Well we have reached the halfway point in the NFL season so I thought I would point out some highlights from what is going on in the Pool.

What a crazy week as 67 poolsters managed to select a perfect week going 15/15. Unfortunately, you all can't win and that is why I love the scoring system format to reward those that can select teams but also have the strategic accuracy to outwit your competition.

Weekly - The Best of the Best this week was First Down Family (Patricia Buchanan) going 15/15 with 3 Bang On's narrowly edging out CHWK JACK (Jack Ferguson) and Juan Lledo (15/15, 1BO each) by 1 point to tie for 2nd. UnashamedRamsFan (Jerred Flynn) finished only 1 point behind them (15/15, 1BO) to grab the last payout spot.

H2H Bracket - We have ourselves a WINNER!!!! Congrats goes out to (144) Crashdoll (Crystal Hildebrand) for coming through in the clutch and winning the tournament over (323) Neil Winship. (7) Brendan Mykle-Winkler still cashed in by winning his consolation final over (501) Myron Gibbs who has now covered his entry fee for his football pool.

Overall - Patrick Dupuis has made a charge the last 2 weeks and now finds himself in 1st Place. Neil Winship has remained consistently good this season but fell to 2nd place. Viva Las Vegas (Sherri Williams) has been gambling on herself and winning as she lands in the #3 spot this week. Gurleys Gone Wild (Andrew Soori) had a great week to move up to 4th and UnashamedRamsFan's profitable week has also continued his ride in and out of the Top 10 but ends the 1st Half in 5th place.

Winners - Neil Winship is leading this category with his perfect week this week. Rated R Superstars (Rod Gonzalez) dropped a game this week but landed securely in 2nd. Montana16 (Larry Lazarakis) took a little tumble and dropped to 3rd.  Rubba Chubb Chubb (Eric Leung) and Viva Las Vegas are within striking distance sharing the 4th position.

Bang On's - Harrison Brown is riding the wave as he leads with 494 pts (16 Bang On's). KISSMEASS (Marcus Flathen) is close behind in 2nd with 482 (16). Horney Beagle (Glenn Keltie) is drafting with the Top 3 with his 468 pts (15). Coming up the rear are Stephen Smith in 4th with his 419 (14), Greg Manning (13) and Weekend @ Kosar's (Ken Thomas) (14) who are tied for 5th with 415.

Non Sun-Mon - Weekend @ Kosar's has the pole position heading into the 2nd Half followed closely behind by Patrick Dupuis and dutch (Hank Vanderhoeven) who vaulted up into a tie for 2nd. Mooseknuckles (Gerry Champagne) is bubbling in 4th place while Dirty Birds (Jarrod Osbourne) and Stephen Smith are just waiting for someone to make a mistake tied in 5th place.

Sunday Night - GB Love (Annette Howatt loves her Sunday Night Football sitting atop of the leaderboard. Garoo (Gary Khau) is keeping pace but trails slightly in 2nd. Craig Robillard and SunnyJim (Mike Norris) moved up a notch into a tie for 3rd while Fat Bob (Ryan Neufeld) slipped down into 5th place.

Monday Night - Is there a category I haven't mentioned Neil Winship, as he leads this one too with breathing room. DJ Reynes is the closest to catch him in 2nd place. JOK Joel is ready to pounce as well in 3rd. John Raven (Paul Baadsvik) and The Great Deflator (Wish Kang) have some work to do to catch him in 4th and 5th respectively.

Int'l Games - 49ers (Sam Tavakoli) has remembered his early morning picks on Sunday morning and it's paying off as he leads the pack. norbert (Brenda Harvey is holding steady in 2nd place while Beez Nuts (Byron Nakatsu) and PurpleReign8 (Steve James) are doing well tied for 3rd.

Survivor - Winners - 10 Remain - Colorado Kid (LeShaun Andrews), DJ Reynes, Forever Falcons (Noelle Stephens), inthewoods (Sean Cameron), JE | Mad Dog XX (Lyle Street), Juan Lledo, Outlawz (Anim Ali), Papa G (Grant MacDougall), Steve Werning, and WestMarc (Eileen Day)

                Losers - 6 Remain - Big Box Broncos (Jason Morneau), Marvin Dege, Noah Jessup, taco lover (Lenny Suhl), Thunderjet (Michelle Harrington), and Tim Chevalier.

