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The Sisters are running away with the pool. The Hagg and Mike Lynn beat Murderer’s Row on their own this week!

Also, 14 road wins. Nothing official but I can’t remember putting more 1’s in the road column ever.  

Tennessee was The Hagg’s lone loser, he keeps riding that Buckeye train with an ugly win at Northwestern. A head to head showdown looms with…

Michigan and Mike Lynn. He goes 6-0, gaining 10 points, Michigan crushing Rutgers in his double game.

Clemson gets exposed for Ralph Malph. Houston scores 63 – and loses. Arkansas loses at home to Liberty. Out. Of. Contention.

Georgia gets the biggest double win of the week for Doorman. But Jimbo is rivaling Mel Tucker for most overpaid coaches on the planet.

ACC Champion Notre Dame (Clemson, UNC, Syracuse) wins for Euronymous, but Kent St, Boise St, and Purdue all lose. He falls to 5^th place.

The roller coaster of Artie Fufkin rolls on. 6-0 and a pool-high 53 points. Road wins from Texas, Troy and UCF.

Illinois takes a double loss at home for Jimmy C.  The Sooners lose at home to Baylor. He ties Ralph Malph with a week-low 13 points. With 4 wins. Laughable, man.

The Hex is real. Reggie has somewhere, somehow, someway, eliminated Alabama from the playoffs. Another double loss. Throw in Okie State and the Saluskis – He’s on the clock with 4 weeks to go.

Have– The Hagg. He has Ohio State, Tennessee, and Ole Miss. 1 loss among ‘em. Quit playing the fiasco song Hagg! Another 6-0 week. It’s a 30 point lead and your pool to lose.

Have Not– Do me a favor. Just kick my ass, okay? Kick this ass for a man, that’s all. Kick my ass. Enjoy. Come on. I’m not asking, I’m telling with this. Kick my ass.

Basically the picks last week from our newest pool member:

Artie Fufkin.

All I can say is- If you get it you “get it”. If you don’t get it, you will never “get it”.

He called it with a Cincinnati double loss and losses by La Tech, Iowa St, and Marshall. Consider your ass kicked. 2 points for the week, barely beating his guy.

Have– Jimmy C. 6-0. Illinois with 20 in his double game, the Beloved pitch a shutout. 59 points to win the week, 1 point away from the Holy Grail (60) of weekly scores.

Have Not – Doorman. So Carolina, Syracuse, UAB, and Boston College lose. 5 points this week – big opportunity with Georgia vs. Tennessee next week.

Have– Ralph Malph. 35 points this week despite a double loss by Wake Forest vs. Louisville. 5 wins keeps him in second place but he’s fading a bit.

Have Not– Euronymous. W Kentucky, Kentucky, and Texas Tech all lose. He gets a double win from the Ducks, but does he have that reliable go-to team? Not.

Have– Mike Lynn. A mild bounce back with a 5-1 week. The Mormons continue to vex him with a home loss to ECU.

Have Not– Reggie. 5 wins, but that loss?! A double point loss by Okie State at Kansas State. 48-0 for -8 points. He slips to last place. LSU awaits his Tide this week.

Spooky indeed!

Happy Halloween.

Ralph Malph wins his 2^nd straight week posting the only 6-0 record. Clemson (2X) and TCU get wins and ranked bonus points. He is “playing to win the game” Unlike the rest of the cowards stowing away wins on their bench. (you know who you are).

Euronymous grew a pair and started Oregon over UCLA getting 10 points from the Ducks. The Beavers score 18 in his double game – he’s in 5^th but climbing every week.

The Hagg scores 42 points. Ohio State cruises along but JMU gets tripped up at home by mighty Marshall.

Mike Lynn remains in 3^rd place losing the San Jose State game to a traffic accident. Seriously? He has to sub in Arkansas St, losers along with Miami and BYU.

Georgia on a bye and Doorman loses his 1st double game of the season. Texas A&M disappoints again. UAB and W Virginia also take losses. Doorman scores a pool-low 18 points and falls to 4^th.

