Week Six: Barbosa's 12

Congratulations to Eric Barbosa on getting 12 games right this week; that's good enough to overtake his dad Frank. Regarding NFL football, I missed most of it this weekend (see below), but caught enough of the Monday Night Football game to see that, once again, the NFL receiver has yet to be created capable of catching a football thrown by Joey Harrington. He can put them on the numbers, he can put them on the hands, he can throw them in Detroit, Miami, or Atlanta, he can toss them softly, he can pitch them underhanded... none of that matters. They cannot catch footballs he throws. Short of walking over to the receiver and handing them the ball, there's not much else he can really do. Poor guy.

NCAA football note: In a raucous good postgame time at Taylor's at the UO campus this weekend (UO 53, WSU 7), a barful of happy Oregon fans (that included a hoarse, sun-kissed me) were pulling for OSU to beat oh-so-close to No. 1 Cal on TV, in support of which we sang the Oregon fight song with the lyrics:

Beavers Beavers Beavers Beavers,
Beavers Beavers Beavers Beav,
Beavers Beavers Beavers Beavers,
Beavers Beavers Beavers Beav...

Ithink I speak for a lot of Oregon fans when I say congratulations to OSU for a great win, thank you, and we have now returned to our more normal attitudes of indifference or enmity.

Week 6 Overall Totals
Adam Peck
58
Beryl Spliethof
57
Mike Alexander
56
Jim Peck
56
Jenny Spliethof
55
Wayne Diede
55
Mary Alexander
55
Eric Barbosa
54
Frank Barbosa
53
Lars Frejdh
52
Bruce Wilkens
52
Josh Cochrane
51
Mike McCarthy
51
George Doddington
51
Bryan Mosieur
50
Rick Byers
49
Betty Ann Peak
49
Eric Bowser
48
Dominic Sachet
47
Bruce Mosieur
39
Verna Davidson
36

Week 6 Weekly Scores
Mike Alexander
10
Mary Alexander
8
Eric Barbosa
12
Frank Barbosa
8
Eric Bowser
8
Rick Byers
10
Josh Cochrane
8
Verna Davidson
4
Wayne Diede
9
George Doddington
8
Lars Frejdh
7
Mike McCarthy
6
Bruce Mosieur
9
Bryan Mosieur
7
Betty Ann Peak
7
Adam Peck
10
Jim Peck
10
Dominic Sachet
8
Beryl Spliethof
8
Jenny Spliethof
8
Bruce Wilkens
6