Now... with a witness, Michael Nipp, the divisions have been realigned. We kept the rivalries, as promised... Matt vs DMO, Mikey Nipp vs Daniel Powell, Scotty Latta vs Jon Osborne, Yours Truly vs The Mighty Gainey, Drew vs Big Eddy, Tommy vs Jenn Ernst... and the rest has been randomly selected.
Two conferences, as with tradition, are named after the previous season's DeuceBowl finalists... The Gainey Conference, and for the third time in the DFC's history, The Morris Conference. In each conference, we've broken it up into 8 divisions, a la the NFL, the North, South, East and West.
The Divisions are as followed:
THE GAINEY CONFERENCE
The North Division
Justin Fisher
Matt Latta
DM Osborne
Clif Render
Joey Thornell
The East Division
Tad Roose
Eddy Jr
Ryan Sherman
Jason Barnette
Garrett Cheney
The South Division
Tommy McLeod
Jennifer Ernst
Tom Johnson
Tebe Shaw
The West Division
Drew Morris
Eddy McBroom
Tim Wasyluka
Trey Cartledge
AJ Fulaytar
THE MORRIS CONFERENCE
The North Division
Ken Mackey
James Hawbaker
Zack Graves
Sarah Hasha
Jason Turnbow
The East Division
Yours Truly
Mark Gainey
Matt Halpert
Jason Roberts
Jonathan Taylor
The South Division
Michael Nipp
Jason Duren
Daniel Powell
Chris Croyle
The West Division
Jonathan Osborne
Lori Beirne
Scott Latta
Tyler Campbell
Gina Roose
Playoffs:
Per conference, each Division Winner gets an automatic playoff berth, no matter the record. The four next best records get playoff spots. The top three records, no matter the division titles, get first round byes, though tie break goes to a division winner, regardless of TBA. The remaining five go to Wild Card Weekend, where top two records advance. Those two join the other three the following weekend, where again, the top two records advance for a head-to-head. In the first two rounds, higher seed break ties.
The DFC IX Preseason Top Fifteen
1. Tad Roose
2. Mark Gainey
3. Eddy McBroom
4. Drew Morris
5. Jennifer Ernst
6. Matt Latta
7. Yours Truly
8. Lori Beirne
9. Matt Halpert
10. Jonathan Osborne
11. Tyler Campbell
12. Justin Fisher
13. James Hawbaker
14. Scott Latta
15. DMOsborne
The Rookie Rundown
Our rookies this year include Jon Taylor, hubby of Emily, and waiting two years to be a part of The DFC... Jason Roberts, a Southern Miss fan thru and thru... Chris Croyle, hubby of Brittney and missionary kid... and finally, our youngest, AJ Fulaytar, spawn of DFC Champion and Hall of Famer, Wookiee Fulaytar. This sets up a new rule... any spawn that requires assistance from another can only be in the league if the one providing assistance is not in the league. This is primarily why Jenn Ernst's husband is not in The DFC...
Lies, Darn Lies & Statistics
- For what seems like forever, a girl is still atop the all time wins standings. Jennifer Ernst climbed atop this column about four or five seasons ago--I don't even know when--and has never let go. When you don't factor in playoffs, you have her with 462 wins and 298 losses. When you do factor in playoffs, she's at 510 wins and 322 losses. Unbelievable.
- Keeping all time wins, including playoffs, the next five are as follows... 2) Yours Truly, 494-338... 3) Matt Latta, 490-338... 4) Drew Morris, 489-298... 5) Tad Roose, 464-289
- Whats crazy about that last stat is that Jenn, Yours Truly and Matt Latta have been in all nine seasons of The DFC, while Drew Morris started in DFC II, as did Tad Roose, giving a full season advantage to those who came after, including Tommy and DMOsborne (in 6th and 7th, respectively)
- We don't call him The Mighty Gainey for nothing. He didn't start his DFC career until DFC III, and yet his all time win record puts him at #11, with a 439-234 mark. He's one game behind Tom Johnson for 10th (440-336) and actually AHEAD of #12 Michael Nipp (437-347)
- Playoff wins have much to do with the above stats, as Drew Morris' run to the DeRamus Plate placed him well atop the Playoff Victories standings. He has a 80-35 record in the postseason, ahead of Mark Gainey, 61-36, Wookiee Fulaytar, 55-24 and three time DFC champ Tad Roose, at 54-27.
- Speaking of Wookiee, the son of the Hall of Famer has come to The DFC. Yes, yes, it might be a weird set up, and we all know that Wookiee will be reliving his former glory by way of Austin James (AJ), but none of AJ's stats go to Wookiee. Again, as mentioned, this is why if Wookiee decided to come back, AJ will have to step down as a participant. Its been thought that Wookiee might just hold out two teams on paper, and whichever one AJ pees, poops or burps on, he'll pick that one.
- Three rookies return this year, Justin Fisher, Clif Render and Rookie of the Year (and North Division defender) Matt Halpert. Matt had a great rookie year, with 63 wins, making him only the 6th DFC'er to ever score 60+ wins in his rookie season. Mark Gainey holds the record with 65 his first year, Garrett Cheney had 64, while Tad, Big Eddy and the now retired Gary "The Idol" Eubanks scored 62.
- Its worth noting that out of those six, only two--Mark and Eddy--went on to have another 60+ win season. Gary got close with 59, while Garrett and Tad only mustered 47 and 45, respectively.
- Week One winners: (DFC I) Shawn Sharp at 8-0... (DFC II) Daniel Powell at 8-0... (DFC III) Mark Gainey at 7-1... (DFC IV) Scott Latta at 8-0... (DFC V) DMOsborne at 8-0.... (DFC VI) Angie Mark Pilgrim at 6-2... (DFC VII) Matt Latta at 7-1... (DFC VIII) Matt Latta at 8-0. Shawn, Mark, DMOsborne and Matt, both times, went on to play in the postseason.
- Out of 19 weekly winners who went 8-0, almost a 3rd of them came in Week One. No pressure.
- WEEK ONE GAMES GO OUT MONDAY... check this site, as they might just appear Sunday night...
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