Week Sixteen 2005

Nothing is settled. Josh Cochrane is three games up going into today, but could be overtaken by either Mike Alexander or Kurt Wolken. To overtake him they need the following results:
Mike:
Oakland beats NYG
Carolina beats Atlanta
San Francisco beats Houston
Tennessee beats Jacksonville
...if those four things happen, Mike is the outright 2005 winner.
Kurt:
Oakland beats NYG
New Orleans beats Tampa Bay
San Francisco beats Houston
Seattle beats Green Bay
...if those four things happen, Kurt is the outright 2005 winner.
If my recollection of probability is right, Josh has a 7:1 chance of winning it all, with Kurt and Mike splitting the 1.
Second place will fall to Josh (in the unlikely events above), Kurt, Mike, or even a three-way tie for second between Kurt, Mike, and Jim Peck. George Doddington is the other guy sniffing third place money.
The only thing not up in the air? Gene Sanford has run away with last place, and is assured of getting his money back. He has an 11-game, er, lead.
Anyway, here's how things stand going into the final week:

Mary: 7 140
Mike: 9 150
Howard: 8 118
Josh: 7 153
George: 8 146
Les: 8 138
Lars: 8 139
Maxx: 5 123
Kelly: 7 132
Caroline: 10 130
Bruce M.: 7 120
Brad: 6 130
Brian: 5 119
Jim M: 9 133
Adam: 9 140
Jim: 9 147
Dominic: 8 136
Gene: 5 107
Bob: 7 141
Ira: 7 137
Gale: 8 131
John T: 6 140
Bruce W: 7 138
Kurt: 8 150
Sara: 8 141

Week 15

So exciting is the football pool this year that I have just wet my pants, again. The tense buildup to Josh Cochrane's inevitable pratfall blundering finish is getting more intense by the week, but if he doesn't hurry up and get on with the blundering pratfall it will be too late and he'll actually win. In fact, even if Kurt wins every game this week he will still be stuck one game behind Josh entering the final week.

I would also like to point out that were it not for Sara Ferris getting 13 this week, I would have had the best score, finally, for once. Alas. Curse you, Ferris.

The Big Five, entering the final two weeks
Josh: 146
Kurt: 142
Mike A: 141
George, Jim P: 138

All standings:
Mary 6 133
Mike A. 8 141
Howard 8 110
Josh 9 146
George 8 138
Les 9 130
Lars 9 131
Maxx 7 118
Kelly 11 125 (note: last week Kelly had seven right)
Caroline 5 120
Bruce M. 10 113
Brad M. 9 124
Brian M. 9 114
Jim M. 6 124
Adam 11 131
Jim 8 138
Dominic 10 128
Gene 3 102
Bob S. 8 134
Ira 7 130
Gale 9 123
John T. 7 134
Bruce 10 131
Kurt 9 142
Sara 13 133

Weeks 12 & 13 & 14

The Seahawks are driving toward a Super Bowl matchup with the Colts. The White Sox won the World Series. And Josh Cochrane is a picking guru. What on earth is going on around here?
Josh is in the lead with 137 (30 games in the last three weeks)
Mike Alexander is tied for second with 133 (30 games in the last three weeks)
Kurt Wolken is tied for second with 133 (32 games in the last three weeks)
Jim Peck and George Doddington both have 130 (both with 28 games in the last three weeks), tied for fourth.
Mary A. and John Tucker are tied for sixth with 127.
Note: the week 14 results are provisional.

Mary A. 8, 8, 11 127
Mike A. 8, 11, 11 133
Howard C. 9, 5, 12 102
Josh 9, 11, 10 137
George D. 10, 8, 10 130
Les 11, 8, 10 121
Lars 7, 10, 9 122
Maxx 7, 8, 10 111
Kelly 9, 7, 9 116
Caroline/Fritz 8, 10, 10 115
Bruce M. 7, 6, 8 103
Brad M. 8, 11, 9 115
Brian M. 6, 5, 6 105
Jim M. 7, 8, 10 118
Adam 8, 9, 9 120
Jim P. 10, 8, 10 130
Dominic 10, 8, 7 118
Gene 7, 6, 9 99
Bob 9, 10, 10 126
Ira 12, 9, 9 123
Gale 4, 9, 8 114
John T. 9, 9, 10 127
Bruce W. 7, 6, 9 121
Kurt Wolken 11, 10, 11 133
Sara 11, 10, 9 120