My NFL Pool Picks

Sandy's brother-in-law Nick Lonsky invited me to join his NFL POOL last week Friday. I was a little reluctant to join because I don't watch or follow football, but because it was Nick, I said yes. He's a great guy and I know that he is pretty proud of his pool website. So I said "Yes."

Now, I don't really follow football (other than the Packers) and I don't really have the time. So I devised a scheme to use for each week. Here are the rules to my scheme:

• Packers to Win
• Vikings to Lose
• New Orleans to Win
• Home Team to Win

I have already made all my picks for the year based on this scheme. The final game will be played tonight, but so far, here are the results:

2005 NFL Pool Week #1 Results

WEEK'S RANKING
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Not all games are complete.  The maximum possible
score for each entry is in parentheses.

Capital letters denote a correct pick for that Confidence
Value.  Dashes (-) indicate a incorrect pick.  Lower-case
letters indicate the game has not been completed.

1  Kurt Schroeder        710  11/15  73.3% -BCD-FGHIJKL-N-p ( 738)
2  ~Harmon Forecast      637   9/15  60.0% AB-D-FGH-JK-M--p ( 665)
3  Tinsley               632   9/15  60.0% AB--EFGHIJ----Op ( 660)
4  ~Vegas                609  10/15  66.7% AB--EF---JKLMNOp ( 637)
5  Dinesh Punjabi        583   8/15  53.3% AB-D-FG-IJ---N-p ( 611)
6  Greg Stodghill        580   9/15  60.0% -BCD-F-H-JK--NOp ( 608)
7  Isabella Latak        573   8/15  53.3% A-C-EFGHI-----Op ( 601)
8  ~Scripps Howard       568   8/15  53.3% AB-D-FGH--k--N-P ( 613)
9  S. Stodghill          554   9/15  60.0% -B-DE-G-IJK-M-Op ( 582)
10  Chris Foote           544   8/15  53.3% AB--EFG----L-NOp ( 572)
11  Jason Wolf            526   9/15  60.0% AB---Fg-I-KL-NOP ( 592)
12  Nick Lonsky           520   7/15  46.7% AB--EF--IJKl---- ( 561)
13  Karl Davis            519   8/15  53.3% ABC-eF------MNOP ( 598)
14  Robin Wolf            519   8/15  53.3% A---EFGH-J-LMn-- ( 553)
15  DAB Sports            512   8/15  53.3% A-C--FG--JKL-n-P ( 546)
16  Mark Freiheit         511   8/15  53.3% A-Cd-FG-IJ----OP ( 598)
17  Steve Schmadeke       505   8/15  53.3% A-CD-f-H--K-MNO- ( 577)
18  Eric Ellington        497   8/15  53.3% AB---F-Hi-K-MN-P ( 551)
19  Kurt Hall             473   9/15  60.0% ---D--GHIJKLMN-p ( 501)
20  Keith Simpson         446   8/15  53.3% --C-EfG-I-KL-NO- ( 518)
21  Jason Hatanaka        442   7/15  46.7% a-CDE-G--J---NO- ( 557)
22  Paul Kruger           434   6/15  40.0% A-CD----I-K-M--p ( 462)
23  Jorge Roccatagliata   432   7/15  46.7% A---EF-H---L-NOp ( 460)
24  Mark Lonsky           412   7/15  46.7% --C-E-G-IJ-lM-O- ( 453)
25  Jon Hall              377   6/15  40.0% AB-------JK-mN-P ( 414)
26  Donald Wilson         331   6/15  40.0% --C-E--H---lM-OP ( 372)
27  Paul Sabby            312   6/15  40.0% ---D-F-H----mNOP ( 349)

I would have won by a higher amount if I picked New England (2004-2005 Super Bowl Champs) to Win, but they were not playing at home. I called Nick to tell him that I am officially retired now.