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Wild Card MVP Award Winners–
Captain Crunch & Drummer Boy (28.5 Points)

Last week, the Playoff Picks got off to a great start with huge weeks by both Captain Crunch and Drummer Boy.  They both scored 28.5 Points to win the Wild Card MVP Award and start out sharing 1st Place.  Drummer Boy is the 2009 Playoff Picks Champion looking to repeat and win another title.  Captain Crunch is a rookie player making his club debut here in the Playoff Picks.  But Captain Crunch (Jim Lunsford) is no stranger to football and he knows everything about the league.  And he proved it this week by delivering huge picks to debut in the club as an MVP Award winner.  That’s a great way to start out.  The same can be said for new rookie player Parkour (can you guess his real name?) who also posted great picks to score 27.5 Points.  Parkour and Yo Grandmama shared the Wild Card MVP Award Runner-Up and are both very close to 1st Place (Bonus Points are not factored into MVP Awards).  Rounding out the Top Five is Stefan’s Dad (who changed his name from Papa Tuna for the Playoff Picks in honor of Dylan’s Dad and Rad Dad) with 24.5 Points.  Keep in mind that there are 2 Hall of Fame Records up for grabs during the Playoff Picks– Most Playoff Games Correct (current record is 9 of 11) and Most Stat Questions Correct (currently record is 35).  So let’s keep making great picks!

Wild Card weekend is all wrapped up and the Playoff Picks Current Standings and Divisional Picks Sheet will be up by Monday or Tuesday.  Here are the results for the Sunday picks.

Game 3– Balt und.  Flacco (125.6-59.8), No (70 yards), Indy (37:32-22:28), Yes (long of 20).

Game 4– Sea und.  Wilson (15-10), Sea (22-15), Yes (27 yards), No (0 TD).

Here are the winning picks for the Saturday Wild Card Games.  Note that we are using original tie-breakers for Statistical Challenge Questions that end in a tie.  The tie-breakers have been in use since we first started holding the Playoff Picks.  Hopefully it worked out in your favor.

Game 1– Hou und.  Yes (1 INT), No (1 return for 0 yards), Hou (6-5), No (80 yards)

Game 2– GB und.  Min (1-1 / tiebreaker is longest field goal, Min 33 GB 20), Min (3-3 / tiebreaker is most sack yards, Min 24 GB 23), No (0 TD), No (4 receptions).

Week 17 MVP Award Winner–
Double-Double (34 Points)

Going into the final week of the season, Double-Double turned in his picks and announced: “I’m going  for the MVP with 2 Game of the Week upsets.”  He then proceeded to pick Indy over Hou and Min over GB.  Double-Double’s strategy paid off big time when he game up huge, winning all 3 Games of the Week, the Double Stakes, Triple Crown, and Sunday Night game.  The only spot where he faltered proved to be with the QJ game when he unwisely picked New Orleans and lost 3 Points from his final score.  Thus, a 37 Point week turned into a 34 Point week, but that was still the best in the club during Week 17.  Double-Double was happy to end the season on a high note with the Week 17 MVP Award.  Another player who ended on a high note was Points Standings Runner-Up MJD Hogg, who posted 32 Points to claim his third consecutive MVP Award Runner-Up.  By finishing the season so strong, MJD Hogg nearly stole the club title.  Even though he came up 15 Points short, MJD was still named the December Player of the Month.  And that brings us to the big news about the 2012 Club Champion!  Hoosier Daddy capped up a fantastic second half of the season by scoring 28 Points in the final week to finish in 1st Place and win his 2nd club title in the past 4 years.  He finished with 394 Points, coming oh-so-close to the 400 Point barrier.  394 Points is the highest Point total since 2006.  But back then, there were Bonus Points for Head to Head Weekly and Pro Bowl Weekly play.  Hoosier Daddy actually had the second highest Point total (without Bonus Points) in club history, behind only The Cat with 396 Points in the 2000 season.  Finishing with 8 Weeks at #1, Hoosier Daddy had an outstanding season and the club would like to congratulate him on being our 2012 Club Champion.  Well done, Hoosier!  You truly are a force to be reckoned with year after year.  Rounding out the Top Five this season were Rad Dad (3rd Place), Dixie Slick (4th Place), and Captain Insano (5th Place).  The Hall of Fame has now been updated with winners and achievements for the 2012 season.  Newly added members of the Hall of Fame include– Hoosier Daddy (2012 Club Champion), Bane (2012 Super Bowl Head to Head Champion), Transformers (2012 Pro Bowl Team Champions), The Cat (2nd Perfect Week in Club History), Wild Animals (Highest Team Score in a Week), Daddy & His Boys (Best Pro Bowl Weekly Regular Season Record), along with our Rookie of the Year, Comeback Player, and Sportsmanship Award winners for 2012.  Congratulations, everyone!  Here is a recap of all the category winners for 2012…

2012 Football Club winners–

Club Champion–  Hoosier Daddy (394 Points)
Club Champion Runner-Up-  MJD Hogg (379 Points)
Super Bowl XV Champ-  Bane (def. Double-Double, Dixie Slick, Iceman & Rickster)
Super Bowl Runner-Up-  Double-Double (def. Captain Jack, Papa Tuna & Hoosier)
Pro Bowl XIV Champs-  Transformers (teammates- Beav, Dixie Slick & Jacuzzi Splot)
Pro Bowl Runner-Ups-  Wild Animals (teammates- Cat, Double-Double & Rickster)
Playoff Picks Champion-  to be determined
Playoff Picks Champ Runner-Up-  to be determined
Rookie of the Year-  Iceman (for 2 MVP Awards & 1 Week at #1)
Sportsmanship Award-  Drummer Boy (for great courtesy and consideration)
Comeback Player of the Year-  freespirit (returned for first time since 2000)

