DFC XI Week Twelve Results

North Carolina State Wolfpack 29, North Carolina Tarheels 25
14. Virginia Tech Hokies 31, 24. Miami Hurricanes 17
8. Ohio State Buckeyes 20, 21. Iowa Hawkeyes 17
Florida State Seminoles 30, Maryland Terrapins 16 (tiebreak game, 46)
Buffalo Bills 49, Cincinnati Bengals 31
Washington Redskins 19, Tennessee Titans 16
Indianapolis Colts (6-3) at New England Patriots (7-2), 315p, CBS
Denver Broncos (3-6) at San Diego Chargers (4-5), 730p, Monday Night, ESPN

THE PLAYOFFS
I know, I know, the emails I've sent out have been as confusing as the BCS--first I had a typo leaving Randy and Eddy Jr both unsure of whether they have byes or not (Eddy Jr does, Randy does not), then another email sent out to just those in the playoffs, only I accidentally left Tebershaw's email in there, leaving him to ask "Am I in?" (just missed it).  So now that Week 12 is complete, here is the official tally of who's in, who's out, who's got a bye in the first round and who's playing every round on the road to Deuce Bowl XI... for a shot at their name on the immortal Brook DeRamus DFC Championship Plate.

THE PLAYOFFS BEGIN TODAY
First Round Byes get to sit out this upcoming weekends worth of games and just enjoy them.  Wild Card Weekend participants will pick this upcoming weekend's worth of games, top two in each conference advance to next round, if records are tied at the end of the weekend, higher seed gets the tiebreak.

TRANSLATION... IF YOUR NAME IS NOT LISTED BELOW UNDER CONFERENCE HEADINGS... you didn't make it. 

BEIRNE CONFERENCE
First Round Byes
(1) North Division Champion Joey Thornell
(2) West Division Champion Dan Sellers
Wild Card Weekend
(3) Trey Cartledge
(4) Eddy McBroom Sr
(5) Tom Johnson
(6) Central Division Champion Tommy McLeod

MCBROOM CONFERENCE
First Round Byes
(1) East Division Champion Yours Truly
(2) South Division Champion Eddy McBroom Jr
Wild Card Weekend
(3) Central Division Champion gRandy Latta
(4) Steven Ray
(5) Tim Wasyluka
(6) Jonathan Osborne

THE WEEK THAT WAS
Tiebreak scores are what determines your end record, and also what determines winners week by week... sort of like NASCAR--you can still win a race and not be eligible for The Chase.  That's the case with one of the two winners in this, Week 12 of the DFC. 

I only mention tiebreaks because the most often picked scores fall between 42 and about 48... some people study defenses and offenses, figuring games to be high or low scoring, with Justin Fisher picking 100 in a game this year--and most other people just make it a crap shoot, figure 45 or 46 is a good middle number and they go with that.  Drew Morris has probably 45 about 300 times in his life. 

All that being said, the actual tiebreak game score rarely falls into that 42-48 points scored margin, but it did for just the second time this season.  This puts Yours Truly and DFC Defending Champion Lori Beirne in a tie for the weekly win this week, giving me my 7th week for my career, and her 6th in her career (she also has a Brook DeRamus Trophy on her shelf, so she still wins).  We were both at 6-2.

Another tie happens in 3rd place, with both Hurrican Rhett Barnett and Preseason #1 Scott Latta both getting to 6-2.  Rookie John Wolf shares 5th place by himself, former DFC Champion Drew Morris gets 6th, and Sarah Hasha, missing the playoffs again, gets 7th, all at 6-2.

Three time DFC Champion Tad "The Dynasty" Roose comes in at 5-3, for 8th place, and in a three way tie for 9th, Ryan Sherman, Michael Nipp and playoff-bound Trey Cartledge, at 5-3

Also Finishing:
5-3:  Jonny Osborne, Little Stevie Ray, Eddy the Ancient, Eddy the Newer, The Big Wasyluka, Danny Powell, gRandy Latta, "The Great Bear of the North" Matt Latta, Young Garrett, Chris Croyle, The Mighty Gainey, Tyler "Self Proclaimed Sexy Beast of Like, Ever" Campbell, Joey Thornell, Tommy McLeod, Lt Dan, Hawbaker, Brad Latta
4-4: DMOsborne, Drew Warren, Jenny Ernst, Tebe Shaw, Tom Johnson
3-5: Matt Halpert, Zack Graves, JustFish
2-6: The Tuck Rule

THE FINAL STANDINGS
X-Playoff Berth;  Y-Division Champion;  Z-First Round Bye
W-L, (TBA) (College) (NFL) (Conf Rank)

NORTH DIVISION
XYZ Joey Thornell, 60-36 (14.2) (36-18) (24-18) (1st)
Matt Halpert, 55-41 (8.3) (37-17) (18-24) (7th)
Drew Warren, 55-41 (12.0) (35-19) (20-22) (8th)
Zack Graves, 54-42 (9.9) (32-22) (22-20) (10th)
Rhett Barnett, 51-45 (13.6) (33-21) (18-24) (13th)
DMOsborne, 51-45 (14.4) (30-24) (21-21) (14th)
Matt Latta, 49-47 (10.8) (32-22) (17-25) (17th)

CENTRAL DIVISION
XY Tommy McLeod, 54-42 (10.7) (35-19) (19-23) (6th)
Tebe Shaw, 53-43 (12.0) (35-19) (18-24) (11th)
Brad Latta, 51-45 (10.8) (33-21) (18-24) (12th)
Sarah Hasha, 50-46 (15.9) (35-19) (15-27) (15th)
Jennifer Ernst, 48-48 (7.7) (31-23) (17-25) (18th)
Justin Fisher, 41-55 (16.3) (27-27) (14-28) (19th)

WEST DIVISION
XYZ Dan Sellers, 58-38 (10.5) (38-16) (20-22) (2nd)
X Trey Cartledge, 58-38 (12.1) (37-17) (21-21) (3rd)
X Eddy McBroom, 57-39 (12.1) (36-18) (21-21) (4th)
X Tom Johnson, 56-40 (12.3) (32-22) (24-28) (5th)
Drew Morris, 54-42 (9.4) (35-23) (19-23) (9th)
David Tuck, 50-46 (16.6) (32-22) (18-24) (16th)

MCBROOM CONFERENCE
EAST DIVISION
XYZ Yours Truly, 66-30 (12.3) (39-15) (27-15) (1st)
Chris Croyle, 55-41 (14.1) (36-18) (19-23) (7th)
Mark Gainey, 54-42 (10.7) (39-15) (15-27) (8th)
John Wolf, 53-43 (36-18) (17-25) (10th)
Ryan Sherman, 52-44 (10.6) (32-22) (20-22) (11th)
Tyler Campbell, 49-47 (12.0) (29-25) (20-22) (15th)
Garrett Cheney, 48-48 (18.9) (33-21) (15-27) (17th)

CENTRAL DIVISION
XY Randy Latta, 57-39 (10.4) (39-15) (18-24) (3rd)
X Steven Ray, 56-40 (13.1) (36-18) (20-22) (4th)
X Jonathan Osborne, 55-41 (11.1) (34-20) (21-21) (6th)
Scott Latta, 53-43 (9.9) (32-22) (21-21) (preseason #1, end of season #9)
Lori Beirne, 50-46 (11.1) (34-20) (16-26) (14th)

SOUTH DIVISION
XYZ Eddy McBroom Jr 58-38 (12.3) (38-16) (20-22) (2nd)
X Tim Wasyluka, 55-41 (10.5) (34-20) (21-21) (5th)
James Hawbaker, 52-44 (12.0) (34-20) (18-24) (12th)
Mikey Nipp, 52-44 (13.1) (33-21) (19-23) (13th)
Tad Roose, 49-47 (12.0) (31-23) (18-24) (15th)
Daniel Powell, 45-51 (17.7) (28-26) (17-25) (18th)

THE DFC TOP TWELVE POWER POLL
Rank, Record, (TBA) (Last Week) (Highest Rank/Lowest Rank this season)
1. Yours Truly, 66-30 (12.30) (1)
2. Joey Thornell, 60-36 (14.2) (2)
3. Dan Sellers, 58-38 (10.5) (3)
4. Trey Cartledge, 58-38 (12.1) (5)
5. Eddy Jr, 58-38 (12.3) (4)
6. Randy Latta, 57-39 (10.4) (7)
7. Eddy McBroom, 57-39 (12.1) (8)
8. Tom Johnson, 56-40 (12.3) (9)
9. Matt Halpert, 55-41 (8.3) (6)
10. Steven Ray, 56-40 (13.1) (12)
11. Tim Wasyluka, 55-41 (10.5) (NR)
12. Jonathan Osborne, 55-41 (11.1) (NR)

The Slightly Above Average Next Ten
13. Drew Warren, 55-41 (12.0) (11)
14. Chris Croyle, 55-41 (14.1) (13)
15. Drew Morris, 54-42 (9.4) (29)
16. Zack Graves, 54-42 (9.9) (10)
17. Tommy McLeod, 54-42 (10.7) (16)
18. Mark Gainey, 54-42 (10.7) (17)
19. Scott Latta, 53-43 (9.9) (21)
20. John Wolf, 53-43 (10.2) (22)
21. Tebe Shaw, 53-43 (12.0) (18)
22. Ryan Sherman, 52-44 (10.6) (23)

The Somewhat Mediocre Next Nine
23. James Hawbaker, 52-44 (12.0) (19)
24. Mikey Nipp, 52-44 (13.1) (24)
25. Brad Latta, 51-45 (10.8) (26)
26. Rhett Barnett, 51-45 (13.6) (27)
27. DMOsborne, 51-45 (14.4) (25)
28. Lori Beirne, 50-46 (11.1) (31)
29. Sarah Hasha, 50-46 (15.9) (33)
30. David Tuck, 50-46 (16.6) (20)
31. Matt Latta, 49-47 (10.8) (30)

AAAAAAND... The Bottom Five of the Year
32. Tyler Campbell, 49-47 (12.0) (32)
33. Jennifer Ernst, 48-48 (7.7) (28)
34. Garrett Cheney, 48-48 (18.9) (34)
35. Daniel Powell, 45-51 (17.7) (35)
36. Justin Fisher, 41-55 (16.3) (36)

Next Week... Individual Awards including MVP, Rookie of the Year abd the College, NFL and TieBreak Titles are awarded... plus, the winner of The Osborne Award is in a position unprecedent in DFC History...

The DFC XI Week Eleven Results

20. Missouri 38, 24. Kansas State 28
Tennessee 52, Ole Miss 14

11. Alabama 30, 17. Mississippi State 10
22. South Carolina 36, 24. Florida 14
Buffalo Bills 14, Detroit Lions 12 (tiebreak game 28 points)
Jacksonville Jaguars 31, Houston Texans 24
New England Patriots 39, Pittsburgh Steelers 26
Philadelphia Eagles 59, Washington Redskins 28

THE WEEK THAT WAS
Though his playoff hopes are slim, 3 games out with 8 games to go, The DFC is just like NASCAR in one respect--you can still win a week and not make The Chase.  So goes it for rookie John Wolf, our resident DFC Husker, who gets his very first weekly win at 6-2.   Tied for second are two more who either have a slim chance, or no chance, and thats rookie David "The Rule" Tuck and original DFC'er Daniel Powell, respectively, both at 6-2.   Mark "The Mighty" Gainey gets 4th, and Matt "The Chemist" Halpert gets 5th, all at 6-2.

In sixth is Sarah Hasha at 5-3, in seventh is Zack Zack "The DFC Maniac" Graves, eighth is Big Tom Johnson, and tied for 9th and rounding out our Top Ten is Yours Truly and Lt. Dan, all at 5-3.

Also Finishing:
5-3:  Drew Warren... Tommy McLeod... Drew Morris... Trey Cartledge... Tyler Campbell... Scotty Latta... Stevie Ray... Eddy Jr...
4-4:  Matta Latta... Joey Thornell... Jenny Ernst... Bradda Latta... Eddy Sr... Ryan Sherman... Chris Croyle... Lori "Sunshine" Beirne... Randy Latta... The Hawbaker... Mikey Nipp
3-5:  DMOsborne... Jonny Osborne... Tad "The Dynasty" Roose... The Big Wasyluka... Hurricane Rhett... JustFish... Tebershaw...
1-7:  Young Garrett Cheney
dropped out, nursing a groin injury (his own, we hope) Jason Roberts

THE STANDINGS
BEIRNE CONFERENCE
NORTH DIVISION
Conf Rank, name, W-L (TBA) (College) (NFL)
1. Joey Thornell, 55-33 (15.11) (33-17) (22-16)
4. Matt Halpert, 52-36 (9.11) (36-14) (15-22)
7. Zack Graves, 51-37 (10.67) (31-19) (20-18)
8. Drew Warren, 51-37 (12.56) (33-17) (18-20)
12. DMOsborne, 47-41 (15.67) (27-23) (20-18)
14. Rhett Barnette, 45-43 (14.67) (29-21) (16-22)
17. Matt Latta, 44-44 (11.67) (28-22) (16.22)

CENTRAL DIVISION
9. Tommy McLeod, 49-39 (11.11) (32-18) (17-21)
10. Tebe Shaw, 49-39 (12.0) (32-18) (17-21)
13. Brad Latta, 46-42 (12.67) (30-20) (16-22)
15. Jennifer Ernst, 44-44 (8.11) (29-21) (15.23)
18. Sarah Hasha, 44-44 (16.44) (32-18) (12.26)
19. Justin Fisher, 38-50 (17.78) (25-25) (13.25)

WEST DIVISION
2. Dan Sellers, 53-35 (10.33) (34-16) (19-19)
3. Trey Cartledge, 53-35 (13.22) (34-16) (19-19)
5. Eddy McBroom, 52-36 (12.78) (33-17) (19-19)
6. Tom Johnson, 52-36 (13.44) (31-19) (21-17)
11. David Tuck, 48-40 (17.78) (31-19) (17-21)
16. Drew Morris, 44-44 (9.44) (27-23) (17-21)

IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY
1. Joey Thornell, 55-33 (15.11)... North Division Champion, first round bye
2. Dan Sellers, 53-35 (10.33)... West Division Champion, first round bye
3. Trey Cartledge, 53-35 (13.22)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
4. Matt Halpert, 52-36 (9.11)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
5. Eddy McBroom, 52-36 (12.78)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
6. Tommy McLeod, 49-39 (11.11)... Central Division Champion, Wild Card Weekend
on the bubble:  Zack Graves, 51-37 (10.67)... Drew Warren, 51-37 (12.56)...

