the 4th star

As most of you know (or at least the four of you who managed to make it to WEEK TEN know), the pool is over.

Thanks to John Skelton’s magic, Michael Vick’s ribs, Juan Castillo’s inability to co-ordinate a defence, and DeSean Jackson’s refusal to have Jerry Seinfeld act as his human alarm clock, the Eagles lost to the Cardinals, thus eliminating four of the five left over here heading into the weekend action. Visual evidence of this turn of events can be found here.

Remember the email with the small print at the start of this exercise? It said ‘last man standing’ rules the day, meaning that yours truly had already laid claim to the prize thanks to timely taking of the Green Bay Packers in the Monday night blowout. No worries, though. The drubbing of the Minnesota Vikings made my win rock hard official and eliminated any chance of WTF and belly-aching from those subscribing to a faint hope clause type of loophole.

If you have a better tiebreaker system, I’m all ears. Three things:

1. Funny how the Giants played a role in all this. Team of the century.

2. Those who still are in arrears, I have contacted the Brute Force Collection Agency.

3. You will also be happy to know that I have already parlayed the kitty into the bottom line of a pair of suits from Aubrey and Co.

So that’s it for the 2011 Death by Football Suicide Pool. I’ll leave you with the final standings. See you all next year. Same bat time, same bat channel.

wazoowazny: Houston, NY Jets, San Diego, Tampa Bay, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Dallas, NY Giants, Oakland, Green Bay
Hungarian Hammer: San Francisco, Detroit, Carolina, Chicago, NY Giants, NY Jets, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia
MDB: Arizona, NY Jets, San Diego, Green Bay, NY Giants, Pittsburgh, Dallas, San Francisco, Houston, Philadelphia
KP: Houston, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Green Bay, NY Giants, New England, Dallas, Baltimore, Atlanta, Philadelphia
JDEW: Cleveland, Green Bay, Carolina, Tampa Bay, New Orleans, NY Jets, Dallas, NY Giants, Houston, Philadelphia
Vedder: San Francisco, Buffalo, Tennessee, Tampa Bay, NY Giants, Cincinnati, Dallas, Houston, Oakland
ET: Arizona, NY Jets, San Diego, Atlanta, NY Giants, Green Bay, Pittsburgh, New Orleans
AspenPT: Arizona, Detroit, Carolina, Green Bay, NY Giants, Pittsburgh, Baltimore
Masterclark: New England, NY Jets, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, NY Giants, Green Bay, Baltimore
Boday: Kansas City, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Green Bay, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Baltimore
Patty: Kansas City, NY Jets, Tennessee, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Oakland, Detroit
CHAPPER: Arizona, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, NY Giants, Green Bay, (no selection)
Hudsy: Cleveland, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Tampa Bay, NY Giants
ZIFF: San Diego, Pittsburgh, (no selection), Green Bay, NY Giants
BS: Arizona, Atlanta, Baltimore, Buffalo, Carolina
SS: Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Green Bay, NY Giants
KO: Tennessee, Pittsburgh, San Diego, New Orleans, Indianapolis
Gerardus: San Francisco, Chicago, Cincinnati, Buffalo
DKUN: Cleveland, NY Jets, New England
NCMF: Cleveland, (no selection)