Metro Football Pool

Many of your favorite Thanksgiving traditions have become taking that plunge into the Hot Tub with your fellow pool bro’s. More write up to come, but just a friendly reminder that this is the week to make the switch! If you want in, just include it in your witty little email messages when you submit your picks this week and you’ll officially hit the reset button… No longer living in the past and thinking about all those “what-ifs” (examples being wagering heavy against the Bucs). There’s no opportunity to future time machine it back to this moment so choose wisely! Happy Thanksgiving for those of you that don’t read this on an hourly basis 🙂

A trash can of a week was capped by the Red Ryder BB gun needing to be returned to Walmart for a full refund (as opposed to just store credit). The Bucs won but still sucked; a testament to the Cowboys. Jon Claude was almost safer by not submitting picks… after all Christopher-E managed one of our first ever regular season negative postings! You have officially outdone the Nelson clan!

Speaking of our neighborly Nelsons. It’s only fitting that on a week like this, you guys turn in the top score by a long shot. I’m beginning to think that you’re only about the fame and power association with being in the pool press vs. the dollar bills, y’all.

This is probably one of our closest seasons to date. The top 20ish spots are only separated by a handful of points and the leaders aren’t doing much to distance themselves… particularly that guy in 4th place that just seems to sit there. He’s probably just stalking his prey like a South African lion lurking in the brush.

As a reminder, Week 12 (week after this week) will mark the start of the Hot Tub. This is your last week to make a run in the big league and/or tune up before decisions need to be made! Better luck to all of us!

Olga and Jason (Mallory) took a gamble on Smokin’ Jay Cutler… and although Jay rewarded us with one of his traditional pick 6’s, the Bears held on like Sylvester Stallone in Cliffhanger (more like the redemption grip at the end of the movie, not so much the one at the beginning). Bob studies a lot of resources each week which traditionally lead to consistent success in our pool… however, it seems like there might be one resource he could turn to that’s being under utilized in the Gonzalez house 🙂

After doing so well last week, Danita came back down to earth and joined Lee for the low score (which is pretty normal for Lee). Callan says that you need to do better! I’m not counting Faulkner since he only submitted one pick and was too busy chopping logs, killing deer, and training to fight a genetically engineered Russian in the arctic tundra. I’m proud of the Nelson family this year and the Hot Tub is right around the corner starting Week 12… so just two more weeks of going for upsets and then you can really start submitting picks. At least I think that’s what’s been going on.

Ed Mickey-D took the overall lead, but the Giants have a better shot of winning the NFC. We’re all coming for you my friend! Good luck this week… go Bucs!

Week 8 concluded with some big surprises: the Bucs’ victory, the resurgence of Denver’s offense, Kevin taking the reigns on 1st, the Bucs’ victory (cannot be overstated), and Danita tying Kevin for this week’s high! Danita had been so busy helping Meghan and I with Callan over the past month that she put the pool in life’s overall 2nd priority. Completely excusable given this specific circumstance. She is truly awesome!!

On the flip side, Trey and Zach posted scores that resemble a bad day for Zach’s front 9… maybe a good day for Trey?? It was a big gamble on Indy that almost paid off… but didn’t… so your scores blew. Your performance was equivalent to anyone that played defense on the Giants or Saints.

I feel like that Paul Simon song, Slip Slidin’ Away, has been ringing in my ears lately. What exactly does he mean by “you know the nearer your destination, the more you’re slip slidin’ away”? I belong in 1st, Paul… but I can’t get there if I keep doing all this slip slidin’. Good luck this week!

Sorry for the delay this week… it took a while to comprehend how General Lee only posted 11 points. The unlucky beard has almost thrown that many picks this season so you’re both on level playing fields when it comes to disturbing statistics. The big difference is we expect this kind of stuff from Lee while many of us failed to predict the Colts misfire this year.

On the flip side, Mallory… I mean Jason… posted this week’s high. What set them apart was a fairly aggressive wager on the Bucs inability to win many games in a given season. They were very wise in noticing that 2 wins already fulfills a typical quota.

