Octopus Overlords NFL Pool, 2008 edition - Zaxxon lives.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:58 pm

Let's see, I had Detroit, Washington and Chicago locked.... oops!

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:28 pm

Pyperkub wrote:Let's see, I had Detroit, Washington and Chicago locked.... oops!

You LOCKED DETROIT?!

I <3 Pyperkub.

Of course I also laugh at you. Even I did not lock Detroit. Maybe thats why they lost, I lacked faith.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:34 pm

My picks come as a result of a little bit of energon, and a lot of luck.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:15 pm

Remus West wrote:
Pyperkub wrote:Let's see, I had Detroit, Washington and Chicago locked.... oops! Embarassed
You LOCKED DETROIT?!

I <3 Pyperkub. wub

Of course I also laugh at you. Even I did not lock Detroit. Maybe thats why they lost, I lacked faith. Sad

The Eagles and Giants looked completely lost for the most part in their 0-2 starts, and Detroit's defense was making a lot of plays in their early games.

The way both teams were playing, Detroit's 21 should have been enough to win the game - too bad it couldn't win the 1st quarter...

Edit: oh, and I also locked KC. When they play at home, they are usually murder on young QB's making their first start in KC. Of course, then I found out it was Holcomb starting....

I almost didn't lock WAS, I had them in a tossup with New Orleans in tonight's game - NO in their first home game on Monday night? Yeah, I remember last year against the Falcons. The only thing that kept me from it was how tough Tennessee looked last week, but I still like NO on the home astroturf.

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:44 pm

I hate the Jags. I don't think I've picked one of their games correctly in the last 2 years.

Big Jake · Post by **Big Jake** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:13 pm

WTH Happened in the Denver game??! 18 rushing attempts when you were leading the league? When did Shanahan turn into Wayne Fontes?! ARGHH!

(And if you locked Detroit on the road and washington at any time, you deserve to lose.)

Big Jake · Post by **Big Jake** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:24 pm

OH, and one other note for picking this year:
Ancient Brett Favre
Tavaris Jackson
Damon Huard
JP Losman (Well, not anymore I guess)
Half hobbled McNair/Kyle Boller
Jay Cutler
David Gerrard
Derek Anderson
hobbled Daunte Cullpepper/Josh McCown
Joey Harrington
Eli Manning
Jason Campbell
Rex Grossman

Half the league has poor to truly awful qb's. This sucks.

Zurai · Post by **Zurai** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:30 pm

Don't blame the coaching. The Jaguars' run defense appears to be back after the week 1 miscarriage of justice. The Broncos also had about half the time of posession that the Jags did (which means half the chance to run plays).

EDIT: And David Garrard is not a poor to awful QB. He's actually ranked in the top 10 in the league in a lot of areas (running yards, ints not made, QB rating, etc).

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:49 pm

The craptitude of the Saints is really going to hurt my IM entry.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:42 am

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:The craptitude of the Saints is really going to hurt my IM entry.

I'm trying to grab Trent Green in my main FFL because I have Brees and Grossman. Here I thought QB was going to be one of my strong points. Silly me.

And yes, I knew Grossman sucks, I just have him to fill in week 4 for Brees' bye when the Bears play the Lions.

JC Anejo · Post by **JC Anejo** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:17 am

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:The craptitude of the Saints is really going to hurt my IM entry.

yeah I'm in the same boat with that one

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:26 am

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
Chris Gwinn 85
JC Anejo 81
The Meal 81
pr0ner 79
Quipp 79
gwartok 78
noxiousdog 77
Ralph-Wiggum 77
koanicriddle 77
Monkeyskunk 77
Hell's Taco 77
Mr. Bob 76
Captain Cave 75
Ralph-Wiggum IM 73
Smutly 73
GuidoTKP 73
Zaxxon 73
Pete Rock 73
Moghedian 72
Mr. Lem 72
Remus West 72
hispanicgamer 72
Mitma 71
Jeff V 71
Mithridates 71
Miss Taken 70
msteelers 69
Kurth 69
Pete Rock's Wife 69
JC Anejo IM 68
godhugh 67
Soulbringer 67
Gromit 67
Bensley 65
tine 65
Big Jake 64
$iljanus 63
Moghedian IM 62
igbe 62
spicyj 61
theohall 61
pyperkub 55
theohall IM 55

I r suk.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:46 pm

Pyperkub wrote:The only thing that kept me from it was how tough Tennessee looked last week, but I still like NO on the home astroturf.

Well... that wouldn't have worked. Time to adjust the strategy (unless there's some sort of bonus for finishing behind all of the IM entrants?).

