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Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009

A full description of the awards can be found here.

Congratulations to the Rams and Titans who won their first game this week, leaving the lowly Buccaneers to get off the schneid. With a Bronco loss, that just leaves Drew Brees and Peyton Manning to yet experience their first loss. More on the Saints a bit later.

As teams in the NFL begin to separate themselves from the pack so do we in the Pick 'em League but for the second week in a row there are shocking developments. For example, I find myself in the Top Ten midway thru the season. OK everyone you can lift yours jaws and restore them to their upright and locked position. I seem to be surviving the war of attrition while others are thriving and some are dropping like Obama's poll numbers.

Several categories did not meet the criteria for an award this week, including the Buckeye and Homer (neither of which gets awarded very often.) others have been touch and go so far such as the Gilligan, The Guiding Light, Hank Hill and Doogie. But this is the first week I haven't awarded the Van Dyke

Frasier

Momo of the Winter (poised to pass jokipper for the lead any day now), Sherasbear and Brandi1leigh (Excellent job, ladies!) and HeyStu's Sports Machine (no longer flying under the radar!) each turned in a splendid 10-3 mark, picking up their first Frasier for the year.

Meathead

NYGBRIAN246 had a rough week, picking up some early wins but few after that and ending up at 5-8. Yet I cannot fault his picks, most of those games could have easily gone the other way.

Wojo

Last week we witnessed in shock as the first and third place leaders plunged in the standings. Now this week, two more go down for missing the deadline. If I read once, I read a dozen times the wise counsel of our league commissioner, 123home123. Just go thru and choose the favorites in each game and then go back and make adjustments. It was thus somewhat astounding as well as humerous to see Mr. Home pick up a Wojo for failing to follow his own advice. And then last year's Grand Champion IndianaMom, who had been making tremendous strides to ascend the ranks in the last few weeks, missed the first round of games so she started in the hole 0-8. I believe tvfanatic91 has basically given up the ghost and so will probably not be around for any more awards. The big wiunner of course is Priest=Aura who finds himself in first despite four mediocre 9 win weeks in a row.

A Team

Brandi1leigh wins her second award for being the only one to realize that Arizona is a much better team on the road than at home and so chose the Carolina Panthers to prevail. Which they did.

Bobby Ewing

Hey, how about one more for Brandi1leigh for quietly and steadily ascending the ranks from median obscurity to prominence in the top 5!

That's it for the Brandi show. Seriously I am happy for our speech and debate teacher from the great state of Texas. Until next time this is Les....

Oh except there is one more thing, if you don't mind.

Columbo

As I said earlier, the New Orleans Saints have started out very well at 7-0, the best start in franchise history and many are already visioning them in the Super Bowl (Minnesota will have something to say about that). But even with all of their success, only four players in our league have marched with the Saints in all seven victories. They happen to be News Beacon of the Ohio Valley (yours truly), the current leader Priest=Aura (jokipper), Fish's Somewhat Accurate Picks and The Graphers (tuckgraph).

No time to do the standings this week.

This is Les Nessman saying "Good day and may the Good News be yours!"

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Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009

LESTER Awards Week Seven

A full description of the awards can be found here.

In biblical circles, it is well known that 'seven' is the perfect number. Of all the words at my disposal to describe Week 7 in the Pick em league, 'perfection' would not be even near the top of the list. The first word, the only word that comes to mind is 'ugly.' Awards not given out this week include the Guiding Light, A Team, Doogie, Buckeye or Homer.

FRASIER

Our league commissioner, 123home123, continues his steady climb in the standings by posting a stellar 11-2 mark this week for his first Frasier.

MEATHEAD

BuskieBoy and me both know the view from the bottom and so here we are again at 7-6. The question remains, which of us will take a better stab at next week's Bobby Ewing Award?

HANK HILL

One of Hank's greatest strengths is his stability and rock solid commitment to playing it safe and not rocking the boat. This strategy workd like a charm for 123home123 as there were but two upsets. 11-2 will garnish big dividends every time.

BOBBY EWING

The Graphers (tuckgraph) gained back his respectability going from 6 to 9 wins.

VAN DYKE

Once again I am forced to award myself the dubious trophy for showing poor judgment. My usual nemesid, the late afternoon games bit me on the backside, losing 4 out of 5.

WOJO

The big shocker this week wasn't anything that happened on the field of play - it's that the first and third place leaders in our league somehow didn't get their picks logged on. Finalsequel (Bobby) and Fireballil's Team are always at or near the top of the leaderboard, Hope all is well with you guys. Last year RevBucky (not playing this year) swore that a Yahoo glitch cost him his picks. One wonders if a similar fate befell any of the three Wojo winners this week. The lucky benefactors of course are priest=Aura (jokipper), Momo of the Winter (El Paquillo Loco) and others near the top of the heap. Oh yeah, tvfanatic91 once again missed getting in his picks.

