WEEK FIVE AND A RULE CLARIFICATION!!!
Rule clarification (please read)
Picks are due each week by 6 Pm CDT on the day of the week's first game. ANY picks received after kickoff of the first game will automatically lose not only that first game but the 4 point penalty as well. For example - this weeks first game is Thursday with a kickoff at 7:30 ET (6:30 CDT) If a poolie submits their picks after the deadline that games choice will be automatically removed and they will also be given a 4 point penalty. If they were to submit their picks after the start of the weeks second game (Friday 9 pm ET) they would lose both games picks and a 4 point penalty. I will try to send out reminder emails before each weeks picks are due but if you can't figure out when the games start each week you can check the TSN website (link provided on this blog).
As mentioned this weeks picks are due on Thursday and just a reminder that this is the one and only 5 point suicide week. If you decide to use it each game correct will gain you 5 points but each game incorrect will lose you 5 points. Hence, 3 right (15) minus 2 wrong (10) would leave you with 5 points for the week.
Now, to week five!
Interesting week for a lot of poolies. The Bomber upset of the Als caught the majority off-guard and tonights thrashing of the Riders threw everyone but 2 for a loop. Congrats go out to my lovely wife Cindy as she was the only perfect week! She vowed to not embarass our child with her lowly standing in the CFL pool and is obviously serious about that pledge.
Grant Hilliard 40 (8) ++*
Dan Roberts 39 (8) +*
Dr. Don Klassen 36 (5) +*
Blair Morton 35 (6) **
Kevin Hilliard 34 (4) +*
Eymond Toupin 33 (5) **
Jason Hoeppner 33 (5) *
Ron Koop 33 (8) +
Chad Klassen 33 (5) **
Greg Loeppky 33 (5) *
Jerry Loeppky 32 (8) +
Mark Klassen 31 (5) *
Sean Fagan 30 (3) **
Greg Hilliard 30 (5) *
Sara Mathison 29 (6) +
Jeff Hoeppner 28 (8) *
Myron Dyck 28 (8)
El Presidente 28 (5) *
Cindy Hiebert 24 (11) *
Jonathan Hildebrand 23 (2)
posted by El Presidente @ 11:41 PM
30 comments
30 Comments:
thaks for the clarification swatter ... next time use BIGGER FONTS! glad i have Hans Moleman vision or else reading 2 words a line would be really annoying...
perfect season is now ruined - go bombers!!!, and go section el!
czar
I'm going to have to agree with the Czar's call for even bigger fonts. Let's make it even more frustrating to read though. How about yellow writing on a white background?
I'd write more, but I have to take some painkillers for the headache I got trying to read that post... More to come.
Signed,
The Koop.
Punctual, efficient, courteous sevice and this is what I get? Ok Ok...maybe the fonts were a little outlandish, so sue me. Technical glitches may arise when you have a regime change. Yet, how can you overlook my use of new techniques like photos? No high praise for that one!
And by the way, what are you doing up so early on a Sunday morning Koopie? I mean, I can see Czar-boy over there what with a mouth to feed and a butt to spank but you? Or do you have some spanking to do too? Oops, was that inappropriate? Who cares! I started this blog I'll say what I want.
El Presidente
I always put my alarm on for 5:30 am on the morning after the last game of the week. When I wake up, I log onto this blog and keep hitting "refresh" until you've posted the updated stats. "Obsessed," you say? Well... maybe, but ever since those restraining orders I've had a lot more spare time.
Okay, Swatter... I'm going to say this once: Good work on the prompt posting. Sure the fonts need some work (has anyone else noticed that it gets bigger with each post?), but I do approve of your no-nonesense approach to tardiness around here. This approach may come to a shock to some of the pool-fools were used to the Czar's laissez-faire attitude. But hey, you can't blame the Czar. He was too busy rigging the points for his brother and dad.
Congratulations to the fans of the Blue Bombers. They played a hell of a game. Yeah, I regret that I didn't get those extra points but I love to see Montreal lose so it's all good. (Ha ha, Fagan!)
Ch-ch-ch-check it out: http://centre_of_the_universe.blogspot.com/
Signed,
The Koop.
P.S. Fagan's a bum.
absoulutely right swatter - you are prompt, courteous, and the pix ARE a great addition! give the props where they are due, so here you go!
koop - point rigging??? i have never heard that before? almost like no one has ever heard about duke jumping on your grill!
later
czar
That's right, Grant! It's good to see some balance here on the blog. I was getting sick of these westerners who hide their jealousy of Toronto by slagging the 2004 Grey Cup Champions/2005 Team of Destiny.
