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FrogMan
12-05-2003, 06:26 PM
Week 14 is upon us, here we go again, trying to find who will be the next biggest loser...

Rules are fairly simple: Try to find the team, one that you have never picked since the beginning of the season, that will lose its game with the worst deficit. If the team you pick loses, you will earn their margin of defeat as points in your season total. However, if the team you picked wins, their margin of victory will be deducted from your season total. Remember though: never pick the same team twice in the season.

Deadline is kickoff of the team you select. This means you can still pick a team up until Monday, unless you've already used both teams. Also, you can start playing at any week. It's not because you may have missed until now, that we won't let you in on the fun... Come on in!

If for a reason or another, you wanted to change your pick, simply post another team, as long as you're still before its deadline, I'll replace your first pick by your new one. Do not edit your pick once it's posted. Reason for this is simple: once I have registered your pick, I won't go back to see who has edited their posts. Please write a little note on the post for your new pick that this is in fact a second pick.

CLICK HERE to see the standings after week 13 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=310329#post310329)

To help you out, here's the schedule for week 14 and a checklist, sorted by username first (vertically), then by team (horizontally), of who picked who so far. Remember, you can't pick the same team twice! Come one, come all!

WEEK 14 (all times eastern)
Sunday, Dec. 7
Chicago at Green Bay, 1:00 pm
Dallas at Philadelphia, 1:00 pm
Indianapolis at Tennessee, 1:00 pm
San Diego at Detroit, 1:00 pm
Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1:00 pm
Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1:00 pm
Houston at Jacksonville, 1:00 pm
Oakland at Pittsburgh, 1:00 pm
Seattle at Minnesota, 1:00 pm
Washington at N.Y. Giants, 1:00 pm
Arizona at San Francisco, 4:05 pm
Kansas City at Denver, 4:15 pm
N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 4:15 pm
Miami at New England, 4:15 pm
Carolina at Atlanta, 8:30 pm

