DFC XII Week Two Results

Auburn 41, (16) Mississippi State 34 (tie break game, 75 points)
(3) Alabama 27, (23) Penn State 11
Tennessee 45, Cincinnati 23
Notre Dame 17, Michigan 7
Cincinnati Bengals 27, Cleveland Browns 17
Baltimore Ravens 35, Pittsburgh 7
Houston Texans 34, Indianapolis Colts, 7
NYJets 27, Dallas Cowboys 24

THE WEEK THAT WAS
The Jeopardy answer is, "He was the first DFC Season XI to win a week, and did so undefeated at 8-0", and the question for the win is, "Who is Greg Graves?"  Yep, the 64 year old (according to son Zack) rode through the weekend in perfection, even clinching the weekly victory before the final game of the weekend (Jets/Cowboys) had even started.

Young Garrett Cheney is also riding a wave of success that he's not seen since his Rookie of the Year season in DFC V--he won 66 games, though missed the postseason, a record for most victories in a non-playoff year.  He comes in 2nd for the week at 6-2, while in 3rd is Big Tim Wasyluka.

In 4th place for the week is Big Eddy Broom, while in 5th is a tie between Eddy the Junior and Jennifer Ernst.  Coming in 7th is another tie, this time between Tommy McLeod and Steven Ray.  All finished at 6-2, just like Tom Johnson in 9th. Rounding out the Weekly Top Ten is John "The Lone" Wolf at 5-3.

Also Finishing:
5-3:  Zack Graves... Matt Latta... Brad Latta... Yours Truly... Sarah Hasha... Trey Cartledge... Bradley Pinkerton... Drew Morris... Chris Croyle... Jonathan Osborne... Randy Latta.. Lori Beirne... Drew Warren... Hurricane Rhett Barnett...  James Hawbaker... Daniel Powell...
4-4:  Joey Thornell... David Tuck.. Lt. Dan Sellers... Tebe Shaw... The Mighty Gainey... Jessica Hawbaker... Scott Latta... Tyler Campbell... Ryan Sherman... JustFish... Michael Nipp... Tad Roose...
3-5:  Matt Halpert... DMOsborne... David Stamper...    

STANDINGS
FULAYTAR CONFERENCE

NORTH DIVISION

Matt Latta, 9-7
Drew Warrne, 9-7
Rhett Barnett, 9-7
Zack Graves, 8-8
Joey Thornell, 8-8
Matt Halpert, 8-8
DMOsborne, 5-11

CENTRAL DIVISION
Brad Latta, 10-6
Jennifer Ernst, 10-6
Tommy McLeod, 10-6
Justin Fisher, 9-7
Tebe Shaw, 9-7
Sarah Hasha, 7-9
David Stamper, 6-10

WEST DIVISION
Eddy McBroom, 11-5
Drew Morris, 10-6
Bradley Pinkerton, 9-7
Dan Sellers, 9-7
Tom Johnson, 9-7
Trey Cartledge, 9-7
David Tuck, 8-8

CARTLEDGE CONFERENCE
EAST DIVISION
Garrett Cheney, 11-5
John Wolf, 10-6
Mark Gainey, 10-6
Yours Truly, 10-6
Ryan Sherman, 10-6
Chris Croyle, 10-6
Tyler Campbell, 6-10

CENTRAL DIVISION
Randy Latta, 12-4
Jonathan Osborne, 10-6
Steven Ray, 10-6
Lori Beirne, 9-7
Jessica Hawbaker, 8-8
Scott Latta, 8-8

SOUTH DIVISION
Greg Graves, 12-4
Tim Wasyluka, 10-6
Daniel Powell, 10-6
James Hawbaker, 9-7
Tad Roose, 9-7
Eddy Jr, 9-7
Michael Nipp, 7-9

THE DFC POWER POLL TOP 12
Rank, DFC'er, Rec, (last week)
1-tie. Randy Latta, 12-4 (1)
1-tie. Greg Graves, 12-4 (NR)
3. Garrett Cheney, 11-5 (NR)
4. Big Eddy, 11-5 (NR)
5. Tim Wasyluka, 10-6 (NR)
6. John Wolf, 10-6 (8)
7. Brad Latta, 10-6 (4)
8. Mark Gainey, 10-6 (2)
9. Jonathan Osborne, 10-6 (9)
10. Drew Morris, 10-6 (6)
11. Steven Ray, 10-6 (NR)
12. Yours Truly, 10-6 (7)
dropped out:  Ryan Sherman (3)... Matt Halpert (5)... Tebe Shaw (10)... Dan Sellers (11)... Tad Roose (12)...

