Congratulations to our 2023 Champion

I find myself chuckling this morning. No, it's not because I just took down the season championship but instead because I have the dichotomous decision of having to choose whether I should make it rain on my feeble opponents this morning or humbly tip my cap, and move on to next season quietly. These are the plights of being the admin for the infamous Ferguson family football pool website.  Hmmm.... If I do this, they're gonna act like that… And if I do that, they're gonna act like this… Oh, the toils...Oh, what the heck let's have some fun shall we?

There I was, it was a Thursday morning I believe. Sipping my cappuccino in what I would describe as an overly opulent, smoky town,  called Paris. Thinking to myself I've got Mom and Scott closing on the league faster than a Cole Trickle stock car and I have to deal with my Dad trying to share my position on the top of Mount Champion.  Scott had just won week one and I'll be damned if I was going to accept his trash talking and banter that I knew would ensue if I didn't get this season under control.  Out of the country, over 3000 miles away and this Admin thought to himself, Game Time.

Wouldn't you know it, I won week two and then week three. I cheekly said in the moment "could I be heating up?" I did what anybody else would've done in that moment. I pulled out my dusty Super Nintendo, blew in the game cartridge, and started the game NBA Jam, trying to wittedly remember all the cheeky one-liners from the 1993 masterpiece.  I'll admit, that night was humbling as I got beat by the Bullets, Clippers, and even the Orlando Magic. But I had found what I was searching for. "He's heating up! He's on fire!! Whoooooooaaa, Boomshakalaka!!!" I had my new theme to rally around.

As week three came I couldn't wait to say the words "he's on fire". And I even spent the week 5 trash talking my opponents warning them not to let me say one of the rarest phrases NBA Jam has to offer.  But with the Steelers upset over the Ravens that week, I knew it was my time to roar "Whooooooooooaaaaaaa, Boom Shakalaka!"  Four in a Row...  Had it been done before?  Was this some kinda record?  Poor Julie had to live with me through what must've been the longest month of her life. Love you sweetie

This season would end with Sean winning 7 weeks, Matt winning 2 1/2, Dad winning 2 1/2, Scott winning 3, Greg winning 2, and Jules winning 1. What are year.  What a theme.  Thank you all for making 2023 something to smile about. You will all be happy to know, six months later, this morning's coffee is a little less bitter.