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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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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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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.



PFCC: Week 11 (updated)

by: exRegionalWeenie (11/23/24)


The Dirty-Dawg Board aims to write weekly summaries for CFCC and PFCC. Weekly, for both contests?!?! Yes. Seriously - we do. Unfortunately, many of you are aware that our lofty early season goals typically are cast to the wind by mid-season. We've been even worse this year as one glance at our web page proves gives the appearance that we checked out in late September. Well, forget that nonsense - we're back, baby! Sure, this might only last a week and our attention span is admittedly low, but hey, it's better than nothing.

Maybe.

Week 11 NFL Notes & Highlights
Did you see that the Bengals lost despite Joe Burrow throwing for over 400 yards with 4 TDs and a perfect passer rating of 158.3... and that this is the second time that this scenario has happened to them this year?

Hey Aaron Rodgers, you better ask State Farm if you can resume doing their commercials. Your career was going much better back then.

Knock the dust off your Terrible Towels. The Steelers weren't supposed to be this good in 2024, yet here we are at 8-2. That's good enough for first place in the AFC North and the AFC's third-best record.

And how 'bout them Lions? They're 9-1 and tied with the Chiefs for the NFL's best record. Their success isn't that surprising if you just started following football in the past 2 seasons. The rest of us, however, can recall so many losing seasons (some especially bad) that seeing the Lions at 9-1 is just still hard to grasp.

Week 11 PFCC Top Dawgs
Six players were tied for this week's best won-loss record by going 12-1. However, Dirty-Dawg is "all about the points, stupid" so none of them actually won Week 11. Instead, this week's winner was BJ Ellis who went 11-2 but had more points than anyone else (95 - nice work!). Brad Mickelson and Dirty-Dawg charter member Dick Wagonmaker were tied for second with 93 points. Rumor has it that Dick could be in the overall Top 5 for the year if only he didn't forget to enter his picks one week. Ouch. Anyhoo, Michael Orosco and Vern Preston tied for fourth with 91 points each. If you score in the Top 10 for a week, your name simply must be bolded and that honor this week goes to Mark Plate, Mark Didrick, Bob Wagner, Michael Jurewicz and Mitchell Gaines who were in sixth through 10th place, respectively.

At the opposite end of the kudos spectrum, we find this week's low scorer: Keith Goolsby. Keith turned in some pretty nasty picks and won just four games. Even worse, he "scored"... (wait for it)... MINUS 57 points! WTH, Keith? His terrible score made this a VERY bad week for players to forget to submit their picks. The 30 of you who were guilty of this offense were awarded a matching -57. That'll teach ya!

Year-to-date Standings after Week 11
Gibson Rothschild assumed the leader position a week ago and had another nice showing this week (81 points; 16th-best of the week) so he maintained his No. 1 rank. However, Mark Plate's picks were even better (89 points) and almost good enough for him to overtake Gibson. As it stands, Gibson's lead over Mark is just two points! This week's biggest Top 10 mover was Salt Lake City's Trevor Boucher. Trevor's 83-point score vaulted him from 13th place into third place. Michael Bowlan was our leader from Week 5-9 but slipped slightly in the past two weeks and now sits in fourth place. Don't look now, but Jon Zeitler has been on a roll for four weeks, steadily rising from 17th place to 12th then eighth and now fifth. The overall Top 10 is rounded out by Joel Veeneman, Nick Greenwalt, Jeff Raberding, EJ Leche and Danielle Knittle.

PFCC Group Play Standings
The Tulsa Twisters remain atop the Group Play standings. Will Levis No. 8 Parfum de Mayonnaise slipped their way up to second place by scarfing a large helping of egg salad, bathing in mayo and "waxing" their SUVs. Hailraisers had a tough week and fell to third place as none of their players made it inside this week's Top 50.



CFCC Top dawgs

Through Week 14

Place Player Pts W L
1 Courtney Carpenter 950 149 60
2 Julie Mich 884 147 62
3 David Schomaker 880 147 62
4 Matthew Brady 877 146 63
5 Hank Bauer 872 145 64
6 Melissa Harral 869 142 67
7 Krissy Hurley 865 141 68
8 Penny Zabel 860 144 65
9 Dana Griffin 858 149 60
10 Jeffrey Hovis 858 147 62
Full CFCC Standings

PFCC Top dawgs

Through Week 13

Place Player Pts W L
1 Gibson Rothschild 791 135 46
2 Mark Plate 775 131 50
3 Trevor Boucher 755 129 52
4 Andrew Sniezak 753 130 51
5 Jeff Raberding 747 133 48
6 Joel Veeneman 739 131 50
7 Michael Bowlan 737 129 52
8 Danielle Knittle 735 130 51
9 EJ Leche 729 125 56
10 Jeff Craven 725 130 51
Full PFCC Standings

CBCC Top dawgs

2024 Contest

Place Player Points
1 Mary C Embry 8072
2 Chris Darden 8003
3 Joel Veeneman 7964
4 Ryan Hamill 7934
5 Howie Moseley 7917
6 Deanna Wolfe 7916
7 Mike Lowder 7866
8 Phil Stiegman 7845
9 Jim Rutherford 7840
10 Dick Wagenmaker 7819
Full CBCC Standings

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