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