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ROLLOVER!! Week 12 will be worth $3,180.00 to a single winner   Week 11 wasn’t all that difficult to pick until it was. The college games were, for the most part, some of the larger overall point spread games of the Pick 10 season. On the NFL side of the Pool, 7 teams had in excess of 200 picks. I envisioned another week of at least 80 winners.   And, early on, the Pool was going in that direction. There was a little blip in an early evening upset of Oregon State by Air Force. That eliminated 65 Poolers. Not bad, but going into the very late starting Kansas vs BYU, 5 Poolers selected Kansas, while 124 picked BYU. That game didn’t end until the wee hours of Sunday morning. And when we arose, found out that BYU was defeated.   We went into Sunday with 134 Poolers without a loss. 7 of those were 2-0, 23 were 1-0 and 104 were 0-0. There was still a long way to go to 10 wins.    Everything was going along pretty well with the early NFL games. That is until Baltimore, with 113 picks, lost to the Steelers. That reduced the number of potential winners to 3 at 7-0, 10 at 6-0 and 6 at 5-0 going into the Sunday late games. However, once San Francisco lost to Seattle, we were down to only Royal72 with an opportunity to win the week and $1,590.00 all to himself. Royal72 was 8-0 at the time of the 49’er loss. That didn’t last long as he was eliminated shortly after with his Kansas City pick. WHEW! A long winded route to get to the ROLLOVER!!   While we didn’t have any winners this week, 8 Poolers did finish the week by going 9-1. Along with Royal72, was C2COOL, Football Queen, KisaMamma, Oban, Steamrollers, Stoners and T-Bone.    And then there was Sites and his 2-8 finish. OY VEY!! In the Pick 1 Winner Pool, of the 31 Poolers that started the week, Dr Evil was the only one that was eliminated with his Baltimore pick.   The Pick 1 Loser Pool experienced a total of 9 Poolers being eliminated. All with a Seattle pick. That reduces the number still participating to 33. Of that number, 5 are still without a loss.    In the Accumulative Pool, we are back to a tie for 1st place with Junior D and Killer B at 84 wins. But now, tied for 3rd place with 82 wins, 2 wins out of 1st are Big ‘Ol Ditka, Chris9080, MrChicagoTWP, Roso903, Tommy G and Tungey. Still 7 weeks left, so if you are remotely close to the leaders, never give up hope.   We enter Week 12 with a difficult week. There are only 13 NFL games. Obviously, that means there are 12 college teams. Many of you are going to have to make a decision. I’m particularly talking about those of you that wait until Sunday to make your picks. If you do that this week, you will have to pick 10 winners out of only 12 games. Sports betting makes a fortune off of people trying to pick 6 winners out of 16 games. If you have that much confidence that you can wait until Sunday and pick 10 teams correctly, you need to put a buck on those 10 teams with an online betting site. If you aren’t that confident, you may want to think about making your picks on Thursday of Saturday.   That’s it for Week 11. Study hard!!

WINNERS!! Week 11 will be worth $1,590.00 to a single winner   For the second consecutive week we have some winners. This time, only 3! BH Reach, Clubberland and Nick Papagiorgio were able to navigate around the NFL upsets of the Giants, Bears and Falcons. For their effort, they split a pot of $1,590.00. Each received a payout of $530.00. Congratulations to all of you!!   Their win wasn’t without some tension though. Last night’s Detroit vs Houston was a nail-biter. All 3 had selected Houston and if not for a near miss field goal in the closing seconds, they may have lost in all in overtime.   One note of interest, all 3 winners picked 3 college games and 7 pro games.    Each week there are 25 games included in the Pool. Every week there are 25 winning teams. The Pool shouldn’t be that difficult. But most of us latch on to the heavy favorites, especially on the NFL side. All it takes are those one or two upsets. and over 200 Poolers are eliminated. Knowing how to avoid those upsets requires no skill at all. It’s just pure luck. At least thats how I see it. Of course the 110 Poolers that have cashed in so far this season, most likely don’t share that opinion.   The Pick 1 Winner Pool keeps losing players. Week 10 saw 5 of the 31 Poolers remaining lose their 2nd game and have been eliminated. GT is the only Pooler without a loss. Royal72 took his 1st loss by picking the lifeless Rams on MNF.   The Pick 1 Loser Pool has had a lot more luck as only one Pooler was eliminated this week. That leaves 41 still competing.   The Accumulative Pool saw a little separation at the top of the standings. Killer B is now alone in 1st place with 77 wins. Falling into 2nd place, and 1 win behind are Junior D and Tommy G with 76 wins. Tied for 4th place with 75 wins are Roso30 and tungey.    After 10 weeks this Pool is as close as it’s ever been. There are still almost 90 Poolers with between 70 and 74 wins. So, a couple of good weeks can change the makeup of the Accumulative Pool.   That’s it for Week 10. Week 11 appears to be pretty easy.

