Friday, August 29, 2008

DFC IX Week One Results

What a fine week to start The DFC IX season... after taking a third of Week 12 last year, along with Mackey and eventual DFC Champion Drew Morris, Trey Cartledge went onto a massive run in the postseason, finally losing to Mark Gainey in the Final Four (there are much worse people to lose to).

Trey takes his first weekly win by himself, at 6-2. And as I typed up the records for the week, I knew I had gone 6-2, and by virtue of the Fresno State win over Rutgers, 24-7, I knew I had a good tiebreak score (it was 31, I went 41)... and then I got to Trey. Yours Truly finished 2nd.

Tommy McLeod goes 6-2 to finish third, while rookie AJ Fulaytar takes fourth. The Great Bear of the North, Matt Latta, gets fifth at 6-2, while 6th goes to Lori Beirne at 5-3. Making his first Weekly Top Ten appearance is rookie Jason Roberts, while tying for 8th is Matt Halpert and Jennifer Ernst. Rounding out the top ten is Eddy Jr, all at 5-3.

Also finishing:
5-3: Ryan Sherman, Tim Wasyluka, Bradley Pinkerton, Jason Duren, Jonathan Osborne, Scott Latta, Justin Fisher
4-4: DM Osborne, Joey Thornell, Tad Roose, Jason Barnette, Tom Johnson, Drew Morris, Eddy McBroom, Zack Graves, Jason Turnbow, Mackey, Mark Gainey, Daniel Powell, Mikey Nipp, Chris Croyle
3-5: Tebe Shaw, Gina Roose, Tyler Campbell
2-6: James Hawbaker, Sarah Hasha, Garrett Cheney
1-7: Clif Render
0-8: Jon Taylor, Jonathan Lenning

THE GAINEY CONFERENCE
North Division
Matt Latta, 6-2
Justin Fisher, 5-3
Joey Thornell, 4-4
DM Osborne, 4-4
Clif Render, 1-7

East Division
Ryan Sherman, 5-3
Eddy Jr, 5-3
Tad Roose, 4-4
Jason Barnette, 4-4
Garrett Cheney, 2-6

South Division
Tommy McLeod, 6-2
Jennifer Ernst, 5-3
Tom Johnson, 4-4
Tebe Shaw, 3-5
Jonathan Lenning, 0-8

West Division
Trey Cartledge, 6-2
AJ Fulaytar, 6-2
Tim Wasyluka, 5-3
Drew Morris, 4-4
Eddy McBroom, 4-4

MORRIS CONFERENCE
North Division
Zack Graves, 4-4
Jason Turnbow, 4-4
Ken Mackey, 4-4
James Hawbaker, 2-6
Sarah Hasha, 2-6

East Division
Yours Truly, 6-2
Matt Halpert, 5-3
Jason Roberts, 5-3
Mark Gainey, 4-4
Jon Taylor, 0-8

South Division
Jason Duren, 5-3
Bradley Pinkerton, 5-3
Michael Nipp, 4-4
Daniel Powell, 4-4
Chris Croyle, 4-4

West Division
Jonathan Osborne, 5-3
Scott Latta, 5-3
Lori Beirne, 5-3
Gina Roose, 3-5
Tyler Campbell, 3-5


South Carolina 34, NC State 0
Oklahoma State 39, Washington State 13
(24) Alabama 34, (9) Clemson 10
California 38, Michigan State 31


Kentucky 27, Louisville 2
Colorado 38, Colorado State 7
Fresno State 24, Rutgers 7 (tiebreak game, total score 31)
UCLA 27, Tennessee 24 OT

The First DFC Power Poll Top Twelve
1. Trey Cartledge (6-2)
2. Yours Truly (6-2)
3. Tommy McLeod (6-2)
4. AJ Fulaytar (6-2)
5. Matt Latta (6-2)
6. Lori Beirne (6-2)
7. Jason Roberts (5-3)
8-tie. Jennifer Ernst (5-3)
8-tie. Matt Halpert (5-3)
10. Eddy Jr (5-3)
11. Jason Duren (5-3)
12-tie. Jon Osborne (5-3)
12-tie. Tim Wasyluka (5-3)

Lies, Darn Lies & Statistics
  • I almost didn't start The DFC Power Poll Top 12 this week, because as you can see, it mirrors the weekly top ten, since we are only one week in
  • Looking at all time wins, Yours Truly becomes the 2nd DFC'er to hit 500 total wins. Yours Truly is still 15 games behind Jennifer Ernst overall.
  • Approaching 500 overall--meaning regular season and playoff victories--is Matt Latta (496) and Drew Morris (493), then way back is Tommy (469) and Tad (468)
  • Hitting 400 wins this week was Jonathan Osborne (now at 402)
  • Jason Duren is about to make some small history, by moving into the All Time Top 20. His 289 wins has him in 21st position, and he's 3 away from passing Wookiee Fulaytar to move into that elite group.
  • Reconfiguring the Excel spreadsheet, I can now look at only regular season wins, which mixes it up a little... Jennifer still leads, Yours Truly is still 2nd, Matt is 3rd, and Tommy is 4th.
  • Next up for 400 regular wins--Eddy Jr (399), Jonathan Osborne (396), Scott Latta (393) and The Mighty Gainey (382)
  • Its impressive that The Mighty Mark Gainey trails Scott Latta by 11 games for the 14th spot on the Regular Season All Time Ranks, but started a full season later than Scott or Jon.
  • Jason Turnbow has the other milestone by crossing the 100 win mark, now at 103 wins over two full seasons.
  • Looking at the rookies, and former rookies, who has the best start in the DFC? As in, who went the longest without a losing record? Currently, the recently retired Gary Eubanks holds that mark, by going 24 weeks with at least 4-4. In fact, even though his career was only 2 seasons, he had a career without a 3-5 or less record.
  • Some of the best starts before going 3-5 or worse include Shawn Sharp (11 weeks), Brook DeRamus (11 weeks), Tommy McLeod (11 weeks), Jason Turnbow (10 weeks)...
  • But who is in 2nd on the All Time Best Starts List? Matt Halpert, current Rookie of the Year, who is on week 13 of 4-4 or up, and has never seen 3-5 or worse.
  • Matt also holds the current longest active streak of such records, chasing Tommy McLeod's 5th place ranking of 19 weeks. Lori Beirne is in 4th with 20 weeks, Gary "The Idol" Eubanks is in 3rd at 24 weeks, Mark Gainey is in 2nd with 33 weeks, and Tad Roose, who's streak was broken early last year, stands at 45 weeks.

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