Wow, wipeout city. By far the biggest runaway victory in the brief history of this league and it's courtesy of... encinitas! In last place since week #5 he now joins the second division in one swift stroke. It's not the first time he's won the weekly cup, but no one's ever won by 100+ until now. Meanwhile OGx3 bags Play of the Week, correctly predicting the road blowout in LA (but little else unfortunately). Other strong finishers this week include Crewbasher, with the only other positive performance. (Should we be suprised on a week the Crew lose at home?) This was good enough for a giant 10 spot leap into the first division. Another big mover was furie who vaults 9 spots to #12 by packing the water pistol and leaving the howitzer at home. Tab5g also cracks the first division with an 8 slot move, utilizing the tried-and-true Northside numbers. jackrock, up 8, and BabyTiger2001, up 9, head for the top of div 2. A week of upsets helped preserve the overall lead for the increasingly bold Northside Rovers, though firefan2001, Deimos and jlo remain in close contention. I know we all wish jlo a speedy and full recovery and we look forward to having the WPL legend back in action. Meanwhile BenC1357 continues his relentless trek to the top, reaching #5 by minimizing exposure in a week of booby traps. The inevitable champion demonstrated mercy this week, with a clean -250. (steroid-free) Two perennial contenders, Lurking and NoSix, prove that "Impossible is Nothing" in BigSoccer WPL, shattering the once-thought-to-be-unbreakable -300 barrier. Will the soccer scientist's mammoth haul of 19 out of 497 have Power Rankings afficionados resorting to witchcraft? Or will reason prevail? Tune in next week. *FAQ and your remaining bets are available on the WPL status page.* ____________________________________________________________ Play Of The Week: OGx3, for the bet of 60 on MET over LAG Weekly Cup: 1 encinitas 129.274 2 Crewbasher 15.368 3 jackrock -31.14199 4 furie -32.71 5 babytiger2001 -44.022 Code: [size=3][b]Division 1[/b][/size] [size=2][b][i]Rank Prev Name Perf/yr Perf/wk Bet Won[/i][/b][/size] 1 1 Northside Rovers -149.58 -170.91 375 63.5 2 4 jlo -154.60 -79.59 145 0 3 2 firefan2001 -196.95 -209.91 439 92 4 3 Deimos -205.69 -181.00 482 159 5 7 BenC1357 -302.18 -145.17 365 104.5 6 5 Revolt -317.30 -230.56 442 75 7 9 Qdog -370.18 -178.06 339 42.5 8 11 SObearCAL -392.33 -175.94 294 0 9 6 guamster -422.02 -288.06 525 72 10 12 Scribe -425.05 -175.68 340 39.5 11 13 Robert Lanza -427.25 -137.38 301 58 12 21 furie -444.28 -32.71 195 77.5 13 10 dred -450.93 -250.51 604 176.5 14 8 equakesfan -458.06 -275.71 519 77 15 14 mikesterw -508.47 -197.66 365 40 16 26 Crewbasher -511.79 15.37 278 189 17 18 ChangeT -513.84 -186.20 428 101.5 18 16 tolbuck -519.24 -196.21 552 206.5 19 17 petezuke17 -581.58 -258.29 647 216.5 20 28 tab5g -599.23 -46.91 375 187.5 [size=3][b]Division 2[/b][/size] [size=2][b][i]Rank Prev Name Perf/yr Perf/wk Bet Won[/i][/b][/size] 21 20 rebel77fl -609.57 -214.54 463 99.5 22 31 babytiger2001 -621.09 -44.02 377 206.5 23 22 Greywacke -621.34 -194.60 426 101 24 27 paulo -623.05 -77.77 231 73.5 25 24 burnfan00 -627.40 -123.90 378 116.5 26 15 NoSix -651.33 -340.00 497 19 27 19 FlashMan -676.35 -281.50 458 34 28 36 jackrock -710.14 -31.14 481 307.5 29 35 soccernutter -740.88 -85.22 154 0 30 25 IASocFan -748.68 -244.54 472 90 31 29 nowhere -748.75 -194.88 321 0 32 23 Quango -785.15 -353.17 581 70.5 33 32 Out_of_Touch -801.11 -207.84 339 0 34 33 Treetaliano -810.30 -212.95 346 0 35 30 OGx3 -828.07 -259.44 565 148.5 36 34 sljohn -911.55 -311.85 529 60.5 37 37 MouseyTongue -914.36 -216.31 589 195.5 38 38 soccertom -922.06 -217.35 352 0 39 48 encinitas -947.14 129.27 521 501 40 39 bilfish -970.19 -157.30 267 0 [size=3][b]Division 3[/b][/size] [size=2][b][i]Rank Prev Name Perf/yr Perf/wk Bet Won[/i][/b][/size] 41 41 Jose L. Couso -1,113.51-206.74 392 51.5 42 40 Captain Splarg -1,136.33-234.41 375 0 43 43 whirlwind -1,202.38-229.92 369 0 44 44 flux82 -1,212.83-234.41 375 0 45 45 SoftTackle -1,218.58-234.41 375 0 46 46 andrewt14 -1,244.83-234.41 375 0 47 47 goatnutsgoal -1,259.83-234.41 375 0 48 42 lurking -1,276.59-307.57 743 248 [size=4][b]Points:[/b][/size] [size=2][b][i]Rank