Meathead scores 26 and falls to last in his division. Texas, UCF, and Toledo all lose.

Charlotte and Miami OH lose for Reggie. Okie State’s win sits on his bench. While trying to? fend off…

Jimmy C. He’s only 3 points out of 7^th.  The UTEP vs. FAU double start netted 6 points and Ball State loses at home.

The Hagg is starting to distance himself but we’re a long way from done.

Bring on Week 9!

Week 7 was a buzz saw in college football, and a major buzz kill for one of us.

Collectively, we were 13-34 vs. the spread. 202 total points scored in the pool for an average of 25.25 per team. It was a survival week, avoid the knockout.

Miami OH loses as a TD fave at Bowling Green. #maction

Okie State loses at TCU in OT.

NC State loses to the Orange 23-9.

The Gators get walloped by LSU.

Bama loses to Tennessee in an epic doubler.

1-5, 0-6 vs. the spread. -10 for the week!

The only pool participant that hasn’t won in the modern era (Barn) has somehow turned Alabama (an instant contender) into a team on a roster battling for the #1 pick next year, It would be the first time ever that someone picks #1 in back to back seasons. We’re witnessing history here, folks. Swinging away, he is Mr. October, our strikeout king:

Reggie.

34 points from Ralph Malph wins the week. Sconny and Cal were his losers.

33 points for Meathead and Euronymous. Both 5-1, Notre Dame (Euro) and Marshall (MH) takes losses. Has Marshall won any except the Irish?

Doorman moves to 2^nd place. 31 points with 3 losses, but a big shutout double win from Georgia.

Jimmy C (last) and The Hagg (1^st) score 27 points with 5-1 records. Tulane loses for the Hagg, the Beloved are free fallin’ for Jimmy C.

Mike Lynn needs a Ute rally to manage 26 points. Miss St and Baylor lose- the Bears a double loss on Thursday night.

The Hagg moves into the lead with 51 points. The Buckeyes continue the march through the lollipop schedule crushing the most overpaid coach in college football in East Lansing. Washington spoils the week, losing to Arizona State. Tennessee remains securely stowed on his bench.

And Oh mahhhh goodness gracious sakes alive!

Losing his 2^nd double game of the season. The Miracle on the Mountain has done run plum out of steam as Appalachian State loses to Texas State. Misery loves him some company and Memphis and UTEP oblige. 3-3, 12 points. The anchor in the Bayou. JimmyC.

Mike Lynn goes 3-3 as well. BYU, Utah, and Nevada all post losses. He slinks to 2^nd.

Doorman posts the lone 6 win week. Nebraska on a rare win streak and the Dawgs roll along in his doubler.

Scott LeDoux holds on to 4^th place thanks to the Seminole’s QB late INT vs. NC State.

Ralph Malph closes the gap – a ranked road win from from TCU over Kansas, defensive points from Sconny and a 20 point double win from Clemson.

Meathead, losing to his guy, and in danger of falling behind Euronymous. LSU get shit-kicked by the Vols at home.

Our left-for-dead Euronymous continues to climb the charts with the latest Mayhem hit.

A side- The Irish over BYU, B side- Boise St over Fresno St. His top 2 picks win!

Lots of big matchups this coming week – We’ll see who has big balls. And who shrivels.

Week 5, A few more taking slight risks and getting some ranked bonus points. Margins are a bit closer but we’re getting a good feel of what we have. And don’t have.

One 6-0 this week, Mike Lynn goes 3-3 vs. the spread and manages 42 points for the week.

The Hagg is in 2^nd place, Fresno State loses to U Conn. U Conn?

The Dawgs had Doorman sweating it out- Louisville and UAB lose for the Murderer’s Row leader.

Scott LeDoux gets MAC’d by Miami OH and No Illinois losses. He sits in 4^th.

Houston and Wisconsin lose for Ralph Malph. Sconny’s coach gets fired. Houston has a lot of problems.

Meathead closes the gap on his guy – winning the week with 43 points. Army was his only loser.

Out of the abyss. Euronymous moves to 7^th place. The Hilltoppers lose to Troy.

