Fantasy Football Tuesday: Week 11

The regular season is quickly drawing to a close in the JustUs Geeks Fantasy League and for the Hub City All Stars, there was a well needed victory that came through in Week 11.  With the win, the record improves to 7-4 and have clinched a playoff berth.  They are #2 overall in the league and still lead the Autobots division with 2 games to go.  Here's the recap:

Hub City All Stars Gets Victory over Starfleet, Undefeated in the Series

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  Hub City All Stars (7-4) 111.94
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  Starfleet (3-8) 86.60

Hub City All Stars beat Starfleet 111.94 - 86.60 to remain undefeated against them in three matchups. They also earned a playoff berth in the process. Tom Brady put up 36.24 points and was the deciding factor. It was a drop-off from his 53.80 points in the last matchup with Starfleet. The outcome could have gone the other way, Starfleet had several starters score zero points. This marks the closest win for Hub City All Stars in three head-to-head matchups. They defeated Starfleet 150.04 - 103.22 in Week 1 and again 165.70 - 102.44 in Week 6.

Hub City All Stars Smooth Moves

• The 36.24 points scored by Tom Brady ranked fourth in the league this week.
• Hub City All Stars won despite having only 2 of their 11 starters exceed their projected points.
• Hub City All Stars won even though all three of their RBs scored below their projected points.

Starfleet Regret Tracker

• Should have started Philip Rivers, who underachieved, but still had more points than the starting QB with 19.32 against a projected 27.58.
• Lost the matchup even though Hub City All Stars had their lowest-scoring week of the season.
• Miles Austin has now failed to reach his projection for four straight games. This week he scored 5.80 points versus a projected 13.65.
• Wes Welker scored 8.00 points against a projected 12.59 and has now underachieved in three straight games.
• Starfleet tried to fight through 3 of their 11 starters getting zeros, but could not overcome it.

What If

• If Hub City All Stars played Starfleet every week, they would be 10-1 this season.
• Besides Starfleet, Hub City All Stars would have beaten only two other teams this week.
• Had they played each other last week, Hub City All Stars would have defeated Starfleet 138.78 - 43.40.
• If they played the same schedule as Starfleet, Hub City All Stars would be 5-3.
• If Hub City All Stars had played every team in the league each week, they would be 53-24.
• Besides Hub City All Stars, Starfleet would have been defeated by five other teams this week.
• Starfleet would be 3-5 if they played the same schedule as Hub City All Stars.
• Starfleet would be 18-59 if they played every team every week.

Game Notes

• Starfleet has lost six straight games, the longest current losing streak in the league.
• The 25.20 total points by the WRs on Hub City All Stars was their lowest WR output this season.
• The margin of victory of 25.34 points was the smallest in the league this week.
• After scoring 9.10 points against a projected 5.03, Michael Crabtree has now exceeded his projection in three straight weeks.
• Although Hub City All Stars won, it was no thanks to LeSean McCoy, who scored 10.20 points and has now scored below his projection in three straight weeks.
• Hub City All Stars underachieved in the win, recording 76.6% of their projected 146.10, while Starfleet performed better than expected, beating their 76.27-point projection by 13.5%.
• Starfleet got 24.00 points from their WRs, the lowest combined scoring output from the WR position for any team this week.
• The draft continues to pay off for Hub City All Stars, which got 94.9% of their points from players they drafted.

Reflections on Collin Klein

There are a lot of great storylines this year in college football and one of those is Kansas State QB Collin Klein.  Klein, a senior for the Wildcats, has put his team in a position for a Big 12 Title and a possible spot in the national championship game.  He is also very strong in his faith and has shared it on numerous occasions.  I was just recently reminded of this in an interview that he did a couple of months back on "The Dan Patrick Show".  Check out the interview (and check out him singing the Doxology):

Fantasy Football Tuesday: Week 10

It has been a tough stretch for the Hub City All Stars.  They had another loss this week, week 10 of the JustUs Geeks Fantasy League.  The team was hurt by some underperformances by some key players and the other team overachieved greatly.  With the loss, they drop to 6-4 and now are 2nd overall in the league.  However, they still maintain a 1 game league in the division with 3 games to go in the regular season.  Hopefully, the team can bounce back and put together a nice little winning streak heading into the playoffs.  Here's the recap for Week 10:

