Week 15 Lines
And now, the official Week 15 lines:
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The Top Ten: Week 15
The Top Ten: Week 15
Commentary: In this last few weeks, there has been little movement at the very top of the heap. However, the divisional race in the South has been hotly contested. Arizona losing on Monday night prevented many franchises from having $500 weeks, and kept the wild card race close. The Beard of Zeus hit on his wild card bet and is in the mix, and Slovy Maximus lost his and looks to be out of contention. Three weeks to go, and nine teams still have their wild card bets available.
(current total: last week’s ranking)
1. Rick Moranis ($2,400; 1)
Moranis lost $100 and failed to pull away from the other teams on his heels for the overall title. His division lead is now $1,200 with three weeks left, but two of those teams behind him still have their wild card bet.
2. Larisa Oleynik ($2,300; 2)
Larisa lost $100 as well and couldn’t make up any ground on Rick. With a huge lead in the North, she has all but locked up a division crown in her first year.
3. Mr. DeBlasis ($2,000; 6)
Wow. Some call DeBlasis, “the most inspirational team in the Funny Money.” After a mediocre year, the month of December has been good to him. With few huge weeks, he has vaulted himself up to the top of the South, with a slightly higher winning percentage than Waldo. What was unthinkable three weeks ago, DeBlasis has a shot at the overall title.
4. Waldo Geraldo Faldo ($2,000; 3)
Waldo had a good week, getting $300 under his belt. He is tied for the lead and needs to avoid a $500 pitfall in these last three weeks to be a shoe-in for the playoffs.
5. Babe ($2,000; 5)
Babe, who was won of only a handful of franchises who didn’t bet Green Bay or Arizona this week, split his games and still sits atop the North. This is a make-or-break week for the top five contenders. They are all pretty close in the standings, and one game here or there could translate into cold hard cash in the end.
6. Art Schlichter ($1,500; 7)
Art is back in the running with a $500 week. He has already used his wild card bet, but right now he is in position to make the playoffs as long as he can keep an even keel down the stretch.
7. Yaz ($1,200; 4)
Yaz sunk down from first to third in the South with a -$500 Week 14. What was a two-horse race in the South between Yaz and Waldo still is; Yaz just isn’t one of the horses anymore. He still has a good chance to make the playoffs – and has his wild card bet.
8. T-Ferg ($1,200; 10)
T-Ferg won $300 and is in playoff position as of now. He also still has his wild card bet. He’ll need to use it if he’s going to make a run at the division. Or he can play it conservative and simply try to get into the postseason.
9. Bayonnaise ($1,200; 9)
Running right along with T-Ferg, the Naise won $300 but is still $1,200 out of the lead in the West. He’s on the cusp of the playoffs.
10. Bummy ($900; 8 )
Bummy dropped $100 and is out of striking distance in the North, for now. His wild card bet is still available.
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Don Mattingly; Karl Farbman; The Beard of Zeus
DROPPED OUT: None
Wild Card Bet Update
Through Week 14, the following teams have their wild card bet still available.
EAST
The Notorious A.B.T.
NORTH
Bummy
Karl Farbman
The 21th Precinct
SOUTH
The People’s Champ
Yaz
WEST
Don Mattingly
Rick Moranis
T-Ferg
Week 15 Standings
Week 15 Standings
East
Larisa Oleynik$2,300
Teddy KGB-$300
Gordon Bombay-$400
Boss Hardigan-$1,100
Brian Piccolo-$1,200
Kimmy Gibbler-$1,400
The Notorious A.B.T.-$1,400
North
Babe$2,000
Art Schlichter$1,500
Bummy$900
Karl Farbman$400
Mr. Marbles-$100
Blossom Russo-$500
The 21th Precinct-$500
South
Mr. DeBlasis$2,000
Waldo Geraldo Faldo$2,000
Yaz$1,200
Slovy Maximus-$700
The People’s Champ-$1,200
Love Doctor-$2,300
Chris B. Corey-$3,100
West
Rick Moranis$2,400
T-Ferg$1,200
Bayonnaise$1,200
Don Mattingly$800
The Beard of Zeus$400
The Phoenix-$300
Kenny Powers-$500
Overall Leader
Rick Moranis$2,400
Larisa Oleynik$2,300
Mr. DeBlasis$2,000
Babe$2,000
Waldo Geraldo Faldo$2,000
Wild Card Standings
Waldo Geraldo Faldo$2,000
Art Schlichter$1,500
Yaz$1,200
T-Ferg$1,200
Bayonnaise$1,200
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Bummy$900
Don Mattingly$800
Karl Farbman$400
The Beard of Zeus$400
Mr. Marbles-$100
Week 14 Picks
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Week 14 Lines
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The Top Ten: Week 14
The Top Ten: Week 14
Commentary: Welp, that was rough. Week 13 crushed virtually the entire league. Here are some quick stats: 13 of the 28 franchises lost $500 or more; 3 of the 28 had a positive outcome for the week; currently, 18 of the 28 are below even money. The big killer in Week 13 was New England, who lost outright to Miami. Three franchises lost their wild card bets and many others bet $300 on the Pats. New Orleans and San Diego were other heavy favorites who failed to cover, sinking many. Long story short: if you won or lost $100 this past week, you won. You survived the week of death. Those who didn’t move much up or down can consider themselves lucky. Four weeks to go.