Just you wait, even though the folks who came up the schedule surely are trying to screw up the Argos with an insane week, our boys here in the Centre of the Universe are up for the challenge. You'll see!
Signed,
The Koop.
EXTRA EXTRA!!! AUGUSTO HAS RETURNED
What's up with all you sheep? You know what they say about absolute power, El Prez? What's next, metal detectors and security checks?
Don't you have anything better to do than bullying a bunch of slacker football fans? Let me think what else could you be doing right now??
Try fathering your wayward son.
You all know about those South American dictators. El Presidente is morphing into Augusto Pinoche.
What is this--CFL boot camp?
What happens when we're late. Is the infamous Black Ford Falcon of Chilean fame going to pull up to our houses? And are a couple of Augusto's drones going to drag our tardy asses to the gravel pit for a D-Swat?
Augusto has too much power.
And now with a son it looks like this reign of terror is going to last for generations.
Sad days for freedom loving Poolsters (CFL Canadian Freedom League)
Complaining from exile in San Francisco:
The El Duque
PS: What's up what the font man?
Is it just me or does anyone else feel like the're back in the resource room?
El Duque, you never LEFT resource room.
"Spare the rod, spoil the child " - some smart guy
Any more smart mouthing and the "Silver Taurus Wagon of Death" will pay a visit. your new bride won't look good in black El Duque.
El Presidente
AAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGOOOOOOOOSSSSSS!!!
I believe that sums things up nicely.
Signed,
The Koop
P.S. Ha ha, Fagan!
Grant, I'm so happy right now! It reminds me of the 2004 Grey Cup when you and I celebrated together in Ottawa as the Argos hoisted up the Grey Cup after the big win... Um...wait a second... Actually, no... I was too busy taking care of your drunken son, Kevin, to celebrate with you!
Nevertheless, let's hear it for the 2004 Grey Cup Champions/2005 Team of Destiny/#1 Team in the East!
go argos! that was a sweet win! i bet on Montreal, but the heart said double blue ... now, lets wait and see what happens monday!
GO BOMBERS!!!!!
tainted a bit eastern blue,
czar
Mark
You shame us all.
El Presidente
swatter ... i do what i can.
and truthfully, who do we cheer for in the east?
cry baby matthews - come on!
ottawa - who?
the hammer - mcAnus and his tim horton crew?
double blue baby - strong defence, fighting on the sidelines, and the geriatics allen and pinball - who doesn't like that guy!
all i am saying is in the east, i cheer for the argos ... but monday, it is all bombers baby!
czar.
Way to go, Czar! Those guys out west don't understand you, but you know what? There's someone who does. The Koop understands you.
Signed,
The Koop.
P.S. Czar, I have those real estate listings for Toronto that you asked for here. Where did you want them sent?
thanks Koop - you can send them to shithole-mosquito-bad driver town MB.
thanks for all your hard work on that!
GO LEAFS!!!
czar
Hahahaha!! First we got Dan Roberts... then Mark Klassen. The gravitational pull of the Centre of the Universe is slowly dragging your most skilled and brightest minds to Toronto! Fortunately, the rest of you unskilled dumb-asses in Loserpeg and the surrounding area should be safe.
Signed,
The Koop.
Good to see that oft-hidden love can once again blossom in the public eye. Who said gay marriage would lead us down a slippery slope! Not I! If Steven Harper wants to nip this kind of true love in the bud then he'll never get my vote (well...he never would have anyway.) Good for you two! Maybe a nice little waterfront condo? Or a quaint two bedroom just off College? Trendy yet historical!
Hey wait a second...aren't you married deposed-Czar? And Koopie, what about that gaudy promise ring (cleverly disguised as an Argo Grey Cup ring 2004) you got from Mike O'Shea? Does he mean nothing to you anymore? C'mon guys...wheres the love?
On another note I've contacted Canada Customs and Revenue Agency and El Duque will be arriving back in the country any moment. We can't have him besmirching Canadians down there any longer. His insolence will not go unnoticed.
El Presidente
p.s. Deposed-Czar...in regards to who I would cheer for in the East...that would be no one. I pray that the Halifax Explosions franchise will soon come into existence so that when one of those loser clubs out East dies off they won't send us Bombers back to that crap-hole of a division.
Swatter, as Randy Bachman said:
Any love is good lovin
So I took what I could get
Yes I took what I could get
And then, and then, and then she looked at me with those big brown eyes and said
You ain't seen nothing yet
Baby you just ain't seen n-n-nothing yet
Here's something, here's something that your never forget baby, baby b-b-b-b-b-baby
Baby you just ain't seen nothing yet.
