SCORES
(1) Texas 20, (14) Tennessee 17
Baylor 23, Colorado 13
U of Central Florida 21, Texas Christian 13
(17) Iowa 20, (18) Michigan 19
Nebraska 31, Michigan State 13
(20) Oregon 41, (12) USC 27 (tiebreak game, 68 total points)
Cleveland Brown 21, Carolina Panthers 18
Indianapolis Colts 19, Houston Texans 17
Jacksonville Jaguars 35, New England Patriots 6
Denver Broncos 30, LA Rams 26
THE WEEK THAT WAS
Bradley "Pinky the Wiser" Pinky had only won two previous weeks in his career - Wk 12 in DFC XII (2011) and then Wk 10 in DFC XXIII (2022) - but hey, let's make it three. In a week when the NFL pretty much kicked everyone in the face, Bradley Pinky survived to take the week at 7-3 (the 2nd time in three weeks that a 7-3 record wins it)
Mikey Nippy's undefeated College Saturday helped him get 2nd, also at 7-3, while Big Tom Johnson had another big week at 7-3, for 3rd.
The rest of the top ten is at 6-4, with Aussie Nate in 4th... James "The Top Ten Maker" Hawbaker in 5th... Tad "The Dynasty" Roose in 6th... Garrison "Pride of Tallahassee" Ryfun in 7th... Two Time Defending DFC Champ DMOsborne in 8th... Eddy McB Jr in 9th, and finally... Tyler "The DFC Sexy Beast, self appointed" Campbell in 10th
Also finishing
6-4: Chris "YO TEACH" Croyle...
5-5: Lt Dan "Magic Legs" Sellers... Drew "The Grassman" Warren... Mark "The Mighty" Gainey... Hurricane Rhett... Danny "3D" Powell... Matty "Th Coca Cola Cowboy" Minky... Jonny Oz... Mitchell "Pinky the Younger" Pinky... Yours Truly... Jenny Ersnt... Roth from Wyoming...
4-6: Drew // Morris... Matty "Pinky the Elder" Pinky... Big Eddy... Jacob "Pinky the Pinky" Pinky... Zack "The Attack" Graves... Steven "The Principal" Ray... Tommy "The Highlander" McLeod... Trey "The Answer" Cartledge...
3-7: Coach "Viva La Miami" DiBello... Young Garrett...
THE STANDINGS
THE RYFUN CONFERENCE
North Division
DMOsborne - 27-11
Drew Warren - 25-13
Rhett Barnett - 23-15
Zack Graves - 22-16
Mitchell Pinkerton - 21-17
MidCentral Division
Jenny Ernst - 23-15
Jacob Pinky - 23-15
Tommy McLeod - 22-16
Coach DiBello - 21-17
Matty Minky - 20-18
West Division
Eddy McBroom - 25-13
Drew Morris - 25-13
Tom Johnson - 24-14
Dan Sellers - 23-15
Bradley Pinkerton - 22-16
Trey Cartledge - 21-17
THE OSBORNE CONFERENCE
East Division
Mark Gainey - 27-11
Yours Truly - 26-12
Tyler Campbell - 25-13
Chris Croyle - 25-13
Garrett Cheney - 21-17
South Central Division
Jonathan Osborne - 28-10
Garrison Ryfun - 26-12
Jacob Roth - 24-14
Matty Pinky - 23-15
Steven Ray - 23-15
South Division
Eddy McB Jr - 28-10
James Hawbaker - 27-11
Daniel Powell - 26-12
Nate Johnston - 24-14
Michael Nipp - 23-15
Tad Roose - 23-15
THE DFC TOP 12 POWER POLL
1. Jonathan Osborne - 28-10 (1 - 3rd week)
2. Eddy McB Jr - 28-10 (3)
3. DMOsborne - 27-11 (4)
4. Mark Gainey - 27-11 (2)
5. James Hawbaker - 27-11 (9)
6. Garrison Ryfun - 26-12 (10)
7. Daniel Powell - 26-12 (8)
8. Yours Truly - 26-12 (5)
9. Drew Morris - 25-13 (7)
10. Drew Warren - 25-13 (11)
11. Eddy McBroom - 25-13 (6)
12. Tyler Campbell - 25-13 (NR)
dropped out: Matty Pinky (12)
Entire Season in Top 5: Mark Gainey...
Entire Season in Top 12: DMO... Jonny Oz... Eddy McB Jr... Garrison Ryfun... Danny Powell... Big Eddy...
