The Rhinos Wallow

      There was a murder in my back yard Sunday... then my wife went out and chased the crows away.

      Wasnt that a heck of a finish to the WAS-Chi game. I must admit that I had given up hope before Jayden Daniels heaved that Hail Mary. I am not sure how much of that sort of thing my aging blood pump can stand!

      Muttley responded to her EofH, "Woof woof woof. Kibble for the bowl. Dallas /Giants first place yeah!!! …….ok 49ers/Giants will work too. Woof woof woof." of course when I responded, or the Steelers could win... and you could end up going to the dogs - just saying LOL solo first sounds better to me - for me that is Sandra growled, "Grrrrrr………lol"

      I must apologize for screwing up the EofH this week. I think my eyes tracked on to the wrong line when I was entering picks on the SS. It was a heck of a shock when I looked at the CBS Sports site to check results.

      I got away with it this week but there are 3 words I have to take to heart for the rest of the season, "SAME OLD JETS!"

      The race for the streak prize has been altered this week. The Chainman is now the only one in the pool who has yet to miss his top pick this season and if he can continues to extend his streak will soon begin to eliminate the competitors,

This week is short and sweet. I present to you a rock song with lyrics on YouTube. It was released in 1981 and performed by the Canadian Rock Band, Red Rider. It was written by the Red Rider front man, Tom Cochrane. It is very “Pink Floydish”. Stick with it as it starts very slowly. I will not comment on it any further, listen and form your own opinions. Click on this link:

Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider (Lyric)

The Email of Hope

After 8 weeks of play, D Man, Squash Bros and the Rhino are tied 1st place, having received 7 emails each. Sassychassis, Chainman, Ben Naaykens and Assfault are tied for 4th with 6 emails each.

For those of you who wish to see the Email of Hope standings, please click here. Note: the winning dollar amounts are a week behind as the winners are not known at time of writing.

Until next week,
Ungawa,
The Rotters

The Monica Award - As I have noted before misery loves company. This week the misery of "winning" the little loved Monica award is shared by Muttley, Miss Pee and my "B"team Show Us Your TD's who are all 2 points from the podium. In truth, if we had all earned 2 more points the main value would have been Tin Cup elimination rather than the money we would have shared, but I for one would have been happy with that.

    The POW Award - The much coveted POW award was decided before the weekend even started this week. D-Man and Mich Fits picked the Rams to batter the Vikings on TNF and make points on a game on which everybody else lost points and 8 franchises lost their top (16) point picK. Then came the Sunday games and the Browns upset the Crows. 16 franchises had Baltimore as their top pick while JakeDSnake and Mustard Man backed Cleveland. For Jake it was his top pick so he had a 32 point swing against 16 franchises. That is massive and this helped this duo snatch away this week's POW award from Darin and Marc. Well done fellows!

    The Celler Dweller - Hummer is out of tune this week and Trevor Posch derailed with him. They only earned 78 points which is quite a distance behind the leaders. Ther should be a "collar of shame" or some such thing that the weekly CD winner has to wear for the following week when he/she (we don't descriminate in this pool) appears in public. Maybe a paper mache donkey's head would do.

   Without further ado, this weeks winners, and we honour and congratulate them are....

1st The Rhino - On the rare occasion's when I win a week in this pool I always feel smarter and more charismatic for a few days. Then the next week starts and I get kicked in the bones and reality sets in. Credit to my daughter who took the team photo in Kenya this last summer. -

2nd Mustard Man - This is the second time Andrew has finished in 2nd place this season. It takes a while but it works to earn your entry back. -

3rd (T) Assfault - Scott wrote in, "The Assfault is rising. Beware bumpy pavement and heaving blackness. That is Assfault with a bit of Halloween of course. I've heard people drown when bobbing for apples. Everyone remember only Labrador Retrievers can fit 3 apples in their mouth, and Mastiffs, and Great Danes, if you are not one don't even try. Beware and be very afraid," I have made a note not to try that. Then later Scott added, Forewarned, not four armed which would be supercool but I get by with 3. Just saying. He is scaring me a bit and I promise never to call him Asswipe again! -

3rd(T) Squash Brothers - Erik wrote in, "It’s great to be guaranteed some winnings but there is quite a big difference in being alone in first if the Giants win or tied for fourth with 3 others if the Steelers win. Go Giants!! Actually Erik, the four of you were tied for 3rd and 4th. It makes a significant difference in your winnings. Well, a slight difference. Later he added, "Well, at least we’re beating the Stooges. " Throwing the gauntlet down are we?

3rd(T) Beau The Dope - No words from Kneel this week and this is one that is worth framing! The best part this week is that he won money and Muttley did not.

3rd(T) Simpfeld14 - Did not respond. Maybe he considers a $20 win not worthy of response.

     My thought for this week, The biggest joke on mankind is that computers have begun asking humans to prove they aren't a robot. " Ponder on that one for a moment!