Octopus Overlords

Big pool games from the first Sunday set: MIA @ BUF (a little bit of a stretch), CAR @ NYJ.

Atlanta losing Matt Ryan AND Michael Turner makes my lock pick not look so good.

pr0ner wrote:Atlanta losing Matt Ryan AND Michael Turner makes my lock pick not look so good.

Don't worry; you're by no means alone.

Zaxxon wrote:Big pool games from the first Sunday set: MIA @ BUF (a little bit of a stretch), CAR @ NYJ.

Sweet - got both of those right. But like pr0ner, I'm likely to lose my ATL lock (and could possibly lose my PHI lock).

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:

Zaxxon wrote:Big pool games from the first Sunday set: MIA @ BUF (a little bit of a stretch), CAR @ NYJ.

Sweet - got both of those right. But like pr0ner, I'm likely to lose my ATL lock (and could possibly lose my PHI lock).

Uh, nevermind. Thanks Atlanta and Philly!

After first set...

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
GamerIrv 288
pr0ner 280
Moghedian 276
Captain Caveman 276
Mitma 275
Teflon Rich 274
Zaxxon 273
Jeff V 272
Miss Taken 272
The Meal 272
Stinky Cheeseman 272
Grievous Angel 271
Gwartok 270
Soulbringer 270
Remus West 270
Mr. Lem 269
JMDiller 266
Ralph-Wiggum 265
Mr. Jim 263
Mr. Bob 260
Jim Spielman 259
Exodor 259
Rdog 259
GuidoTKP 258
Isgrimnur 257
Kurth 256
Jiffy 256
Monkeyskunk 254
Big Jake 253
$iljanus 251
JC Anejo 250
JC Anejo IM 244
Moghedian IM 227

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:

Zaxxon wrote:Big pool games from the first Sunday set: MIA @ BUF (a little bit of a stretch), CAR @ NYJ.

Sweet - got both of those right. But like pr0ner, I'm likely to lose my ATL lock (and could possibly lose my PHI lock).

I got NYJ right, but whiffed on BUF.

Thanks ATL for making me look lucky, though!

DA BEARSUCK.

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
GamerIrv 298
pr0ner 290
Captain Caveman 286
Moghedian 284
Mitma 284
Zaxxon 282
Jeff V 282
The Meal 282
Miss Taken 280
Stinky Cheeseman 280
Teflon Rich 279
Mr. Lem 279
Gwartok 278
Grievous Angel 277
Soulbringer 276
Remus West 275
JMDiller 275
Ralph-Wiggum 274
Mr. Jim 272
Mr. Bob 270
Rdog 268
Jim Spielman 267
Exodor 267
GuidoTKP 266
Isgrimnur 265
Kurth 264
Monkeyskunk 264
Jiffy 263
Big Jake 262
JC Anejo 260
$iljanus 256
JC Anejo IM 250
Moghedian IM 233

Hey JC....our was based on the point difference between our normal and IM entries wasn't it?

Glad I made the switch for the PIT/BAL game. Though, it was a lot closer than I expected, Dixon didn't play badly at all.

Zaxxon can you please check my scores. I believe I am 2 points short. I sent you a revised pick with a change to Bal over Pitt so I think that is where the issue lies. Thanks

soulbringer wrote:Zaxxon can you please check my scores. I believe I am 2 points short. I sent you a revised pick with a change to Bal over Pitt so I think that is where the issue lies. Thanks

Bal-Pitt scores aren't included yet. I'll be updating shortly with those.

ALERT -- More Thursday gameage this coming week! -- ALERT

ALERT #2 -- We're heading into Week 13, meaning the End-of-Season Surge scoring begins now. For the uninitiated, this is a competition from here through the end of the regular season. The player with the most points from here through week 17 wins 5% of the pot. -- ALERT #2

GamerIrv maintained his 4-game lead on the top spot. Pr0ner's grip on 2nd increased to three games. This was a very impressive week score-wise. Our co-Top Dogs (including my Top Wife!) each went 15-1 and 5/5 on locks, and our co-Dumbasses each went 11-5 and 4-0 on locks. Seems rude to refer to that as Dummassery...

Game of the Week: NE @ NO. This was entertaining, and not just because we got to see Brady suck and Belichick look flabbergasted for a full 60 minutes--Brees & Co are pretty good!

Upset of the Week: Surprisingly, DEN over NYG was the biggest pool upset, barely beating out BUF over MIA.

Sure Thing of the Week: SD over KC.

Game of Next Week: TEN @ IND should be entertaining given the tear the Titans have been on.

