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Week 8 MVP Award Winners –
The Rickster & Fearless Tuna (41 Points)

   

The Rickster has done it again!  Fifteen years after posting the first ever Perfect Week in club history, The Rickster made perfect picks once again.  Having a Perfect Week is the crowning achievement during a single week of play in The Football Club.  It is nearly impossible to do, as evidenced by the fact that there have only been three Perfect Weeks in club history.  The Rickster did it first during Week 6 of the 2004 season when he picked 14/14 games correct for 39/39 Points.  Then, The Cat did it during Week 11 of 2012 season when he picked 14/14 games correct for 41/39 Points (he had selected TJ).  And this time, The Rickster has raised the bar yet again.  During Week 8, The Rickster picked 15/15 games correct for 41/41 Points.  Having a Perfect Week means that you have to pick all of the games correct (including the Point Spread games) and pick the Over/Under correct.  But there is a reason that the Perfect Week is listed first under the All-Time Records section of the Hall of Fame here on the club site.  And that’s because it’s a truly great accomplishment.  In view of this special achievement, The Rickster has been named the October Player of the Month.  The Rickster (and Fearless Tuna) were also just 1 Point away from tying Captain Jack Sparrow for another All-Time Record, which is Highest Score In a Week (42 Points).  As for me, you may have noticed that I matched The Rickster’s score of 41 Points and thus we are the Week 8 Co-MVP Award winners.  However, I did not have a Perfect Week.  I missed one Point Spread game but made up the 2 Points because I had selected TJ.  Even so, in what was perhaps the worst weekend of my life with the major surgery I had to endure, it felt good to have such a great week in the club.  Our Week 8 MVP Award Runner-Up was Captain Jack Sparrow, who scored 35 Points.  In looking at the Top Five, everyone had fairly strong weeks.  The Current order of our Top Five is (1) Halibut J-Bird, (2) freespirit, (3) Double-Double, (4) Nighthawk & Stinkerbell (tied).  I think it’s really interesting to see how close in the standings that family members (and teammates) Nighthawk, Stinkerbell, and Bob Swerski are.

Over in Head to Head Weekly, Double-Double continued his potentially historic run toward an undefeated regular season record as he defeated Badwater Nessie 32-17 to improve to 6-0-1.  However, there are still 3 games left and he must win all of them to achieve the record.  And many players have stood in this position before and then ended up self-destructing.  So let’s see what happens this week.

Here is a copy of the Week 8 Current Standings for those who are having trouble viewing it on their screens:

Here are the club’s picks for Week 8 (Monday night game and Over/Under has not been played or scored yet).  It was a high-scoring week for many club members.  On the third page, the names got cut off.  But those are the picks for (in order): The Rickster, freespirit, Rad Dad, and Captain Insano.

Here are my picks for Week 8: Min, SF TJ yes, Hou, NO, LAR, Cle, Pit und, Indy, LAC, Ten, Phil, GB, Sea, Det, Jax.

Week 7 MVP Award Winner –
Halibut J-Bird (32 Points)

When Halibut J-Bird announced that he was returning to the club after an 11 year absence, it was a happy moment for many club members who missed having him as part of the group.  Halibut J-Bird (full official name Just For the Halibut! J-Bird) is a two-time Club Champion, having won the club title back in 1999 and 2003.  But since he had not made any picks since 2008, some wondered if he would still be able to make great picks as he had in the past.  These past two weeks have provided a clear answer to that question, as last week he won the MVP Award Runner-Up and this week he scored 32 Points to win the Week 7 MVP Award.  This very strong week has propelled Halibut J-Bird all the way into 1st Place where he now enjoys a 4 Point lead.  Now that he has returned to his perch at the top, we will see how Halibut J-Bird responds to the pressure of having everybody chasing after him.  Our Week 7 MVP Award Runner-Up was Stinkerbell, who scored 29 Points and has been making consistently strong picks lately.  She now sits in 3rd Place, a mere 5 Points out of the top spot.  Rounding out the Top Five, we have freespirit at #2, Double-Double at #4, and Bob Swerski at #5.

Over in Head to Head Weekly, Double-Double continues to dominate the competition.  Last week, he forced Captain Jack Sparrow to walk the plank in a fierce battle 25-20.  This week, he has to face off against one of the players in the club who has been picking the best lately – Badwater Nessie.  In Pro Bowl Weekly, The Supernovas defeated Wild Animals 69-60 in an upset.  It looks like The Supernovas are going to be the achilles’ heel of Wild Animals, as they have now handed them both of their losses on the season.  Meanwhile, McTriple Play has returned to the top spot with another win, this time over Alhambra by a score of 67-46.  And I couldn’t help but notice that all 3 of the members of McTriple Play are in the Top Six in the standings, which shows why they are such a great team.