Week 15

Congratulations for Week 15 are ready to be dished out. This is the second consecutive first place finish for Team Lanning. Last week, you may recall, they shared the booty with Gina Mittnacht. I use that term - booty - very deliberately, as it is one of Molly Lanning's (age 4) favorites. Don't know if it means anything or not, but since she is doing all the picks this season and it seems to be working, I thought you might like to be in on the secret.

Also, Molly put on a little concert yesterday. She wants a hippopotamus for Christmas. Chad likely now has the down payment he needs.

Rick Tulloch hangs tough for second place, narrowly beating out Brother Jon by way of tiebreaker points. Rick, your award is scheduled to be presented by the young lady pictured. All she needs is your jersey number and for you to throw for 300 yards and 3 touchdowns. Otherwise, you're old news and you'll have to settle for $20 from yours truly, which I'm pretty sure won't cover even one of Jessica's hair extensions.

Jim Wiesner continues his torrid run for the top spot, enjoying a 19 point gap over Tulloch. At the other end, Mr Gullo is plummeting willfully toward the Mendoza Line, and if no one decides to go after him, a modest sum and the Brian Billick Trophy will be enshrined in Bill's trophy case forever.

Only two weeks remain, and week 16 starts Thursday night with Pittsburgh at St Louis. Two teams most of us don't want to see on the network almost none of us can watch. Woohoo!