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IN THE BEGINNING... CHAPTER 1 - Verse 1Steven Nicolet, Gary Bonn, Peter Tadros, Paul Landry, Kevin Haranczak and Al Bonn, created The PYX. Football picking was without form and void. And Kevin said, "Let there be PICKS." And Gary divided the picks into right and wrong. Peter divided the right picks by the total and called it the picking percentage. And Paul & Al saw that it was good. Then Steven brought a woman into the Picking garden and saw that she was good, too. New Revised Translation In the beginning, Steven, Gary, Peter, Paul and Kevin were gathered together on that first day of PYX Creation in the living room of the home of Dr. Samir Ishak in Grandville, Michigan, Sunday, September 3 of 1995. Steven Nicolet had created other football pools while attending High School in Hamilton, Michigan. It was the first day of the NFL season and none of the games had started when the idea first began to blossom. The Grand Rapids Press was on the table and one by one, each football game was written on a piece of paper. Each of the five Grand Valley State University friends took turns predicting the outcome of all of the NFL games. A simple initial was placed by the teams, representing the Founding Fathers of the Picks. It was Gary who suggested that they do it again the following week. He even suggested that they compete throughout the entire season. Al Bonn liked the idea and wanted in on the action as well. Al Joined in week 2 on the second day of PYX creation. Gary kept track of all of the games and created a notebook that stored all of the data. This Holy book and the scriptures within is called "THE BOOKS". It was Kevin Haranczak who called these football game predictions, "The Picks". And so it was there, in Peter's home in Grandville, that the "PYX" were created. "Behold", sayeth Paul, "Let there be
chips and salsa." And they were brought forth. And all of the Pickers from that day
on, honored the 7th day by resting and watching football.
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