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Choler is off and running, but...

 While the score Phil Choler has posted after four weeks of the pool is nearly unprecedented, it's a long way from decisive.

Choler, in his second year in the pool, is at a sizzling 20.0 points, only the fifth time in pool history a player has reached that plateau in the first four weeks of the pool. Terry Peel owns the all-time four-week record of 21.5 points, but only one of the four previous players to get to 20.0 in the time frame finished in the top 10.

Roger Marsh got off to the same hot start last year, but managed only 33 points the rest of the season. Sergio Cossio, in 1998, was the only player to stay strong through the season, scoring 64 points to finish in sixth place.

Choler opened the season an amazing 12-for-12 in college picks until Marshall couldn't cover on Saturday, and is 17-for-20 on the season. He also is a combined 7-for-8 in the Lock and the Pigskin Special. He leads by 2.0 points over a group of four players.

While Choler is averaging 5.0 in the first four weeks, the all-time scoring record of 68.5 was set in 2011 with an average score of 3.81.

Below are the five players who have scored 20.0 or more in the first four weeks of the pool, their final point totals and their final standings.

Year	Player	4 wks	Final	Place
2014	Peel, Terry	21.5	56.5	29
2016	Choler, Phil	20.0	-	-
1998	Cossio, Sergio	20.0	64.0	6
2015	Marsh, Roger	20.0	53.0	111
2013	Martin, Jeremy	20.0	52.5	35

The Cardinal and the Cardinals

For the third straight week, the top two NFL Bandwagon picks were losers, and for the second time, the Arizona Cardinals were among the culprits.

The Cardinals and Steelers combined for 329 losing picks, and as an added bonus, the alleged Super Bowl-contending Steelers were the Asshander.

The Bandwagon pick in NCAA and the NFL is the team with the most picks that is not in that week's Pigskin Special. The Cardinals were also the most popular pick in the 2015 season.

On the flip side of that, the Stanford Cardinal - no S - pulled off some magic for the Bandwagon by scoring a covering touchdown on a fumble return for a TD on the last play of the game. Moments earlier, Stanford appeared to have forced a push in its game against UCLA. But the Bruins attempted a Hail Mary pass on the last play of the game, only to have its quarterback sacked leading to the fumble return.

Here are the game highlights. If you want to skip ahead to the last two plays they start at the 2:21 mark.

This and that

• We can't help ourselves but to put Louisville in the Pigskin Special for the second time in three weeks. Two weeks ago, the Cardinals - there's that mascot again - put powerhouse Florida St. in position for the Asshander of the Year. This time, they go to Clemson as an early 1-point favorite in a matchup of top 5 teams in the Associated Press poll.

• We poked the bear and the bear poked back. During the weekend we posted on Twitter and on Facebook that Francis Shibuya had dropped in the standings just by the fact that a new player joined the pool. Shibuya entered the week with a season score of -2.0. But he responded with a 5.0 in Week 4 to start the long climb back into the standings.

• Jason Hatala became the first player to score a second perfect week this season. This week's perfecto moved him into sixth place.

• Mike Feder...185 weeks.

• One of the players who did end a long streak without a perfect week was Pat O'Connor who is in this seventh year and got his first perfecto. The streak got to 115 weeks. There are six more players from the 2010 rookie class still looking for their first perfect week.

• The new player is Richard Rodriguez who joined the fray complete with a full-season entry fee. The pool is now up to 739 players. Rodriguez scored 1.0 in his first week.

The words of a maniac

The aforementioned UCLA-Stanford finish sparked an unabated meltdown - in a good way - by one of our legion. In a series of text messages on Saturday night, Elaine Gonzales chronicled the finish to our entertainment. It speaks for itself.