The Football Club

The Week One picks sheet has now been posted and can be found at the menu bar link at the top.  Week One looks to be really challenging.  Just looking at all the difficult picks, I think reaching 20 Points would be a great accomplishment for the week.  Please note that there are no games this weekend (September 2).  Week One NFL games start next week and will be played from September 6-10.  For this first week (and most, if not all weeks), the Autopicker has been turned on for the Thursday night game, but feel free to e-mail in your pick if you wish to change to the other team.  There will be two games on Monday night, which means the Over/Under has been moved to the Sunday night game.  Please do not forget to turn in your Week One picks by Saturday night September 8 or Sunday morning September 9 before kickoff (if you prefer).

I have also updated the Current Players page (under Club Central on the menu bar) with everyone who has signed up to play this season.  So have a look at who will be joining us and competing against us for the Club Championship.  Some of the codenames there (and below) are just temporary placeholders as club members make a final decision on what they want to be called this season.  Personally, I’ve been debating between Fearless Tuna, Low Fat Tuna (my sister’s idea), and Papa Tuna.  Head to Head Weekly and Pro Bowl Team Weekly will start in Week 2, so if you have a preferred team to be on and a team name, please let me know.  Below, note some of the past accomplishments by this season’s club members:

• Hoosier Daddy (2009 & 2012 Club Champion / 1998, 2000, 2007 & 2010 Pro Bowl Team Champ / Tied Record for Most Double Stakes Correct in One Season in 2011)
• Slick Chick (2010 Club Champion / 2012 Pro Bowl Team Champ / Record for Most MVP Awards in One Season in 2010 / 2007 Rookie of the Year)
• Captain Jack Sparrow (2011 Club Champion / 2007 Super Bowl Head to Head Champ / 2008 & 2009 Pro Bowl Team Champ / Record for Highest One-Week Score in club history in 2006 / 2005 (tied) & 2006 Playoff Picks Champ)
• The Rickster (2001, 2004, & 2006 Club Champion / 2005, 2006, & 2010 Super Bowl Head to Head Champ / 1999, 2006, & 2011 Pro Bowl Team Champ / Scored first Perfect Week in club history in 2004 / 2012 Playoff Picks Champ / 2008 Sportsmanship Award)
• The Cat (2000 Club Champion / 2000 Super Bowl Head to Head Champ / 2005 & 2011 Pro Bowl Team Champ / Scored second Perfect Week in club history in 2012 / 2011 Sportsmanship Award / 2005 (tied) & 2007 Playoff Picks Champ)
• Double-Double (2005 Club Champion / 2008 Super Bowl Head to Head Champ / 1998, 2005, & 2011 Pro Bowl Team Champ)
• Nighthawk (2008 Club Champion / 2008 & 2009 Pro Bowl Team Champ / 2008 Playoff Picks Champ)
• Rad Dad (2011 Super Bowl Head to Head Champ / 2009 Rookie of the Year)
• Bob Swerski (2009 Super Bowl Head to Head Champ / 2009 Pro Bowl Team Champ)
• Kip Possible (2012 Pro Bowl Team Champ / Record for Most Games of the Week Correct in One Season in 2005)
• MJD Hogg (1998 & 2010 Pro Bowl Team Champ / 2009 Comeback Player of the Year)
• Drummer Boy (2000, 2007, & 2010 Pro Bowl Team Champ / 2012 Sportsmanship Award / 2009 Playoff Picks Champ)
• Fearless Tuna (2006 Pro Bowl Team Champ / Iron Man Record for Most Consecutive Top Five Finishes from 2006-2011 / Record for Most Jeopardy Games Correct in One Season in 2006 / 2002 Playoff Picks Champ)
• Captain Insano (Tied Record for Most Double Stakes Correct in One Season in 2006 / 2006 Rookie of the Year)
• Rex Kwan Do (Class of 2005 Veteran Inductee into The Hall of Fame)
• freespirit (2012 Comeback Player of the Year)
• In addition, we have Badwater Nessie, Stinkerbell (rookie player – see logo below), and SteveluvSal playing