Name Won Bet[/i][/b][/size] 1 dred 3055 5058 2 lurking 2777.75 5516 3 NoSix 2757.5 4841 4 IASocFan 2560.5 4730 5 OGx3 2434.25 4686 6 BenC1357 2343 3873 7 encinitas 2159 4394 8 Revolt 2155 3635 9 Crewbasher 2101 3823 10 rebel77fl 2093.25 4036 11 sljohn 2066.5 4242 12 babytiger2001 1943 3791 13 Robert Lanza 1924.5 3609 14 firefan2001 1894.5 3085 15 jlo 1811.5 3041 16 petezuke17 1801.25 3555 17 guamster 1785.5 3481 18 Qdog 1781 3319 19 FlashMan 1778 3619 20 paulo 1774 3652 21 tolbuck 1766.5 3432 22 tab5g 1755.75 3590 23 equakesfan 1631 3236 24 Jose L. Couso 1597.5 3787 25 Quango 1566.25 3490 26 Greywacke 1557.75 3288 27 jackrock 1501.75 3242 28 Deimos 1493.75 2686 29 ChangeT 1450.5 3099 30 MouseyTongue 1435.5 3567 31 Scribe 1415.25 2846 32 soccernutter 1403.25 3210 33 bilfish 1313.75 3294 34 furie 1255.75 2692 35 mikesterw 1140.75 2608 36 Northside Rovers 1110.25 2145 37 SObearCAL 1083 2411 38 burnfan00 855.25 2418 39 nowhere 667 2335 40 Treetaliano 644 2360 41 Out_of_Touch 510.25 2209 42 soccertom 377.5 2195 43 whirlwind 136.5 2230 44 Captain Splarg 123.5 2145 45 flux82 47 2145 46 SoftTackle 41.25 2145 47 andrewt14 15 2145 48 goatnutsgoal 0 2145 ____________________________________________________________ Next weeks action: <amount home away> 66 DCU MET 67 CLB CHI 68 KCW DAL 69 COL NER 70 LAG SJE
Awesome... back to my rightful spot in the top division. Thought I could've had a shot at the weekly cup, but damn.... well done, encinitas. I'm sure Couso and bilfish will enjoy your company. 78 MET DCU 16 CHI CLB 89 COL NER 31 KCW DAL 3 SJE LAG (hate to bet big against the Revs, but c'mon... Rapids on July 4th??? No way Colorado loses that one. I'm just afraid of jinxing my bet if I go over 100. )
And here I didn't even know Rocky Balboa was playing this game... Enjoy this one, my friend, but keep in mind that the Law of Averages has a wicked counter-punch! Too busy kicking a man while he's down to notice the MET-COL match on Wednesday there, wiseguy? 24 MET COL 59 CLB CHI 13 MET DC 142 KC DAL 42 COL NE 5 SJ LA
At the risk of adding insult to injury, that's an Open Cup game.... I have to pick on you because we both know you're doing a lot better than the standings suggest
How can a guy who's so clueless be kicking my butt in this game? Columbus vs Syracuse and Dallas vs Virginia Beach are US Cup games, but MET-COL is an MLS game!
Back to being on the brink of the top flight again... just a smaller move for me, in the big picture. Here's my action for the week... 80 MET DCU 40 CHI CLB 100 DAL KCW 100 NER COL 35 SJE LAG A couple of bigger-risk propositions should enable me to move up, if they come good...
It is, indeed, according to the front page of www.MLSnet.com. So in that case, go ahead and add the following to my list of tips for the week... 100 MET COL
Aha! You're right. I saw the "US Open Cup" banner on the MLSnet schedule right above it and assumed it applied to that game. Anyway, get those picks in early for: 71 MET COL
132 MET COL 54 MET DCU 124 CHI CLB 76 KCW DAL 43 NER COL 17 LAG SJE Trigger shy after last week's disater ...
well, i forewarned everyone and told everyone to pick the opposite of me. but you didn't listen. still, we have yet to reach the 1/2way point. long way to go. (for better or for worse.)
Damn straight! I've climbed a spot or more each of the last three weeks. Finally busted into the top 5. Only reason I'm climbing is because I'm wussing out on my picks. Eventually I'll have to use my higher bets, and then we'll see how good I really am. 61 Met Col 39 DCU MET 29 CHI CLB 150 KCW DAL 145 COL NER 51 LAG SJE
My team is killing me, no more high pionts on them! 55 MET COL 51 DC MET 49 CHI CLB 52 KC DAL 53 COL NE 54 LA SJ
Well, these past two weeks have been absolutely dreadful for me. It can't get any worse, can it? Onward and God-willing, upwards!!!... 74 MET COL 62 MET DCU 53 CLB CHI 119 KCW DAL 101 COL NER 92 SJE LAG
140 MET COL 115 CHI CLB 40 DCU MET 65 KCW DAL 150 COL NER 90 LAG SJE Colorado burned me last week. Lets hope they show up for the 4th game! Betting my big one on them. Quango
Another sorry performance! Apologies to my many fans. This week will be better 2 DCU MET 68 CHI Clb 134 KCW DAL 149 COL NER 36 LAG SJE