WE HAVE WINNERS!!   Week 10 will be worth $1,590.00 to a single winner   Here we go again! Another week with lots of winners. Fortunately we had a rollover the previous week, and the number of winners was a quarter of the amount of the 80 in Week 7.   After the Minnesota victory on Sunday night, Bmac, BucDok 14 and The Trash Man would have shared $3,180.00 pot, or $1,060.00 each.   However, there’s this other game called Monday Night Football. 17 Pooler were 9-0 going into that game. And, of course, all picked Kansas City. I mean, who would pick a Tampa Bay team that were without their 3 top wide receivers. Actually 6 did! But they weren’t in the running for the 10 wins.   The additional 17 are; GoGoBuffalo, Gump, 24 Carrot Gold, Addi’s Army, Car, Cashcows, Cstan7, Dons Dawgs, Hail Noe, jimbawls, Mane Man, Pain in the Analyst, Silo BobandSusan, sixerkid, The Real Danny Dimes, Tua Girls One Cup & URATM.   CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU!!   Week 9 appeared to me to not be very difficult. There was very little play on the college side of the Pool. Of the 3,190 total picks, only 489 of those were college teams. That’s only about 15% of the picks. But, of course nordammar accounted for 10 of those picks. All college! And all he had was a 6 win week to show for it.   The biggest upsets for the week were Illinois on the college games with 44 picks. The biggest NFL upset was New Orleans losing to Carolina. 209 Poolers lost with that game. And that game cost the Saints head coach his job. That’s what happens when you mess with the Pick 10.   In the Pick 1 Winner Pool, 15 of the remaining 46 Poolers dropped out! By my math, only 31 remain. And of that 31, only Royal72 and GT are without a loss.   On the Loser side all 42 that started Week 9 have progressed to Week 10.    In the Accumulative Pool, Junior D, Killer B and Tommy G are still in 1st place with 69 wins.   In 4th place, all by himself, is tungy with 68 wins. He’s followed by Big ‘Ol Ditka and Roso903  with 67 wins.   We have officially ended the 1st half of the Pick 10 Football Pool season. How time flies!! There’s still lots of money to be won in the 2nd half, so keep plugging away.           

