Final Bowl Season Standings

Ladies and Gents of the League:



After an year of great runs, terrible droughts, and fighting for positioning we finally have a Bowl Season Champion. In the closest finish in League History, Dee Pimpin' Em takes home his first Bowl Title with a 1/2 point win over League founder, El Gallo Negro.



There are so many stories within a bowl season, but nothing will over-shadow how close this finish truly was. Dee used a 28 point conversion on Alabama to outscore El Negro 324-323.5.

El Gallo looked dead after Jan 2nd, but scored 130 straight points, including a 31 point over pick on the National Championship. On the other hand, Dee missed the Fiesta, Orange, and GMAC and almost squandered his opportunity to win.



The Impact of Moneylines

Both El Gallo and our champion took advantage of Season Six's newest rule; the chance to pick moneylines. Dee converted a huge 11 pt $line in the first game to set the tone for his bowl season. Dee won a total of 18 bonus points with his moneylines while El GN picked up a whopping 29.5 points using the strategy of picking dogs straight up. Each player also lots games that they would have won with the points, but the good seems to have outweighed the risk.



The Rest of the Top 5

Scaga was third with 319, Primetime was 4th with 316, and Wilson 5th with 315.5



What Could Have Been

Not only was this a close finish for the top 2, however, the final game sealed the fate of others as well. All that separated GOW from his first significant finish was a pinched nerve in Colt McCoy's shoulder. Had Texas covered, Good Ol' Wigz would have won the title with a total of 335 points...that finish would have been just as close because in the case of a Texas win, Mamacita would have finished second with 334.5 and just a 1/2 point short of a title.



Another Story of "Almost"



It was Primetime who stayed in contention the longest as he led the season for almost a week prior to relinquishing his lead on the last night. Primetime fell victim to not having enough points in his final game to have a chance.



Someone Has to Finish Last

In one of the poorer performances in recent CFGL history, Chief finished with a 28% success rate and mustered just 167.5 points. Chief never really had a chance as he started by losing 9 of his first 11, including 33, 32, 31, 29, 27, 26, 25, and 24 point games. He lost a total of more than 100 points in a row twice and lost four straight three times. The good news is that he is on a winning streak after converting on the National Championship game...a 1 point win with Bama.



Other Odds and Ends...

• Mamacita led all the female contestants with a 12th place finish. Corky McButts finished 17th, First Lady 27th, and Oven finished 31st.


• In the Johnson family, El Gallo Negro took 2nd, Mamacita was 12th, Deeds 23rd, First Lady 27th, and Coach was in 30th.


• The Bynum brothers, Dee and Bizzem combining for the most points among brothers in the League.


• In the Hussion Family, Mile High and Hollywood finished 35 and 36th and converted just over 31% of thier picks combined, with the elder Hussion finishing just 3 points ahead of his brother.


• Our regular season champion, Dragon, had his hot streak end when he converted just 40% of his points.


• Last year's bowl champion, JB changed his name to Bizzem this year and finished in 15th.


• Despite mid-season controversy about scoring, Holy Trinity led all rookies and finished in 7th place with 306.5 points.


• The top 12 finished with better than 50% of their points won and the League average for points converted was only 44%.


• This was the lowest total scoring Bowl Season in CFGL history and the lowest winning score in our six years.

Bottom Line

In the end, the true story of this entire season is the dominance of the Bynum Brothers. Dee wins the Bowl Season the year after his brother, JB. Like Peyton handing the Super Bowl trophy to Eli, the Bynums are on top of the world. Add that to their regular season performance which had JB edging Dee by a half point for second place and it is easy to see them being the first two competitors going into the CFGL Hall of Fame when it opens.

The CFGL would like to leave you all with one more thought...

The top seven finishers in the Bowl Season were veterans that have been competing for all 6 years. The League has gotten better and better every year and it is because of people that return year after year. The League sincerely hopes that you enjoyed the seasons and that in 7 months you all will be back for another "go round".

There is total appreciation for all of our members and we look forward to the storylines, droughts, and runs of CFGL 2010. Spread the word and continue to believe.

A prosperous year to all from the CFGL.

Love,

Commish and Deeds

Two Teams and Two Possible Winners

Ladies and Gentlemen-

An amazing finish to the bowl season is in store tomorrow night. After all of this, it will come down to the final game to decide the champion.

Here is the short of it-

Bama wins and so does D's Pimpin...

Texas keeps it close enough and GOW wins by a 1/2 point over Mamacita.

Enjoy the game.

