DFC XXI Week Nine RESULTS

SCORES
(3) Ohio State 42, (9) Indiana 35
(15) Coastal Carolina 34, Appy State 23
LSU 27, Arkansas 24
NC State 15, (21) Liberty 14
(18) Oklahoma 41, (14) OK State 13
Washington Football Team 20, Cincinnati Bengals 9
Carolina Panthers 20, Detroit Lions 0
Indianapolis Colts 34, Green Bay Packers 31
LA Rams 27, Tampa Bay Bucs 24

THE WEEK THAT WAS

It's a strange record to hold, and I'm not even sure how to track it's impressiveness... but not only has Jonathan Osborne won the final week of this season -- his 7th of his career -- but he's won the final week of  the past two seasons as well... as well as Week 12 (final week) of DFC IX in 2008.  It's quite a rebound of from his 1 game win several weeks ago, enough to toss him right into the postseason.

Though his worst season, and tied for lowest amount of wins in a season at 37, Drew Warren takes 2nd for the week at 7-2 -- to be fair though, Josh Crosby won 37 games in 12 weeks in DFC IV, while Drew likely would have hit 48 if given another 3 weeks.  Drew // Morris gets 3rd for the week, and Mark "The Mighty" Gainey takes 4th, both at 7-2.

Mitchell "Pinky the Younger" Pinkerton gets 5th, Tyler "New Dad" Campbell takes 6th, DMO gets 7th, Matthew "Pinky the Eldest" Pinkerton gets 8th, all at 6-3.

Coming in at 5-4, Lt Dan "Magic Legs" Sellers in 9th, Jacob "Pinky the Pinky" Pinkerton in 10th, Jennie Ernst in 11th, and Big Eddy rounds out the Top 12 in 12th.

Also finishing:

5-4: Lil Stevie Ray... Bradley "Pinky the Wisest" Pinkerton... The Big Wasyluka... Hurricane Rhett... Grandy Latta... 

4-5: Trey "The Answer" Cartledge... Yours Truly... Wook Fu... Zack "The Attack" Graves... James "The Playoff Maker" Hawbaker...

3-6: Young Garrett... Mikey Nipp... Tommy "The Highlander" McLeod... Big Tom Johnson... Tad "The Dynasty" Roose.. Eddy Jr...  Brad "The Bald One" Ashby... The Croyle... Danny Powell...

THE PLAYOFFS

Because of the strange year we've had, we instituted the "Top 12 Records" rule this year -- top 12 get in, regardless of division or conference -- but your division title would grant you the higher seed, regardless of TBA.  We also ran the risk of having a division champion not make the postseason because of record not being in the Top 12 (we're not the NFL... we 're not having a 5-11 division champ make the playoffs at the expense of a much better team).  

And this year, DMO gets the honor of winning a division and missing the postseason in what can only be billed as the NFC East of the DFC.  Congrats! 

The Playoff Rankings

1 - Jennifer Ernst, MidCentral Division Champion (First Round Bye)
2 - Steven Ray, SouthCentral Division Champion (First Round Bye)
3 - Randy Latta (First Round Bye)
4 - Big Eddy McBroom, West Division Champion (First Round Bye)
5 - Jonathan Osborne (wild card)
6 - Yours Truly, East Division Champion
7 - Tyler Campbell (wild card)
8 - Brad Latta (wild card)
9 - James Hawbaker, South Division Champion
10 - Mark Gainey (wild card)
11 - Matthew Pinkerton (wild card)
12 - Drew Morris (wild card)

THE STANDINGS

X - Playoff berth  Y - Division Champ  Z-First Round Bye