What a game, what a
game! Back and forth just like we thought it would be; well maybe not everyone! Some said it was going to be a blow out, while others said it
would be the highest scoring Super Bowl ever. I was one who thought it
could be a high scoring game with Manning and Brees being the best at
what they do. But at half time Shawn and I both said we couldn't believe
the score was so low! Then came one of the gutsiest calls ever to be
called in a Super Bowl and when the Saints recovered we knew Coach
Payton was planning a 2nd half the Colts would never forget! But Ind
fought back and poor Stephanie sat there wondering with every play if
she would have a chance at making NFLWP history! When Tracy Porter
made that interception to guarantee a Saints victory NFLWP history was indeed
made! For the first time in our 11 year history we have a 3-way tie for
first place and therefore this year we crown 3
Champions!
Congratulations to King Jason,
King Ken
and Queen Stephanie!!!
Well done!
Shawn Presenting 2 of our 3 Champions with our
trophy!
This year marked my
final year as a fan of two teams. I have always felt funny when someone
asks who my favorite team is and I say the Saints and the
Packers. So I made a decision to choose one over the other. Now that I
have a daughter who is interested in football I want to see my
grandfather's legacy continue through to the next generation in my
household and I look forward to teaching Julie (and hopefully my other 2
as well) about football and why we are Packer fans! As I stated
earlier this season, I had hoped to go out on top this year seeing the
Saints win it all but had determined that no matter what, I would be
hanging up my Saints hat for good at the end of our 11th year here at
NFLWP. I'm man
enough to admit that toward the end of the regular season I really
didn't think the Saints would pull it off and I bailed on them a bit
early; a decision Shawn has given me a hard time about each week since I
made my public announcement. There
is however one fan who did not bail on them, my brother, and he not only
got to see his team win the Super Bowl, he is also our Post
Season Champ! Congratulations Todd
for going 8-3 in the post season. Take care of all the Saints stuff I've
handed over to you, it took me years to collect it all - by the way, you
are the first to ever wear that hat I gave you. I cut the tag off as we
walked out the door to come watch the game at your house! I've decided
to keep the T-shirt since my father-in-law is the one who gave it to me
:)
My last chance to wear my Saints gear! And yes
Steph those beads did come from New Orleans!
With the Super Bowl
coming to and end so does another year here at NFLWP! But before we go,
here are the standings for the regular season, post season and lastly
our overall standings for 2009-2010.
The
2009-2010 regular season standings:
T-1st Jason
Frisbee (179-77)
T-1st Ken Parrish (179-77)
T-1st Stephanie Parrish (179-77) T-4th Ben Parrish (177-79) T-4th Scott
Goodman (177-79)
T-6th Eddie
Burgess (176-80)
T-6th Stuart
Whitaker (176-80)
T-8th Becky Parrish (173-83) T-8th Todd
Whitaker (173-83)
T-10th Aaron
Horton (172-84)
T-10th Earl
Long (172-84)
12th Shawn
Parrish (170-86) 13th Steve Parrish (169-87)
T-14th Cody
Carr (168-88)
T-14th Steve
Battenfeld (168-88)
16th Rob
Miller (164-92)
17th Jerry
Parrish (163-93) 18th Haley
Wherry (160-96)
19th Greg
Cruz (159-97)
20th Gary
Fields (158-98)
21st Greg
Jamerson (149-107)
The
2009-2010
post season standings:
1st Todd
Whitaker (8-3)
T-2nd Ben Parrish (7-4)
T-2nd Shawn
Parrish (7-4)
T-2nd Steve
Battenfeld (7-4)
T-2nd Stuart
Whitaker (7-4)
T-6th Becky Parrish (6-5)
T-6th Cody
Carr (6-5)
T-6th Earl
Long (6-5)
T-6th Greg
Jamerson (6-5)
T-6th Haley
Wherry (6-5)
T-6th Jason
Frisbee (6-5)
T-6th Jerry
Parrish (6-5)
T-6th Ken
Parrish (6-5)
T-6th Rob
Miller (6-5)
T-6th Scott
Goodman (6-5)
T-6th Stephanie Parrish (6-5)
T-17th Aaron
Horton (5-6)
T-17th Gary
Fields (5-6)
T-19th Eddie
Burgess (4-7)
T-19th Greg
Cruz (4-7)
21st Steve Parrish (3-8)
The
2009-2010
final over-all standings:
T-1st Jason
Frisbee (185-82)
T-1st Ken
Parrish (185-82) T-1st Stephanie Parrish (185-82) 4th Ben Parrish (184-83) T-5th Scott
Goodman (183-84)
T-5th Stuart
Whitaker (183-84)
7th Todd
Whitaker (181-86)
8th Eddie
Burgess (180-87)
9th Becky Parrish (179-88)
T-10th Earl
Long (178-89)
T-11th Aaron
Horton (177-90)
T-11th Shawn
Parrish (177-90)
13th Steve
Battenfeld (175-92)
14th Cody
Carr (1174-93)
15th Steve Parrish (172-95) 16th Rob
Miller (170-97)
17th Jerry
Parrish (169-98) 18th Haley
Wherry (166-101)
T-19th Greg
Cruz (163-104)
T-19th Gary
Fields (163-104)
21st Greg
Jamerson (155-112)
CONGRATULATIONS JASON FRISBEE,
KEN PARRISH and STEPHANIE PARRISH!!
