Week 4 Rewind

Not to rush it, but the NFL season is a quarter of the way complete. It has been a fast and furious four weeks, and the picture is being painted: the Giants, Saints, and Vikings are dominating. Yes, the Broncos are 4-0 too, but I do not consider them to be that good. I was actually upset when Dallas blew the Sunday night game, and I rarely pull for the mediocre Cowboys. I digress. The other part of that picture is six organizations on par to repeat the 2008 Lions' bold and ugly goose egg. I would list the teams, but there's just too many. My advice to the NFL General Managers, do not fire any of your coordinators a couple weeks before the start of the season.

Let's see how the picture looks in the K&S Football Tourney:

Pic of the Week = By terms of percentage the pick of the week goes to Scrappy Coldiron and me for taking the Miami Dolphins led by former Michigan standout Chad Henne, which I think is the only reason Scrappy picked the Phins to win, to beat the Buffalo Bills. Now, if it were up to me and not some methodology, I give the weekly honors to those who selected the Jaguars to beat Tennessee. By the way, what happened to the Titans?

Player of the Week = Mississippi Slug Salters (quick introduction: former GCSU grad, current MS State grad student, and my brother-in-law numero dos) had a fab-ul-ouso week with a leading 12 points. MSS only missed 2 games, trying for an upset pick of the Browns over Cincy and then unlike me, picked the BuffalTO Bills. After a terrible week 2, he has slugged his way back into 3rd place.

Loser of the Week = 4th Steet Picks em' best was counting on a couple upsets, but when the finally whistle blew, it didn't work out so well. 4th Street had the week low of 8 points. Better luck next week.

Here is an interesting stat, all the K&S participants have a double digit point average. That will not last much longer as the Bye Weeks are among us. The Chairman has always said, 10 to win. If you dip below that double digit average you might as well call yourself a loser. That's harsh, how about just tell yourself you have no chance to win.

Overall standings (image to the right) still has SuperBowl Seahawks soaring high above us chum salmon, circling, and patiently waiting for his feast.

Tips for Winning at Life = I got a letter in the mail from the government, my social security update and newsletter. Every pay check since high school I have had my standard Medicare and social security taxes withdrawn like most people. I was reading through the newsletter and there was a section that said the Social Security funds would run if no actions were taken. I know this, this isn't new information to me. Not that I like it, but what can I do about it. This section went on to say, however, that by the time I'm ready to retire, year 2037, that I would still receive $760 for every $1000 that I paid into the program. Do you see what is wrong with this picture? Social Security is supposed to be able saving for retirement. I put in $1000 today, but only get $760 later. That is a head scratcher. The government is basically guaranteeing me that I will lose my money on my investment. That is wrong! I do not care how you look at this picture. Nobody, literally not a single person, would invest in a program that he or she knows good and well is a losing battle, but we have no choice. So the life lesson for this week, do not put your future in the hands of the government.

-- The Grand Poobah