CFCC Week 13: Storms, Homers and a Scoring Snafu

by: exRegionalWeenie (11/25/24)

I watched a good amount of Saturday's games and determined that I was the only person who did not storm a field. Arizona State fans actually stormed the field TWICE. Their first storm occurred before fans realized there was still :01 remaining on the clock. Fans were corralled, play resumed and then Sun Devil fans stormed the field again when their team won by avoiding a near disastrous Hail Mary pass from BYU.

Let me digress before I continue with the storm theme. Hey, ASU faithful, WTH? This wasn't a big upset. It wasn't an upset at all - your team was favored by 3 in this game! And you were winning 21-3 at the half. You stormed for that?? You deserve the NCAA fine. In fact, I hope you get fined DOUBLE for storming twice.

Another storm happened in Norman, Oklahoma, when the Sooners upset Alabama. Let that sink in for a moment: Oklahoma, a premier program for decades that ranks sixth on the all-time list of wins by NCAA Division 1/FBS teams, stormed the field. Times are a changin'. And like Arizona State fans, OU fans stormed their field twice. They needed a practice round so they stormed with 0:28 left in the game and then stormed for real (re-stormed?) when the game officially ended.

The final storm of the night happened at Auburn. The Tigers won a thrilling FOUR-overtime game against No. 15 Texas A&M, 43-41. Now that's worth storming the field.

Homers Tie for Winning CFCC Week 13
What? Here, let me explain that odd heading. Homer Picker of Parts Unknown, AK, and Homer Bartson of Homer, NY, tied for first place in Week 13 as both scored 10 points on 12-2 records. These "guys" were successful because they always pick home teams and home teams won 12 of 14 games. Michael Pulis finished a distant third with 74 points and was followed by the most well-known Homer of all - Homer Simpson with 70 points. John Banghoff rounded out the week's Top 5 with 66 points and a 10-4 record. NOTE: Don't get any fancy ideas. Picking exclusively home teams is a sure-fire way to the bottom of the rankings. All three Homers rank outside the Top 300 and that's despite this week's stellar performance.

Scoring Snafu
See your email for details, but we initially had a major malfunction with our scoring program. Long story short: the Penn State/Minnesota game did NOT count in your scores. You did not win or lose any points on that game. Sorry 'bout that.

CFCC Standings after 13 Weeks: Courtney Carpenter Continues Cruising
Courtney Carpenter has been in the Top 10 ALL YEAR (amazing!) and in first place ever since Week 6 (also amazing!). You know what else is amazing? Courtney correctly picked OU's upset over Alabama - with a TWELVE for goodness sakes!! What?!?!? Courtney, please please PLEASE tell us that you accidentally clicked on OU in the game form but actually meant to click on Bama. Otherwise, you showed iron clad guts putting your 12 on a 13.5-point underdog. Courtney extended her lead to 58 points - impressive indeed.

Julie Mitch moved up one slot this week and is now in second place. Hank Bauer had an excellent week and jumped from 11th into third place, just three points ahead of Matthew Brady. Meanwhile, Penny Zabel made a strong move into the Top 5 by improving on her previous 13th place rank.

CFCC's Latest Group Play Standings
All in the Family leads the group standings after Week 13. They are followed by BoomerBacks and then Snoop's Clean Canines, presented by WFO EWX who sit in third place. The Scurvy Dawgs are in fourth while perennial group play powerhouse The Florida Dummies complete the Top 5.