(current total; last week’s ranking)
1. Rick Moranis ($2,500; 1)
Rick lost $300 on the week but widened his lead in the West. With four weeks left, he is up by $1,600. On top of that he still has his wild card bet available. But, the real race might be for overall regular season champ.
2. Larisa Oleynik ($2,400; 2)
Larisa split her bets in Week 13 but also saw her lead in the East grow. She is now up $2,900 and only it would take a monumental collapse for her to lose the division. She is now only $100 behind Rick for the overall lead.
3. Waldo Geraldo Faldo ($1,700; 4)
In what is turning out to be the best race in the 2009 FMFL, Waldo is tied with Yaz in the South but is a few percentage points behind. Without his recent fines, Yaz would be leading by a few hundo. And now there is a third contender in the mix.
4. Yaz ($1,700; 5)
Yaz split his games in Week 13, but his big accomplishment was betting on time. The one advantage he has over the other two horses in the South is that he still has his wild card bet in his back pocket.
5. Babe ($1,900; 3)
Babe dropped $500 on the week, but it didn’t hurt him too badly in the divisional race. He now has a little bit of a deficit to make up in the overall race and doesn’t have the North locked up as of yet.
6. Mr. DeBlasis ($1,500; NR)
A huge week for DeBlasis! Some call him “the most modest man in the Funny Money,” but he can brag after hitting his Jacksonville wild card bet and jumping up close to the leaders in the South. He’ll need to ride this momentum into the last quarter of the season.
7. Art Schlichter ($1,000; 6)
Art plummeted down $500 the standings and now is in a tie for second in the North. That’s the bad news. The good news is that he didn’t lose any more ground on the division leader and he would be in the playoffs if the season ended today.
8. Bummy ($1,000; 9)
Staying the course, Bummy lost $100 and moved into the playoff picture by surviving the week. He still has his wild card bet, but so do a few others that are in the thick of the playoff hunt.
9. Bayonnaise ($900; 7)
With a chance to make up ground on Moranis, Bayonnaise lost $500….
10. T-Ferg ($900; 9)
…..and so did T-Ferg.
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Don Mattingly; Slovy Maximus
DROPPED OUT: Don Mattingly
Week 14 Standings
Week 14 Standings
East
Larisa Oleynik$2,400
Gordon Bombay-$500
Teddy KGB-$800
Brian Piccolo-$900
Boss Hardigan-$1,200
The Notorious A.B.T.-$1,400
Kimmy Gibbler-$1,900
North
Babe$1,900
Art Schlichter$1,000
Bummy$1,000
Karl Farbman-$100
Mr. Marbles-$200
The 21th Precinct-$400
Blossom Russo-$600
South
Yaz$1,700
Waldo Geraldo Faldo$1,700
Mr. DeBlasis$1,500
Slovy Maximus-$100
The People’s Champ-$600
Love Doctor-$1,800
Chris B. Corey-$2,500
West
Rick Moranis$2,500
T-Ferg$900
Bayonnaise$900
Don Mattingly$700
The Beard of Zeus-$400
Kenny Powers-$400
The Phoenix-$800
Overall Leader
Rick Moranis$2,500
Larisa Oleynik$2,400
Babe$1,900
Yaz$1,700
Waldo Geraldo Faldo$1,700
Wild Card Standings
Waldo Geraldo Faldo$1,700
Mr. DeBlasis$1,500
Art Schlichter$1,000
Bummy$1,000
T-Ferg$900
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Bayonnaise$900
Don Mattingly$700
Slovy Maximus-$100
Karl Farbman-$100
Mr. Marbles-$200
Wild Card Bet Update
Through Week 13
EAST
The Notorious A.B.T.
NORTH
Bummy
Karl Farbman
The 21th Precinct
SOUTH
Slovy Maximus
The People’s Champ
Yaz
WEST
Don Mattingly
Rick Moranis
T-Ferg
The Beard of Zeus
Week 13 Picks
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Four teams used their wild card bet this week.