MCBROOM CONFERENCE
X-Playoff berth;  Y-Division Winner;  Z-Clinched first round bye
XYZ 1. Yours Truly, 60-28 (13.56) (36-14) (24-14)
5. Chris Croyle, 51-37 (13.89) (32-18) (19-19)
8. Mark Gainey, 49-39 (11.22) (36-14) (13-25)
11. John Wolf, 47-41 (11.25) (32-18) (15-23)
12. Ryan Sherman, 47-41 (11.56) (29-21) (18-20)
15. Tyler Campbell, 44-44 (12.89) (25-25) (19-19)
17. Garrett Cheney, 43-45 (20.33) (30-20) (13-25)

CENTRAL DIVISION
3. Randy Latta, 52-36 (11.0) (36-14) (16-22)
4. Stevie Ray, 51-37 (13.67) (33-17) (18-20)
6. Jonny Osborne, 50-38 (10.78) (31-19) (19-19)
10. Scott Latta, 47-41 (10.56) (28-22) (19-19)
14. Lori Beirne, 44-44 (12.22) (30-20) (14-24)

SOUTH DIVISION
2. Eddy the Junior, 53-35 (13.22) (35-15) (18-20)
7. Tim Wasyluka, 50-38 (31-19) (19-19)
9. James Hawbaker, 48-40 (12.67) (31-19) (17-21)
13. Mikey Nipp, 47-41 (14.11) (30-20) (17-21)
16. Tad Roose, 44-44 (13.88) (28-22) (16-22)
18. Daniel Powell, 40-48 (17.56) (25-25) (15-23)

IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY
1. Yours Truly, 60-28 (13.56)... Clinched East Division title, clinched first round bye
2. Eddy Jr, 53-35 (13.22)... South Division Champion, first round bye
3. Randy Latta, 52-36 (11.0)... Central Division Champion, wild card weekend
4. Stevie Ray, 51-37 (13.67)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
5. Chris Croyle, 51-37 (13.89)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
6. Jonathan Osborne, 50-38 (10.78)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
On the Bubble:  Tim Wasyluka, 50-38 (11.67)... Mark Gainey, 49-39 (11.22)... James Hawbaker 48-40 (12.67)...

THE DFC TOP TWELVE POWER POLL
1. Yours Truly, 60-28 (13.56) (1-five weeks)
2. Joey Thornell, 55-33 (15.11) (2-four weeks)
3. Dan Sellers, 53-35 (10.33) (3-two weeks)
4-tie. Eddy Jr, 53-35 (13.22) (6th)
4-tie. Trey Cartledge, 53-35 (13.22) (7th)
6. Matt Halpert, 52-36 (9.11) (12-tie)
7. Randy Latta, 52-36 (11.0) (3-tie)
8. Eddy McBroom, 52-36 (12.78) (5th)
9. Tom Johnson, 52-36 (13.44) (11th)
10. Zack Graves, 51-37 (10.67) (12-tie)
11. Drew Warren, 51-37 (12.56) (NR)
12. Steven Ray, 51-37 (13.67) (NR)
dropped out:  Chris Croyle (10th)... Jonathan Osborne (8th)... Tim Wasyluka (9th)

AAAAAAND... the bottom five...
Tyler Campbell... Sarah Hasha... Garrett Cheney... Daniel Powell... Justin Fisher

THE PLAYOFF PREDICAMENT
Well, it looks like, for the very, very first time in the ten completed years of The Deuce Football Championships, we might have a Division Winner (Tommy McLeod), get a postseason berth over someone who has a better record than he does.  Currently, Tommy has a 49-39 record, with a 11.11 TBA, but is leading the Central Division.  This poses a problem for Zack Graves and Drew Warren, who both have 51-37 records.  However, as written in this season's DFC Rules (listed in this preseason post), Tommy will get the nod as a division winner over those who have a better record:

Says the rules:  The top six records in each conference will make the postseason, with division winners making it regardless, even if a division winner has a worse record than someone in another division for the 6th spot. The top two seeds, regardless of divisional status, get first round byes, the other four per conference will participate in "Wild Card Weekend". Divisional winners get higher seeds when in a record-tie with 2nd+ place in another division, regardless of TBA, but if 2nd place in a division has a higher record than a divisional winner, that higher seed is awarded to the 2nd place division finisher.


Just wanted to make sure the rules are clear... let me know if you have any questions!
 
TIEBREAK AVERAGES
Wanted to give you this list, so you'll be fully aware of where the Tiebreak Average is coming from.  As we eliminated the "drop" this year, your best and worst tiebreak score this season have been dropped, leaving all remaining scores to be tallied and averaged.  Through eleven weeks, this is where everyone stands...
 
How to read:  By your name, you'll see a list of numbers, with two in parantheses.  This is how far off you have been per week, with the two in parantheses being the two scores not counted.  For instance, Matt Latta is first--his first three weeks are 12, 28, and 6.  The first tiebreak game had a total score of 63, he guessed 51, he was 12 off.  Second week, the total points were 23, he guessed 51, he was off 28, and so on, week by week.  The number 28 is in ( ) because its his worst TB score of the season.  His 3 is also in ( ) because that's his best of the season.  He also had a 3 Week Ten, but it counts, because only one will be counted as "best".  If he is off by 29 in Week Twelve, that 29 will be eliminated, and the 28 will be included in the TBA.   All numbers are then divided by 9, which is 11 weeks of the season, minus the best and worst weeks... hope this makes sense, and I hope I didn't overexplain it...
 
Matt Latta:  12, (28), 6, 4, 17, 13, (3), 7, 19, 3, 24... TBA 11.67
DMOsborne:  28, 15, 12, 27, 4, 20, 20, 3, (29), (1), 12... TBA 15.67
Matt Halpert:  11, (26), 6, 13, 14, 2, 4, 5, 11, (1), 16... TBA 9.111
Rhett Barnett:  18, (28), 4, 4, 11, 17, 18, 19, 18, (2), 23... TBA 14.67
Joey Thornell:  15, 25, 17, 16, 12, 11, (8), 16, (72), 5, 19... TBA 15.11
Zack Graves:  4, 11, 7, (3), 4, 27, 21, 10, (34), 8, 4... TBA 10.67
Drew Warren:  7, (24), 11, 6, 18, 13, (4), 14, 23, 4, 17... TBA 12.56
 
Jennifer Ernst:  3, (23), (2), 9, 7, 14, 2, 7, 5, 12, 14... TBA 8.111
Justin Fisher, 10, 21, 14, 6, 22, 17, 12, (3), (72), 46, 12... TBA 17.78
Tommy McLeod: 13, (25), (3), 5, 12, 17, 3, 6, 14, 10, 20... TBA 11.11
Brad Latta: (0), 23, 10, 17, 17, 12, 4, 6, (27), 18, 7... TBA 12.67
Tebe Shaw: 1, 22, 16, 3, 8, 8, 17, 19, (27), (0), 14... TBA 12.0
Sarah Hasha, (32), 6, 17, 24, 4, 21, 15, 22, 25, 14, (2)... TBA 16.44
 
Eddy the Bigger:  11, 22, 6, 12, 8, 17, 10, (4), (30), 5, 24... TBA 12.78
Drew Morris:  10, (18), (1), 3, 7, 7, 7, 11, 20, 6, 14... TBA 9.444
Trey Cartledge:  15, 19, 6, 15, 11, 14, 14, 11, (24), (2), 14... TBA 13.22
Dan Sellers: 17, (19), 6, 9, (4), 8, 4, 10, 17, 12, 10... TBA 10.33
Tom Johnson: 20, 20, 5, 13, 21, 14, 9, 10, (24), (1), 9... TBA 13.44
David Tuck: 2, 20, 36, (2), 9, 10, 11, 35, (37), 21, 7... TBA 17.78
 
Mark Gainey:  13, (25), (3), 5, 15, 13, 7, 11, 19, 4, 14... TBA 11.22
Yours Truly: 17, (27), 11, (1), 7, 20, 10, 9, 25, 13, 10... TBA 13.56
Tyler Campbell:  21, 12, 13, 19, 2, 13, (1), 6, (30), 9, 21... TBA 12.89
John Wolf: 15, (28), 10, 5, (1), 3, 1, 20, 27, 9, 6... TBA 10.67
Ryan Sherman: (2), 25, 11, 16, 7, 17, 13, 7, (27), 5, 3... TBA 11.56
Garrett Cheney:  21, 13, 9, 19, (6), (62), 6, 32, 22, 33, 28... TBA 20.33
Chris Croyle: 15, 13, (2), 4, 18, 16, 27, 14, 7, 11, (39)... TBA 13.89
 
Scott Latta: 8, (24), 7, (3), 9, 12, 7, 6, 22, 6, 18... TBA 10.56
Lori Beirne: 18, 22, 17, 5, 3, 17, 10, (1), (30), 9, 9... TBA 12.22 
Jonathan Osborne: 13, (32), 3, 13, 7, (2), 2, 9, 12, 14, 24... TBA 10.78
Steven Ray:  15, 30, 9, (8), 14, 9, 9, 10, (31), 8, 19... TBA 13.67
Randy Latta: 4, 22, 15, (1), 8, 3, 18, 11, (31), 2, 16... TBA 11.0
 
James Hawbaker: 12, (25), (4), 4, 14, 11, 5, 13, 21, 17, 17... TBA 12.67
Eddy Jr:  11, 31, 7, 9, (4), 17, 4, 18, (72), 5, 17... TBA 13.22
Tad Roose: 24, 16, 3, 12, 8, 17, 23, 8, (29), (1), 8... TBA 13.22
Tim Wasyluka: 15, (26), 1, 3, 13, 13, 2, 17, 21, (0), 20... TBA 11.67
Daniel Powell:  28, 12, 13, 26, (2), 30, 17, 6, (37), 19, 7... TBA 17.56
Michael Nipp:  21, 19, 11, 16, 8, 17, 12, (4), (32), 4, 19... TBA 14.11 
 
Finally... I just typed in a whole lotta numbers, so its possible I mistyped or skipped a number from the correct TBA standings on The Official DFC Spreadsheet.  So if you do your own math, and see a mistake, let me know and I will investigate and correct it!

DFC XI Week Twelve Games

Just a reminder... once you send in these picks, you cannot change your picks, so choose carefully.

Also... if you are in dire straits and don't think you'll end up in the postseason, please finish out the season.  Its one more week, and not sending in picks with a "it doesnt matter now" flair about you is a quick way to not get an invite to DFC XII... thanks--admin.

COLLEGE GAMES
North Carolina State Wolfpack (7-3) at North Carolina Tarheels (6-4), 11a, ESPN3

16. Virginia Tech Hokies (8-2) at 24. Miami Hurricanes (7-3), 230p, ESPN

9. Ohio State Buckeyes (9-1) at 20. Iowa Hawkeyes (7-3), 230p, ABC

25. Florida State Seminoles (7-3) at Maryland Terrapins (7-3), 7pm, ABC

NFL GAMES
Buffalo Bills (1-8) at Cincinnati Bengals (2-7), 12p, CBS

Washington Redskins (4-4) at Tennessee Titans (5-4), 12p, CBS

Indianapolis Colts (6-3) at New England Patriots (7-2), 315p, CBS

Denver Broncos (3-6) at San Diego Chargers (4-5), 730p, Monday Night, ESPN

TIEBREAK GAME
Florida State vs Maryland, total points scored

The DFC XI Week Ten Results

4. TCU 47, 6. Utah 7 (tiebreak game, 54)
17. Arkansas 41, 18. South Carolina 20
12. LSU 24, 5. Alabama 21
10. Stanford 42, 13. Arizona 17
Atlanta Falcons 27, Tampa Bay Bucs 21 OT
NYGiants 41, Seattle Seahawks 7
Philadelphia Eagles 26, Indianapolis Colts 24
Oakland Raiders 23, Kansas City Chiefs 20 OT

THE WEEK THAT WAS
The last few weeks of the season are always noteworthy for the late season surges by some, and late season collapses by other.  Trey Cartledge is doing the former--surging, with a big 7-1 week and a weekly win, the first this season for him, and the third of his career.

Rookie Drew Warren is trying desperately to get a piece of gRandy Latta's inevitable Rookie of the Year Award, going 6-2 for second place in the week.  In third is Eddy McBroom the Junior, coming in fourth is Drew Morris, another who was needing a good week, and in fifth is rookie John Wolf, all at 6-2.

In sixth for the week is Jonny Osborne, at 6-2, in seventh is Matt Halpert at 5-3, and tied for eighth is Hurrican Rhett and gRandy Latta, both at 5-3.  Rounding out the Weekly Top Ten is The Mighty Gainey, at 5-3.

