The 2005 Football Pool

as told by the Commish

Week 2



Krazy with a K Karl Knechtel impressed in week 2 with an 11-4-1 mark (best this season thus far!). Karl wrapped up the week with the Giants impressive victory last night (on the road, no less) against the Saints, preventing the commissioner from another victory and keeping the sanctity of the pool in tact. Karl, congrats! Also, a shout out to Maggie for winning Big Brother 6!! (Oh god, what has become of me?)

Other notable performances from week 2

Crazy Ditka, Phil Rosengren 9-5-1 - Not quite enough Levitra for the old coach this week.

Jason Weinstein 9-5-1 - Moron

Michael Casserly 9-5-1 - Casserly has a nice week to distract himself from the Mets (i hear this!)

Ramjets, Don Duryea 9-5-1 - Larry David impresses in week 2. This is what you get when you pick like the commish with the knish.

Team Bean, Bryan Engel 9-5-1 - A second consecutive stellar week for your fearless commissioner. Can his early success last? (No!)



Karl Knechtel 11-4-1 Liriano and Moose Haas 0-15-1

State of the Pool

Overall, we stink. Regardless of our two no-shows, we only picked at a 43% clip for the second consecutive week. We did have more competitors above .500 this week but we had some seriously low win totals as well. I know the baseball pennant race is going on, but let's pick it up folks!!!

After two weeks, your top 3 has had their eye on the pigskin thus far:

Team Bean, Me leads the pack at 20-11-1 thus far. Go Tribe!

CrazyDitka, Phil Rosengren has been consistent through two with a pair of 9s. 18-13-1 overall

Behold, the Power of Cheese, Sage has had the power of something despite the smell of the cheese so far in the early season. 18-13-1 overall. And she celebrated her 13th birthday this past week!! Happy Birthday!

The Cellar

Our two key losers this week were Latino Heat, David Lirinao and another newcomer Michelle "Moose" Haas. Both posted a zero because they did not post their picks. I do not, though, want to lose sight of two notable losers, Dean Harvin and Providence Steamrollers, Andrew Benson. A.B. in particular was flirting with destiny after going 0-8 in the 1:00 games, an unprecedented feat for those that actually made their picks in the football pool.

Overall Moose Haas sits in the cellar with a 4-27-1 mark.

Best of luck in week 3!