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Week 17 MVP Award Winners –
Rad Dad (31 Points) & Drummer Boy (26 Points)

After the cancellation of the Buffalo – Cincinnati Monday night game and the terrible tragedy which took place on the field, an adjustment was made to the club for the Week 17 MVP Award.  For the week, Rad Dad was leading the way with 31 Points and a pick of Buffalo.  The next player behind him was Drummer Boy with 26 Points and a pick of Cincinnati.  So 1 of those 2 club members was going to win the MVP Award for the week based on the result of the Monday night game.  But as Steve Young tweeted today: “All lines disappear — there are no winners or losers, no records, no separation by teams” when a tragedy like this takes place.  Thus, since we don’t know which club member would have won the MVP Award being that the game was not finished (and it’s not important with a player’s health at stake), we are naming both Rad Dad & Drummer Boy as the Week 17 MVP Award co-winners.  Congratulations to both of them on having a great week in making picks.  And congratulations to Rad Dad for moving into 1st Place for the first time this season.  If and when the Buffalo – Cincinnati game is resumed, everyone’s original pick will stand and you will be credited with 6 Points if your team wins.  (Your original pick will not be able to be changed.)  As we head into the final week of the regular season, let’s see where the Top Five stands.  Our Top Five is currently #1 Rad Dad, #2 Roadrunner (1 Point back), #3 My Wife Loves Jimmy G (4 Points back), #4 Stinkerbell (13 Points back), and #5 The Sad Salmon (16 Points back).  Also within outside striking distance of winning the club title are Hoosier Daddy, Double-Double, Drummer Boy & Mr. T.  However, for 1 of those 4 players to win the title they would probably need to post a 40+ Point week.  The most likely scenario is that either Rad Dad, Roadrunner, or My Wife Loves Jimmy G will win the 2022 Club Championship and be awarded the Rhapsody Ralph Trophy.  And that means we will have a brand new first-time winner here in the club.  But I’m not counting anyone out.  Especially not consistently strong Stinkerbell or December Player of the Month Award winner The Sad Salmon.  The Club Champion will either be determined at the end of Week 18 or at the conclusion of the Buffalo – Cincinnati game if that is made up.  We will have to wait and see.  Pick wisely, everyone.  As is always the case with the final week of the season, there are a few adjustments to the Picks Sheet.  There is one additional Game of the Week and there is the return of Quadruple Jeopardy.

Moving on to the Super Bowl Tournament, the championship match has ended as (7) Rad Dad def. (9) The Sad Salmon 31-22.  The information that follows was copy and pasted over from the Super Bowl Tournament Page.   Two-time Super Bowl Champion – In a battle of Top Five club members, Rad Dad put up more offense to prevail by a final score of 31-22 over The Sad Salmon and become the 2022 Super Bowl Head to Head Champion.  While this match was cut short by the cancellation of the Monday night game, if that game had been finished it wouldn’t have changed the outcome.  If Cincinnati had won, Rad Dad would have won by a closer margin of 31-28.  If Buffalo had won, Rad Dad would have won by a larger margin of 37-22.  Thus, there is no need to wait and see if the game is made up and finished in the coming weeks before announcing the winner.  Rad Dad has now become a two-time Super Bowl Champion, having previously won the contest in 2011.  Also, Rad Dad has now won 2 of the last 7 Super Bowl Tournaments.  Rad Dad won this match by only getting 2 games wrong last week.  His only major blunder was picking Washington with Triple Jeopardy.  The Sad Salmon relied on his Dolphins to deliver the win for him.  Had the Dolphins won their game, The Sad Salmon actually would have won this match by a score of 27-26 (assuming the Monday night game was not factored in).  The Sad Salmon got a big boost to his score when he wisely picked Cleveland with Triple Jeopardy.  But it wasn’t quite enough to top the momentum Rad Dad has been moving forward with lately.  The Sad Salmon is no doubt disappointed in losing this match.  But he can hold his head high knowing that he has reached the Super Bowl final in both of the last two seasons.  And also knowing that he has been named the club’s December Player of the Month.  There are 19 other players in the club who wish that they had been able to make it as far as he did in the tournament.  But in the end, there can only be one winner.  And for our 20th Super Bowl championship match, that winner is Rad Dad.  Congrats to Rad Dad & The Sad Salmon for putting on a great and memorable match for all of us to enjoy.

Here is a copy of the Week 17 Current Standings for those who are having trouble viewing it on their screens (usually due to viewing site on cell phone or tablet). Remember that there is much more detailed information that can be read on the actual Current Standings Page (but using a computer is necessary due to the tables).

Here are the club’s picks for Week 17. Rad Dad (31 Points) and Drummer Boy (26 Points) have been named the Co-MVP Award winners for this week (see Main Page column for explanation).

Week 17 full picks now posted (Sat 4:40pm).  All players are welcome to view my picks once they have turned their own in for the week.