Also Finishing:
5-3:  Yours Truly... James Hawbaker... Zack Graves... Preseason #1 Scott Latta... JustFish... Tommy McLeod... Big Eddy... Brad Latta...
4-4:  Defending DFC Champion Lori Beirne... Steven Ray... Joey Thornell...  Chris Croyle... Jenny Ernst...  Sarah Hasha... Dan Sellers... Tom Johnson...  Tim Wasyluka...
3-5:  Matt Latta... Tyler Campbell... Tad Roose... Ryan Sherman... DMOsborne... Tebe Shaw... Dave Tuck
2-6:  Garrett Cheney... Daniel Powell
0-8:  Jason Roberts

THE STANDINGS
BEIRNE CONFERENCE
NORTH DIVISION
Joey Thornell, 51-29 (14.63)
Matt Halpert, 46-34 (8.25)
Zack Graves, 46-34 (11.5)
Drew Warren, 46-34 (12.0)
DMOsborne, 44-36 (16.13)
Rhett Barnett, 42-38 (13.63)
Matt Latta, 40-40 (10.13)

CENTRAL DIVISION
Tebe Shaw, 46-34 (13.43)
Tommy McLeod, 44-36 (10.0)
Brad Latta, 42-38 (13.38)
Jennifer Ernst, 40-40 (7.38)
Sarah Hasha, 39-41 (18.0)
Justin Fisher, 35-45 (18.5)

WEST DIVISION
Dan Sellers, 48-32 (10.38)
Eddy McBroom, 48-32 (11.38)
Trey Cartledge, 48-32 (13.13)
Tom Johnson, 47-33 (14.0)
David Tuck, 42-38 (19.13)
Drew Morris, 39-41 (8.88)

IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY
(1) Joey Thornell, 51-29 (14.63)... North Division Champion, first round bye
(2) Dan Sellers, 48-32 (10.38)... West Division Champion, first round bye
(3) Big Eddy McBroom, 48-32 (11.38)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
(4) Trey Cartledge, 48-32 (13.13)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
(5) Tom Johnson, 47-33 (14.0)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
(6) Tebe Shaw, 46-34 (13.43)... Central Division Champion, Wild Card Weekend
On the Bubble:  Matt Halpert, 46-34 (8.25)... Drew Warren, 46-34 (12.0)...

Would Take a Major Collapse to Miss Postseason:  Joey Thornell
Probably In:  Dan Sellers, Eddy McBroom, Trey Cartledge
In a Little Danger:  Tom Johnson, Tebe Shaw
Has a Great Shot at Postseason:  Matt Halpert, Zack Graves, Drew Warren
Needs a Little Help and a Little Luck:  Rhett Barnett, DMOsborne, Tommy McLeod, Brad Latta, David Tuck
Long Shot, But Still Possible:  Matt Latta, Jennifer Ersnt
Would Take a Miracle:  Sarah Hasha, Drew Morris
There's Always DFC XII:  Justin Fisher

MCBROOM CONFERENCE
EAST DIVISION
Yours Truly, 55-25 (14.0)
Chris Croyle, 47-33 (13.38)
Mark Gainey, 43-37 (10.88)
Ryan Sherman, 43-37 (12.63)
Garrett Cheney, 42-38 (19.38)
John Wolf, 41-39 (11.25)
Tyler Campbell, 39-41 (11.88)

CENTRAL DIVISION
Randy Latta, 48-32 (10.38)
Jonathan Osborne, 47-33 (9.13)
Steven Ray, 46-34 (13.0)
Scott Latta, 42-38 (9.63)
Lori Beirne, 40-40 (12.63)
Jason Roberts, 36-44 (15.13)

SOUTH DIVISION
Eddy McBroom Jr, 48-32 (12.75)
Tim Wasyluka, 47-33 (10.63)
James Hawbaker, 44-36 (12.13)
Mikey Nipp, 43-37 (13.5)
Tad Roose, 41-39 (13.88)
Daniel Powell, 34-46 (18.88)

IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY(1) Yours Truly, 55-25 (14.0)... East Division Champion, first round bye
(2) Randy Latta, 48-32 (10.38)... Central Division Champion, first round bye
(3) Eddy McBroom Jr, 48-32 (12.75)... South Division Champion, Wild Card Weekend
(4) Jonathan Osborne, 47-33 (9.13)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
(5) Tim Wasyluka, 47-33 (10.63)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
(6) Chris Croyle, 47-33 (13.38)... wild card, Wild Card Weekend
On the Bubble... Steven Ray, 46-34 (13.0)...

Would Take a Major Collapse to Miss Postseason: Yours Truly
Probably In: Randy Latta, Eddy Jr, Jonathan Osborne, Tim Wasyluka
In a Little Danger: Chris Croyle
Has a Great Shot at Postseason:  Steven Ray, James Hawbaker
Needs a Little Help and a Little Luck:  Mark Gainey, Ryan Sherman, Mikey Nipp, Garrett Cheney, Scott Latta,
Long Shot, But Still Possible:  Tad Roose, John Wolf
Would Take a Miracle: Lori Beirne, Tyler Campbell
There's Always DFC XII:  Daniel Powell, Jason Roberts
THE DFC TOP TWELVE POWER POLL
1)  Yours Truly, 55-25 (14.0) (1st last wk)
2)  Joey Thornell, 51-29 (14.63) (2)
3-tie)  Dan Sellers, 48-32 (10.38) (3)
3-tie)  gRandy Latta, 48-32 (10.38) (4)
5)  Eddy McBroom, 48-32 (11.38) (6)
6)  Eddy Jr, 48-32 (12.75) (11)
7)  Trey Cartledge, 48-32 (13.13) (NR)
8)  Jon Osborne, 47-33 (9.13) (12)
9)  Tim Wasyluka, 47-33 (10.63) (5)
10)  Chris Croyle, 47-33 (13.38) (8)
11)  Tom Johnson, 47-33 (14.0) (9)
12-tie) Matt Halpert, 46-34 (8.25) (NR)
12-tie) Zack Graves, 46-34 (8.25) (NR)
dropped out:  Steven Ray (10th)... Tebe Shaw (7th)...

AAAAAAND... THE BOTTOM FIVE
(33) Tyler Campbell... (34) Sarah Hasha... (35) Jason Roberts... (36) Justin Fisher... (37) Daniel Powell

LIES, DARN LIES & STATISTICS

• Its been a tough season for some, as reported last week in LDL&S... some "worst" season marks are being approached--heck, The Mighty Gainey has to go 15-1 to best his career worst of 58 wins... which for some, a career worst of 58 wins is a remarkable, enviable feat.
• Looking at "Career Years", Chris Croyle is having one.  His previous two seasons saw him getting 52 and 50 wins, but at 47 so far this year, he'll have to have one huge meltdown to miss his career best.  Not saying it won't happen, but its unlikely.
• At streaks, looking at the "At Least 4-4" record, no one is coming close to Tad Roose's 45 weeks, which just lends to how massive and incredible that mark is.  Right now, the longest current streak is Yours Truly, with six weeks.
• With the "At Least 5-3" record, who has Matt Latta as the record holder of 17 weeks, the current streak is held by Matt Halpert, Hurricane Rhett, Trey Cartledge, The Mighty Gainey, Scott Latta and Eddy Mc Jr, all tied with... two weeks. 
• Top Ten in All Time Regular Season Wins goes like this... Yours Truly... Jenn Ernst... Matt Latta... Tommy McLeod... DMOsborne... Tom Johnson... Eddy Mac... Daniel Powell... Drew Morris... Mikey Nipp...
• I mention this because when I added in the current win totals and recalculated the all-time standings, its the first time in a very, very long time, and I mean years, that the Original Eight (those currently in the DFC that have been here every year--the top ten, minus Big Eddy Mac and Dredw Morris) are all in the Top Ten at the same time. 
• DFC V was a season known for the success of practically everyone--13 people won 60+ games, in a league with only 26 at the time--so many DFC'ers highest career win years came that season.  This is true for Mikey Nipp and Tom Johnson, who won 65 and 61 respectively, and both won division titles.
• Since then, Tom won 57 one year (DFC VII) and Mikey won 54  (DFC VIII), their highest wins since DFC V.  Tom is currently at 47, Mikey is at 43, so its possible they'll hit those marks. 
• There are a few DFC'ers who have never been to the postseason.... not talking about rookies this year, or sophs to the league, but people who are in at least their third year of action, here's a list of those who have yet to see the playoffs, and how many games they've played--games include everything up until this past week.
• Jason Roberts (262)... Chris Croyle (262)... Tyler Campbell (656)... Garrett Cheney (656)... Sarah Hasha (848)
• Then there are those who haven't been in a long, long time... those include Tom Johnson (last appearance DFC V)... Mikey Nipp (DFC V)... DMOsborne (DFC VI)...
• Current Playoff Streaks:  The Mighty Gainey, 8 seasons in a row... Matt Latta, 5 seasons in a row... Hawbaker, Jonathan Osborne and Trey Cartledge, 3 seasons in a row... Big Eddy Mac, Lori Beirne and Yours Truly, 2 seasons in a row...

HOW THE DFC CAME TO BE
Someone sent in an email question asking how The DFC came to be.  When I lived in Troy, with my best mate, DFC Hall of Famer and two time champion Wookiee Fulaytar, we had a little game we called "The Sport Dawg", and we would pick ten games a week, all college.  The winner got to keep this big, plush dog in their room for the week as the prize for being the best mind of the week.  It lasted about, I dunno, three weeks, and fell apart.

When I got to Birmingham, and moved into The Deuce with Mikey Nipp, Tom Johnson, Shawn Sharp and surrogate roommates Tommy McLeod, Drew Morris, Ty Coffey, Wookiee Fulatyar and others, I came up with another version of The Sport Dawg.

Living in The Deuce, we kinda pieced the name together, calling it The DFC, standing for The Deuce Football Championship... which means, if you win the championship, and I say you win The DFC Championship, you are winning The Deuce Football Championship Championship.  Go figure.

Anyway, there were 11 of us--Yours Truly, Mikey, Tom, Shawn, Tommy, Wookiee, Jennifer Hudson, David Mark Osborne, Matt Latta, our downstairs neighbor Brook DeRamus, and Daniel Powell, who jumped in about two weeks late.  There were 88 games in the season, and at the end, we had a 2 week playoff... Shawn Sharp beat out Wookie Fulaytar, with Jennifer Hudson (now Ernst) and Michael Nipp also making it. 

We had a good time with it, it was fun keeping up, and when the season was over, I put the floppy disc aside.  We didn't really have a championship plate, we just had Shawn as the "champion"--he's kinda like the Florida Marlins of the DFC... no one really wanted him to win, he just kinda did.  And in seasons after that, he sucked. 

Well, as the next summer, 2001, rolled around, the guys started asking if we were doing the DFC again.  I thought, "Well, sure", and figured we'd have about another 9 or 10 people or so... well, word was out.  Only Brook DeRamus obstained from the league in DFC II, but this time we were joined by Justin Glenn, Big Eddy McBroom, Drew Morris, Eddy Jr, Scotty Latta, Vic Paschal, Jason Quinn, Josh Crosby, Tad Roose and Jonathan Osborne, giving us a total of 20.  I decided to actually put people in divisions, instead of just making it a list of 20, and we had the North and West in one conference, the East and Central in the other.  The tradition of naming the conferences after the previous seasons championship participants were also born, as we had The Sharp Conference and the Fulaytar Conference.  

Tad Roose won the first of his 3 titles that year, and we decided to come up with an actual championship trophy.  In honor of our kinda odd neighbor, Brook DeRamus, who was kind of a running joke in The Deuce, it was decided his name would be on the plate.  I worked at the Parisian Corporate office, and managed to get "proofs" and "samples" of various things like silverware, mugs, and... plates.  I took a white plate and wrote on it "The Brook DeRamus Championship Plate", then scribbled down Shawn's and Tad's name.  In years since, I've redone the plate a few times, but its remained primarily the same.

By DFC III, it was a tradition.  Ty Coffey, Scott Burk, Sarah Hasha, Mark Gainey, Ryan Smith, Tim Wasyluka and Jason Demastus joined up, and we had a total of 24.  In DFC V, we hit 6 total divisions, which we still have to this day, though we did an 8 division league in DFC IX, which didn't work as well as I wanted it too.

So here we are, 11 years in.  In the time the DFC has existed, we've had 63 people play the DFC game, counting Week Ten of this year, we've picked 1032 regular season games, over 200 more playoff games, seen 13 marriages involving active members, 13 babies born, 3 more on the way as I type, and a whole lot of life changes.  But The DFC remains.

Someone asked me how long I'd keep doing it.  I'll admit, some weeks, I get tired of doing it, I think that it'll be my last year heading it up, and sometimes the last thing I want to do is sit down and count games, do spreadsheets and type up results... but I keep chugging along.  And after the emails are sent, after the season is over, I'm always satisfied, if not by my yearly flameout at the end, then by the fact that we've all had fun with it.

So to answer that question, I guess as long as people want to do it, we'll keep on.  Be it 37, like this year, or 25 or 10.  With eight of us left from the beginning, I always wonder when some of them will finally say, "Okay, I'm done", but I hope we keep on.  I can't believe DFC X happened, so I guess DFC XX will be our next goal. 

The DFC Abides. 

