Survivor Pool - Final Standings

For the first time in history, the survivor pool ran all the way to the end of the season.  Mike had been unblemished all year and led Scott S., who had one strike
against, heading into the final week of the season.  Mike picked Scott's favorite team, the Steelers, to lose and to lock up the survivor pool but Pittsburgh had
other plans.  The Steelers beat the Bengals on the final day of the season to set up the tie-breaker -- highest cumulative margin of loss -- which Scott S. won.
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Scott S. BUF HOU TEN ARZ MIA OAK WAS SF CLE NYJ STL PHI DET DEN TB SEA MIN NYJ 17 NE 14
Mike BUF HOU TEN NYJ MIA ARZ WAS SF CLE OAK GB PHI DET STL TB SEA PIT PIT 23 CIN 17
Patrick DET KC CLE GB MIA OAK WAS JAX HOU BUF NYJ TB MIN STL SF     JAX 13 PHI 6 SF 24 SEA 14
Kevin BUF HOU CLE DET TEN SF WAS TB MIA OAK GB PHI MIN ARZ       MIA 31 CHI 13 ARZ 27 SEA 21
Matt & Andy GB OAK NYG DET TEN ARZ CLE SF MIA BUF ATL TB MIN JAX       MIA 31 CHI 13 JAX 44 IND 17
Phil BUF KC CLE GB MIA OAK WAS TB HOU NYJ TEN             NYJ 17 NE 14 TEN 31 PHI 13
Adrian HOU OAK CLE GB TEN SF BUF TB MIA NYJ               MIA 31 CHI 13 NYJ 17 NE 14
Bari DET OAK CLE TEN BUF ARZ WAS SF MIA NYJ               MIA 31 CHI 13 NYJ 17 NE 14
Pete BUF HOU CLE ARZ MIA OAK TB SF TEN NYJ               TB 23 PHI 21 NYJ 17 NE 14
Scott H. BUF KC TEN ARZ MIA TB WAS SF OAK CLE               TB 14 CIN 13 CLE 17 ATL 14
Tim DET OAK DEN TEN MIA HOU CLE SF PIT NYJ               DEN 17 NE 7 NYJ 17 NE 14
Albert BUF HOU SF WAS TEN OAK CLE TB MIA                 WAS 36 JAX 30 MIA 31 CHI 13
Bob BUF HOU TEN GB MIA SF WAS OAK DET                 OAK 20 PIT 13 DET 30 ATL 14
Brian BUF KC JAX GB TEN OAK MIN STL MIA                 MIN 31 SEA 13 MIA 31 CHI 13
Dick NO KC TEN GB BUF OAK WAS SF DET                 NO 19 CLE 14 DET 30 ATL 14
John SF HOU JAX NYJ TEN ARZ WAS OAK MIA                 OAK 20 PIT 13 MIA 31 CHI 13
Kathy MIN TEN SF GB BUF OAK WAS STL MIA                 MIN 19 WAS 16 MIA 31 CHI 13
Larry MIN OAK JAX GB TEN HOU WAS SF MIA                 MIN 19 WAS 16 MIA 31 CHI 13
Brent BUF CLE JAX GB TEN NYG WAS IND                   NYG 27 ATL 14 IND 34 DEN 31
Won tie-breaker TEAM LOST - SURVIVE
Did not survive TEAM WON - STRIKE AGAINST
Tie-breaker -- biggest cumulative margin of loss for those teams picked as sure losers
    Mike Diff. Total Scott S. Diff. Total
Week 1 NE 19  BUF 17 2 2 NE 19  BUF 17 2 2
Week 2 IND 43  HOU 24 19 21 IND 43  HOU 24 19 21
Week 3 MIN 13   TEN 10 3 24 MIN 13   TEN 10 3 24
Week 4 IND 31  NYJ 28 3 27 ATL 32  ARZ 10 22 46
Week 5 NE 20  MIA 10 10 37 NE 20  MIA 10 10 56
Week 6 CHI 24  ARZ 23 1 38 DEN 13  OAK 3 10 66
Week 7 IND 36  WAS 22 14 52 IND 36  WAS 22 14 80
Week 8 CHI 41  SF 10 31 83 CHI 41  SF 10 31 111
Week 9 SD 32  CLE 25 7 90 SD 32  CLE 25 7 118
Week 10 DEN 17  OAK 13 4 94 NYJ won 0 118
Week 11 NE 35  GB 0 35 129 CAR 15  STL 0 15 133
Week 12 IND 45  PHI 21 24 153 IND 45  PHI 21 24 157
Week 13 NE 28  DET 21 7 160 NE 28  DET 21 7 164
Week 14 CHI 42  STL 27 15 175 SD 48  DEN 20 28 192
Week 15 CHI 34  TB 31 3 178 CHI 34  TB 31 3 195
Week 16 SD 20  SEA 17 3 181 SD 20  SEA 17 3 198
Week 17 PIT won 0 181 STL 41  MIN 21 20 218
Diff. - margin of loss for team picked as sure loser that week
Total - cumulative margin of loss
Next year, if we again find ourselves at the end of the regular season with survivors still standiing,
let's just extend the survivor pool into the playoffs to settle it there before using the tie-breaker.