WEEK 12: RANKSGIVING

It's week 12! Only two weeks left in our regular season, so things is getting real. Sadly Pete and Jude have been mathematically eliminated from making the playoffs. So all they can do now is try and play the role of spoilers!

On the other side of the coin, four teams have now clinched a playoff spot, so six teams are now in the hunt for the final four playoff spots. Now, Steve, Kyle and Deloria can all clinch a spot with win, however Kyle and Deloria are playing each other! That means there's a high chance we will head into week 13 with two playoff spots up for grabs. Of course if Bobsicles. and Purple Helmet lose then all three of those teams clinch anyways, plus we have the Franchitto Gravy Bowl this week and we know how intense and fierce those can be!

Winner gets a free gravy bowl! Anyways, onto Ranksgiving!

12) Peter's Team (2-9, 1229.76 PF)-  Well, Pete can be thankful that he wasn't mathematically eliminated from making the playoffs all by his lonesome. 

11) Purple Helmet (4-7, 1271.50 PF)- It's not entirely a must-win matchup for Jonny, but it pretty much is.

10) Coop Her Kupp (2-9, 1340.14 PF)- Well, Jude can at least say he was the unluckiest team in the league? Based on week over week scores he should be sitting on five wins right now....so there's that.

9) Bobsicles. (4-7, 1420.42 PF)- Larry is clinging to playoff life, but a win over Steve coupled with Brando winning the Fanchitto Gravy Bowl and he's back in a decent spot! 

8) Team Deloria (6-5, 1375.02 PF)- Deloria's coming off his worst week of the season, but he still just needs a win and he's onto the playoffs! That's easy enough, right?

7) Kyle's Team (6-5, 1401.66 PF)- Kyle's in the same boat as Deloria in that he just needs to win and he's in the playoffs. So their week 12 clash is a big one.

6) Shirley Stranglers (5-6, 1434.70 PF)- Does defense win fantasy championships? Nate sure hope so since no one has scored more defensive points that him. Will that help him pull off the upset in the Franchitto Gravy Bowl?

5) Marvelous Muzzy's (7-4, 1397.86 PF)- Playoff spot is clinched and now Matt's just in a battle to not be the playoff team with the fewest points scored. This team also has the distinction of being the only one of the four teams who have clinched a playoff spot that has had the worst weekly score, more than once! Lucky or not, anything can happen in the playoffs, so don't sleep on Matt's team just because he hasn't be able to score points real well.

4) Salem Salad Tossers (6-5, 1554.62 PF)- Steve's team has been slip sliding for a bit now. A win this week slides him in the playoffs, but even if he loses, he is in line to hold the points tiebreaker.

3) Carnal Fruitarians (7-4, 1629.82 PF)- According to Dave he was about to take over the top spot in points last week...guess Dave was using a loose definition of "about". Anyways, credit where credit is due, Dave has had the highest scoring week, a league leading four times this season!

Oh boy, well let's humble him a bit and remind him that that stat hasn't helped him be first in points or wins, so?

2) HAIL MURRAY (9-2, 1604.68 PF)- Looking to hold a piece of first place from start to finish, a win this week clinches at least the #2 seed in the playoffs. This team has mastered consistency, being the only team to not be in the bottom five in points any week this season. No one has gone a whole season with that consistency since 1957! Okay, not really, but it's still a neat, useless stat.

1) Laughing Kookaburra (8-3, 1633.02 PF)- Should be the Laughing Koo-Kamara, am I right? Riding the Kamara/Mahomes tandem to victory ain't a bad way to fly if you can manage it!

 

WEEK 11 POWER RANKINGS...PLAYOFFS?!

Good day, sports fans! We just have three weeks left in the fantasy regular season, can you believe it?

The payoff race is heating up!

One team has clinched a spot already and quite a few with a chance to clinch their spots this week. Before we dig in, your useless stat of the week is wins against the league! What is that, you ask? Well, that is the number of wins you would have if you played every team, every week.