Monday, Dec. 8
St. Louis at Cleveland, 9:00 pm



PICKS CHECKLIST
Aesyrqwe BAL CLE HOU JAC NYJ PIT SD SF
AgPete JAC
Alan T ATL BAL CAR CHI CIN NYJ SF
Alf ATL CHI CLE DET GB HOU JAC OAK SD
Bee CHI HOU
Butter_of_69 ARI ATL CHI CIN CLE DEN JAC HOU MIA OAK PIT SD
Celeval TB
Chief Rum NE
condors ATL CHI CIN CLE DEN HOU NYJ OAK PHI SD
Cringer DET
cthomer5000 HOU
cuervo72 ATL BUF CHI CIN DAL DET HOU JAC NYG NYJ PIT SD
digamma ATL CAR CHI DAL DET HOU JAC NE OAK SD SF WAS
DolphinFan1 ARI BUF CHI CIN CLE DET HOU JAC NO NYJ OAK PHI SD
EagleFan CHI CIN DAL DET HOU JAC MIA MIN NE NO OAK PIT WAS
Eaglesfan27 HOU
Fortier (*) ARI BAL CAR CHI DET GB HOU JAC MIN NO NYJ OAK SD
Franklinnoble ATL DET NYG OAK PHI
FrogMan ATL BAL CHI CIN CLE DAL DET HOU JAC NO OAK PIT SD
heybrad ARI CLE NO PIT
ice4277 ATL CHI DET HOU JAC NO OAK PIT SD
JeeberD ATL BAL CHI CLE DAL GB HOU JAC MIN NO NYJ OAK SD
JonInMiddleGA ATL CHI CLE DET MIN NO NYJ SD
Kam ATL BAL CHI CLE DAL DEN DET HOU JAC NYG NYJ WAS SD
KevinNU7 HOU BUF
Masked DAL
mckerney ATL DEN GB JAC NO NYG OAK SD SF STL
MIJB#19 ATL ARI CHI CLE HOU IND JAC MIA NO NYG PIT
Neuqua CLE HOU
Noble_Platypus ARI ATL BUF BAL CLE DAL DEN DET JAC HOU NYJ OAK SD
Northwood_DK ARI ATL CLE HOU NYJ SD
ntndeacon ARI CHI DEN DET GB HOU JAC MIA NYJ OAK SD TB WAS
Passacaglia ATL CLE DAL DET HOU KC MIA NYJ PHI PIT SD SF WAS
Primal ATL BAL BUF CAR CIN DAL DET HOU JAC OAK PIT SD SF
Radii ATL BAL CHI CIN CLE DET HOU JAC NYJ OAK PHI PIT TB
rlfreeze KC NO
Ryche ATL BAL BUF CLE CHI DET GB JAC MIA OAK PHI SD WAS
Schmidty ARI CLE
Shorty3281 ARI ATL BAL CHI CLE DAL HOU JAC MIN NYG OAK SD
Silver Owl ARI ATL CHI CIN DET HOU JAC NO NYG NYJ OAK TB
Sloan ARI ATL CAR CHI CIN CLE DET GB JAC NYJ OAK SD WAS
Solecismic ATL BUF CIN CLE DET NYJ OAK PIT SD WAS
SplitPersonality1 ARI CHI CIN CLE DEN DET HOU JAC NYG NYJ PIT SD SEA
sterlingice ATL BAL CIN CLE DEN DET GB HOU JAC OAK PHI SD SF
Sublime CIN CLE DEN DET GB HOU NYG MIN NYJ PHI SD WAS
Superman=#54 BAL DET NO NYG NYJ SD
TeN a SeE TiGhT eNdSATL HOU
The Afoci ATL CHI CIN DET HOU JAC NO NYJ OAK PHI SEA SD SF
The_herd ARI ATL CHI CLE DET GB HOU JAC MIN PIT SF
thealmighty ATL CHI DET CLE HOU NYG OAK SF STL
TheLionKing ARI ATL CAR CHI CLE DET HOU JAC NYJ OAK PIT SD WAS
TheTrainisComming CAR CHI DEN GB HOU JAC NO OAK SD TB WAS
TredWel HOU
TroyF ATL BAL CHI CLE DET GB JAC NE NO NYG OAK PIT WAS
tucker rocky ARI ATL CIN DET SD
tucker342 ARI CAR TB
TurnerONU22 CAR
Vince ATL CHI DAL GB HOU JAC NO NYG NYJ OAK PIT SD STL
vtbub ARI DEN DET JAC PIT
YoSoySean NYG


If you see anything wrong with the pick checklist, just let me know.

Simply post your pick (team name is fine) in this thread. I will post mine a little later on this week.

FrogMan

edit: to correct a typo...

The Afoci
12-05-2003, 06:28 PM
Cleveland

TLK
12-05-2003, 06:32 PM
Baltimore

Noble_Platypus
12-05-2003, 06:40 PM
washington

digamma
12-05-2003, 06:41 PM
J-E-T-S. Jets JETS JETS!

The_herd
12-05-2003, 06:43 PM
Denver

Just want to say you're doing a great job running this FM. I hope you're up for it next season too.

FrogMan
12-05-2003, 06:48 PM
Originally posted by The_herd
Denver

Just want to say you're doing a great job running this FM. I hope you're up for it next season too.

Thanks The_herd, I appreciate the kind words.

This one I will most certainly do again next season, as it is really easy to update and we usually get over 30 players per week. I'm not so sure about the pick'em challenge though, may drop that one...

Spreads should be up in a few minutes btw...

FM

Sloan
12-05-2003, 06:57 PM
Miami

Primal
12-05-2003, 08:01 PM
Cleveland

Silver Owl
12-05-2003, 08:14 PM
Minnesota

Radii
12-05-2003, 08:55 PM
Arizona

sterlingice
12-05-2003, 09:20 PM
Not many weeks left. Time to cash in my Arizona chips.

SI

Aesyrqwe
12-05-2003, 11:15 PM
Arizona

oh and SI, last week woulda been time to cash in on Arizona chips.. GO BEARS!

-Aes-

DolphinFan1
12-05-2003, 11:30 PM
Minnesota

ntndeacon
12-06-2003, 12:14 AM
Indianapolis

Vince
12-06-2003, 12:16 AM
Arizona, finally.

