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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.

Pick Em Standings!

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Dec 6 2009, 1:41 PM ET Comment

Forgot about these somehow.Funny how that happens when you suck.




Rank

Pick Set Name

Total Points

W-L

1

sgwhiteinfla

719

92-67

2

Go Bengals!

718

90-69

3

Singapore Slingers

711

81-78

4

Electric Messiah

709

83-76

5

Dan W

708

88-71

6

Bearable

707

84-75

7

DBetts

706

90-69

8

BlindHope

700

86-73

9

Child OfAnNFCEastDivorce

700

88-71

10

Odoacer's Guesses

700

90-69

11

thegunner1981

696

86-73

12

Please Dont Hit the Scoreboard

696

85-74

13

Jerry's Kids

696

84-75

14

The Ballad of Ron Mexico

695

86-73

15

Josh's Picks

692

85-74

16

Team Mulva

687

89-70

17

Weehawken Toffees

687

84-75

18

SKI's Selections

687

86-73

19

Districto Federal

684

80-79

20

allusionist

683

82-77

21

Wookies

683

81-78

22

19th St. Gangsters

679

83-76

23

BisonMightyBison

678

85-74

24

Also.

677

80-79

25

Bright Green Future

673

83-76

26

jenawesome

672

86-73

27

szspeak

672

85-74

28

Go Sqaudron Go

671

84-75

29

Blandas

671

87-72

30

Dirk Diggler

669

83-76

31

drlemur

669

81-78

32

the oxford set

669

86-73

33

Defpotec

669

85-74

34

lheger

666

80-79

35

The Best Guesses

666

86-73

36

ScoutAbouts

666

85-74

37

Juba

665

85-74

38

CitizenE

665

87-72

39

dondrapersdemons

663

79-80

40

Chi Picks

662

81-78

41

bloodstar

662

82-77

42

Capt. Zubaz

659

84-75

43

Pickin' the nose

658

82-77

44

Shoestring Tackle

654

80-79

45

Hot Sauce Committee

652

78-81

46

Shark Week Every Week

652

83-76

47

Far East Beasts

652

80-79

48

Waimea Rancheros

650

86-73

49

daveintexas

649

83-76

50

tinare

648

82-77

51

Blowed Up

646

79-80

52

wolfpack

645

84-75

53

Persia's Picks

643

84-75

54

motownjunk

641

82-77

55

Turf on Your Tonsils

639

78-81

56

sean_in_nh

639

81-78

57

Replacements

637

83-76

58

N0chance - mjnewton

637

83-76

59

Steven Donegal

634

77-82

60

Who We Thought They Were

633

77-82

61

BreakerBaker

633

75-84

62

TW Andrews

632

81-78

63

thephoenixnyc

632

77-82

64

BetterThanYou

631

76-83

65

Eric K

626

88-71

66

Incertus(Brian)

625

77-82

67

Will in STL

625

75-84

68

Egan's Picks

624

82-77

69

Fightin' Gremlins

624

79-80

70

The Blue Lanterns

623

85-74

71

Baba Booey

622

79-80

72

The Foulness

620

85-74

73

obscene

619

78-81

74

altonsmith101

619

78-81

75

Burgh AC

616

80-79

76

Torgo3

614

79-80

77

Seymour's Ghost

614

75-84

78

DougEMI

613

77-82

79

AZfootballfan

613

76-83

80

scoundrels

612

77-82

81

Bevo's Ballsack

609

73-86

82

leland

607

71-88

83

Eric F

606

76-83

84

Tom Brady's Achilles Ankle

603

76-83

85

Death Panel

601

74-85

86

At Least We Got Herschel

600

76-83

87

TObills

599

72-87

88

Green Cup

596

77-82

89

VandelayIndustries

583

80-79

90

ticats

578

76-83

91

ThrowingDarts

577

72-87

92

CJ_in_Harlem

572

83-76

93

drbec4dacolts

567

72-87

94

roadrunner

567

73-86

95

Imby

565

67-92

96

brooklynj

558

67-92

97

Cambridge Royal Giants

557

65-94

98

Da Demondeacs

556

73-86

99

the pineapple express

555

66-93

100

Lincoln Abes

546

66-93

101

Douchemanzadah

528

69-90

102

Karate Fists FTW

521

68-91

103

Jesse S

519

65-94

104

The Bailoutees

519

76-83

105

ClubberMyPredictionisPainLang

510

68-91

106

I Dream of Mangini

493

62-97

107

DirtyLiberal

491

63-96

108

Wonderlic My Balls

481

57-102

109

J-Dubs Pix

473

59-100

110

DW

468

61-98

111

jennifer_oh_jenny

441

59-100

112

OGWiseman

426

52-107

113

Gobblegobblegobble

417

55-104

114

earninghemistway

404

48-111

115

Justin C

398

49-110

116

nixpix

393

53-106

117

brendan

388

51-108

118

Law Abiding

364

47-112

119

Johannesburg Prawns

351

44-115

120

BruceCrew

348

48-111

121

NYDCWolv

340

49-110

122

ajb498

316

40-119

123

Miskatonic Minions

309

36-123

124

TheBulge

303

39-120

125

bertie

301

38-121

126

BrockAun's Picks

216

24-135

127

bourbon renewal

215

27-132

128

Jordan

213

50-109

129

Orton Hears Some Booooos

209

32-127

130

DC Texans

181

25-134

131

Tim Allen Is Not Very Funny

179

24-135

132

CerebralOllie

178

35-124

133

H.N.I.C.

170

20-139

134

beauzeau

167

22-137

135

VandyGirl

161

32-127

136

the fighting dogs

156

19-140

137

AndrewG

153

18-141

138

Pats Guy

72

9-150

139

Team Better Than You

70

8-151

140

A-Web

68

8-151

141

bobcats

16

14-145

142

MarcFein

16

11-148

143

l

0

22-109

144

AJCinSC

0

0-159

145

Ellis Carver

0

13-146

146

Ghetto Defendant

0

0-159

147

viktor vaughn

0

10-149

148

What's a Pick Set?

0

0-159

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