DFC Week One Results

Games:
South Carolina 15, Miss St 0
Oregon 48, Stanford 10
Tennessee 35, California 18
Pittsburgh 38, Virginia 13
Auburn 40, Wash St 14
Arizona 16, Brigham Young 13
Ole Miss 28, Memphis 25
Florida State 13, Miami 10 (tiebreak score - 23)

The Week That Was
Picking up where he left off, as the defending Deuce Bowl champ, Matt Latta (7-1) fends off 9 other people at 7-1 to finish first for the week, capturing his 4th weekly win of his career. Yours Truly ends up 2nd for the week, while Tebe Shaw, Gary Eubanks and Mark Gainey all tie for 3rd.
The rest of the top ten sees Tim Wasyluka in 6th, Tad Roose in 7th, Eddy Jr in 8th, The Reverend Ty Coffey in 9th and Jon Osborne in 10th.

Also Finishing:
6-2: Drew Morris, Jason Turnbow, Tyler Campbell, Zack Graves, Daniel Powell, Tommy McLeod, Sarah Hasha, Scott Latta, Lori Smith, Gina Williams, Jennifer Ernst, Jason Barnette, Garrett Cheney, James Hawbaker, Justin Glenn, Ryan Sherman
5-3: Jason Dematus, Trey Cartledge, Jason Duren
4-4: Tom Johnson, Eddy McBroom, Ken Mackey
3-5: David Mark Osborne, Michael Nipp

Standings
Fulaytar Conference
North Division
Matt Latta, 7-1
Ty Coffey, 7-1
Tom Johnson, 4-4
Ken Mackey, 4-4
David Mark Osborne, 3-5

MidCentral Division
Tebe Shaw, 7-1
Jason Turnbow, 6-2
Tommy McLeod, 6-2
Jason Barnette, 6-2
Jennifer Ernst, 6-2
Justin Glenn, 6-2

West Division
Gary Eubanks, 7-1
Drew Morris, 6-2
Sarah Hasha, 6-2
Jason Demastus, 5-3
Jason Duren, 5-3
Eddy McBroom, 4-4

Latta Conference
East Division
Yours Truly, 7-1
Mark Gainey, 7-1
Tyler Campbell, 6-2
James Hawbaker, 6-2
Trey Cartledge, 5-3

SouthCentral Division
Tad Roose, 7-1
Eddy Jr, 7-1
Jon Osborne, 7-1
Zack Graves, 6-2
Scott Latta, 6-2
Lori Smith, 6-2

South Division
Tim Wasyluka, 7-1
Daniel Powell, 6-2
Gina Williams, 6-2
Garrett Cheney, 6-2
Ryan Sherman, 6-2
Michael Nipp, 3-5

The DFC Power Poll Top 12
1) Matt Latta, 7-1
2) Yours Truly, 7-1
3-tie) Tebe Shaw, 7-1
3-tie) Gary Eubanks, 7-1
3-tie) Mark Gainey, 7-1
6) Tim Wasyluka, 7-1
7) Tad Roose, 7-1
8) Eddy McBroom Jr, 7-1
9) Ty Coffey, 7-1
10) Jon Osborne, 7-1
11) Drew Morris, 6-2
12) Jason Turnbow, 6-2

Lies, Darn Lies and Statistics

• Winning week one has a good side and a bad side... the last time a defending champion won the first week of the following season? Never. Matt is the first to do so. However, the down side is that in six previous seasons, the winner of the first week made the playoffs only half the time (Shawn Sharp in DFCI, Mark Gainey in DFCIII, DMOsborne in DFCV). The other half (Daniel Powell in DFCII, Scott Latta in DFCIV and Angie Mark Osborne in DFCVI) didn't. But, if you pay attention, you see it happens every other year... so this might be good for Matt.
• In Week 3 of DFC II (2002), Mark Gainey went 2-6. He didn't drop below 4-4 again for an amazing 33 regular season weeks, ending the streak at Week 1 of DFC VI (2005). Well, Tad Roose last had a below .500 record in Week 4 of DFC IV (2003). With his 7-1 finish this week, he now has 33 straight weeks of at least .500. He needs a 4-4 or better weekend next week to own this seemingly impossible record for his very own.
• To put how hard this is to do in perspective, the next longest active streak is only 12 weeks, again by Mark Gainey.
• Even though he only mustered a 4-4 weekend, Eddy McBroom becomes the 9th player to cross 300 lifetime wins. Next will be either Tad (291) or Drew Morris (290)
• Lori Smith's 6-2 puts her equal with Wookiee Fulaytar's 236 all time wins, good enough for a tie for 18th all time.
• Jenn Ernst (204) and Yours Truly (200) become the first two to make it to 200 college wins this weekend. Matt Latta can do it next week with a 4-0 record, as he's at 196
• Though its early, the heated rivalry between Tebe Shaw and Jason Barnette in the MidCentral Division gets better, as Tebe now owns a 2 game all time lead on Jason.