i think your problem is your html, not superfish. your html may be
badly formed. my html editor pointed out some errors:
<ul id="poolsmenu">
<li class="current"> <a style="background: url(images/walmart/<br
></a> search_bar_tile.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x;
align: left; <br /> color: white;" href="#a">My Pools</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#aa">Football</a></li>
<li class="current"><a href="#ab">Hockey</a>
<ul>
<li class="current"><a href="#aba">NHL</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#abaa">Playoff Bracket</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#abaaa">playoff09</a></li>
<!--error-->
<li><a href="#abaab">myplayoff</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#abab">Straight Pickem</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#ababa">NHL09</a></li>
<!--error-->
<li><a href="#ababb">myNHL</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#abb">NCAA</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="abba">Playoff Bracket</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#ababa">NHL09</a></li>
<li><a href="#ababb">myNHL</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="abbb">Straight Pickem</a></li>
<li><a href="abbc">Confidence Pool</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
you don't want all those <nobr> tags and whatnot in there with
superfish. you should get your list down solid, before integrating
with superfish.
here's the correct html. try that with superfish:
<ul>
<li>My Pools
<ul>
<li>Footbal</li>
<li>Hockey
<ul>
<li>NHL
<ul>
<li>Playoff Bracket
<ul>
<li>playoff09</li>
<li>myplayoff</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Straight Pickem</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>
<ul>
<li>NHL09</li>
<li>myNHL</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>NCAA
<ul>
<li>Playoff Bracket
<ul>
<li>NHL09</li>
<li>myNHL</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Straight Pickem</li>
<li>Confidence Pool</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
you probably should not hand-code your lists, if you can't do them
perfectly.
you should build your html in a simple wysiwyg program, like
http://pages.google.com or microsoft word.