2010/11 Final Results

The Doddington stranglehold on the NFL football pool continues: George wins by three games and his father Les is in third place. Bruce Mosieur, tied for first going into the final week, finishes the year in second place after George's three teams (Green Bay, Dallas, and Seattle) sweep his three teams (Chicago, Philadelphia, and St. Louis) on Sunday.

The three leaders were 11 games clear of the field; this is an incredible chasm of football knowledge.

12 entries at $40 per: $480
Less mailing/copying/envelopes: ($30)
Less midseason payout (George): ($40)
Less last place payout (Wayne): ($40)
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$370, of which...
First place (George): $222
Second place (Bruce): $111
Third place (Les): $37

Money to be distributed right away. Thanks to all, congratulations, and Go Ducks--

Adam

Week 17 Final Total
(1) George Doddington 13 168
(2) Bruce Mosieur 10 165
(3) Les Doddington 13 163
Lowell Duell 12 152
Betty Ann Peak 12 152
Adam & Jim Peck 12 152
Josh Cochrane 13 149
Verna Davidson 12 149
Maxx Garris 9 147
Isaac Ramirez 10 145
Dominic & Ali Sachet 8 143
(L) Wayne Diede 14 142

And then there were two

It comes down to this, the final week of the pool: George Doddington and Bruce Mosieur are tied for first place at 155 games apiece. Les Doddington is assured of third place--five points behind the leaders and an astonishing 10 full games ahead of a bunch of people knotted at fourth place. I don't think we've ever seen such a clearcut runaway performance by three people--the leaders are on the verge of lapping the field.

For those keeping track at home, George and Bruce have picked only three games differently in the final week:
Chicago at Green Bay: Bruce has Chicago, George has Green Bay
Dallas at Philadelphia: Bruce has Philadelphia, George has Dallas

...and if the afternoon games result in a split, then everything will be decided in the nightcap game that will send one of these teams to the playoffs and one of these two men shopping for a brand new Oregon Duck BCS Championship Game ensemble:
St. Louis at Seattle: Bruce has St. Louis, George has Seattle


Week 15 Week 16 Total
Josh Cochrane 10 8 136
Verna Davidson 4 8 137
Wayne Diede 7 6 128
George Doddington 10 11 155
Les Doddington 10 10 150
Lowell Duell 11 8 140
Maxx Garris 11 10 138
Bruce Mosieur 11 11 155
Betty Ann Peak 11 8 140
Adam & Jim Peck 10 9 140
Isaac Ramirez 11 10 135
Dominic & Ali Sachet 9 8 135

Through Week 14: Then There Were Three

Whoa, there! In the last four weeks Bruce Mosieur (133) and George Doddington (134) have vaulted out to a sizeable lead over the entire rest of the field, with Les Doddington staying just in touch of the lead at 130 and the rest of us mired at 125 or fewer. Unless someone gets on hot streak, the top three places are about to disappear into the distance. (If you made a side bet and boxed the trifecta of George, Bruce and Les, you're looking good, though.)

Personally, I'd say trading a top-three finish in the NFL pool for an unbeaten Oregon season and a shot at the National Title is a fair trade. Go Ducks!

Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Total
Josh Cochrane 9 6 5 12 118
Verna Davidson 9 10 11 10 125
Wayne Diede 8 9 8 9 115
George Doddington 10 13 10 11 134
Les Doddington 11 9 10 11 130
Lowell Duell 11 10 9 9 121
Maxx Garris 11 12 6 7 117
Bruce Mosieur 13 12 9 11 133
Betty Ann Peak 11 6 10 9 121
Adam & Jim Peck 8 11 9 9 121
Isaac Ramirez 7 9 9 8 114
Dominic & Ali Sachet 8 7 5 11 118

Weeks 9 and 10

George Doddington continues to cling to a tenuous lead in the NFL pool, one game ahead of Les, and with five others within five games.

