Read Em And Weep--This Week's Pick Em Ratings

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Wow. Blood on the walls. Mostly mine. Sg and Dwayne are still killing it. I liked to take this opportunity to hype Dwayne's book. My man isn't just a master of the spread--he's sick with the word-play, too.

Rank	Pick Set Name	Total Points	W-L
1	sgwhiteinfla	517	67-45
2	DBetts	511	69-43
3	Singapore Slingers	508	59-53
4	BisonMightyBison	506	64-48
5	Go Bengals!	503	64-48
6	altonsmith101	502	64-48
7	Odoacer's Guesses	500	67-45
8	Capt. Zubaz	499	65-47
9	Electric Messiah	497	61-51
10	lheger	496	59-53
11	Bearable	496	61-51
12	drlemur	492	61-51
13	dondrapersdemons	490	60-52
14	Chi Picks	488	59-53
15	Bright Green Future	488	59-53
16	wolfpack	486	64-48
17	BlindHope	485	60-52
18	Team Mulva	484	64-48
19	The Blue Lanterns	483	65-47
20	Juba	483	61-51
21	bloodstar	482	59-53
22	Wonderlic My Balls	481	57-55
23	thegunner1981	481	61-51
24	Blandas	479	65-47
25	Replacements	478	63-49
26	Jerry's Kids	477	56-56
27	ScoutAbouts	477	60-52
28	szspeak	476	61-51
29	SKI's Selections	476	60-52
30	Shark Week Every Week	475	61-51
31	Also.	474	59-53
32	Who We Thought They Were	473	56-56
33	Wookies	473	56-56
34	Blowed Up	472	57-55
35	Please Dont Hit the Scoreboard	472	59-53
36	BreakerBaker	472	54-58
37	Weehawken Toffees	472	58-54
38	Karate Fists FTW	466	61-51
39	Pickin' the nose	465	58-54
40	Dirk Diggler	463	60-52
41	tinare	461	61-51
42	Will in STL	461	54-58
43	allusionist	460	55-57
44	jenawesome	459	63-49
45	Go Sqaudron Go	459	59-53
46	Dan W	458	60-52
47	Josh's Picks	457	58-54
48	Defpotec	456	58-54
49	BetterThanYou	456	59-53
50	Cambridge Royal Giants	455	52-60
51	Incertus(Brian)	454	59-53
52	Child OfAnNFCEastDivorce	454	60-52
53	Baba Booey	453	57-55
54	Districto Federal	453	54-58
55	TObills	452	56-56
56	Fightin' Gremlins	451	58-54
57	Shoestring Tackle	451	56-56
58	CitizenE	449	58-54
59	The Best Guesses	449	62-50
60	N0chance - mjnewton	448	61-51
61	At Least We Got Herschel	447	56-56
62	I Dream of Mangini	447	56-56
63	TW Andrews	446	58-54
64	AZfootballfan	446	54-58
65	Torgo3	444	57-55
66	Death Panel	444	55-57
67	Seymour's Ghost	443	56-56
68	Tom Brady's Achilles Ankle	443	57-55
69	leland	443	53-59
70	scoundrels	442	57-55
71	Egan's Picks	442	60-52
72	jennifer_oh_jenny	441	59-53
73	the oxford set	441	59-53
74	The Ballad of Ron Mexico	438	56-56
75	motownjunk	435	57-55
76	Turf on Your Tonsils	434	56-56
77	J-Dubs Pix	433	55-57
78	VandelayIndustries	433	59-53
79	ticats	431	56-56
80	sean_in_nh	431	56-56
81	Jesse S	430	55-57
82	19th St.. Gangsters	430	53-59
83	ClubberMyPredictionisPainLang	430	58-54
84	daveintexas	428	59-53
85	The Foulness	428	60-52
86	Eric F	426	54-58
87	OGWiseman	426	52-60
88	DW	424	55-57
89	Da Demondeacs	423	58-54
90	Waimea Rancheros	422	56-56
91	drbec4dacolts	422	54-58
92	Eric K	421	63-49
93	DougEMI	420	53-59
94	obscene	419	56-56
95	Gobblegobblegobble	417	55-57
96	Far East Beasts	417	54-58
97	thephoenixnyc	416	51-61
98	Hot Sauce Committee	415	52-60
99	Steven Donegal	415	53-59
100	Bevo's Ballsack	411	48-64
101	brooklynj	411	51-61
102	Persia's Picks	410	58-54
103	earninghemistway	404	48-64
104	CJ_in_Harlem	402	60-52
105	ThrowingDarts	398	49-63
106	the pineapple express	398	48-64
107	Justin C	398	49-63
108	nixpix	393	53-59
109	brendan	388	51-61
110	Burgh AC	383	50-62
111	Green Cup	381	54-58
112	Lincoln Abes	373	46-66
113	roadrunner	371	50-62
114	Law Abiding	364	47-65
115	The Bailoutees	361	57-55
116	Douchemanzadah	358	48-64
117	Imby	355	44-68
118	Johannesburg Prawns	351	44-68
119	DirtyLiberal	347	44-68
120	NYDCWolv	340	49-63
121	ajb498	316	40-72
122	Miskatonic Minions	309	36-76
123	TheBulge	303	39-73
124	bertie	301	38-74
125	BrockAun's Picks	216	24-88
126	bourbon renewal	215	27-85
127	Jordan	213	50-62
128	Orton Hears Some Booooos	209	32-80
129	DC Texans	181	25-87
130	Tim Allen Is Not Very Funny	179	24-88
131	CerebralOllie	178	35-77
132	H.N.I.C.	170	20-92
133	beauzeau	167	22-90
134	VandyGirl	161	32-80
135	the fighting dogs	156	19-93
136	AndrewG	153	18-94
137	BruceCrew	144	21-91
138	Pats Guy	72	9-103
139	Team Better Than You	70	8-104
140	A-Web	68	8-104
141	bobcats	16	14-98
142	MarcFein	16	11-101
143	l	0	22-62
144	Ellis Carver	0	13-99
145	Ghetto Defendant	0	0-112
146	AJCinSC	0	0-112
147	What's a Pick Set?	0	0-112
148	viktor vaughn	0	10-102

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http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/11/read-em-and-weep-this-weeks-pick-em-ratings/30054/