17. Arkansas 41, 18. South Carolina 20
12. LSU 24, 5. Alabama 21
10. Stanford 42, 13. Arizona 17
Atlanta Falcons 27, Tampa Bay Bucs 21 OT
NYGiants 41, Seattle Seahawks 7
Philadelphia Eagles 26, Indianapolis Colts 24
Oakland Raiders 23, Kansas City Chiefs 20 OT
THE WEEK THAT WAS
The last few weeks of the season are always noteworthy for the late season surges by some, and late season collapses by other. Trey Cartledge is doing the former--surging, with a big 7-1 week and a weekly win, the first this season for him, and the third of his career.
Rookie Drew Warren is trying desperately to get a piece of gRandy Latta's inevitable Rookie of the Year Award, going 6-2 for second place in the week. In third is Eddy McBroom the Junior, coming in fourth is Drew Morris, another who was needing a good week, and in fifth is rookie John Wolf, all at 6-2.
In sixth for the week is Jonny Osborne, at 6-2, in seventh is Matt Halpert at 5-3, and tied for eighth is Hurrican Rhett and gRandy Latta, both at 5-3. Rounding out the Weekly Top Ten is The Mighty Gainey, at 5-3.
Also Finishing:
5-3: Yours Truly... James Hawbaker... Zack Graves... Preseason #1 Scott Latta... JustFish... Tommy McLeod... Big Eddy... Brad Latta...
4-4: Defending DFC Champion Lori Beirne... Steven Ray... Joey Thornell... Chris Croyle... Jenny Ernst... Sarah Hasha... Dan Sellers... Tom Johnson... Tim Wasyluka...
3-5: Matt Latta... Tyler Campbell... Tad Roose... Ryan Sherman... DMOsborne... Tebe Shaw... Dave Tuck
2-6: Garrett Cheney... Daniel Powell
0-8: Jason Roberts
THE STANDINGS
BEIRNE CONFERENCE
NORTH DIVISION
Joey Thornell, 51-29 (14.63)
Matt Halpert, 46-34 (8.25)
Zack Graves, 46-34 (11.5)
Drew Warren, 46-34 (12.0)
DMOsborne, 44-36 (16.13)
Rhett Barnett, 42-38 (13.63)
Matt Latta, 40-40 (10.13)
CENTRAL DIVISION
Tebe Shaw, 46-34 (13.43)
Tommy McLeod, 44-36 (10.0)
Brad Latta, 42-38 (13.38)
Jennifer Ernst, 40-40 (7.38)
Sarah Hasha, 39-41 (18.0)
Justin Fisher, 35-45 (18.5)
WEST DIVISION
Dan Sellers, 48-32 (10.38)
Eddy McBroom, 48-32 (11.38)
Trey Cartledge, 48-32 (13.13)
Tom Johnson, 47-33 (14.0)
David Tuck, 42-38 (19.13)
Drew Morris, 39-41 (8.88)
IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY
(1) Joey Thornell, 51-29 (14.63)... North Division Champion, first round bye
(2) Dan Sellers, 48-32 (10.38)... West Division Champion, first round bye
(3) Big Eddy McBroom, 48-32 (11.38)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
(4) Trey Cartledge, 48-32 (13.13)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
(5) Tom Johnson, 47-33 (14.0)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
(6) Tebe Shaw, 46-34 (13.43)... Central Division Champion, Wild Card Weekend
On the Bubble: Matt Halpert, 46-34 (8.25)... Drew Warren, 46-34 (12.0)...
Would Take a Major Collapse to Miss Postseason: Joey Thornell
Probably In: Dan Sellers, Eddy McBroom, Trey Cartledge
In a Little Danger: Tom Johnson, Tebe Shaw
Has a Great Shot at Postseason: Matt Halpert, Zack Graves, Drew Warren
Needs a Little Help and a Little Luck: Rhett Barnett, DMOsborne, Tommy McLeod, Brad Latta, David Tuck
Long Shot, But Still Possible: Matt Latta, Jennifer Ersnt
Would Take a Miracle: Sarah Hasha, Drew Morris
There's Always DFC XII: Justin Fisher
MCBROOM CONFERENCE
EAST DIVISION
Yours Truly, 55-25 (14.0)
Chris Croyle, 47-33 (13.38)
Mark Gainey, 43-37 (10.88)
Ryan Sherman, 43-37 (12.63)
Garrett Cheney, 42-38 (19.38)
John Wolf, 41-39 (11.25)
Tyler Campbell, 39-41 (11.88)
CENTRAL DIVISION
Randy Latta, 48-32 (10.38)
Jonathan Osborne, 47-33 (9.13)
Steven Ray, 46-34 (13.0)
Scott Latta, 42-38 (9.63)
Lori Beirne, 40-40 (12.63)
Jason Roberts, 36-44 (15.13)
SOUTH DIVISION
Eddy McBroom Jr, 48-32 (12.75)
Tim Wasyluka, 47-33 (10.63)
James Hawbaker, 44-36 (12.13)
Mikey Nipp, 43-37 (13.5)
Tad Roose, 41-39 (13.88)
Daniel Powell, 34-46 (18.88)
IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY(1) Yours Truly, 55-25 (14.0)... East Division Champion, first round bye
(2) Randy Latta, 48-32 (10.38)... Central Division Champion, first round bye
(3) Eddy McBroom Jr, 48-32 (12.75)... South Division Champion, Wild Card Weekend
(4) Jonathan Osborne, 47-33 (9.13)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
(5) Tim Wasyluka, 47-33 (10.63)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
(6) Chris Croyle, 47-33 (13.38)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
On the Bubble... Steven Ray, 46-34 (13.0)...
