DiploBall IV, Week 17: Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas DiploBallers!  Is it me, or does it seem really odd to not have any games today?  Anyway, sorry to bother you when you should be enjoying time with your families, however I wanted to make sure everyone knows that PoolTracker considers Tuesday the start of the football week.  So Week 18 will start tomorrow with the “Little Caesars Pizza Bowl”.  And Week 19 will start on Tuesday, January 1^st with the “TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl”.  Don’t forget to make your picks!

By the way… I’m pretty sure “TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl” is the all-time greatest bowl name EVER.  Originally I thought “New Era Pinstripe Bowl” was pretty styling… but TaxSlayer is epic!

DiploBall IV, Week 17 Recap:

1^st Place:  Renegade

Renegade was so close to earning a Perfect Week!  Just one game shy!  That dang Seattle stood in his way!

2^nd Place:  Ted

Along with Renegade, Ted was only one of two player who picked ALL of the bowl games correct!

3^rd Place:  The Great Usurper

This was a great week for Usurper.  Not only did he take 3^rd place… but he won his second DiploBall Legacy League title. 

Last Place:  Pac12Bear

Missed Week Minimum:  22 Points

SEC#1, BeachBum505, RollTide1, and Irishman

Eliminated:  Arose

Arose has already used up her 5 weeks so she is now officially out of the game.  Also in danger is SEC#1 and BeachBum505; both reaching their limit this week.

DiploBall IV, Week 16

Sorry for yet another abbreviated recap.  My first week in Atlanta has been action packed!

1^st Place: Ted


2^nd Place:  The Great Usurper



3^rd Place:  Ryan



Last Place:  VNIBarger
 

Missed Week Minimum: 30 Point
Renegade, SEC#1, BeachBum505, and ARose

Perfect Week Cash-In:  The Great UsurperUsurper cashed in his perfect week to correct a 37 point failure from Week 13!

DiploBall IV, Week 15:

I’m heading to Atlanta tomorrow for my R&R, so I don’t have time for a long recap.  Have a great week everyone!

1^st Place: Rada

GOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!!

2^nd Place:  Badger

Is he back?  Does he have time to rise back to his former glory?

3^rd Place:  Jim Schutz

Jim has now moved into 2^nd place!

Last Place:  Renegade

Yeah… so… -20.  That’s a bad week.

Missed Week Minimum: 1 Point

That’s right… 1 point!  Thanks to BigCat’s 2 point week!  Those who earned this… point… <giggle snort>:  SEC#1, BeachBums505, ARose, and Irishman.

DiploBall IV, Week 14: Playoffs and Bowl Games!

The Falcons clinched their spot in the playoffs!  Just in time for my R&R back to Atlanta!  I’m actually in DC right now for training and I am pretty sure I have already gained 10 lbs.  My hotel is right next door to Red, Hot, and Blue!  Ooooh man…

Anyway, Week 15 is NFL only!  So, we’re going to have a lot fewer games until the Bowls start.  But keep in mind, few games actually increases your odds of having a perfect week.  And a perfect week will earn you the right to change a pervious mistake!  This deal goes all the way to the Super Bowl… so pick wisely!

DiploBall IV, Week 14 Recap:

1^st Place: Jim Schutz

This week’s winners made some seriously leaps in the season standings.  Jim jumped from 5^th to 3^rd overall.  Only 37 points out of 1^st.

2^nd Place:  VJSchutz

VJ jumped from 3^rd to 1^st overall.

3^rd Place:  Ryan

Ryan jumped from 8^th to 6^th!  There is still time!

NCAA MVP:  VNIBarger

VNI Barger earned the most about of NCAA points this week and picked 9 out of 10 games correct!

NCAA MVP:  BigCat

Although he wasn't able to place overall this week, BigCat earned 3^rd Place in the NFL games.

Last Place:  Rada

Rada… I am very disappointed!

Missed Week Minimum: 54 Points

ARose, Beachbum505, Irishman, and SEC#1

Perfect Week Bonus: 

Remember!  VJ, The Great Usurper, Jp, and RollTide still have perfect weeks to cash-in.  