In a way you could help factor this into how lucky or unlucky a team has been this season. From this and other points data, looks like Matt has been the luckiest and Larry has been the unluckiest on the season. 

Now, obligatory, "Will is raising money for a foundation that helps men's health" alert!

https://movember.com/m/williemoe?mc=1

Alright, now that the appetizers are out of the way, onto the meat (or plant-based meat, if that's your thing) and potatoes!

12) Peter's Team (2-8, 1120.58 PF)- We all know Pete checked out awhile ago, but thanks to a sweet trade, he's got a good array of early picks next year. Thanks for playing, Pete! Now, put your head down, while the other children learn.

11) Purple Helmet (4-6, 1186.56 PF)- Look, there's three week's left and the tiebreaker, somewhat stupidly is just points for, which means J-Bone needs wins and or points in the last three weeks, because there's only one team in the league with fewer points and that team is in last place (HI PETE!).

10) Coop Her Kupp (2-8, 1218.20 PF)- I thought there was a corner being turned, but last week's loss could be the last nail in the coffin for Jude. Every week is must win now.

That's the spirit!

9) Bobsicles (3-7, 1300.32 PF)- Larry has been the unluckiest team this season. Based on week-to-week performance the numbers project that he'd have 6 wins at this point. Fun to think about, but the reality is he is in heated battle for the last playoff spots and he will get a chance against both teams in front of him, over the next three weeks, starting with Purple Helmet this week.

8) Team Deloria (6-4, 1273.56 PF)- Many experts wrote Deloria off, but if Deloria beats Nate and Larry beats Jonny, Deloria clinches a playoff spot!

7) Kyle's Team (5-5, 1276.64 PF)- Loser of two in a row and three of his las four, Kyle will need to finish strong to hold onto that playoff spot. A win against Jude this week would be a big help!

6) Shirley Stranglers (4-6, 1303.56 PF)- WAIT, WHAT'S THAT NOISE?! IT'S...NO, IT CAN'T BE...IT'S NATE!

5) Marvelous Muzzy's (7-3, 1267.32 PF)- One of these things is not like the others...

Hey wins are wins, but that luck could run out at any time...just sayin.

4) Carnal Fruitarians (6-4, 1475.30 PF)- Dave finally did it! He had a week where he was neither top three in points not bottom three in points...albeit barely. 

3) Salem Salad Tossers (6-4, 1411.54 PF)- Once the darling of the Power Rankings, could he be in line to be the darling of the Power Tankings? Back-to-back losses and currently projected to lose this week? Is Steve spiraling? 

2) Laughing Kookaburra (7-3, 1479.70 PF)- It was a short-lived time at the top for Brando, but that's not to say he couldn't be back there again soon! 

1) The Tee Party (8-2, 1472.92 PF)- Been a long time coming, folks! Still the only team to not have a bust week or have a bottom three score in points for a week, plus the only team that has had a share of first place for every week of the season. Surprisingly also a team that has not had the highest score in any week this season? What a wild ride! Still a ways to go, but right now, it's good to be king. 

WEEK TEN POWER RANKINGS: THE WINDS OF CHANGE

There's only four weeks left in the fantasy regular season, can you believe it? And as the title indicates we have a lot of changes in this week's Power Rankings! So let's get on with it after a quickly jogging your mem-MO'ry that I am raising money for men's health through the Movember Foundation!

Since some of you are men, I thought it would be relevant to you and you might want to help the cause- https://movember.com/m/williemoe?mc=1 

Okay, now that the charity portion of this is MO-ver, let's see what last week's games did to the Power Rankings:

12) Peter's Team (1-8, 1000.56 PF)- Remember when Pete was 1-1 and there's was a chance he'd be competing for a playoff spot? 

11) Purple Helmet (3-6, 1057.30)- A three game losing streak, headed into a matchup against the 2nd highest scoring team in the league? Those playoff chances are slip-sliding away.