Would Take a Major Collapse to Miss Postseason: Yours Truly
Probably In: Randy Latta, Eddy Jr, Jonathan Osborne, Tim Wasyluka
In a Little Danger: Chris Croyle
Has a Great Shot at Postseason: Steven Ray, James Hawbaker
Needs a Little Help and a Little Luck: Mark Gainey, Ryan Sherman, Mikey Nipp, Garrett Cheney, Scott Latta,
Long Shot, But Still Possible: Tad Roose, John Wolf
Would Take a Miracle: Lori Beirne, Tyler Campbell
There's Always DFC XII: Daniel Powell, Jason Roberts
THE DFC TOP TWELVE POWER POLL
1) Yours Truly, 55-25 (14.0) (1st last wk)
2) Joey Thornell, 51-29 (14.63) (2)
3-tie) Dan Sellers, 48-32 (10.38) (3)
3-tie) gRandy Latta, 48-32 (10.38) (4)
5) Eddy McBroom, 48-32 (11.38) (6)
6) Eddy Jr, 48-32 (12.75) (11)
7) Trey Cartledge, 48-32 (13.13) (NR)
8) Jon Osborne, 47-33 (9.13) (12)
9) Tim Wasyluka, 47-33 (10.63) (5)
10) Chris Croyle, 47-33 (13.38) (8)
11) Tom Johnson, 47-33 (14.0) (9)
12-tie) Matt Halpert, 46-34 (8.25) (NR)
12-tie) Zack Graves, 46-34 (8.25) (NR)
dropped out: Steven Ray (10th)... Tebe Shaw (7th)...
AAAAAAND... THE BOTTOM FIVE
(33) Tyler Campbell... (34) Sarah Hasha... (35) Jason Roberts... (36) Justin Fisher... (37) Daniel Powell
LIES, DARN LIES & STATISTICS
- Its been a tough season for some, as reported last week in LDL&S... some "worst" season marks are being approached--heck, The Mighty Gainey has to go 15-1 to best his career worst of 58 wins... which for some, a career worst of 58 wins is a remarkable, enviable feat.
- Looking at "Career Years", Chris Croyle is having one. His previous two seasons saw him getting 52 and 50 wins, but at 47 so far this year, he'll have to have one huge meltdown to miss his career best. Not saying it won't happen, but its unlikely.
- At streaks, looking at the "At Least 4-4" record, no one is coming close to Tad Roose's 45 weeks, which just lends to how massive and incredible that mark is. Right now, the longest current streak is Yours Truly, with six weeks.
- With the "At Least 5-3" record, who has Matt Latta as the record holder of 17 weeks, the current streak is held by Matt Halpert, Hurricane Rhett, Trey Cartledge, The Mighty Gainey, Scott Latta and Eddy Mc Jr, all tied with... two weeks.
- Top Ten in All Time Regular Season Wins goes like this... Yours Truly... Jenn Ernst... Matt Latta... Tommy McLeod... DMOsborne... Tom Johnson... Eddy Mac... Daniel Powell... Drew Morris... Mikey Nipp...
- I mention this because when I added in the current win totals and recalculated the all-time standings, its the first time in a very, very long time, and I mean years, that the Original Eight (those currently in the DFC that have been here every year--the top ten, minus Big Eddy Mac and Dredw Morris) are all in the Top Ten at the same time.
- DFC V was a season known for the success of practically everyone--13 people won 60+ games, in a league with only 26 at the time--so many DFC'ers highest career win years came that season. This is true for Mikey Nipp and Tom Johnson, who won 65 and 61 respectively, and both won division titles.
- Since then, Tom won 57 one year (DFC VII) and Mikey won 54 (DFC VIII), their highest wins since DFC V. Tom is currently at 47, Mikey is at 43, so its possible they'll hit those marks.
- There are a few DFC'ers who have never been to the postseason.... not talking about rookies this year, or sophs to the league, but people who are in at least their third year of action, here's a list of those who have yet to see the playoffs, and how many games they've played--games include everything up until this past week.
