Tuesday, September 26, 2017

DFC XVIII Week Four Results

Texas A&M 50, Arkansas 43
(16) TCU 44, (6) Oklahoma State 31
(11) Georgia 31, (17) Mississippi State 3
(20) Florida 28, Kentucky 17
Notre Dame 38, Michigan State 18
Stanford , UCLA
Indianapolis Colts 31, Cleveland Browns 27
Minnesota Vikings 34, Tampa Bay Bucs 17
Atlanta Falcons 30, Detroit Lions 26
Washington Redskins 27, Oakland Raiders 10

THE WEEK THAT WAS
It's been three seasons since she had a weekly victory of her own, but Lori "Sunshine" Beirne wins it at 8-2, taking her 7th weekly win of her career.  Steven "Mister" Ray comes up short, but also at 8-2, gets 2nd place.

Mark "The Mighty" Gainey gets 3rd, with Bradley Pinky in 4th, and Casey Lewis in 5th.  Young Garrett Cheney is in 6th for the week, and Remodeling Clay Shaver takes 7th, while Big Eddy Mac gets 8th, all at 7-3.

Finishing up the top ten is Matt "The Mad Scientist" Halpert and Hurricane Rhett Barnett, tied for 9th, at 6-4.

Also Finishing...
6-4: G'Randy Latta... Zack "The Attack" Graves... Mitchell Pinky... Jenny Ernst... Sarah "The Comeback" Hasha... Tommy "The Highlander" McLeod... Michael "The Wheel" Ferris...
5-5:  James "The Pick Maker" Hawbaker... Atlanta Bill Seybolt... Brad "Lawdawg" Latta... Trey "The Answer" Cartledge... Big Tom Johnson... Brad "The Bald One" Ashby...
4-6: Drew // Morris... Lt Dan Sellers... Jonny Osborne... Matt Pinky... Eddy the Lesser... Pinky Pinkerton...  Drew "The Grassman" Warren... Brett "The Popman" Smith... Mikey Nipp... Rick TOOOLIE... DMO.. Danny Powell
3-7: Tyler "The Self Appointed Sexy Beast of the DFC" Campbell... Justin "The Rookie" Dearing... Mark "The Funky Bunch" Warner... Yours Truly
2-8: Justin "The Blend" Glenn... Tad "The Dynasty" Roose...
1-9: Tim "The Big" Wasyluka... The Croyle


THE YOURS TRULY CONFERENCE
North Division W-L TB
Mitchell Pinkerton 27-11 14.50
DM Osborne 24-14 13.50
Rhett Barnett 24-14 15.00
Drew Warren 23-15 11.50
Matt Halpert 23-15 12.50
Zack Graves 22-16 9.50
Michael Ferris 22-16 20.00
MidCentral Division
Brad Latta 26-12 13.50
Casey Lewis 25-13 17.75
Tommy McLeod 24-14 17.00
Brad Ashby 24-14 18.75
Jennifer Ernst 23-15 16.25
Bill Seybolt 21-17 12.25
Justin Glenn 17-21 11.00

West Division
Eddy McBroom 29-8 17.00
Bradley Pinkerton 26-12 14.50
Drew Morris 25-13 12.25
Sarah Hasha 23-15 14.50
Tom Johnson 22-16 15.50
Trey Cartledge 21-17 15.00
Dan Sellers 20-18 11.75


THE HALPERT CONFERENCE
East Division W-L TB
Mark Gainey 27-11 13.75
Clay Shaver 27-11 19.25
Tyler Campbell 20-18 12.00
Yours Truly 20-18 18.25
Brett Smith 16-22 25.00
Chris Croyle 15-23 23.25
Garrett Cheney 16-22 29.25
South Central Division
Lori Beirne 28-10 13.00
Steven Ray 27-11 17.00
Randy Latta 25-13 12.75
Matthew Pinkerton  25-13 16.25
Justin Dearing 24-14 11.75
Rick Theule 24-14 19.25
Jonathan Osborne 21-17 10.25
Mark Warner 19-19 24.75
South Division
Jacob Pinkerton 25-13 13.75
James Hawbaker 24-14 11.00
Eddy Jr 24-14 13.75
Michael Nipp 21-17 12.75
Tad Roose 20-18 15.00
Daniel Powell 20-18 23.50
Tim Wasyluka 19-19 11.25


