DFC XII Week One Results

The Games:
Northwestern 24, Boston College 17
South Florida 23, 16. Notre Dame 20
BYU 14, Ole Miss 13
5. Boise State 35, 19. Georgia 21 (tiebreak game-56)
4. LSU 40, 3. Oregon 27
Hawaii 34, Colorado 17
Maryland 32, Miami 24

THE WEEK THAT WAS
Even though he was Rookie of the Year last season, it took until Randy Latta's 13th regular season week to capture a weekly win.  At 7-1, he was pretty much all over this weekend's games, saying about the one he missed, "I'll never pick Notre Dame again."

Coming in second, The Mighty Gainey hits big at 6-2, while in third was Ryan Sherman'ator also at 6-2.  Tied for 4th is Matt Halpert and Brad "The Lawdawg" Latta, at 5-3, while in a three way tie for 6th is Drew Morris, John "The Lone" Wolf and Yours Truly.  In 9th place is Jonathan Osborne, and in 10th is Tebe Shaw rounding out the Top Ten, all at 5-3.

Also Finishing:
5-3:  Justin Fisher... Tad Roose... Chris Croyle... Young Garrett... Big Eddy Mac (on his bday!)... Lt. Dan Sellers... Daniel Powell...
4-4:  Greg Graves... Big Tim Wasyluka...  Trey Cartledge... Tommy McLeod... Jennifer Ernst... Joey Thornell... Hurricane Rhett... Drew Warren... Matt Latta... Bradley Pinkerton... Lori Beirne... Steven Ray... Jessica Hawbaker... Scott Latta.. James Hawbaker...
3-5:  Zack Graves... Mikey Nipp... David Stamper... Eddy Jr... Tom Johnson... David Tuck
2-6:  Tyler Campbell... DMOsborne... Sarah Hasha 

THE STANDINGS
FULAYTAR CONFERENCE
NORTH DIVISION
Matt Halpert, 5-3
Rhett Barnett, 4-4
Matt Latta, 4-4
Joey Thornell, 4-4
Drew Warren, 4-4
Zack Graves, 3-5
DMOsborne, 2-6

CENTRAL DIVISION
Brad Latta, 5-3
Tebe Shaw, 5-3
Justin Fisher, 5-3
Tommy McLeod, 4-4
Jennifer Ernst, 4-4
David Stamper, 3-5
Sarah Hasha, 2-6

WEST DIVISION
Drew Morris, 5-3
Dan Sellers, 5-3
Eddy McBroom, 5-3
Bradley Pinkerton, 4-4
Trey Cartledge, 4-4
Tom Johnson, 3-5
David Tuck, 3-5

CARTLEDGE CONFERENCE
EAST DIVISION
Mark Gainey, 6-2
Yours Truly, 5-3
John Wolf, 5-3
Ryan Sherman, 5-3
Garrett Cheney, 5-3
Chris Croyle, 5-3
Tyler Campbell, 2-6

CENTRAL DIVISION
Randy Latta, 7-1
Jonathan Osborne, 5-3
Steven Ray, 4-4
Jessica Hawbaker, 4-4
Scott Latta, 4-4
Lori Beirne, 4-4

SOUTH DIVISION
Tad Roose, 5-3
Daniel Powell, 5-3
Greg Graves, 4-4
Tim Wasyluka, 4-4
James Hawbaker, 4-4
Michael Nipp, 3-5
Eddy Jr, 3-5

The DFC TOP 12 POWER POLL
(will mirror the weekly results this week)
1) Randy Latta, 7-1
2) Mark Gainey, 6-2
3) Ryan Sherman, 6-2
4-tie) Brad Latta, 5-3
4-tie) Matt Halpert, 5-3
6-tie) Drew Morris, 5-3
6-tie) Yours Truly, 5-3
6-tie) John Wolf, 5-3
9) Jonathan Osborne, 5-3
10) Tebe Shaw, 5-3
11) Dan Sellers, 5-3
12) Tad Roose, 5-3

LIES, DARN LIES & STATISTICS
"There are three kind of lies in this world.  Lies, darn lies and statistics." -- Mark Twain.

• And here we are, Season Twelve of The Deuce Football Championships!  What started out as an 11 person football pick 'em has turned into a fall tradition, and we are 41 people strong this year!  Welcome back!
• Let's talk streaks first... there are two "untouchable" streaks that have emerged over the years that we like to keep track of, the first being Consecutive Weeks with a +5-3 record, meaning consecutive weeks with either a 5-3, a 6-2, a 7-1 or an undefeated 8-0 record.   The current record is held by Matt Latta, who went from Week 8 of DFC VIII to Week 12 of DFC IX with nary a 4-4 or below mark.  He opened up the following DFC X season by ending the streak with a 1-7.
• In fact, its so difficult to do that week after week, I can only find three other people who have topped 10 weeks with such a streak... Yours Truly did it for 14 weeks in DFX IX and X... Mark Gainey did it also for 14 weeks between DFC IV and V... and Big Eddy went 11 weeks in DFC III and IV.
• Who's got the current streak going right now?   The Mighty Gainey, who is sitting at 5 straight weeks.  
• The other record we keep an eye on is the +4-4 record, which is slightly easier, yet still hard to keep going.  Thats consecutive weeks going 4-4 and better.  
• The record is huge.  Tad Roose went 45--thats forty five--straight weeks from mid-DFC IV to DFC Week 1 of DFC VIII with at least a 4-4 record.  That's why we call him "The Dynasty" and that's why he has three Brook DeRamus Championship Plates.  
• Coming in a not-even-close second is retired legend Gary "The Idol" Eubanks with 24 weeks, Yours Truly with 22 weeks in third, in fourth is retired DFC Hall of Famer Justin Glenn with 21, and Lori "Sunshine" Beirne at #5 with 20 weeks.  
• The longest current streak now?  Yours Truly and Drew Warren are tied at 9 weeks.
• How does Randy Latta's great 7-1 record stand up to other Week One records?  Let's take a look, as weekly I'll give you that particular week's winners, season by season... this week, I'll let you know if they made the postseason
• From DFC I to X... Shawn Sharp (8-0, won DFC title)... Daniel Powell (8-0, missed playoffs)... Mark Gainey (7-1, made playoffs)... Scott Latta (8-0, missed playoffs)... DMOsborne (8-0, made playoffs)... Angie Mark Osborne (6-2, missed playoffs, won RotY)... Matt Latta (7-1, won title)... Matt Latta (8-0, made playoffs)... Trey Cartledge (7-1, made playoffs)... Yours Truly (5-3, made playoffs)