Octopus Overlords NFL Pool, 2008 edition - Zaxxon lives.

ChrisGwinn · Post by **ChrisGwinn** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:25 pm

Picks submitted.

Tine · Post by **Tine** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:59 pm

Picks stuffermixtiturkeyfied!!!! (hey, it is Thanksgiving here!!!)

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:13 pm

Mmm; turkey.

Hispanicgamer · Post by **Hispanicgamer** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:36 pm

Tine wrote:Picks stuffermixtiturkeyfied!!!! (hey, it is Thanksgiving here!!!)

This just in! Canadians love Turkey!!

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 1:30 pm

In!

~Neal

Quipp · Post by **Quipp** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:49 pm

Zax, the Season Point Total in the spreadsheet does not match up with my own records. I have 4 more points than I should have.

I found 2 errors in the spreadsheet that account for the difference:

-Week 2 PHI marked as win (should be WAS win)
-Week 3 NO marked as win (should be TEN win)

After correcting these entries my current total is 88 points rather than 92. As you've probably already surmised, these errors will also impact all other player point totals.

koanicriddle · Post by **koanicriddle** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:11 pm

Week 5 picks are in.

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:49 pm

Picks sent

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:48 pm

You are indeed correct, Quipp. Sorry, all. Corrected current standings:

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
Chris Gwinn 98
Mr. Bob 91
gwartok 91
pr0ner 90
Hell's Taco 90
The Meal 88
JC Anejo 88
Monkeyskunk 88
Quipp 88
koanicriddle 88
noxiousdog 87
Ralph-Wiggum 86
Remus West 85
Mr. Lem 85
Ralph-Wiggum IM 84
Zaxxon 84
hispanicgamer 84
Captain Cave 82
GuidoTKP 82
Smutly 82
godhugh 82
Mithridates 82
Gromit 82
spicyj 82
tine 82
theohall 82
$iljanus 81
msteelers 80
Miss Taken 80
Moghedian 79
Mitma 79
Pete Rock 78
Kurth 78
Pete Rock's Wife 77
Big Jake 76
JC Anejo IM 76
Moghedian IM 74
Jeff V 74
Soulbringer 74
Bensley 70
pyperkub 68
theohall IM 61
igbe 60

Quipp · Post by **Quipp** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:27 am

Man, if I knew it was going to put Hell's Taco in front of me in the standings I wouldn't have said anything.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:46 am

I can't believe it's week 5 already.

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:17 am

pr0ner wrote:I can't believe it's week 5 already.

I can't believe the Cardinals are going into week 5 at .500.

LOL

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:28 pm

Gromit wrote:
pr0ner wrote:I can't believe it's week 5 already.
I can't believe the Cardinals are going into week 5 at .500. LOL

And they just won again!

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:18 pm

pr0ner wrote:
Gromit wrote:
pr0ner wrote:I can't believe it's week 5 already.
I can't believe the Cardinals are going into week 5 at .500. LOL
And they just won again!

Someone pinch me.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:16 am

BEAR DOWN!

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
Chris Gwinn 124
Hell's Taco 116
gwartok 116
Quipp 114
The Meal 112
Monkeyskunk 111
noxiousdog 111
Mr. Bob 110
JC Anejo 110
Ralph-Wiggum 110
Smutly 110
pr0ner 108
koanicriddle 108
Zaxxon 107
Mr. Lem 105
Remus West 105
Ralph-Wiggum IM 105
Captain Cave 104
Mithridates 104
theohall 104
hispanicgamer 104
$iljanus 104
Mitma 103
Miss Taken 103
Pete Rock 103
GuidoTKP 102
Kurth 102
msteelers 102
spicyj 102
Soulbringer 100
tine 99
Gromit 98
Moghedian 97
Pete Rock's Wife 95
Big Jake 94
JC Anejo IM 94
Jeff V 92
pyperkub 90
godhugh 86
Moghedian IM 84
theohall IM 77
Bensley 70
igbe 60

Big Jake · Post by **Big Jake** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:49 pm

I hearby apologize to all fellow Bears faithful for letting my cynicism regarding our QB situation outrank my cynicism regarding the previously undefeated status of a team that can't run the ball and is being led by a 38 year old QB who made horrible decisions in his prime. I really should have known better.

PeteRock · Post by **PeteRock** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:34 pm

It figures that the one week that I finally have a good set of picks is the same week everyone has a good set of picks. The only saving grace is that the Eagles had a bye and I finally had a weekend when I could relax.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:28 pm

Week 5 Recap

Top Dog Smutly
Dumbass Godhugh
Avg Scr 23.71
Avg Scr / Gm 1.69
Leader Chris Gwinn (3)