ROLLOVER! Week 9 will be worth $3,180.00 to a single winner   Such an easy week, yet it produced zero winners. Not that it wasn’t close. 29 Poolers finished the week going 9-1. However, only one Pooler should feel screwed.   As the early Sunday games were going final, Pooler after Pooler was being eliminated. 296 selected Baltimore over Cleveland. Who would have thought Cleveland was going to win that game, let alone any other game yet to be played this season. 189 Poolers lost with the Jets going down to New England. Who would have thought the Patriots was going to win that game, let alone any other game yet to be played this season.   Those two games were enough to eliminate everyone that still had a chance to win. Everyone with the exception of Tua Girls One Cup. Tua was sitting pretty at 3-0, the only one with zero losses, savoring the comeback victory by the Chicago Bears. Except, that wasn’t to be. While some of the Bears that were still on the field during the final seconds, were prematurely celebrating, The Washington Commanders Quarterback tossed a Hail Mary pass just short of the end zone. But. the football was tipped into the air, backwards, into a lonely Commanders player was standing in the end zone. And so it ended! A loss for the Bears and elimination for Tua Girls One Cup.    This week, I snuck in a college game with a point spread much higher than I normally select for the Pool. I wanted to see how many Poolers would not take a game with a 21.5 point spread. Of the 319 Poolers, only 195 selected Miami over Florida State. I literally gave everyone one win. It was a no brainer. Yes 124 Poolers didn’t pick Miami.    Now I sort of understand those of you that would never touch a college game. But to not even take a peak, I cannot grasp. Then there were a few that actually picked college games, but not that one. WTH!!! WHY??? I realize that this was a big rivalry game, but Florida State sucks.  It’s quite possible I may put in another lopsided game in the Pool from time to time. You may want to look before you pick.   Killer B is still in 1st place in the Accumulative Pool with 60 wins. However, this week he is joined by Junior D and Tommy G. If the season were to end this week, the 3 would split, 1st, 2nd and third place money.   In 4th place are Roso903 and Tungy. Both are 1 win behind with 59 wins. And 1 win behind, tied for 6th place is Big ‘Ol Ditka and Dinwiddie.   3 Poolers were eliminated from the Pick 1 Winner Pool. Trader Joe, MJ and PatRiot losing brings the number still participating to 46.   The Pick 1 Loser Pool lost All in the Family, Chicoug, Crazyeyes, IIYaKa3, MamaBear_4739 and AzHawks. The total Poolers still picks now stands at 42.   That’s it for Week 8. Study hard for Week 9 as we already have reached the halfway point of the Pool.

WE HAVE WINNERS!! Week 8 will be worth $1,590.00 to a single winner   Great News! We have a manageable number of winners this week. So far, Agent Zero, Big Ballers, Dirt Muffins, Dirty Blonde, Frosty Balls, Princess Brittany and Tight 27 completed their week with the Baltimore win tonight.   However, the week is not yet complete as the LA Chargers – Arizona game is still ongoing. Should the Chargers win we will add Addi’s Army, TBONZ, Timbo71 and Trader Joe to the list.  An Arizona win or loss has no effect on the Pool’s outcome.   So, the total number of winners will be either 7 or 11. How lucky is that??? The payout for 7 winners will be $227.00. And for 11 winners, $144.00. Not a bad payday compared to last week’s measly $39.00.   Whoever or whatever the final number is, CONGRATULATIONS!!   Week 7 wasn’t terribly difficult. On the college side, Texas cost 118 Poolers a win and 74 picked loser Alabama. Atlanta, on the NFL side, had 157 lose on that selection, and 78 Jet’s pickers got hosed.     In the Pick 1 Winner Pool, 50 Pooler started the week and so far 49 are advancing. tkk selected the Chargers tonight. That game is still ongoing, but not looking good for tkk. A loss for him means elimination.   The Pick 1 Loser Pool lost 3 of the 51 Poolers remaining. It appears that the remaining players in both pools have settled in as we are experiencing very few losses the past couple of weeks.   In the Accumulative Pool, Killer B maintains a 1 game lead with 52 wins over Junior D, Roso93, Tommy G and tungy. If the season were to end today, that group would split 2nd and 3rd place money. But right behind them, with 50 wins are, Big Ol’ Ditka, bohms33, Chris9080, Dirt Muffins and Olive2me.   That’s it for this week. Study hard and get ready for a Week 8 win.  

