DFC Week Four Results

Arkansas 24, Alabama 23 (2OT)
Mississippi State 16, UAB 10 (OT)
Washington 29, UCLA 19
Notre Dame 40, Michigan State 37
Chicago Bears 19, Minnesota Vikings 16
Carolina Panthers 26, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24
Cincinnati Bengals 28, Pittsburgh Steelers 20
Seattle 42, NYGiants 30

The Week That Was
Well, Jennifer holds the record with 6 different weekly wins, while Mark Gainey is tied for 2nd with Wookiee Fulaytar with five... so its only fitting that they tie for the weekly win this week. This is the first time since Week 10 of DFC V (2004) there has been a tie for the weekly title, and only the fourth time in DFC history.

That is fitting, because the Top Ten is full of ties, all at 5-3... tied for 3rd is Jonathan Osborne, Justin Glenn and The Wasyluka, while Jason Barnette gets 6th all to his own. In 7th is Jason Turnbow, while tied for 8th is Matt & Scott Latta. In 10th is Tommy McLeod.

Also Finishing
5-3: David Mark Osborne, Drew Morris, Eddy Mc Jr, Jason Demastus, Yours Truly, James Hawbaker, Zack Graves, Daniel Powell
4-4: Ken Mackey, Jason Duren, Gary "The Idol" Eubanks, Eddy Mac Sr, Tyler Campbell, Trey Cartledge, Gina Williams, Michael Nipp, Tad Roose
3-5: Tom Johnson, Lori Smith
2-6: Ty Coffey, Tebe Shaw (again), Ryan Sherman, Garrett Cheney, Sarah Hasha

The Standings (rec) (TBA)
Fulaytar Conference
North Division
Matt Latta, 22-10 (11.67)
David Mark Osborne, 18-14 (11.33)
Ken Mackey, 16-16 (15.33)
Tom Johnson, 15-17 (9.67)
Ty Coffey, 15-17 (25.5)

MidCentral Division
Jenn Ernst, 23-9 (18.75)
Jason Turnbow, 22-10 (6.0)
Jason Barnette, 20-12 (23.0)
Justin Glenn, 20-12 (35.67)
Tommy McLeod, 18-14 (11.33)
Tebe Shaw, 18-14 (17.5)

West Division
Gary Eubanks, 23-9 (11.33)
Drew Morris, 20-12 (11.33)
Jason Duren, 20-12 (38.0)
Eddy McBroom, 19-13 (5.0)
Sarah Hasha, 17-15 (13.75)
Jason Demastus, 16-16 (3.0)

Latta Conference
East Division
Yours Truly, 22-10 (13.75)
Tyler Campbell, 22-10 (17.33)
Mark Gainey, 22-10 (22.67)
James Hawbaker, 19-13 (21.5)
Trey Cartledge, 18-14 (18.75)

South Central
Zack Graves, 22-10 (12.0)
Tad Roose, 22-10 (16.67)
Scott Latta, 21-11 (17.0)
Eddy Jr, 20-12 (25.25)
Jon Osborne, 20-12 (25.33)
Lori Smith, 17-15 (14.75)

South Division
Tim Wasyluka, 24-8 (12.67)
Gina Williams, 22-10 (13.0)
Daniel Powell, 21-11 (16.5)
Michael Nipp, 18-14 (9.67)
Garrett Cheney, 18-14 (20.0)
Ryan Sherman, 16-16 (19.33)

Used TB drop: (Wk 1) Mark Gainey, Ryan Sherman, Jon Osborne (Wk 2) Tyler Campbell, Jason Barnette, Justin Glenn, (Wk 3) Michael Nipp, Gina Williams, Zack Graves, James Hawbaker, Scott Latta, Tommy McLeod, Gary Eubanks, Tommy McLeod, Matt Latta, Tom Johnson, Ken Mackey, David Mark Osborne, Jason Turnbow, Tad Roose, Tim Wasyluka, Drew Morris