Hello, club members.  And welcome back to The Football Club.  It’s certainly been a long time.  When the club closed its doors at the end of the 2012 season, I thought that it just might have been the final season ever of our friendly competition.  Five full seasons have gone by – 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.  And not a whisper from the club with the exception of a few requests here and there from others to reopen the club if possible.  And now here we are six seasons later and I am finally ready to do so.  I am happy to announce that The Football Club is returning for the 2018 season.  This will be the Seventeenth Year Legacy Edition.  The 2018 club will feature a full slate of competitions throughout the season, including the Club Points Championship, Head to Head battles, and Pro Bowl Team battles.  We will most likely not do a Playoff Picks.  If you would like to sign up for the 2018 club, please inform me ASAP as club membership will be limited to between 12-18 members.  We cannot have more than 18 playing in order to have an even number of teams for the Pro Bowl competition.  Since it has been a long time, please refresh your memory by reading the Official Rules page found under the Club Central menu button, particularly Rules #1 and #2, which are important for the club’s successful operation.

You will probably notice some changes with the redesigned 2018 Football Club.  We are using an updated WordPress format for hosting the site.  Of course you found the site and are reading this, so you know that we have a new domain at tunafootball.com.  We also have an updated Club Chat box (seen on the right side when using a computer and seen at the bottom of each page when using a cell phone and tablet).  Please make use of the Club Chat box to talk back and forth with other club members.  Feel free to try it out by first entering an Username and then typing in a message and pressing Send.  Doing so will allow all club members to see your message on the Club Chat box.  (Please note that the Chat Box current discussion may not show up unless you enter an Username and Login.)  If you are using a computer to view this site, navigation will be fairly easy and obvious.  Use the Menu Buttons at the very top of the site to navigate and see the various club pages.   If you are using a cell phone or tablet, simply click on the Menu button at the top right in order to expand the menu and be able to navigate to all the various pages.  If you have any problems trying to navigate through the site, or are wondering where certain pages or information can be found, please let me know.  The Main Page of the club will always contain my update posts.  Some of the pages currently still show information from 2012, but that will be adjusted as our season gets underway.  Right now is a good time to take a look back at all the things that happened during the last year of the club in 2012.  Our 2012 Club Champion was Hoosier Daddy with 394 Points and 8 Weeks at #1.  And our Runner-Up was MJD Hogg with 379 Points.  In the Super Bowl Head to Head final, Bane def. Double-Double 20-15.  And in the Pro Bowl Team final Transformers def. Wild Animals 67-59 in a historic rematch. And who could ever forget The Cat’s Perfect Week during Week 11 of the 2012 season when he got 41/39 Points and 14/14 games correct.  That was only the second time in club history that a Perfect Week had ever been accomplished (with the first being The Rickster in 2004).  More to come soon, but once again, please let me know early if you would like to participate.  The new season officially starts in just under two weeks on Thursday, September 6. -Tuna

Super Bowl MVP Award Winner–
Yo Grandmama (49 Points)

Yo Grandmama (a.k.a. freespirit) had the best Playoff Picks week the club has ever seen, scoring 49 Points to easily fly away with the Super Bowl MVP Award.  This surpassed MJD Hogg’s Hall of Fame record 47+1 Points week from a few years ago.  And her prediction in the Final Score Challenge of Baltimore 35 and San Francisco 31 is the closest that I have seen anyone ever come.  She was only 1 point off from picking it perfectly.

And the winner of the 2012-13 Playoff Picks is… The Rickster!  Congratulations to The Rickster on winning the only minor title that had previously eluded him in the club.  Well done!  The Top Three– The Rickster, Captain Crunch, and Parkour just proved to be too strong at picking during the Playoff Picks for any of the rest of us to keep up with them.  That’s what is known as domination.

Conference MVP Award Winner–
The Rickster (35.5 Points)

The Rickster did it again.  He won back-to-back MVP Awards by scoring 35 1/2 Points to claim the Conference MVP Award.  Can he hold off Parkour, Captain Crunch, and Drummer Boy and win the Playoff Picks?  We will find out this weekend.

Here are the winning picks for the Conference Picks Sheet…

Atlanta over
Baltimore under
Game 1– Ryan (46-33), Gore (4.3-3.8), Yes (7), Yes (20 yds), SF (4-2), No (0-0)
Game 2– Yes (36), Balt (121-108), Yes (117), No (0 INT), Balt (31:06-28:54), No (2 sacks)
Most: SF & Balt.  Least: NE

That’s it until next week.  The Super Bowl Picks are not released until the week of the Super Bowl.  To eliminate the suspense until then, The Rickster was the Conference MVP with 35.5 Points.