Week 9 Week 10 Total
Josh Cochrane 10 6 86
Verna Davidson 8 9 85
Wayne Diede 10 10 81
George Doddington 10 8 90
Les Doddington 10 9 89
Lowell Duell 9 6 82
Maxx Garris 8 8 81
Bruce Mosieur 8 9 88
Betty Ann Peak 11 10 85
Adam & Jim Peck 10 9 84
Isaac Ramirez 9 6 81
Dominic & Ali Sachet 10 6 87

Results Through Week 8

George Doddington is the leader after Week 8, with 72 games right, edging out Bruce Mosieur and Dominic & Ali. He gets his money back--congratulations!

Week 7 Week 8 Total
Josh Cochrane 10 8 70
Verna Davidson 6 6 68
Wayne Diede 7 5 61
George Doddington 8 8 72
Les Doddington 8 7 70
Lowell Duell 6 7 67
Maxx Garris 6 8 65
Bruce Mosieur 8 7 71
Betty Ann Peak 6 7 64
Adam & Jim Peck 7 6 65
Isaac Ramirez 9 7 66
Dominic & Ali Sachet 10 4 71

Results through Week Six

Week 5 Week 6 Total

Josh Cochrane 7 9 53

Verna Davidson10 10 57

Wayne Diede 5 11 50

George Doddington 9 10 57

Les Doddington 8 11 56

Lowell Duell 8 11 55

Maxx Garris 6 9 52

Bruce Mosieur 7 10 55

Betty Ann Peak 7 9 52

Adam & Jim Peck 3 9 53

Isaac Ramirez 4 10 49

Dominic & Ali Sachet 7 10 56

Pool Results Through Week Four

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Total

Josh Cochrane 12 9 7 9 37

Verna Davidson 9 10 8 10 37

Wayne Diede 7 9 9 9 34

George Doddington 11 10 9 8 38

Les Doddington 12 8 9 8 37

Lowell Duell 9 9 9 9 36

Maxx Garris 9 10 9 9 37

Bruce Mosieur 7 12 11 8 38

Betty Ann Peak 10 11 10 5 36

Adam & Jim Peck 10 10 10 11 41

Isaac Ramirez 11 11 6 7 35

Dominic & Ali Sachet 9 11 10 9 39

Final Pool Results: Les Doddington by Two

One scoring error was found in the results below, but it didn't substantially change anything: everybody in the running for money gained one game. 2009/10 payouts were calculated as follows and sent today, 1/16:

17 players @ $40 per: $680

Less mailing/copying/envelopes: $45

Less week 8 payout (Les): $40

Less last place payout (Verna): $40

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$555...of which:

$333 Les (60%--first place)

$111 George (20%--tied for second/third)

$111 Wayne (20%--tied for second/third)

Les Doddington, after two years out of the pool, has returned the conquering hero. Congratulations.

I'll dispense the winnings forthwith--but I want to get these scores up in case anybody notes any discrepancies. The prize money goes to the winner (60%), second place (30%), and third place (10%), after paying $40 back to the "last-place winner", Verna Davidson. In this case, it appears the second- and third-place prize money will be split between Wayne Diede and George Doddington, making this a clean Doddington-related sweep.

If anyone has different results that affect the outcome, please let me know so we can get everything just so. Thanks, everyone!

Final Score Week 14 Week 15 Week 16 Week 17

Les Doddington 175 7 10 10 9

Wayne Diede 173 13 11 10 9

George Doddington 173 9 11 8 10

Jim Peck 171 8 10 12 11

Mike McCarthy 170 9 11 11 11

Maxx Garris 166 12 9 11 9

Frank Barbosa 164 9 9 12 8

Lowell Duell 162 9 11 11 10

Lars Frejdh 162 7 12 9 9

Betty Ann Peak 157 9 8 10 8

Adam Peck 154 10 10 10 9

Dominic Sachet 152 9 9 5 9

Jennifer McCarthy 151 9 8 10 9

Alison Sachet 150 10 11 11 10

Bruce Mosieur 144 10 6 8 7

Isaac Ramirez 144 10 12 8 9

Verna Davidson 141 7 6 10 11