Overtime Central

[Ed. - To celebrate the Canadian Football Hall of Fame weekend in which Henry Williams was one of the inductees, Overtime Central presents this tale from guest author Jim Fedyk.]

With the induction of Henry ‘Gizmo’ Williams into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, I was reminded of my own short brush with greatness. The greatness I speak of, of course, is the legendary Giz himself. Here is my account.

It all happened in Regina, downtown outside the Cornwall Center in fact. You see, it was summertime and I was working as a security guard on a mission to take down the shoplifters ruining an otherwise fine city. It was an exciting time… Billy Ray Cyrus was hot and mullets were at their peak. Like Gizmo in many ways, I was winding and weaving my way through university at the time and because of my lack of an affluent background along with my parent’s desire for me to ‘build some character’, I was forced to work through the vacation months. Fate must have had a bigger plan for me that fine sunny day as I normally worked at the Hamilton Center, but on this particular afternoon kismet decided that I be called in to replace someone.
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Congratulations to pigskin_chucker and WASC for tieing for first place in the September Segment of the 2006 Overtime Central CFL Pool. This is our first tie since we started to award segment prizes.

pigskin_chucker, coached by Jon Fedyk, and WASC, coached by Greg Kreutzer, finished with a total of 94 points for September. That total, out of a possible 290 points, equals a 32.41% pick accuracy rate. Close behind this month was CFL4Ever, who fell short by 8 points.

Since we cannot split a Ciniplex Odeon gift certificate, Jon and Greg each win a $2 credit on their accounts. Jon and Greg have until October 9th to email Overtime Central to confirm their prize.