DFC XXIV Week Five RESULTS

GAME SCORES
(19) Oregon State 21, (10) Utah 7
Kentucky 33, (22) Florida 14
Clemson 31, Syracuse 14
Texas A&M 34, Arkansas 22
(11) Notre Dame 21, (17) Duke 14
Denver Broncos 31, Chicago 28
Baltimore Ravens 28, Cleveland Browns 3
Tennessee Titans 27, Cincinnati Bengals 3
Minnesota Vikings 21, Carolina Panthers 13
Tampa Bay Bucs 26, New Orleans Saints 9

THE WEEK THAT WAS
A few weeks after winning his 9th career weekly win, Tim "The Big" Wasyluka, becomes the latest member of the 10 Weekly Win club, picking up not only his 10th career win, but also the 2nd in the season, putting together an early bid for the Hasha MVP Trophy (which he won 2 seasons ago in DFC XXII

Coming in a close second, also at 8-2, Drew "Slash" Morris, with James "The Prediction Maker" Hawbaker at 7-3 and Aussie Nate at 7-3 for 3rd and 4th.  Drew "Grassman" Warren and Mitchy "Pinky the Younger" Pinky tied for 5th, with Steven "The Principal" Ray in 7th, and Mikey "High" Nipp in 8th, all at 7-3.

Rounding out the Top 10, both at 6-4, are Melissa "The Chef" Reagan in 9th and Bradley "Pinky the Wiser" Pinky in 10th.

Also Finishing:
6-4: Mark "The Mighty" Gainey... Jacob "Pinky the Pinky" Pinky... Hurricane Rhett... Yours Truly... Zack "The Attack" Graves... Matty "Pinky the Eldest" Pinky... Coach D... Big Eddy Mac... Garrison "The Pride of Folkston" Ryfun

5-5: DMO... Tommy "The Highlander" McLeod... Chris "YO TEACH" Croyle... 

4-6: Tyler "The Self Proclaimed Sexy Beast of the DFC" Campbell... David "What Tha" Tuck... Tad "The Dynasty" Roose... Roth from Wyoming... Jonny "Oz" Osborne... Eddy Mac Jr... Trey "The Answer" Cartledge... Lt Dan "Magic Legs" Sellers...

3-7: Tom "The Big" Johnson... Danny "The Engineer" Powell... Young Garrett C... 

2-8: Matt "Think" Mink... Jenni Ernst...

THE STANDINGS
The TieBreak Average (TBA) is now a part of the standings. Your TB score from week to week is how far apart your TB guesses are from the actual total number of points scored in the selected game. Those numbers are added and divided by weeks of season - beginning in Week 5, your worst TB performance is dropped. If you have an even worse TB score in the coming weeks, that one will be dropped and the previous sucky week's number will be added back in. The only instance in which the worst TB number will be added back in will be to break a season-ending tie for divisional championship or playoff seeding. All further questions can be directed to DFC Admin.

THE ROOSE DIVISION
North Division
Drew Warren - 32-16 (10.00)
Zack Graves - 32-16 (13.25)
Jacob Roth - 29-19 (14.25)
Mitchell Pinkerton - 29-19 (14.5)
Rhett Barnett - 28-20 (15.5)
DMOsborne - 27-21 (15.25)

MidCentral Division
Coach DiBello - 32-16 (12.0)
Tommy McLeod - 29-19 (7.75)
Jacob Pinkerton - 28-20 (22.75)
Matt Mink - 23-25 (12.25)
Jenny Ernst - 23-25 (13.5)
David Tuck - 23-25 (13.75)

West Division
Drew Morris - 32-16 (13.75)
Bradley Pinkerton - 31-17 (13.75)
Dan Sellers - 30-18 (15.25)
Eddy McBroom - 29-19 (11.75)
Trey Cartledge - 27-21 (11.5)
Tom Johnson - 21-27 (7.5)

THE GRAVES CONFERENCE
East Division
Nate Johnston - 33-15 (9.5)
Mark Gainey - 31-17 (13.25)
Yours Truly - 30-18 (10.75)
Chris Croyle - 26-22 (13.5)
Tyler Campbell - 25-23 (6.5)
Garrett Cheney - 24-24 (11.25)

