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Week 8 MVP Award Winner –
The Rickster (26 Points)

The Rickster scored 26 Points to become the 9th different player through the first 8 weeks of the season to win the club’s prestigious MVP Award.  As the only 3-time Club Champion (2001, 2004 & 2006), The Rickster is in a class all by himself.  But being that his last title came 14 years ago (which included a 6 year club break), The Rickster has been hoping to add another trophy to his case.  With his breakout performance last week, The Rickster has now established himself as a potential contender for the 2020 title.  He currently stands exactly 30 Points out of 1st Place with 9 weeks left in the season.  That is not insurmountable, but in order to make a serious run, he will need to have a couple more MVP caliber weeks (and perhaps another one of his famous Perfect Weeks).  The Rickster was 1 of only 4 players last week to get both Games of the Week correct with Pit and Sea.  The other players to do so were Nighthawk, Bob Swerski, and Slick Chick.  The Week 8 MVP Award Runner-Up went to Drummer Boy & Nighthawk, who both scored 24 Points.  Drummer Boy continues to climb the standings (he is now up to 10th Place) while Nighthawk continues to solidify his grip on the top of the charts (he returns to 1st Place with a 1 Point lead).  The Current Top 5 consists of #1 Nighthawk, #2 Slick Chick (1 Point back), #3 Halibut J-Bird (8 Points back), #4 Stinkerbell (10 Points behind her son), and #5 Mr. T: SDFW (13 Points back).  For those of us farther down the standings, Double-Double gave some good advice out.  He said to focus on trying to reach the Top Five, not trying to reach 1st Place.  For me personally, I’m 29 Points out of 1st Place, but only 16 Points out of 5th Place.  So that is a good suggestion, not just for me, but for all us lower down in the standings.

Moving on to Head to Head Weekly, I can’t help but continue to be impressed by defending Super Bowl Champion Hoosier Daddy’s huge turnaround.  Back when he started out 0-4 on the season, panic may have been setting in.  But suddenly Hoosier Daddy has reeled off 3 straight wins to improve to 3-4.  This week he faces off against The Cat with a chance to improve to .500.  In Pro Bowl Team Weekly, 2 of the 3 matches last week were very competitive.  In one match, Daddy & His Boys def. For the Win 63-62 to improve to 4-3 with a narrow 1 Point victory.  Who says the Over/Under doesn’t matter and make a difference?  In another match, Wild Animals tied McTriple Play 58-58 to result in our first tie team match of the season.  This tie damaged McTriple Play’s place in the standings, as it knocked them down to 2nd Place where they now stand 1/2 game behind league leaders The Supernovas (5-2).

Here is a copy of the Week 8 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.

Here is what everyone in The Football Club picked for Week 8 with all games scored and totaled at the bottom.

Trying my best this week to keep my TJ streak alive but this game seemed really hard to pick.  (Sat night 10:30 pm).

Week 7 MVP Award Winner –
Slick Chick (29 Points)

Slick Chick stepped up and delivered some fantastic picks during Week 7 to score 29 Points and win the Week 7 MVP Award.  Stinkerbell was quick to congratulate Slick Chick on Club Chat, saying: “Awesome Slick Chick“.  No stranger to success, Slick Chick at some point each season establishes herself solidly in the Top Five and usually wins some MVP Awards.  In fact, she holds one of the most cherished records in The Football Club, which is Most MVP Awards in One Season with 5 MVPs.  That record has never been matched and most likely won’t be matched this season.  (We have had 8 different MVP Award winners through the first 7 weeks.)  Slick Chick won her Club Championship back in the 2010 season.  And now one decade later, she seems to have her sights set on adding a second trophy to her case.  On a difficult week to score a lot of Points, she did this by getting 1 Game of the Week, the Double Stakes, Triple Crown, and Sunday Night game all correct.  Slick Chick was 1 of only 4 players to get the Triple Crown of Cle-Wash-LAC.  (The others were Stinkerbell, Drummer Boy, and Double-Double.)  With her strong week, Slick Chick has moved into 1st Place for the first time this season, holding a narrow 2 Point lead over #2 player Nighthawk, who himself continues to pick very well consistently every week.  The Week 7 MVP Award Runner-Up was Drummer Boy, who scored 28 Points.  This helped Drummer Boy hit a high note as he moved up the standings from 16th Place to 10th Place in a single week.  Drummer Boy was 1 of only 5 players to get both Games of the Week correct with Pit and SF.  (The others were Bob Swerski, Nighthawk, Halibut J-Bird, and MJD Hogg.)  Drummer Boy had to overcome some adversity in order to accomplish this.  As the games got started last week, his drums were out of tune as he lost -2 Points by picking Atlanta with TJ.  In fact, a stunning 9 club members in total made this bad pick and lost 2 valuable Points from their final score.  But despite that setback, Drummer Boy did great with everything else and that’s why he is on the move up the standings.  On a personal note, I happened to be the only player in the entire club to pick Detroit with TJ and thus I increased my perfect TJ record to 6-0.  Not that the rest of my picks were any good, but at least I had something to feel good about.  Our Current Top Five consists of #1 Slick Chick, #2 Nighthawk (2 Points back), #3 Stinkerbell (3 Points back), #4 Halibut J-Bird (6 Points back), and tied for #5 Double-Double & Mr. T: SDFW (both 11 Points back).

Moving over to Head to Head Weekly, our Division Leaders are currently Captain Insano (4-1-1), Halibut J-Bird (4-2), Low Fat Tuna (4-2), and The Rickster & Slick Chick (both 4-2).  Head to Head Weekly is truly the great equalizer, as players who might be struggling in the Points Standings can be doing really well at Head to Head play.  Last week our defending Super Bowl Champion Hoosier Daddy picked up a nice win over Low Fat Tuna 20-15 to pick up his 2nd straight win.  Well done, Hoosier Daddy and keep it up!  In Pro Bowl Team Weekly, the two teams currently tied for 1st Place are McTriple Play and The Supernovas (both 4-2).