COLLEGE GAMES
Clemson 38, North Carolina 10
(10) Alabama 30, (18) Vanderbilt 14
(24) Virginia 30, Louisville 27
(3) Miami 28, (18) Florida State 22
New Orleans Saints 26, The New York Football Giants 14
Carolina Panthers 27, Miami Dolphins 24
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38, Seattle Seahawks 35
Washington Commanders 27, LA Chargers 10
THE WEEK THAT WAS
Father/son competitors are always fun, as The McBroom duo has been a legendary tag team throughout DFC History - both have had up and down years throughout their careers, but two things about Eddy McBroom's 9th career weekly win this week - first, he won the week at a definitive 7-1, much needed as the postseason looms large. Second, its the first time in 24 years that both Eddy Sr and Eddy Jr won a week in the same season - Eddy Jr won in Week 4, and now Eddy Sr here. Good job folks
For the rest of the Top 10... Defending DFC Champ DMOsborne finishes 2nd at 6-2, with Tyler "The Self Proclaimed Sexy Beast of the DFC" Campbell in 3rd (6-2), Matt "The Coca-Cola Cowboy" Mink in 4th (6-2) and Young Garrett Cheney in 5th (6-2)
The rest of the Top 10 is at 5-3, with Roth from Wyoming in 6th... Matty "Pinky the Elder" Pinky in 7th... Garrison "The Pride of Tipton" Ryfun in 8th... and tied for 9th, Mitchy "Pinky the Youngest" Pinky and Drew // Morris.
Also Finishing:
5-3: Drew "The Grassman" Warren... Trey "The Answer" Cartledge... Steven 'The Principle" Ray... Jenny Ernst... James "Maybe the Playoff Maker" Hawbaker... Coach DiB... Pinky "Pinky the Pinky" Pinky... Braddy "Pinky the Wiser" Pinky...
4-4: Yours Truly... Tommy "There Can Only Be One" McLeod... Big Tom J... Aussie Nate... Eddy Jr... Tad "The Dynasty" Roose... Mark "The Mighty" Gainey... Jonny Oz... Hurricane Rhett... Jeremy "Miss Independent" Burgess... The Big Wasyluka... Chris "YO TEACH" Croyle...
3-5: Zack "The Attack" Graves... Mikey "High" Nipp... Danny "3D" Powell... Lt Dan "Magic Legs" Sellers
THE STANDINGS
THE PINKY CONFERENCE
North Division
DMOsborne - 39-19 (7.0)
Jacob Roth - 35-23 (11.0)
Zack Graves - 35-23 (12.4)
Drew Warren - 33-25 (10.8)
Rhett Barnett - 33-25 (11.6)
Mitchell Pinkerton - 30-28 (15.6)
MidCentral Division
Jacob Pinkerton - 37-21 (17.0)
Tommy McLeod - 36-22 (13.8)
Matt Mink - 34-24 (11.2)
Jenny Ernst - 33-25 (15.0)
Coach DiBello - 32-26 (21.4)
West Division
Drew Morris - 41-17 (10.2)
Eddy McBroom - 36-22 (12.2)
Trey Cartledge - 35-23 (11.8)
Bradley Pinkerton - 34-24 (15.20)
Tom Johnson - 31-27 (16.8)
Dan Sellers - 26-32 (12.2)
THE OSBORNE CONFERENCE
East Division
Yours Truly - 39-19 (10.8)
Mark Gainey - 38-20 (9.6)
Chris Croyle - 37-21 (12.4)
Tyler Campbell - 33-25 (16.0)
Nate Johnston - 31-27 (13.2)
Garrett Cheney - 29-39 (14.0)
South Central Division
Garrison Ryfun - 40-18 (9.4)
Matthew Pinkerton - 38-20 (7.8)
Steven Ray - 37-21 (13.4)
Jeremy Burgess - 37-21 (13.8)
Jonathan Osborne - 34-24 (9.2)
South Division
Eddy McBroom Jr - 37-21 (10.6)
Tad Roose - 37-21 (10.8)
Tim Wasyluka - 37-21 (15.0)
Mikey Nipp - 34-24 (11.4)
James Hawbaker - 33-25 (13.4)
Daniel Powell - 25-33 (9.6)
THE DFC TOP TWELVE POWER POLL
- Drew Morris - 41-17 (10.2) (1 - 5wks)
- Garrison Ryfun - 40-18 (9.4) (2 - 2wks)
- DMOsborne - 39-19 (7.0) (6th)
- Yours Truly - 39-19 (10.8) (3rd)
- Matthew Pinkerton - 38-20 (7.8) (7th)
- Mark Gainey - 38-20 (9.6) (4th)
- Eddy McB Jr - 37-21 (10.6) (5th)
- Tad Roose - 37-21 (10.8) (9th)
- Chris Croyle - 37-21 (12.4) (8th)
- Steven Ray - 37-21 (13.4) (11th)
- Jeremy Burgess - 37-21 (13.8) (10th)
- Tim Wasyluka - 37-21 (15.0) (NR)
Top four seeds get first round bye, next 8 get playoff spots - division winners get higher seeds in case of a record tie
First Round Byes:
1. Drew Morris - West Division Champ
2. Garrison Ryfun - MidCentral Div Champ
3. DMOsborne - North Div Champ
4. Yours Truly - East Div Champ
Wild Card Round
5. Matty Pinky - Wild Card
6. Mark Gainey - Wild Card
8. Tad Roose - Wild Card
13. Jacob Pinkerton - MidCentral Div Champ - will be seeded 13th, as is ranked overall outside of the Top 12, but will get in as a division champ because of the Eddy Jr Rule.