Most MVP Awards-  Hoosier, freespirit, Catfish, Iceman & Beav (2 MVP Awards)
Best Week-  The Cat (41 Points — Week 11)
Best Team Score-  Wild Animals (112 Points — Week 11)
Most Games of the Week-  Rad Dad (23 out of 35 — 66% correct)
Most Triple Crowns-  Hoosier Daddy (6 out of 17 — 35% correct)
Most Double Stakes-  Drummer Boy (10 out of 17 — 59% correct)
Most SN / 6 Point Games-  Hoosier, MJD & Rickster (12 out of 17 — 71% correct)
Best Triple Jeopardy Ratio (min. 10 att.)-  Dixie Slick (10 out of 11 — 91% correct)

Week 16 MVP Award Winner–
freespirit (28 Points)

One of the strongest players in the club this season has been freespirit, who has consistently turned in good picks week after week.  Back in Week 6, she even won her first career MVP Award which propelled her into 1st Place for one week.  And it’s always a good feeling to be able to look at the Current Standings and see that your Peak Position has been #1 for the season.  freespirit has also always made very wise choices when it comes to selecting Triple Jeopardy on games, maintaining a perfect mark at 6-0 and avoiding the riskiest of picks.  Along with all these notable achievements, freespirit flew back into the spotlight again this past week by scoring 28 Points to win the Week 16 MVP Award, which was 4 Points higher than the next best group of players.  The key to freespirit’s success was picking both Games of the Week right with Cin & NO, picking Sea on Sunday night, and picking 3 of the 4 Point Spread games correct.  Now she sits just 4 Points out of finishing up the season with a bang by getting back into the Top Five.  The only other player in the club who correctly picked both Games of the Week with Cin & NO last week was Drummer Boy.  Two players got the Triple Crown correct with Indy-St.L-Min– Dixie Slick and The Beav.  10 players were wise enough to pick Seattle and the 12th Man on Sunday night– Papa Tuna, The Rickster, The Cat, TK-421, Iceman, C Master V, Jacuzzi Splot, The Beav, freespirit, and Captain Jack Sparrow.  It is always interesting to see a player like Captain Jack Sparrow pick against his favorite team.  In this case, it scored him 6 Points.  Speaking of Iceman, the club would like to send their congratulations along to him as he has been accepted to serve at Bethel for 3 months just as this season winds down.

We have arrived at the final week of the regular season.  We are soon going to find out who will win the categories of Most Games of the Week, Most Triple Crowns, Most Double Stakes, and Most 6 Point Games picked correctly.  We will also see who will end with the Most MVP Awards (but suffice to say that Dixie Slick’s all-time record will be safe).  As always in Week 17, we have a few extra Points available to help you finish things off.  The big addition is the upgrade from Triple Jeopardy to Quadruple Jeopardy.  QJ is worth 4 Points if you get it right, but -3 Points if you get it wrong.  It will be interesting to see how many players select the QJ option on this final week.  One player whom I will be watching very closely to see what she does is Dixie Slick.  With her risky but brilliant pick of SD TJ last week, she improved her TJ record to an incredible 10-0.  My feeling is that if a player can select TJ on at least 10 games and hold a perfect mark, that player is worthy of a new spot in The Hall of Fame.  I’m sure all of you would agree.  TJ games are notoriously difficult, sometimes even harder to pick than Games of the Week.  So holding a 10-0 mark is something that has never been done before and we will probably never see again.  However, 10-1 is not the same and probably not worthy of a spot in the Hall, so Dixie Slick may decide to hold off this week and preserve her perfect record.  It’s up to her if she wants to take a huge risk and jeopardize her opportunity to gain a spot in the Hall.  Other Hall of Fame records which will be added at the beginning of next week include The Cat’s Perfect Week, Wild Animals record-setting Highest Team Score in a Week, and Daddy & His Boys record-setting best regular season Pro Bowl Weekly record.  And, of course, we will be adding the new Club Champion, Super Bowl Champion, and Pro Bowl Team Champions.  Be sure and visit the final results and write-ups regarding the Super Bowl Tournament and Pro Bowl Tournament by visiting those pages.  And a huge congratulations to the winners– Bane and Transformers!  I’m not allowed to play favorites in the club, but I certainly do appreciate seeing new first-time winners.  At his press conference after winning his first Pro Bowl title, Transformers team member Jacuzzi Splot said: “I honestly can’t believe this is happening.”  And Bane said: “This makes my whole season.  I still can’t believe that I won it.  Finally a real achievement after being in the club for so many years.”  And that sums things up nicely.  Even if you struggle in the club and haven’t won anything yet, keep sticking with it and you never know how things will play out and what you might be able to accomplish.  Finally, all signs seem to point to Hoosier Daddy winning his second career Club Championship.  Hoosier Daddy only needs 12 Points to surpass his winning total of 377 Points from 2009.  In order for someone in the Top Five to overtake him, they are going to need to select QJ and have a near-perfect week.  And they are going to have to hope that Hoosier Daddy either does not risk QJ or that he selects it with the wrong team and drops 3 Points.  We will soon find out how this final week and the Final Standings will turn out.