The DFC XI Week Eleven Games

COLLEGE GAMES
All times CST, all ranks from AP Poll

Ole Miss Runnin' Rebels (4-5) at Tennessee Volunteers (3-6), 11a

24. Kansas State Wildcats (6-3) at 20. Missouri Tigers (7-2), 1130a

17. Mississippi State Bulldogs (7-2) at 11. Alabama Crimson Tide (7-2), 615p, ESPN2

22. South Carolina Gamecocks (6-3) at 24. Florida Gators (6-3), 615p, ESPN

NFL GAMES
Times CST

Detroit Lions (2-6) at Buffalo Bills (0-8), 12p, FOX

Houston Texans (4-4) at Jacksonville Jaguars (4-4), 12p, CBS

New England Patriots (6-2) at Pittsburgh Steelers (5-2), 720p, NBC

Philadelphia Eagles (5-3) at Washington Redskins (4-4), Monday 730p, ESPN

Tiebreak Game
Detroit Lions vs Buffalo Bills, total points scored

DFC XI Week Nine Results

(14) Nebraska 31, (7) Missouri 14
Florida 34, Georgia 31 OT
Oregon State 35, California 7
Penn State 41, Michigan 31 (tiebreak game, 72 points)
San Francisco 49ers 24, Denver Broncos 16
Tampa Bay Bucs 38, Arizona Cardinals 35
New Orleans Saints 20, Pittsburgh Steelers 10
Indianapolis Colts 30, Houston Texans 17

 

I learned a lesson some eight years ago... when it seemed that the Cleveland Browns were winning the game, with just a few seconds to go, I went through and added that extra win to everyone who picked Cleveland.  Then, in the last play of the game, one of the Browns players tosses his helmet.  The subsequent penalty then causes Cleveland to lose the game, and then causes me to go back to my DFC sheet, and have to remove a win and add a loss to half the league, then remove a loss and add a win to the other half, and it was an hour that I could've saved.  Which taught me, make sure I'm sure before I add and announce...

 

THE WEEK THAT WAS
So last night, I blurted on The DFC BLogspot that Dan Sellers has won his second career week, and that I'd have the results today.  And looking today... Matt Halpert has won the week.  Not only has he won the week... its the FIRST week he's ever won.  I was expecting to say "third" or maybe "second" but the DFC VIII Rookie of the Year takes his first Weekly Crown.  Good job.

 

And Lt. Dan comes in 2nd, both at 6-2.  Here comes Matt Latta in third, Scott Latta in fourth and in fifth, here's Sarah Hasha, all at 6-2.   Eddy Jr gets sixth at 6-2, in seventh is Hurrican Rhett, eighth is The Mighty Gainey, in ninth is The Big Wasyluka and rounding out the Weekly Top Ten is Young Garrett, all at 5-3.

 

Also Finishing
5-3:  DMOsborne... Joey Thornell... Tebe Shaw... Trey Cartledge... Steven Ray...
4-4:  Zack Graves... Drew Warren... Big Eddy... The Tuck Rule... Yours Truly... John Wolf... Ryan Sherman... Chris Croyle... Lori Beirne... Jonny Osborne... gRandy Latta... Tad Roose... Mikey Nipp...
3-5: Jenny Ernst... Tommy Mac... Brad Latta... Big Tom Johnson... Jason Roberts... Hawbaker... Daniel Powell
2-6:  Tyler "Self Proclaimed Sexy Beast of the DFC" Campbell...
1-7:  Drew "Former World Champ Now World Chump" Morris
0-8:  Justin Fisher

 

THE STANDINGS
BEIRNE CONFERENCE
NORTH DIVISION
Record, (TBA) (College) (NFL)
Joey Thornell, 47-25 (16.0) (30-12) (17-13)
Matt Halpert, 41-31 (9.14) (30-12) (11-19)
Zack Graves, 41-31 (12.0) (26-16) (15-15)
DMOsborne, 41-31 (18.0) (23-19) (18-12)
Drew Warren, 39-22 (13.14) (27-15) (12-18)
Matt Latta, 37-35 (11.14) (24-18) (13-17)
Rhett Barnett, 37-35 (15.0) (25-17) (12-18)

 

CENTRAL DIVISION
Tebe Shaw, 43-29 (13.29) (28-14) (15-15)
Tommy McLeod, 39-33 (10.0) (27-15) (12-18)
Brad Latta, 37-35 (12.71) (26-16) (11-19)
Jennifer Ernst, 36-36 (6.71) (26-16) (10-20)
Sarah Hasha, 35-37 (18.57) (26-16) (9-21)
Justin Fisher, 30-42 (14.57) (21-21) (9-21)

 

WEST DIVISION
Lt Dan Sellers, 44-28 (10.14) (29-13) (15-15)
Big Eddy McBroom, 43-29 (12.29) (28-14) (15-15)
Tom Johnson, 43-29 (15.29) (28-14) (15-15)
Trey Cartledge, 41-31 (14.14) (29-13) (12-18)
David Tuck, 39-33 (18.86) (27-15) (12-18)
Drew Morris, 33-39 (9.29) (23-19) (11-19)

 

IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY
Top two seeds get first round byes, ties in record goes to division winner, regardless of TBA
(1) Joey Thornell, 47-25 (16.0)... North Division Champion, first round bye
(2) Dan Sellers, 44-28 (10.14)... West Division Champion, first round bye
(3) Tebe Shaw, 43-29 (13.29)... Central Division Champion, wild card weekend
(4) Eddy McBroom, 43-29 (15.29)... wild card
(5) Tom Johnson, 43-29 (15.29)... wild card
(6) Matt Halpert, 41-31 (9.14)... wild card
On the Bubble (within two games)... Zack Graves, 41-31 (12.0)... Trey Cartledge, 41-31 (14.14)... DMOsborne, 41-31 (18.0)... Tommy McLeod, 39-33 (10.0)... Drew Warren, 39-33 (13.14)... David Tuck, 39-33 (18.86)

MCBROOM CONFERENCE

EAST DIVISION
Yours Truly, 50-22 (14.14) (31-11) (19-11)
Chris Croyle, 43-29 (13.71) (27-15) (16-14)
Ryan Sherman, 40-32 (13.71) (26-16) (14-16)
Garrett Cheney, 40-32 (17.43) (29-13) (11-19)
Mark Gainey, 38-34 (11.86) (30-12) (8-22)
Tyler Campbell, 36-36 (12.29) (22-20) (14-16)
John Wolf, 35-27 (11.57) (26-16) (9-21)

 

CENTRAL DIVISION
gRandy Latta, 43-29 (11.57) (31-11) (12-18)
Steven Ray, 42-30 (13.71) (28-14) (14-16)
Jon Osborne, 41-31 (8.43) (26-16) (15-15)
Scott Latta, 37-35 (10.14) (24-18) (13-17)
Jason Roberts, 36-36 (12.43) (25-17) (11-19)
Lori Beirne, 36-36 (13.14) (26-16) (10-20)

 

SOUTH DIVISION
Tim Wasyluka, 43-29 (12.0) (28-14) (15-15)
Eddy Jr, 42-30 (13.86) (29-13) (13-17)
James Hawbaker, 39-33 (11.43) (27-15) (12-18)
Michael Nipp, 38-34 (14.87) (25-17) (13-17)
Tad Roose, 38-34 (15.43) (25-17) (13-17)
Daniel Powell, 32-40 (18.86) (22-20) (10-20)

IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY
(1) Yours Truly, 50-22 (14.14)... East Division Champion, first round bye
(2) Randy Latta, 43-29 (11.57)... Central Division Champion, first round bye
(3) The Big Wasyluka, 43-29 (12.0)... South Division Champion, wild card
(4) Chris Croyle, 43-29 (13.71)... wild card
(5) Steven Ray, 42-30 (13.71)... wild card
(6) Eddy McBroom Jr, 42-30 (13.86)... wild card
On the Bubble:  Jonathan Osborne, 41-31 (8.43)... Ryan Sherman, 40-32 (13.71)... Garrett Cheney, 40-32 (17.43)

THE DFC POWER POLL TOP TWELVE
Rank, Record, (TBA) (Last Week)
1. Yours Truly, 50-22 (14.14) (1)
2. Joey Thornell, 47-25 (16.0) (2)
3. Dan Sellers, 44-28 (10.14) (7)
4. Randy Latta, 43-29 (11.57) (4)
5. Tim Wasyluka, 43-29 (12.0) (8)
6. Eddy McBroom, 43-29 (12.29) (5)
7. Tebe Shaw, 43-29 (13.29) (9)
8. Chris Croyle, 43-29 (13.71) (6)
9. Tom Johnson, 43-29 (15.29) (3)
10. Steven Ray, 42-30 (13.71) (11)
11. Eddy McBroom Jr, 42-30 (13.86) (NR)
12. Jon Osborne, 41-31 (8.43) (12)
dropped out:  Zack Graves (10th)

Aaaaaand.... the Bottom Five
(33) John Wolf... (34) Sarah Hasha... (35) Drew Morris)... (36) Daniel Powell... (37) Justin Fisher

LIES, DARN LIES AND STATISICS

• So, this has been a tough season for DFC Perennial Successes... Mark Gainey is possibly going to miss his first postseason ever, defending DFC Champion Lori Beirne is looking like she might be the fifth defending champion in ten full seasons of the DFC to miss the postseason following a title.
• That sounds crazy, but it gets even worse when you realize that in two of those seasons, when Wookiee Fulaytar won his titles (DFC III and DFC V), he didn't particpate the follow season.  So only three times has a defending champion made the postseason the next year--Matt Latta won DFC VI, back to the Deuce Bowl the next year, beaten by Tad Roose, who following his title in DFC VII, got knocked out of Wild Card Weekend in the next season.  Mark Gainey won DFC IX, and got to all the way to the Final Four last season before losing to Lori... who might miss the postseason.
• Wanted to also focus in on something else... worst seasons.  With three weeks left, thats 24 games to make or break whatever records one might be looking at, not to mention to shore up Rookie of the Year (its Randy Latta's for the losing) or to lock up another MVP title (looks like I might get a third straight--eat that, Gainey)
• Drew Morris' worst season ever, DFC III, a 50-46 effort.  He's at 33-39 right now.  Do the math, and thats a 17-7 record needed to just equal that 50 win season... Gainey's worst record ever is his 58-38 record last season.  He's at 38-34, putting him at needing a 20-4 record to equal that own mark.
• Scott Latta is not faring much better.  The much hyped preseason #1 is sitting at 37-35, though he only needs 13 more wins to equal his career worst 49-47 record in DFC VII
• Jennifer Ernst has seen her star fall too... her worst career record ever was in DFC VI, going 50-46.  Right now at 36-36, she'll need another 14 wins to match, 15 to surpass.  And none of these DFC'ers are projected to make the postseason.
• Daniel Powell has also had some rough seasons... in DFC I, he was 32-24, but did come into the season late, missed a few weeks, and we also had a 11 week regular season, as opposed to the 12 we have now.  His worst after that comes in DFC IV, at 47-49, but right now at 32-40, he does have some making up to do.
• More upbeat LDL&S next week, when I'm not so frakkin' tired!

The DFC XI Week Ten Games

The games for Week Ten of the DFC...

COLLEGE GAMES
All Times CST, All Ranks from AP.  Combined records of this weeks teams:  57-8.  Good luck.

4. Texas Christian University Hornady Toads (9-0) at 6. Utah Fightin' Mormons (8-0), 230p

17. Arkansas Razorbacks (6-2) at 18. South Carolina Gamecocks (6-2), 6p, ESPN

5. Alabama Crimson Thirteens (7-1) at 12. LSU Mismanaged Tigers (7-1), 7p

13. Arizona Wildcats (7-1) at 10. The Stanford Tree (7-1), 7p, ABC

NFL GAMES
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-2) at Atlanta Falcons (5-2), 12p, FOX

NYGiants (5-2) at Seattle Seahawks (4-3), 305p, FOX

Indianapolis Colts (4-2) at Philadelphia Eagles (4-3), 315p, CBS

Kansas City Chiefs (5-2) at Oakland Raiders (4-4), 315p, CBS

TieBreak Game
TCU at Utah, total points scored

DFC XI Week Eight Results

(4) Auburn Tigers 24, (6) LSU Tigers 17
(13) Wisconsin Badgers 31, (15) Iowa Hawkeyes 30
(16) Nebraska Cornhuskers 51, (14) Oklahoma State Cowboys 41
(18) Missouri Tigers 36, (3) Oklahoma Sooners 27
Washington Redskins 17, Chicago Bears 14
Tampa Bay Bucs 18, St. Louis Rams 17
Oakland Raiders 59, Denver Broncos 14
Green Bay Packers 28, Minnesota Vikings 24

THE WEEK THAT WAS
For the second time this season, and for the sixth time in his career, Mikey Nipp pulls out all the stops in finishing first for the week--his 6th weekly win all time.  This is a huge week for said Nipp, after going 0-8 last week (something we'll discuss in Lies, Darn Lies & Statistics below).

Coming up short on Yours Truly's quest for an unprecedented third straight weekly win, Yours Truly does in fact get 2nd place, at 6-2.  In 3rd, its rookie David Tuck, also at 6-2.  For 4th for the week, Big Eddy McBroom goes 5-3, Tommy McLeod in 5th and Tyler Campbell in 6th, both at 5-3.

For 7th for the week, Ryan Sherman, at 8th is Joey Thornell, and in 9th is Young Garrett Cheney, all at 5-3.  Rounding out the weekly top ten is DMOsborne, finishing 4-4.