The DFC Power Poll Top 12
Rank, player, record (TBA) (last wk)
1) Tim Wasyluka, 24-8, (12.67) (2)
2) Gary "The Idol" Eubanks, 23-9, (11.33) (1)
3) Jennifer Ernst, 23-9 (18.75) (9)
4) Jason Turnbow, 22-10 (6.0) (8)
5) Matt Latta, 22-10 (11.67) (10)
6) Zack Graves, 22-10 (12.0) (6-tie)
7) Gina Williams, 22-10 (13.0) (4)
8) Yours Truly, 22-10 (13.75) (6-tie)
9) Tad Roose, 22-10 (16.67) (5)
10) Tyler Campbell, 22-10 (17.33) (3)
11) Mark Gainey, 22-10 (22.67) (NR)
12) Daniel Powell, 21-11 (16.5) (11)
Dropped Out: Tebe Shaw (12)

The Bottom Five: (30) Jason Demastus... (31) Ken Mackey... (32) Ryan Sherman... (33) Tom Johnson and (34) Ty Coffey

Lies, Darn Lies & Statistics

• Forgot to mention this last week... Seattle and NY's game last Sunday was big because it was the 600th all time DFC game to be played. Chicago and Minnesota was the 250th pro game, while next week's Troy/UAB tilt has the honor of being the 350th college game picked.
• Mentioned a weekly tie has only happened four times... besides this week, the others were DFC I's Week 2 (Wookiee Fulaytar & Brooke DeRamus), DFC II's Week 7 (Tommy McLeod & Jason Quinn) and DFC V's Week 10 (Eddy McBroom, Jon Osborne & Tad Roose)
• Tim Wasyluka's #1 ranking is the first time he's been at the top since The DFC Power Poll was formed in DFC IV. Out of the 17 people who have been at #1 since its inception, 10 of those have only got one week there... Lori Smith, Mikey Nipp, Tom Johnson, Jonathan Osborne, Angie Mark Osborne, Sarah Hasha and this season, Matt Latta, Gary "The Idol" Eubanks, Tebe Shaw and Tim.
• Of those spending multiple weeks at #1, David Mark Osborne (7 wks), Mark Gainey (7 wks), Yours Truly, Jenn Ernst & Eddy Jr (4 wks) and Justin Glenn (2 wks)
• I call it the DFC equivalent of pitching a no-no... it doesnt happen often, but it happens. To add to Tim's monster MVP-chasing season, he nailed the TieBreak for the week at 48.
• Thank goodness for the NFL... after a 1-3 start, Yours Truly ended up 5-3 with an undefeated Sunday. This keeps my streak of 5-3 or better weeks alive, now at 10. Now at 3rd all time, Eddy McBroom has 2nd on this list with 11 weeks, while Mark Gainey is first with 14 weeks (these two are not current streaks)
• Tad Roose keeps going, now at 36 straight weeks of .500 or better.
• Scott Latta gets his 300th all time win this weekend, when Seattle beat the NYGiants. Up next for 300? Justin (297) and Jonathan (294).
• The race to be the first of the 2005 rookie class to hit 100 is heating up.. Gian Wiliams leads with 75, Jason Barnette is 23nd with 70 and Tebe Shaw has 69.
• After thier rookie season in 2004, Garrett Cheney and Tyler Campbell finished 14 games apart overall... its taken Tyler two years to do it, but he's within four of passing Garrett on the all time list, and only one win away from tying him in college.
• Through the standings, there are a number of people who played but one year, called "The Retirement Bloc", starting with Vic Paschal who is at 56-40, ending with Willis Watkins, who ended at 12-26, and all first and some second year active players are mixed in between. On my chart, retired is in grey, while active is in black, so its fun to watch the actives slowly creep up the chart passing the likes of Ryan Smith, Scott Burk, the immortal Brook DeRamus and others. James Hawbaker has now tied Vic Paschal for 31st all time, finishing the Bloc, and will now chase Ryan Sherman for 30th all time.
• With this years rookiee class, Zack, Turnbow, Gary The idol, Trey and Mackey, they've all passed Willis, and next up is Dawn Langner with 26 wins (41st all time) and Ross Kingrey with 27 (40th all time)
• Looking at college, David Mark managed his 200th win, and up next is Tommy McLeod (199) and Daniel Powell (198).
• Over on the pro side, its been a dismal season for Lori Smith, but she did managed to pass DFC I champ Shawn Sharp for 19th all time in pro wins.
• And finally, for the first time in over four seasons, Tom Johnson is no longer atop the All Time Pro List. Last season, Yours Truly and Jenn Ernst tied him once, but Tom pulled away again... but this week, I passed him by a game to take the #1 spot on the list with 150 wins. Tom and Jenn are tied in 2nd with 149.