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We’ve seen seismic changes in FBS football – It’s a bold new world and the Greatest Pool in the History of the World is changing with the times. 

Erik (George Allen) has decided to retire from the pool. 

We will be expanding to 9 teams welcoming 2-time champion Bob Stroup and rookie Lee Schwartz.

The draft is set for Thursday, August,15th – 6:30pm at my house.

The Sisters of the Poor are on the hook for pizza this year – BYOB.

Here’s the draft order:

1. Ralph Malph (Stace)

2. EB Beaumont (Muck)

3. Artie Fufkin (Sween)

4. Doorman (Dave)

5. Operaman (Jon)

6. Reggie (Barn)

7. Bruce Dickinson (Jim)

8. TBD

9. TBD

We will flip a coin for Bob and Lee – the winner will choose between the 8-11 and 9-10 position.

The divisions will go away in 2024. The bottom 4 teams at the end of the season will be “relegated”. They will buy pizza for the 2025 draft.

We will draft 14 teams – drafting 126 of the 134 FBS teams.

Can Bruce Dickinson 3-peat?

Will Reggie win his first title in the modern era?

Will EB take Bama at #2?

Ralph Malph is on the clock.

commish

The Greatest Pool in the History of the World, 2023.

You redefined what the “worst ever” is.

You gave us George Allen, EB Beaumont, and Operaman.

You teased Reggie, then struck him out with a classic curveball.

You created a dynasty in the making, an evil villain at the top.

And, as always, you made the lows lower and the highs higher for a devout group of guys who share a special camaraderie.

Murderer’s Row ends the Sisters stranglehold on the division title. Only one Sister beat his guy.

Reggie and the Bulldogs had it. Right there in front of them. Just beat Bama and the jinx is over, the longest streak in the pool ends. But the Tide had none of it and dealt Reggie a close 2nd. And Washington sits on the bench. But, “there’s always next year”.

So Bruce Dickinson goes back to back. Starting Miami, OH in the MAC title game would have rendered the SEC Championship game meaningless. One of the great things about the CFB Pool.

Michigan pitches a shutout for Operaman, giving him the only 14-0 season in double games. 22 points for the week, comfortably finishing 3rd.

Doorman finishes 4th, The Fighting Jerry Kills losing to Liberty Biberty.

5th goes to Artie Fufkin, with a solid win by SMU at Tulane.

EB Beaumont will pick 3rd in next year’s draft, his Ducks lose to the Huskies in the PAC 12 Championship.

Ralph Malph gets 20 points out of Florida State and wins a trip to exciting Vermillion, South Dakota! Enjoy all beautiful Vermillion has to offer and study up on the transfer portal for next year’s draft.

And lowly George Allen, playing handball against a curb. An Iowa double-point shutout loss put the perfect final touch on the worst season ever in the Pool.

College Football as it is today went out in style last weekend with the traditional Thanksgiving weekend feast of games. The Iron Bowl cut Auburn fans to (and through) the bone. The final Apple Cup will be discussed whenever talking about the once-great PAC12. Oklahoma fans were cheering for BYU. Iowa completed it’s strange season with yet another UNDER win beating Nebraska 13-10. And The Game cruelly dubbed it another lost season for The Ohio State and Ryan Day. Somewhere, Lou Holtz is chortling.

Points came fast and furious in the CFB Pool this week. Defending champ Bruce Dickinson led the way going 6-0 and 6-0 vs. the spread. Penn State shutout Michigan State in his double game. Arizona, WKU, and James Madison get road wins. He scores 63 points for the week, taking the lead with one week left.

Reggie also went 6-0, but 4-2 vs. the spread. His Big 2, Washington and Georgia didn’t cover leaving him with 49 points. He trails by 14 but has big points available next week with showdowns vs. ranked Oregon and Alabama to choose from.

Doorman sits in 3rd place with a 6-0 record, putting up 58 points for the week. Clemson scores 20 points in his double game. Road points from Memphis and Wisconsin. Okie State was his only non-cover win.