And Jimmy C Newman’s squad epitomizes his most famous song. “Dead skunk in the middle of the road”. TCU just scored again vs. OU and the Gophers hold the grail, only to fall out of their hands. Searching, searching for roses….

A month into 2022 and we live in an age of fear.

Terrified of the dreaded bad week, we leave teams we love on the bench. Big points stare at us longingly. Ignored. Left to fade into the losses of our late-round picks.

Collectively we have no guts. Glory is a single, fleeting moment, an aberration.

We are all guilty.

Ski-U-Mah! The Gophers, 34-7 winners at Melvin Tucker Bank. What a victory!  On the bench.

But Appalachian State, Oklahoma, and Louisiana were in the lineup. There’s 3 losses and add 0-6 vs. the spread. The first single digit point total of the year. 9 points for the week. Now in 7^th place. He loves him dos Cajins – yes he do…

Jimmy C Newman.

Leader Mike Lynn played it safe leaving Baylor on the bench – Big faves managed 5 wins for 35 points. Miami gets boat-raced at home by MTSU.

The Hagg gets 34 points from his 5 wins. He gets burned by an intra-squad Navy win over ECU.

Doorman wins the week with 47 points. The Dawgs finally didn’t cover or get D points.

Scott LeDoux started Sparty, a -4 loss and Colorado State, a 41-10 loser at home to FCS Sac St.

Ralph Malph goes 6-0 and jumpd to 5^th place. Clemson needed OT in his double game.

Meathead falls to 6^th with losses by Iowa State, Texas, and Marshall.

And last-place Euronymous gets 5 wins. And 28 points.1-5 vs. the spread.

His top pick Boise St loses to UTEP. #2 pick N Dame on the bench.

Remember this at the 2023 draft.

Pretty much sums up the week for our birthday-boy, desert-inspired, King Poobah of all things Bison TV. A bison getting boned by another bison. Should have been a threesome in fact as Coach Bald gave the Zoomies a Class B boot-f’ing for a double loss. Then Coach K got some sloppy seconds losing at home to Tulane. The poor guy is now tied for last place. Welcome back another Bison-inspired nickname…

Ralph Malph.

He joins Euronymous in the hottest level of the inferno. The dark forces were powerful this week serving up 6 no-line opponents for a bounce-up week. Kentucky and Central Michigan pitch shutouts – 49 points for Euronymous, almost doubling his first 2 weeks total.

Meathead sits in 6^th place, scoring 39 for the week. Marshall couldn’t shake the Irish hangover losing as a 16.5 fave to Bowling Green.

19 point favorite Georgia State lost at home to Charlotte dealing Scott Ledoux a solid hook to the week. He manages 38 points in 5 wins with Bama tacking on defensive points.

John McKay took his first (and only) loss with Louisiana losing his double game at Rice. The Beloved or Boomer wins would have looked nice in that spot – but that’s the rub of the pool, eh?

A scoring error last week – There was a 10 point mistake – in hindsight, we shouldn’t have cut Zendejas. Couple that with a 6-0, 51 point week 3 and we have a new division leader in Murderer’s Row. Georgia has racked up 54 points in 3 double wins, with defensive bonus every week. He knows exactly who he is. He’s what his team needs most right now…

Doorman.

Arizona State lost at home to E Michigan late-night Saturday giving the Hagg the blues. Big wins by Ohio St (2X), Tennessee, and Ole Miss give him 44 points for the week but he slips to 2^nd place.

Mike Lynn scores 53 points to win the week and take over the lead. He goes 5-1 vs. the spread led by Utah, Michigan, and Penn State. Mississippi State’s loss at LSU denied him the elusive 60 point week.

The Sisters have kicked it into gear.

11 weeks to go. Lots of losses to come.

Week 2 looked like a yawner. And then we get the end of an era in Lincoln, home losses by the Irish, Aggies, and Badgers, and some separation in the Greatest Pool in the History of the World.

The Hagg wins the race to 100 with another 6-0 week. 2 covers, 3 teams with defensive points. A no-cover from Ohio State cost him a potential monster week.