Amidst all that stuttering and bad grammar, there's a message. And I think it's clear, so I'm not going to bother telling you what it might mean or how it has anything to do with our discussion here. Suffice to say that if the best you can do to counter the desertion of Bomber fans to the Good Ship Argonaut, Swatter, is to call into question one's sexual orientation, than you'll never last as the leader of this pool.
Signed,
The Koop.
P.S. O'Shea stopped talking to me right after I poked him in the eye. Like, what's with that?!
Believe me Koopie, I have never questioned your sexual orientation. I'm only trying to celebrate it. I'm happy that in todays world, dominated by hatred and intolerance some things can truely be beautiful...
Can't we stop hurting each other,
Gotta stop hurting each other,
Making each other cry,
Breaking each others' heart,
Tearing each other apart.
-The Carpenters (Hurting Each Other)
As for my longevity? Ha! Infidels! Your pitiful whines grow tiresome. When the reins of power were loosed from the evil dictator's hands you welcomed me with open arms. Now, amidst an era of honour and truth, you despise me. Cry I say! Cry as a babe waiting for his mother's teet! Cry as an abandoned waif! Cry as El Duque cried when he fell off the pony ride outside the Altona IGA last week! Cry! Cry!
Your cries fall on deaf ears. Punishment comes as a thief in the night...
(again, maniacal laughter)
El Presidente
Geez, what's with Swatter? I'd put my money on 'the syph.'
Signed,
The "straight as a $2 coin" Koop.
Good point, Grant. Perhaps I didn't give enough consideration to those snappy new uniforms the Argos have. (The only problem is that they ALL have new uniforms! But the Argos by far, have the best of the lot.)
Yesterday, in anticipation of the big game, I went out and bought the "Grey Cup Experience 2004" DVD. I figured that since we were stuck in the end zone at the Grey Cup game and were all very drunk, it might be intersting to see what actually happened. (By the way Grant, we won!) Of course, what you don't get on the DVD is the footage of Kevin Hilliard arguing with the stadium staff about the minor fact that our seats didn't exist. They also chose to show the Tragically Hip's half-time show rather than Kevin taking a leak in the stands. And no, sadly there was no footage of Kevin puking early in the 3rd quarter.
But what I was going to get to was that I think the uniforms are a great improvement over last years'. Hopefully the home version of the new uniforms will serve them well this Monday.
Signed,
The Koop.
Hey...Eastern freaks!
Keep the Argo chatter to the Koop's blog.
El Presidente
Okay Swatter... Let's change the subject. Let's talk about the Bombers instead. Let's talk about how they've only won a single game and have lost four. Let's talk about their ineffective offensive line. Let's talk about how they're going to get their asses kicked on Monday.
Happy now?
Signed,
The Koop.
P.S. SAVE THE BOMBERS!
This week has been an interesting one in the CFL. Seven poolies opted for the suicide week and no one is on pace for a big score. Hopefully the Big Blue can scratch out a win in T.O. tomorrow.
I fondly remember last season when Koopie's boasting got him a one-week banishment from the Blog. I'd throw down the gauntlet over tomorrows game but since he's one of the few poolies who actually has the stones to open his mouth in here I'd hate to stifle him.
Go Bombers!
El Presidente
More Koop, more of the time!
Signed,
The Koop.
P.S. Can I get some more of the Koop in my monitor?
Alright poolies, its gameday! And on gameday we all play!
Bombers @ Argonauts - lets break this one down, shall we?
The Argos have a lot of good things going for them. They have a Grandpa for a quarterback (lots of experience!), they've got a kicker who can take a punch, Koopie's "friend" Mike O'Shea, and a miniature coach with the same name as the arcade game in my basement. Whats not to like!?
The Bombers on the other hand (fresh from their 10 days rest after their VICTORY!) have a young gun at QB, the most explosive rusher in the league, the witty columnist Doug Brown on the D-line, and Coach Daley who is...uhmmm...well...lets leave Coach Daley out of this.
After only 3 days rest (I have to apologize Argo fans, that really does suck) can the Argos muster enough strength to hold back the surging Bombers? Unfortunately for the Argos I think not.
Prediction
Bombers 31
Argonauts 24
El Presidente
You forgot one thing, Swatter. The Argos have home dome advantage! And that means they have the Koop (not to mention some ex-Loserpeggers) as their 13th man in the stands!
AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGOOOOOOSSSSSS!!!
Signed,
The Koop
Koopie..
Please wave a huge banner stating..
"El Duque sucks!"
This way it'll be easier to spot you as we watch your Argos being destroyed this aft.
Go Bombers!
El Presidente
Holyu Shit... Grant is throwing down the gauntlet!! You're on, Grnt.... More ato follow when I'm sober!!
Sugbaem
tGe Koop!
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