Week 3 Summary

I thought there was one "easy" game last week, and most everyone picked it. SD over KC. It turned out not to be easy. SD only won by 3. Watch out for those intra-division games.

We had five losers last week. Four picked division match ups. PHI lost to NYG. NE lost to BUF. The other had NYJ. OAK is looking tough.

It's difficult, this time of year, to know who is "for real," and who just had a few easy games. BUF is now the only undefeated team in the AFC.

Of the five losing picks, four lost for the second time and are out for the year. Say goodbye to previous champion Mike Boggs, Chad Swigor, Ryan Melissinos, and Janna Heermans. Steve Taylor dropped into the loser's bracket.

Counts:

21 vying for first

13 in witch a second chance

4 out

Week 2 Summary

A big change from last week...only one loss. My mom had BAL at TEN. TEN pulled the upset. She played two picks this year and is already in the loser's bracket with both!

This week is tough. I see only one "easy" game, and it's between division opponents.

Counts:

22 vying for first

16 in with a second chance

Week 1 Summary

As usual Week 1 was very interesting. I thought, going in, that it was a difficult slate of games. There were numerous division match ups, and good teams on the road.

The results show that it was difficult! Of the 38 entries, 15 picked a losing team. Most had either KC or CLE, but one had DEN.

Talk about lucky, I took NYJ. I thought they would easily handle DAL at home. They didn't "handle" them at all, but won when Romo fell apart at the end.

Kevin Whatley, playing for the second time, advanced to Week 2 in the winner's bracket for the first time. I only mention this because he was embarrassed last year when I called him out in the summary.

Historical Week1 Losses:

1999 - 23 of 41
2000 - 4 of 51 (7.81%)
2001 - 25 of 59
2002 - 13 of 55
2003 - 39 of 55
2004 - 3 of 55 (5.45%)
2005 - 26 of 58
2006 - 4 of 62 (6.45%)
2007 - 5 of 50
2008 - 25 of 45
2009 - 1 of 44 - BEST EVER
2010 - 6 of 43
2011 - 15 of 38

Check out 2003...now that was a tough Week1.

Counts:

23 vying for first
15 in with a second chance

9-11-11 Early Games - 13 Losses

13 have already lost. 7 took the Chiefs and 6 had the Browns.

Entries & Payouts

I count 38 entries. 37 paid.

Winner gets $1110.

Second Place gets $370.