Cowboy Hassanali still riding hard; wins Week 9
Bill Ellis wins Moving Week without moving
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Almost immediately following Sunday’s kickoffs, JLee called the Weekly Recap front
office to declare Week 9 a “moving week” amongst the FMNFLP elite. Unfortunately
for him, he was right. And unfortunately for everyone else, Banker Bill is apparently
like one of those dudes on the long “flat escalators” they have at airports—when
he sprints on one of them like he’s late for a plane, he’s faster than Secretariat;
and when he stands still to rest, he still goes forward. Ellis finally finished
a mediocre 13th and *still* extended his lead by 14 points. JLee was two football
games away from a weekly win, but actually ended up in next-to-last place and now
trails the banker by 63.
Meanwhile, just like the end of last season, “Cowboy” Hassanali is trackin’
the champ. Last season, Robert finished in the Top Ten in 6 of the last 7 weeks;
and this season, he’s finished there in 5 of the 9 weeks. Following his weekly
win in 2003, he didn’t win a belt for about 57 weeks—he’s now won 3 weeks in the
past 15, and he finds himself still within rifle’s range in 4th place overall.
Stats and Obvervations:
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- Bill Ellis did not win money this week.
- Bill Ellis has now extended his lead in 8 of the 9 weeks this season.
- Kevin Sabbe’s solo shot on the Vikings is the twelth of his career, tying him
for second all-time with Mike Godsey.
- JLee has missed just 13 games over the past 4 weeks, and he has fallen further
behind Bill Ellis in each of those weeks.
- If Eric Emerton had just reeled off 5 straight Perfect Weeks, he would still be
27 points behind Bill Ellis in the overall standings.
- Though it used to be his one self-proclaimed skill, it’s now been 48 weeks since
Mike Godsey has won the week, and 13 weeks since he’s won any money at all.
- Bill is now 38-2 with his picks of 11 or higher.
- Godsey is undefeated with the Bills.
- Money Retsek is 1-7 with the Cowboys (the team he detests), and is also 1-7 with
the Bears (the team he supports).
If Only….
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Farnsworth would’ve won if Carolina would’ve won.
Tully wins with the Bengals (and would’ve been one away from a perfect week for
the second straight week.)
Kathy would’ve won the week if her team had beaten Godsey’s team.
Zax wins with Jax.
Jennings wins with either Bay Area team winning.
Godsey wins if the Jets could hold onto to a single pass at the end of the game.
Mr. Emerton wins if the Seahawks could hold off the Browns in OT.
SchussDaddy wins with the Colts.
Diane wins with the Eagles.
Scott Wyatt wins with a Raven win.
If Jacksonville and Philly had won, JLee would win the week (rather than finish
in 24th), and he’d be 25 points out of first place (rather than 63).
POW/COW
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Kevin Sabbe got lots of “pick of the week” tickles for his cute little Viking onesie,
while JLee got thrashed for his Philly pick. To JLee’s “defense,” he said at 10:05am,
“I don’t really know what happened with my Philly pick.” It is Sabbe’s 10th POW,
making him the all-time active leader, and it is JLee’s 13th floppy shoe. See the
website for commentary.
Next week!
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Kevin and his homoinfantile onesie at Bill’s Packers.
Jen’s Rams at Wyatt’s Saints.
Money’s Bears at Raider Nation
See ya then…
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