Awaiting a Top 12 Appearance: The Croyle... Aussie Nate... Roth from Wyoming... Lt Dan... Tad "The Dynasty"... Stevie Ray... Hurricane Rhett... Braddy Pinky... Tommy Mac... Mitchy Pinky... Young Garrett... Coach DiB... Trey "The Answer"... Matty Minky...
LIES, DAMNED LIES, AND STATISTICS
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics" - Mark Twain
And here we go, folks... a handful of numbers you won't care about unless it's about you (and then its still 50/50) but all numbers are real, true, and compiled on one massive spreadsheet
- First up, let's talk regular season wins & losses - we'll get to playoffs in a minute... until this week, the only DFC'ers to reach 1500 wins lifetime are Yours Truly (that's not a brag, that's me being the Buffalo Bills of the league - great regular season, womp womp in the playoffs). And then Tommy McLeod, at 1510.
- However, congrats to Drew "Slash" Morris who just hit 1501 lifetime, with Big Eddy Mac is up next as he's currently at 1489, followed by Jenny Ernst at 1474
- 21 DFC'ers have crossed 1000 in league history, with only two - Tim "The Big" Wasyluka (14th all time) and Lori "Sunshine" Beirne (20th all time) being retired - and Steven Ray hitting the number last year.
- Likely to do it this year, Hurricane Rhett Barnett, with 979 wins so far, and its possible that Lt Dan "Magic Legs" Sellers may do it, as he needs 35 more wins to make 1000 (he's at 965, for you math scholars)
- As an aside, I still have never met Dan Sellers, and while I assume he's not in the military and his legs are normal, I cannot attest to either, but "Lt Dan" stuck a nickname in 2009 when he joined the DFC
- Other notable milestone numbers include Jacob "Pinky the Pinky" Pinky, getting his 700th win of his career... Garrison crossing 300 in the last two weeks... and in his 4th year, Coach DiBello is 11 away from 200.
- Now, add in the playoff numbers and suddenly, we have 23 people over 1000, with Chris "YO TEACH" Croyle 42 wins away from the big number. Matty Pinky just hit 800... Mitchy Pinky and Pinky Pinky are both now at 702 (with Mitchy have 26 less losses than his big brother Pinky)
- If we looked at the Top 25 all time, including regular season and playoffs, the aforementioned Wasyluka and Lori Beirne, at 25 sits DFC VI Champ Matt "The Self Proclaimed Great Bear of the North" Latta, with 904 wins before he retired to the Appalachians of West Virginia. I only bring this up because back to Bradley Pinky, winner of this week, is at 899 all time and is poised to move into the Top 25 all time
- Open up to the Top 50 all time, sitting at #50 is former DFC'er Mike Ferris (DFC 16-20) at 268 wins. Right behind him, Roth from Wyoming at 266, and then Aussie Nate at 257. As a matter of fact, just ahead of Ferris is Jason "D-Mas" Demastus and Gina "Wife of Tad 'The Dynasty' Roose" Roose, both at 282, so its feasible that Roth and Aussie can both get into the All Time Top 50 by seasons end. Feasible. Maybe.
- Now, onto two list I like to keep up with, two long standing records that seem unbeatable but aren't - the Over .500 Weekly Record and the .500 Weekly Record
- The Over .500 is basically consecutive weeks above .500. Either 6-4 or better, or 5-3 or better, based on the number of games that weekend. The record is held by Matt "GBotN" Latta, who went from Wk 8 in DFC VIII to Week 12 in DFC XIX with over .500 (ending when he crashed at 1-7 to start the DFC X season). Lots of folks have gotten over 10, but 17 is the magic number and no one has really come close. Yours Truly got to 15 weeks once, Mark "The Mighty" Gainey made it to 14 weeks and Big Eddy hit 13 during one stretch - but thats it.
- The current streak is held both by James "The Streak Maker" Hawbaker and DMOsborne, each at 11 weeks. Drew // Morris was sitting at 15 weeks... until this week's 4-6 dropped him out of the running.
- The other streak? At least .500 streak is held by Tad "The Dynasty" Roose, who started at 4-4 in Week 5 of DFC IV, literally did not have a losing record until a 3-5 blemish in Week 2 of DFC VIII - that's at least a piece of five straight seasons - 45 straight weeks.
- And I'm proud to say that Yours Truly is sitting at 44 weeks. I've had previous streaks that got into the 20s and once into the 30s, and I expect to blow it this week, but hey, I've got this going for me.
- And if (when) I fall, the second longest active streak falls to Mark Gainey at 21 weeks, then DMO at 19 weeks, then Chris Croyle (!) at 17 weeks, and Garrison Ryfun at 16.
- Did you go 3-7 or 4-6 this week? Well, Week 5 for you starts a brand new streak!