GILLIGAN

ALL 7 who backed Favre and the Vikings against Big Ben and the Steelers had victory in their grasp until Keyaron Fox intercepted the Mississippi farmer and returned it 82 yards. Sherasbear picked up her third Gilligan this year but this time brought along company including BuskieBoy, Better Late Than Never (NYBrian120), bouges13, Priest=Aura (jokipper) NYGBRIAN246 and The Graphers.

Thank you for coming back again for another round of the LESTERS. This is Les Nessman....

Please excuse me, there is one more thing.

COLUMBO

The Arizona Cardinals are a perfect 3-0 on the road this year, attracting deserved attention from many within the NFL and the media. And yet, only one of the 23 in our league has correctly picked each of those games. The Columbo is thus awarded to NYGBRIAN246.

Updated Standings - Notice the cream slowly rising to the top, IndinaMom is now at # 4!

1. 74 Priest=Aura

2. 72 Fish's Somewhat Accurate Picks

2. 72 Momo of the Winter

4. 70 123home123

4. 70 IndianaMom

4. 70 Lords of the Goalposts

7. 69 OchoSucko

7. 69 T_Brennan

7. 69 Hellfish & Son

7. 69 Heystu's Sports Machine

11. 68 Brandi1leigh

12. 67 Kegtown Compulsive Gamblers

12. 67 News Beacon of the Ohio Valley

14. 66 bouges13

14. 66 Finalsequel

16. 65 Buskieboy

17. 64 Sherasbear

18. 63 Fireballil's Team

19. 61 The Graphers

20. 58 bowling255

21. 57 Better Late Than Never

22. 55 NYGBRIAN246

23. 42 tvfanatic91

This is Les Nessman saying 'Good-bye and may the Good News be yours."

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Tuesday, Oct 20, 2009

LESTER Awards Week Six

A full description of the awards can be found here.

A bit more motivated to get the awards posted this week than last and if you are reading this, you probably already know why by now, unless you are not part of the league (m00nshadow). No awards this week for the Homer, Gilligan, Buckeye, Wojo or Guiding Light.

FRASIER AWARD

Four of us share top honors this week, going 10-4. Now this is what I'm talking about. Joining me at the top of the heap are bowling255, our commissioner 123home123 and NYGBRIAN246. An interesting aside is the absence of any of the frontrunners. In fact, of the four, I am the only one in the top ten of the league. As stated before, The LESTERS do not recognize tie-breakers.

MEATHEAD AWARD

It was not that tvfanatic91 made all that many stinky pics, just that he missed the games we all missed and the few risks taken just didn't work out. No breaks earned a 5-9 record for the week.

BOBBY EWING AWARD

As was the case in previous weeks, whenever one gets the Meathead one week and then grabs a Frasier the next, this award is practically in the bag. Thus the award this time comes to lil ol me, Les Nessman, News Beacon of the Ohio Valley.

A TEAM

Only bowling255 surmised that Donavan McNabb and his Eagles weren't up to the task of playing the Raiders in Oakland, which is one reason he did so well this week. He did miss the Jets game however but then again, didn't we all?

HANK HILL AWARD

Some weeks it pays to play it safe, but this wasn't necessarily one of them. Kegtown Compulsive Gamblers (mp34mp) goes 8-6 for the second consecutive week. Is it just me or is it kind of ironic for this award to be given to someone with "Gamblers" in their name?

DOOGIE AWARD

Who would have thought that between Josh Johnson of the Bucs and Mark Sanchez of the Jets, that Johnson would have come closer to pulling out a win? Well, neither did but the bloom seems to have fallen off of Wonder Boy's rose. Refusing to abandon the kids this week were The Graphers (tuckgraph), Priest=Aura (jokipper), tvfanatic91 and a couple of us who have already grabbed trophies in two other categories bowling255 and News Beacon of the Ohio Valley.

VAN DYKE AWARD

The Graphers gets it this week for going 0-4 in the 4:00 hour on Sunday, including blowing the 59-0 utter annihilation of the hapless Titans against the Brady Machine. Tuck has taken it on the chin the last couple of weeks but there is plenty of time to right the ship.

Well, thanks for tuning in this week to see who won a LESTER. Your support means a gret deal, so this is Les.....

Excuse me, just one more thing if you don't mind...

COLUMBO AWARD

The Baltimore Ravens started out so promising at 3-0 but have since evened out their record by going 0-3. Only OchoSucko was not 'suckered' in, winning those three games the Ravens lost. The rest of us took at least one sip of the Ravens kool-ade.

Didn't get the standings up last time so here they are. Bobby maintains his over-all lead with jokipper nipping at his heels.

This is Les Nessman saying 'Good day and may the Good News be yours!"

Rank Total Pick Set Name

1. 66 Finalsequel

2. 65 Priest=Aura

3. 63 Fireballil's Team

4. 62 Momo of the Winter

4. 62 Fish's Somewhat Accurate Picks

6. 61 IndianaMom

6. 61 Heystu's Sports Machine

6. 61 Hellfish & Son

6. 61 Lords of the Goalposts