2009 NFL ATS Pick 'Em: Week Seven Standings

By: Luke Florence

Week seven only brought us 13 games, but it did provide a semi-league shake-up as a couple at the top came back down to the middle, and a couple in the middle rose to the top.

Big congratulations to Eric Hug for going an impressive 11-2 last week. He was one play away in the Minnesota-Pittsburgh game for having the best weekly record (percentage wise) in the three-year history of this league. It also made Huggy Bear the biggest gainer of the week, jumping from 11th to sole possession of 4th place.

The biggest loser of week seven was Kevin Hunt. Everyone's favorite little guy went a heart-wrenching 3-10 and fell eight spots from 15th all the way to 23rd. He was greeted at the bottom of the league with open arms by Chewy, Bart and D-Frank.

The top three remain unaltered, although Jeff Normand did pick up a game on the co-leaders (Billy Wakefield and Nick Lay).

It should be noted how incredibly strong the middle of this league is doing. Out of 26 members, 22 of them have a winning record after seven weeks. In 2008, 14 of the 20 members had a plus .500 winning percentage entering week eight. It seems every year this league gets stronger and stronger.

2009 NFL ATS PICK 'EM: WEEK SEVEN STANDINGS (week seven record in parentheses)

1) Billy Wakefield 62-41 (7-6)
1) Nick Lay 62-41 (7-6)
3) Jeff Normand 61-42 (8-5)
4) Eric Hug 60-43 (11-2)
5) Erik Smith 59-44 (7-6)
5) Jamie Reamer 59-44 (9-4)
5) Luke Polito 59-44 (9-4)
5) Ryan Polito 59-44 (9-4)
9) Anthony Tynan 58-45 (6-7)
9) Chris Woodard 58-45 (6-7)
11) Justin Whelan 57-46 (5-8)
11) Jeff Schaffer 57-46 (8-5)
13) Shane Kline 56-47 (7-6)
13) Luke Florence 56-47 (8-5)
13) Matt Barnes 56-47 (9-4)
16) Jake Young 55-48 (8-5)
16) Andrew Braverman 55-48 (8-5)
18) Jason Fazzone 54-49 (5-8)
18) Chris Rapking 54-49 (6-7)
18) Josh Florence 54-49 (9-4)
18) Brian Boesch 54-49 (9-4)
18) Corey Taylor 54-49 (9-4)
23) Kevin Hunt 51-52 (3-10)
23) Andrew Reinhart 51-52 (8-5)
25) Bart Borer 44-59 (2-11)
25) Devin Frank 44-59 (7-6)

Please let me know of any discrepancy you may have with your record, and I will address that issue immediately. Also, the KOA is looking for a podcast guess to play a Guess The Spread-type game next Tuesday. This will hopefully turn into a regular feature, so if you can't make next Tuesday, maybe you can make one down the road. Let me know.

Awards standings will be updated later tonight.

Until next time, "read it, roll it, hole it."