Also Finishing:
4-4:  Drew Warren, Tebershaw, Sarah Hasha, Trey Cartledge, Chris Croyle, Jonny Osborne, Stevie Ray, Hawbaker, Tad "The Dynasty" Roose, Daniel Powell
3-5: Matt Halpert, Jenn Ernst, Dan Sellers, Tom Johnson, Mark "The (un)Mighty" Gainey, John Wolf, Lori "Gonna Have a Baby" Beirne, gRandy Latta, Eddy Jr, The Big Wasyluka
2-6:  Hurricane Rhett, Brad Latta, Drew Morris, Jason Roberts
1-7: Scotty Latta, Matta Latta, Zack Graves 

THE STANDINGS
BEIRNE CONFERENCE
NORTH DIVISION
Joey Thornell, 42-22 (14.5)
Zack Graves, 37-27 (9.5)
DMOsborne, 36-28 (16.3)
Matt Halpert, 35-29 (8.83)
Drew Warren, 35-29 (11.5)
Rhett Barnett, 32-32 (14.5)
Matt Latta, 31-33 (9.83)

CENTRAL DIVISION
Tebe Shaw, 38-26 (11.8)
Tommy McLeod, 36-28 (9.33)
Brad Latta, 34-30 (11.0)
Jennifer Ernst, 33-31 (7.0)
Justin Fisher, 30-34 (13.3)
Sarah Hasha, 29-35 (17.5)

WEST DIVISION
Tom Johnson, 40-24 (14.30)
Big Eddy McBroom, 39-25 (10.7)
Dan Sellers, 38-26 (9.0)
Trey Cartledge, 36-28 (13.3)
David Tuck, 35-29 (16.0)
Drew Morris, 32-32 (7.5)

IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY
(1) Joey Thornell, 42-22 (14.5) (North Division champ, first round bye)
(2) Tom Johnson, 40-24 (14.3) (West Division champ, first round bye)
(3) Big Eddy, 39-25 (10.7) (wild card)
(4) Tebe Shaw, 38-26 (11.8) (wild card)
(5) Dan Sellers, 38-26 (9.0) (wild card)
(6) Zack Graves, 37-27 (9.5) (wild card)
On the Bubble... Tommy McLeod (36-28/9.33)... Trey Cartledge (36-28/13.3)... DMOsborne (36-28/16.3)... Matt Halpert (35-29/8.83)... Drew Warren (35-29/11.5)... David Tuck (35-29/16.0)

MCBROOM CONFERENCE
EAST DIVISION
Yours Truly, 46-18 (12.3)
Chris Croyle, 39-25 (14.8)
Ryan Sherman, 36-28 (11.8)
Garrett Cheney, 35-29 (16.7)
Tyler Campbell, 34-30 (10.8)
Mark Gainey, 33-31 (10.7)
John Wolf, 31-33 (9.0)

CENTRAL DIVISION
Randy Latta, 39-25 (9.83)
Jon Osborne, 37-27 (7.83)
Steven Ray, 37-27 (11.0)
Jason Roberts, 33-31 (10.5)
Lori Beirne, 32-32 (11.7)
Scott Latta, 31-33 (8.17)

SOUTH DIVISION
Tim Wasyluka, 38-26 (10.5)
James Hawbaker, 36-28 (9.83)
Eddy Jr, 36-28 (11.0)
Michael Nipp, 34-30 (13.8)
Tad Roose, 34-30 (14.0)
Daniel Powell, 29-35 (17.0)

IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY
(1) Yours Truly, 46-18 (12.3) (East Division champ, first round bye)
(2) Randy Latta, 39-25 (9.83) (Central Division champ, first round bye)
(3) Chris Croyle, 39-25 (14.8) (wild card)
(4) Tim Wasyluka, 38-26 (10.5) (South Division champ)
(5) Jonathan Osborne, 37-27 (7.83) (wild card)
(6) Steven Ray, 37-27 (11.0) (wild card)
On the Bubble... James Hawbaker (36-28/9.83)... Eddy Jr (36-28/11.0)... Ryan Sherman, (36-28/11.8)... Garrett Cheney (35-29/16.7)...

Playoffs... Remember, top six in each conference go to postseason.  Top two records get first round bye, remaining four participate in "Wild Card Weekend", sending the top two of that group into the next round.  Ties are broken via TieBreak Average, but division winner always gets higher seed regardless of TBA. 

THE DFC POWER POLL TOP TWELVE
Rank, DFC'er, Record (TBA) (Last Week)
1. Yours Truly, 46-18 (12.3) (1)
2. Joey Thornell, 42-22 (14.5) (2)
3. Tom Johnson, 40-24 (14.3) (3)
4. Randy Latta, 39-25 (9.83) (5)
5. Eddy McBroom, 39-25 (10.7) (10)
6. Chris Croyle, 39-25 (14.8) (8)
7. Dan Sellers, 38-26 (9.0) (6)
8. Tim Wasyluka, 38-26 (10.5) (7)
9. Tebe Shaw, 38-26 (11.8) (9)
10. Zack Graves, 37-27 (9.5) (4)
11. Steven Ray, 37-27 (11.0) (NR)
12. Jonathan Osborne, 37-27 (7.83) (11)
dropped out... Eddy Jr (12th)

Aaaaaand... the bottom five...
(33) John Wolf... (34) Matt Latta... (35) Justin Fisher... (36) Daniel Powell... (37) Sarah Hasha

BIG UPS
Thanks to a few of you who have responded in kind with various ways to improve the flow of DFC information... I had several spreadsheets and formulas sent my way, and spent time looking at all of them.  Like the NFL or NCAA, I'm a little slow to adopt the necessary actions to improve my life... but suggestions like an email where you just click on a winner, and sheets where All-Time info can be kept easier will be seriously considered. 

LIES, DARN LIES & STATISTICS

• There have been a number of 0-8 weeks in the history of The DFC, and almost all of them are due to the lack of picks being sent in.  Before last week, only twice has someone actually gone all the way through the week and missed every.  single.  game... First, it was done in DFC II, Week Three by one Ross Kingrey.  
• The next time was by Michael Nipp, in DFC VI, Week 9.  And not until last week had it happened again...
• Wanted to mention this last week, but didn't get to write out the LDL&S... Michael Nipp became the first DFC'er to legitimately lose all eight games in a single weekend--twice.
• But, its important to note this week for Mikey, as he has another connection with the long since retired Ross Kingrey--the biggest week-to-week turnaround, going from 0-8 to 7-1, which both Ross did in DFC II and Michael did last week to this week.
• All Time Wins... Congrats to DMOsborne who passed 600, and Tad Roose, who is 1 shy from that mark.  Daniel Powell is at 587, and Big Tom Johnson is at 584.  Bear in mind that "All Time" includes playoffs.
• Tim Wasyluka recently crossed 500 (at 509), while Ryan Sherman hit the 300 mark (at 311).  Trey Cartledge needs but one win to go to 300.  Justin Fisher rolls to 200, while Brad Latta needs 7 more to get to 100 all time wins. 
• Since its getting close to that time, let's check out some playoff stats...  Mark Gainey (94-51), Drew Morris (93-58) and Eddy McBroom (84-36) are the top three when it comes to playoff victories.  From third to fourth is a huge dropoff, as Matt Latta only has a 58-31 record.  This is important for Eddy McBroom, as unless there is a huge surge from Gainey or Drew, Eddy might be the only one to make the postseason this year out of those top three.  With a strong run, this would give Eddy a chance to become the number one playoff winner of all time.
• Could it be the end of a true dynasty?  Mark Gainey is having what will possibly be the worst season he's ever had in his 9 season career.  His lowest win total came last season with 58, but with a 33-31 record currently, he's going to have to coast to a 25-7 in the final four weeks.  Not impossible, but not likely.  This is important because Gainey has one heck of a streak going--he's made the postseason nine straight years.  The next longest streak is Matt Latta, currently at five, but that also seems as if that will end this year.
• If Jonathan Osborne or James Hawbaker make this postseason this year, they will own the longest active streak at four seasons.  Otherwise, three is the magic number, from Yours Truly--if Yours Truly makes it. 

DFC XI Week Nine Games

Week Nine in The Deuce Football Championships... four weeks left until playoff time... all college ranks are from the AP Poll, all times Central times.

COLLEGE GAMES
7. Missouri Tigers (7-0) at 14. Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-1), 230p, ABC

Florida Gators (4-3) vs. Georgia Bulldogs (4-4), in Jacksonville, 230p, CBS

California Bears (4-3) at Oregon State Beavers (3-3), 230p,

Michigan Wolverines (5-2) at Penn State Nittany Lions (4-3), 7p, ESPN

NFL GAMES
Denver Broncos (2-5) at San Francisco 49ers (1-7), 12p, CBS

Tampa Bay Bucs (4-2) at Arizona Cardinals (3-3), 315p, FOX

Pittsburgh Steelers (5-1) at New Orleans Saints (4-3), 720p, NBC

Houston Texans (4-2) at Indianapolis Colts (4-2), 730p, ESPN

TIEBREAKER
Michigan vs. Penn State, total points scored

DFC XI Week Seven Results

7. Auburn 65, 12. Arkansas 43
USC 48, California 14 (tiebreak game, 62 points)
Texas 20, (5) Nebraska 13
(18) Wisconsin 31, (1) Ohio State 18
Miami Dolphins 23, Green Bay 20 OT
New England 23, Baltimore 20
Philadelphia 31, Atlanta 17
Tennessee 30, Jacksonville 3

THE WEEK THAT WAS
So, here's the deal.  The problem with being successful in the regular season is that when I crash and burn in the postseason, its all the more horrific and hilarious.  Toss in the slight suspicion that I'm sure someone out there is having deep down inside that perhaps I'm rigging it a little, and its a two fold curse.  Its very difficult being this awesome.

All that is to say, Yours Truly took the second week in a row, at 7-1.  And Chris Croyle is a bridesmaid again, for the second time this season, coming in 2nd with a 6-2 record.  Jenn Ernst gets 3rd at 5-3, with Drew Warren taking 4th, also at 5-3.

The Mighty Gainey makes what is turning out to be a rare appearance in the weekly top ten this week, at number 5, at 5-3, while Joey Thornell gets 6th.  Finishing up the week is Big Tom Johnson in 7th, Trey Cartledge in 8th, Tad "The Dynasty" Roose in 9th, all at 5-3, and tying for 10th is The Big Wasyluka and Jonny Osborne.

Also finishing:
4-4:  Hurricane Rhett Barnett... Zack Graves... JustFish... Tommy Mac... Brad Latta.. Eddy McBroom... Drew Morris... Dan Sellers.. Tyler Campbell... Ryan Sherman... Garrett Cheney... Steven Ray... Randy Latta... Eddy McBroom Jr...
3-5:  DMOsborne... Matt Halpert... Tebershaw... Scotty Latta... Jason Roberts... Hawbaker... Daniel Powell
2-6:  Matt Latta... David Tuck... John Wolf... Lori Beirne...
1-7:  Sarah Hasha
0-8:  Mikey Nipp (more on this later)

THE STANDINGS
BEIRNE CONFERENCE
NORTH DIVISION
Joey Thornell, 37-19 (14.2)
Zack Graves, 36-20 (9.4)
Matt Halpert, 32-24 (9.6)
DMOsborne, 32-24 (18.8)
Drew Warren, 31-25 (11.0)
Matt Latta, 30-26 (10.4)
Rhett Barnett. 30-26 (13.6)

CENTRAL DIVISION
Tebe Shawn, 34-22 (10.4)
Brad Latta, 32-24 (12.0)
Tommy McLeod, 31-25 (10.0)
Jennifer Ernst, 30-26 (7.0)
Justin Fisher, 29-27 (15.8)
Sarah Hasha, 25-31 (16.6)

WEST DIVISION
Tom Johnson, 37-19 (15.2)
Dan Sellers, 35-21 (8.8)
Eddy McBroom, 34-22 (11.6)
Trey Cartledge, 32-24 (13.8)
Drew Morris, 30-26 (6.8)
David Tuck, 29-27 (12.2)

IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY
(1) Joey Thornell, 37-19 (14.2) (North Division Champion, first round bye)
(2) Tom Johnson, 37-19 (15.2) (West Division Champion, first round bye)
(3) Zack Graves, 36-20 (9.4) (wild card, in Wild Card Weekend)
(4) Dan Sellers, 35-21 (8.8) (wild card, in Wild Card Weekend)
(5) Tebe Shaw, 34-22 (10.4) (Central Division Champion, in Wild Card Weekend)
(6) Eddy McBroom, 34-22 (11.6) (wild card, in Wild Card Weekend)
On the Bubble--within 2 games:  Brad Latta (32-24/12.0)... Trey Cartledge (32-24/13.8)... DMOsborne (32-24/18.8)

MCBROOM CONFERENCE
EAST DIVISION
Yours Truly, 40-16 (13.0)
Chris Croyle, 35-21 (15.0)
Ryan Sherman, 31-25 (12.8)
Mark Gainey, 30-26 (10.6)
Garrett Cheney, 30-26 (13.6)
Tyler Campbell, 29-27 (11.8)
John Wolf, 28-28 (6.8)

CENTRAL DIVISION
Randy Latta, 36-20 (9.6)
Jonathan Osborne, 33-23 (7.6)
Steven Ray, 33-23 (11.2)
Jason Roberts, 31-25 (9.2)
Scott Latta, 30-26 (8.6)
Lori Beirne, 29-27 (13.4)

SOUTH DIVISION
Tim Wasyluka, 35-21 (9.2)
Eddy McBroom Jr, 33-23 (9.6)
James Hawbaker, 32-24 (9.2)
Tad Roose, 30-26 (15.2)
Mikey Nipp, 27-29 (15.0)
Daniel Powell, 25-31 (19.2)

IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY
(1) Yours Truly, 40-16 (13) (East Division Champion, first round bye)
(2) Randy Latta, 36-20 (9.6) (Central Division Champion, first round bye)
(3) Tim Wasyluka, 35-21 (9.2) (South Division Champion, in Wild Card Weekend)
(4) Chris Croyle, 35-21 (15.0) (wild card, in Wild Card Weekend)
(5) Jonathan Osborne, 33-23 (7.6) (wild card, in Wild Card Weekend)
(6) Eddy McBroom Jr, 33-26 (9.6)
On the Bubble, within 2 game... Steven Ray (33-23/11.2)... James Hawbaker (32-24/9.2)... Jason Roberts, (31-25/9.2)... Ryan Sherman (31-25/12.8)...