There was a lot of movement on the leader board this week. No one is really pulling away… unless you’re Lee… in which case everyone is pretty much pulling away. As Robert E. Lee once said… “I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.”

Better luck this week!

I hate the Eagles (the team) so it was either a picture of Seal, the band, or a real eagle…. for numerous reasons, I went with a nice high definition shot of a badass looking eagle. This little guy soared way above the Giants and constantly tormented trusty Eli… swooping down to pick him off and make him retreat in fear. For that, we thank you good and noble eagle. May you perch upon Kevin’s shoulder and he hand feed you premium eagle delights.

Papa Ron, you saved me from having to write about my grandmother this week. Even if I had to write about her (which I guess I am at this point), it would be something positive about her general greatness. However, you delivered a cold pizza with all the wrong toppings my friend.

Little brother Huey took a bold gamble on the Giants to try to distance himself but ended up leaving the door wide open for C-dash-May. It was borderline cocky so we’ll see how the pool gods respond moving forward. My only words of advice on this one… start getting more comfortable in 3rd after this week!

The week was a medium sized trash can. Not quite a full sized dumpster but certainly not that smaller version in the kitchen cabinet. A few missed picks and some foolishness in the Chargers’ secondary sent old man Rivers home with a loss… he wasn’t greeted by the usual Sound of Music track where his 17 kids reintroduce themselves so he can remember their names… nor was he allowed partake in evening ice cream at the family table of winners. He sitteth at the same table as Trey and Danita this week… which is at least good company!

The highs were pretty low but Cassie is staking her claim for king of the Leatham household. We know how this story will end… she’ll trump Rich in about another week. Good luck and stay classy!

The script was written before the start of the season… (1) the inevitable demise of Philbin before Spanish heritage month 2015 goes full throttle in Miami and (2) Lee’s first low score of the year is in the record books and the seal has officially been broken! Just like the ease with which Winston is comfortable throwing picks… its nice to know that you are accepting of the real Lee… every great pool needs a ‘Lee’… you are loved.

On a few positive notes… (1) Faulkner edged everyone and now sits in 3rd place after gaining 5 spots, (2) the Gators won and are once again ranked higher than FSU (yea… we have to go college here since the Bucs and Cowboys blow), (3) per the previous note, the balance is being restored in the universe, & (4) most importantly, little Callan Robert Huey was born on 10/1!!!! Meghan not only did her picks right before leaving for the hospital, but she had a solid pool week and is climbing back up to her typical top 5 spot. As a new father, I’m please to report that everyone is happy, healthy, and Meghan has found plenty of time to rest & watch football… ok… not so much the last thing 🙂

Good luck this week!

Finally a typical week… the Bucs lost, my score was solid, Dylan’s was not, & Kaepernick threw 4 picks including two pick sixes in the first 6 minutes of the game. His touchdown strikes were so decisive, that this fete hadn’t been replicated since 1925. Green Bay should light another blaze in the 49er dumpster fire… the same fire where Dylan’s curled up and painting Ali’s nails while losing muscle mass to fit into his capris. Go hunt another bear and get back on your game mang!

Coulter and little brother Huey… nice work! It’s encouraging to see that you’re past all the crazy partying that’s associated with the status that comes from being a member of our league.  You’ve kept your eye on the real prize this year vs. all the Boats ‘N Hoes. We’ll see if youth can conquer wisdom the rest of the season.

Good luck this week! Prestige Worldwide… wide… wide.

Week 2 undoubtedly had some all around flukiness to it… in fact, the one consistent thus far is Bautista’s pool performance. New to the cult this year, Bautista goes by many names including Tom Brady’s ‘other lover’. Tom Brady only dates winners or models… real models… not guys who work on financial models.

Little brother Huey… ballsy move on the Jets. Fitzpatrick is probably patting himself on the back and saying the same thing as this is at least the 7th team he’s played for. You and Rich have some large targets on your backs.

Better luck to all of us this week and get your picks in on Thursday. Also, it’s money time…