10) Coop Her Kupp (2-7, 1088.42 PF)- I tried to warn you all that this a team on the rise, but did you listen? Seriously, did you? I have no idea. Anyways, Jude has hit the top three in points scored in two of the last three weeks and is 4th in overall points over the past three weeks. All of a sudden he is one game out of the last playoff spot with just four games to go!

9) Shirley Stranglers (3-6, 1127.52 PF)- As bad as things have gone for Nate this season, he is still in the hunt. If Michael Thomas starts being Michael Thomas down the stretch, this could be a dangerous team that could rocket through the playoffs!

8) Bobsicles. (3-6, 1192.20 PF)- Can defenses win fantasy championships? Larry is hoping so as he has the most points from the DEF spot this season.  

7) Team Deloria (5-4, 1122.50 PF)- It may seem like Deloria's team doesn't have a ton going for it right now, but it is two games ahead for the 7th seed in the playoffs and just a game back of the 5th seed. 

6) Kyle's Team (5-4, 1187.62 PF)- Just stuck in the middle.

5) Marvelous Muzzy's (6-3, 1139.02 PF)- Well Run CMC was back for a hot minute and now Matt is back where he was. Still in a good spot, playoff-wise and if he beats Dave this week? Well...

4) The Tee Party (7-2, 1321.02 PF)- Still the only team this season to not have a bottom three week in scoring. In fact, in only one week this season has this team been in the bottom half of the league in scoring.

3) Carnal Fruitarians (6-3, 1365.54 PF)- The streak is alive...it's either top three in points or bottom three in points each week, however he has now been in the top three in scoring, in three of the last four weeks, so things are on the up and up!

2) Salem Salad Tossers (6-3, 1313.72 PF)- That's right, for the first time this season, Steve's squad has dropped from the #1 spot in the PRs!

1) Laughing Kookaburra (7-2, 1357.68 PF)- Brando's team has been money most of this season and has finally got back a share of first place in the standings!

WEEK NINE POWER RANKINGS

Well kids! We are more than halfway through the season and things are tight at the top and bottom of the standings. Two games separate the top six teams and two games separate 4th through 9th in the standings. 

It'll be another wild finish as things are shifting a bit in the Power Rankings as well. Will Steve retain that top spot? Only one way to find out!

12) Peter's Team (1-7, 898.42 PF)- Our sources project that Pete has less than 1% of winning the championship.

11) Coop Her Kupp (1-7, 934.16 PF)- While the overall record might not show it, Jude's squad is slowly improving. Over the past four weeks they are actually right in the middle of points scored. Don't count this squad out of it, just yet, as it is primed for a late season push!

10) Purple Helmet (3-5, 962.80 PF)- If you go by straight points scored, you'll see that Jonny Jon averages just under 3.5 points more than Jude per week, yet has managed 2 more wins. With the schedule ahead they're gonna need to get hot in a hurry! 

9) Shirley Stranglers (2-6, 1020.46 PF)- After starting 0-4, Nate is turning things around...a little. 2-2 over his last 4, he's one game out of the last playoff spot. If Michael Thomas starts playing in games, this team could be trouble down the stretch.

8) Team Deloria (4-4, 994.80 PF)- Injuries early on have hampered Deloria's squad, as evidences by only scoring over 128.44, twice and has only beat the overall average league score of 132.9 once on the season. Deloria is averaging 124.35 PPG, and every opponent the rest of the way has been averaging more than that over the past four weeks. 

7) Bobsicles. (3-5, 1064.04 PF)- Despite being the only team to beat The Tee Party, things have not really looked up since that moment. In the midst of a two game losing streak, Larry Legend is hanging on to that last playoff spot by a thread.

6) Marvelous Muzzy's (5-3, 1008.92 PF)- Currently sixth in the standings, but that spot is about as secure as a Trump lead in Pennsylvania (#topical). Look Run CMC is back which has Matt feeling, well sorta like...

5) Kyle's Team (5-3, 1056.68 PF)- The next couple of weeks will test this team's mettle, with a matchup against Dave and then Will. 