THE DFC POWER POLL TOP TWELVE
Rank, Playaplaya, Rec, (TBA), (Last Wk)
1. Yours Truly, 40-16 (13.0) (1st)
2. Joey Thornell, 37-19 (14.2) (4th)
3. Tom Johnson, 37-19 (15.2) (5th)
4. Zack Graves, 36-20 (9.4) (2nd)
5. Randy Latta, 36-20 (9.6) (3rd)
6. Dan Sellers, 35-21 (8.8) (7th)
7. Tim Wasyluka, 35-21 (9.2) (8th)
8. Chris Croyle, 35-21 (15.0) (NR)
9. Tebe Shaw, 34-22 (10.4) (6th)
10. Eddy McBroom, 34-22 (11.6) (9th)
11. Jonathan Osborne, 33-23 (7.6) (10th)
12. Eddy Jr, 33-23 (9.6) (12th)
dropped out:  James Hawbaker (11th)

Aaaaaaaaaand... the bottom five...
(33) Justin Fisher... (34) John Wolf... (35) Michael Nipp... (36) Sarah Hasha... (37) Daniel Powell

DFC QUESTIONS
Got an email earlier this week, with Drew Morris asking:  "I wonder what the longest streak of 3-5 or better is.  I also wonder how many weeks in my career I've done worse than 3-5."

That answer will be coming next week, but I also wanted to open it up to the DFC League... if you your own Lies question, a Darn Lies question or a Statistic question, about records or games or weeks or streaks or anything else, send it to me!  I'll be happy to look and find out!

DFC SPECIAL FEATURE
Thought I'd share a bit... how The DFC comes together, week by week... 

Before the beginning of the season, a few weeks before Game One, the spreadsheet is built.  The standings list is slowly filled in, based on who responds to the invitation.  Decisions have to be made in filling up divisions, who gets moved where, and so on and so forth.  As Week One approaches, I send out emails to get just that--email addresses.  Making sure that I have everyone's email address correct, though sometimes it takes a while (Hawbaker!). 

I spend a few days looking at ESPN.com and SI.com to find the games that I think are worth picking.  I have to be careful not to pick games that would have everyone picking the same team--thus, in recent years, we've avoided the Alabama/Auburn game, mostly because it would be almost entirely Alabama.  I'd rather go Purdue/Northwestern and get somewhat of a split.

Typically on a Sunday night, games are posted to the website, and sometimes on Monday, they are sent via email.  I end up getting a few responses immediately--Brad Latta and Mikey Nipp are almost always neck-in-neck on who responds first.  Over the next few days, I get a dozen or more emails with games, and sometimes with the ominous "Hey, check my record..." email.  I make the corrections.

During the week, I listen to the PTI podcast daily, as well as the College Gameday ESPN podcast, which helps me pick the games for myself.  Thursday, it really kicks into high gear.  I make my own picks on Thursday, then go through each email and make sure I've got the games in, and work on a "Reminder" email to the DFC.  I list each person who has already sent (or sometimes needs to send) their picks in, then copy and paste the games from the website.  Usually, that elicits everyone else to jump on in and get their picks done.

The weekend is here!  Games start, are played and finish--sometimes, I have time to update through the weekend, at least on the DFC Spreadsheet.  I like to wait until all college games are played, then go through and add in 2-2 or 4-0 or 3-1 or 1-3 to corresponding records.  Its easier making the tiebreak game a college game, because it gives me time that evening or Sunday to take care of the TieBreak Average... one by one, I fix the formulas on each player, taking out the worst score and the best score, and doing a new game total. 

The next day, after NFL games are through, I add the records in to get a weekend picture.  I number the records, considering tiebreaks, 1 through 10 on the grid.  Then I travel to ESPN.com and SI.com once again to look at the next week's games.  Many times I'll post them online before the current weekend's slate of games is complete, especially if there is a Monday night game we are picking.  Monday, the games go out via email, and I begin to look at the just-finished results.

Monday night, sometimes Tuesday (and sometimes Wednesday) I begin to craft the Results email, sort the rankings any type it all up first. I open up the DFC ALL TIME MASTER spreadsheet with every possible stat you can imagine (and some you can't) and see if there are any lies, darn lies and statistics worth mentioning... this season, its been a once-every-two-weeks feature, just because it takes more time than I have sometimes. 

By Wednesday at the latest, the results are sent out--while I'm getting game pick emails for the next week... and it goes on for 12 weeks, until the playoffs, which are done slightly different.

You'd ask, "Where do you get all this time?" and I answer, "Just squeeze it in where you can..."

And that's how the Admin offices of the DFC have spent 16 weeks out of every fall!

DFC XI Week Eight Games

Here are the next week's games... all times are central, all rankings are from the AP Poll

COLLEGE GAME
6. LSU Tigers (7-0) at 5. Auburn Tigers (7-0), 230p, CBS

10. Wisconsin Badgers (6-1) at 13. Iowa Hawkeyes (5-1), 230p, ABC

14. Nebraska Cornhuskers (5-1) at 17. Oklahoma State Cowboys (6-0), 230p, ABC

3. Oklahoma Sooners (6-0) at 18. Missouri Tigers (6-0), 7p, ABC

NFL GAMES
Washington Redskins (3-2) at Chicago Bears (4-2), 12p, FOX

St. Louis Rams  (3-3) at Tampa Bay Bucs (3-2), 12p, FOX

Oakland Raiders (2-4) at Denver Broncos (2-4), 315p, CBS

Minnesota Vikings (2-3) at Green Bay Packers (3-3), 720p, NBC

TIEBREAK GAMELSU vs Auburn, total points scored

DFC XI Week Seven Games

Can you believe the season is half over?  Onto the playoffs!!

COLLEGE GAMES
12. Arkansas Razorbacks (4-1) at 7. Auburn Tigers (6-0), 230p

California Bears (3-2) at USC Trojans (4-2), 230p

Texas Longhorns (3-2) at 5. Nebraska Cornhuskers (5-0), 230p, ABC

1. Ohio State Buckeyes (5-0) at 18. Wisconsin (5-1), 6pm, ESPN

NFL GAMES
Miami Dolphins (2-2) at Green Bay Packers (3-2), 12p, CBS

Baltimore Ravens (4-1) at New England Patriots (3-1), 12p, CBS

Atlanta Falcons (4-1) at Philadelphia Eagles (3-2), 12p, FOX

Tennessee Titans (3-2) at Jacksonville Jaguars (3-2), 730p, ESPN (Monday Night)

TIEBREAK GAME
California vs USC, total points scored

The DFC XI Week Six Results

Georgia 41, Tennessee 14
17. Michigan St. 34, 18. Michigan 17
12. LSU 33, 14. Florida Gators 29
23. Florida St 45, 13. Miami 17
Indianapolis 19, Kansas City 9
Washington 16, Green Bay 13 OT
NYGiants 34, Houston 10
Tennessee 34, Dallas 27

THE WEEK THAT WAS
It would be easy to say "I Rule", with Yours Truly going 6-2 and taking home my 7th career win, but its had to say that not having any championship plates on my own shelf... so I'll just say I won.  Barely beating gRandy Latta, who came in 2nd, a week after a share of his first weekly win, at 5-3.  Coming in 3rd is Dan Sellers also at 5-3.

In 4th was Hurricane Rhett Barnett at 5-3, and in 5th is Matt Halpert at 4-4.  In 6th is John Wolf, in 7th is James Hawbaker and tied for 8th is The Big Wasyluka, and Drew Warren.  Finishing the Top Ten is David Tuck, all at 4-4.

Also finishing...
4-4:  DMOsborne
3-5: Matta Latta... Joey Thornell... JustFish... Chris Croyle... Scotty Latta... Tebershaw... Drew Morris... Ryan Sherman... Jonny Osborne... Stevie Ray... Jason Roberts...
2-6: Jenn Ernst... Lori Beirne... Tommy McLeod... Brad Latta... Sarah Hasha... Big Eddy... Trey Cartedge... Tom Johnson... The Mighty Gainey... Young Garrett... Mikey Nipp... Eddy Jr...
1-7: Zack Graves... Tyler Campbell... Tad Roose... Daniel Powell

THE STANDINGS
BEIRNE CONFERENCE
NORTH DIVISION
Zack Graves, 32-16 (6.5)
Joey Thornell, 32-16 (15.0)
Matt Halpert, 29-19 (11.0)
DMOsborne, 29-19 (18.5)
Matt Latta, 28-20 (12.0)
Drew Warren, 26-22 (12.25)
Rhett Barnett, 26-22 (12.5)

CENTRAL DIVISION
Tebe Shaw, 31-17 (8.75)
Brad Latta, 28-20 (14.0)
Tommy McLeod, 27-21 (11.75)
Jennifer Ernst, 25-23 (8.25)
Justin Fisher, 25-23 (15.5)
Sarah Hasha, 24-24 (17.0)

WEST DIVISION
Tom Johnson, 32-16 (16.75)
Dan Sellers, 31-17 (10.0)
Eddy McBroom, 30-18 (12.0)
David Tuck, 27-21 (12.8)
Trey Cartledge, 27-21 (13.67)
Drew Morris, 26-22 (6.75)

MCBROOM CONFERENCE
EAST DIVISION
Yours Truly, 33-15 (13.75)
Chris Croyle, 29-19 (12.0)
Ryan Sherman, 27-21 (12.75)
Garrett Cheney, 26-22 (15.5)
John Wolf, 25-23 (8.25)
Mark Gainey, 25-23 (11.5)
Tyler Campbell, 25-23 (14.75)

CENTRAL DIVISION
Randy Latta, 32-16 (7.5)
Jon Osborne, 29-19 (9.0)
Steven Ray, 29-19 (11.75)
Jason Roberts, 28-20 (10.5)
Scott Latta, 27-21 (9.0)
Lori Beirne, 27-21 (14.25)

SOUTH DIVISION
Tim Wasyluka, 31-17 (11.0)
James Hawbaker, 29-19 (10.25)
Eddy Jr, 29-19 (11.0)
Mikey Nipp, 27-21 (15.75)
Tad Roose, 25-23 (13.25)
Daniel Powell, 22-26 (19/75)

THE DFC POWER POLL TOP TWELVE
Rank, Record (TBA) (Last Week)
1. Yours Truly, 33-15 (13.75) (9th)
2. Zack Graves, 32-16 (6.5) (1st)
3. Randy Latta, 32-16 (7.5) (5th)
4. Joey Thornell, 32-16 (15.0) (3rd)
5. Tom Johnson, 32-16 (16.75) (2nd)
6. Tebe Shaw, 31-17 (8.75) (4th)
7. Dan Sellers, 31-17 (10.0) (10th)
8. Tim Wasyluka, 31-17 (11.0) (8th)
9. Eddy McBroom, 30-18 (12.0) (6th)
10. Jonathan Osborne, 29-19 (9.0) (12th)
11. James Hawbaker, 29-19 (10.25) (NR-16th)
12. Eddy Jr, 29-19 (11.0) (7th)
dropped out:  Matt Halpert (11th)

The DFC XI Week Five Results

THE WEEK THAT WAS
Well, it doesn't happen too often--the TieBreak score is a good preventative measure--but it does happen sometimes.  That is, two (or more) people tying for the weekly win, not just with record but also with TB.  Last time was DFC IX, Week 11 when Drew Morris and Mark Gainey tied up at 7-1. 

 

This time around, Michael Nipp gets, at least a share of, his 6th career weekly win, while rookie gRandy Latta gets a share of his first weekly title.  Joey Thornell misses a three-way lock by 4 points, and all three are 8-0 this week.