EagleFan
12-06-2003, 01:18 AM
Cleveland

Sublime
12-06-2003, 01:27 AM
Miami

Alf
12-06-2003, 01:59 AM
ARIZONA. SF has to rebound (or maybe they will not and look to get a higher draft pick...)

Vince
12-06-2003, 05:58 AM
Originally posted by Alf
(or maybe they will not and look to get a higher draft pick...)

Augh. Do not suggest such a thing...that's at least 5 points off your coolness score there, Alf ;)

Northwood_DK
12-06-2003, 06:05 AM
Dallas

tucker rocky
12-06-2003, 08:06 AM
Cleveland

Kam
12-06-2003, 08:49 AM
Arizona

korme
12-06-2003, 04:48 PM
Tampa Bay...

Really hard choice..

Ryche
12-06-2003, 05:24 PM
Dallas

Solecismic
12-07-2003, 02:21 AM
Arizona

FrogMan
12-07-2003, 08:59 AM
Arizona

FM

Sublime
12-07-2003, 10:22 AM
Miami

Passacaglia
12-08-2003, 01:43 PM
oops... St. Louis

Butter
12-08-2003, 01:47 PM
Ooops for me too, but I'll just skip this week. No way Cleveland even comes within 14 of St. Louis.

FrogMan
12-10-2003, 08:13 PM
Here are the standings after week 14.

I'll start the thread for week 15 in a few minutes...

