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[i]The skull is Jon Godin's spirit.[/i]
So as many of you know from my frantic text-storm, Jon Godin has excused himself from our fantasy football league. I’m keeping his email for my records, but if anyone wishes to see it, I can forward it along. It sounds like he’s just too busy to manage a FF team, which has happened to all of us.
In the subsequent vote, five teams voted to find a new owner of the team, and six voted to leave the team as is. Technically Ryan Davis’ vote doesn’t count (though I can’t say there is much precedence for this), but regardless, Jon’s team will stand as a shell to remind us of its former owner.
We’ll obviously address this issue further at the end of the season, especially because this does bring up many questions. Our league can’t function with an odd number of teams (well, it can, but that’s stupid). So as if the process of confirming or denying the new managers acceptance to the leave wasn’t complicated enough, now Ryan/A is in the unenviable position of knowing his fate is directly tied to the acceptance of a 12 player who is as of yet unnamed. Very complicated.
[b]This is the Recap: Eight Talking Points From Week 9[/b]
1) I had a conversation with Travis before the games last week and he said his team was “in trouble” and that it was extremely lucky he was playing Jon. 135 points (including 51 from Doug Martin) later, Travis more or less put that thought to rest. Travis’ team is a monster. Is this the year Travis will finally break the curse? He’s aligning himself as the perfect team to take it all: he’s heating up towards the end, has a couple monstrous sleeper players, and is in 2nd place for the foreseeable future. We all know the first place team never wins. Travis has positioned himself brilliantly for a playoff push
2) Speaking of Doug Martin, his 51 points is the best single fantasy week our league has ever seen (though not the biggest ever. Shaun Alexander had a 52, once, I believe). He takes the top spot not only on the RB board (over Chris Johnson, 45 points for Kim in Season 3, Week 2), but on the overall board as well (over Michael Vick’s 49 points for Scott in Season 4, Week 10). Doug Martin! I barely know who that is. Who names a RB Doug Martin, anyway? He has neither a hyphen nor a double Z in his name. He must be made up.
3) What a week for defenses! While I don’t think my team needed much help beating an anemic Team Buffalo, the 25 points the Chargers gave me (#11 all time D/ST, #3 on the year) didn’t hurt and helped me look respectable. Drew, meanwhile, managed a 24 point win over Scott (more on that in a bit) with 26 points from the Bears (#9 all time D/ST, #2 on the year). Scott’s bottom line, too, was helped by the 21 points the Saints D/ST put up against Philadelphia. As Peter would say, “TAINT!”
4) Kim pulls a fast one this week with her SECOND tie of the season. Now, I never took a statistics class, so I’m not sure how to do the math, but it seems highly improbably that we would end up with this many ties. We had two ties over the course of the first four seasons. In the past two we have had five, and three of those belong to Kim. While this is not the first time a player has finished with two ties in one season (See: Travis Langley, Season 5, 7-4-2), I’m not quite sure how this keeps happening. It’s like we’re getting struck but lightning over and over. IT MAKES NO SENSE. More problematic for me is that it wreaks havoc with the standings. What kind of record is 3-4-2? I’m hoping Kim finishes out with one win and two more ties so she can end up 4-4-4.
5) The Haves and Have Nots Part II: The top five teams all won last week. To that statistic even more ridiculous, teams number 6 and 7 decided to just tie. Stupid Peter. This is his fault.
6) The return of Scotty Bake? Remember when Scott used to dominate the league? Serenity Now, Double Dwayne Bowe, Rogue Peanuts: those were some good teams. Scotty Bake reigned supreme during Seasons 1-3, claiming two titles and one runner-up title. He slowed in recent years, finishing 5th-6th afterwards, but he has never missed the playoffs and has proved himself surprisingly feisty. But that Scotty Bake seems to be no more. Papa Scott has been popping a squat all over the league this season; the only person he’s beating isn’t even actually playing. And while Scott suffered another defeat this week, his team suddenly has a spark of life. 109 points is nothing to scoff at. While it could all end up as fluke, I think there’s a little bit of Scotty Bake left in the decaying, malignant team that’s currently stinking up the bottom of the standings.
7) Jason: still winning. Don’t you just hate him?
8) While this isn’t a stat I keep track of, I’m curious if anyone can find something who has had less bench points than Travis did last week (4, all from one player). Travis may be riding high but I don’t think he can really lose any other players. Things are looking a little thin over in Hotlanta.
[b]Rivalry Week: Part II[/b]
The Lawrence House 2nd Floor Trophy: Ryan/B vs. Rob
Which of the (permanent) Lawrence upstairs-dwellers will take this inaugural trophy home? Will it be Ryan, he who cleans while he sleeps and farts like a rhino? Will it be myself, he who buys too much beer and occasionally vomits in his bed? Good money says “Rob,” but we all know anything is possible.
The “You Dented My Jeep” Jeep: Peter vs. Ryan/A
So back during M1 year, a bunch of us were out at the bars. I think it might have been the Brown Jug, but it very well could have been one of the many other bars we went to too often and drank too much. Davis had decided to drive us there (because too much alcohol means Ryan can’t get in a full 22 hours of studying the next day), so we took his jeep and had a good time. We all got pretty shitty.
I don’t remember the full details (obviously. Did you meet me M1 year?), but I know that Peter said something ridiculous and I jumped on his back. In retaliation he threw me into Ryan’s jeep. Now, this couldn’t have hurt me less; I had my beer armor on. The jeep, however, got a big old dent. Peter quickly turned to defense mode (“Rob, this is all your fault”), and our drunken yelling couldn’t convince him otherwise. Ryan Davis and Peter then passive-aggressively feuded for months, with Peter refusing to take responsibility. Ultimately, Ryan Davis and I (Ryan >> me) fixed the dent by pounding it out, more or less. I think Ryan/A might still be pissed. Now is his chance to get Peter back.
Drew vs. Godin: Cancelled
I had a decent story here, but there’s no point calling this a rivalry game when Godin is going to lose by 100 points and will never know the outcome.
The Radiology Board Test Answers: Travis vs. Scott
On a fundamental, basic level, this is a matchup between our two image reviewers. However, there is so much more to this rivalry. Travis and Scott are two of the class acts of our league, and both spend a lot of time thinking about fantasy football. This is kind of the Nebraska vs. Penn State game; both of these teams are respected but don’t really have much beef with each other. What I think this game does offer is a great sense of satisfaction for the winner, because I feel much more satisfied and accomplished after a win over Travis and Scott than with most other wins.
The Quiet One Cup: Kim vs. Donel
Kim and Donel are both very unassuming. They don’t trash talk much. They’re active but not boisterous/annoying like I am most of the time. They manage their teams and go about their business. They’re like postal workers; you never notice them until they light up the joint after they snap from overabuse.
Kyle vs. Jason
I’ve got a story for this but it will have to wait; I’m out of time and need to take call in the ICU. More later!
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