There
you have it. All of your hard work has led these final standings. How did
you do? Did you do better than last year? Head over to our Archives
page to see!
Lastly
we need to have our final induction of the season! Making his 4th
appearance and for the 3rd year in a row we induct Greg
Jamerson into the Corner
of Losers! Wow, I
really thought this was going to be your best year ever Greg- looks like I
was wrong again! Maybe next year.
Thanks
everyone for another wonderful year here at NFL Weekly Picks! Now what in
the world are we going to do with our Sunday afternoons?
I've decided to leave the
end of the year columns from our very own NFLWP Think Tank below for
now. So if you haven't read/watched them again do it now, they could be
gone at any moment.
So What Do You Think?
Poll by Todd Whitaker
Jason Campbell -> N.O. -> 501-589 -> Deion Sanders ->
Curling -> multiple men in motion -> they're grrreat -> Dungy ->
Redskins -> 3 -> Eli Manning -> Peyton Manning -> Mastercard -> Each of
your teams home games -> Ind -> Perfect Season -> Jason Campbell
Ha! we did it. We made it through the first NFLWP poll chain and it
ended up as a loop back to the beginning. I'm wondering if you all
really felt that Jason Campbell had the worst year or if you just wanted
to see the circle complete.
Well, let's look back at some of the results and see what happened over
the life of our chain. First, you said that Jason Campbell would have
the most surprising year of the players listed...yeah surprisingly bad!
Then you said N.O. would have the best turnaround year for the 8-8 teams
of last year. Looks pretty good too except they faded in the last 3
weeks...we'll see how the playoffs treat 'em. You then said New Orleans
would get between 501 and 589 total points this year...510!! Right on!!
Looks like you guys are pretty smart so far!! After a few fun opinion
polls that didn't really have a proven answer, we're back to Jason
Campbell's team, the Redskins. They were supposed to be the most
dungy...we'll not quite but almost, which leads to the next poll about
how many wins Wsh would get - the answer was 3 but they actually got 4.
Very close though. You said Eli Manning is getting overpaid - probably
true - and that his brother is a very very deserving MVP - again true.
Then on to some more opinion polls that don't really matter, and back to
Peyton with a question about who is the best undefeated home team. The
answer was Ind. That still remains to be seen, but I'd say you're
probably right there too. Here's where you then messed up....well maybe
it wasn't your fault. You said Ind would have the perfect
season....Nope, sorry Ben but your owners and coaches decided that it
wasn't important. One person got it right though saying that they would
lose week 16. Finally, you again reiterated that Jason Campbell was not
perfect and the Redskins are once again called losers on NFLWP. This is
evidenced by their coach getting fired like 12 hours after the season
ended.
So, you guys were pretty much right on with most of your answers. I
think this chain concept turned out well and I will probably do it again
next year. It was fun not having any idea what the next week would bring
because it was all based on the previous week's most popular answer. It
has been fun ya'll - good luck in the playoffs.
Don't forget to
use our
message
board to share your
wisdom, or to defend your team! And remember, ESPN frequents our
message board to get ideas for Sports Center - so be sure to include
your name on all posts so they can know who they are quoting come air
time!
Congratulations
King Jason,
King Ken and
Queen Stephanie!
Controversial
Calls
by Jerry Parrish
All good seasons must come to an
end, and so it will on this Sunday.
1) This Super Bowl is all about New Orleans. Peyton Manning is from New
Orleans. He and his family love that town. Losing to the Saints in the
Super Bowl will not be such a bad thing for him.
2) The Colts may have a high powered offense, but their Freeney-less
defense will be suspect against an equal if not better Saints Offense.
3) The weather will not factor in a game featuring two Dome teams except
for this… only a three hour downpour may quell a shootout.
4) This Super Bowl may be one of the most fun ever. Expect trick plays,
big plays, and as always, goofy commercials.
5) Expect a party on Bourbon Street, Royal Street, Toulouse, Canal, and
all the other cross streets that run along the French Quarter, because
the Saints will be Marching home with a trophy unlike any they have ever
seen in the Bayou. I’m thinking 38-35. It might even go to OT.
All that being said, my appearances may be few and far between next year
as I work on a special project for NFLWP. Till then, as always, ‘Go
Long!’