DFC VIII Week Three Results

TROY UNIVERSITY 41, OKLAHOMA STATE (A BIG XII SCHOOL) 23 (just sayin...)
#5 Florida 59, #22 Tennessee 20
Alabama 41, #16 Arkansas 38
Michigan 38, Notre Dame 0
#21 Boston College 21, #15 Georgia Tech 10

Houston 34, Carolina 21
San Francisco 17, St. Louis 16
Green Bay 35, NYGiants 13
New England 38, San Diego 14 (tiebreak game, 52 total points)

The Week That Was
Boy... this was another hard week for everyone. And, unbelievably, Senator Reverend Ty Coffey won again. His second week in a row ends at 6-2. Furthermore, he nailed the tiebreak at 52, which hasn't happened in a while. Matt Latta comes up just short, in 2nd, also at 6-2.

Continuing the "Year of the Underdog", Trey Cartledge logs a top five finish at 3, with 6-2, while Michael Nipp goes 6-2 for 4th. Rounding out the top 5 is Jennifer Ernst, in 5th, at 6-2.

Lori Beirne is 6th and Daniel Powell is 7th, both at 6-2. In 8th is Clif Render, Joey Thornell gets his first top ten finish for 9th, and in a three way tie for 10th, Matt Halpert, Drew Morris and Scott Latta, all at 5-3.

Also Finishing:
5-3: Tommy McLeod, Jason Duren, Demastus, Sarah Hasha, Yours Truly, Tyler Campbell, Tad Roose, Zack Graves, Ryan Sherman, Garrett Cheney
4-4: Mackey, Tebe Shaw, Barney, Gary "The Idol" Eubanks, Big Eddy, Jonathan Osborne, Eddy Jr, Gina Roose
3-5: DMOsborne, Justin Fisher, The Mighty Gainey, Hawbaker, Tim Wasyluka
0-8: Big Tom Johnson

The Standings
FULAYTAR CONFERENCE
North Division
Matt Latta, 18-6
Ty Coffey, 15-9
Matt Halpert, 14-10
Mackey, 13-11
DMOsborne, 13-11
Tom Johnson, 7-17

MidCentral Division
Jennifer Ernst, 16-8
Tommy McLeod, 15-9
Justin Fisher, 14-10
Jason Barnette, 12-12
Tebe Shaw, 11-13
Jason Turnbow, 10-14

West Division
Drew Morris, 15-9
Gary Eubanks, 15-9
Jason Duren, 14-10
Eddy McBroom, 13-11
Sarah Hasha, 9-15
Jason Demastus, 7-17

ROOSE CONFERENCE
East Division
Clif Render, 14-10
Mark Gainey, 13-11
Tyler Campbell, 13-11
Yours Truly, 13-11
Trey Cartledge, 12-12
James Hawbaker, 9-15

South Central Division
Jon Osborne, 18-6
Scott Latta, 17-7
Lori Beirne, 16-8
Tad Roose, 16-8
Zack Graves, 15-9
Eddy Jr, 12-12

South Division
Michael Nipp, 15-9
Daniel Powell, 15-9
Ryan Sherman, 15-9
Garrett Cheney, 15-9
Gina Roose, 14-10
Tim Wasyluka, 12-12
Joey Thornell, 7-17

The DFC Top 12 Power Poll
Last week's ranking in ( )
1. Jon Osborne, 18-6 (1)
2. Matt Latta, 18-6 (2)
3. Scott Latta, 17-7 (3)
4. Lori Beirne, 16-8 (7)
5. Tad Roose, 16-8 (5)
6. Jennifer Ernst, 16-8 (NR)
7. Drew Morris, 15-9 (8)
8. Gary Eubanks, 15-9 (6)
9. Daniel Powell, 15-9 (NR)
10. Zack Graves, 15-9 (11)
11. Michael Nipp, 15-9 (21)
12. Ryan Sherman, 15-9 (10)
dropped out: Justin Fisher (4); Mark Gainey (9)

The Bottom Five
31. Hawbaker (31)... 32. Sarah Hasha (33)... 33. Joey Thornell (35)... 34. Jason Demastus (34)... 35. Tom Johnson (29)

Lies, Darn Lies & Statistics

• What a terrible start to the year. Absolutely terrible. In the East Division alone, if the playoffs started today, rookie Clif Render would win the division at 14-10... and would end up with the 10th best record in the conference.
• Gina "Wife of The Dynasty" Roose extends her 4-4+ weekly record to 19 weeks, but the more startling stat is that the record of 5-3+ weeks, currently held by Mark Gainey at 14 weeks (Wk 11 of DFC IV thru Wk 12 of DFC V) is in no danger... the current longest streak? Scott Latta at 3 weeks.
• Speaking of The Mighty Gainey, could it be that he's not as Mighty as he once was? For the first time in his five seasons, he followed up a 4-4 record (Wk 2) with a losing record (Wk 3). At 7-9, its the worst 2 week, regular season performance of his career.
• Where the heck did Ty Coffey come from? Harking back to last season, Ty has now won three of the last five regular season weeks. Its the best stretch since Jenn Ernst reeled off 3 weekly wins in four weeks back in 2003 (DFC IV)
• Looking at all time regular season numbers, Matt Latta becomes the third player (behind Yours Truly and Jenn Ernst) to hit 400 wins. Lori Beirne crossed 300 this weekend, and even though he's had a poor season thusfar, James Hawbaker hit 100 career wise.
• Course, its not all great news... Lori's 300 win mark was also marred by her 200th loss all time.
• Its a season tradition by now... who can put Willis Watkins back into last on the all time list? His brief DFC stint left him at 12-26, and rookies Justin Fisher, Clif Render and Matt Halpert all passed him this weekend. This leaves only latecomer Joey Thornell, with 7 wins currently, to pass Willis and put him back into 51st place all time.
• Toss in all the playoff wins and losses, and the list changes a little. Jenn, Yours Truly, DMO, Drew, Tad, Big Eddy, Daniel and Tommy are your Top 9, while Michael Nipp is in 10th, at 398 all time. He's 2 away from the all time 400 list, and at 386, he's 14 away from the regular season 400 club.
• Its fun to watch the wins and losses mount, and players pass the retired folk... but sometimes, you see a current player pass another current player. Its the small things, really. Maybe it will only be for a week or two, but Scott Latta leaps over Mark Gainey in the College standings, taking 13th place all time.
• Men of the DFC, take note. After three long seasons, a girl now sits atop all three major catagories--All Time, College, Pro--since Tom didn't get his picks in. This is unofficial, as the email might have been lost, but as it stands now, Jenn Ernst moves into 1st in the Pro ranks.