DiploBall IV, Week 13 Recap: Watch Your Back

1^st Place: SchutzJP

Do you smell that?  Victory!  A victory so sweet there is only one possible way to celebrate.  That’s right… the Gangna Style dance!  Hmmm… note to self… when celebrating my victory by reenacting a viral South Korean youtube video… perhaps I should first make sure the consular waiting room is empty.  That was slightly embarrassing.

Anyway!  Having successfully taken down Jim, I am now in 4^th place… That means VJ, Badger, and BigCat are officially on notice!  I’m only 62 points away from taking what is rightfully mine!

2^nd Place: RollTide1

Eric made a HUGE jump in the season stands this week.  Moving from 15^th to 11^th!  Moving up 4 spots is hard to do, especially this far into the season!

3^rd Place: Jeff

So, Jeff and I have been at an impasse all day.  We just can’t agree.  However, since I won, I think I should, by default, be correct.  But, noooo… Jeff doesn’t think that would be fair and has asked for a more democratic solution.  So, fine.  We’ll put it up for a vote.   Here it goes:  Jeff thinks ‘Waterworld’ is the worst Kevin Costner film ever made.  HOWEVER, I think ‘The Postman’ is the worst.  Please, weigh in and help us settle this once and for all… before we have to enter the Octagon and battle it out like two civilized adults.

Honorable Mention #1: Rada

You know?  Rada doesn’t normally have spectacular weeks… however, I can’t let her 4^th place finish go unnoticed.

Honorable Mention #2: The Great Usurper

The Great tied with Jeff for the most correct picks.  25 out of 37.

Last Place:  Robbins

I have to admit… I am a bit perplexed.  Robbins made picks for all 37 games.  However, he lost to Renegade, who only made picks for 13 games.  Umm… interesting.

Missed Week Minimum (MWM): 50 Points

Robbins didn’t do you guys any favors this week:  SEC#1, Arose, Irishman, and BeachBum

DiploBall IV, Weeks 11 & 12 Recap: A Double Helping of Thanksgiving

Well, the general consensus was to throw out the San Francisco/St. Louis game, so I have.  But I do have to ask a question.  What is more embarrassing… losing to the Rams… or tying the Rams?  I think the latter.

Anyway, omitting the game didn’t affect Week 11’s leader board; however it did help some folks in the season standings.

Here is your double recap!

DiploBall IV, Week 11 & 12 Recap

1^st Place: BigCat (Week 11 & 12)

Yep.  BigCat has won two weeks in a row.  In addition, BigCat has overtaken Badger in the season standings, which is crazy to me.  Badger!  What the heck happened?  You pretty much had this thing in the bag!

2^nd Place: VJSchutz (Week 11), SchutzJp (Week 12)

Well, there is no big surprise seeing my dad on the leader board… but this is only my SECOND time in the top three this season!  So, I think I’m going to celebrate by crack open one of the Yuengling’s I shipped in my consumables allowance!  Cheers everyone!

3^rd Place: SEC#1 (Week 11), VJSchutz (Week 12)

SEC#1 has had a strong couple weeks jumping from 12^th to 10^th in the season standings.  VJSchutz is still sitting in 3^rd… however, only 162 points separates our top 5 players… so as we move into week 13… anything can happen.

Last Place:  Pac12Bear (Week 11), Rada (Week 12)

Well… look on the bright side.  At least this week you get to share this dubious honor!

Missed Week Minimum (MWM)

Over the last two weeks four people have benefited from the Missed Week Minimum:  Arose, Ted, Renegade, and RollTide1

DiploBall IV, Week 11: What the…?

Okay Diploballers.  I don’t feel like I can do a proper recap this week because I don’t think I agree with the standings!  I am so confused!

Something has happened that has never happened, EVER, in the four seasons of Diploball.

There has been a tie!

San Francisco and St. Louis tied!

Now, the reason I don’t feel like I can do a recap this week is because PoolTracker marked all of our picks for that game wrong… WRONG!  Meaning we all lost points no matter what!

Folks, I don’t know if I agree with how PoolTracker decided to score this.  No one lost… and no one won… so why should we all lose points?  In my heart of hearts I feel like we should just throw the game out.  Omit it entirely.  We’ll make it points neutral, meaning you’ll gain back what you lost on the game… but this may affect some the standings for the week. 

I need to hear the opinion of the masses!  And then I’ll do a double recap next week.

Keep on truckin’ Diploballers!