Big Jake · Post by **Big Jake** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:11 pm

OK, Zurai, I will admit my dumping on Garrard is a wee bit premature: he is not poor to awful, but he has two games (out of 32) where he has passed for more than 250 yards, and he has never passed for more than 1800 yards in a season. He certainly is *not* an established QB.

Zurai · Post by **Zurai** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:27 pm

Big Jake wrote:He certainly is *not* an established QB.

That's more than true. However...

he has two games (out of 32) where he has passed for more than 250 yards, and he has never passed for more than 1800 yards in a season.

Jacksonville is a run-the-ball team, not a pass-the-ball team, and it's kinda unfair to say he's never passed for more than 1800 yards in a season when he's never played a full season.

ChrisGwinn · Post by **ChrisGwinn** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 11:40 am

Picks in early this week.

SpicyJ · Post by **SpicyJ** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:00 pm

Picks in...continuing the slide towards mediocrity.

PeteRock · Post by **PeteRock** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 12:40 pm

Zaxxon wrote:Zaxxon 73
Pete Rock 73

I r suk.

Smutly · Post by **Smutly** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:09 pm

Week 4 picks submittificated.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:13 am

Still missing picks from Gwartok, Igbe, and PeteRock!

gwartok · Post by **gwartok** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:17 am

Mine will be on the way in just a few minutes.

PeteRock · Post by **PeteRock** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:07 pm

Picks sent approximately 15 seconds before kick-off of the first game.

Completely forgot about my picks in my hungover stupor this morning and jumped right into cleaning up around the house in preparation for visiting guests arriving on Wednesday. Clicked "send" as Troy Aikman was saying, "Aaaaand, we're just seconds from kick-off..."

Not that it will matter much.

Captain Caveman · Post by **Captain Caveman** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:23 pm

I think I'm something like 2 and 10 so far this week.

Big Jake · Post by **Big Jake** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:41 pm

OH, JEEBUS DO I SUCK! I made tons of risky calls, but Pittsburgh losing to Arizona is going to kill me. The Cards?! Steelers, be ashamed of yourselves.

Hispanicgamer · Post by **Hispanicgamer** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:11 pm

Please dear Flying Spaghetti Monster, make this a poopoo week for everyone!

11 points so far

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:44 pm

Big Jake wrote:OH, JEEBUS DO I SUCK! I made tons of risky calls, but Pittsburgh losing to Arizona is going to kill me. The Cards?! Steelers, be ashamed of yourselves.

The Cardinals will surprise a lot of people this year. They're a lousy 2 plays away from being 4-0...

Plus, the most difficult part of their schedule (IMHO) is finished.

JC Anejo · Post by **JC Anejo** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:58 am

Wow. I wonder what the worst score ever is. Have to think I'm close. Think I have like 8 pts going into Monday night

Edited as my math was as bad as my picks this week

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:01 pm

Although I picked the Giants, I felt really bad for McNabb on Sunday and could almost hear the screams of PeteRock from out west.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:08 pm

Horrid week overall, as was predictable by the near-record number of road favorites:

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
Chris Gwinn 95
Mr. Bob 92
The Meal 91
JC Anejo 91
pr0ner 91
Monkeyskunk 90
Quipp 89
koanicriddle 89
noxiousdog 89
Remus West 87
Hell's Taco 87
Ralph-Wiggum IM 86
Zaxxon 86
gwartok 86
hispanicgamer 85
Captain Cave 83
GuidoTKP 83
Smutly 83
godhugh 83
Ralph-Wiggum 83
Mithridates 83
msteelers 83
Gromit 83
Moghedian 82
Miss Taken 82
Mr. Lem 82
Pete Rock 81
Mitma 81
spicyj 80
Big Jake 77
Moghedian IM 77
tine 77
Kurth 76
Jeff V 76
Pete Rock's Wife 75
Soulbringer 75
JC Anejo IM 74
$iljanus 74
Bensley 71
theohall 73
pyperkub 69
igbe 64
theohall IM 62

Average score for the week will be less than half the lowest of the initial three weeks.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:11 pm

Hey! I climbed (slightly) out of the basement! Woohoo!

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:17 pm

Pyperkub wrote:Hey! I climbed (slightly) out of the basement! Woohoo!

Igbe forgot to submit.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:17 pm

Oh sure, go and rain on my parade. Thanks... grumble.... grumble....

Crux · Post by **Crux** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:06 pm

I gave up. It's just not the same when you're not official

Good luck folks!

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:46 pm

1) Apologies to all for my horrid job running the pool thus far. Updates have been infrequent (or nonexistant in the case of the website), recaps just as bad.