WINNERS!!! LOTS OF WINNERS Week 7 is worth $1,590.00 to a single winner   WOW!!! That one word describes exactly how I feel about the outcome and results of this week’s Pick 10 Football Pool.   The results for Week 6 is very difficult to report. Everyone that participates in the Pool dreams of that big payout. And based on how the first 5 weeks played out there was no real reason to think differently about Week 6. EXCEPT . . . there were ZERO upsets in the NFL this week.    Unless the Jets upset the Bills tonight. I have an early flight in the morning with a gawdawful early wake up. So, I’m wring this before tonight’s game is over.   Anyway . . . should Buffalo win tonight we will have 80 winners. After a Week 1 payout of $530 and a Week 4 payout of $4,770, Week 6 winners will claim only $39. If the NY Jets should happen to win the number of winners will be reduced to 46, with an increase in the winnings to a hefty $69.   I realize that this is not a whole lot of money but, the season is only one third over. If you can win once, you can certainly win again and increase your winnings for the year.    Congratulations to the 80 or 46 Winners, whichever turns out to be the final total.    And, of course, since there were no Sunday upsets, the Pick 1 Winner and Loser Pools had a total of only 1 combined elimination. All 50 Pooler Picks in the Winner Pool won. In the Loser Pool, Mongoose #2 was the only one eliminated out of the 52 remaining.   In the Accumulative Pool, Killer B maintains his spot at the top with 45 wins for the season. He has increased his lead by 2 wins over Roso903 and Tommy G. They each have 43 wins. Auntie Vic, Chris9080, Huskiemax, Junior D, Olive2me and Tungey have 42 wins and 1 win out of the money. That’s it for Week 6. Have a great week and let’s get this Pool back to normal.    

  ROLLOVER!! Week 6 will be worth $3,180.00 to a single winner   Here we go again! After a one week hiatus from rollovers, with Rusty Trombones big win in Week 4, Week 5 produced zero winners again. While it wasn’t a terrible week wins wise, a couple of big upsets proved to be too much to overcome.     Going into the late Sunday games, Princess Brittany was well on her way to victory with 8 wins. Right behind her was T Redneck with 7. And still undefeated were 38 others. My thought was a 40 way split and a payout of $39.75 per Pooler. But, lo and behold, Arizona and the NY Giants decided to pull off 2 huge Pool upsets. And then there were none.    San Francisco, by themselves, wiped out all 40 of the remaining Poolers. Had the 49’ers won, Seattle would have eliminated 39 of the 40. In total, 10 of the 25 games played in Week 5 were upsets according to all of our picks.   In the Pick 1 Winner Pool, 47 of the 98 still active were eliminated. That leaves, according to my math, 51 Poolers still playing in Week 6.   The Pick 1 Loser Pool was a tad worse. 54 of 106 lost for the second time. 52 Poolers are moving on.   The Accumulative Pool has a new leader after Week 5. Killer B has overtaken The Diesel by one win, 35 to 34. Tied for 3rd place, with 33 wins, are A Pack of Rams, Auntie Vic, jag bags, Knuckle Nuts, Lucky Charms, Roso903, Tommy G and Tungy. AND, 1 game behind them are 14 others. So, don’t surrender just yet. There are still 13 weeks remaining. As they say, anything can happen.   That’s about it for Week 5. Research, Pick and Pray! The new motto for the Pick 10 in 2024.

WE HAVE A WINNER!! Congratulations to Rusty Trombones   Week 5 will be worth $1,580.00 to a single winner   What a great week for Rusty Trombones. Those that follow @pick10football on Twitter noted that he was atop the leader board the entire weekend. Of course he was alone, but the numbers kept dwindling as the Sunday final scores rolled in. But the battle came down to Slacks and Rusty Trombones as the late afternoon games started going final. Unfortunately, it was the Cleveland Browns loss that proved to be Slacks undoing.   Once he was eliminated Rusty Trombones needed only a Detroit win on Monday night to claim the entire payout of $4,770.00. Monday night games often prove to be the kiss of death to potential winners. But not so tonight. Congratulations!   We performed much better this week. After 2 putrid weeks with many upsets, Week 4 was more predictable. The average number of Pooler wins this week was 6.26. That’s compared to 4.29 and 4.38 wins the previous two weeks.   In the Accumulative Pool, The Diesel is in first place with 28 wins. Tied for 2nd with 27 wins are A Pack of Rams, Dinwiddie, FUBAR, Huskiemax, jag bags, Killer B, and Shamrock8. Ten other are just 1 game out of a 2nd place tie.   The Picks 1 Winner Pool was reduced by 23 Poolers. Week 5 only 97 Poolers will be making picks.   The Pick 1 Loser Pool had 27 drop out leaving 26 picking next week.   That’s it for Week 4. Have a great week, and pick smart!