LIES, DARN LIES & STATISTICS

• As mentioned before, its been kinda fun watching the resurgance of Young Garrett Cheney, if only because he exploded to 64 wins in DFC V, only to... well, basically suck in every season since then.  If memory serves correctly, he needed to win only 2 games out of 8 that weekend to make the postseason, or he could just go 1-7, and the person behind him, Wookiee Fulaytar, would have to go undefeated... otherwise, Garrett would get into, albeit limping along, the playoffs.
• And guess what happened?  Yep, Garrett went 1-7 and yep, Wookiee went 8-0, en route to a DFC title that season.  Poor, poor Garrett
• Its Week 2, and here are your Week 2 champs in DFC history... in DFC I, Wookiee Fulaytar and Brook DeRamus shared the weekly win, and in II, it was Vic Paschal.  III saw Wookiee again, while Jason Demastus took IV.  Tom Johnson won in V, Jason Duren in VI, Tebe Shaw in VII, Ty Coffeey in VIII, The Big Wasyluka went undefeated for Week 2 in DFC IX, Lt Dan Sellers got DFC X, and last season, The Big Wasyluka won again in Week 2. 
• No sooner did we congratulate The Mighty Gainey on his current streak of 5-3+ weeks than he went 4-4 this week.  His. .500 streak is at 6 weeks, but his .500+ ends.  The new leaders with 5 weeks are Drew Morris, Yours Truly and John Wolf, all dating back to last season.
• Looking at regular season wins & losses, 600 is a big mark, and set to cross, maybe this week, is Tom Johnson with 597, followed by DMOsborne with 595, and Big Eddy McBroom at 593.
• Congrats to Tim Wasyluka, as he crossed 500 regular season wins this past week.  Next up for 500 is Sarah Hasha with 485.  Garrett Cheney and Tyler Campbell are next for 400 wins, but a long way off, as they sit at 365 and 364 respectively. 
• Defending DFC Champ Trey Cartledge has 295 regular season victories, and will likely cross 300 in the next two weeks.   At 167, Chris Croyle is closest to 200, and for 100 victories, it will be later this season for Bradley Pinkerton (69), Randy Latta (68) and Drew Warren (63)
• However, when I re-sort the spread sheet, and pull up All Time Wins & Losses, which include playoffs, things change a little.  Now we are looking at 700 wins all time, which Yours Truly alone has crossed (723).  Next in line is Jennifer Ernst (689), Big Eddy McBroom (688) and Matt Latta (681).
• Scott Latta is next for 600 all time, with 594, followed closely by Jonathan Osborne with 592. 
• As far as college rankings go, sadly I only keep track of regular season wins, which when I will find the time (when Lorelei or Campbell turns 18 and heads to college, right before DFC XXX, which will be fun to say because Rhett Barnett will see the "XXX" and make jokes) I will add in playoff college wins too, currently the milestones of note are Big Tim Wasyluka (306) and Sarah Hasha (300) hitting the 300 win mark.
• Ryan Sherman (206) and James Hawbaker (201) just crossed 200, and Chris Croyle has picked 104 college games correctly in his DFC career.
• Finally, looking at The DFC Power Poll Top 12, what a difference a week makes--FIVE people dropped out, with Matt Halpert falling from 5th to 33rd, and were replaced by five more, with Wasyluka making the biggest jump from 22nd to 4th.  And a tie at the top of the Power Poll between two of our oldest gents of the game.
• To explain, and answer any lingering questions, yes, you are ranked by record, then by TBA.  And I don't display that until after week 4, because its so tough to gauge just yet--while its true your best and worst weeks will be dropped, I choose to wait until 4 weeks have passed in order for your best and worst to be discounted, and still have two weeks to average together... make sense?  So, even though Lori Beirne's TBA is dreadful, it will likely jump at least 10 to 20 points better once Week 4 passes. 
• But remember... if your worst week in Week 6 is dropped, and you have an even worse week in Week 9, your Week 9 will then be dropped and Week 6 will be factored back in.