Happy Thanksgiving week everyone! It’s my favorite week of the year when family, friends, food, and football take center stage.
One full week left, sure to set the stage for a final double game that should have an unprecedented number of championship contenders.
We had 4 6-0 records this week, 2 teams went 5-1. Lots of big numbers put up, but as you all know, it could have been even better with a different start here or a different double there.
John McKay goes 6-0, taking the lead. An 8 point double win by Coastal C. helps keep him within striking distance.
Guido bounces back with a 6-0 week. He gets shutout wins by Penn State (20 points) and Kent State (11). He’s tied for third.
Meathead’s 6-0 week results in 42 points. No road wins, no double spread to cover. The “wuss” was a self-fulfilling prophecy. 5th place, a lot of guys to jump to get to 1st.
The Hagg scored 50 with his 6 wins – and it could’ve been better if he had doubled the Buckeyes over Sparty. Saving those points for next year, Merle?
Zendejas goes 5-1 and wins the week with 51 points. Okie State pitches a road shutout in his double game scoring 22 points.
Eli Gemstone’s mental error was compounded by having to watch John Wheeler’s squad cost him the lead. And Bama looks VERY beatable with 2 weeks left and Georgia laying in wait.
Mike Lynn inexplicably leaves 10-1 Louisiana on the bench and pays the price falling out of the lead. Michigan covered on the road in his double game to save the week.
And Scott LeDoux! Oh my, that was an emphatic double-loss by Oregon. The Gators lose to Missouri and Nevada gets beat in OT by A Force. 14 points for the week. But I’m thankful that Scotty will be saying the hallowed phrase, “With the first pick of the 2022 draft…”
2021 marked the return of the Greatest Pool in the History of the World and it’s living up to the hype. All the teams at the top are flawed. Big winners are common on people’s benches.
And upsets? Ooohhh, I could tell you stories.
Mike Lynn remains in the lead, but he has company. A MACtion loss on Tuesday started his wreckage, followed by Auburn blowing a 28-3 lead, losing at home to Mississippi State. War Damn Eagle indeed.
Co-leader John McKay’s San Joses did NOT know the way to beat Utah State and Coastal Carolina is finally starting to be Coastal Carolina.
Eli is a mere point back in 3rd place. With his Irish win tucked away safely on the bench, he gets a home loss by Marshall and another loss by 10.5 point favorite Iowa State. Rest assured, John Wheeler’s name was cursed in West Fargo Saturday night.
Meathead, with a pummeling of his Hoosiers at home by Rutgers, went 5-1. The Dawgs took care of biz at Tennessee. He climbs to 4th place.
Going back to the “theme” this week. We have one of the sausage contenders dropping from 2nd all the way back to 5thplace:
Guido. His Sooners “not #1 pick worthy” play caught up with them in Waco, dropping his 3rd double game. Penn State loses to Michigan and FAU gets handled by ODU. A pool-low 16 points for the week.
Zendejas’s lone loss was by his Aggies in The Grove to Ole Miss. He gets his 2nd straight weekly win with 41 points.
The Hagg’s Longhorns (30 point favorites) have hit rock (chalk) bottom losing to Kansas at home. His La Monroe “lone start” of the season resulted in their “lone loss” to Arkansas State.
And Scotty LeDoux answered the bell for the 11th round, getting knocked down twice. (Ball State and Nevada losses). He looks like he’s going the distance. Round 12 next week!
Four weeks left and we have a wide open race. Just 19 points separates 1st from 5th place.
Week 10 was a stagnant week at the top.
Mike Lynn gets losses from Cal(vid) ending Zona’s long losing streak and Auburn chasing points in Texas. He scores 23 and leads. Barely.
Bevo takes 3 losses. Wake Forest is still allowing TD’s this morning, Colo State loses to Coach Bald and FAU gets beat at home by Marshall.
John McKay’s Badgers piled up some points, but losses by Toledo and New Mexico derailed his week.
Eli finally started Michigan State. Miami, OH lost to in-state rival Ohio. And Bama struggled to 8 points in his double game.
Meathead went 6-0, The Dawgs won by 37. And didn’t cover.
Zendejas had a MONSTOR week scoring 58 points. A Colorado St win and he would have been flirting with the never-achieved 70 point week. He passes the Hagg and sits in 6th place.
The Hagg slides to 7th, Va. Tech scores 3 in a loss to BC and SMU drops it’s 2nd straight game.
Scott LeDoux’s boat sprung a leak vs. Illinois, Florida’s season goes belly-up vs. So Carolina, and Baylor got upset vs. The Frogs.
November, Championship Month in the CFB Pool is upon us.
Picking the favorites? That’s been more of a gambit as Vegas has experienced a higher level of upsets this year. And not just garden variety coin flips, we’ve seen the most double digit losses in the pool in the last 5 years.
Mike Lynn’s AZ State (-15) loses at home to Wazzou. Michigan loses to Sparty in a vintage Harbaugh loss. He clings to the lead.
Bevo loses a double game with La Tech vs ODU or he’d be the leader.
John McKay’s Kentucky Wildcats got cow-belled in Starkville. He moves up to 3rd passing…
Eli Gemstone with losses by Pitt (-10), Buffalo (-14), and Iowa State (-7).
Meathead’s Iwegans have gone off the rails getting hammered by Bucky.
The Hagg gets a first loss from SMU.
