DFC XXI: Week Four Results

GAME SCORES
Memphis 50, UCF 49
Arkansas 33, Ole Miss 21
Wake Forest 40, Virginia 23
(23) Virginia Tech 43, Boston College 14
(2) Alabama 41, (3) Georgia 23 (TB Game: 65 points scored)
Atlanta Falcons 40, Minnesota Vikings 23
The New York Football Giants 20, Washington Team Playin Tha Foosball 19.
Pittsburgh Steelers 38, Cleveland Browns 7
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38, Green Bay Packers 10
Arizona Cardinals 38, Dallas Cowboys 10

THE WEEK THAT WAS

There are 11 people that started this thing back in 2000, and 8 of them are still here.  One, Tom Johnson, has points for longevity, but didn't win his first week until DFC IV.  He won three more since, with the last coming in Week 6 of DFC XIV (2013). This week, however, he can notch a 5th win on his DFC Belt, with a solid 8-2 record and becomes the first of the originals to win a week since DMO won last year.

Also having a stellar year thusfar, original DFC'er Jenny Ernst at 8-2, good enough for 2nd, while Young Garrett Cheney takes 3rd with 7-3.  Also at 7-3, Mark "The Mighty" Gainy gets 4th, Danny P in 5th, and at 6th, Lil Stevie Ray goes 6-4.

In 7th place for the week, Big Eddy Mac, Tad "The Dynasty" Roose and Tyler "TSPSBotDFC" Campbell tie for 8th, and Jacob "Pinky the Pinky" Pinkerton and DMO tie for 10th, all at 6-4.  And Drew // Morris gets the 12th spot at 6-4

Also Finishing:
5-5: Zack "The Attack" Graves...  Wook Fu... James "The Playoff Maker" Hawbaker... Bradley "Pinky the Wiser" Pinkerton... Jonny Oz... Grandy Latta... Hurricane Rhett... Eddy Jr... Yours Truly... Mitchell "Pinky the Younger" Pinkerton... Lt Dan "Magic Legs" Sellers... 

4-6: Brad "Lawdawg" Latta... Tommy "The Highlander" McLeod... Trey "The Answer" Cartledge... The Croyle... Matty "Pinky the Elder" Pinkerton... Mikey Nipp

3-7: The Big Wasyluka... Brad "Not Scott Van Pelt" Ashby... Drew "Grassman" Warren

THE STANDINGS

THE DFC 12

aaaaaand the bottom five  

Tim Wasyluka (16-21)... Dan Sellers (18-19)... Bradley Pinkerton (17-20)... Mitchell Pinkerton (17-20)... Drew Warren (13-24)

LIES, DARN LIES, AND STATISTICS

• My fave segment, full of real numbers and real stats that hardly anyone looks at.
• Looking at the All Time W-L records, Imma pat myself on the back as Yours Truly becomes the first one to reach 1200 lifetime regular season wins (1201), while Jennifer Ernst's great season is already helping her in the all time standings.  She and Tommy McLeod are tied with 1167 for 2nd all time.
• Drew Morris is in 4th (1153)... Big Eddy Mac (1150)... Jonathan Osborne (1130)... Mark Gainey (1122)... DMOsborne (1108)... Tad Roose (1091) and Lil Eddy Mc (1087) complete the top 10
• The retirement of Lori "Sunshine" Beirne definitely made an impact as her 1064 wins put her 12th all time.  Tom Johnson passed her this season for 11th place (1073), while both Mikey Nipp and Daniel Powell will likely pass her in the next week (1060 each)
• Returning to the fray after a 10 year absence is two time DFC Champ Chris "Wookiee" Fulaytar, who's time off didn't help his overall win total. While making the most of his brief stint of 5 previous seasons (winning DFC III and the legendary run in DFC V), he's still sporting the lowest regular season win total of any active DFC'er, at 316 wins.
• Adding in the postseason wins, the numbers get a little tighter. While Yours Truly sits atop this pile as well (due to longevity, not to huge success, mind you) with 1313 wins. Drew Morris (1295) and Big Eddy (1293) will likely cross 1300 this week, while Mark Gainey (1286) will get there soon. DMO moved into 9th all time (1153), passing Lori "Sunshine" Beirne (1152) this week. Big Eddy Jr is right outside the Top 10 with 1132 for 11th place.
• Congrats to Daniel Powell for moving past 1100 now at 1101, while Big Tom Johnson is at 1087 and Mikey Nipp at 1072
• Nearing 1000 wins all time is Tim Wasyluka with 992, and congrats to Trey Cartledge for getting past 900 all time (he's at 915).
• Two streaks we always keep an eye on are the .500 streak and the .500+ streak... the long standing record for going .500 or better is Tad Roose, who went FORTY FIVE weeks with nary a losing record, in a streak that started in DFC IV (2003) and ending in DFC VIII (2007), and truthfully, its underappreciate how incredible this feat was -- I'm not sure it will ever be broken
• Several have tried, though none have come close.  Yours Truly managed 32 weeks, while Matt "The Mad Scientist" Halpert and Gary "The Idol" Eubanks hit 24 weeks. 
• However, the current streak is held by Mark "The Mighty" Gainey, who just hit his 27th week in the streak.  Fingers crossed. For Mark to break the record, it would have to continue until Week 2 in DFC XXIII, in 2022.
• The even harder streak is the .500+ streak, which is records above .500 in consecutive weeks.  Matt 'The Great Bear of the North" Latta still holds that mark at 17 weeks, and truthfully, very few people have ever come close.  The current active streak is Steven Ray, who just hit 10 weeks in a row.