Operaman hits the high “C” scoring 56 points on 5 wins. South Alabama was his lone loss. Michigan gets 22 points in the huge win vs the Buckeyes. He locks in the lousiest of the best status in 4th place.

The best of the lousiest goes to EB Beaumont. Louisville and Kansas State take home losses. Alabama wins with no cover in his double game. He scores 24 for the week.

Artie Fufkin rolled the dice this weekend and came up snake eyes. Ohio State loses in his double game. Florida and Oregon State lose to their in-state rivals. A week-low 11 points was all he could muster. 6th place it is.

Ralph Malph scored 43 points this week. UCLA crapped the bed scoring 7 points in a loss to Cal. Ole Miss won the Egg Bowl but didn’t cover. Kind of a lost season for Ralph with Florida State and Texas on the roster. 3 words. Late Draft Depth.

And George Allen. Pretty sure the commish has spent more time thinking about his next name than he has on his picks this year. Iowa was his bright spot for the season? ECU and FAU lose this week. 29 points. 7 points higher than his weekly average.

Start one team next week (or not). Double points.

Football, food, family and friends. Wishing you all the best on this Thanksgiving week as we put the final touches on another year in the Greatest Pool in the History of the World.

Murderer’s Row is thankful for ending the Sisters streak of division dominance. The complete and utter ineptitude of George Allen has doomed the Sisters’ run.

We have a tie at the top. Defending champ Bruce Dickinson and Reggie, looking to win his first title in the modern era will end the spekalation in the next 2 weeks. Reggie’s Auburn Tigers pay $1.85 million to Jerry Kill and New Mexico State and take a home loss. Bruce Dickinson’s 25.5 point faves Fresno St. lose at home to New Mexico. Weird.

7 points separate 3rd place from 6th place.

Doorman goes 6-0 this week, scoring 45 points and edging out Artie Fufkin. Artie gets losses from Ga Southern and Oregon State in a close one in Corvalis.

EB Beaumont and Operaman both go 6-0. Defensive points in 3 wins enable Operaman to close the gap.

Ralph Malph is locked into the 2nd pick next year. BC and Purdue take losses this week. And his Seminoles lose their QB in the win over No. Alabama.

George Allen. He’s trying his best to emulate the 222-0 loss for which he was named for. Another double loss by USC, the Trojans 5th loss of the year. Another shutout loss, this week by ECU vs. Navy. UCF loses to Texas Tech. Back-to-back 8 point weeks. Historic.

Hey all, the trip this year was one for the ages. We enjoyed a fantastic 4 days on the Oregon Coast. Thanks to Jonny (Operaman) for a great pick this year.

Reggie falls out of his one-week lead with losses by Air Force at Hawaii and Kansas at home vs. Texas Tech. Georgia and Washington keep mowing down points.

Bruce Dickinson moves into the lead, his lone loss an OT loss by Louisiana.

Ralph Malph loses 3 games. UCLA. BC. Houston. Dead. He scores 13 points this week. But that’s not the bottom of the barrel.

Doorman takes a Badger loss but tallies 43 points. Clemson? starts piling up points?

George Allen. Awful. 8 points for the week. Tennessee (2X), Pitt, FAU, SDSU. Losers!

Artie Fufkin maintains with a 37 point week – 18 from OSU. A distant 3rd, but alive.

EB scores 39 points with 5 wins. His Tide showed Kentucky – again.

Operaman wins the week with 57 points catapulting him up to 6th place! 6-0, led by a HUGE 22 point double win out of Michigan over Penn State.

Not one for the ages but as the season winds down for most in this year’s pool, the pressure ramps up to avoid the costly loss. As on the gridiron a Big loss this time of the year is much more costly.

Doorman wins the week with 51 points and the only unbeaten roster. Oklahoma State gets an upset win in Bedlam in a gutsy intra-squad start. Kentucky puts it on Mississippi State in Starkville getting 20 points in his double game.

George Allen checks in next with a 5-1 record and 45 points. Tennessee mauls UConn in his double game. The FAU starts and losses continue.