THE DFC POWER POLL TOP 12 
Rec TBA LW
1 Eddy McBroom 29-8 17.00 1
2 Lori Beirne 28-10 13.00 9
3 Mark Gainey 27-11 13.75 10
4 Mitchell Pinkerton 27-11 14.50 2
5 Steven Ray 27-11 17.00 NR
6 Clay Shaver 27-11 19.25 11
7 Brad Latta 26-12 13.50 3
8 Bradley Pinkerton 26-12 14.50 NR
9 Drew Morris 25-13 12.25 5
10 Randy Latta 25-13 12.75 NR
11 Jacob Pinkerton 25-13 13.75 4
12 Matthew Pinkerton  25-13 16.25 6

dropped out: Justin Dearing (7)... DMOsborne (8)... Eddy Jr (12)


aaaaaand the bottom five... 
39 Mark Warner 19-19
40 Justin Glenn 17-21
41 Brett Smith 16-22
42 Garrett Cheney 16-22
43 Chris Croyle 15-23


LIES, DARN LIES & STATISTICS
Welcome to this season's first edition of a whole of bunch of real stats that show how insanely long we've been doing this...

  • First up... the .500 record. This is a long standing record of consecutive weeks where you  go at least 500 or better.  The current record is held by Tad "The Dynasty" Roose, who went 45 weeks without a losing record.  Thats Week 3 of DFC IV (2003) to Week 2 of DFC VIII (2007), and its been a record for 10 years now
  • In second place on that is Yours Truly, who's streak of 32 weeks ended last season in Week 6
  • The current streak worth mentioning is with Zack "The Attack" Graves, who's 6-4 this week earned him his 30th consecutive .500 or better week, making him only the 3rd all time to reach at least 30 weeks
  • Only six DFC'ers have ever reached 20 weeks in this streak:  Tad, Yours Truly, Zack, then Matt "The Mad Scientist" Halpert (24wks)... former DFC'er Gary "The Idol" Eubanks (24wks)... Justin "The Blend" Glenn (21wks)... and Lori "Sunshine" Beirne (20wks)
  • To show you how hard this streak is to get going, note that the 2nd longest current streak is held by Brad "Lawdawg" Latta at 12 weeks
  • Even harder to do is go above .500 every week -- the longest streak there is held by future DFC Hall of Famer and former champ Matt "Great Bear of the North" Latta, at 17 weeks.   
  • The longest current above .500 streak is with Mark "The Mighty" Gainey at 11 weeks 
  • Let's look at milestones... shout out to rookies Casey Lewis & Justin Dearing, who a few weeks ago successfully passed the "last place win total".  There have been 84 people to play this game in it's history, and Willis Watkins has the all time lowest win total ever, with 12 wins.  With Casey's 24 and Justin's 25, they are not in last place all time.  Hoot! 
  • Congrats to Jennifer Ernst, who just crossed 1000 regular season wins lifetime, with Tommy McLeod hitting 1K soon (986), followed by Drew // Morris (967)
  • Lori "Sunshine" Beirne won her 900th game this past weekend, while both Tim "The Big" Wasyluka is staring at 800 (he's at 790 currently).  
  • James Hawbaker is one win away from 700 lifetime regular season, and Matt Halpert hit 600 this weekend (he's at 605 now).  Brad "Lawdawg" Latta needs 4 to get his 500th win, while Drew "Grassman" Warren is at 390, looking at 400 in the next two weeks.
  • Brad "The Bald One" Ashby is at 288, 12 from 300
  • In a special Pinkerton Brothers category, former Rookie of the Year and West Division champ Bradley Pinkerton is still the leader at 411, though his 8 seasons in the league is way more than 2nd place Jacob, at 5 seasons, and 218 wins.  Brother Matthew is close, just getting to 200 wins this weekend, and is that close despite only being in his 4th season.  The littlest Pinky, Mitch, is with 183
  • That is regular season wins.  When you factor in playoffs, the All Time Wins chart gets a dramatic makeover
  • Congrats to Big Eddy McBroom, the all time playoff leader (133 wins), who moved into 2nd place All Time Wins with 1097, passing Drew // Morris, at 1096.  Yours Truly leads the list at 1119, but with Eddy's season and my season headed in opposite directions, there is a good chance Eddy could take #1 All Time by season's end.
  • Jonathan Osborne grabbed his 1000th all time win this week, putting the list of those at four figures at 7.  Yours Truly (1119)... Big Eddy (1097)... Drew Morris (1096)... Jenni Ernst (1094)... Mark Gainey (1051)... Tommy "The Highlander" McLeod (1044)... and now Jon Osborne (1000)
  • Coming up the list, Tad Roose (982 all time)... DMOsborne (982)... Lori Beirne (980)... and Eddy the Smaller (963)   





