OK people,

I have cut up all the team names and put them in a hat.
The teams drawn will be in the order that you joined the league:

1. timmyjoe42
2. Harry Helsel
3. Max
4. Sketch
5. Dreaded Marco
6. lockness lobster
7. Kristen Otto
8. Shane Soucek
9. Jeff Whiteman
10. bitterbuffallo (Toby Cox)
11. Jim Wilson
12. Keith Williams

The next twelve posts will be unedited, and will all be on Friday before any games start, so it is official.

and timmyjoe42 with the first selection gets:

Minnesota

Harry Helsel with the second selection gets:

Indianapolis

and with the third selection Max gets:

St. Louis

and Sketch with the 4th selection gets:

Pittsburgh

and Dreaded Marco with the 5th selectin gets:

NY Jets

and with the 6th selection lockness lobster:

New England

and with the 7th selection Kristen Otto gets:

Denver

and with the 8th selection Shane Soucek gets:

San Diego

and with the 9th selection Jeff Whiteman gets:

Philadelphia

and with the 10th selection bitter buffalo gets:

Atlanta

and with the 11th selection Jim Wilson gets:

Green Bay

and the final selection to Keith Williams is:

Seattle

To recap:

1. Minnesota - timmyjoe42
2. Indianapolis - Harry Helsel
3. St. Louis - Max
4. Pittsburgh - Sketch
5. NY Jets - Dreaded Marco
6. New England - lockness lobster
7. Denver - Kristen Otto
8. San Diego - Shane Soucek
9. Philadelphia - Jeff Whiteman
10. Atlanta - bitterbuffallo (Toby Cox)
11. Green Bay - Jim Wilson
12. Seattle - Keith Williams

Odds found here, using the Stardust as our official guideline.

Should be interesting!

Official odds will be posted tomorrow a.m. before any games start,

Bye week. w00t!!!!

To answer some questions that came up:

1. It is my understanding that if a team is favored by 10 and they win by 10 that they covered the spread and therefore the push should go to the favorite.

2. This weekend's odds are:

Seattle over St. Louis by 4
San Diego over NY Jets by 7
Indianapolis over Denver by 10
Green Bay over Minnesota by 6

I think most sports books call that a push, and nobody wins. For the sake of this contest, obviously that's not going to work. It's your game, so you make the call----push goes to the favorite?

Yes. I am considering if they meet the spread, they cover it.

Tim and Kristen have got to be stoked. It has been a good weekend for visiting sides so far, a fairly easy victory for St. Louis, and a nail-biter, back-and-forth for the J E T S (Jets, Jets, Jets!), when those games usually go to the home team.

And, just a note: the Packers have lost at Lambeau in the playoffs (27-7 against the Falcons in '03 (following '02 season)), nearly lost last year (winning on third possession in overtime against Seattle), and have gone but 4-4 at home so far this year (including a loss to the Bears; yes, that's right, I'll admit, Spade Kat). Now, if only Moss shows up to play -- preferably like he did on a rainy Monday Night in October '98 (three td, each from at least 40 yards out (I think)). Would be wicked awesome.

ok, the people out this week are:

7. Denver - Kristen Otto
8. San Diego - Shane Soucek
11. Green Bay - Jim Wilson
12. Seattle - Keith Williams

Congratulations to all the people that made it thru. It was a weekend for the underdogs. We'll see if that holds up next week too!

I made it through the wilderness of Seatle. But god-damn I wish the Pack had won. It's going to be a looooong off-season in Packerland.

Favre retires. Sherman is fired from both gm and coach.

Pioli for gm and president of football operations? Would he think to bring in Norm Chow from SC as head coach?

Maybe trade up and grab Alex Smith or Leinart in the draft?

Just some thoughts...

OK, so for week 2 the matchups with the preliminary spreads are:

Pittsburgh (Sketch) 9 point favorite over the New York Jets (Dreaded Marco)
Atlanta (bitterbuffallo) 7 point favorite over St. Louis (Max)
Philadelphia (Jeff Whiteman) 9.5 point favorite over Minnesota (timmyjoe42)
New England (lockness lobster) 2.5 point favorite over Indianapolis (Harry Helsel)