- Jason Roberts (262)... Chris Croyle (262)... Tyler Campbell (656)... Garrett Cheney (656)... Sarah Hasha (848)
- Then there are those who haven't been in a long, long time... those include Tom Johnson (last appearance DFC V)... Mikey Nipp (DFC V)... DMOsborne (DFC VI)...
- Current Playoff Streaks: The Mighty Gainey, 8 seasons in a row... Matt Latta, 5 seasons in a row... Hawbaker, Jonathan Osborne and Trey Cartledge, 3 seasons in a row... Big Eddy Mac, Lori Beirne and Yours Truly, 2 seasons in a row...
Someone sent in an email question asking how The DFC came to be. When I lived in Troy, with my best mate, DFC Hall of Famer and two time champion Wookiee Fulaytar, we had a little game we called "The Sport Dawg", and we would pick ten games a week, all college. The winner got to keep this big, plush dog in their room for the week as the prize for being the best mind of the week. It lasted about, I dunno, three weeks, and fell apart.
When I got to Birmingham, and moved into The Deuce with Mikey Nipp, Tom Johnson, Shawn Sharp and surrogate roommates Tommy McLeod, Drew Morris, Ty Coffey, Wookiee Fulatyar and others, I came up with another version of The Sport Dawg.
Living in The Deuce, we kinda pieced the name together, calling it The DFC, standing for The Deuce Football Championship... which means, if you win the championship, and I say you win The DFC Championship, you are winning The Deuce Football Championship Championship. Go figure.
Anyway, there were 11 of us--Yours Truly, Mikey, Tom, Shawn, Tommy, Wookiee, Jennifer Hudson, David Mark Osborne, Matt Latta, our downstairs neighbor Brook DeRamus, and Daniel Powell, who jumped in about two weeks late. There were 88 games in the season, and at the end, we had a 2 week playoff... Shawn Sharp beat out Wookie Fulaytar, with Jennifer Hudson (now Ernst) and Michael Nipp also making it.
We had a good time with it, it was fun keeping up, and when the season was over, I put the floppy disc aside. We didn't really have a championship plate, we just had Shawn as the "champion"--he's kinda like the Florida Marlins of the DFC... no one really wanted him to win, he just kinda did. And in seasons after that, he sucked.
Well, as the next summer, 2001, rolled around, the guys started asking if we were doing the DFC again. I thought, "Well, sure", and figured we'd have about another 9 or 10 people or so... well, word was out. Only Brook DeRamus obstained from the league in DFC II, but this time we were joined by Justin Glenn, Big Eddy McBroom, Drew Morris, Eddy Jr, Scotty Latta, Vic Paschal, Jason Quinn, Josh Crosby, Tad Roose and Jonathan Osborne, giving us a total of 20. I decided to actually put people in divisions, instead of just making it a list of 20, and we had the North and West in one conference, the East and Central in the other. The tradition of naming the conferences after the previous seasons championship participants were also born, as we had The Sharp Conference and the Fulaytar Conference.
Tad Roose won the first of his 3 titles that year, and we decided to come up with an actual championship trophy. In honor of our kinda odd neighbor, Brook DeRamus, who was kind of a running joke in The Deuce, it was decided his name would be on the plate. I worked at the Parisian Corporate office, and managed to get "proofs" and "samples" of various things like silverware, mugs, and... plates. I took a white plate and wrote on it "The Brook DeRamus Championship Plate", then scribbled down Shawn's and Tad's name. In years since, I've redone the plate a few times, but its remained primarily the same.
By DFC III, it was a tradition. Ty Coffey, Scott Burk, Sarah Hasha, Mark Gainey, Ryan Smith, Tim Wasyluka and Jason Demastus joined up, and we had a total of 24. In DFC V, we hit 6 total divisions, which we still have to this day, though we did an 8 division league in DFC IX, which didn't work as well as I wanted it too.
So here we are, 11 years in. In the time the DFC has existed, we've had 63 people play the DFC game, counting Week Ten of this year, we've picked 1032 regular season games, over 200 more playoff games, seen 13 marriages involving active members, 13 babies born, 3 more on the way as I type, and a whole lot of life changes. But The DFC remains.
Someone asked me how long I'd keep doing it. I'll admit, some weeks, I get tired of doing it, I think that it'll be my last year heading it up, and sometimes the last thing I want to do is sit down and count games, do spreadsheets and type up results... but I keep chugging along. And after the emails are sent, after the season is over, I'm always satisfied, if not by my yearly flameout at the end, then by the fact that we've all had fun with it.
So to answer that question, I guess as long as people want to do it, we'll keep on. Be it 37, like this year, or 25 or 10. With eight of us left from the beginning, I always wonder when some of them will finally say, "Okay, I'm done", but I hope we keep on. I can't believe DFC X happened, so I guess DFC XX will be our next goal.
The DFC Abides.
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