Ok, so being the 'pools' guy at work means I was the one responsible for getting and running the World Cup version this time out.  It's been fun so far - and surprising!! 

Those of you who are regulars over at B-Mac's blog likely already know the bad news - Bobby sits dead last and his wife - the lovely Mrs. B-Mac - sits third....19pts ahead of my esteemed colleague. 

Here's how we're working it - everyone involved (21 of us) went through and picked the results of the Group games only - win or draw basically.  If you pick the game right, you get three points.  For added fun, people could also predict the score - if that's right, you get an extra point.  Needless to say, Mrs. B-Mac has been listening to her husband over the years because she's picked most of them right - and had the score bang-on for Mexico/Iran and Australia/Japan.

Perhaps Bobby should have peeked at her sheet before he handed them in.

Bobby has made the critical error that many of us do at some point - we think too much about it.  B-Mac picked a lot of draws and I think if he could do it again, he'd have picked things differently - to which he would say 'of course I would, now I know the results!'

But Bobby isn't the only one struggling - oh no.  He has company in the bottom half of the table.  Carlos Machado, Mitch Peacock, Miguel (Producer) and Luke (Sr. Producer) are all near the bottom.  In fact, it is FSWR guys that make up five fo the bottom six!!

Looks like a bunch of us over analyzed it!

In terms of the FSWR people - Michelle is the leading point-getter with 24pts while I sit just below her on 22pts.  Ethan Zohn isn't a member of FSWR but the FC Fox host is hanging around with 21pts.  There's talk of a side bet of some sort - a million bucks perhaps EZ? 

As is always the case, the pool is being led by someone who knows as much about world soccer as I do about cooking - which isn't very much. 

And he's running away with it to boot!!  He has yet to get a game wrong and has predicted a number of correct scores.  I can take solace in the fact that his name is also Jeremy but that's where the similarities end!

However, as I told B-Mac - still lots of time to redeem oneself.  And there's always the knockout pool after the group stage. 

Maybe consult with your wife before submitting your picks for that one Bobby.