Metro Football Pool

Another amazing season in the books… also sad as another chapter closes for too many months :(. While Chris May is always a winner in my book, Bob was able to hold onto his lead and become the second person in pool history to finish in overall 1st! Congrats to Bob on another legendary victory!! The first person to wear two rings in the pool was none other than Meghan. However, this season she wasn’t able to overtake Danita in the Hot Tub. Meg will undoubtedly be out for revenge next year.

If your name is listed for a payout in the Hall of Fame page (1st – 4th + Hot Tub winner), please send me an email to let me know preferred method. Appreciate all the ups and downs we shared together this season and am already looking forward to next year!! Cheers!

What a wild ride… best overall NFL postseason in a long time! A rare occasion to see an underdog story overcome some significant AFC odds to reach the Super Bowl. Preseason pegged them at 150/1 which peaked at 200/1… would have been a nice $25 wager :). Most folks are betting against them once again, but how could one possibility underscore the probability of Shooter closing this one out in a close duel. On the flip side… could be a complete blow out… haha!

We have some very interesting stories developing in our world (all points for LAR picks have been awarded in this week’s updates). Anyone in the top 7 of the main pool has a shot at $$ depending on how things shake out. If you’re outside the top 7… it’s been real. Having said, you should still go for the satisfaction of completing a great season and pad the stat sheet… all about the journey! While Bob will not finish any lower than 2nd after a strong late season surge, he isn’t quite safe from being dethroned from the top spot by Chris May. Both are savvy veterans and previous trophy holders… in fact Chris is the defending champ and looking to pull off our first in history repeat.

The Hot Tub has been far from cold despite folks fading out of the party. Danita has dominated the field (including a nice little hurdle over her own daughter). Olga tried to get cute last week and slipped a bit… she never bets against the 49ers (I think it’s really “she doesn’t like to bet against the 49ers”). Although she’s still statistically in the running, this one should come down to an epic mother vs. daughter battle!

Good luck to everyone with a shot… don’t get Brrr’ned :).

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving filled with wins! I’ll try to catch up a bit over the holiday weekend but as a friendly reminder… if you want in the Hot Tub just select that option on this week’s pick sheet (you’ll notice the extra drop down box). You can also just let me know when you send in your picks. If you fall outside the top 15ish (although no hard fast rule on the money cutoff / Cinderella stories), this is a good option to regroup and get a fresh start on the pool. This decision will hopefully make life that much more enjoyable again vs. letting your crappy pool play cast a shadow over Thursdays, Sundays, and Mondays. Cheers and good luck this week!

I’ve missed you guys… sorry it’s taken so long to write but I had to patiently wait until I broke into the top 10… I was actually going to write last week but Meghan didn’t want me to mention the low score for the week (it was a rough one as well) so I postponed another week. Whoops ;).

Hope everyone had a fun Halloween… plenty of tricks this past weekend including some miraculous performances by 2nd/3rd string QBs. The Saints seemingly plucked a lucky fan off the stands around halftime. At least KC managed to finally win another game against the best High School team in NY! We all drank the KC kool-aid pretty hard this year… oh yeaaah!

On a positive… Professor Davis Green… Doogie Howser skipped high school as a medical savant. While I wouldn’t recommend doing the same solely based upon your keen NFL intuition, it is pretty amazing that you’ve fended off all the competition for like 8 straight weeks in your rookie season. For those that don’t know Davis… he is “7 and a half”. Kidding… but no, seriously he’s like 12 or 13 or something. Ridiculous. May and Matt S… nicely done of the highs… Matt, you need to string like 12 more of these together.

Since I get to chat with Nick pretty regularly… another side benefit is being able to more directly commend how well he’s been doing this season. Nick… this was another very encouraging showing to build some momentum off of. The Huey clan (with really the exception of 2 at this point… you know who you are) has been struggling. I keep a couple ‘power ranking’ type stats on the side for moments like this… one of which ranks everyone by how far you’ve fallen off the wagon from your highest ranking. The competition is fierce for the title, but Mark (aka Dad) has completely run away with this stat at a -23 (i.e. he’s lost 23 spots from his highest rank)… so if he’s in 24th now… yikes!! You’re better than this Dad and you could have absolutely QB’d for the Saints on Sunday.

Good luck this week!

A lot of pain and surprises this week. On a likely ‘shorter term’ positive note (and maybe some solace for our veterans)… the top 4 have just joined us for their first season. In fact, the pool has reached international acclaim with our first London participant! This is surely the final (and most necessary) catalyst for a formal announcement on the initial overseas expansion teams. Super exciting and long overdo Aunt Rita… I know you generally win at everything, but throttle back a little for all our sakes please :).

On another positive, albeit unsurprising note… Jack put an absolute beat down on his dad to start the year in overall 1st… nicely done! As for the low… the wager game killed most of us (in an odd twist of events), but somehow Hytree posted a score that matched his overall last place rank which is not something to encourage or strive for. It’s a week 1 first in our pool history which is kinda cool for everyone else to witness this historic coincidence. Also… Bill, thank you for sending your funds over well before you could change your mind… ha!

Your Super Bowl game prediction is due this week… you just fill out the teams that you think will match up (there’s a spot directly on this week’s pick sheet). These are meaningful and count for bonus points at the end of the season… often make the different between the top spots. Choose wisely.

