Well it's time to wrap up another football pool year. Thomas
wins this week picking the closest to the actual score Indi 29
Chi 17. Gayle wins the season standings with 60.7%. Congrats
Gayle! Thanks and we'll try again in August!

Season standings:

Gayle 162-105 60.7%
Thomas 157-110 58.6%
% 124-100 55.4%
Fred 138-128 51.9%

kerfoker wrote:

OK, here are the picks:

Fred Ind 49 Chi 21
% Ind 17 Chi 14
Gayle Chi 31 Ind 26
Thomas Ind 27 Chi 23

Thanks!

kerfoker wrote:

OK, who will win and what will be the score? Closest to the score
wins. Post your prediction here and I'll combine everyone's

here on Sunday.

I believe the game will be Indianapolis 49 Chicago 21 with many

cheesy P. Manning commercials in our future.

Gayle wrote:

kerfoker wrote:

OK, who will win and what will be the score? Closest to the score
wins. Post your prediction here and I'll combine everyone's

here on Sunday.

I believe the game will be Indianapolis 49 Chicago 21 with many

cheesy P. Manning commercials in our future.

Omigawd, how many more could there be? I
have to think about this, Fred, but it's
hard. Because I don't care. And I don't
want to even think about it. I suppose I
could be a more gracious loser -- but a
gracious loser is still, ya know, a
loser. Screw grace. Football season is ovah.

Besides, it's not just that they beat my
guys, albeit fairly and squarely, in one
of the more heart attack games I've ever
watched. He's had the NFL change the
rules more than once after losing to the
Pats. And I think the game, in general,
has suffered a bit from those changes.
And I really dislike the whole "God
wanted us to win" crapola. I mean,
really, that's blasphemy.

Yes, I prayed during the AFC game but,
ya know what? My conversation with
god/goddess went like this: Okay,
god/goddess, it would be insulting and,
yes, even vulgar, if I prayed for a 4-
yard completion on 3rd down. I will
resist temptation and Satan (who fools
us into believing god/goddess cares
about who wins a football game).
Instead, I will pray for world peace and
an end to starvation.

That's exactly what I did. Maybe I
thought god/goddess would love me more
for doing that and, just coincidentally,
Troy Brown would be in the right place
to catch the pass. Okay, I'm weak. But,
not so weak-minded that I blame
god/goddess for 3 and out, thus needing
to punt. Well, I've thought this
through, Fred, and I'd rather nurse a
grudge than be right, so:

Bears: 31
Colts: 26

Thanks so much for running the pool,
Fred. It's been a blast.

Gayle

I don't really like either team either: stupid Bears beat
my Seahawks twice and got lucky against my Cards.
Anyhow, you're welcome Gayle. Congrats on winning the Season
standings and thanks for playing.
-Fred