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Thursday, October 31, 2002
WHY DO I ALWAYS FORGET ... To link up to my new columns? Sorry about that. Here's yesterday's FrontPager, Politically Correct Profiling. Tuesday, October 29, 2002
WEINKOPF.COM FOOTBALL POOL WEEK 8 UPDATE: OK, BASEBALL SEASON'S OVER, ALREADY! 
Week 8 winner, Brother "When's Baseball Season Start" Bob hates this picture of himself, which is why I'm posting it again. SOMEHOW, Brother "When's Baseball Season Start" Bob continues to rock in this year's Weinkopf.com football pool, despite making his picks at the beginning of the season, and despite the fact that he probably hasn't even watched a game since the Super Bowl. (Come to think of it, I don't think he watched that one, either.) But this was Bob's week, again, highlighted by a trip to game six of the World Series and a first-place, 82-point finish in the pool, putting him in second place overall, a mere 16 points behind WildStyle75 Stacey. Stacey, who hasn't had a bad week all year -- and thus can can still afford to drop one -- earned an awesome 90 last week. For that alone, she should, by all rights, remain the One To Watch. She's clearly the odds-on favorite to win the whole pool, and the hex didn't do a darn thing to slow her down last week, as she scored an impressive 64, keeping her hold on first place overall. But the way I see it, defeating the undeserving Bob is more important than thwarting Stacey's title run. So even though he's a swell guy and my wife's own brother, I have no choice but to toss the OTW albatross Bob's way. Let's see if the rally monkey can get him out of this one ... No hex necessary ... ... for Schizophobes Glen, who cashed in with a weak 39 points, dropping our one-time leader to fourth-place overall. Looks like it might be time for a new name ... The almost best and brightest I'd me amiss if I failed to mention some of the week's other top performers, outside of usual frontrunners WildStyle and Baseball. Flipper Lynn, who puts in a solid week every week but hasn't won one -- yet -- scored a nice 57. Usual mediocrities Cappuccino Commando Charles and Spurrier Fan Cris put in an impressive 55 and 61, respectively. And Bruiser Tim Nicely, despite his bottom-dweller status, notched a neat 53. Lest anyone take insult to any of the descriptions above, don't. I, for one, aspire to become a mediocrity in the football-picking world. And as for Tim, he's a mere 63 points behind yours truly, which at the rate I'm going, means he should overtake me in no more than two weeks. Da losers Well, the good news for yours truly, the Mighty Mighty Pats Fan, is that I scored more points this week than in half the other weeks this season. The bad news is that I scored 37, which is a pretty accurate indication of how I'm doing these days. My problem is I seem to rise and fall with the Pats -- if they're winning I pay more attention to the NFL and my picks improve. But when they go on a four-game losing streak ... All of which keeps the Pats locked in as this week's Team Not to Watch, a status which will hopefully inspire them to demolish Drew Bledsoe's Buffalo Jills. And out of pity for myself, I hereby reclaim the title of One Not To Watch. The anti-hex managed to revive NevadaNiner Jason, who scored 48 points last week -- a so-so total that I would kill for these days. Sorry, Jason, you're back on your own. I realize there may be some more worthy recipients of the honor -- At Least I'm Not a Zebra Elizabeth, who scored 30 points, or Steel Man Joe with 34 -- come to mind. But what can I say? I'm selfish. Don't worry, you two, once I get my fix, you can get your crack at the pool's good-luck charm. I promise. Da big loser While Mrs. Zebra, Mr. Steel, and yours truly all scored in the pathetic 30-40 range, no loser was bigger this week than Blitzburgh Blowhard Ben Kepple, who forgot to turn in his picks -- the only pooler to make that mistake since week 2. Never mind my advice at the beginning of the season that everyone turn in picks for all 17 weeks in advance, then update them later, just to make sure this didn't happen. Benny was obviously too lazy for that. Last year's poolers might remember that after failing to turn in his picks for a couple of weeks, Ben flaked out altogether. We can only hope he won't take that cowardly course again -- at least this time he has the drop-one feature to save his hide. Well, Benny, you bill yourself as a Brawler, so you'd best live up to the name by sticking around and putting up a fight. Insult to injury There are now five us in the pool -- Hoboken Orphans Chris, yours truly, NevadaNiner Jason, Bruiser Tim, and At least I'm not a Zebra Elizabeth -- losing to 3-year old Padawan Ebin. If he beats us, we should all have to buy him a peanut-butter sandwich or something. Family whoopings That brings us to the family component of this week's update, starting with the news that the padawan continues to school his master, Jedi Jason. With another victory, Ebin is now up on his old man 6-2 for the season. That's the same score, by the way, by which Brother Bob, who whooped yours truly this week, dominates over me. Uglier still is the domestic disturbance over at Casa Scagel, where Grogan's Heroes Kenny continues to pile it on, running up the score to 6-1 over his anti-zebra wife. Only one intra-familial skirmish remains interesting, and that's the clash between the Brothers Rubush. Hail to the Redskins Scott took the week, knotting up the season score at 4-4 with baby brother Barrio Bravo Matthew. And that's all the news from these parts. Anyone else with anything to add -- gripes, smack-talk, put-downs or otherwise -- is invited to make liberal use of the bulletin board. Till we meet again, have a great Week 9 -- everyone except for Bob, that is! Yours, Chris, the Mighty Mighty Pats Fan |