is not easy,  there are no high reward risks this week except maybe SD at home vs. Cin but at this point SD is a kamikaze pick at best.  There are not real locks either, the biggest spread is KC at home vs. Buffalo.  Ind looks good at home vs. Hou and NE at home vs. Minn could be a safe pick but  I get the feeling this may be one of those weeks when the Survivor picks are all over the board.

Sorry this newsletter sucked,  I'll make it up next week when I can see better.

Nomar Fact of the week
"Nomar was at SS in 1996 when Roger Clemens stuck-out a record tying 20 batters in a game @ Detroit"-Nomar was a September call-up that year.