The PYX Kicks Off It's 15th Season

By Steven Nicolet
President/Commissioner

The PYX enters it's 15th season this year.  Are you ready for some football!?  The first game of the season will feature the defending Super Bowl Champions, Pittsburgh Steelers vs. the Tennessee Titans on a special Thursday night event.  With only a few days before the start of the season, we have a small window in which to get those picks submitted.

The first week of season is always the most confusing.  Many people are late making picks so the chance for an upset increases.  Please make sure you get your picks submitted before kick-off of the Thursday night game.  According to our By-Laws, you may still be able to get picks in on Sunday, if you happen to forget and miss that first game.  But don't take a chance; get them in early.

On behalf of The PYX Administration, Cabinet, Supreme Court, Congress and members at large, I salute Linda Dalman for winning last years PYX Bowl.  She is the defending champion and has a big target on her back just like the Pittsburgh Steelers.  Linda came out on fire last year.  She got off to that stellar 8-0 start and finished with a career best 11-5 record.  Her picking percentage also increased as she pulled in a 160-83 (.658)...also a career best. She seems to keep getting better and the better as the years roll along.  But where does she go from here?

We are going to be trying something new this year, we've created a PYX Facebook account.  We are looking for ways to increase the web traffic to the PYX Forum and this is the new proposal.  We'll give it a shot and see how it goes.

Currently there is one new picker this year.  Let's give a warm welcome to Mr. Josh Sova.  Josh has already participated in the PYX March Madness.  He has earned his way into our Football League.  Josh was selected as the #1 draft pick of the 2009-2010.  He will take the place of retired picker, Dennis Harmor.  Dennis entered the league in 1998, and continued to faithfully pick for the next 11 years.  Farewell Dennis...Thank you for all the memories.

There was also a slight realignment of a couple of the divisions.  Please take a look at your schedule and your division standings to notice any changes.

We had a great summer and an excellent annual PYX Summit which Gary Bonn graciously hosted.  We had a great turn-out at the Summit in Lansing:  Gary Bonn, Peter Tadros, Steven Nicolet, Thomas Van Dyke, Matt Cushman, Kevin Haranczak, Paul Landry, Jeff Nichols, Gene Koon and Al Bonn.  Many topics were carefully covered.  In fact, there was so much policy making that we had to divide the summit into two different locations.

The 2009 PYX - Annual Summit - Lansing, MI

Thank you, and good luck in Week 1.

Steven Nicolet
President  and  Commissioner of The PYX
Chapel Hill, North Carolina