Monday, September 25, 2017

DFC XVIII Week Five Games

There aren't a lot of stellar games this week, especially in college, which makes it even more interesting because some of these are a total crapshoot.  Good luck. Some of us really need it.

COLLEGE GAMES (times central, rankings from latest poll)

5 USC Trojans (4-0) at 16 Washington State Cougars (4-0)
930p, ESPN

Florida State Seminoles (0-2) at Wake Forest (4-0)
230p, ABC

24 Mississippi State Bulldogs (3-1) at 13 Auburn Tigers (3-1)
5p, ESPN

South Carolina Gamecocks (3-1) at Texas A&M Aggies (3-1)
630p, SEC Network

15 Oklahoma State Cowboys (3-1) at Texas Tech Red Raiders (3-0)
7p, FOX


NFL GAMES
New Orleans Saints (1-2) vs Miami Dolphins (1-1) in LONDON UK
830a, FOX

Pittsburgh Steelers (2-1) at Baltimore Ravens (2-1)
12p, CBS

Detroit Lions (2-1) at Minnesota Vikings (2-1)
12p, FOX

Jacksonville Jaguars (2-1) at NYJets (1-2)
12p, CBS

Oakland Raiders (2-1) at Denver Broncos (2-1)
325p, CBS

TIEBREAK GAME
Total points scored in New Orleans vs Miami game.



Wednesday, September 20, 2017

DFC XVIII Week Three Results

(24) Florida Gators 26, (23) Tennessee Volunteers 20
Kentucky Wildcats 23, South Carolina Gamecocks 13
Texas Tech Red Raiders 52, Arizona State Sun Devils 45
(3) Clemson Tigers 47, (14) Louisville Cardinals 21
California Bears 27, Ole Miss Rebels 16
Kansas City Chiefs 27, Philly Eagles 20
Tennessee Titans 37, Jacksonville Jaguars 16
Denver Broncos 42, Dallas Cowboys 17
Washington Redskins 27, LA Rams 20

THE WEEK THAT WAS
Took a full season and some change, but Michiganlanderian Rick "TOOOLIE" Theule grabbed a weekly win for himself, narrowly beating out former DFC Champion James "Prediction Maker" Hawbaker, both going 7-2 this time around.

Justin "The Rookie" Dearing takes 3rd, Drew "Grassman" Warren gets 4th, Tim "The Big" Wasyluka in 5th, and Sarah Hasha takes 6th, all at 6-3.   Brad "The Bald One" Ashby and Yours Truly ties up for 7th, while Zack "The Attack" Graves and Remodeling Clay Shaver tie for 9th to wrap up the Top ten.

