Week 2 Results, Standings and Awards

Ow.

It was rough weekend. I feel like someone punched me in the face and sat on my ankle, spraining it in the process. Oh wait, someone did do that. Stupid rugby. At least my face and ankle match my picks. Let's take a look at the carnage.

Week 2 Results

11 points: Holly and Scott
10 points: Jen, Dave and John
9 points: Steph, Grammie, Nancy/Janie, Ryan
7 points: Heather, Bill, Matt

Overall Standings after 2 Weeks

1. Scott (23 points)- Scott's pick of Washington over Philly proved to be the difference, as he takes a one point lead going into Week 3.

2. Jen (22)- Jen's still holding strong in the 2 spot, with another solid 11 point week.

3(T). Steph and Dave (21)- Dave makes a move up the board, and Step has a pretty good week as well. Both are within striking distance of the lead.

5(T). Ryan, John and Grammie Peg (20)- Ryan has two accounts somehow, which forces me to do math. John and Grammie Peg did a nice job this week to stay close to the top.

8(T). Holly and Matt (18)- So after all the crap I gave Holly in the last post, we're tied after an 11 point week for her and a 7 point week for me. I got the message, Karma. Thanks.

10. Nancy/Janie (17)- Nice pick of Tampa Bay for the upset. I'm trying to suck up to Karma.

11(T). Bill and Heather (14)- Bill and Heather stayed tied at the bottom of the standings. Remember, the person who comes in last wins items from Grammie's freezer. I'd tell you what they are, but nobody really knows.

Week 2 Awards

The Tom Petty "Free Fallin' " Award: This award goes to the person who takes a flying leap of the top of the standings. I'll take this one, thank you. 7 point weeks and a ton of hubris will do that to you.

The "Holly Shot" Award: Named after the "Holly Shot" in ladder golf in which the object hits the ground before rising up to score points, this award goes to the person who makes the biggest leap from off the ground to score major points and move up in the standings. Appropriately enough, Holly wins it this week.

Best Pick of the Week:

I'm giving this one to Nancy and Janie, for picking Tampa Bay over New Orleans, with honorable mentions to Scott's Washington over Philly pick, and Holly's Cleveland over Cincy pick. I appreciate loyalty.

Team We Should Hate the Most: The Carolina Panthers. Aside from John and Holly, who picked Houston to beat them this past week, nobody had picked the Panthers correctly this year.

Best Quote of the Week: Every week, I'll be looking through all the comments and picking out the best one. So please comment. This week's winner is John- in response to my saying he and Holly were in cahoots in picking Houston over Carolina, and that his name was unoriginal:

"No collusion here, as Holly picks teams based on uniform colors! I just had a good feeling about Houston.

As far as the Browns game, jeezus who saw that coming??????????

So, is Cleveland that good, or is Cinci that bad? I'm guessing the latter. Explosion potential offense, but no defense. The Browns did not allow a sack the entire game - that's gotta be a record......

Oh yeah - one last thing. Don't like my screen name matt? Eat me."

The phrase "eat me" makes me laugh every time.

Check back on Sunday to see who picked whom, and feel free to comment whenever you'd like.