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History
Season champions — from Gmail, FFO blasts, and the occasional dinner bill.
| Season | Champion | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ? | In progress. $20 entry · Venmo Dudley · may the best prognosticator win. |
| 2025 | AJ Williams | 181 correct · Jeff 180 · Erica & Valerie 179. Roller-coaster year — leader changed all season, decided in week 18. “Definitely has been an interesting and fun season! Looking forward to next season!!!” — AJ Williams “How is it that every female winner always seems to find you as an advocate for their winnings.” — Dudley to Larry (re: dinner talk for AJ) Larry Warren (and Ms. Barbara Osborne) checked in about lunch/dinner for the champ; Dudley’s planning retroactive prizes for the last seven winners. |
| 2024 | Ines Sanabria | 202 correct · AJ 197 · Janet 196. “Ines is no stranger to winning this pool. She’s won several times.” — FFO / Dudley champ blast Midseason she opened a multi-game lead and never really gave it back. Another Sanabria banner year. |
| 2023 | Jeff Coton | Confirmed himself the following summer — and the record books already knew him as a perfect-week picker. “I actually won it last season.” — Jeff Coton, Aug 2024 Dudley’s unofficial multi-champ list keeps starring Jeff with an asterisk. |
| 2022 | ? | Still hunting the champ mail. If you know who took it, tell Andy or Dudley. |
| 2021 | Alex Warren | Dudley’s victory lap subject said it all: “WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER” — Dudley, Jan 2022 Another Warren on the wall. Dinner talk always follows the trophy — tradition, not a guarantee. |
| 2020 | ? | Gap year in the Gmail archive. Pandemic season fog. Help us fill it in. |
| 2019 | Dudley Nesbitt | Commish finally put his own name on the board. “this year’s champion (me)” — Dudley, Sep 2020, re: dinner donations When the guy who runs the pool wins, the trash talk writes itself — and the dinner tab gets interesting. |
| 2018 | Ines Sanabria | First of the modern Ines run that everyone still jokes about. “Unacknowledged champion” — Ines (later confirmed by Andy + Dudley) Proof you sometimes have to claim the belt yourself before the blast goes out. |
| 2017 | Ken Hudson | Champion dinner delivered — the good old way. McCormick & Schmick’s · Feb 2018 — dinner threads for KEN Steaks, seafood, and bragging rights. This is the template every later winner still hopes for. |
| 2016 | ? | FFO board had Teams Favored at 171 near the end — human champ still fuzzy. Week 17 chatter: Dave Katz 159 · Larry 158 · Ines 157. Dudley or a box score would settle it. |
| 2015 | Tim Suellentrop | Record corrected by the commish himself — not the guy everyone assumed. Dudley correction: Tim Suellentrop (not Larry Warren) — State.gov / Dudley, Aug 2016 Even the history needs a replay review sometimes. |
| 2014 | Larry Warren | 175 · Louis 174 · Ines 173 — photo finish. “third win in six years” — FFO postmaster, Jan 2015 Peak Warren era. Larry still shows up in every dinner / prize conversation years later. |
| 2013 | ? | Pre-archive gap. Rumor mill only — fill us in. |
| 2012 | ? | Pre-archive gap. |
| 2011 | ? | Pre-archive gap. (Larry’s multi-win run may live in here.) |
| 2010 | ? | Pre-archive gap. |
| 2009 | ? | Pre-archive gap. |
| 2008 | ? | Pre-archive gap. |
| 2007 | ? | Pre-archive gap. Year two of the experiment. |
| 2006 | Andy | First season. Before FFO was the whole world, there was a spreadsheet. Spreadsheet master — Year one · the pool is born Dudley still notes that some of you have been poolers “since the very beginning (2006).” Twenty years and counting. |