Vlad Dracul Gets Victory Against Hub City All Stars, Ousts Them from First Place

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  Vlad Dracul (5-5) 172.44
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  Hub City All Stars (6-4) 138.78

Vlad Dracul picked up their third win in as many matchups when they beat Hub City All Stars 172.44 - 138.78, recording the second-highest score of the week. The streak has been a shot in the arm for Vlad Dracul. They've moved from seventh place to fourth since Week 8. They're doing it by scoring a lot of points and they own the second-highest overall point total in the league, averaging 160.51 points per matchup. Hub City All Stars goes to 6-4 and slides to second place. Vlad Dracul has now blown through My Little Pwny (146.60 - 112.28) and Starfleet (233.44 - 89.76).

Vlad Dracul Smooth Moves

• The 28.60 points scored by Jimmy Graham was the highest TE score in the league this week.
• The Houston Texans Defense beat their scoring projection by a matchup-leading 239.0% and scored the fifth-most points in the league with 32.00.
• Took Jason Witten out of the starting lineup, who scored 4.70 points on the bench, fewer than the starting TE.
• Torrey Smith scored 24.70 points, the third-highest WR score in the league this week.
• Vlad Dracul was still able to pull out a win with only 4 of their 11 starters exceeding their projected points.

Hub City All Stars Regret Tracker

• Left the Seattle Seahawks Defense on the bench, where they led the team in scoring with 26.00 points, beating their scoring projection by 130.1%, which also led the team.
• Had a chance to start Sidney Rice, who outdid his scoring projection of 8.85 points by scoring 17.40 points.
• Eric Decker was last on the team in scoring with 1.50 points, 13.5% of his projected 11.15, which is his lowest percentage of the season.
• It was not a good week for Hub City All Stars at TE, where they were beaten 28.60 - 7.50.
• Hub City All Stars was not able to win even though only 5 of their 11 starters fell short of their projected point total.

What If

• If Vlad Dracul played Hub City All Stars every week, they would be 5-5 this season.
• Vlad Dracul would have beaten five other teams besides Hub City All Stars this week.
• Vlad Dracul would have defeated Hub City All Stars 233.44 - 200.02 had they played each other last week.
• If they played the same schedule as Hub City All Stars, Vlad Dracul would be 5-4.
• If Vlad Dracul had played every team in the league each week, they would be 44-26.
• Hub City All Stars would have lost to three other teams besides Vlad Dracul this week.
• If they played the same schedule as Vlad Dracul, Hub City All Stars would be 7-2.
• If they played every team every week, Hub City All Stars would be 50-20.

Game Notes

• All four of the losses for Hub City All Stars this season have come when their opponent scores higher than their season average.
• Four of the starters for Vlad Dracul scored higher than the leading scorer for Hub City All Stars.
• It was a tough loss for Hub City All Stars, which put up the ninth-biggest score for a losing team in the league this season.
• The WRs on Hub City All Stars collectively had their worst week of the season with only 31.20 points.
• The margin of victory for the matchup ended up being the smallest in the league this week at 33.66 points.
• In the loss, the Chicago Bears Defense scored 20.00 points against a projected 10.16 and has now overachieved in nine straight games.
• Despite being on the winning team, David Akers scored 6.00 points against a projected 8.74 and has now underachieved in five straight games.
• Vlad Dracul has now won three straight games.

"Winning the Big One": Reflections on Mark Richt

People that know college football know the name of Mark Richt, head football coach of the University of Georgia Bulldogs.  They also know that he is follower of Jesus.  In interviews that he's done throughout his coaching career, he's made clear that his faith is important in all aspects of his life including coaching.  A great example of this is an interview that Yahoo! Sports writer Dan Wetzel did this week.  The Bulldogs are in a great position to lock up the SEC East and have a shot of playing in the National Championship game if things fall into place.  But even in the midst of that, Richt has his priorites in order.

You can read the article here.  There were two quotes that I'll leave you with that stood out from me in the article that Richt said.

The first was:  "If we're doing the best we can every day and we're doing it in a first-class manner so that when I go home at night I can lay my head on the pillow and God would be pleased with the decisions I made, how I treated players and the coaches, the media, my wife and kids, I'm OK with that."

