DFC VIII Week Two Results

Used Tiebreak in Week One:
Matt Halpert, DMOsborne, Jenn Ernst, Barney, Drewski, Big Eddy, The Mighty Gainey, Tyler, Hawbaker, Jonathan Osborne, Lori, Zack, Daniel, Wasyluka

This week's soundbites/trash talk from email:
"The Wolverines come to their senses. Need I remind you that my Bulldogs lost to I-AA Maine 3 weeks before beating a ranked Florida team!" --Justin Fisher
"LUS's coaches are pretty obnoxious too. Current coaches, not past ones" --Ryan Sherman, on LSU... excuse me, LUS's fans
"Vandy beats 'Bama" --Zack Graves
"I'm gonna say that last week sucked" --Sarah Hasha

THE WEEK THAT WAS...
In one of the worst weeks in DFC history, Senator Reverend Ty Coffey pulls out his second win of his career, and if you date back to Week 11 of last year, then the 2nd in four regular season weeks. He survives the carnage that was this week by pulling out a 6-2 mark, edging out Jonathan Osborne, also at 6-2

Michael Nipp continues his comeback road by coming in 3rd at 5-3, while in 4th Scott Latta goes 5-3, and Daniel Powell and Gary "The Idol" Eubanks tie for 5th. In 7th is Justin Fisher, in 8th is Lori Beirne, and tied for 9th is Eddy Jr and Drew Morris.

The Rest
4-4: Matt Latta, Matt Halpert, Mackey, Jason Duren, Jenn Ernst, The Mighty Gainey, Gina Roose, Ryan Sherman, Garrett Cheney, Tommy McLeod
3-5: DMOsborne, Barney, Turnbow, Big Eddy, Yours Truly, Tyler "Sexy Beast" Campbell, Clif Render, Trey Cartledge, Zack Graves, and finally, Tad Roose
2-6: Tom Johnson, Tebe "Michigan" Shaw, Jason Demastus, Tim Wasyluka
1-7: Sarah Hasha, James Hawbaker

Late Addition
Joey Thornell, manfriend of Alissa Kelly, who is daughter to one Pastor Calvin Kelly, has entered The DFC late in the season, and will join up in the DFC South. He managed to pick his four Sunday NFL games, of which he went 2-2, but will end the week at 2-6, and will take an 0-8 for week one. This means Joey will start at 2-14.

This was done three seasons ago with James Hawbaker, who entered the league late. As with James, Joey will not be eligible for the playoffs this season, so you can say he's "red-shirted" for the first year. He will be eligible for Rookie of the Year, however, if we see fit to crown him such. Also, the 14 losses due to games he didn't get a chance to pick will be removed from his all-time stats beginning next year, but will be kept this year to keep the games even.

STANDINGS
ROOSE CONFERENCE
North Division
Matt Latta, 12-4
Matt Halpert, 9-7
Mackey, 9-7
Ty Coffey, 9-7
DMOsborne, 8-8
Tom Johnson, 7-9

MidCentral Division
Justin Fisher, 11-5
Tommy McLeod, 10-6
Jennifer Ernst, 10-6
Jason Turnbow, 8-8
Jason Barnette, 8-8
Tebe Shaw, 7-9

West Division
Gary Eubanks, 11-5
Drew Morris, 10-6
Eddy McBroom, 9-7
Jason Duren, 9-7
Sarah Hasha, 4-12
Jason Demastus, 2-14

LATTA CONFERENCE
East Division
Mark Gainey, 10-6
Clif Render, 9-7
Tyler Campbell, 8-8
Yours Truly, 8-8
James Hawbaker, 6-10
Trey Cartledge, 6-10

South Central Division
Jon Osborne, 14-2
Scott Latta, 12-4
Tad Roose, 11-5
Lori Beirne, 10-6
Zack Graves, 10-6
Eddy Jr, 9-7

