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Wednesday, September 18, 2002
PATRIOTS MANIA GETS OUT OF CONTROL 
Is there another team in all of the NFL that can make money selling jerseys bearing the name and number of its kicker? OUR SAD STATE Maybe Scott Rubush was right -- and I was wrong -- about Bill Simon. But Simon is the candidate, and my latest Daily News column laments the woeful sate of California's gubernatorial campaign. Tuesday, September 17, 2002
DURABLE LINKS FIXED! Just a technical note, but I've finally got the durable links fixed, meaning that you can now link to specific posts or the archives. Woo-hoo! WEINKOPF.COM FOOTBALL POOL WEEK 2: G-MONEY & NEW YORK, NEW YORK  
Left: photo of GMAN and yours truly, circa 1983; Right: the Empire State Building is lit up in honor of New York Lancers' victory After a huge Week 2 in the Weinkopf.com Football Pool, GMAN Glen and New York Lancers Dave emerged triumphant, with an awesome 94 points apiece. Thanks to the handy one-drop rule, that puts them in a three-way tie for first place overall with Hail to the Redskins Scott Rubush, who has started this season out much like his namesake. After a hot season opener, Scott scored a dismal 70 points with a thirteenth-place finish in week 2. But Lancers has clearly returned to the form that made him so dangerous last year, and so he is this week's One to Watch. It was he alone who had the insight to pick the Cowboys. Who ever would have thought the team that lost to New Houston would lick Old Houston only a week later? Dave did. He and Glen have given the rest of the pool a performance to admire -- and fear. The rest of the pool's 90-plus-point elite includes Flipper (93), Stinky Cheese (92), and yours truly, the Mighty Might Pats Fan (92). WINNERS, ALL Week 2 was a tough one in the Weinkopf.com Football Pool because things were so incredibly competitive. Thirteen out of 20 of us picked more than half the games correctly -- which means we shouldn't be sitting at our computers, but in some Vegas casino. More impressive still, 4 of us met or exceeded the lofty benchmark of 10 or more successful picks, the betting equivalent of a 100-yard game for an RB: Yours truly got 12, GMAN and Flipper took 11, and NevadaNiner Jason picked 10. FWIW, had we just been counting picks, Jason would be in 4th place. Instead, at his urging, we're using confidence points, and now he's in 13th -- how's that for ironic justice? LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON Jason has, however, managed to put himself four places ahead of his three-year old son, Padawan Ebin, whose beginner's luck was limited to a one-week shelf life. In our other family battles: Elizabeth "At least I'm not a Zebra" fell to her husband Kenny "Grogan's Heroes" Scagel, and Hail to the Redskins Scott managed to trounce kid brother "Barrio Bravo" Matthew Rubush for the second week. (I also bested brother-in-law When's Baseball Season Start Bob, but since he made his picks two weeks ago, that's not saying much.) Sadly, it was Brother Barrio who emerged the big loser among those who got all their picks in. He lost to everyone -- including the three-year old. WORSE THAN BAD Still, Barrio's performance was positively stellar compared to that of Bruiser Tim and Steel Man Joe. Bruiser apparently had so much confidence in the 7 games he picked that he didn't even bother to pick the remaining 9. And unable to assign a full 16 confidence points to each game, he chose to assign none at all -- go figure. Then there's Steel Man, who, after his team's pathetic Week 1 showing, decided to adopt the Houston Texans as his second team. (Note to Joe: Try again.) Then, to make things worse, he MADE all his picks -- but forgot to hit the "submit" button, which is kind of like taking off your helmet on the field, a big no-no. At least Capuccino Commando Charles managed to get his picks in this time, scoring an impressive 82 points and an eighth-place finish. Welcome, Charles. WELCOME BACK Last year's champion, Hoboken Headhunters Cris, is back, this time as Jersey Girl -- although so far, with 69 points and a 14th-place finish, she's not living up to last year's lofty standards. Like Blitzburgh Brawler Ben and Hoboken Orphans Chris, she made the foolish, foolish pick of the J-E-T-S JETS! JETS! JETS! over the Might Mighty Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots. When will they ever learn? But the season is young, and anything can happen. We're still waiting for the first pooler to crack the one-week 100-point marker ... Stay tuned and get ready for week 3! Yours, Chris, the Mighty Mighty Pats Fan |