4) Carnal Fruitarians (5-3, 1214.82 PF)- The up and down season continues for Dave, will this week be an up or a down?

3) The Tee Party (7-1, 1177.20 PF)- Could potentially clinch a playoff spot this week...#nobigdeal

2) Laughing Kookaburra- (6-2, 1213.00 PF)- No one has scored more points that Brandon over the past four weeks and Steve's Power Ranking lead is dwindling!

1) Salem Salad Tossers (6-2, 1209.62 PF)- Steve's held the top spot all season, but Brandon is knocking on the door and we're just two weeks from their epic matchup.

Also, it is Movember (https://us.movember.com/about/foundation) , which means I'm once again raising money for men's health! If you're feeling generous, your donations would be MO'st appreciated! You can donate here- https://movember.com/m/williemoe?mc=1 

Alright, good luck!

THE WEEK EIGHT POWER RANKINGS SPOOKTACULAR

 We are now more than halfway through our regular season, so it's on to the haunted home stretch! Wail, what are we waiting for...

Let's start with some little tidbits I was able to scare up...

• Jude won a game! 

                Now, Jude also did this with a monster week last week...could the tables be turning?

• Dave continued his own special unique streak as he finished in the bottom three in points in week seven. He has now finished in either the top three or the bottom three in every week this season. 
• It was also the first time, maybe ever, that both DeCorpse-os were in the bottom three in points in the same week.
• Maul-so, for the archives (dating way back to 2016), Will passed Nate to move into 2nd in the league in wins, behind Dave. 

But enough of the gore d'ouevres, let's get to the main corpse...er course!

12) Peter's Team (1-6, 802.94 PF)- Yep, we have a new cellar dweller. Sorry, Pete.

11) Coop Her Kupp (1-6, 827.02 PF)- As I mentioned, not only did Jude get into the win column, but he had one of the top scares, er, scores, of the week! Who knows where he ghost from here, but things are looking up!

10) Shirley Stranglers (1-6, 869.1 PF)- The Power Rankings scar finally fed up, witch means Nate has to drop a little and as far as the playoffs, things are looking a little...grave.

9) Purple Helmet (3-4, 877.88 PF)- Sure, right in the haunt for a playoff spot, but on the outside looking in fright now and four of his last seven games are against the top four scoring teams in the league, who maul average more than this team's highest score this season.  

8) Team Deloria (4-3, 884.64 PF)- De-gore-ia has done the best he can given his 1st round pick has been out sins week one, but now he loses OBJ? 

7) Bobsicles. (3-4, 963.58 PF)- Fright now, this team is only gonna ghost as fear as Cam will take them, soooo...

6) Carnal Fruitarians (4-3, 1018.1 PF)- Look, this isn't a slight on Dave, but injuries have had this "Boom or Bust" fear-anchise. being wildly unpredictable. Case in point, despite being the one of the top scorers on the season, only three teams have scored fewer points over the last three weeks.  No bones about it this team can move up soon though, once Scarin' Jones is back in the lineup. But then, can House on Haunted Tannehill lead them to a championship?

5) Kyle's Team (4-3, 939.8 PF)- On the converse side of that, you have Mr. St. Gorge. No team has scored more points than him over the past four weeks. Is this team about to ogre-power the league?

4) Marvelous Muzzy's (5-2, 925.38 PF)- Run CMC is almost back, which could spell trouble for the rest of the league!

3) The Tee Party (6-1, 1039.48 PF)- So with Steve having a "bust" week last week, this is now the only team that has had no "bust" weeks. In fact, it's the only team yet tomb be in the bottom three in points in a given week.

2) Laughing Kookaburra (5-2, 1066.86 PF)- The Spook-aburra is back! Are we supposed to be intimidated? That's right, "EVERYONE, CHITTO CHANGED HIS TEAM NAME!

1) Salem Salad Tossers (5-2, 1059.18 PF)- Bye weeks have brought Steve's team back to earth  a bit, but with Brandon passing him in points, that one spot is the least safe it has been maul season, but watch your back, sir!