Farside Football Pool: The 2017 Season
Some Important Files from this Season:
Show Me The Family Money and Show Me The High-Stakes Money Who's winning what this season.
NFL Team Schedules: Arizona to Kansas City Each team's schedule with opponents, game scores, home, away and total records and checkmarks by the team's wins so you can see the streaks clearly.
NFL Team Schedules: Miami to Washington Same thing for the back half of the alphabet.
The Pool Week by Week so you can look back and see how people have fared this season. You can also see patterns of winning in the A History of Winning (Family Pool) and A History of Winning (High Stakes) reports, dating back to 1999.
The table below has links to the individual weeks' entry forms, results, dots and comments. The dates of the Sundays are links to the NFL weekly scores and from there you can get at each game's Gamebook, if you're really into it. Below all that is some archival stuff from past seasons. Have fun!
Farside History
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The The 2014 Farside Season Week by Week allows you to look back to see who was doing well all the Farside season! This was the season that more of the ugly reality of the NFL became exposed. It kicked off with Baltimore running back Ray Rice knocking out his fiancee on video on an elevator and the NFL giving a two-game suspension, half that given for smoking marijuana. A shitstorm descended on the NFL's head, and they hurriedly increased the penalty. Minnesota's own Adrian Peterson was sanctioned for hitting a four-year-old son with a switch enough to scar him. He was suspended by the team and league for the rest of the season with his future status unclear until mid-summer 2016, while his unabashed admitting of the act left hanging uncomfortable questions about differing child rearing practices in the South and in the African-American community. The season ended with a dramatic last-second defensive stand by the New England Patriots to beat the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl against an amusing scandal involving the Patriots' cheating (of course), this time by underinflating game balls when they clobbered Indy in the AFC Championship game. The straight-faced press conferences regarding the firmness of Tom Brady's balls were hilarious. The NFL looked like idiots all season, pontificating as if they were keepers of the nation's morals and not a cabal of grifters making money from crippling their employees for our amusement. The League did finally surrender its tax-exempt status, less out of a sense of civic duty than to deflect the glare of bad publicity and also stop having to report Commissioner Roger Goodell's salary ($44 million) (not bad for running a non-profit). Meanwhile, in the pool, you can see how people did monetarily by referring to Show Me The Family Money and Show Me The High-Stakes Money which show who won how much. You can also see the Family Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order and the High Stakes Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order, both as of season-end, and the 2014 Family Units, to see how the various intra-family competitions went, even across pools. You can also read about the Farside season in here at the 2014 Farside emails.
As for the actual football, you can see the 2014 NFL Team Schedules: Arizona to Kansas City and 2014 NFL Team Schedules: Miami to Washington.
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The The 2013 Farside Season Week by Week allows you to look back to see who was doing well all the Farside season! This is the season where Peyton Manning's Denver Broncos romped to the Super Bowl with the highest-performing NFL offense ever only to be dismembered by Seattle in the Super Bowl. Meanwhile, in the pool, you can see how people did monetarily by referring to Show Me The Family Money and Show Me The High-Stakes Money which show who won how much. You can also see the Family Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order and the High Stakes Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order, both as of season-end, and the 2013 Family Units, to see how the various intra-family competitions went, even across pools. You can also read about the Farside season in here at the 2013 Farside emails.
As for the actual football, you can see the 2013 NFL Team Schedules: Arizona to Kansas City and 2013 NFL Team Schedules: Miami to Washington.
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The The 2012 Farside Season Week by Week allows you to look back to see who was doing well all the Farside season! If you want to get right down to brass tacks, go to Show Me The Family Money and Show Me The High-Stakes Money which show who won how much. You can also see the Family Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order and the High Stakes Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order, both as of season-end, and the 2012 Family Units, to see how the various intra-family competitions went, even across pools. You can also read about us; here is the Welcome Back email text from the season opener, in which I catch up on the Cole's doings. Think of it as a Christmas newsletter from someone you hardly know.
As for the actual football, you can see the 2012 NFL Team Schedules: Arizona to Kansas City and 2012 NFL Team Schedules: Miami to Washington.
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The The 2011 Farside Season Week by Week allows you to follow see who was placing well all the Farside season! If you want to get right to the nut cuttin', go to Show Me The Family Money and Show Me The High-Stakes Money which show who won how much. You can also see the Family Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order and the High Stakes Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order, both as of season-end, and the 2011 Family Units, to see how the various intra-family competitions went. You can also read about us; here is the Welcome Back email text from the season opener, in which I catch up on the Cole's doings. Think of it as a Christmas newsletter from someone you hardly know.
