Football season is always the shortest season. Look no further than the most well-known of sayings to explain that one -- time flies when you're having fun.

Many of our pick'em contest participants probably noticed there was no entry form in Sunday's paper. That's because the contest only runs from September through November, they tell me, so we have a winner.

With an average of more than 11 correct picks per week, Dick Maag, of Pinehurst, wins the $200 overall prize with 148 correct picks. That's good for a success rate over 70 percent.

The pintsized picking tandem of Noah, 8, and Aidan, 5, Lyons finish second with 146 correct picks, and Matt Robbins takes third at 145.

Last week was a crushing one on which to end. Just 23 percent of the entries picked 11 or more games correctly, and many more were in the eight to nine range.

The Sunday and Monday night games played heavily into the results, as did the college game. Only 15 percent of our participants correctly picked Alabama over Florida.

I picked 10 games correctly, and I'll take that total on a week like this. But it was still two points shy of the six entries that decided the weekly prizes with 12 correct picks each.

Steve Lassiter, of Pinehurst, took the weekly prize on the tiebreaker after predicting 40 of the 43 total points in Miami's upset of New England. Karen Weaver, of Southern Pines, and Dorothy Maag, of Pinehurst, tie for second place with each missing the Miami-New England total by five points.

Final yearly standings:

Dick Maag 148

Noah and Aidan Lyons 146

Matt Robbins 145

David McKinnon 144

Amanda Latham 143

David Weaver 142

Cecil Brewer 142

Brad Robbins 142

Marilyn Norris 141

Jennifer Britt 141

Kathy Latham 141

Tony Grausso 140

Sandra Blake 140

Chuck Latham 140

Marvin Purvis 140

Steve Lassiter 140

Ralph Tindall 139

Velma Davis 139

Dal Butler 138

Jimmy Boyd 137

Reuben Davis 137

John Weaver 136

Jamie Tindall 136

Randy McNeill 136

Dale Kellis 136

Jody Britt 136

Jonathan Luck 136

Dorothy Maag 136

Michael Weaver 135

Antuion Ray 135

Brian Norris 135

Zane Grey 135

Woodlake Quarterback Club No. 1 135

Lori Houghtaling 135

Jerry W. Williams 134

Chase Blake 134

Bob Suggs 134

Steve Coney 134

Bill Norris 133

Bo McEachern 133

Will Lassiter 133

Kevin Miller 132

Michael Ed Brown 132

Woody Burnell 131

Taylor Grey 131

Karen Weaver 131

Holly Hill 130

Ray White 129

Bob Hennessey 129

Patricia Green 129

John Robbins 129

Jay Lassiter 129

Evan Chappell 129

Pam Wase 129

Woodlake Quarterback Club No. 2 128

Daniel Burns 127

Marlene Houghtaling 127

Jackie Horton 126

Mike Cook 125

Greg and Bryce Davis 124

Justin Flinchum 124

Paul Van Hulle 123

Haynes Brigman 123

Jared Kirk 122

Danielle Wase 122