Week 10 Summary - Cowboys Rise Up

The Cowboys eliminated seven entries. Two were knocked into the second place bracket and five were eliminated in toto.

Say goodbye to: Tim Krisher, Kim Semon, Mike Goslin, Eli Black, and Janna Heermans.

Only three remain for the championship. Previous champion Kevin Kelley, and is contending again. Gabe Cate, who won a share two years ago, and non-winner yours truly.

Counts:
3 vying for first
11 in with a second chance
29 out

Week 9 Summary - Living on the Edge

Two entries had the Vikings this week. The Vikes fell behind by 14 and rallied to win in OT after scoring two TDs in the last 4:39. This coupled with KC last week has two entries "Living on the Edge." The two entries are me and Gabe Cate who survived both of these picks. Gabe and I are two of only five entries remaining in the winner's bracket. The other three are former champions Kevin Kelly and Charles Semon, and first timer Chad Swigor.

There were only five losing picks this week. NE was destroyed at CLE, CHI nipped BUF, and PIT held on against CIN. Say goodbye to my mom Josie Valcho and Steve Taylor. Both played two picks and are out on both. Say goodbye to Ralph Berry, a Steelers fan like me, who obviously got stuck not picking a Sunday game and was forced to take CIN as a last chance.

Dropping into the second place bracket are Chris Parker and Judy Williams.

Counts:
5 vying for first
14 in with a second chance
24 out

Week 8 Summary

Things were interesting in Week 8, in fact we almost had a winner. If KC would have tied in OT, then Kevin Kelly would have won the pot with NE. KC pulled a miracle and won in OT with just 5 seconds remaining. Luckily six entries survived and joined Kevin as the seven left in the winners bracket.

Other than KC and NE every other selected team lost. This included the Cowboys, Reskins, and Jets.

Andy Bardach and Greg Brent lost for the second time and are out!

Five entries lost for the first time.

Counts:

7 vying for first
15 in with a second chance
21 out

Week 7 Summary

Wow, who would have thought that the Browns could beat the Saints? Fortunately most everyone had already taken NO, otherwise this game would have been a blood bath for the contest.

A slew of other entries were saved when BAL ripped away a fumble and beat BUF in OT.

Finally, DEN was trounced by OAK.

The net result...4 first time losers and 4 knocked out. Say goodbye to Paul Bowman (two time champion), Doug Horstman (previous champion), Geoff Mince, and Chris Williams.

Counts:

12 vying for first
12 in with a second chance
19 out

Week 6 Summary

We had five losing picks this week. One lost for the first time and four are out of the contest.

Until this week no one had selected PIT. But this week PIT was used by 23 of the 32 remaining entries. I'm always leery about picking divisional games but this one seemed to be a "no brainer" and it was.

For those not choosing PIT, 4 had NYG, 3 picked CHI, 1 took SD and 1 did not pick. Of course the losers were CHI and SD. CHI might be the worst 4-2 in the league, but it's still hard to imagine they would lose at home to SEA. SD is 0-4 on the road this year (for future reference of those remaining.)

Say goodbye to P Black (playing for the first time), George Melissinos (tied for first last year), Matthew Valcho (my brother does not pick PIT), and Tim Swigor (on one of his entries.)

Counts

16 vying for first
12 in with a second chance
15 out

Week 5 Summary

There were 17 losing picks this week. Lots of upsets. Of the 17 seven lost for the second time and are out. Say goodbye to:

Shane Cheatham
Billy "Taco" Gregory
Andy Guess
Sam Heermans
Nancy MacAskill
Steve Taylor (on one entry)
George Valcho (my Dad)

17 vying for first
15 in with a second chance
11 out

Week 4 Summary

There were seven losers this week. There were many others sweating it out because NO and GB both barely survived winning by two against CAR and DET respectively.

Two losers had TEN, four had IND, and one did not enter a pick. I didn't even realize that IND got beat until I looked at ESPN for the King standings. What a shocker!

Of the seven losers two lost for the second time...say goodbye to Kevin Whatley who was playing for the first time, and one of my Mom's two entries.

27 vying for first
12 in with a second chance
4 out