Administrata the First: Remember (again) that we have a new error-correction policy this year. Make sure that you check the spreadsheet to verify that I got your score right. Corrections for this week will be accepted until the end of the final Week 13 game. Speak up by then or forever keep quiet. Corrections for weeks 1-11 are now closed.

Administrata the Second: Make sure to check out the pool's thread on OO for intra-week trash talking and discussion.

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
GamerIrv 302
pr0ner 294
Captain Caveman 288
Moghedian 288
Mitma 288
Zaxxon 286
Jeff V 286
The Meal 286
Miss Taken 284
Stinky Cheeseman 282
Gwartok 282
Mr. Lem 281
Teflon Rich 281
Grievous Angel 281
Soulbringer 280
Remus West 280
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Ralph-Wiggum 278
JMDiller 277
Mr. Jim 276
Mr. Bob 274
Rdog 272
Jim Spielman 269
Kurth 268
Monkeyskunk 268
Exodor 267
Isgrimnur 267
Jiffy 267
GuidoTKP 266
Big Jake 266
JC Anejo 262
$iljanus 258
JC Anejo IM 252
Moghedian IM 232

Player Week 12 Points
Mitma 35
Ralph-Wiggum 35
GamerIrv 33
JMDiller 33
Mr. Jim 33
Rdog 33
The Meal 33
pr0ner 33
Captain Caveman 31
Isgrimnur 31
JC Anejo 31
Jiffy 31
Kurth 31
Miss Taken 31
Moghedian 31
Zaxxon 31
Big Jake 29
Jeff V 29
Stinky Cheeseman 29
Monkeyskunk 29
Mr. Bob 29
Mr. Lem 29
Remus West 29
Soulbringer 29
Grievous Angel 28
$iljanus 27
GuidoTKP 27
Gwartok 27
Teflon Rich 27
Exodor 26
Jim Spielman 26
Moghedian IM 23
JC Anejo IM 21

Week 12 Top Dog Mitma, Ralph-Wiggum (1) Dumbass Jim Spielman (2), Exodor (1) Avg Scr 29.70 Avg Scr / Gm 1.86 Leader GamerIrv (8)

Week 13 games:

NYJ @ BUF (Thurs)
PHI @ ATL
STL @ CHI
DET @ CIN
TEN @ IND
DEN @ KC
NO @ WAS
TB @ CAR
HOU @ JAX
OAK @ PIT
SD @ CLE
SF @ SEA
DAL @ NYG
MIN @ ARI
NE @ MIA
BAL @ GB

Switching to NE sure was a bright move on my part.

Man, I only miss one game and I'm still not above the cut-off line.

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:Man, I only miss one game and I'm still not above the cut-off line.

This pool's skill is ridiculous. Obviously GamerIrv and pr0ner are in a class by themselves right now, but the next fourteen spots (all of the remaining playoff spots) are separated by four games after twelve weeks. Jeepers.

Indeed, it's impossibly hard to make up any ground after dumb errors with a field like this. EoS Surge is looking like my only shot at any sort of cash prize at this point, and that I figure is an insanely long shot when people keep putting up huge scores. I was really thinking I would be near the top with a 31 point week, and that turns out to simply be middle of the pack this week. Insane.

Bump because there is game tonight.

Go AFC East team!

Bah, stupid Thurs game.

Remind me again why I picked Buffalo...

Zaxxon wrote:Remind me again why I picked Buffalo...

Only if I can figure out why I picked the.

If I had remembered to pick, I would have picked the Jets of course.

After Thursday's debacle:


Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
GamerIrv 304
pr0ner 294
Captain Caveman 290
Moghedian 290
Mitma 290
The Meal 288
Zaxxon 286
Jeff V 286
Miss Taken 286
Stinky Cheeseman 284
Gwartok 284
Grievous Angel 283
Mr. Lem 281
Teflon Rich 281
Soulbringer 280
Remus West 280
Ralph-Wiggum 278
Mr. Jim 278
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JMDiller 277
Mr. Bob 274
Rdog 274
Kurth 270
Monkeyskunk 270
Jim Spielman 269
Jiffy 269
GuidoTKP 268
Exodor 267
Isgrimnur 267
Big Jake 266
JC Anejo 262
$iljanus 258
JC Anejo IM 252
Moghedian IM 231

Good luck to everyone that picked the Bears tomorrow.

Still above the line.
/digs in and sets his heels.

Bah! Seattle!