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
Chris Gwinn 127
Hell's Taco 119
gwartok 119
Quipp 117
The Meal 115
noxiousdog 114
Monkeyskunk 113
Mr. Bob 113
JC Anejo 113
Ralph-Wiggum 113
Smutly 113
pr0ner 111
koanicriddle 111
Zaxxon 110
Mr. Lem 108
Remus West 108
Captain Cave 107
Mithridates 107
theohall 107
hispanicgamer 107
$iljanus 107
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Mitma 106
Miss Taken 106
Ralph-Wiggum IM 105
Pete Rock 105
Kurth 105
msteelers 105
spicyj 105
GuidoTKP 104
Soulbringer 103
tine 102
Gromit 101
Moghedian 100
Pete Rock's Wife 98
Big Jake 97
Bensley 97
Jeff V 95
JC Anejo IM 94
pyperkub 93
godhugh 89
Moghedian IM 86
theohall IM 79
igbe 60

Player Week 5 Points
Smutly 31
Chris Gwinn 29
Hell's Taco 29
Quipp 29
Soulbringer 29
gwartok 28
Bensley 27
Kurth 27
Mitma 27
noxiousdog 27
Pete Rock 27
Ralph-Wiggum 27
The Meal 27
$iljanus 26
Miss Taken 26
Zaxxon 26
Captain Cave 25
JC Anejo 25
Mithridates 25
Monkeyskunk 25
msteelers 25
pyperkub 25
theohall 25
hispanicgamer 23
koanicriddle 23
Mr. Lem 23
Remus West 23
spicyj 23
GuidoTKP 22
Mr. Bob 22
Big Jake 21
Jeff V 21
Moghedian 21
Pete Rock's Wife 21
pr0ner 21
Ralph-Wiggum IM 21
tine 20
Gromit 19
JC Anejo IM 18
theohall IM 18
Moghedian IM 12
godhugh 7
igbe 0

Chris Gwinn continues to pile it on. He's earned one Top Dog, but more importantly has finished in the top 5 in all but one week thus far. After five weeks, he holds a 4-game lead over 2nd place.

Pick of the Week: NE over CLE; 43 correct, 0 incorrect, 41 correct locks, for an average of 2.95 pts/game.

Mispick of the Week: GB over CHI; 5 correct, 38 incorrect, 1 correct lock, 7 missed locks, for an average of 0.09 pts/game. I'm ashamed to admit that I missed this one, and my wife didn't.

Game of the Week: DAL over BUF. I'll let my good friend TMQ sum it up: Then the Bills got possession again, still leading 24-16, and faced third-and-7 near midfield with 3:58 remaining. Again they threw -- incompletion -- again stopping the clock. Dallas didn't score its touchdown until 20 seconds were left: Had Buffalo simply run up the middle for no gain on either one of its late-fourth-quarter third downs, keeping the clock moving, the Cowboys would have run out of time and the home team would have won. In Week 1 -- when the Bills also lost on a field goal on the final play -- on a third down with about two minutes to go, the Bills also threw incomplete and stopped the clock; the Broncos kicked the winning field goal as time expired. TMQ's Law of the Obvious holds: Sometimes all a team needs to do is run up the middle for no gain, and things will be fine. Buffalo, 1-4, would be 3-2 today -- and talking about its monster upset of the Cowboys on "Monday Night Football" -- if the Bills' coaches had simply kept the clock moving with runs when holding late leads against Denver and Dallas. You have to work really hard to lose a game in which you were plus-5 on turnovers, but the Buffalo coaching staff was equal to this challenge.

Game of Next Week: ...and perhaps game of the season-so-far, NE @ DAL.

Submixify Week 6!

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:45 pm

Zaxxon wrote:Game of the Week: DAL over BUF. I'll let my good friend TMQ sum it up: Then the Bills got possession again, still leading 24-16, and faced third-and-7 near midfield with 3:58 remaining. Again they threw -- incompletion -- again stopping the clock. Dallas didn't score its touchdown until 20 seconds were left: Had Buffalo simply run up the middle for no gain on either one of its late-fourth-quarter third downs, keeping the clock moving, the Cowboys would have run out of time and the home team would have won. In Week 1 -- when the Bills also lost on a field goal on the final play -- on a third down with about two minutes to go, the Bills also threw incomplete and stopped the clock; the Broncos kicked the winning field goal as time expired. TMQ's Law of the Obvious holds: Sometimes all a team needs to do is run up the middle for no gain, and things will be fine. Buffalo, 1-4, would be 3-2 today -- and talking about its monster upset of the Cowboys on "Monday Night Football" -- if the Bills' coaches had simply kept the clock moving with runs when holding late leads against Denver and Dallas. You have to work really hard to lose a game in which you were plus-5 on turnovers, but the Buffalo coaching staff was equal to this challenge.

Game of Next Week: ...and perhaps game of the season-so-far, NE @ DAL.

Submixify Week 6!

Are you trying to make RM9 apoplectic?

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:46 pm

Stupid IM.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:58 pm

Pyperkub wrote:Are you trying to make RM9 apoplectic?

Sadly, RM9 doesn't frequent the pool, or this FGF-lodged thread.

Smutly · Post by **Smutly** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:40 am

A belated "yay me" is in order. Ph33l my pow3r...

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:55 am

Week 6 is almost here; w00t! I've only received 4 picks submissions thus far though, which is way below average. Don't forgetify to sublimixiate!

ChrisGwinn · Post by **ChrisGwinn** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:23 pm

pixks in

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:59 am

sub-frog-in-a-blender-ated!