Also finishing:
6-3: Big Eddy Mac... Jenni Ersnt... DMO... 
5-4: Lt Dan... Tyler "The Self Appointed Sexy Beast of the DFC" Campbell... Casey Lewis... Drew // Morris... Mark "The Mighty" Gainey... Grandy Latta... Marky Mark "The Funky Bunch" Warner.. Brad "Lawdawg" Latta... Tom "Big" Johnson... Tommy "The Highlander" McLeod... Lori "Sunshine" Beirne... Tad "The Dynasty" Roose... Lil Stevie Ray... Michael "The Wheel" Ferris... Mitchell Pinky... Jacob Pinky... Daniel Powell
4-5: Brad Pinky... Young Garrett... Jonny Osborne... Justin "The Blend" Glenn... Matt "The Mad Scientist" Halpert... Eddy the Junior... Atlanta Bill Seybolt... Trey "The Answer" Cartledge...
3-6: Hurricane Rhett... Mikey Nipp... Chris "The" Croyle
1-8: The Popman Brett Smith

THE STANDINGS
THE YOURS TRULY CONFERENCE      
North Division W-L TB Coll NFL
Mitchell Pinkerton 22-6 11.67 17-3 5-3
DM Osborne 20-8 9.00 14-6 6-2
Drew Warren 19-9 10.33 14-6 5-3
Rhett Barnett 19-9 18.33 14-6 5-3
Zack Graves 17-11 9.33 12-8 5-3
Matt Halpert 17-11 15.00 13-7 4-4
Michael Ferris 16-12 15.67 10-10 6-2
         
MidCentral Division        
Brad Latta 21-7 14.33 15-5 6-2
Brad Ashby 19-9 13.33 13-7 6-2
Tommy McLeod 18-10 12.67 13-7 5-3
Jennifer Ernst 18-10 12.67 13-7 5-3
Casey Lewis 18-10 20.67 13-7 5-3
Bill Seybolt 16-12 15.00 10-10 6-2
Justin Glenn 15-13 13.00 10-10 5-3
         
         
West Division        
Eddy McBroom 23-5 13.00 16-4 7-1
Drew Morris 21-7 15.33 16-4 5-3
Bradley Pinkerton 19-9 17.33 14-6 5-3
Sarah Hasha 17-11 10.00 12-8 5-3
Tom Johnson 17-11 11.67 12-8 5-3
Dan Sellers 16-12 14.33 10-10 6-2
Trey Cartledge 16-12 15.00 11-9 7-3



THE HALPERT CONFERENCE      
East Division W-L TB Coll NFL
Mark Gainey 20-8 15.67 15-5 5-3
Clay Shaver 20-8 16.33 15-5 5-3
Tyler Campbell 17-11 13.00 12-8 5-3
Yours Truly 17-11 15.67 10-10 7-1
Chris Croyle 14-14 15.00 9-11 5-3
Brett Smith 12-16 27.00 8-12 4-4
Garrett Cheney 9-19 30.67 4-16 5-3
         
South Central Division        
Justin Dearing 21-7 12.33 14-6 7-1
Matthew Pinkerton  21-7 20.00 16-4 5-3
Lori Beirne 20-8 15.00 16-4 4-4
Rick Theule 20-8 17.33 14-6 6-2
Randy Latta 19-9 14.67 13-7 6-2
Steven Ray 19-9 19.00 14-6 5-3
Jonathan Osborne 17-11 12.00 11-9 6-2
Mark Warner 16-12 27.33 11-9 5-3
         
South Division        
Jacob Pinkerton 21-7 15.00 16-4 5-3
Eddy Jr 20-8 16.67 15-5 5-3
Tim Wasyluka 18-10 12.33 11-9 7-1
Tad Roose 18-10 12.33 12-8 6-2
James Hawbaker 18-10 14.67 12-8 6-2
Michael Nipp 17-11 9.33 12-8 5-3
Daniel Powell 16-12 20.33 11-9 5-3




THE DFC POWER POLL (delivered by Brookwood Maternity Hospital)

  Rank Rec TBA LW
1 Eddy McBroom 23-5 13.00 2
2 Mitchell Pinkerton 22-6 11.67 1
3 Brad Latta 21-7 14.33 4
4 Jacob Pinkerton 21-7 15.00 3
5 Drew Morris 21-7 15.33 5t
6 Matthew Pinkerton  21-7 20.00 5t
7 Justin Dearing 21.7 12.33 11
8 DM Osborne 20-8 9.00 NR
9 Lori Beirne 20-8 15.00 9
10 Mark Gainey 20-8 15.67 12
11 Clay Shaver 20-8 16.33 NR
12 Eddy Jr 20-8 16.67 7


dropped out:  Randy Latta (10th)... Rhett Barnett (8th)


aaaaaand the bottom five...