FM


w01 pts w02 pts w03 w04 w05 w06 w07 w08 w09 w10 w11 w12 w13 w14 SEASON
1. Ryche BAL 19 CHI 11 JAC 10 PHI -10 CLE -20 ATL 36 GB 10 BUF 33 WAS 7 MIA 24 DET 21 OAK 3 SD 4 DAL 26 174
2. JeeberD SD 13 CHI 11 HOU 28 NO 34 ATL 13 JAC 14 OAK 7 CLE 6 GB -3 BAL 11 NYJ 7 DAL -4 MIN 31 168
3. EagleFan CHI 42 CIN 3 HOU 28 DET 4 WAS 2 PIT 3 NE -6 DAL 16 NO -3 MIA 24 JAC 7 OAK 3 MIN 31 CLE 6 160
4. Solecismic ATL 21 SD 3 CIN 6 WAS 22 BUF 33 NYJ 3 CLE 21 OAK -10 DET 10 PIT 4 ARI 36 149
5. SplitPersonality1 CHI 42 CIN 3 ARI -7 DET 4 SEA 22 HOU 21 DEN 8 NYG -12 PIT 7 NYJ -3 SD 29 JAC 3 CLE 27 144
6. FrogMan CIN 20 JAC 21 CLE -1 DET 4 ATL 13 PIT 3 CHI 7 HOU 9 NO -3 BAL 11 DAL 12 OAK 3 SD 4 ARI 36 139
7. Alf CHI 11 CLE -1 ATL 36 GB 10 HOU 9 OAK 3 JAC 7 DET 10 SD 4 ARI 36 125
8. Kam BAL 19 DAL -3 HOU 28 DET 4 WAS 2 NYJ -27 DEN 8 JAC 13 ATL 7 CLE 21 NYG 18 CHI -9 SD 4 ARI 36 121
9. digamma CHI 42 CAR -3 OAK 21 DET 4 WAS 2 HOU 21 NE -6 DAL 16 JAC -5 ATL 3 SF 10 SD 4 NYJ 11 120
10. Butter_of_69 OAK 5 CIN 3 JAC 10 ARI 24 DEN 1 HOU 21 SD -6 PIT 12 ATL 7 MIA 24 CHI -9 CLE 27 119
11. Primal CIN 20 CAR -3 JAC 10 DET 4 ATL 13 HOU 21 OAK 7 BUF 33 SF -20 BAL 11 PIT 16 DAL -4 SD 4 CLE 6 118
12. ntndeacon HOU -1 CHI 11 JAC 10 DET 4 TB 3 WAS 22 SD -6 DEN 20 GB -3 MIA 24 ARI 38 OAK 3 NYJ -7 IND -2 116
13. sterlingice PHI 17 CIN 3 CLE -1 DET 4 DEN 1 ATL 36 SF -17 HOU 9 GB -3 BAL 11 JAC 7 OAK 3 SD 4 ARI 36 110
14. Vince CHI 42 DAL -3 HOU 28 NO 34 GB -22 PIT 3 SD -6 NYJ 7 STL 20 ATL -20 OAK -10 NYG 6 JAC -7 ARI 36 108
15. MIJB#19 NO 17 IND -26 JAC 10 ARI 24 MIA -13 ATL 36 CHI 7 HOU 9 PIT 7 NYG 6 CLE 27 104
16. TroyF CLE 3 CHI 11 JAC 10 NE 3 DET 10 ATL 36 GB 10 NYG -12 PIT 7 BAL 11 OAK -10 NO 13 WAS 4 96
17. condors CHI 42 CIN 3 HOU 28 PHI -10 ATL 13 CLE -6 OAK 7 DEN 20 SD -14 NYJ 7 90
17. Shorty3281 HOU -1 CHI 11 CLE 7 ATL 13 JAC 14 OAK 7 NYG -12 ARI -3 BAL 11 DAL 12 SD 7 MIN 31 TB -7 90
19. Passacaglia NYJ 3 PIT 21 HOU 28 ATL 20 CLE -20 SF 1 KC -7 DAL 16 WAS 7 PHI -3 SD 29 DET 10 MIA -19 STL -6 80
20. Northwood_DK HOU 9 ATL 7 CLE 21 NYJ 7 ARI 3 SD 4 DAL 26 77
21. Aesyrqwe JAC 21 BAL 7 PIT 3 HOU 9 SF -20 SD -14 NYJ 7 CLE 27 ARI 36 76
22. Noble_Platypus HOU -1 JAC 21 ARI -7 DET 4 ATL 13 NYJ -27 OAK 7 SD 16 DEN 4 BAL 11 DAL 12 BUF 3 CLE 27 WAS -13 70
23. Sublime DET 25 CLE -1 PHI -10 CIN 6 NYJ -27 GB 10 HOU 9 DEN 4 SD -14 NYG 18 WAS 1 MIN 31 MIA 12 64
23. The_herd MIN -5 PIT 21 ATL 21 DET 4 CHI -3 HOU 21 SF -17 JAC 13 GB -3 ARI 3 CLE 27 DEN -18 64
25. cuervo72 NYG -10 CIN 3 JAC 10 DET 4 ATL 13 HOU 21 CHI 7 NYJ 7 PIT 7 SD -14 DAL 12 BUF 3 63
26. Superman=#54 SD 13 NYJ 11 DET 10 BAL 7 NO 6 NYG 11 58
27. Sloan CLE 3 CIN 3 DET 10 CHI 15 ATL 13 CAR -3 OAK 7 JAC 13 GB -3 SD -14 WAS 3 ARI 3 NYJ -7 MIA 12 55
28. mckerney SD 13 STL -3 ATL 21 NO 34 DEN 1 SF 1 OAK 7 NYG -12 GB -3 JAC -5 54
28. Radii TB -17 CIN 3 JAC 10 DET 4 CLE -20 PIT 3 CHI 7 HOU 9 ATL 7 BAL 11 NYJ 7 OAK 3 PHI -9 ARI 36 54
30. Fortier (*) HOU -1 JAC 21 NYJ 7 DET 4 CHI -3 CAR -3 SD -6 ARI -3 NO -3 BAL 11 GB -7 OAK 3 MIN 31 51
31. The Afoci OAK 5 ATL 2 HOU 28 DET 4 JAC -6 SF 1 CHI 7 SEA 3 NYJ 3 SD -14 CIN -5 NO 13 PHI -9 CLE 6 38
32. ice4277 SD 13 JAC 10 DET 4 CHI 7 HOU 9 PIT 7 ATL -20 OAK -10 NO 13 33
33. DolphinFan1 PHI 17 CIN 3 ARI -7 DET 4 JAC -6 HOU 21 CHI 7 SD 16 NO -3 CLE 21 OAK -10 BUF 3 NYJ -7 MIN -27 32
33. heybrad CLE -1 ARI 24 NO 6 PIT 3 32
35. Alan T CHI 42 CAR -3 ATL 21 BAL 7 CIN 6 NYJ -27 SF -17 29
36. Silver Owl CIN 20 ARI 38 HOU 28 DET 4 NO 6 NYJ -27 CHI 7 NYG -12 ATL 7 JAC -5 OAK -10 TB -6 MIN -27 23
37. Franklinnoble OAK 5 ATL 2 DET 10 PHI -10 NYG 13 20
38. Schmidty ARI 18 CLE -1 17
39. Masked DAL 16 16
40. thealmighty OAK 5 STL -3 CLE -1 DET 4 ATL 13 HOU 21 CHI 7 NYG -12 SF -20 14
41. TheLionKing HOU -1 CAR -3 ARI -7 ATL 20 CLE -20 JAC 14 OAK 7 SD 16 WAS 7 NYJ -3 PIT 16 DET 10 CHI -25 BAL -18 13
42. TheTrainisComming TB -17 CAR -3 OAK 21 SD 3 NO 6 WAS 22 CHI 7 HOU 9 GB -3 JAC -5 DEN -29 11
43. Bee HOU -1 CHI 11 10
43. TeN a SeE TiGhT eNdS ATL 7 HOU 3 10
43. vtbub DEN -24 JAC 10 DET 4 ARI 17 PIT 3 10
46. Chief Rum NE 3 3
47. cthomer5000 HOU -1 -1
47. Eaglesfan27 HOU -1 -1
47. TredWel HOU -1 -1
50. TurnerONU22 CAR -3 -3
51. AgPete JAC -5 -5
52. Cringer DET -10 -10
52. KevinNU7 BUF -31 HOU 21 -10
52. rlfreeze KC -7 NO -3 -10
52. YoSoySean NYG -10 -10
56. tucker rocky ATL 7 SD -14 CIN -5 ARI 3 DET -8 CLE 6 -11
57. Celeval TB -17 -17
58. JonInMiddleGA MIN -5 CHI 11 CLE -1 DET 4 NYJ -27 NO 3 ATL 7 SD -14 -22
59. Neuqua CLE -20 HOU -4 -24
60. tucker342 TB -17 CAR -3 ARI -7 -27

