Thanks for another great year of Gridiron Madness!

We would like to give a special congratulations to The King (Jerry Yunker), our week 17 winner.

The difference between first and second place was only 37 points, but long time veteran since 2008, NewB (Hung Ly) takes the top prize and claims to 2012 Champion.

With all the awards for top ten, basement, and rookie of the year - the real prize was for the top dog of the pool which belongs to NewB (Hung Ly). Your name etched in the Crazy Office Pools Trophy for life and becomes another name in an elite class that gets posted in the pool Hall of Fame. Congrates to our new winner!!!

All the weekly winners have been paid. All the overall winners, your checks will be going out this week. If you have not gotten your check, please let me know.

For all the winners - please look out for a check from Wells Fargo in the mail in the next 2 weeks. It may look like junk mail so please be careful. If you don't get something by the end of the month - please contact me.

Special Kudos

Putting a pool like this into action requires a lot of time and effort. One of the more time consuming aspects of the pool is entering the scores. One of our fellow players came forth and voluntered most of the season putting in all the scores in a timely manner. Everyone here needs to thank Ralph Velasco (or as most of us know him as... G-RUSH) for all the hard work in getting the scores inputted.

The end of a season is always sad. This year was a bit more difficult. This pool has been going on for over 10 years and started as a small office pool at Discus Dental. Phil Deleo and I started this and watched it grow year after year. The pool was a staple of Discus Dental. Every season, most of us would be talking trash in the kitchen and creating side bets on weekly outcomes. It really was an employee engagement tool that most of us enjoyed. 2 years ago Discus Dental was acquired by another company. The office cultured changed, people were let go, and this year Phil and I are no longer with Discus Dental. This was the first time I ran the pool outside Discus walls.

This pool will live on for years to come. Its the players and family like style of competition that keeps it going and fun and I am very grateful for all those that participate every year. Thank You and I will be recruiting most of you for the super bowl squares and college hoops.