2) Thanks to Sir Neal, who valiantly bashed through my Excel-charting ineptitude and fixed the chart.

The site is finally up to date. Below, behold WEEK 4 RECAP!

-The average score this week is down more than 10 points from Weeks 1-3.

-In what I believe is a first, we have three Top Dogs, all of whom have already earned the Dumbass award this season (and Theo's done it *twice* already!). As such, if the season ended today, none of the Top Dogs would make the playoffs. Of course it's extremely early, and if their prognosticational powers continue, they'll shoot to the top post-haste.

-The Bears defense--minus *six* defensive starters, including *the entire secondary* (has any team ever lost its entire starting secondary at the same time before?), manage to hold Detroit, *the league's best passing team*, *on the road*, to three points through three quarters. The Bears also blocked two kicks, had 0 Rex Grossman interceptions, and had a Devin Hester return for TD. And they lost. Surely the football gods are wroth.

-New England won its fourth straight game, scoring exactly 38 points in all four. I'm sure teams have scored the same number of points 4 times in a row in the past, but 38?

-Peyton Manning is pretty good.

Week 4
Top Dog Theohall, Tine, spicyJ
Dumbass Jeff V
Avg Scr 12.56
Avg Scr / Gm 0.90
Leader Chris Gwinn (2)

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
Chris Gwinn 98
Mr. Bob 95
The Meal 94
JC Anejo 94
pr0ner 94
Monkeyskunk 92
Quipp 92
koanicriddle 92
noxiousdog 91
Hell's Taco 90
Remus West 89
gwartok 89
Ralph-Wiggum IM 88
Zaxxon 88
hispanicgamer 88
Captain Cave 86
GuidoTKP 86
Smutly 86
godhugh 86
Ralph-Wiggum 86
Mithridates 86
msteelers 86
Gromit 86
Moghedian 85
Mr. Lem 85
Miss Taken 84
Pete Rock 84
Mitma 83
spicyj 82
Big Jake 80
Moghedian IM 80
tine 80
Kurth 78
Jeff V 78
Soulbringer 78
Pete Rock's Wife 77
$iljanus 77
JC Anejo IM 76
theohall 76
Bensley 74
pyperkub 72
theohall IM 65
igbe 64

Player Week 4 Points
theohall 19
tine 19
spicyj 19
godhugh 17
Gromit 17
Mr. Bob 17
$iljanus 16
Moghedian IM 16
Chris Gwinn 15
gwartok 15
Hell's Taco 15
Mr. Lem 15
msteelers 15
pyperkub 15
Remus West 15
Big Jake 14
hispanicgamer 14
koanicriddle 13
Mithridates 13
Monkeyskunk 13
pr0ner 13
Zaxxon 13
Ralph-Wiggum IM 13
Miss Taken 12
noxiousdog 12
GuidoTKP 11
JC Anejo 11
Kurth 11
Moghedian 11
Quipp 11
Ralph-Wiggum 11
Smutly 11
The Meal 11
JC Anejo IM 10
Mitma 10
Pete Rock's Wife 10
Captain Cave 9
Pete Rock 9
Soulbringer 9
theohall IM 8
Bensley 7
Jeff V 5
igbe 0

Big Jake · Post by **Big Jake** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:59 pm

-Peyton Manning is pretty good.

Never mind that Tom Brady betters him in every QB category other than Int's ?

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:02 pm

Big Jake wrote:
-Peyton Manning is pretty good.
Never mind that Tom Brady betters him in every QB category other than Int's ?

ZOMG IT's TEH BELICHIK!!11!!!

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:05 pm

Zaxxon wrote: -New England won its fourth straight game, scoring exactly 38 points in all four. I'm sure teams have scored the same number of points 4 times in a row in the past, but 38?

Except for that game where they scored 34, pretty good analysis

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:56 pm

Pyperkub wrote:
Zaxxon wrote: -New England won its fourth straight game, scoring exactly 38 points in all four. I'm sure teams have scored the same number of points 4 times in a row in the past, but 38?
Except for that game where they scored 34, pretty good analysis

Gosh damn it.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:44 pm

Zaxxon wrote:
Pyperkub wrote:
Zaxxon wrote: -New England won its fourth straight game, scoring exactly 38 points in all four. I'm sure teams have scored the same number of points 4 times in a row in the past, but 38?
Except for that game where they scored 34, pretty good analysis
Gosh damn it.

Shouldn't that be Tom damn it?

Smutly · Post by **Smutly** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:55 pm

Week 5 picks submittasupercalifragalisticexpealidocious early due to my pending appointments with Amsterdam prostitutes.