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
GamerIrv 319
pr0ner 315
Mitma 313
Moghedian 311
Captain Caveman 309
Jeff V 309
Miss Taken 309
The Meal 307
Zaxxon 307
Gwartok 305
Teflon Rich 304
Stinky Cheeseman 303
Remus West 303
Ralph-Wiggum 303
Grievous Angel 301
Mr. Jim 301
Mr. Lem 300
JMDiller 300
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Soulbringer 297
Mr. Bob 295
Kurth 293
Isgrimnur 292
Rdog 291
Exodor 289
Jiffy 288
Monkeyskunk 287
Big Jake 286
Jim Spielman 286
GuidoTKP 283
$iljanus 283
JC Anejo 279
JC Anejo IM 268
Moghedian IM 249

I made up ground?



Mitma, stay away!

Bad day. Bad bad day.

pr0ner wrote:I made up ground?



Mitma, stay away!

GamerIrv is currently tied for dumbass, and Mitma for Top Dog. It's been a crazy week.

ALERT -- More Thursday gameage this coming week! -- ALERT

GamerIrv and Pr0ner return to Earth. Or at least the stratosphere, within striking distance of the rest of us... Isgrimnur takes the early lead in the EoS Surge competition.

Game of the Week: Football is dead to me after the Bears barely hold off the Rams. No games win out.

Upset of the Week: OAK over PIT

Sure Thing of the Week: CIN over DET

Game of Next Week: DEN @ IND?

Administrata the First: Remember (again) that we have a new error-correction policy this year. Make sure that you check the spreadsheet to verify that I got your score right. Corrections for this week will be accepted until the end of the final Week 14 game. Speak up by then or forever keep quiet. Corrections for weeks 1-12 are now closed.

Administrata the Second: Make sure to check out the pool's thread on OO for intra-week trash talking and discussion.

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
GamerIrv 321
pr0ner 317
Mitma 315
Moghedian 311
Captain Caveman 311
Jeff V 311
Miss Taken 311
The Meal 309
Zaxxon 309
Teflon Rich 308
Gwartok 307
Stinky Cheeseman 305
JMDiller 304
Remus West 303
Ralph-Wiggum 303
Grievous Angel 303
Mr. Jim 303
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Mr. Lem 302
Soulbringer 299
Mr. Bob 297
Isgrimnur 296
Kurth 293
Rdog 293
Jiffy 290
Jim Spielman 290
Exodor 289
Monkeyskunk 289
Big Jake 287
GuidoTKP 285
$iljanus 283
JC Anejo 281
JC Anejo IM 269
Moghedian IM 251

Player Week 13 Points / EoS Surge Standings
Isgrimnur 29
Mitma 27
Miss Taken 27
Teflon Rich 27
JMDiller 27
Mr. Jim 27
Jeff V 25
Gwartok 25
Ralph-Wiggum 25
Kurth 25
$iljanus 25
pr0ner 23
Moghedian 23
Captain Caveman 23
The Meal 23
Zaxxon 23
Stinky Cheeseman 23
Remus West 23
Mr. Bob 23
Jiffy 23
Grievous Angel 22
Exodor 22
Mr. Lem 21
Rdog 21
Jim Spielman 21
Monkeyskunk 21
Big Jake 21
GamerIrv 19
Soulbringer 19
GuidoTKP 19
JC Anejo 19
Moghedian IM 19
JC Anejo IM 17


Week 13
Top Dog Isgrimnur (1)
Dumbass JC Anejo (2), GamerIrv, Soulbringer, GuidoTKP (1)
Avg Scr 22.94
Avg Scr / Gm 1.43
Leader GamerIrv (9)


Week 14 Games:

PIT @ CLE *THURS*
NO @ ATL
GB @ CHI
STL @ TEN
DEN @ IND
BUF @ KC
NYJ @ TB
MIA @ JAX
DET @ BAL
SEA @ HOU
CIN @ MIN
CAR @ NE
WAS @ OAK
SD @ DAL
PHI @ NYG
ARI @ SF

Zaxxon wrote: Week 13
Top Dog Isgrimnur (1)

How the hell did that happen?

Pick Sent

I think this week might be a separator week; there are some tough games to pick.

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:I think this week might be a separator week; there are some tough games to pick.

Including tonight's game, apparently.

Seriously, WTF Pittsburgh, WTF.

I'm glad I didn't lock PIT!

I am never locking PIT again.*


*this season

My mind said pick Cleveland but my gut said Pitt would circle the wagons for a playoff run. Stupid gut.

That's the 4th blown lock on Pittsburgh that I've had this year (I'm 1/5 total for locks with them...) You think I would have learned by now when it comes to the Steelers. I went back and forth but figured 'It's Cleveland, everyone but the Bills can beat CLEVELAND'.

The Steelers account for over 1/3 of my lost locks. NERDS!

gwartok wrote:My mind said pick Cleveland but my gut said Pitt would circle the wagons for a playoff run. Stupid gut.

This. I'm just glad I didn't lock them.