The 2005 Football Pool

as told by the Commish

Week 5



A Festivus, for the rest of us, Adam Stern wins week 5 with an 9-4-1 record. For those who are wondering, yes this is the same Adam Stern who played for the Astros back in 1992 but not the Adam Stern who currently plays for the Red Sox (you know, the one Jewish guy in major league baseball) nor the Adam Stern who is my cousin. Adam's week would have made Frank Costanza happy, now all he needs is a pole. Sternarelli, congratulations!

12 teams finished in second place with eight wins, so I cannot name them all - in a nutshell this list contains: me, my best friend, a man named Ghandi who risked expolsion from this league, a degenerate Eagles fan, my daughter's favorite team, a Trashtalker, a coffee trader, a man who like big butts and he cannot lie, one of my brother in laws friends who does not hate me, the brother of last year's champ who appearently drinks cheap beer, a moose and a displaced Cowboys fan



A Festivus, for the rest of us 9-4-1 Pucky The Whale 3-10-1

State of the Pool

As Paula Abdul would say, not your best performance but I did see some good things from you this week and the nation got to see the real George Huff. OK, ignore that last part - so-so week in the pool, we picked at 48.7% week, still below the Ramiro Mendoza line. For the season..... we are not very good...

After five weeks, the pool has plenty of parity. Here is your Top 3 (many are tied for third but too many to mention - except for me - one of them is me - Team Bean is in contention) :)

Jason Weinstein leads the pool with 40 wins. Jason goes into his fast with a one game lead over his rivals. On a personal note, Jason once dreamed of amassing a fortune, buying the Yankees and running the franchise into the ground. Jay, save your money, Steinbrenner and his crew are already on it.

Betsy Nichols is tied for second with 39 wins. Betsy, it looks like you will be a mainstay on this list so I better find out some dirt about you soon

Ladies night on the leaderboard as rookie Behold, the Power of Cheese, Sage Crary is hanging in there one game behind the leader. Crary is riding high after the Packers last five quarters of football! On a personal note for me: My father used to exclaim "Behold the power of cutting the cheese!" - and boy, was it powerful.

The Cellar

Only fitting that the former, NY Pinstripes, Pat Ingram, moves into the cellar with the Michelle "Moose" Haas. These Yankees references do not stop. 19 wins in five weeks for the twosome in the cellar

Best of luck in week 5!