39 Mark Warner 16-12
40 Justin Glenn 15-13
41 Chris Croyle 14-14
42 Brett Smith 12-16
43 Garrett Cheney 9-19




Monday, September 18, 2017

DFC XVIII Week Four Games

Now that I'm through a hurricane and back from WDW, I can turn my attention to the most important things in life.  The pursuit of the 18th DFC Championship.

COLLEGE GAMES
Texas A&M Aggies (2-1) vs Arkansas Razorbacks (1-1)
11a, ESPN, in Arlington, TX

#16 TCU Horned Frogs (3-0) vs #6 Oklahoma State Cowboys (3-0)
230p, ESPN

#17 Mississippi State Bulldogs (3-0) at #11 Georgia Bulldogs (3-0)
6p, ESPN

#20 Florida Gators (2-1) at Kentucky Wildcasts (3-0)

630p, SEC Network

Notre Dame Fightin' Irish (2-1) at Michigan State Spartans (2-0)

7p, FOX

UCLA Bruins (2-1) at Stanford Cardinal (1-2)
930p, ESPN

NFL GAMES
Cleveland Browns (0-They suck) at Indianapolis Colts (0-They are so bad)
12p, CBS

Tampa Bay Bucs (1-0) at Minnesota Vikings (1-1)
12p, FOX

Atlanta Falcons (2-0) at Detroit Lions (2-0)
12p, FOX

Oakland Raiders (2-0) at Washington Redskins (1-1)
730p, NBC

TIEBREAK
Total amount of points scored in TCU/OK St game

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

DFC XVIII Week Two Results

Oregon 42, Nebraska 35
5 Clemson 14, 12 Auburn 6
7 Oklahoma 31, 2 Ohio State 16 (total points 47 for TB)
4 USC 42, 14 Stanford 24
24 Washington State 47, Boise State 44 3OTs
Buffalo Bills 21, NYJets 12
Oakland Raiders 26, Tennessee Titans 16
Green Bay Packers 17, Seattle Seahawks 9
Dallas 19, NYGiants 3

THE WEEK THAT WAS
It hasn't happened since 2011, when DFC 12 Wk 5 was won by DMOsborne, but DMO makes his gallant return to the land of the winning, taking this week at 8-1. It's his 5th career weekly win.  Yours Truly rebounds from last week's disaster with an 8-1 mark, and Mikey Nipp and Mitchell Pinky ties for 3rd, with the reigning Rookie of the Year Atlanta Bill Seybolt gets a  tie for 5th, with Jacob Pinky.

Big Eddy McBroom takes 7th, while Father & Son Latta tie for 8th, and in a 3 way tie for 10th, Casey Lewis, Matt Pinky and Justin Dearing.  All with 8-1 records

also finishing
8-1: Hurricane Rhett
7-2: Jennifer Ernst... Tad Roose... Brad Ashby... Justin Glenn... Lori Beirne... Tyler Campbell... Drew Warren... Tom Johnson... Jonathan Osborne... Steven Ray... Bradley Pinkerton... Matt Halpert... Dan Sellers... Drew Morris... Mark Gainey... Eddy Jr... Brett Smith... 
6-3: Sarah Hasha... Michael Ferris... Tommy McLeod... Rick TOOOLIE... Clay Shaver... Tim Wasyluka... Daniel Powell... James Hawbaker... Mark Warner... Chris Croyle... 
5-4: Zack Graves... Garrett Cheney...