ROLLOVER!! Week 4 worth $4,770.00 to a single winner Well, it happened again! Another week of major upsets in the NFL. With only one game still underway, we may perform just a tad better than last week with an average of 4.38 wins per Pooler.   The big Pool upsets this week were the Giants defeating Cleveland (6 to 260 picks), Denver over Tampa Bay (7 to 285 picks), Carolina besting Las Vegas (8 to 261 picks) and the Rams over San Francisco (4 to 215 picks). And, at the time of this writing Washington is beating Cincinnati (4 to 215 picks).   If this continues I have no idea where the Pool goes from here. Worse case scenario, we will be entering Week 18 with a 16 week rollover. And a winner will be determined in Week 18 by most wins for the week. In case you’re planning ahead, the pot size will be over $27,000.00, if that should happen.    By the way, Football Queen and Tiffany both completed the week with 8 wins. REMARKABLE!!   In the Accumulative Pool, tied for 1st with 21 wins are Pack of Rams and The Diesel. There is a 7 way tie for 3rd place, 1 win behind the leaders. OK!! Now the even more disastrous Pick 1 Winner and Loser Pools. This week alone we lost 126 of the 247 still playing. That has resulted, in only 3 weeks of double elimination, 201 Poolers OUT. The Pick 1 Loser Pool lost an even more impressive 130 Poolers. That brings the total to 188 already retired from this Pool. PLEASE!! I BEG YOU, if you entered these Pools, before you make your picks this week, review Weekly Picks 2024 to see if you are still in the hunt. If not, PLEASE don’t submit picks. And if you are still playing, PLEASE review your picks before making your selections to avoid taking the same team twice. PLEASE!!! This is the one area that causes me the biggest headache. And I’m way too old for headaches. SO PLEASE!!!! Thanks it for Week 3. Start looking at NFL teams differently and lets see some bold picks this week. AND, Cincinnati did lose tonight.

ROLLOVER!! Week 3 worth $3,180.00 to a single winner   BLOODBATH!! There is no better way to describe the results of Week 2. If you don’t know what I’m talking about just take a look at that sea of red on the Week 2 tab on the Weekly Picks 2025 workbook.   The week was never really in doubt once we entered Sunday. One by one, in the early games, highly favored teams began falling. Dallas with 263 pickers, Detroit with 237 picks, San Francisco had  252 picks, and to a little lesser extent, but still a substantial number of pickers, Jacksonville with 108. And to put the finishing touches on Week 2, Philadelphia and it’s 266 pickers, just lost on MNF. Like I said, a BLOODBATH!!   But somehow both Two Pops and Wildcard finished with 8 wins. On the flip side, Sparty only had 1.   Week 1, Poolers averaged 7.45 wins. Week 2, that average dropped to 4.29 It can’t possibly get much worse . . . unless   You are participating in the Pick 1 Winner and Loser Pools. As you all know, once you have 2 incorrect picks in either of the Pools, you are eliminated.    Well, after just 2 weeks, the Pick 1 Winner Pool already says goodbye to 76 Poolers. On a positive side, we only lost 58 in the Pick 1 Loser Pool. Still a pretty big number after only a couple of weeks.   PLEASE, if you entered these Pool, please review your picks on the Weekly Picks 2024 workbook. If you see the word OUT on your alias line, do not submit picks for those Pools. I would truly appreciate that.   In the Accumulative Pool, Auntie Vic is the leader with 16 wins after 2 weeks. She is followed by The Diesel with 15 wins and in 2nd place. There is a 31 3rd place tie with 14 wins. There’s still a long way to go. So now is not the time to give up.   That’s it for Week 2. Study up hard as I don’t want to see these kinds of results this week.