Carpenter Leads CFCC Field into Inaugural CFP Blowout

by: Sugar (December 2, 2024)

It is hard to believe that the majority of another incredible college football season has come and gone. We have knocked out 14 weeks of CFCC picks and now we await the (useless?) conference championships and the selection of the final 12 teams that will compete for the 2024 College Football Championship. You can sit back and relax for the conference championship tilts as the CFCC is on pause until the first round of the CFP Blowout the weekend before Christmas. More on that in a moment. But first a rant from your favorite sport contest:

This somewhat new practice of planting your winning team's flag on your home opponent's logo has got to stop. I guess gone are the days when you let your play do the talking and just go back to the locker room and enjoy the long ride/flight back home knowing your opponents are hating life for losing on their home field and letting their home crowd down. That's not enough anymore, now you have to humiliate them by desecrating their field. And this isn't sour grapes over one of my team's loss. I was happy to see some teams win this past week, but sure don't agree with their behavior afterward. The pepper spray was a good idea. Let's return to good sportsmanship and let our play do the talking. Probably too much to hope for I know.

Okay, back to the good stuff and that starts with Mr. Robert Boyd from Madison, Alabama who won Week 14 with 94 points on a 12-3 record. Becca Darish from Huntsville, Alabama (what's going on in Alabama?) was the Week 14 runner-up with 92 points on a red hot 14-1 record, only tripping up on the Tulane Thanksgiving evening beatdown by Memphis. And yes, both Robert and Becca selected Alabama, in case You were wondering. Great job Robert. And Becca. And Alabama!

On the overall leaderboard, Courtney Carpenter continues to put on a CFCC clinic. The meteorologist from Roseville, California has widened her lead to 66 points and will be very tough to catch in the CFP Blowout. As we mentioned last week, Courtney has been in the Top 10 all season and has been in first place since Week 6, fighting off challenger after challenger. No matter how the contest ends, Courtney has had one of the more impressive regular seasons in memory. Well done! Also having a stellar campaign is Julie Mich from Little River, South Carolina. Julie is in 2nd place for the 2nd week in a row with 884 points and a record of 147-62. Lurking behind these most excellent women is Woodbury, Minnesota's David Schomaker. David is also known as the 2009 CFCC Champion and obviously has his eye on obtaining another bone. David is just 4 points behind Julie with 880 points. And, Matt Brady, Hank Bauer, Melissa Harral, Krissy Hurley, Penny Zabel, Dana Griffin and Jeff Hovis can Also all take a bow for finishing the regular season in the Top 10. Where might Johnny Vegas be right now? How about #20. Not bad as usual, but also not the best as usual. And most wins after 14 weeks go to a couple of dirty-dawg veterans, Greg Waller and Monte Oaks, with 151 correct picks. Unfortunately, it's the confidence factors that count and Greg and Monte are in 25th and 58th place respectively. Not bad at all and those two certainly know their college football.

Over in the group contest, we have a couple of perennial powerhouses at the top with All in the Family holding a big 21.75 point lead over Boomerbacks. Snoop's Clean Canines, Scurvy Dawgs and Florida Dummies are all within 31 points of All in the Family and it will be fun to watch how those average scores play out as we go through the blowout.

Following the conference championships this upcoming weekend, the college football gods will settle on a (controversial, for sure) tournament field of 12 teams, some of which will gain automatic spots by winning their conference. This will begin the inaugural College Football Playoff Blowout. For the Blowout, you will place a confidence factor from 1 to 12 on the CFP teams, with 12 going on the team you think will win it all and 1 going on the team that has the least chance of winning, in your expert opinion. As teams win in each round of the playoff, you will earn the points you place on the winning teams. Multiples of points will come into play for rounds 3 (x5) and 4 (x10). There will be no negative points for the CFP Blowout! And, we will not be playing any of the non-CFP bowl games. We are sorry to see the old Bowl Blowout format go, but with player opt-outs and the new CFP structure, the dirty-dawg directors made the decision to ditch the rest of the bowl games. Of course, we will evalulate our contest after the season is over, just like we do every year.

So, that's a wrap on the regular season. We will have the Week 15 (CFP Blowout) game form open and ready to go just as soon as possible once the field is set. Until then, get your holiday shopping complete and get ready for some exciting playoff action, college football style, commencing Friday, December 20.
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