Mike Lynn moves to 2^nd, just a point back. In 2 weeks his double teams (Utah and Miami) outscored their opponents 143-20. Mississippi State had a nice road cover at Arizona.

John McKay rounds out the ranks of unbeaten. The Beloved gets a double win, and USC/Oklahoma seem to have it rolling right away under Lincoln and Venables.

Scotty LeDoux sits in 4^th, the Heisman talk can stop in Gainesville as AR-15 played catch with Kentucky in a Gator loss. Mich St, NC St, and UCLA all get defensive point wins.

Guido’s Badgers were shutout in the 2^nd half in a home loss to Wazzou. One of 4 Big10 West teams to lose at home this week. Maryland covered 27 points in a win over Charlotte.

Meathead started the week with a Friday night home L – UCF losing to Louisville. LSU bounces back in a double over Southern.

19 Point favorites Texas A&M laid an egg at home. All that high-priced beef din’t mean a thing to the Hillbillies from Appalachian country. And the UAB Blazers were shown the Light – at Falwell U. A 4-2 week, and 21 points. (Thanks to a shutout double win from GA). Thankfully Nebraska was on the bench this week or it could have been way worse. With the Huskers and his roster, this pretty much sums it up for our Murderer’s Row cellar-dweller:

Pat.

Euronymous finishes last for the 2^nd straight week with 20 points. His Irish lose at home in his double game along with a loss by Western Michigan from his MAC brigade. Oregon State upsets Fresno and Purdue gets a shutout over Larry Bird U. He’s 16 points out of 7^th place, but there is a lot of season left.

From 7-3 to 63-61, you never know what the hell you’re getting when a bunch of 18-22 year old buzz heads take the field. There are some pretty good bets though, and the CFB Pool took advantage (mostly) in week 1.

The Hagg wasn’t singing the blues, getting a pool-high 22 points out of Ohio State (6 ranked pts.) in the win over the Irish. He leads after week 1 with a solid 54 points.

John McKay’s 1-2 punch of Oklahoma and USC had big wins against their over-matched fodder to start the year. The Beloved pitches a shutout over the exiled Jerry Kill. 52 points for the week.

Mike Lynn rounds out the 50+ club with 51 points – led by Miami’s 70-13 rout of Bethune Cookman. 6-0 week vs. decidedly inferior opponents.  

Money in the bank. Alabama gets a 20 point win over a soup can in the first of many, many double games for Scott LeDoux. A road trip to Austin next week, Scotty won’t be ducking that one. He sits in 4^th with 47 points.

Guido managed a 6-0 week, also netting 47 points. Houston needed triple overtime to win his double game at UTSA – no cover there. Sconny opened with a shutout – and Clemson looked like a 1^st round team in a solid win over the Wreck.

Zendejas’ SDSU Aztecs opened a new stadium with an L, losing to Arizona. Watch out Bison? He gets wins over UND and SDSU but can’t be thrilled with either Iowa or the Huskers. Georgia looked awesome vs. Oregon in his double game.

Meathead’s LSU Tigers were a missed extra point from OT with FSU. But Bah! He starts out 5-1. His Toledo’s pitched a shutout in a double win in one of 4 wins over FCS cupcakes.

It was divine inspiration a year ago. Eli Gemstone embraced the righteous path and it took him all the way to the promised land, the Champion of the Greatest Pool in the History of the World.

Alas, 2022 is a new year. A new light has dawned. A black light. The forces have swung with historic change. Never before have we seen a roster with the top 3 draft picks (Boise St, Notre Dame, Oregon) all week one underdogs. And all three were losers. Never before have we seen a roster with 4 – Yes 4! MAC teams. Tuesday night is coming.

Week I saw his Va Tech Hokies lose at ODU – his Purdue Boilermakers losing at home to Penn State. From first to worst.

It’s the antithesis of the Righteous Gemstone.  Entering the pool…..

Euronymous.

He was a co-founder and guitarist of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem and was the only constant member from the band’s formation in 1984 until his death by murder in 1993.