The Football Club

Week 12 MVP Award Winners –
Captain Jack Sparrow, Fearless Tuna & Young Tuna (31 Points)

For the first time this season, we had a three-way tie for the MVP Award.  Captain Jack Sparrow, Fearless Tuna & Young Tuna all scored 31 Points to claim a share of the Week 12 MVP.  Captain Jack Sparrow continued his domination of the club, posting a stunning fourth MVP award of the season.  The All-Time Record for Most MVP Awards in a Season in the Hall of Fame is 5 MVP Awards, set in the year 2010 by Slick Chick.  With seven weeks left in the season, we have to consider the possibility that Captain Jack might be able to tie or break her record.  Time will tell, because others have reached 4 MVP Awards before and were not able to break through.  It’s an extreme amount of pressure, to say the least.  Speaking in the third person, Fearless Tuna is a difficult player to figure out this season.  During 4 of the last 7 weeks, he has had either the highest score in the club, or the second highest.  But during 2 of the other 3 weeks, he has had the lowest score in the entire club.  It is this inconsistency that is keeping him out of the Top Five for now.  Young Tuna had a great time when he got to attend the 49ers game on Monday night against the Panthers along with his dad Fearless Tuna (see included picture below).  That was Young Tuna’s third football game in person.  When I asked Young Tuna what he wanted to do special during his holiday break from school, I gave him 3 options: 49ers game, Warriors game, or Monterey Bay Aquarium.  He chose the 49ers game, which I think was the best option and was glad that he chose it.  Young Tuna can sneak back into the Top Ten if he can make up 6 Points.  Rad Dad scored 30 Points to win the Week 12 MVP Award Runner-Up.  He has been an extremely strong player lately.  In fact, if the Monday night game had been Over, he would have been the sole MVP Award winner.  As for other notable players, I noticed that Double-Double & Stinkerbell, long known to be the club’s biggest rivals, only have 1 Point separating them in the standings.  (At least we can be confident that they won’t get suspended for spitting on each other.  Just joking, of course.  They both show great sportsmanship, unlike some NFL players.)  Double-Double is also now just 2 Points away from getting into the Top Five for the first time this season.  Also, Captain Jack Sparrow is now starting to separate himself from the rest of the Top Five.  MJD Hogg remains only 10 Points out, but then the gap between 1st and 3rd jumps to an astounding 21 Points.  That spells trouble for those looking to overtake him for the club title.  The only good news is that there are still seven weeks left, so anything can happen, as MJD Hogg proved last week when he made up 19 Points in a single week.  A shoutout goes to Captain Insano, who finally had the courage to pick Triple Jeopardy for the first time this season and got it right.  Also, Bob Swerski got another TJ pick correct, extending his league lead to 7-1 with that category.  I’m still waiting for The Rickster to attempt one, but he might still be shaken up over going 0-1 and missing his only TJ pick last season.  The current Top Five consists of #1 Captain Jack Sparrow (5 Weeks at #1), #2 MJD Hogg (10 Points back), #3 Mr. T (21 Points back), and tied for #4 Captain Insano & Drummer Boy (22 Points back).

Head to Head Weekly wrapped up last week and we have our four division winners.  They are: Captain Jack Sparrow (Division One champ 8-2), Fearless Tuna (Division Two champ 5-4-1), Nighthawk (Division Three Champ 6-3-1), and Roadrunner (Division Four Champ 7-3).  Congrats to all division winners on an outstanding regular season.  That leads us into the Super Bowl Tournament, which begins this week with two dreaded First Round matches.  Elimination is on the line for two players as we have (9) Hoosier Daddy (3-7) at (8) Captain Insano (3-7) and (9) New York City Sewer Rat (4-6) at (8) Mr. T (4-6).  Be sure to check out the newly posted Super Bowl Tournament page for more information and to see how the seedings worked out.

Here are the club’s picks for Week 12. Captain Jack Sparrow, Fearless Tuna & Young Tuna share the Week 12 MVP Award with 31 Points, while Rad Dad wins the MVP Award Runner-Up with 30 Points.

Week 12 full picks now posted (Sat 11:30pm).  All players are welcome to view my picks once they have turned their own in for the week.

Week 11 MVP Award Winner –
MJD Hogg (35 Points)

MJD Hogg became the second player to win three MVP Awards this season as he scored an astounding 35 Points on a week that most other players found challenging.  As a result, he won the Week 11 MVP Award and jumped the General Lee over the heads of six club members to go from 8th Place (and 21 Points back) to 2nd Place (only 2 Points back).  When he landed, he told club members: “When the odds are stacked, you stand taller” and “They can chase us all day, but they’ll never catch our style”.  The big question now is which will prove to be faster this week: The General Lee or The Black Pearl?  The Hoggster had several key picks that led him to become this week’s MVP.  First, he was 1 of only 3 club members to correctly pick Carolina with TJ (along with NYC Sewer Rat & Bob Swerski).  Second, he was 1 of only 2 club members to get both Games of the Week correct with Chicago & LA Rams (along with Rad Dad).  Third, he was 1 of only 2 club members to correctly pick the Triple Crown of Buf-Pit-Den (along with Mr. T).  Speaking of Mr. T, he scored 25 Points to win the Week 11 MVP Award Runner Up.  As a result, he moved back up into 3rd Place while saying: “To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.”  He later added: “I believe in the Golden Rule – The Man with the Gold… Rules.”  We will see if Mr. T can continue muscling his way up the standings to claim the ultimate gold – the Club Championship trophy.  Last week, half the club (9 players in total) crashed and burned by picking Atlanta with TJ, thus taking a -2 Point penalty from their final score.  One player who was not fooled was Bob Swerski, who is now an impressive 6-1 at picking Triple Jeopardy this season.  That’s 10 Bonus Points that Bob has earned just by checking a box at the right time.  The Top Five currently consists of Captain Jack Sparrow (4 Weeks at #1), #2 MJD Hogg (2 Points back), #3 Mr. T (9 Points back), #4 Captain Insano (12 Points back), and #5 Drummer Boy (14 Points back).  On a final note, Head to Head Weekly wraps up this week with the Super Bowl Tournament beginning in Week 13.

Here are the club’s picks for Week 11. MJD Hogg wins the Week 11 MVP Award with 35 Points, while Mr. T wins the MVP Award Runner-Up with 25 Points.