The Football Club

Week 11 MVP Award Winner –
Stinkerbell (29 Points)

We have a changing of the guard this week after Stinkerbell scored 29 Points to win the Week 11 MVP Award.  This is the second MVP Award this season that she has brought home to Pixie Hollow.  Stinkerbell did this by only missing 2 games on the entire sheet.  Thus, she swept the picks except for the Double Stakes & Triple Crown (as well as the Over/Under).  And that means that Drummer Boy has awoken this morning to find a layer of golden, glitter-like powder all over his drum set which was left behind as Stinkerbell flew past him to claim 1st Place.  Stinkerbell is a sixth year veteran of the club.  And with the exception of last season (when she only peaked at #7), she has always reached a Peak Position of #1 or #2 at some point during the season.  Now she can add this season to that list.  However, she seems determined to end Drummer Boy’s 4-year  mastery of the club and become the 2024 Club Champion.  We will see what happens over the final seven weeks of the season in that regard.  The Week 11 MVP Award Runner-Up was my neighbor Mr. T, who scored 27 Points.  The only difference between Stinkerbell’s picks and Mr. T’s picks was that she selected Triple Jeopardy while he did not.  Mr. T must have spent last week at Carson Pass Cabin because the peacefulness and beauty found there (from what I’ve heard) can be just what is needed to have a clear mind and make outstanding picks.  And with that, Mr. T has firmly established himself as a Top Five player this season.  Taking a look at the current Top Five, we have new #1 Stinkerbell (1 Week at #1), #2 Drummer Boy (1 Point back), #3 My Wife Loves Jimmy G (3 Points back), #4 Bob Swerski (15 Points back), and #5 Mr. T (17 Points back).  It is a tough task right now for anyone else to enter the Top Five, because there is a 9 Point gap between 5th and 6th Place.

Also of note is that this is the final week of Head to Head Weekly before the prestigious Super Bowl Tournament begins.  And there is a lot on the line this week with all four Division titles up for grabs.  We have Captain Jack Sparrow vs. Drummer Boy (for Division One title), Mr. T vs. Hoosier Daddy (for Division Two title), My Wife Loves Jimmy G vs. Nighthawk (for Division Three title), and Stinkerbell vs. Shaylene (for Division Four title).

Here are the club’s picks for Week 11. Stinkerbell wins the Week 11 MVP Award with 29 Points, while Mr. T wins the MVP Award Runner-Up with 27 Points.

Week 11 full picks now posted (Sat 3:15pm).  All players are welcome to view my picks once they have turned their own in for the week.

Week 10 MVP Award Winner –
Nighthawk (28 Points)

2008 Club Champion Nighthawk took flight last week with the Week 10 MVP Award after making some outstanding picks to score 28 Points.  This was his second MVP Award of the season and he now stands in 12th Place, only 8 Points from getting back into the Top Ten.  Let’s not forget that he didn’t start playing until Week 3 and thus he started out 25 Points behind 1st Place at that time.  Since then, he’s only lost 15 Points of ground.  What that means is that had the season started when he joined, he currently would be in 4th Place.  Nighthawk was 1 of only 2 players in the club last week to pick both the Monday Night game with Miami and the Triple Crown of NE-Buf-LAC correctly.  The other player to do so was My Wife Loves Jimmy G, who was our Week 10 MVP Award Runner-Up with 27 Points.  My Wife Loves Jimmy G continues to pick lights out, outplaying Drummer Boy last week (and beating him in Head to Head), thus moving into 2nd Place, only 8 Points behind him.  My Wife Loves Jimmy G was 1 of only 2 players in the club to correctly pick New Orleans with TJ last week (along with NYC Sewer Rat).  Speaking of Triple Jeopardy, club members have really fallen apart lately when picking this category.  9 players (or half the club) picked Atlanta with TJ last week and took a -2 Points loss from their final scores.  In fact, only 4 players in the entire club have a winning record at picking TJ this season: My Wife Loves Jimmy G, Stinkerbell, MJD Hogg & Captain Insano.  You can see why this category is so dangerous to select and this week is no exception.  The current Top Five consists of #1 Drummer Boy (7 Weeks at #1), #2 My Wife Loves Jimmy G (8 Points back), #3 Stinkerbell (10 Points back), #4 Bob Swerski (19 Points back), and #5 Double-Double (24 Points back).  Speaking of Stinkerbell, she was poised to move into 1st Place this week if the LA Rams had won on Monday night.  So it was a very disappointing result for her.  But the good news is that she is still within striking distance of the top spot.  Also notable is that Mr. T has crept up into 6th Place and is now just 1 Point from getting back into the Top Five.  Meanwhile, the Tuna family (Fearless Tuna, Shaylene, Roadrunner & Young Tuna) are in shambles as they currently occupy 4 of the bottom 6 spots.  They definitely have been netted and will be sent off to the cannery if they don’t start picking better.

Here are the club’s picks for Week 10.  Nighthawk wins the Week 10 MVP Award with 28 Points, while My Wife Loves Jimmy G wins the MVP Award Runner-Up with 27 Points.