((My apologies for the delay; the movers arrived yesterday with the household items and internet finally started working today so I can wrap this up on my "real" PC!))

As much as we would like to forget the Cardinals' game against Carolina, many of us would like to forget our performance in the eighth week of the Pick'em League.  Many finished with three or four correct picks (myself included) and are feeling the hurt in the overall standings; some weathered the wild week well with six wins (AJ, bclairao, blank_38, Thomaldo, and wongy) and share the Week Won Point evenly (0.20 each).  Congratulations to y' all.

This is the last week new participants can get in on the action and meet the eligibility requirements.  To be eligible for the Pick'em Championship, participants need to have picked a total of nine weeks of the season (minimum) with the last two weeks being mandatory.  The highest qualifying winning percentage takes home the title and some Cardinals prize swag.

Pick'em Overall Standings Through Week 8 (Part 1)

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Seeing how I'm not ready to discuss the tough loss yesterday, I'll get the survival pick'em results and picks out now. The name should say it all. CardstuckinVA took a gamble on the Lions and lost. With that being said, there are now seven survivors remaining. The picks only get harder and there's another slate of tough games to pick this week. Does anyone dare pick the Cardinals at Chicago? It should be interesting. Let's look at who's left.

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Afternoon all, it's time to see how the remaining members of the survival pick'em league did last week. The reason this is the good news, bad news edition should be obvious - everyone survived, but they also used good teams and now the picking only gets harder(not to mention the schedule is brutal). As a side note, something was brought to my attention last week regarding the eliminated members. After the winner of the league is decided(and they get their prize), if there's a good amount of time left in the season we can start up Survival Pick'em League 2. The second league will be for bragging rights, so any feedback on rules or if you're interested would help. Getting back to the current league, let's look at who's left.

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Shame on all of us who picked against the Cards; or should it be all us that picked against the Cards this past week need to do it every East Coast road game if it assures a victory?  If it weren't the Giants pick, it was either picking Atlanta, Chicago or Minnesota that kept most from posting a perfect record this week...unless you're StuckinColorado.  Congratulations for posting the first perfect week this year!

Pick'em Standings Through Week 7 (Part 1)

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Once more, a newcomer to RotB's Pick'em League takes the Week Won Points with correctly picking seven of the eight games.  Congratulations, blank_38.  Many of you did well this week though some did not, registering only two correct predictions for the first time this season.  You know who you are.  ::cue game show wrong answer music - wonk, wonk, wonk::  Still, Pick'em is a marathon, not a sprint and how well you do over at least nine weeks is what really matters. 

RotB Pick'em Overall Standings Through Week 6 (Part 1)

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*Bump - Travis 23 and Hevchv haven't picked yet.

The title should speak for itself but if you must know, nine of our very own members didn't make the cut over the weekend. That can largely be blamed on the terrible effort by the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Jets. Yours truly felt the wrath of the Raiders upset, and now will find the darkest corner of my closet to go and sob. In other news, that leaves eight survivors on the list. If there was ever a time to join, now would be it. Much of the survivors have used up the "good" teams, and it only gets harder from here on out. Just as a recap, you can still join to the survivor league. The rules are easy - You pick one team each week to win, and you can't pick that same team again. If that team loses or you skip a week, you are eliminated. Whoever builds the longest streak will win Cardinals merchandise. Let's take a look at the damage.

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I know it's late guys, and hopefully everyone gets a chance to see the post. I'll re-post this everyday until Sunday. I've had a busy week and haven't been at work all week. I'm posting this from home so I don't know everyone's past picks and won't be able to post them for everyone to see. This week I'll post the links from the past five weeks so you can see your picks, and starting next week I'll have them in the table to make things easier. This week, we didn't see many surprises, other then the browns pick by Chg91. Most of us played it safe with the New York Giants or Philadelphia Eagles. Not many were eliminated either, other then Red Reign and Boogatt66, sorry guys, can't miss any weeks.

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He chose poorly...

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"He chose....poorly..." would be the theme of Week 5 in the RotB Pick'em League.  The Bengals roaring back against the Ravens put most on the "Wrong" ledger, along with the punt-spectacular Browns victory in Buffalo.  Throw in the Broncos poopy-diaper uniforms and the Orange Crush in Miami, and many of us were wishing to have used the Elmer Fudd Tactic.  A record eight participants finished 3-5 on the week, so if you saw five correct picks, count yourself lucky.  Congratulations to b0rdrline and card-deville who finished 6-2 and share the Weeks Won Point evenly (0.5).  Those who are still above the 70% correct threshold appear first, the rest of us after the jump along with the games for Week 6.

Overall Pick'em Standings Through Week 5 (Part 1)

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