Orange Bowl Results

L&G of the League-

We are down to just two games to go in CFGL Season Six. The scoring is attached as only 11 players are still theoretically alive. Projections of the final two games have GOW, Dee, Deeds, and Wilson have an advantage because of the point value of thier last two picks. These are the following projections are not official, but only for fun as the math can be a bit confusing. Here it goes:

Primetime leads, but does not have enough points left to win...

Scaga, Mamacita, El Gallo, Easy Money, and Picture Me Rollin' have duplicate picks for less points that the others...

Wilson needs:

CMU cover and over

Bama cover

Dee's Pimpin needs:

Troy cover and over

Bama cover

Deeds Needs:

CMU cover and over

Texas cover

*Total would beat Easy Money by 1.5 points

GOW Needs:

CMU/Troy under

Texas cover

*Please note that these projections are NOT official and only the final scoreboard will show the winner of the bowl season.

One more update tomorrow night. Sleep tight.

Love,

The League

Post Fiesta Post

Primetime to the lead...

With Four games remaining...(update 6)

1.) Highest Possible, 2.) Highest % correct 3.) Total Points

Ladies and Gentlemen-

We had quite a Friday/Saturday with a total of 10 games up for grabs. There are plenty of storylines but the biggest one is that the League Bowl Championship will go down to the final game this year. We had lots of movement in the past two days, with some players picking their way into the top 10 and others falling hard in their biggest games.

The scores are reported three different ways to show how close this all actually is.
If a competitor's name is highlighted in red, they have been mathematically eliminated from winning the competition.


Headlines:
Good Ol' Wigs (GOW) hits for 71% of his points over the past two days and takes a microscopic lead over Primetime
Wiggles has a two point lead (307-305) over Prime, who has spent most of the bowl season near the top. Ironically, Prime needs a key win for Boise on Monday night while hoping that games goes under. His best shot is rooting against all of GOW's picks even those that are the same as his...

Mamacita hits an amazing 92% of her points on Saturday and finishes the weekend in third place
An amazing 79% total weekend has left Mama hoping for for an over game in the CMU/Troy game so that GOW cannot convert that game. She has less points left than the leaders, but if the games fall right, she can take home the crown.

Dee's Pimpin and Bizzem use almost flawless New Year's Day to push into the top 5
New Year's Day belonged to the Bynum Brothers as Bizzem went five for five including a moneyline to cure their hangover. Pimpin' only missed Oregon for 14 and went above 88% for the day. These two have been consistent throughout the bowl season and after taking second and third in the regular season, they have been monsters in the bowls. Their biggest advantage down the stretch may be a non-Texas pick in the NC game.

Easy Money goes 8 for 10 this weekend to make a push towards the end
A strategic Boise pick in the Fiesta is what has him vying for the title. A Boise win may give him enough juice to win it all.

Hammes and Benchmark combine for a meager 24% conversion on Saturday as the door begins to close on their runs
Both have had a great bowl season, only to give so much away in one day. After a solid New Year's Day, both may end up on the outside looking in due to their Saturday implosion. Hammes' Iowa pick may be all he has to hope for in getting back in, and Meegs' Bama pick may be his last hope as well.

iBlink, CMButts, Coach, Maquina, Head Detective, Oven, Blue, Honk, Hackerman, KState34, Hollywood, Butterstoch, Mile High, and Chief are eliminated mathematically this weekend
The League is a gauntlet. Only one can be crowned, and now all of those listed truly have no reason to watch the GT/Iowa game or the CMU/Troy game. Is there really a good reason to watch outside of the League anyway?

Happy New Year to all. The League will consider sending an update after the Fiesta on Monday. Depends on how many commercials Fox decides to run that night. Sleep tight boys and girls.

Love-
Commish and Deeds

New Year's Day Games Scoring Update (5 of 8)

Bizzem storms to the lead with a perfect 5 for 5 on New Year's Day...

Hammes is close by in second place just 7.5 points behind...

Benchmark continues to own highest percentage won with max points left...

Margin for error gets slimmer for those that have fewer points remaining...

Scoring update (4 of 8)

Headlines...

• Primetime has stormed to the lead with four out of five correct picks yesterday


• Deanchine and Deeds catch fire to move up the leaderboard


• Coach goes 0 for 5 and headlines a group of players that struggled on a very important day


• Honk, Hackerman, Chief, Trinity, First Lady and Crab Monkeys all go one for five and fall in the standings.


• Our past champions group is headlined by Hammes who has made up a lot of ground and sits in Second overall


• Head Dick's case begins to unravel as he falls to 6th


• 10 points separates 19th from 10th as scoring tightens

Five games on New Year's Day followed by six on Saturday will get us much closer to crowning our champion. Enjoy the games as there are just 15 left. Happy New Year to all.

Love-

Deeds and Commish