January 07, 2009

Sleepover of the Damned Pool Standings

Yeah, so, we're not that great at football. Kinda like Ohio State.

  • DCTrojan 4
  • Moo 3
  • Danny 3
  • Janie 3
  • Steph 3
  • Lt. Winslow 3
  • TGC 3
  • Joan 2
  • Nick 2
  • PB 2
  • Bailey 2
  • Doug 2
  • Cotter 2
  • Texy 2
  • Harris 2
  • T$ 2
  • RCR 2
  • J-Money 2
  • Holly 1
  • Peck 1
  • PLadd 1
  • Jef 1
  • S2N 1
  • TC 1
  • TSW 0
For the record, here's the exchange between me and our leaderboard leaderperson DCT, a college football and soccer writer, when I was trying to get him to join our reindeer games:

Him: "You realize of course that I know next to nothing about the NFL and care about as much? I'm in, nonetheless, because any forum that explicitly encourages the ign'ant to participate is a forum I want to join."
Me: "That made me think yours would be an interesting voice to add, actually."
Him: "I read the US sporting press with interest from August through January 1, and then it's skimming to try and keep up with water cooler conversations. My sister-in-law, who loathes sports but is a Philadelphia partisan, was genuinely stunned that I didn't remember that the Phillies had won the world series - I assume that I must have registered their win at the time."

Week 2 picks due in my inbox Friday morning. The rest of you, splash around in the comments, and nobody mention Sproles.

Posted by Nastinchka at January 7, 2009 02:27 PM

Comments

[preemptively]

I WANT TO JOIN! I WANT TO BE IN THE POOL! CAN I EMAIL YOU ABOUT HOW I WANT TO BE IN THE POOL? CAN WE START AN "OVERLY FAMILIAR INTERNET PEOPLE" DIVISION LIKE THE NIT? LOVE ME.

Posted by: Stella at January 7, 2009 02:30 PM

I like this bunch. 25 is a good number. No further additions unless somebody quits or dies. We're Academie Francaise like that.

(And if you think I don't know exactly which of you would kill JUST TO BE CLOSE TO ALL THESE COOL PEOPLE, think again. While sharpening your axe.)

Posted by: Holly at January 7, 2009 02:33 PM

Well, that went badly last week - only one I got was Baltimore. Time to see if this one is any better:

Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Carolina, and the Giants.

Posted by: SpartanDan at January 7, 2009 04:46 PM

I wouldn't kill - I'd threaten to, but I couldn't go through with it.

Only Philly right last week, I'll go Giants, Carolina, Baltimore, Pittsburgh.


Posted by: Devin McCullen at January 7, 2009 05:10 PM

Hey! I thought were picking based on what we wanted to happen and rooting for, hence my NO-AFC PICKS BECAUSE WE CANNOT JINX THE STEELERS IN ANYWAY.

Posted by: TheStarterWife at January 7, 2009 08:32 PM

Well, we were, which is why we're all wrong. And your team is still in! The system works!

Posted by: Holly at January 7, 2009 08:34 PM

I think this calls for a "fuck it" series of picks if I can get over that mental hurdle of logic. Yeah, that logic that worked so well last week.

Posted by: Signal to Noise at January 8, 2009 02:20 AM

Shit, who's playing this week? To the WWL!

Posted by: DC Trojan at January 9, 2009 06:34 AM

As long as I get to laugh at everyone's justifications, I'm cool with holding tight in the middle.

You picked a good bunch, Holly! Well, except for this guy, that is...

Posted by: Cotter at January 9, 2009 01:18 PM
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