Welcome back to the random numbers of 25+ years of the DFC - all numbers are real, all stats are authentic
- First, congrats to Tad "The Dynasty" Roose, who finally crossed 1400 wins lifetime (now 1408)
- Also, in the Regular Season All Time Top Ten (total wins not including playoffs) Jonathan Osborne is 6th (1412), Mark Gainey is 7th (1410) and DMOsborne is 8th (1408) put that section of the Top 10 in a flurry.
- Also important to note that it took DMO 25+ seasons to get there, Jonathan 24 seasons, and Mark 23 seasons - of course Mark Gainey has 2 titles and DMO has 1. So suck it Johnny Oz.
- The Big Wasyluka crossed 1300 (1301 now), while Steven Ray is 18 away from 1000 wins. Chris Croyle crossed 900 wins (904), Aussie Nate got to 200 (201)
- And if rookie Jeremy Burgess can get to 57 wins this year, he'll be in the Top 75 all time
- Lets look at one of my fave stats... the .501 / .500 streaks - basically how many weeks in a row has someone finished over 500 (5-3 or 6-4 or better) and same for finishing at least .500 (4-4 or 5-5 or better)...
- Currently the +.500 streak record is held by Matt "The Great Bear of the North" Latta, DFC VI champion, a streak created at least 15 years ago. To tell you how hard it is to do, the only streak started before this season is Drew Morris, who is currently at 8 straight weeks. Matty Pinky and Trey Cartledge both have 5 straight weeks. Good luck
- For .500+, the record is still held by Tad Roose, at 45 weeks, which legit had Tad going 3+ full seasons without a losing record - Yours Truly is now at 36 weeks, which has climbed to 2nd all time (it always feels funny putting my records up, but trust me, if I were going to cheat, I would have won a title years ago - I'm the Buffalo Bills of the DFC)
- Mark Gainey is at 14 weeks, Drew Morris, Eddy McB and Steven Ray are all at 12 weeks
- Finally - I struggle with the idea of counting DFC XXV's Scramble as playoff spots. It was Jacob Pinky and Coach DiBello that came out of the scramble, so they definitely have "postseason" on their record, but the other 15 in the scramble? I looked it up and the NBA does not count teams in the play-in tournament as playoff appearances, unless you win your game and actually get to the big bracket - so final decision... no, those in the DFC Scramble last year were not considered "in the playoffs"
- All that to say - Garrett Cheney holds the record now for 23 years in the league and nary a playoff spot. If he doesn't make it this year, that puts him at 2086 games with no postseason (he's never made it - the Week 12 Collapse of DFC V is still DFC Lore)
- Mikey Nipp held the record with 1812 games (18 seasons) between playoff appearances, making it in DFC V and then not again until DFC XXV
- Tom Johnson is now in the lead in this category, as if he doesnt make it this year, he'll have gone 1624 games between postseason spots - his last appearance was DFC XI in 2008
- Finally - Whats in a (Nick) Name? Who are these people and why do they have Nicknames? The Pinky Brothers - Matthew, Bradley, Jacob, and Mitchell Pinkerton - Matthew being the eldest (hence, "Pinky the Elder"), Bradley wrote a book ("Pinky the Wiser"), Jacob has been called Pinky for years ("Pinky the Pinky") and Mitchell is the baby boy ("Pinky the Younger")...
- Jacob Roth lives in Wyoming... and has been known as Roth from Wyoming as long as I've known him. Nathan Johnston lives in Iowa, but heralds from Australia, so, again, I've known him as Aussie Nate since I met him.
- One random day in DFC XII or something, Tyler Campbell, then a fresh faced student, declared himself the "Sexy Beast of the DFC". He does have a title, so there may be some bearing there. But yeah, that's what I label him now, or "SBotDFC" if I'm feeling brief.
- Finally, three time champ Zack Graves - why "The Attack"? It comes from an old Lego commercial, one that sings "Zack, Zack, he's a Lego maniac!" Maniac didnt work, but "attack" did, and it stuck, at least on my end. Hence Zack "The Attack".