SouthCentral Division
Matthew Pinkerton - 34-14 (17.0)
Steven Ray - 34-14 (20.75)
Jonathan Osborne - 29-19 (9.25)
Garrison Ryfun - 27-21 (19.5)
Melissa Reagan - 22-26 (4.5)

South Division
Tim Wasyluka - 32-16 (17.25)
James Hawbaker - 28-20 (17.75)
Eddy McBroom Jr - 25-23 (12.0)
Tad Roose - 25-23 (16.75)
Michael Nipp - 24-24 (12.25)
Daniel Powell - 22-26 (6.25)


THE DFC TOP 12 POWER POLL
Flown in by Frontier Air
Rank / DFC'er / Record / TBA / Last Wk
1. Matthew Pinkerton - 34-14 (17.0) (1 - 5th week)
2. Steven Ray - 34-14 (20.75) (2)
3. Nate Johnston - 33-15 (9.5) (4)
4. Drew Warren - 32-16 (10.0) (8)
5. Coach DiBello - 32-16 (12.0) (3)
6. Zack Graves - 32-16 (13.25) (5)
7. Tim Wasyluka - 32-16 (17.25) (NR)
8. Mark Gainey - 31-17 (13.25) (10)
9. Bradley Pinkerton - 31-17 (13.75) (11)
10. Drew Morris - 31-17 (13.75) (NR)
11. Yours Truly - 30-18 (10.75) (12)
12. Dan Sellers - 30-18 (15.25) (6)

dropped out: Jon Osborne (7)... Jacob Roth (9)

aaaaaand the bottom five...
Jenni Ernst (23-25)... David Tuck (23-25)... Melissa Reagan (22-26)... Daniel Powell (22-26)... Tom Johnson (21-27)

LIES, DARN LIES & STATISTICS

• First, let's talk streaks... .500 or better.  Drew Morris is still going, with 23 weeks of .500 or better - in fact, he hasn't had a losing week since Week 2 of DFC XXII (Sept 2021), a season in which he went on to take his 2nd DFC Championship.  
  
• Both Steven "The Principal" Ray's and Mark "The Mighty" Gainey's streak just hit 20, with both gents last having losing weeks in Week 5 of DFC XXII 
• Yours Truly just passed 15 weeks, while Zack "The Attack" Graves just hit 13 weeks at .500 or better
• Looking at .501 or better (a winning week) streak, Matty "Pinky the Elder" Pinky is currently at 7 weeks, while both Steven Ray and Zack Graves have started their season each week over .500, so they are at 5 weeks
• Another interesting stat I looked at for this segment was Top 25 All Time (regular season and playoffs)... while only one retired DFC'er remains in the All Time Top 20 - DFC X Champion Lori "Sunshine" Beirne at 15th all time -  there are still four retired DFC'ers in the Top 25: Matt Latta (22nd), Brad "Lawdawg" Latta (23rd), and Matt "The Mad Scientist" Halpert (24th). 
• I mention this because Hurricane Rhett just leaped over Scotty Latta for 25th all time.  While Rhett needs only 17 more wins this year to leap both Brad and Halpert, he's only at 863 all time wins, while Matt has 904.  So it would be tough to get there this year, but he'll undoubtedly will do it.
• With Rhett likely to get 24th in the coming weeks, that means the threshold for being in the Top 25 All Time will be Matt Halpert's 876 wins -- next closest is Lt Dan "Magic Legs" Sellers, currently at 822 wins, and Chris "YO TEACH" Croyle, who just got to 800 all time wins. 
• As far as the Top 20 All Time, Young Garrett Cheney sits at 20th with 963. In 21st is Steven "The Principal" Ray with 950, but what's remarkable about that is Garrett's rookie season was DFC V... and Steven's was DFC X, a full five seasons later. 
• James "The Prediction Maker" Hawbaker is 16th all time, with 1114 wins, so catching Lori Beirne's 1152 win record might be tougher this year, but if he returns for DFC25, he'll easily do it. 
• That's all. Kbye.