w01 w02 w03 w04 w05 w06 w07 w08 w09 w10 w11 w12 w13 w14
ARI 1 1 5 3 1 1 1 1 4 8
ATL 2 4 2 9 5 8 2 1
BAL 2 3 9 1
BUF 1 3 3
CAR 6 2 1
CHI 6 8 1 2 10 2 1
CIN 3 9 3 2
CLE 2 8 1 5 1 1 4 6 4
DAL 2 4 4 2 2
DEN 1 3 2 2 2 1 1
DET 1 3 20 1 1 1 4 1
GB 1 4 7 1
HOU 9 1 8 8 10 1 1
IND 1 1
JAC 4 10 2 3 3 5 3 1 1
KC 2
MIA 1 4 1 2
MIN 2 5 2
NE 2 2
NO 1 3 4 1 5 3
NYG 2 1 1 6 2 2
NYJ 1 1 1 6 2 2 2 5 3 1
OAK 4 2 8 1 6 7
PHI 2 4 1 2
PIT 2 7 1 5 2 1
SD 4 2 4 3 8 2 1 8
SEA 1 1
SF 3 3 3 1
STL 2 1 1
TB 4 1 1 1
TEN
WAS 3 3 3 1 1 1 1

NUMBER OF PLAYERS 44 41 41 41 38 39 35 39 39 36 32 33 30 25

TLK
12-10-2003, 08:24 PM
I'm gonna struggle just to break par here..... "There's always next year..."

Alf
12-11-2003, 06:24 AM
Originally posted by Vince
Augh. Do not suggest such a thing...that's at least 5 points off your coolness score there, Alf ;)

You know Vince, most French guys are 49ers fan as NFL was first shown here on TV in the 80s and the Joe Montana era.

I am wearing a 49ers T-Shirt right now at work ;)