We’ll see if the top spots can keep together… Packer’s week 1 style. Good luck!

A lot happened in 2020, but I want to apologize for not running the pool and the extra disappointment that it likely caused for so many. I know many of you look to this as a beacon of hope each year and for that I failed all of us. I could rattle off all kinds of excuses (moving, life, the uncertainties brought on by COVID, …) but it was generally just irresponsible on my part not to believe in a great NFL season along with finding another gear to run this thing. To think that you guys have entrusted me with some of your highest and lowest moment (many many lows in fact) for so long (a lot of us since 2007) and I turned around and totally flopped on 2020. The football pool had such a solid streak through countless times of adversity and it shall live on in greatness. Tom Brady didn’t flop on 2020. Thank you for the inspiration Tom… and early congrats to your next ring this season!

As an aside and in all seriousness… hope you and all your families have been safe and doing well. I know that’s not the case for everyone and look forward to reconnecting a bit thru the pool should you have some time… wish everyone the best one way or another if you choose not to participate this year.

Everyone knows the drill, but possibly a couple newbies (feel free to pass along to a best friend or two)… some dated info from 2019 given the ‘*’ of 2020, but click around for a refresher as necessary.

Weekly pick sheets have been posted. I’ll review and refresh these if any changes need to occur for each respective week (will post/notify as an update in the blog)…

Good luck this season!!

So yea… not a good season for me on the post upkeep or pool. But it’s Hot Tub time and I know many of us have been waiting for this moment since Week 1. We’ve been sharpening our skills all season by submitting sh$tty picks week after week! We are the Jameis Winston’s of the Metro Football Pool and our time has passed… I mean here!

You’ll notice the option to select ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to enter the Hot Tub on the Week 12 pick sheet and this is your only opportunity. Please pick one of those options as it will help both of us a great deal. There’s a lot more to discuss about this season and I’ll try to catch up a bit inbetween Thanksgiving weekend naps & meals. I miss and like you guys a lot… that’s all you really need to know. And if I don’t say hello before Thanksgiving, I hope that everyone has a great one!!

Always living the dream as a Bucs fan. This image pretty much sums it up… perfect spiral to one of the 49ers in a game where Winston threw more TDs to the opposing team. He also makes more money than Tom Brady.

Elizabeth played this week about as well as the Cowboys while Mr. Davidson looked a little more Dolphin-ish :). Also, David… thank you for inviting Parker to participate this season! Very strategic on your part to always have someone that you can count on to post a lower score than yourself… I love and feel the same way about you little bro!

On your pick sheet this week you will notice the extra little section to pick your Super Bowl team predictions (AFC + NFC). I’ve made it super easy now and don’t forget to fill this out for eligibility on the end of year bonus points for correct picks. Every year these points really end up being a huge factor between the top places.

Good luck this week!!

The search for water in the desert of humanity is finally over. No more thirst and 7-ish months of hallucinations (well I know some of you hallucinate 12-ish months out of the year… like Mario on Star Power). No more frost bitten feet on our annual quest through a frozen tundra in search of a sense of meaning and purpose. The only frost bite you’ll read about on here is the result of poorly executed cryotherapy. If you are new to the game, please explore the site… more particularly the About & Rules pages. This will really give you a sense on how special this place truly is as well as the honor in the invitation. Also, the Standings and Payouts pages will be updated after the first week (current pages still reflect last season).

A couple important notes…

1. Make sure the send me your $25 donation via cash, check, Paypal, or Venmo. Email me with any questions but don’t be the one that I have to hound down at like week 9.
2. The first game kicks off Thursday night… email me your pick sheet on time!!
3. Speaking of pick sheets… check out the new and improved Pick Sheet Page. You have to do this anyhow so I won’t twist your wrist. All of the sheets have been loaded for the entire regular season (barring any NFL changes throughout the season in which case the respective week will be updated at such time). In addition, you can download the power pack in one swift click. This includes all of the sheets for the entire season (again barring any in-season change which will be noted on the site and updated accordingly). Star Power!

Good luck and we look forward to another exciting season! If Peterman can still earn a roster spot on an NFL team… you can do anything.

The snooze fest of a game certainly didn’t reflect this amazing season. Congrats to our winners…

1. Meghan – She is essentially the Tom Brady of our pool… the only 2 time champion to date and hungry for more titles!
2. Mark – quietly rose to the top with consistency throughout the last several weeks. Amazing what can be accomplished when you turn your picks in each week 🙂
3. Cassie – Pretty much always near the top of the leader board each season. However, her flight to the top got a little turbulent towards the end of this season. After two 4th place finishes in previous seasons… 3rd place marks a new high!
4. Faulkner – back-to-back seasons in the money after years of aimless picking… took the Hot Tub last year and ends in 4th! Greatness may be upon us…
5. Hot Tub – this is a big deal! Olga has finally done it!! The Gonzalez’ house now has Bob’s 2016 1st Place trophy and Olga’s Hot Tub beer chalice. It’s apparently all-or-nothing in that house.

The Hall of Fame has been updated to memorialize our winners until the day that the internet no longer exists (or until I forget to pay for the website). Payments have also been sent. We appreciate everyone’s participation and notes all season… look forward to next year… the year of the Nelson’s!?!? Peace.