First, let me say this was a great weekend of football. There were a ton of exciting games and
surprising outcomes. Things were no less
exciting in the Major League Lock Club.
We started off the week with the Mighty Colts’ shocking victory over the
hapless Houston Texans on Thursday night.
Friday morning saw the exit of the reigning MLLC Runner-Up amid a cloud
of controversy. Saturday began a three
day run involving 10 Vapor Locks that would eventually end on the very last
second of the very last game Monday night.
This week was so huge, we had to go with Big Five instead of the normal
Big Three!
5. The Prodigal Son –
Friday morning, Meehoe expressed much frustration and consternation with the
current rules of the league. After
debating the merits of said rules and the payout structure, he elected to
forego the rest of the year. He was penalized
ten points and given three loses. On
Monday morning, he was contacted and made aware that he still had a share of
the Largest Margin of Cover for College Games.
At that time, he made the decision to continue on. So long story short, Meehoe is back (and
expecting a daughter in the next few months).
4. Night Terrors –
CDes/Bink were the only members to correctly predict either the Sunday or
Monday Night games this week. As a
league, we have gone 4-24 over the past two weeks and sit at 23-47 for the year
under the lights. In other words, WE
SUCK! No one is better than 3-2 and only
two or three people are that good.
3. Hubris – Hubris is
a mo fo. After starting 9-3 and feeling
REALLY good about himself, Silky called his shot. Visions of waltzing into Station 1 late
Sunday night aglow with the first ever 25 point week filled his head. What picture would he use for the story? How much “hater-ade” would be served out to
all of the plebians when The Silky One hit 43 points in Week 5? It was going to be glorious. Things started off great with Toledo handling
a horrible Kent State squad, but quickly turned for the worse. When the dust had settled, Silky was
1-2. Thanks only to the complete
ineptitude of the vast majority of the league, he remained in the money, but
just by the skin of his teeth.
2. Best of Times – It
was the Best of Times. At least it was if
you were CDes/Bink, Uncle PJ, or Dirty D.
They all hit a Vapor and walked away with at least an 11 unit gain for
the week. CDes was even in attendance as
his Patriots dispatched them ‘Boys on his and Bink’s way to a full 15 unit
week. This was good enough to catapult
them from sixth into second – only two units off of the lead. Speaking of the leader, The King will also
look back at this week fondly as it was when he grabbed the helm. (By the way, the Best of Times is an all-time
great football movie – starring Robin Williams and Kurt Russell)
1. Worst of Times –
It was the Worst of Times. Week Five saw
seven different owners lose 10 or more units.
That is beyond mind-boggling. We
had two members take a 15 unit hit. That
is basically the equivalent of losing all five tricks after you decide to go
alone in euchre. As a group we went
4-5-1 on Vapors. On the week, we went
14-27-1 for a net loss of 48 units.
Expect some nice comps to come in the mail from your local sports book
any day now!
Things are wide open.
Both the standings and the spreads should begin tighten up from here on
out. Good luck to you.
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