There were remarkably few surprises in the final week, and those there were the Bros. were mostly prepared for. The biggest shock might have been that we all picked Detroit to win, which indeed they did -- for only the second time all year. The woeful Raiders skulked into next week's playoffs by dropping their fourth game in a row, this time to the Jets at the Oakland Coliseum. If we were the betting type (and perhaps we must be to have carried on like this for so many NawFuL seasons!) we'd have to like the Rams' chances of winning it all. They pasted Atlanta on Sunday to complete a 14-2 season. Of course, we will be cheering on the Niners, who must escape the frozen tundra next week if they have any hope of a shot at their sixth Stupor Bowl title.

OK, here are the final numbers: For the week, Glenn and Sean tied at 11-4, with Ben coming in at 9-6. We were all correct on our predictions of winners Miami, Detroit, Green Bay, New England, San Francisco, St. Louis, Chicago and Pittsburgh. We missed badly on Cincinnati's upset of the Titans (remember them? Who cares anymore?), and we also all flubbed wins by Philadelphia and the Jets.

For the season (248 games total), Sean wins the Surfy trophy (and the handsome shammy to knock the dust off his shelf for another year) with a 165-83 record for a 66.5 percent accuracy rating. That bested last year's mark of 63.7 percent. Glenn finished second at 158-90 (63.7 percent), seven games back. That was still better than his 2000 season in which he finished at 62.1 percent. Ben had the best improvement, however, finishing at 148-100 (59.7 percent), 17 games back of his uncle. That was up from a 55.2 percent accuracy rating in 2000. So even though we couldn't all win the Surfy we still all bested our own records.

NawFuL UPDATE: That's it for the 2001 season as far as the Bros. are concerned. We'll update the site with the Surfy presentation in a few weeks and then start the countdown to September 2002. It's been fun. Good luck in the NawFuL draft, Panthers!