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:55 am

Submixxed.

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:07 am

Submitted.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:19 pm

Why do the Bears insist on trying to win only when down by multiple scores in the 4th quarter? Ugh.

Also, dammit, Chris Gwinn!

Player Week 6 Points
Chris Gwinn 18
gwartok 16
Pete Rock 16
Smutly 15
Kurth 14
Miss Taken 14
noxiousdog 14
Quipp 14
Soulbringer 14
The Meal 14
Captain Cave 13
Jeff V 13
pr0ner 13
Ralph-Wiggum IM 13
koanicriddle 12
tine 12
Gromit 11
Hell's Taco 11
hispanicgamer 11
Mitma 11
Moghedian IM 11
Mr. Bob 11
Pete Rock's Wife 11
$iljanus 10
Big Jake 10
JC Anejo IM 10
Monkeyskunk 10
Remus West 10
theohall 10
spicyj 10
Bensley 9
GuidoTKP 9
JC Anejo 9
Moghedian 9
pyperkub 9
Ralph-Wiggum 9
Mithridates 8
Mr. Lem 8
msteelers 8
theohall IM 8
Zaxxon 8

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
Chris Gwinn 145
gwartok 136
Quipp 131
Hell's Taco 130
The Meal 129
noxiousdog 128
Smutly 128
Mr. Bob 124
pr0ner 124
Monkeyskunk 123
koanicriddle 123
JC Anejo 122
Ralph-Wiggum 122
Pete Rock 121
Captain Cave 120
Miss Taken 120
Kurth 119
Zaxxon 118
Remus West 118
hispanicgamer 118
Ralph-Wiggum IM 118
theohall 117
$iljanus 117
Mitma 117
Soulbringer 117
Mr. Lem 116
Mithridates 115
spicyj 115
tine 114
msteelers 113
GuidoTKP 113
Gromit 112
Moghedian 109
Pete Rock's Wife 109
Jeff V 108
Big Jake 107
Bensley 106
JC Anejo IM 104
pyperkub 102
Moghedian IM 97
godhugh 89
theohall IM 87
igbe 66

igbe 6
godhugh 0

ChrisGwinn · Post by **ChrisGwinn** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:16 am

Can we get an update on scores with late sunday/monday games included?

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:19 am

You're still winning.

This is my first day not traveling this week, so I apologize for the delay; here are the current scores:

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
Chris Gwinn 152
gwartok 143
Quipp 138
Smutly 136
Hell's Taco 136
The Meal 134
noxiousdog 133
Monkeyskunk 132
Mr. Bob 130
pr0ner 130
JC Anejo 130
Ralph-Wiggum 130
Pete Rock 130
koanicriddle 128
Captain Cave 126
theohall 126
Remus West 126
Ralph-Wiggum IM 126
Miss Taken 125
Zaxxon 125
Kurth 124
hispanicgamer 124
Mitma 123
$iljanus 123
Mr. Lem 122
spicyj 121
tine 121
Soulbringer 121
Mithridates 120
GuidoTKP 119
msteelers 118
Gromit 118
Moghedian 117
Pete Rock's Wife 117
Jeff V 114
Bensley 114
JC Anejo IM 112
Big Jake 110
pyperkub 108
Moghedian IM 101
theohall IM 100
godhugh 89
igbe 73

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:24 pm

pickafied

ChrisGwinn · Post by **ChrisGwinn** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:50 pm

submitted

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:03 pm

FYI, I'll be heading to Vegas on Sunday, so updates will be spotty this week.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:14 pm

Zaxxon wrote:FYI, I'll be heading to Vegas on Sunday, so updates will be spotty this week.

Remember, when you lose the entrance fees you'll have to really do well to be sure you win the competition and the prize money.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:25 pm

Austin wrote:
Zaxxon wrote:FYI, I'll be heading to Vegas on Sunday, so updates will be spotty this week.
Remember, when you lose the entrance fees you'll have to really do well to be sure you win the competition and the prize money.

It'll be tough to come in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, but I'm confident I can pull it off once we ban Chris Gwinn.

Wait, did I say that out loud? Crap.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:25 pm

Zaxxon wrote:FYI, I'll be heading to Vegas on Sunday, so updates will be spotty this week.

Have some fun! My picks are in.

~N

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:36 pm

The Meal wrote:
Zaxxon wrote:FYI, I'll be heading to Vegas on Sunday, so updates will be spotty this week.
Have some fun! My picks are in.

~N

Got em.

I plan to put the life savings on Griese throwing 5 TDs. It could happen!

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:37 pm

Funny funny. What is the 'xon clan plan for Sin City? Shows? Sports betting? Catching up with family?

~N

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:49 pm

Windows PowerShell training, as well as a few days with my Dad and bro, both of which live far, far away these days.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:01 pm

Zaxxon wrote:Windows PowerShell training,

Three Card Monte for the next generation? Fun!

as well as a few days with my Dad and bro, both of which live far, far away these days.

Awesome. I know that feeling, and I know the levels of excitement one feels when opportunities to get back together come about. Live it up.

~N