Parg wins the tie-breaker. Gonz, auf wiedersehen. The new season begins.

TT (Play your way to a championship):
Mojo (27) vs Parg (22)
Grub (25) vs Tut (24)

Sitting, watching, cheering:
Gonz (22)

MP (play your way out of the sewer):
Mambwick (20) Vs Mambearl (6)
MambE (18) Vs Mamburt (12)

Send me your picks by midnight central Thursday, or post them directly to the grublog. Seven selections. Please include the spread and the opponent. Ties broken on Monday if necessary.

For-sure Playoff Contendahs
Grub 25
Mojo 26 or 27, I think either did or came darn close to running the table
Tut 24 came through big, with at least 4 wins, after starting at 20

Fighting to get in (one will make it, one will Burt, meaning you're in the middle)
Parg (had 22, needed one point, put it all on Notre Dame, still needs one point)
Gonz is in at 22 (Navy covered for 5, and Rutgets did not play)

The Mamboff Pairings:
Mambwick (20) Vs Mambearl (6)
MambE (18) Vs Mamburt (12)

The tie Parg Vs. Gonz. Breaking the tie involves the Monday night football game: Pick the total points scored by both teams. Closest wins. Send this point total to me before the game starts.

Note: In the first post, I said without going over. That could easily lead to another tie, and we don't want that. Please verify that you know what's going by commenting on the grublog.

Rules for the Mamboffs/Playoffs:
1. Pick 7 games from the provided games listed by midnight Thursday CST. Tie-Breaker: Total points scored in the Husker game.
2. Please include both teams and the spread to help me spot the games
3. Send your selections only to me if you're worried about your opponent seeing your picks. I will post all selections on the grublog Friday night. I will send my picks to Wick.
4. Burt please don't blow it off.
5. Mamboff losers continue to the MambyPamby Chumpionship. Playoff winners advance to the TT Championship.

Gonz 5
Parg 5
Earl 5
Mojo 4
Grub 3
Tut 3
Wick 0
Burt 0
E 0

Standings
Grub +22
Mojo +22
Parg +22
Tut +20
E +18
Gonz +17
Wick +15
Burt +12
Earl +6

We'll work out a tie-break if we need it. Good luck all.

Front Runners
Do we really need playoffs, or should we just let the regular season decide it? Let's put it to a blog vote. Make your comments known.
Grub +19
E +18
Mojo +18

Control your destiny
Magic number for the playoffs is 23.
Tut +17
Parg +17

Bubble boy
Experiened a Clinton Market week, but is still on the outside looking in.
Wick +15

Danger Will Robinson
Likely need to go for broke and win the last two weeks avoid Mamboffs
Burt +12
Gonz +12

Guaranteed Mamboff Participant
Win the rest, and you'll still only have 11 wins, but fear not! The Mamboffs are coming.
Earl +1

Grub--has a horrible, piss-poor, agonizingly terrible week. On the other hand, he did better than Wick, Gonz, and Earl combined. There is a god.
Mojo--+4 the hard way, my man. Well done.
Burt--Passes Wick, as predicted last week.
Tut--Calls in +5 from the Tundra
E and Parg--We assume they're doing OK, but don't really know.

Standings:
E +18 Don't want to be an American Idiot
Grub +16 Don't want a nation under the new media
Mojo +16 And can you hear the sounds of hysteria?
Tut +15 The subliminal mindfuck America

Burt +12 Welcome to a new kind of tension
Parg +12 All across the alien nation

Wick +9 Where everything isn't meant to be ok
Gonz +7 Television dreams of tomorrow
Earl +1 We aren't the ones who are meant to follow
For that's enough to argue

Special notes:
1. Earl cannot catch E, and can only tie me and mojo if he goes 15-for-15 the next three weeks, and if me and mojo pull wick/earls all three weeks

2. Projected Mamb-Offs field: Earl, Gonz, Wick, and someone who will cut and run

3. To paraphrase Wick from an earlier email, "Who the hell was SC?"