Bruce Dickinson scores 42 for the week. The Rajin’ Cajuns lose as a 9 point favorite – WKU’s non-cover in his double game keeps him in 2nd place.

Reggie remains in the lead scoring 40 points this week. Georgia gets ranked points but doesn’t cover vs. Mizzou. The Zoomies lose their first game scoring only 3 points at home vs. Army.

EB Beaumont loses 2 games scoring 37 this week. No Illinois with the dreaded MAC loss to start the week and Washington State loses to Stanford, bringing back memories of long-ago Cardinal upsets in the pool.

Ralph Malph checks in next with 31 points despite a number 5-1 week. Houston was his only cover in an upset win at Baylor. UCLA took his lone loss at Arizona.

Artie Fufkin scores 34 points. Notre Dame and Florida lose as favorites. Utah crushes ASU in his double game.

Operaman’s tragedy moves into another act scoring 28 points in his pool debut. Navy and Miami take losses, but a win hurt more as his Illini get a road win over his Beloved.

Speaking of tragic – That pretty much describes the Big Ten West.

Iowa and Northwestern played a football game at Wrigley Field on Saturday, and the Hawkeyes’ 10-7 win made it the seventh-highest scoring game played in that building this year — trailing six Cubs games. But as much as we like to poke fun at the Hawkeyes (7-2, 4-2), at least they took care of business. Among the other three teams that came into Saturday tied for first in the Big Ten West, Wisconsin (5-4, 3-3) lost 20-14 to 3-6 Indiana, Nebraska (5-4, 3-3) lost 20-17 to 3-6 Michigan State and Minnesota (5-4, 3-3) fell 27-26 to 4-5 Illinois.

(From The Athletic)

He pick the Broncos –ah.

And pick the Cowboys –ah.

One wins, one loses game.

6 points, it’s all the same.

U Mass is awful-oh.

Not against Army –No!

Jags lose to Cajuns, what?

Caleb punks Cal Bear’s butt.

(music slows…)

9 points is all he gets.

He looks to next year’s picks.

Jimmy C. RIP.

Operaman now lives for thee.

REGGIE! REGGIE! REGGIE! Mr. October has has bashed his way into first place. The 3-headed monster of Georgia, Washington, and Air Force just keep on winning and piling up points along the way. Another 6-0, 50+ point week. He’s gained 70 points on Bruce Dickinson in the last 2 weeks.

Bruce sits in 2nd after a 2nd straight dismal week. 4-2 and 22 points. 8 points from his double game in Penn State and the Tarheels have anguished him from the gridiron, as if years of the hardcourt aren’t enough.

Artie Fufkin remains in 3rd place. Utah gets drilled at home by the Ducks and the Beavers lose at Arizona. Oregon teams. BAH!

EB Beaumont gets a season-high 24 point win out of Oregon is his double win at ranked Utah. But losses by Maryland to Northwestern and Ohio to Miami OH dragged him back to the pack.

Ralph Malph moves to 5th place. FSU is a double game machine. The Marshalls get drilled at Coastal Carolina, costing him a perfect week.

Boom (er) Bust! The Sooners lose their first game and take a double loss for Doorman.Clemson also loses (again) to NC State. The top of the draft biting Doorman in the ass.

George Allen also drops another double game. This week it’s UCF losing at home to West Virginia. But a 5-1 record. A glimmer heading into 2024.

0-6.

0-6 vs. the spread.

San Diego State, a 13.5 point fave gets shutout. At home.

Home Favorites USC, West Virginia, East Carolina? Losers. FlaAtl gets flattened at home by UTSA 36-10.

The doubler? Iowa? Who hates Iowa? I think we know.

-22 points for the week. Epic, historically bad week. Securing the top pick for next year. Dooming the Sisters. The worst ever in our cherished pool.

Welcome George Allen. The worst ever in College Football History. The coach of the Cumberland team that lost to Georgia Tech 222-0 in 1916.

