Updates: Final weeks of the regular season

Hey guys.  Merry Christmas to you all this coming week.  I hope you enjoy seeing me slide down your chimneys to greet you in the middle of the night.  On with the Updates!

There are lots of updates to go through, so let's start from the top.

Fantasy Football

Since our last update, Joe beat Shawn followed by Rob beating Folden. 

This put some heated matchups in the semifinals.  Rob & Joe's teams unfortunately didn't arrive on the big stage, and they are left to sort out 3rd place in the consolation game and 1 bonus point.

Shawn beat Folden for 5th place. 

This leaves Hale & I on the collision course we've been on all year in the finals.  It's a heavyweight for sure, with our teams projected to put up a combined 280 points. 

Pro Pick'em

With two weeks to play we've got some tight finishes happening here. 

Munez's lead is down to 1 game over Folden after he had a rough week last week.  Rob is in striking distance 4 games back.  Gary is at 106, followed by a log jam between Me, Joe, Shawn, and Jim all within 2 points of one another. 

There's a lot of variance in this still, which could make a very big impact on the final scores, and there are only 32 games left to decide it. 

Losers Pool

We have finally decided the consolation bracket in the losers pool.  Hale outlasted Shawn & Folden, meaning Hale maxed out at 8 points.  Shawn & Folden will each end up with 6.5.

Rob & John are the only two left going for anything.  Rob hasn't lost yet and John has one loss.  If Rob finishes undefeated he obviously will finish in first.  John will need to win out and hope Rob loses one for a tie. 

Survivor Pool

On the Survivor side of things, Hale got knocked out, picking the Jags to beat the Redskins, which unbelievably didn't happen.  Hale earns 8 points in that as well.

This leaves Folden, Joe, and Eplin fighting it out over the final 3 spots. 

Bowl Pick'em

It's early here,  too early to really do an update with only a handful of games played.  But, I noticed some people didn't change their confidence points for any games this weekend.  You guys know what that means right?  If you don't understand confidence points, please let me know. 

Pro Predictions

I'll go through these in depth either next week or the week after.

Bonus Points

Rob, Gary, & Kemp each earned the half point bonus for this week in pro pick'em. 

Jim earned it the week before.

Rob will earn the 1 point bonus for making thru another 4 weeks in losers pool next week. That's a guarantee.  John can still earn it too next week.   

We also get a bonus point for every 5 points in the predictions.  The way it stands at this moment is as follows for college predictions

Munez 5
Adam 5
Gary 5
Kemp 5
Hale 4
Eplin 4
Joe 4
Jim 4
Rob 3
John 3
Folden 3
Shawn 2


Making our totals for Bonus points as follows: 

Munez 21
Hale 13
Folden 12.5
Joe 12.5
John 12
Rob 11
Kemp 10.5
Adam 10
Jim 10
Gary 9
Eplin 8
Shawn 5

If you want to look at the attachment i put in fantasy football, you can see where we stand in each of the categories.  Anything highlighted in green, means a point value that's set in stone.  Anything clear, is still a variable.

1. Munez 64.5
2. Rob 62
3. Joe 60
4. Folden 57
5. Hale 53.5
6. Adam 46
7. Eplin 37.5
8. John 37
9. Gary 34
10. Shawn 33
11 Jim 30
12. Kemp 27

Compared to last week a few thins have happened.  Munez's lead overall has shrank from 3.5 points to 2.5 points.  Rob is now in sole possession of 2nd, making the fantasy game this weekend even more important.  Joe is 4.5 points off of the lead.  Folden is 7.5 points back and was 7.  Hale gained a point and a half, moving up to 11.5 points out instead of 12.5.

I fell back pretty bad, falling from 15 points back to 18.5.  I'd say I have a comfortable grasp on 6th place right now, noone within 7.5 points of me either way. 

Eplin held steady, letting John fall back 4 points to fall to 8th.  Eplin in 7th.  Gary jumped a couple of points from 31.5 to 34 to get to 9th.  Shawn from 31 to 33 in 10th.  Jim from 31.5 to 30 in 11th.  Finally, Kemp rounding out the bottom with 27 points.

Make your move in pro pick'em and bowl pick'em.  Let's check in next week or the week after.  Ho Ho Ho.