 

For fourth place, we go the 7-1s of the group, which continues throughout the Weekly Top Ten... Zack Graves has another astounding week, this time for 4th, while in 5th is Ryan Sherman.  Tied up for 6th is DFC Legend Big Eddy Mac and also Teber Shaw, in 8th is Hurricane Rhett Barnett, in 9th is Tommy McLeod, and rounding out this weeks Top Ten is Brad Latta

Also Finishing:
7-1: Chris Croyle
6-2: Jay Rob, Hawbaker, Eddy the Junior, Matt Latta. Drew Warren, Trey Cartledge, Yours Truly, Lt. Dan, Big Tom J,
5-3: Young Garrett, Lori Beirne, Jonny Osborne, Stevie Ray, DMOsborne, Sarah Hasha, Drew Morris, Matt Halpert, Tyler Campbell, John Wolf,
4-4: Jenn Ernst, The Tuck Rule, The Big Wasyluka, The Mighty Gainey
3-5: JustFish
2-6: Daniel Powell

BEIRNE CONFERENCE
NORTH DIVISION
Zack Graves, 31-9 (5.0)
Joey Thornell, 29-11 (16.0)
Matt Latta, 25-15 (11.7)
Matt Halpert, 25-15 (12.7)
DM Osborne, 25-15 (18.0)
Drew Warren, 22-18 (12.0)
Rhett Barnett, 21-19 (11.0)

CENTRAL DIVISION
TeberShaw, 28-12 (9.0)
Brad Latta, 26-14 (14.7)
Tommy McLeod, 25-15 (10.0)
Jenn Ernst, 23-17 (6.33)
Justin Fisher, 22-18 (15.5)
Sarah Hasha, 22-18 (15.7)

WEST DIVISION
Tom Johnson, 30-10 (17.7)
Eddy McBroom, 28-12 (10.3)
Dan Sellers, 26-14 (10.7)
Trey Cartledge, 25-15 (13.7)
Drew Morris, 23-17 (6.67)
David Tuck, 23-17 (10.3)

MCBROOM CONFERENCE
EAST DIVISION
Yours Truly, 27-13 (11.7)
Chris Croyle, 26-14 (10.7)
Ryan Sherman, 24-16 (11.3)
Garrett Cheney, 24-16 (13.7)
Tyler Campbell, 24-16 (14.7)
Mark Gainey, 23-17 (11.0)
John Wolf, 22-18 (10.0)

CENTRAL DIVISION
Randy Latta, 28-12 (9.0)
Jon Osborne, 26-14 (11.0)
Steven Ray, 26-14 (12.7)
Jason Roberts, 25-15 (4.33)
Scotty Latta, 24-16 (8.0)
Lori Beirne, 24-16 (13.3)

SOUTH DIVISION
Eddy Jr, 27-13 (9.0)
Tim Wasyluka, 27-13 (10.3)
James Hawbaker, 25-15 (10.0)
Mikey Nipp, 25-15 (15.3)
Tad Roose, 24-16 (12.0)
Daniel Powell, 21-19 (17.0)

THE DFC TOP TWELVE POWER POLL
(Rank) Playa, Record (TBA) (Last Wk)
1. Zack Graves, 31-9 (5) (1st)
2. Tom Johnson, 30-10 (17.7) (2nd)
3. Joey Thornell, 29-11 (16) (10th)
4-tie. Tebe Shaw, 28-12 (9) (5th)
4-tie. Randy Latta, 28-12 (9) (11th)
6. Eddy McBroom, 28-12 (10.3) (7th)

7. Eddy McBroom Jr, 27-13 (9.0) (6th)

8. Tim Wasyluka, 27-13 (10.3) (3rd)
9. Yours Truly, 27-13 (11.7) (4th)
10-tie. Dan Sellers, 26-14 (10.7) (NR-13th)
10-tie. Chris Croyle, 26-14 (10.7) (NR-18th)
12. Jonny Osborne, 26-14 (11) (9th)
dropped out: Steven Ray (8th)... Matt Halpert (12th)

Aaaaand... the bottom five...
(33) Drew Warren... (34) Justin Fisher... (35) Sarah Hasha... (36) Rhett Barnett... (37) Daniel Powell

LIES, DARN LIES & STATISTICS

• I usually don't mention upcoming games in this section, unless its a milestone... and the Tennessee Titans visiting the Dallas Cowboys counts.  ITS OUR 1000TH GAME IN THE DFC.
• That's right.  I just said ONE THOUSAND.  So, DMO, Matt, Mikey Nipp, Jennifer Ernst, Tommy McLeod and Yours Truly can all revel in this accomplishment.  (Daniel Powell started a few weeks late)
• I mentioned that Mikey and Randy tying for the weekly win is a somewhat rare occurance, and its true.  Counting this past week, we've had 124 weeks of regular season play (11 weeks in DFC I, 12 weeks in every season after, 5 weeks completed this year) and a weekly tie between 2 DFC'ers has happened 5 times before this week.
• DFC I, Wk 2, Hall of Famer Wookiee Fulaytar and Brooke DeRamus (of which our championship plate is named after) tied at 6-2.  In DFC II, Wk 7, Tommy McLeod and Jason Quinn tied up at 6-2.   DFC VII, Mark Gainey and Jennifer Ernst tied at 6-2 in Week 4 and in DFC VIII, Wk 11, Hawbaker and Ken Mackey tied up at 6-2.  Finally, in DFC IX, Drew Morris and Mark Gainey got a 7-1 tie in Wk 11.
• A three way tie for the week is even more rare--its happened 2 times.  In DFC V, Eddy McBroom, Jonathan Osborne and Tad "The Dynasty" Roose tied with 7-1 in Week 10, and in DFC VIII, Wk 12, Drew Morris, Trey Cartledge and Ken Mackey all tied at 7-1.
• Mikey Nipp went 8-0 this week, and in his 10+ year career, he's had a total of 2... including this week.  The other was DFC V, Week 5.
• 8-0 is a pretty solid achievement, as its sheer undefeatedism, but winning a week at 8-0 actually happens more often than you'd think.  Including this week, 26 weeks have been won by the undefeated mark.  Shawn Sharp, Daniel Powell, Scotty Latta, Jenn Ernst, DMOsborne, Garrett Cheney, Wookiee Fulaytar, Tyler Campbell, Tebe Shaw, Zack Graves, Matt Latta, Hawbaker, Tim Wasyluka, Jason Barnette, Ryan Sherman,
• Justin Glenn, Tad Roose, Lori Beirne and now Mikey Nipp have done it twice, and Mark Gainey has done it 3 times, once at 9-0, the only 9-0 week in DFC's history. 
• Regular season wins... Jenn Ernst and Yours Truly just crossed 600 wins.  Matt Latta is up next at 590.  Lori Beirne is 13 wins away from 500.  James Hawbaker will hit 300 wins with 6 more, and Ryan Sherman will get there in a few weeks, at 288.  
• Matt Halpert needs 1 more to hit 200, while Joey Thornell is at 191.   The race to 100 is heating up, with Brad Latta (80), Steven Ray (79), Dan Sellers (79) and Rhett Barnett (72) all in reach this season.
•  All Time Wins (regular season + playoffs)... DMO has 594 all time wins, 6 from 600.  Tad Roose has 589, Daniel Powell has 579 and Tom Johnson has 574.  Up to 500, Tim Wasyluka has 498, while next to 300 all time wins, Ryan Sherman (299) and Trey Cartledge (288). 
• Justin Fisher is 4 away from 200 (196), while Brad Latta's playoff run last year puts him at 85 all time wins, 15 from 100.

DFC XI Week Six Games

DFC XI Week Six games

COLLEGE GAMES--SATURDAY

Tennessee Volunteers (2-3) at Georgia Bulldogs (1-4), 1121a, ESPN3

17. Michigan State Spartans (5-0) at 18. Michigan Wolverines (5-0), 230p, ABC

12. LSU Tigers (5-0) at 14. Florida Gators (4-1), 630p, ESPN

23. Florida State Seminoles (4-1) at 18. Miami Hurricanes (3-1), 7p, ABC

NFL GAMES--SUNDAY

Kansas City Chiefs (3-0) at Indianapolis Colts (2-2), 12p, CBS

Green Bay Packers (3-1) at Washington Redskins (2-2), 12p, FOX

The New York Football Giants (2-2) at The Texans of Houston (3-1), 12p, FOX

Tennessee Titans (2-2) at Dallas Cowboys (2-2), 315p, CBS

TIEBREAK GAME
Florida State vs Miami, total points scored

DFC XI Week Five Games

Several solid college games, not a ton of great NFL games, so we're going 6 college, 2 NFL this week...

COLLEGE GAMES
Navy Midshipmen (2-1) at Air Force Falcons (2-1), 130p, Versus
U-S-A!  U-S-A!

(11) Wisconsin Badgers at (24) Michigan State Spartans, 230p, ABC

(21) Texas Longhorns vs. (8) Oklahoma Sooners, 230p, played in Dallas, ABC
this will probably be a lopsided pick, given Texas' performance this past weekend--though Oklahoma barely survived--but its a tradition, the game that gave us the TieBreak Drop and we have to pick it.

(7) Florida Gators at (1) The Alabama Crimson Tide, 7p, ESPN

(9) The Stanford Tree (4-0) at (4) Oregon Ducks (4-0), 7p, ABC

(22) Penn State Nittany Lions at (17) Iowa Hawkeyes, 705p, ABC


NFL GAMES
Baltimore Ravens (2-1) at Pittsburgh Steelers (3-0), 12p CBS

New England Patriots (2-1) at Miami Dolphins (2-0), 730p, ESPN (Monday Night)

TieBreak Game
Florida vs. Alabama, total points scored

DFC XI Week Four Results

(1) Alabama 24, (10) Arkansas 20
(17) Auburn 35, (12) South Carolina 27
(3) Boise State 37, (24) Oregon State 24
(15) LSU 20, (22) West Virginia 14
Dallas Cowboys 27, Houston Texans 13
Seattle Seahawks 27, San Diego Chargers 20
NYJets 31, Miami Dolphins 23
Chicago Bears 20, Green Bay Packers 17

THE WEEK THAT WAS
Its been a few years since his last victory, but Zack Graves won his third career week, this time at 7-1.   His first two wins came as a rookie in DFC VII, winning both weeks 5 and 12.  Good job Zack.

In 2nd place was The Big Wasyluka, and in 3rd is Dan Sellers.  In 4th is Teber Shaw, while coming in 5th for a strong comeback, Chris Croyle, all at 6-2.

In 6th this week is Jonny Osborne, also at 6-2, while in 7th, at 5-3 is Scotty Latta.  In 8th is Matt Latta, and for the third Latta finish in a row, in 9th is gRandy Latta. Rounding out the Top Ten is Stevie Ray, all at 5-3.

Also Finishing:
5-3: Hurricane Rhett... Joey Thornell... Jenny Ernst... JustFish... Brad Latta.... Sarah Hasha... Tom Johnson... Tyler Campbell... Ryan Sherman... Jason Roberts... Eddy Jr... Danny Powell...
4-4:  DMOsborne... Tommy Mac... Drew Morris... The Mighty Gainey.... Young Garrett... Lori Beirne... James Hawbaker... Mikey Nipp
3-5:  Matt Halpert... Drew Warren... Eddy McBroom... Trey Cartledge... Dave Tuck... Yours Truly... John Wolf... Tad Roose

TIEBREAK AVERAGE RELEASED... You'll find your TBA after your record below.  As a reminder, there are no "drops" this year.  Your best and worst TieBreak score is dropped, the remaining numbers will be used to compile your average.  For example, in the four weeks of the season, Matt Latta has been off by 12 points, 28 points, 6 points and 4 points.  The best (4 points off) and the worst (28 points) are dropped, creating a total of 18 points, divided by 2 (for weeks that are used), equaling 9.  If in Week Five, Matt nails the TB, then that will be considered his "best", and the previous best, the 4, will be added back in.  If in Week Six, he also gets a 0, then one of those will be added back into his TBA.  Conversely, if in Week Five, he's off by 35 points, that will be his "Worst" and the 28 points will be added back in. 

THE STANDINGS
BEIRNE CONFERENCE
NORTH DIVISION
Zack Graves 24-8 (5.5)
Joey Thornell, 21-11 (16.5)
Matt Halpert, 20-12 (12)
DMOsborne, 20-12 (21)
Matt Latta, 19-13 (9)
Drew Warren, 16-16 (9)
Rhett Barnett, 15-17 (11)

CENTRAL DIVISION
Tebe Shaw, 21-11 (9.5)
Jennifer Ernst, 19-13 (6)
Justin Fisher, 19-13 (12)
Brad Latta, 19-13 (13.5)
Tommy McLeod, 18-14 (9)
Sarah Hasha, 17-15 (20.5)

WEST DIVISION
Tom Johnson, 24-8 (16.5)
Eddy McBroom, 21-11 (11.5)
Dan Sellers, 20-12 (13)
Trey Cartledge, 19-13 (15)
David Tuck 19-13 (19)
Drew Morris, 18-14 (6.5)

MCBROOM CONFERENCE
EAST DIVISION
Yours Truly, 22-10 (14)
Chris Croyle, 19-13 (8.5)
Mark Gainey, 19-13 (9)
Garrett Cheney, 19-13 (16)
Tyler Campbell, 19-13 (16)
John Wolf, 17-15 (12.5)
Ryan Sherman, 17-15 (13.5)

CENTRAL DIVISION
Stevie Ray, 21-11 (12)
Jon Osborne, 21-11 (13)
Randy Latta, 20-12 (9.5)
Jason Roberts, 19-13 (6)
Lori Beirne, 19-13 (17.5)
Scotty Latta, 17-15 (7.5)

SOUTH DIVISION
Tim Wasyluka, 23-9 (9)
Eddy Jr, 21-11 (10)
James Hawbaker, 19-13 (8)
Daniel Powell, 19-13 (19.5)
Tad Roose, 18-14 (14)
Mikey Nipp, 17-15 (17.5)

THE DFC POWER POLL TOP 12
Rank, Playa, Record (TBA) (Last Wk)
1. Zack Graves, 24-8 (5.5) (6th)
2. Tom Johnson, 24-8 (16.5) (1st)
3. Tim Wasyluka, 23-9 (9) (4th)
4. Yours Truly, 22-10 (14) (2nd)
5. Tebe Shaw, 21-11 (9.5) (NR-13th)
6. Eddy Jr, 21-11 (10) (8th)
7. Eddy McBroom, 21-11 (11.5) (3rd)
8. Steven Ray, 21-11 (12) (9th)
9. Jonny Osborne, 21-11 (13) (NR-18th)
10. Joey Thornell, 21-11 (16.5) (11th)
11. Randy Latta, 20-12 (9.5) (NR-15th)
12. Matt Halpert, 20-12 (12) (5th)
dropped out:  DMOsborne (10th)... Trey Cartledge (7th)