The second was:  "And Coach Bowden said (following FSU winning the national championship in 1993), 'You know why you don't feel any different? Because that's not really winning the big one. Winning the big one is when you accept Christ as your Lord and savior.'"

Fantasy Football Tuesday: Week 9

The fantasy football season is heating up and each week the games being played become more and more important.  Whether it's making sure you're in a position to make the playoffs or securing a top seed, it's important to be competitive and win.  After two straight losses in the JustUs Geeks Fantasy League, the Hub City All Stars needed to get a win.  And sure enough they did just that.  They came out and blasted their opponent, the transaction happy Joel's Juggernauts by the 2nd largest margin of victory this week.  With the win, the All Stars remain atop of the Autobots Division & #1 overall in the league.  And after 9 weeks, I have the most points scored and the least points allowed to go along with the 6-3 record.  Here's the recap:

Hub City All Stars Puts the Sting on Joel's Juggernauts, Puts Them in Sixth Place

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  Hub City All Stars (6-3) 200.02
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  Joel's Juggernauts (4-5) 82.40

Hub City All Stars trashed Joel's Juggernauts 200.02 - 82.40 while also putting up the fourth-highest point total this season. Joel's Juggernauts (4-5) sits just two games back of Hub City All Stars (6-3), but point totals show a much bigger gap, 1,490.14 - 1,124.18. This was a bragging-rights result, with the 117.62-point margin of victory being the second-highest recorded in the league this season.

Hub City All Stars Smooth Moves

• The 30.20 points scored by Brandon Marshall was the second-highest WR score in the league this week and the 10th-best point total by a WR in the league this season.
• The Chicago Bears Defense scored the fourth-most points in the league and beat their projected point total by 185.2%, the seventh-highest percentage in the league.
• Sat TE Brent Celek on the bench, where he had the lowest TE score on the team with 3.70 points.
• The 21.90 points scored by Eric Decker was the fourth-highest score by a WR in the league this week.
• Mike Wallace ranked sixth in the league in scoring among WRs this week with 18.60 points.

Joel's Juggernauts Regret Tracker

• Picked up Isaac Redman but left him on the bench, where he beat his scoring projection by 133.7%, the highest percentage of any player on the team.
• Picked up Brian Hartline but left him on the bench, where he scored 10.70 points against a projected 7.52.
• Hakeem Nicks has now underachieved in four straight games after scoring a matchup-low 1.00 point against a projected 10.98.
• Picked up Tony Romo but left him on the bench, where he led the team in scoring with 25.84 points.
• Robert Griffin III has scored below his projection in three straight games after scoring 13.90 points against a projected 29.81 this week.

What If

• Hub City All Stars would be 8-1 if they played Joel's Juggernauts every week.
• Hub City All Stars would have beaten five other teams besides Joel's Juggernauts this week.
• Had they played each other last week, Hub City All Stars would have defeated Joel's Juggernauts 140.36 - 115.38.
• Hub City All Stars would be 6-2 if they played the same schedule as Joel's Juggernauts.
• Hub City All Stars would be 47-16 if they played every team every week.
• Besides Hub City All Stars, Joel's Juggernauts would have been defeated by five other teams this week.
• Joel's Juggernauts would be 3-5 if they played the same schedule as Hub City All Stars.
• Joel's Juggernauts would be 23-40 if they played every team every week.

Game Notes

• Hub City All Stars had six starters who scored more points than the highest-scoring starter for Joel's Juggernauts.
• Joel's Juggernauts underachieved for the sixth time this season, including the last five weeks in a row, scoring 82.40 points against a projected 135.27 this week.
• Hub City All Stars got a combined 84.50 points from their WRs, the highest combined scoring output from the WR position for any team this season.
• The margin of victory of 117.62 points was the biggest of the season for Hub City All Stars and second-largest in the league this season.
• Hub City All Stars had their highest score of the season and the fourth-highest in the league this season with 200.02 points.
• Joel's Juggernauts had 82.40 points, their season-low.
• The WRs on Joel's Juggernauts collectively had their worst week of the season with only 12.70 points.
• Jamaal Charles did little to help Hub City All Stars, underperforming versus projections for the third straight game with 6.60 points against a projected 10.00.