4-5: Trey Cartledge


THE STANDINGS
THE YOURS TRULY CONFERENCE


North Division
W-L
TB
Coll
NFL
Mitchell Pinkerton
17-2
6.0
13-2
4-0
Rhett Barnett
16-3
21.0
12-3
4-0
DM Osborne
14-5
2.0
10-5
4-0
Zack Graves
11-8
6.0
9-6
2-2
Drew Warren
13-6
14.0
10-5
3-1
Matt Halpert
13-6
16.5
10-5
3-1
Michael Ferris
11-8
12.0
8-7
3-1





MidCentral Division




Brad Latta
16-3
15.5
12-3
4-0
Tommy McLeod
13-6
9.0
10-5
3-1
Brad Ashby
13-6
13.5
10-5
3-1
Jennifer Ernst
12-7
9.0
9-6
3-1
Casey Lewis
13-6
28.0
9-6
4-0
Bill Seybolt
12-7
16.0
8-7
4-0
Justin Glenn
11-8
14.5
8-7
3-1










West Division




Eddy McBroom
17-2
10.0
13-2
4-0
Drew Morris
16-3
18.5
13-2
3-1
Bradley Pinkerton
15-4
22.5
12-3
3-1
Tom Johnson
12-7
9.5
9-6
3-1
Sarah Hasha
11-8
10.0
8-7
3-1
Trey Cartledge
9-10
16.0
6-9
3-1
Dan Sellers
11-8
20.0
8-7
3-1


THE HALPERT CONFERENCE



East Division
W-L
TB
Coll
Pro
Mark Gainey
15-4
20.0
12-3
3-1
Clay Shaver
14-5
16.5
12-3
2-2
Tyler Campbell
12-7
17.0
9-6
3-1
Chris Croyle
11-8
34.0
8-7
3-1
Brett Smith
11-8
24.0
8-7
3-1
Yours Truly
11-8
17.0
7-8
4-0
Garrett Cheney
5-14
42.0
2-13
3-1





South Central Division




Lori Beirne
15-4
12.5
12-3
3-1
Matthew Pinkerton 
16-3
18.5
12-3
4-0
Jonathan Osborne
13-6
14.0
9-6
4-0
Justin Dearing
15-4
18.0
11-4
4-0
Steven Ray
14-5
17.5
11-4
3-1
Randy Latta
15-4
17.0
11-4
4-0
Rick Theule
13-6
24.0
10-5
3-1
Mark Warner
11-8
36.0
7-8
4-0





South Division




Eddy Jr
16-3
19.0
12-3
4-0
Jacob Pinkerton
16-3
11.0
12-3
4-0
Tim Wasyluka
12-7
16.0
8-7
4-0
Michael Nipp
14-5
6.0
11-4
3-1
Tad Roose
13-6
8.0
10-5
3-1
Daniel Powell
11-8
11.5
8-7
3-1
James Hawbaker
11-8
18.0
8-7
3-1




THE DFC TOP 12 POWER POLL (sensitized by Hallmark)

Rank
Rec
TBA
LW
1
Mitchell Pinkerton
17-2
6.0
1
2
Eddy McBroom
17-2
10.0
2
3
Jacob Pinkerton
16-3
11.0
5t
4
Brad Latta
16-3
15.5
7t
5t
Drew Morris
16-3
18.5
4
5t
Matthew Pinkerton 
16-3
18.5
9
7
Eddy Jr
16-3
19.0
3
8
Rhett Barnett
16-3
21.0
5t
9
Lori Beirne
15-4
12.5
7t
10
Randy Latta
15-4
17.0
NR
11
Justin Dearing
15-4
18.0
NR
12
Mark Gainey
15-4
20.0
10

dropped out: Bradley Pinkerton (12th)... Clay Shaver (11th)



aaaaaa.... the bottom five... 
39
Brett Smith
11-8
40
Chris Croyle
11-8
41
Mark Warner
11-8
42
Trey Cartledge
9-10
43
Garrett Cheney
5-14