Aaaaaand.... The Bottom Five
(33) Ryan Sherman... (34) Mikey Nipp... (35) Sarah Hasha... (36) Drew Warren... (37) Rhett Barnett

MORE LIES, DARN LIES & STATISTICS COMING NEXT WEEK

DFC XI Week Four

COLLEGE GAMES
1. Alabama Crimson Tide (3-0) at 10. Arkansas Razorbacks (3-0), 230p, CBS

12. South Carolina Gamecocks (3-0) at 17. Auburn Tigers (3-0), 645p ESPN

24. Oregon State Beavers (1-1) at 3. Boise State Broncos (2-0), 7p, ABC

22. West Virginia Mountaineers (3-0) at 15. LSU Tigers (3-0), 8p, ESPN2

NFL GAMES
Dallas Cowboys (0-2) at Houston Texans (2-0), 12p, Fox

San Diego Chargers (1-1) at Seattle Seahawks (1-1), 315p, CBS

NYJets (1-1) at Miami Dolphins (2-0), 720p, NBC

Green Bay Packers (2-0) at Chicago Bears (2-0), 730p, ESPN

TIEBREAK GAME
Oregon State at Boise State, total points scored

DFC XI Week Three Results

Games
Georgia Tech 30, North Carolina 24
10. Florida 31, Tennessee 17 (tiebreak game, 48 points)
16. Auburn 27, Clemson 24 OT
24. Arizona 34, 9 Iowa 27
Pittsburgh Steelers 19, Tennessee Titans 11
Miami Dolphins 14, Minnesota Vikings 10
Kansas City Chiefs 16, Cleveland Browns 14
Indianapolis Colts 38, NYGiants 14

THE WEEK THAT WAS
Usually it happens within the first few weeks of the season, and week three is DFC XI's week.  That is, when a rookie gets their first helmet sticker declaring "Weekly Winner"

This week has David Tuck winning it outright, at 7-1, capturing his first crown.  Coming in 2nd was another who badly needed a win, that being Chris Croyle at 6-2.  Tad "The Dynasty" Roose gets 3rd, and Big Tom Johnson had a monster week at 6-2 for 4th.  Also at 6-2 is Zack Graves, coming in 5th.  Yours Truly gets 6th, and in 7th is Tyler Campbell, both at 6-2.

In 8th is James Hawbaker, and tied for 9th is Matt Halpert and Big Eddy McBroom, all at 5-3.

Also finishing:
5-3:  DMOsborne, Joey Thornell, JustFish, Scott Latta
4-4:  Matt Latta, Eddy Jr, Tim Wasyluka, Daniel Powell, Mikey Nipp, Jonny Osborne, Stevie Ray, gRandy Latta, Jason Roberts, Jenn Ernst, John Wolf, Young Garrett, Ryan Sherman, Brad Latta, Tebe Shaw, Drew Morris, Dan Sellers
3-5:  Rhett Barnett, Lori Beirne, Mark Gainey, Drew Warren, Tommy McLeod, Sarah Hasha, Trey Cartledge

THE STANDINGS
BEIRNE CONFERENCE
NORTH DIVISION
Zack Graves, 17-7
Matt Halpert, 17-7
DMOsborne, 16-8
Joey Thornell, 16-8
Matt Latta, 14-10
Drew Warren, 13-11
Rhett Barnett, 10-14

CENTRAL DIVISION
Tebe Shaw, 15-9
Jennifer Ernst, 14-10
Brad Latta, 14-10
Tommy McLeod, 14-10
Justin Fisher, 14-10
Sarah Hasha, 12-12

WEST DIVISION
Tom Johnson, 19-5
Eddy McBroom, 18-6
Trey Cartledge, 16-8
David Tuck, 16-8
Drew Morris, 14-10
Dan Sellers, 14-10

MCBROOM CONFERENCE
EAST DIVISION
Yours Truly, 19-5
Mark Gainey, 15-9
Garrett Cheney, 15-9
Tyler Campbell, 14-10
John Wolf, 14-10
Chris Croyle, 13-11
Ryan Sherman, 12-12

CENTRAL DIVISION
Steven Ray, 16-8
gRandy Latta, 15-9
Jon Osborne, 15-9
Lori Beirne, 15-9
Jason Roberts, 14-10
Scott Latta, 12-12

SOUTH DIVISION
Tim Wasyluka, 17-7
Eddy Jr, 16-8
Tad Roose, 15-9
James Hawbaker, 15-9
Daniel Powell, 14-10
Mikey Nipp, 13-11

THE DFC POWER POLL TOP 12
Rank, Record (Last Week)
1. Tom Johnson, 19-5 (3)
2. Yours Truly, 19-5 (5)
3. Eddy McBroom, 18-6 (1)
4. Tim Wasyluka, 17-7 (4)
5. Matt Halpert, 17-7 (6)
6. Zack Graves, 17-7 (NR-18th)
7. Trey Cartledge, 16-8 (2)
8. Eddy Jr, 16-8 (9)
9. Steven Ray, 16-8 (10)
10. DMOsborne, 16-8 (NR-19th)
11. Joey Thornell, 16-8 (NR-16th)
12. David Tuck, 16-8 (NR-29th)
dropped out:  Tebe Shaw (11)... Mark Gainey (7)... Randy Latta (12)... Lori Beirne (8)

and... the bottom five...
(33) Michael Nipp... (34) Ryan Sherman... (35) Scott Latta... (36) Sarah Hasha... (37) Rhett Barnett

LIES, DARN LIES & STATISTICS

• David Tuck gets his first week, a feat that probably goes underappreciated.  There have been 65 people who have, in some form or fashion, been involved in at least a couple of weeks of DFC play, and Tuck becomes only the 38th person to have a weekly win. 
• I dont have the records (well, I do, but finding this out would be overwhelmingly time consuming) but I would dare say of those 38, maybe half of them have won a week without virtue of a tiebreak.  That means that Tuck was the only one who was 7-1 this week, as opposed to Week One, when Mark Gainey was one of many who went 8-0, but got the win via TieBreak
• Then again, its also important to note that Tim Wasyluka won Week Two outright as well, meaning for two weeks in a row, no TB was needed to determine the weekly winner.
• Tom Johnson, one of the guys who has been here since the beginning and has picked everyone one of the 976 games we have picked in The DFC is having what we like to call a "Career Year".  He has now ascended to the top of the DFC Power Poll, aka, best record in the league, spending only his second week ever at #1.  The only other week he's seen the top was Week Two of DFC V, back in 2004.  By Week Seven of that season he was out of the Top 12, and hasn't seen it until this season.
• This week, Trey Cartledge had a 3-5 week, ending the second longest current streak of 4-4 or better at 13 weeks, going back to last season.  He ties Zack Graves for the 12th longest streak of all time.  The longest current streak is being run by both Jennifer Ernst and DMOsborne, both right now at 14 weeks.  Matt Latta had 10 weeks, while Dan Sellers has 9 weeks.  The alltime record is Tad "The Dynasty" Roose is 45 weeks.
• The longest current 5-3 or better streak?  Big Eddy, with 5 weeks.  The alltime record on that one is Matt Latta at 17 weeks.

DFC XI Week Three Games

After a great weekend of games, I had a little trouble finding quality games for this next weekend... so hopefully it won't be too lopsided on the picks...

COLLEGE GAMES
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (1-1) at North Carolina Tar Heels (0-1), 11a ESPN3

10. Florida Gators (2-0) at Tennessee Volunteers (1-1), 230p

Clemson Tigers (2-0) at 16. Auburn Tigers (2-0), 6p ESPN

9. Iowa Hawkeyes (2-0) at 24. Arizona Wildcats (2-0), 930p, ESPN

NFL GAMES
Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0) at Tennessee Titans (1-0), 12p CBS

Miami Dolphins (1-0) at Minnesota Vikings (0-1), 12p CBS

Crap O'the Week Alert!
Kansas City Chiefs (0-0) at Cleveland Browns (0-1), 12p CBS

NYGiants (1-0) at Indianapolis Colts (0-1), 720p NBC

TIEBREAK GAME
Florida vs Tennessee, total points scored

DFX XI Week Two Results

2. Ohio State 36, 12. Miami 24
10 Oklahoma 47, 17. Florida State 17
24. South Carolina 17, 22. Georgia 6 (tiebreak game 23 points total)
Michigan 28, Notre Dame 24
Pittsburgh Steelers 15, Atlanta Falcons 9 (OT)
Green Bay Packers 27, Philadelphia Eagles 20
Washington 13, Dallas 7
Baltimore 10, NYJets 9

THE WEEK THAT WAS
Its been right at two seasons (DFC IX, Wk 2) since Tim Wasyluka took home a weekly crown, but he gets the fourth of his career this week at a strong 7-1 mark.  Though I don't have the official number on it, I would venture to say that DMOsborne has finished second at least four or five times in his 11 season career.  And this week, he comes up just short, going 6-2 for the deuce spot.

Teber Shaw returns to the DFC this season after a year layoff, and winds up 3rd this week at 6-2, while Big Eddy Mac gets 4th while Jay Roberts gets 5th, both at 6-2.

Coming in 6th is Zack Graves, 7th is Tyler Campbell, 8th is Tad "The Dynasty" Roose and tying for 9th is Trey Cartledge and Lt. Dan Sellers.

Also finishing:
5-3: Matt Halpert, Tommy McLeod, Tom Johnson, David Tuck, Yours Truly, John Wolf, Stevie Ray, Randy Latta, Eddy the Younger
4-4: Matta Latta, Joey Thornell, Brad Latta, Drew Morris, Mark "The Mighty" Gainey, Drew Warren, Jennifer Ernst, JustFish, Ryan Sherman, Garrett Cheney, Lori Beirne, Jonny Osborne, James Hawbaker
3-5: Hurricane Rhett Barnett,  Sarah Hasha, Chris Croyle, Danny Powell, Mikey Nipp
2-6: Scott Latta

THE STANDINGS
GAINEY CONFERENCE
NORTH DIVISION
Matt Halpert, 12-4
Zack Graves, 11-5
Joey Thornell, 11-5
DMOsborne, 11-5
Drew Warren, 10-6
Matt Latta, 10-6
Rhett Barnett, 7-9

CENTRAL DIVISION
Tebe Shaw, 11-5
Tommy McLeod, 11-5
Brad Latta, 10-6
Jennifer Ernst, 10-6
Justin Fisher, 9-7
Sarah Hasha, 9-7

WEST DIVISION
Trey Cartledge, 13-3
Eddy McBroom, 13-3
Tom Johnson, 13-3
Drew Morris, 10-6
Dan Sellers, 10-6
David Tuck, 9-7

BEIRNE CONFERENCE
EAST DIVISION
Yours Truly, 13-3
Mark Gainey, 12-4
Garrett Cheney, 11-5
John Wolf, 10-6
Ryan Sherman, 8-8
Tyler Campbell, 8-8
Chris Croyle, 7-9

CENTRAL DIVISION
Lori Beirne, 12-4
Steven Ray, 12-4
Randy Latta, 11-5
Jon Osborne, 11-5
Jason Roberts, 10-6
Scott Latta, 7-9

SOUTH DIVISION
Tim Wasyluka, 13-3
Eddy the Jr, 12-4
James Hawbaker, 11-5
Daniel Powell, 10-6
Michael Nipp, 9-7
Tad Roose, 9-7

THE DFC TOP 12 POWER POLL
Rank, Record (Last Week)
1. Eddy McBroom, 13-3 (6)
2. Trey Cartledge, 13-3 (2)
3. Tom Johnson, 13-3 (5)
4. Tim Wasyluka, 13-3 (4)
5. Yours Truly, 13-3 (3)
6. Matt Halpert, 12-4 (7)
7. Mark Gainey, 12-4 (1)
8. Lori Beirne, 12-4 (4)
9. Eddy Jr, 12-4 (8)
10. Steven Ray, 12-4 (12)
11. Tebe Shaw, 11-5 (NR)
12. Randy Latta, 11-5 (NR)
dropped out:  James Hawbaker (9th)... Joey Thornell (11th)

THE BOTTOM FIVE
(33) Ryan Sherman... (34) Tyler Campbell... (35) Chris Croyle... (36) Scott Latta... (37) Rhett Barnett

In an effort to get standings out to you in a timely fashion, "L,DL&S" will return next week with more boring stats!

DFC XI Week Two

WEEK TWO of the 11th Season of the Deuce Football Championships... more college and the NFL is back!!

All times central, all rankings based on first week of polls, as new polls will not be released until late Monday or Tuesday.  And before you ask, we didn't pick the Alabama/Penn State game--mostly because 98% of people would pick Alabama.  This is how it works. =)

COLLEGE GAMES
23. Georgia Bulldogs (1-0) at South Carolina (1-0), 11a

20. Florida State Seminoles (1-0) at 7. Oklahoma Sooners (1-0), 230p, ABC

Michigan Wolverines (1-0) at Notre Dame Fightin' Catholics (1-0), 230p, NBC

13. Miami Hurricanes (1-0) at 2. Ohio State Buckeyes (1-0), 240p, ESPN

NFL GAMES
Atlanta Falcons at Pittsburgh Steelers, 12p, FOX

Green Bay Packers at Philadelphia Eagles, 315p, FOX

Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins, 720p, NBC

Baltimore Ravens at NYJets, 6p, ESPN

TIEBREAK GAME
Georgia/South Carolina total points scored