Week 2 Picks
Week 2 Lines
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Week 1 Recap: Winners & Losers
Winners: In the East, the list of winners is short, with Don Mattingly being the franchise that rose to the top of this disgusting heap. He’s at -$100, but that’s enough to grab the lead after the first session….Heading over to the North, The Phoenix, who turned around his career last season with a postseason appearance, continues his winning ways with a perfect week. More importantly, with the rest of the league struggling, he has a $1,000 lead over four of his competitors in the division….Face and Bud Fox both ended the first week with $100, which gives them both a lead on the defending champ and the rest of the pitiful South Division. There’s a lot of experience in this division and it wouldn’t be a surprise if the South produced the bulk of the wild card berths when it’s all said and done….And in the West, Rick Moranis, who in the past has enjoyed a room in the cellar of the career ranks with the likes of The Phoenix, starts off strong and builds off his 2013 campaign. Not far behind is Blossom Russo, who is looking to atone for her poor performance last year.
Losers: A poor showing by Gordon Bombay, Karl Farbman, and Art Schlichter in the East, but especially Gordon and Karl, two veterans and playoff franchises from last season. Although this is a marathon and not a sprint, Week 2 will be crucial for them…Up in the North, Abe Froman and OJ, we’ll give you a pass since you are expansion franchises. The real shame goes to Larisa Oleynik and The People’s Champ. Both have won FMFL Titles, yet both failed to register a victory in Week…With so many to in the South to choose from this week, but we’ll have to go with Chris B. Corey. A return to the league after a four year ban and this is how it starts? When Lazarus rose again, did he also experience a false start…The West Division defending champ, Teddy KGB. He was the only one in the division to go winless, and now he’ll face an uphill battle, but there are sixteen weeks to go.
Week 2 Standings
Week 1 Picks
Week 1 Lines
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Welcome to the 2014 Season from Kimmy Gibbler
(Editor’s note: The 2013 winner, Kimmy Gibbler, has graciously contributed some wisdom as we kick off the 2014 season. Her message is below.)
After a few rough seasons of bad luck and injuries, I knew I had to take a new mental approach coming into last season. I was at a loss as to how to regain the form and I had just a few years prior.
The Funny Money Football League had drained me, and just before I threw in the towel, I received a little advice from The Hero of San Juan Hill. Teddy helped me tune out all of the naysayers who said I know longer had what it takes, a quick inspirational speech helped me to refocus on the upcoming season, he told me…
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Motivated by these words, I was able to turn in arguably the greatest season in Funny Money history. I come into this season looking to maintain that focus and fend off the wily veterans and cagey newcomers.
All I can say is keep your head up and keep on grindin’, there is a payoff for all of the hard work.
Best of luck.
Almost forgot…to the victor goes the spoils!
Week 1 Standings