Week 16 MVP Award Winner –
Bob Swerski (34 Points)

Loyal supporter of Da Bears Bob Swerski scored 34 Points last week to win the Week 16 MVP Award for the Super Fans.  At a press conference after the match, Bob Swerski said: “I’m speaking from Chicago, Illinois, birth place of the Baby Back Rib and home to a certain great team which come next season will be hoisting a certain Super Bowl trophy over its head.  A team that is known as Da Bears!  In the meantime, this MVP Award will have to do.”  But in taking a look at his picks for last week, perhaps Bob’s key pick that separated him from the Runner-Up was picking against his team Chicago.  By picking Buffalo to cover the spread over Da Bears, Bob got 2 Points that the Runner-Up did not.  His great week has put Bob Swerksi in prime position to potentially finish in the Top Ten at the end of the season, if he can make up a 12 Point deficit in the next two weeks.  The Week 16 MVP Award Runner-Up was none other than The Sad Salmon.  The Sad Salmon went home sad after attending the Miami Dolphins home game last week against Green Bay.  But he was no doubt happy to see that the Dolphins still hold prime position for the #7 seed in the AFC Playoffs if they can win out.  By scoring 33 Points last week, The Sad Salmon has made up another 4 Points in the standings and now stands only 16 Points away from 1st Place in the club.  In a span of 2 weeks, he has now moved up from 13th Place to 10th Place to 6th Place.  We will soon find out if he can keep up the momentum and finish in the Top Five or ultimately as the Club Champion.  Speaking of the Top Five, #1 player Roadrunner held onto the top spot for a 5th consecutive week.  He currently leads #2 player My Wife Loves Jimmy G by 4 Points, #3 player Rad Dad by 9 Points, and tied for #4 players Mr. T & Stinkerbell by 15 Points.  Roadrunner’s 4 Point lead is similar to the leads held by other 1st Place players after Week 16 over the past four years.  In 2021, Drummer Boy held a 1 Point lead.  In 2020, Mr. T held a 12 Point lead.  In 2019, Halibut J-Bird held a 1 Point lead.  And in 2018, Double-Double held a 4 Point lead.  Will Roadrunner speed off to victory and pass the checkered flag in 1st Place to put Plymouth in the winner’s circle?  Or will his engine blow a gasket during the final 2 laps to crash into the wall of disappointment?  We will soon find out as the last 2 laps (or weeks) play out.  It would be impressive if Roadrunner could hold onto the lead and take a victory lap while holding the Rhapsody Ralph Trophy out the window.

In the Super Bowl Tournament last week, we had the Conference Round of Final Four matches.  Be sure to check out the Super Bowl Tournament Page for results and more information.  The paragraph below is copy and pasted over from the Super Bowl Tournament Page.

The Super Bowl Championship match between The Sad Salmon and Rad Dad is going to be an epic battle for the ages between two of the strongest players in the league this season.  It will be a fitting conclusion to the shortened Head to Head season as the current #3 and #6 players in the club collide with so much on the line.  These two players have both had a lot of success in Head to Head play as well as during past Super Bowl Tournaments.  Rad Dad, the #7 seed this season, won the Super Bowl Championship in 2011 when he crushed Runner-Up Pider Man 19-3.  And The Sad Salmon, the #9 seed, made the Super Bowl Final last season in 2021.  He only lost to Bob Swerski 11-9 as a result of incorrectly picking Triple Jeopardy and having a penalty flag thrown which cost him -2 Points from his final score.  But here we are one year later and he is back in the final once again.  In looking at Super Bowl Tournament results for this season, how do these two great players stack up?  In the Wild Card Round, The Sad Salmon started out by getting revenge for his loss to The Rickster in the tournament 2 years ago by a score of 22-20.  This time the result was different, as The Sad Salmon flipped the script and def. The Rickster 16-14.  Meanwhile, Rad Dad knocked off last year’s Club Champion Drummer Boy 18-10.  That win definitely made waves in the club and caused everyone to stand up and take notice.  In the Divisional Round, The Sad Salmon def. Nighthawk 34-17 by doubling his score.  And Rad Dad def. Bob Swerski 19-9 to knock the defending Super Bowl Champ out of the tournament by a touchdown and a field goal.  So for Rad Dad, that was two matches and two defending champions eliminated.  That brings us finally to the Conference Round which took place last week.  If you look at the results for both players, they are eerily similar.  The Sad Salmon def. Hoosier Daddy 33-26 and Rad Dad def. My Wife Loves Jimmy G 32-26.  You can’t get much closer than that when it comes to results.  It is really hard for me to pick a potential winner in this match when we have an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object.  As with the Super Bowl Final last season, this match could once again come down to who does (or who doesn’t) pick Triple Jeopardy, and whether or not they are right or wrong.  It could also come down to whether or not The Sad Salmon’s Dolphins win and whether or not Rad Dad’s 49ers can cover the spread.  Because it is highly likely that both will pick their favorite teams to win.  Or maybe they will take a page from Bob Swerski’s playbook last week and pick against their teams.  We will have to wait and see.  It sure will be interesting to see what happens and who becomes the 2022 Super Bowl Head to Head Champion.