The Vikings, as is their wont, take on yet another fading used quarterback, in this case, Donovan McNabb, pretty good with the Eagles and an utter flop with the Redskins. Great things for the Vikes? Nope. We end the season 3-13, and without an agreement in place for a replacement for the Metrodome. Not long after the Super Bowl, the deadline passes by where the Vikes could actually move, but then a visit from Roger Goodell (NFL Commissioner) seems to focus attention, and a stadium deal gets done to build 'em a new one.
As for the actual football, you can see the 2011 NFL Team Schedules: Arizona to Kansas City and 2011 NFL Team Schedules: Miami to Washington.
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The The 2010 Farside Season Week by Week allows you to follow see who was placing well all the Farside season! If you want to get right to the nut cuttin', go to Show Me The Family Money and Show Me The High-Stakes Money which show who won how much. You can also see the Family Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order and the High Stakes Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order, both as of season-end, and the 2010 Family Units, to see how the various intra-family competitions went.
You can see the Farside Season Finalé Email, summarizing people's 2010 Farside year.
This is the season the Packers beat the Steelers in the Super Bowl and the Vikings' two-year experiment with Brett Favre, who turned 41 during the season, ended. The bad things Matt predicted last year come true this time. The perfect methaphor for the Vike's season is when a big blizzard in early December collapses the roof of the Metrodome. The Vikes play one “home” game in Detroit, the next in the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers' football stadium and then, to cap a weird year, play on a Tuesday night in Philly due to a blizzard there. First Tuesday NFL game since 1949. Vikes win. We Own Tuesday Night! Favre retires at end of season (so what else is new?), only his second losing campaign, and Brad Childress let go.
As for the actual football, you can see the 2010 NFL Team Schedules: Arizona to Kansas City and 2010 NFL Team Schedules: Miami to Washington.
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Read the The 2009 Farside Season Week by Week, which allows you to follow see who was placing well all the Farside season! You can also check out
Show Me The Family Money and Show Me The High-Stakes Money which show who won how much in 2009 and the Family Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order, the High Stakes Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order and the new 2009 Family Units to see how the various intra-family competitions went.
The Vikings take on used quarterback Brett Favre, who turns 40 during the season. He'd done a year with the Jets after the Packers got tired of him, left under a cloud from certain, ahem, personal photos, which he sent to a buxom young female staffer. Matt predicts bad things. Matt's wrong until 00:19 left in the 4th Quarter of the NFC Championship game against New Orleans when Favre heave-hoes an interception to kill a winning drive. To be fair, the 4 team turnovers prior to that one didn't help. Or the 12 men in the huddle penalty. Or the Saints engaging fully in bounty-hunting, Bountygate, for which they'd later be sanctioned. The dirty Saints go on to win the Super Bowl, beating Indianapolis.
If you want to see how the actual teams did, consult the 2009 NFL Team Schedules: Arizona to Kansas City and 2009 NFL Team Schedules: Miami to Washington, which show the regular season for each team.
- Show Me The Family Money and Show Me The High-Stakes Money Who won how much in 2008. You can also see the Family Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order and the High Stakes Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order, both as of season-end. Also, the The 2008 Farside Season Week by Week allows you to see who was placing during the Farside season! This year Brett Favre played for the New York Jets.
- The The 2007 Farside Season Week by Week allows you to see who was placing well all through the Farside season! Show Me The Family Money and Show Me The High-Stakes Money Who won in 2007. The High Stakes Pool went to $2 this season, my father's final year in the Pool. You can also see the final Family Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order and the High Stakes Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order for the season.
- The The 2006 Farside Season Week by Week allows you to see who was placing well throughout the Farside season! Additionally, there are the Show Me The Family Money and Show Me The High-Stakes Money reports showing who won what when in 2006. Hey, look, I won a week! In the actual Family Pool! Finally! After all these years! Woo-Hoo!! The High Stakes Pool limps along at $5 a week, low participation. You see the season-ending Family Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order and High Stakes Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order.
- The The 2005 Farside Season Week by Week allows you to see who was doing what throughout the Farside season! There is also the Show Me 2005's Money report showing who won what when in 2005. Matt wins the 12-person High Stakes pool with its $5-a-week buy-in. The Family Pool remains highly competitive. You can also see the season-ending Family Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order and the High Stakes Pool Participants Ranked in Seasonal Order.
