The 2005 Football Pool

as told by the Commish

Week 1



Welcome back everyone! I think I like the way this pool works. You guys send me money and I do not send any back!

Team Bean reigned supreme in week 1 with a stellar 11-5 mark. Your fearless commissioner, Bryan Engel wrapped the pool up on Sunday night with Indianapolis' big victory over the Ravens. What a Sunday for the Commish. Giants win, Saints win (we are all Saints fans now -- er... until Monday when they play the Giants), I found a baby Eli Manning jersey for Emily (see above) after frantic searches at only two malls and a win in the football pool. Now my only problem is that everyone in the pool knows (i mean thinks) that the pool is fixed. Believe me, just wait until the end of the season when I choke down the stretch and all suspicions will be cleared.

Other notable performances from week 1

Nana's Boys 10-6 - Nice week for Nana, as she shows the kids how to pick 'em

Betsy Nichols 10-6 - What she lacks in a creative team name, she makes up for with her picking ability. Good showing by the rookie

Dean Harvin 10-6 - Another part of the deputy commissioner's recruiting class impresses with 10 wins.

Behold, the Power of Cheese 10-6 - Fan of the brown fudge. Sage impresses in her rookie performance with 10 wins. And yes, my deputy will remind her that she is just a rookie.

Major Deeghan, Kathy Toomey 10-6 - The always steady Deeghan impresses in Week 1

Marichelle Tanag 10-6 - Was afraid to win for fear that her boyfriend would grab the microphone during her victory speech



Team Bean 11-5 AXA Lackey 4-12

State of the Pool

Overall, a pretty crappy week 1 performance in the football pool. The pool picked at a 43% clip, with only 12 players (out of 47) above the Mendoza line. Our league leaders were stated above, everyone is still in the hunt at this point (even our Cellar Dwellars).

The Cellar

AXA Lackey, David Soohoo was our top loser for week one. His 4 wins were matched by many, but his points selection was off by the most points. In addition to bombing in the pool, this capped a week where he insulted his CIO, fired the man that brought him into his company, embarrassed his girlfriend and had his System Admin blow away his file system. All in all your typical week in the life of Soohoo -- FOR ME TO POOP ON!!!!

Best of luck in week 2!