Week 9 MVP Award Winner –
Roadrunner (29 Points)
Roadrunner became the third player this season to win 2 MVP Awards, as he scored 29 Points to drive off with the Week 9 MVP. Although his steering has been a bit erratic over the past few weeks, Roadrunner used his special mixture of NOS to boost his engine speed so that he could cross the finish line of Week 9 with the MVP. Roadrunner’s NOS mixture didn’t involve injecting nitrous oxide, but rather injecting great picks in the form of the super challenging Triple Crown of SF-Pit-LAC and both Games of the Week with Denver & Buffalo. Three of those five picks were considered minor upsets by the “experts”, who were all left in the dust by Roadrunner. Now, Roadrunner is only 2 Points away from speeding back into the Top Ten. The Week 9 MVP Runner-Up was Stinkerbell, who scored 28 Points on what proved to be a difficult week for many club members. Like Roadrunner, Stinkerbell was another one of the eight club members to get both Games of the Week correct. Stinkerbell has now won back-to-back Runner-Up MVPs. With that, she finds herself in the Top Five for the first time this season, reaching a new peak position after previously topping out in 7th Place. Last week, I talked about how happy she must have been to only be 16 Points out of 1st Place. Well, now she is only 10 Points out of 1st Place. And so the pressure builds. Speaking of Stinkerbell, we have to give a shout-out to the three players who are all 4-0 at picking Triple Jeopardy. Along with her, they include two of her three favorite club members: Double-Double and Nighthawk (only Bob Swerski is missing, who is still blaming her for his bad pick of Miami last Thursday night). Captain Jack Sparrow has been named the October Player of the Month Award winner. The good Captain would not be denied the honor, as he logged 2 Weeks at #1 and 1 MVP Award Runner-Up. Captain Jack’s ship the Black Pearl is considered “nigh uncatchable” and is the only ship that can outrun the Flying Dutchman. But currently, it is also outrunning the entire rest of the club. However, there are numerous players in hot pursuit, all within striking distance. As we stand right now at the halfway point in the season, this is one of the closest races for the Club Championship that we have ever seen. For example, the player who is currently in 14th Place, who is upset specialist My Wife Loves Jimmy G, is still only 26 Points out of 1st Place. That’s just two MVP-caliber weeks away from catching up. Quite amazing and good to see, as it ensures things will stay interesting during the second half of the season. The Current Top Five consists of #1 Captain Jack Sparrow (2 Weeks at #1), #2 Captain Insano (5 Points back), #3 Fearless Tuna (6 Points back), #4 Drummer Boy (7 Points back), and tied for #5 Mr. T & Stinkerbell (10 Points back).