South Division
Ryan Sherman, 10-6
Garrett Cheney, 10-6
Gina Roose, 10-6
Daniel Powell, 9-7
Michael Nipp, 9-7
Tim Wasyluka, 9-7

The DFC Power Poll Top 12
1. Jonathan Osborne, 14-2
t-2. Matt Latta, 12-4
t-2. Scott Latta, 12-4
4. Justin Fisher, 11-5
5. Tad Roose, 11-5
6. Gary Eubanks, 11-5
7. Lori Beirne, 10-6
8. Drew Morris, 10-6
9. Mark Gainey, 10-6
10. Ryan Sherman, 10-6
11. Zack Graves, 10-6
12. Tommy McLeod, 10-6

The Bottom Five...
30) Tebe Shaw... 31) James Hawbaker... 32) Trey Cartledge... 33) Sarah Hasha... 34) Demastus...

Oregon 39, Michigan 7
South Carolina 16, Georgia 12
Florida 59, Troy 31 (not DFC, game of interest)
Penn State 31, Notre Dame 10 (not DFC, game of interest)
South Florida 26, #17 Auburn 23
#2 LSU 48, #9 Virginia Tech 7, (tiebreak game)

Green Bay 16, Philadelphia 13
San Diego 14, Chicago 3
Dallas 45, NYGiants 35
Cincinnati 27, Baltimore 20

Lies, Darn Lies & Statistics

• All good things must come to an end, I guess. After 45 weeks of 4-4, 5-3, 6-2, 7-1 and a couple of 8-0s, and 2 DFC championships, Tad "The Dynasty" Roose clocks in with a 3-5 mark for the week. The longest such streak in DFC history was ended late Monday night when Cincinnati stopped Baltimore with a minute left.
• The next longest active streak? None other than Gina "Wife of The Dynasty" Roose, who just finished her 18th week of at least 4-4.
• Yours Truly finally got my 400th win all time when LSU beat Va Tech, but Matt's 4-4 week got him one game closer to my #2 all time ranking. He now sits 6 back, at 395 football games picked correctly.
• Big Mackey got his 53rd win all time, passing not only Angie Mark Osborne, but also the legendary Brooke DeRamus to take 37th on the all time list.
• Looking at college rankings, Tim Wasyluka climbs another spot up the all time ranks, getting 17th from Justin. Tim now has 182-118 record, to Justin's 180-133.
• Both Garrett Cheney and Tyler Campbell pass DeuceBowl I Champion Shawn Sharp. Garrett is 24th at 105-81, Tyler is 25th 102-84, leaving Shawn in 26th.
• She won Rookie of the Year in DFC VI, and Gina Roose is looking like it. She's not only passed Tebe, Barney, Hawbaker, Ryan Sherman and others in their 3rd year in college standings, she's ahead in all time regular season wins, and only trails Barney by 2 in pro picks.
• Big Tom Johnson has pretty much held at least a share of #1 in the NFL section of the DFC for almost four years, but his lead is almost gone. After going 0-4 this first NFL week, Jennifer Ernst is only 1 back, Yours Truly is 6 back, and both Matt and DMOsborne is 7 behind Tom.
• With Tom at 169 wins, Daniel is back in 9th with 148 wins. The 10th spot is the interesting spot, however, with Tad holding for now with 138 wins. Right behind him, however, is Drew with 137, while Jonathan Osborne, who has never been in the All Time Top Ten in any catagory, has 136.
• Two weeks in, who's up? Ryan Sherman is way up, holding strong atop the DFC West, as is Jonathan Osborne, at 14-2.
• Who's staying up? Gary Eubanks leads the West, Drew Morris is keeping pace as always, and Matt Latta is picking up where he left off last year.
• Who's down? Tebe Shaw, the defending MidCentral Division champ, doing his best Michigan impression.
• Who's staying down? Demastus, at 2-14, though an 0-8 in Week 1 will do that to you.