The Football Club

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).

Here is a copy of the Week 7 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.  (Also a slight adjustment to what is seen here, Slick Chick’s new Peak is #1.)

Here is what everyone in The Football Club picked for Week 7 with all games scored and totaled at the bottom.

Week 6 MVP Award Winners –
Badwater Nessie & MJD Hogg (27 Points)

Badwater Nessie and MJD Hogg both have had a fairly rough start to their season over the first five weeks.  Badwater Nessie had failed to surface with great picks, staying down in the dark, cold depths of the standings as a bottom dweller.  MJD Hogg similarly had remained locked up toward the bottom of the standings, failing to produce great picks which would allow him to be released back into gen pop (or the general population of players in the middle of the standings).  Things changed dramatically for both players last week as they each produced 27 Points to become co-winners of the Week 6 MVP Award.  Badwater Nessie is now swimming upwards while pushing smaller fish out of the way and MJD Hogg has exchanged the orange jumpsuit for his stylish white clothing and trademark hat.  Badwater Nessie scored his 27 Points by getting both Games of the Week correct (1 of 2 players to do so) and by correctly picking Detroit with TJ (1 of 9 players to do so).  MJD Hogg was the other player to get both Games of the Week correct, but he caught a tough break when he missed Jax with TJ and lost -2 Points.  He made up for it by correctly picking SF on Sunday night (1 of 3 players to do so).  It is good to see both of these strong contenders back making great picks once again and let’s hope they can keep it up and shake up the standings a little bit.  The Week 6 MVP Award Runner-Up was Slick Chick with 25 Points.  Slick Chick continues to serve notice that she is a serious contender who should not be taken lightly.  Her strong showing last week put her right back into the Top Five.  The Top Five currently consists of #1 Mr. T:SDFW, tied for #2 Halibut J-Bird & Nighthawk (1 Point back), and tied for #4 Double-Double & Slick Chick (4 Points back).  If anyone outside of the Top Five feels like they are out of contention already, think again.  Last year, during this same week, I was currently in 17th Place, only 2 Points ahead of the player in Last Place.  I was sitting 27 Points behind the 1st Place player and the season seemed lost.  But I did not give up and eventually my picks started falling into place and being right.  This week, I noticed I am currently 20 Points behind the 1st Place player.  The point is, stay positive, everyone.  You can flop during the first half the season and still end up being a fantastic player during the second half.

This is a short column for me as I am about to head out backpacking for the weekend.  So next week I will resume discussions of Head to Head Weekly and Pro Bowl Team Weekly.  And I am actually going to turn in my picks right now below for Week 7.  Please only check out my picks after you turn your own in.  (Copying mine could probably only help you lose anyway.)

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.