Zendejas switched Tulsa (loss to Navy) for Kansas State (win over TCU) and he started Nebraska. And that’s his season in a nutshell.
Finally, a shout out to Scott LeDoux and his Big10 West leaders. Goldy scored 9 points leading his team to a 6-0 week. He’s got Zendejas in his sights.
A jumble at the top this week as Bevo hooks up 6 winners for 55 points powered by 5 road wins. Oklahoma, Washington, FAU, Miss St and Wake Forest caps it by scoring 70 points in his doubler at Army. He moves up to 2nd.
Mike Lynn needed all 6 wins to stave off the charge. His #1 pick Cincinnati showed a bit of the stress of a G5 contender at Navy.
Eli’s A Force Falcons were his only loser – a home loss to the SDSU Aztecs. His Panthers put Clemson out of their misery and the Bama double play keeps paying dividends.
John McKay’s downward trend continues as Coastal Carolina was exposed at App St and he gets vexed by La Monroe for the 2nd week this season. This is a great bit of exceptional CFB Pool irony, as a La Monroe loss 2 years ago gave him the Pool championship over Zendejas.
Meathead called it in his picks. A 2-4 week, but the undefeated UTSA Roadrunners salvage a lost week in his doubler. He’s slides to best of the lousiest status.
The Hagg took losses by NC ST, V Tech and Texas Tech.
Zendejas week was highlighted by Wyoming (20 pt fave) losing 14-3 to New Mexico at home for a rare -4 point loss.
And Clemson lands a KO punch to Scott LeDoux in his double game. 4-4 in doublers this year. Son, that just ain’t gonna cut it.
Wide left – Oregon St -3.5 loses to Washington St.
Wide right – W Michigan -11 loses to Ball St at home.
Hits the upright – UNC -17.5 loses to Florida State.
Hits the Crossbar, Gets returned for TD – Nebraska (2X game) fumbles away a win to Michigan.
The “Statement”? – Wait til next year! 3 points for the week, he plummets to 7th place.
Meathead (6-0) climbs the charts with hits by Georgia (20pts) and Iowa (11pts). He wins the week with 57 points and has the top 2 teams in the land on his roster.
John McKay stumbled (a bit) as BYU and Toledo took home losses.
Mike Lynn’s Memphis Tigers continue to lose games, his only ding this week.
Bevo’s #1 pick (OU) rallied against Texas, an injury-plagued loss by Penn State in his doubler was his downfall.
A miracle! Alabama loses as a double-digit favorite! Eli Gemstone sees the dark side in a double game for his only loss of the week.
The Hagg flounders in 6th place- Va Tech, USC, WKU – all home losers.
And Scott LeDoux keeps on swinging (Don’t stop it! I still gotta chance).
In 2019, Bevo (Bumble/Stace) set a standard for awfulness in the pool that was thought once-in-a-lifetime. Yet here we are, and Earnest is blowing that year’s futility achievement to pieces. The Oregon Ducks drop his 3rd double game of the year. He goes 0-6 vs. the spread. He tallies the first sub-zero score of the season. -4 for the week.
Sub-zero. Minnesota. Loveable Loser.
Welcome to the pool – The Fighting Frenchman…
Scott LeDoux.
Meanwhile, at the top of the standings:
The defending champ, John McKay, posts a 60point week. Toledo, Coastal Carolina, Liberty, San Jose, Houston, and BYU – 2022 Draft strategies are a changing.
Mike Lynn drops his double game as Memphis loses to Temple, Cincinnati saved him from a LeDoux-like week.
Bevo goes 6-0. More traditionally with Oklahoma, Penn State, etc., and climbs to 3rd place.
4th to 7th – separated by a mere 3 points:
Meathead goes 2-4 dropping to the pack.
Zendejas (5-1) moves up to 5th.
Eli’s Irish gambit backfires – he goes 3-3 and falls to 6th.
The Hagg is moving up slowly, he goes 5-1 and continues the long road back.
Lots of teams with off-weeks coming up. Choose wisely my comrades.
Upsets were the story of the weekend and the Pool felt some big-ass ripples. We were 15-30 against the spread – including 3 big double-point losses.
Clemson leads the way, losing to NC State for Earnest, he adds another loss from Florida St. (Seriously Earnest, they are BAD), and Minnesota’s face plant performance. 11 points for the week, and a trip to the bottom of the standings.
Not to be outdone, Zendejas gets a second double-loss from #1 pick UNC. Texas A&M also takes a loss, and he goes 0-6 vs. the spread, tying Earnest for the weekly-low with 11 points.
The Hagg and USC round out the trio of double losers as USC gets drilled at home by the Beavers. It was his only loss of the week, 31 points moves him UP to a tie for 6th place.
Mike Lynn and Meathead were 6-0 this week, but both made bonehead decisions in their double games. Meathead doubling Iowa instead of Georgia (would have been 22 points) and Mike Lynn switching Louisiana to Boise, costing himself 10 points.
John McKay got the double whammy Saturday watching the Beloved debacle and having the team he loves to hate (and hates to start) lose to the Irish. Liberty also flamed out in Syracuse.
Bevo got home losses from TCU and Stanford and slides to 4th.
Eli left his Irish (and a bunch of points) out of his lineup. Iowa State and Troy were losers for the Righteous Gemstone, he falls to 5th.