Bruce Dickinson took a big hit with UNC losing a home doubler to 1-5 Virginia. Arkansas loses at home and WKU loses as well. 13 points and the pack climbs closer to the top. Quickly.

Reggie wins the week. 6-0 and 51 points. He would have been even better off sticking with Air Force in the double slot.

Artie sits in 3rd place. Ohio State gets a big double win but Texas Tech and Hawaii fall.

Jimmy C climbs the charts all the way up to #4 this week. The Illini continue to befuddle him. Miami upsets Clemson and his doubler Michigan shuts out Sparty.

Doorman is in 5th place. His top pick Clemson loses for the 3rd time.

EB goes 6-0 but 1-5 vs. the spread. 39 points – 18 by Bama in the double win over the Vols.

Ralph Malph – in 7th place. App State takes his lone loss of the week. He’s 138 points ahead of George Allen.

138 points.

He’s beating George Allen (Erik) by over 17 points per week.

Historic. Epically bad.

We’re mid-season with all kinds of drama looming.

Today, we have a clear favorite. Back to back? Bruce Dickinson wins 6 games going 5-1 vs. the spread. Fresno State was 1/2 point away from a cover and a 60 point week. He leads the field by 65 points – tough games on the horizon.

Reggie! Reggie! Reggie! moves to 2nd place – Washington getting a big double win over the Ducks. BGSU knocked off Buffalo for his lone loss.

Artie Fufkin climbs to 3rd – with the Red Raiders tripping up. The Buckeyes would have been a great double game, Utah was good. Not great.

EB Beaumont PLUMMETS to a 4th place tie. Louisville, Maryland, Washington St, and Oregon all lose. He scores a 2023 pool-low 7 points for the week. Bama had 8 in his double game.

Tied with EB, Doorman. Sconny loses his double gameto Iowa 15-6, his 2nd double loss of the year. That’s a -8 no-cover-under-10-points-home-loss. First time ever I believe. Kentucky loses to Missouri – 23 points for the week.

Jimmy C moves to 6th with a 49 point week. Boise State lost on a hail mary for his lone loss. Michigan continues to pile up points in his double game.

7th place for Ralph Malph. Feast or famine for Ralph this year. He went hungry with losses by Cincinnati, Marshall, and South Carolina. 23 points this week.

And Billy Ray. Last place. It is written.

One catch on the day. Oklahoma’s Nic Anderson catches the game-winning TD in the Shootout to beat Texas and deal Ralph Malph his 2nd double-loss of the season. He also gets nicked starting Purdue at hated Iowa. 4 wins and 19 points this week. He drops to his 5th place. The hill is steep from here on out for Ralph.

Not to be out un-done, Billy Ray posts a season-low 12 points. So Miss and AZ State lose at home – UCF gets drilled at Kansas. His Trojans need OT’s to beat Arizona at home in his double game. He’s Murderer’s Row’s MVP, 60 points out of 7th place.

Jimmy C gets a big double win out of Michigan over the Beloved. It’s getting late early for the Gophers and for Jimmy. Miami gets the bone-head loss of the season for his only L this week. 38 points – he’s in 7th.

Artie Fufkin is NOT beating his guy, going 4-2 for the week, thanks to losses by the Fighting Irish and Baylor. The Buckeyes get the no-cover 8 point double win.

Mr. October Reggie starts his push with a 36 point week, moving up to 4th place. The Dawgs are starting to show why they’re the faves again. Losses by Mizzou and CMU kept him out of 3rd.

Texas A&M came up short against Bama at home for Doorman’s only loss. 5-1 with an 8 point double win from Mississippi State. 2-4 vs the spread. 30 points for the week, 3rd place and falling back.

Doorman’s loss was EB Beaumont’s double win – Bama picking up 18 points and looking great in the SEC West. Kansas State takes a loss to Okie State. He wins 5 games and scores 41 for the week, losing ground on the lead.

Bruce Dickinson was a late Saturday Fresno St. win away from another 6-0 week but Coach Bald pulled off the upset again in Laramie. UNC gets a 18 point double win over the Cuse. He scores 52 for the week and stays on top