                2nd Chance - 63 Remain

League Play - 64 Remain. 2 weeks into Round 2 with 17 poolsters starting strong out of the gate at 2-0.

Guillotine - 48 Remain. 2 weeks into Round 2

What a crazy week as 26 poolsters managed to select a perfect week going 15/15. Unfortunately, you all can't win and that is why I love the scoring system format to reward those that can select teams but also have the strategic accuracy to outwit your competition.

Weekly - Congratulations goes out to Air Allaire (Ryan Allaire) for his 15-0 week with fantastic spreads (2 Bang On's) to win this week. JOK Press (James Pressley) (15-0, 1BO) got through the mosh pit and got to the 2nd row. Andrew Murray survived the cluster behind him to steal the 3rd place prize away from many others.

H2H Bracket - We have ourselves a WINNER!!!! Congrats to (96) JE | Johnny Jarvis for winning his final matchup in dominating fashion over (14) Mike Davis. (108) Grace, Too (Barrey Goertzen) got the one game he had different against (90) D 2 THE C (Darcy Campbell) to win the consolation final and 3rd place.

              - 2nd Chance - 27 Remain

Good luck to you all in the 2nd Half of the Season. Try not to get injured....LOL

Well most of us have gone through Survivor withdrawal for long enough.

Well we have reached the quarter pole in the NFL season so I thought I would point out some highlights from what is going on in the Pool.

Weekly - Let's start with the weekly standings, where I can't recall a 4-way tie for the weekly sprint with 2 of them being the same person with 2 teams. Game of Mahomes (Chris Cameron)(12-3, 2BO's), The Human Joystick (Chris Cameron 2)(12-3, 2BO's), JOK Joel (Joel Meyer)(11-4, 2BO's) and Ryan Peet (11-3, 1BO). Ryan would have won outright if he only had entered a pick for the early Sunday game.GRRR!!!!

Overall - Stephen Smith is the current leader followed closely behind by Bear Goggles (Kevin Stack), Dwayne Guzak who was a relegated poolster last season is seeking redemption by having a great year thus far is in 3rd place one point ahead of Neil Winship. Mike Lostale closes off the Top 5.

Winners - Neil Winship and Stephen Smith lead the way with 55 wins. IckeyShufflin' (Dan Livesey), Kopper14 (Ty Koppe), Montana16 (Larry Lazarakis), Rated R Superstars (Rod Gonzalez) and Rubba Chubb Chubb (Eric Leung) are all in pouncing distance one game behind the leaders.

Bang On's - Suzanne Werning has the early lead with Stephen Smith lurking in the weeds. Mike Lostale and The novanator (Graham Novakowski) are within striking distance tied for 3rd.

Non Sun-Mon - Horny Beagle (Glenn Keltie) is the leader of this pack with The Hunchback of Roberts Bank (Chris Bevilacqua) ready to bump and pass. JOK Eli made a huge leap this past week and landed in 3rd.

Sunday Night - GB Love (Annette Howatt) leads this category thus far followed by Guy Campballero (Don Campbell) and Linden Cameron who are tied for 2nd just waiting for a hiccup to take the lead.

Monday Night - Once again Neil Winship's name is mentioned as he leads under the Monday Night lights. DJ Reynes fell down to 2nd while Linden Cameron vaulted up to 3rd.

Int'l Games - For the troopers who get their Int'l game picks in on time, PurpleReign8 (Steve James) is your current leader with DEETRAIN (Dave Gilfillan) standing strong in 2nd. Cam Antifeau, Danta's Dixie (Brenda Harvey) and Raith Tymchuk holding their ground in 3rd.

Survivor - Winners - 62 remaining;  Losers - 42 remaining. 2nd Chance Survivor starts in Week 7.

H2H Bracket - 16 remaining; Highest Seed remaining is (7) Brendan Mykle-Winkler. Only one rookie remains (488) Dave Winters.

