Week 10 MVP Award Winner–
Drummer Boy (27 Points)
With three great players tied for 1st Place going into last week, all eyes were on these players as everyone wondered how they would do and which player would emerge as the leader of the pack. But stepping up and shaking up the whole competition last week was Drummer Boy, who ended up owning the spotlight by posting a tremendous 27 Point week on a week when there were a lot of upsets. That was an excellent score that brought him the Week 10 MVP Award, and suddenly Drummer Boy has shown up out of nowhere to move into 4th Place. He now stands only 14 Points out of 1st Place. With things tightening up so much, Drummer Boy is within reasonable grasp of becoming our new top player in a span of only 1-2 weeks. But how will he handle the pressure? Other players have reached this high, only to crumble under the pressure and fall back into the pack. With Drummer Boy’s many years of veteran picking experience, odds are that he will remain in the Top Five at the minimum. When the dust had settled from the Week 10 games, not much had changed between the top three players. Hoosier Daddy ended up taking a 1 Point lead, which was enough to make him happy as he was able to claim a 2nd Week at #1. Papa Tuna is right behind him. And Captain Insano dropped back to 3rd Place, but he’s not worried since he is only 4 Points back from the top spot. All three of the top three players made some brilliant picks last week. Hoosier Daddy & Papa Tuna both picked Houston over Chicago, while Captain Insano picked New Orleans over Atlanta. Not to be forgotten in all of this is our new No. 5 player– Rad Dad. Rad Dad was our MVP last week and he followed that performance up with a 20 Point week to get himself back into the Top Five. Of course, only 5 Points separates Rad Dad from the 10th Place player, so he is going to need to continue to make great picks or he will be sent packing. Last week, only 2 players got the Triple Crown of TB-Ten-Balt and scored 7 Points– Bane & Fuegoburns. And only 7 players correctly picked Hou over Chi on Sunday Night to score 6 Points– Hoosier Daddy, Papa Tuna, The Rickster, Jacuzzi Splot, steveluvsal, Iceman & TK-421. Only 3 players picked both Games of the Week right with Min & Dal– Drummer Boy, C Master V & TK-421. Our Week 10 Co-MVP Award Runner-Ups were The Rickster and Fuegoburns, who both scored 24 Points. The Rickster has left over 10 Points on the table this season due to Raiders fans tricking him into switching his picks to the Raiders at the last second. If it wasn’t for that, The Rickster would be close to the Top Five and threatening for the club title. He can still win it this season, but The Rickster is going to need to stop trusting Raiders fans to give him good advice about his picks.
We have now arrived at the final week of Head to Head Weekly competition. Next week, the Super Bowl Tournament will get started. But before that can happen, we need to figure out the seedings. In Conference One, the #1 seed and first bye week has been taken by Mr. T, who suffered his first loss last week by a field goal 18-15, thus ruining his perfect season. Even so, Mr. T can hold his head up high as he can still claim a spot in the Hall of Fame by winning this week and tying for the all-time best 9-1 which is shared by three players. In Division One, we had four players tied for 1st Place last week. Those players played against each other in two different matches last week, and the two winners will meet this week to decide the division title. And surprise… surprise… we have a rematch between Hoosier Daddy and Papa Tuna. This will be a very interesting match because there is so much at stake– the division title, a guaranteed bye week, and 1st Place in the Points Standings. This should be a match for the ages. Over in Division Two, Double-Double has claimed the second bye week. While C Master V is only one game behind him, there is no way that he can catch up because Double-Double would win all tie-breakers. But Double-Double can’t afford to rest easy this week. He needs to go out and try to win his match since the #3 seed is still up for grabs. In Conference Two, two bye weeks have been claimed but both division titles are still up for grabs. Drummer Boy has secured a bye week since he is too far ahead for the 3rd Place player to overtake him. The same goes for Bane. He has been dominant all season in Head to Head play and has been guaranteed a week off from the tournament, which will be a huge advantage. I noticed something as I looked over the Head to Head Weekly Current Standings– there are 3 players with 5 game winning streaks. These players are Hoosier Daddy, Drummer Boy, and Bane. Add to their names Mr. T, who up until last week had an 8 game winning streak, and you have a list of the four favorites to win the Super Bowl Tournament this year. But don’t count anyone else out, because really, any player can win the tournament. It’s just a bit harder to do if you don’t claim a bye week because you have to win one more match when you get stuck playing in the dreaded First Round. In Pro Bowl Weekly, the big match last week was the showdown between the top two teams in the league– Daddy & His Boys and Mighty Megalodons. If you’ll recall, in my column last week I spoke about how Daddy & His Boys have been so dominant that they had outscored the entire league for 4 weeks straight. Well, guess what? They did it again. For the fifth consecutive week, Daddy & His Boys claimed the highest team score. Yet, they did not get a win. In a shocking turn of events, Mighty Megalodons tied Daddy & His Boys 62-62. And with that, Mighty Megalodons proved that they are indeed the second best team in the league and worthy of their 6-2-1 record. Being only one game back with three games left in the regular season, Mighty Megs are now a serious threat to claim the #1 seed in the Pro Bowl Tournament.