- Show Me 2004's Money Who won what when in 2004. No Matt yet again. There is The 2004 Farside Season Week by Week report allowing you to see who was placing well during the Farside season.
- Show Me 2003's Money Who won what when in 2003. Damn. However, you can read the The 2003 Farside Season Week by Week report which shows you who was placing well during the Farside season.
- Show Me 2002's Money Who won what when in 2002. Nope, not there this year either. The first year for the The 2002 Farside Season Week by Week report allowing you to see who was placing well during the Farside season.
- Show Me 2001's Money Who won what when in 2001. Sigh. This is the year terrorists attacked New York and Washington, causing Week 2 to get moved to Week 18.
- Show Me 2000's Money Who won what when last year. I am notably absent yet again.
- Show Me 1999's Money Who won what when in 1999. You're getting pretty darn bored if you're reading this!
How'd last season go, anyway?
Past Year's Regular-Season Team Schedules and Results
- 2008 NFL Team Schedules: Arizona to Kansas City Each team's schedule with opponents, game scores, home, away and total records and checkmarks by the team's wins so you can see the streaks clearly.
- 2008 NFL Team Schedules: Miami to Washington The Vikings win the NFC North! Two of the wins are against the 0-16 Detroit Lions, and one of those was a close thing. Philadelphia comes here and clobbers the Purple, making for a short playoff run. Arizona loses late to Pittsburgh in Super Bowl. I'll miss Kurt Warner.
- 2007 NFL Team Schedules: Arizona to Kansas City Each team's schedule with opponents, game scores, home, away and total records and checkmarks by the team's wins so you can see the streaks clearly.
- 2007 NFL Team Schedules: Miami to Washington The Vikings stumble through another season, Patriots undefeated in regular season, lose late in Super Bowl.
- 2006 NFL Team Schedules: Arizona to Kansas City Each team's schedule with opponents, game scores, home, away and total records and checkmarks by the team's wins so you can see the streaks clearly.
- 2006 NFL Team Schedules: Miami to Washington Brad Childress takes over the Vikings who are as boring and aggravating as they've been in years. Matt goes to a Vikings game, has umbrella confiscated, has boycotted them ever since.
- 2005 NFL Team Schedules: Arizona to Kansas City Each team's schedule with opponents, game scores, home, away and total records and checkmarks by the teams' wins so you can see the streaks clearly.
- 2005 NFL Team Schedules: Miami to Washington See Mike Tice's final season at the Vikings.
- 2004 NFL Team Schedules: Arizona to Kansas City
- 2004 NFL Team Schedules: Miami to Washington Well, we beat Green Bay in a playoff game. That oughta count for something. Final year with Randy Moss in Purple. He said from the outset he'd never win a Super Bowl here. Guess he was right.
- 2003 NFL Team Schedules: Arizona to Kansas City Each team's schedule with opponents, game scores, home, away and total records and checkmarks by the team's wins so you can see the streaks clearly.
- 2003 NFL Team Schedules: Miami to Washington Ahhh, yes, 6-0 to start, season ends with Cardinals scoring TD on 4th and 25 as time expires! Noooooo!
- 2002 NFL Team Schedules: Arizona to Miami
- 2002 NFL Team Schedules: Minnesota to Washington Same thing for the back half of the alphabet.
- 2001 NFL Team Schedules: Arizona to Miami
- 2001 NFL Team Schedules: Minnesota to Washington Same thing for the back half of the alphabet.
- 2000 NFL Team Schedules: Arizona to Miami
- 2000 NFL Team Schedules: Minnesota to Washington Relive Minnesota's march to, well, a humiliating 41-0 defeat in the NFC Championship. Oh well.
- 1999 NFL Team Schedules: Arizona to Miami The year's results so you can see how things went for Arizona to Miami, in Dan Marino's last season.
- 1999 NFL Team Schedules: Minnesota to Washington The same thing for the back half of the alphabet including Jeff George's tenure at Minnesota. We didn't need him any more.
Old Tuesday Morning Quarterbacks
A History of the Farside Pool
If you want, you can read my History of the Pool which sort of runs over the background that brought us to this juncture. It's come a long way, from the hand-figured ones in which I first participated in the early 1980s to the Lotus/Allways versions of the late 1980s to the current Excel-driven and web-based iteration. This will only really have interest if the game is really really bad and the weather's kind of cruddy too.
Page last updated 8/2/2016. Early entry forms added. Format in transition.
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