League Play - 2 weeks remaining in Round 1. Division Winners Only advance. Only one group has been clinched as Brett Manning is 5-0 and has defeated everyone that could possibly catch him for the tiebreaker.

Guillotine Pool - 2 weeks remaining to determine the 64 poolsters moving onto Round 2.

Weekly - trainwreck (Glen Evans) plucked the tie and walked away with the weekly win 8-7 record and 2 BO's. Teet (Greg Teeter) finished in 2nd going (12-3, 2BO's) while Steve Napper grabbed the final payout spot with a (12-3 0BO's) record.

Overall - Disco Stu (Kevin Thomas) leads the way thanks to his great start to his season. Stephen Smith making a run himself as he is in 2nd place. Thanks to trainwreck's tie he vaulted up from 185th to 3rd Overall. Big Stinger (Dolores Manriquez) is holding steady in 4th and Matt Gregoire is one point back in 5th.

Winners - No surprise, Stephen Smith has the most wins so far with 55 wins. Big Stinger, Matt Gregoire and willy57 (Bill Prossegger) are only one game back in a tie for 2nd.

Bang On's - Brad Harvey has a knack of plucking that spread as he has at least one per week thus far and holds the lead. Big Stinger is doing well herself and is sitting in 2nd and Stephen Smith is gaining ground in 3rd.

Non Sun-Mon - The Electric Mayhem (Ryan Sawka) holds a slight lead in the "Let's Start the Week with a Win" category. Niner Nation (Paul Dhanoa) is on his tail in 2nd and Air Allaire (Ryan Allaire) is biting at their heels in 3rd.

Sunday Night - Raiders Suck (Sean Law) is enjoying the lights of Sunday Night as he's off to a great start and in the lead. Rollin with William (Tara Castley) and Teet sit in a tie for 2nd just waiting for their opportunity.

Monday Night - Chasing Edges (Marshall Failing) plucked a Bang On on Monday to slide into the lead. Watson, Watsoff (Andrew Maitland) moved on up to 2nd while DaBlake (Dave Blake) is steady in 3rd.

Survivor - Winners - 26 remaining;  Losers - 17 remaining. 2nd Chance Survivor starts in Week 7.

I'm very excited to announce a few changes to the Gridiron Pool this season:

1. NEW GAME - I am introducing "THE GUILLOTINE" to the Gridiron Family. Currently only set up for the $80 pool but if we can get up to 256 poolsters in the $150 pool we can get this incorporated. Basically, you are in a group of 8 to start and the object is to NOT score the lowest amount of points in your group for any given week. If you are NOT last you move onto the next week.If you survive the first 8 weeks, you will get re-sorted in a new group of 8 from the 64 Round 1 winners. Once again, don't come in last and advance. Once we get down to the Final 8, we will have 4 weeks of the season remaining so at this point we will eliminate TWO poolsters each week. The Final Four will get Paid with the winner determined by who scores the most points in the Final Week of the season.

2. NEW SCORING SYSTEM for the Bang On Category (Participant Suggestion) -   Instead of getting one point you will get your entire GAME score as bonus points.

Amended scoring system - If you selected Seattle by 3 and they win by 3 you now get the Game Score of 28 points (25+3) towards your Bang On standings. A team that selected a team by 21 and got it correct would get 46 points for the Bang On total (25+21).

3. NEW CATEGORY - This is to get rid of the two prizes I had for 101st place and the Best Weekly Score of the Season and reward those who remember to rise and shine for those International Games. The poolster who scores the most points throughout the season for the 9 International Games this season.

4. RECRUITMENT REWARD - I would really like to get the Platinum Pool to the 256 participant level this season, so in order to that, I am incorporating a recruitment reward for the poolster who brings in the most NEW (not in the $150 last season) but not losing anybody from the previous season. The 157 participants last season all have a recruiter assigned to them. If you bring in someone NOT playing in the Platinum last season you get a +1. If you lose a participant assigned to you from last season you get a -1. Whoever gets the best recruitment score before the season starts will be refunded their $150 entry fee for their efforts. I will provide a list throughout the pre-season to let you know where you rank.

I hope you all like these changes but if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me and I'll be happy to answer them.