The Football Club

Week 6 MVP Award Winner –
MJD Hogg (31 Points)

MJD Hogg has left Hazzard County, Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane, and the rest of the club in the dust as he scored 31 Points to win the Week 6 MVP Award.  He did this by getting all three of the high value games correct including both Games of the Week and the Monday night game.  Sweeping those three games alone gets you 16 Points, so it was a great way to start for MJD.  Along with that, he was 1 of only 4 club members to correctly pick the Double Stakes of Wash-Jax (along with Hoosier Daddy, My Wife Loves Jimmy G & The Rickster).  And then he wrapped things up by getting all three Point Spread Games.  MJD Hogg is 1 of 4 club members who has not yet attempted Triple Jeopardy this season.  Being that the club is a combined 26-23 at picking TJ this season, it’s a difficult category to be successful at.  As a result of his huge week, MJD Hogg has entered the Top Five this week for the first time this season and is currently tied for 4th Place.  MJD Hogg’s brother and teammate Hoosier Daddy won the Week 6 MVP Award Runner-Up with 30 Points.  Hoosier Daddy has completely turned around his season in the last few weeks.  For starters, he has improved from 0-3 to 3-3 in Triple Jeopardy, thus breaking even and not losing any Points.  Also, back in Week 3 he was in 18th Place and now he has climbed all the way to 12th Place.  He is now sitting only 11 Points away from getting into the Top Five.  MJD and Hoosier’s teammate Drummer Boy has also suddenly burst into contention, drumming his way into the Top Five after another strong week.  Drummer Boy has finally recovered from my MVP challenge to him mid-last season, which threw him out of the rhythm of making great picks.  He is officially back and all club members better watch their backs or he may pass them up before they realize what has happened.  The three best players so far at picking TJ this season are Shaylene (5-0), Drummer Boy (5-1), and Roadrunner (3-0).  The Top Five currently consists of #1 Young Tuna (5 Weeks at #1), #2 Roadrunner (10 Points back), #3 Fearless Tuna (14 Points back), and tied for #4 Drummer Boy & MJD Hogg (16 Points back).  But an interesting thing is that all players from 6th to 14th Place are only 13 Points or less away from getting into the Top Five.  So it is still a very wide open race at this point, at which we are now 1/3 of the way through the season.  In Head to Head Weekly, Drummer Boy continues to dominate as he improved to 4-0 with a win over Bob Swerski 25-16.  In Pro Bowl Team Weekly, Daddy & His Boys delivered a statement victory by crushing The Volcanoes 86-56.

Here is a copy of the Week 6 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 6.  MJD Hogg wins the Week 6 MVP Award with 30 Points and Hoosier Daddy wins the MVP Award Runner-Up with 29 Points.

Week 6 full picks now posted (Sat 7:00pm).  All players are welcome to view my picks once they have turned their own in for the week.

Week 5 MVP Award Winner –
Captain Insano (29 Points)

Captain Insano is celebrating by enjoying a crawfish dinner as he made high-quality picks to score 29 Points and win the Week 5 MVP Award.  As a result, he power-bombed his way up the standings to a new Peak Position of #3.  Captain Insano is serving notice that he is not going to sit on the sidelines as a waterboy, but he is aiming to win the Club Championship for the first time in his distinguished career.  Captain Insano’s winning picks included getting both Games of the Week, the Double Stakes, both Point Spread games, and the Monday night game.  Not far behind Captain Insano was Fearless Tuna, who claimed the Week 5 MVP Award Runner-Up with 26 Points.  After winning the MVP last week and the Runner-Up this week,  Fearless Tuna returns to the Top Five currently in 4th Place.  That’s quite a jump from 14th Place to 4th Place in 2 weeks.  For the whole club, the Monday night game truly was a make-or-break game.  9 club members had the Packers and 9 club members had the Raiders.  In fact, had the Packers won, the MVP Award would have been shared by 3 players – Drummer Boy, Rad Dad & Viking Blood.  The Top Five currently consists of #1 Young Tuna (4 Weeks at #1), #2 Roadrunner (8 Points back), #3 Captain Insano (9 Points back), #4 Fearless Tuna (16 Points back), and #5 Captain Jack Sparrow & Double-Double (2o Points back).  I haven’t commented much on Roadrunner yet this season, but he is indeed showing that last season’s #3 finish and 5 Weeks at #1 was no fluke.  In fact, he has spent this entire season in 2nd Place not budging from the spot.  He has not been able to catch up to #1 player Young Tuna because Young Tuna has picked a mind-boggling 9 out of 10 Games of the Week correct this season.  When it comes to picking Triple Jeopardy so far this season, we have two polar opposites in the club.  On the positive side, Shaylene has a perfect record of 4-0 in TJ.  But on the flip side of that, Mr. T has a dismal record of 0-4 in TJ.  Mr. T, we need you to step up and get a TJ game correct this week.  There was an early season undefeated showdown in Pro Bowl Team Weekly last week, when The Hulkamaniacs def. Daddy & His Boys 63-58.  It was a narrow victory for The Hulkamaniacs, who improved their perfect record to 3-0.  Meanwhile, in Head to Head Weekly, we only have two players left who are still undefeated.  They are Drummer Boy (3-0) and Captain Insano (2-0-1).