Quest Week 11

Here is an update on my quest for a 4-0 fantasy football weekend. Here are the scores and outcomes.

The way I determine whether a win or loss is "lucky" or "unlucky" is if I finished in the top 50% in scoring for that league for that week.

My Projected/Opp. Projected/My Actual/Opp. Actual/Weekly Scoring Rank/Outcome
Keeper: 90.29/77.32/111.41/82.52/1 (of 12)/ Win
Ship: 78.62/70.03/80.45/73.41/4 (of 10) / Win
ATC: 129.37/122.17/96.12/98.22/6 (of 10) / Loss
WL: 103.85/116.13/98.53/107.30/8 (of 14) / Loss

For the week ... 2-2
For the year ... 27-17

To Date (Ties All Broken by year-to-date points):
Keeper: 6-5 (4 of 12) [3 teams tied at 6-5]: 1 loss unlucky
Ship: 7-4 (3 of 10) [2 teams tied at 7-4]: 2 wins lucky
ATC: 9-2 (1 of 10) [highest scoring team in league, 1 game lead]: 3 wins lucky
WL: 5-6 (10 of 14) [5 teams tied at 5-6]: 1 win lucky

Quest for 4-0: 1-10

In other news, my wife's fantasy team is 8-3, and in 1st place, after a win this week. In her league, 2 teams are 8-3 (out of 10), and she has the most points (by more than 100).

Joe's Top 25

1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. TCU
4. Cincinnati
5. Georgia Tech
6. Texas
7. Boise State
8. Oregon
9. Virginia Tech
10. LSU
11. Miami
12. USC
13. Clemson
14. Ohio State
15. Pitt
16. Oregon State
17. Iowa
18. Penn State
19. Cal
20. Stanford
21. UNC
22. Mississippi
23. Arizona
24. Arkansas
25. Nebraska

Conference Rankings:
1. SEC (Top Heavy)
2. Pac 10 (Deep)
3. ACC
4. Big East
5. Big 12
6. Little 11
7. Independents and Non-BCS

Heisman:
1. Mark Ingram

No one else gets on this list. There are a lot of "honorable mentions."

Quest Week 10

Here is an update on my quest for a 4-0 fantasy football weekend. Here are the scores and outcomes.

The way I determine whether a win or loss is "lucky" or "unlucky" is if I finished in the top 50% in scoring for that league for that week.

My Projected/Opp. Projected/My Actual/Opp. Actual/Weekly Scoring Rank/Outcome
Keeper: 96.53/91.91/62.81/90.47/12 (of 12)/ Loss
Ship: 75.82/75.73/58.85/56.29/6 (of 10) / Win (Lucky)
ATC: 128.73/90.52/126.96/116.22/2 (of 10) / Win
WL: 99.31/109.41/154.10/109.97/1 (of 14) / Win

For the week ... 3-1
For the year ... 25-15

To Date (Ties All Broken by year-to-date points):
Keeper: 5-5 (5 of 12) [4 teams tied at 5-5]: 1 loss unlucky
Ship: 6-4 (3 of 10) [3 teams tied at 6-4]: 2 wins lucky
ATC: 9-1 (1 of 10) [highest scoring team in league, 2 game lead]: 3 wins lucky
WL: 5-5 (7 of 14) [6 teams tied at 5-5]: 1 win lucky

Quest for 4-0: 1-9

In other news, my wife's fantasy team is 7-3, and in 1st place, after a win this week. In her league, 2 teams are 7-3 (out of 10), and she has the most points (by more than 100).

Notre Dame's Last Big Win ...

"When was the last time Notre Dame (college football) beat a team that finished the season (regular or post-bowl) in the top 25?"

The answer is 2006, ND beat Georgia Tech and Penn State. GT was 25 in coaches before losing the bowl game (dropped out of polls), and PSU was 24 in coaches and 25 in AP after beating Tennessee in their bowl game.

The last time Notre Dame beat a top 20 team?
Willingham's last win, came in 2004 against Tennessee - Rick Clausen was UT's QB (small world) - UT finished top-15 in the nation (13 AP and 15 Coaches) after beating Texas A&M in the Cotton bowl.

The last time Notre Dame beat a top 10 team?
Willingham's first season, ND beat Michigan, who finished 9th after an Outback Bowl win.

The last time Notre Dame beat a top 5 team?
From what I can find - 1993 - when they beat Florida State; who went on to be National Champions.

Crossposted at WhoLurks

Joe's Top 25

1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. TCU
4. Texas
5. Cinci
6. Georgia Tech
7. Boise State
8. LSU
9. Oregon
10. Pitt
11. Stanford
12. Virginia Tech
13. Miami
14. USC
15. Ohio State
16. Iowa
17. Penn State
18. Clemson
19. Arizona
20. Oregon State
21. UNC
22. Boston College
23. Utah
24. Wisconsin
25. Navy

Conference Rankings:
1a. SEC (good at the top, bad at the bottom)
1b. Pac 10 (pretty even all the way down)
3. ACC
4. Big East
5. Big 12
6. Little 11
7. Ind.

Heisman (hasn't changed since last week):
1. Mark Ingram
2. Ndamukong Suh

Best of the Rest:
Case Keenum
Colt McCoy
Tim Tebow
Eric Berry

Quest Week 9

Here is an update on my quest for a 4-0 fantasy football weekend. Here are the scores and outcomes.

The way I determine whether a win or loss is "lucky" or "unlucky" is if I finished in the top 50% in scoring for that league for that week.

My Projected/Opp. Projected/My Actual/Opp. Actual/Weekly Scoring Rank/Outcome
Keeper: 84.18/98.56/77.60/112.48/9 (of 12)/ Loss
Ship: 80.03/66.04/63.29/79.08/9 (of 10) / Loss
ATC: 114.69/104.86/137.18/87.88/1 (of 10) / Win
WL: 95.10/121.46/77.27/139.77/14 (of 14) / Loss

For the week ... 1-3
For the year ... 22-14

To Date (Ties All Broken by year-to-date points):
Keeper: 5-4 (5 of 12) [3 teams tied at 5-4]: 1 loss unlucky
Ship: 5-4 (5 of 10) [4 teams tied at 5-4]: 1 win lucky
ATC: 8-1 (1 of 10) [highest scoring team in league, 2 game lead]: 3 wins lucky
WL: 4-5 (11 of 14) [5 teams tied at 4-5]: 1 win lucky

Quest for 4-0: 1-8

In other news, my wife's fantasy team is 6-3, and in 1st place, after a win this week. In her league, 3 teams are 6-3 (out of 10), and she has the most points.

Joe's Top 25

Yeah yeah yeah ... it's been a few weeks since I've posted my top 25. But you see there was the World Series and VT's consecutive losses (and in the middle a mini-bye week).

Nevertheless, on to the Top 25

1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. Cinci
4. Texas Christian University
5. Texas
6. Georgia Tech
7. Boise State
8. LSU
9. Oregon
10. Iowa
11. USC
12. Virginia Tech
13. Miami
14. Ohio State
15. Arizona
16. Clemson
17. Penn State
18. Pittsburgh
19. Stanford
20. Oregon State
21. Wisconsin
22. Houston
23. Utah
24. South Florida
25. Navy

Conference Rankings:
1a. SEC (good at the top, bad at the bottom)
1b. Pac 10 (pretty even all the way down)
3. ACC
4. Big East
5. Big 12
6. Little 11
7. Ind.

Heisman:
1. Mark Ingram
2. Ndamukong Suh

Best of the Rest:
Case Keenum
Colt McCoy
Tim Tebow
Eric Berry

PSU's QB losses to Ohio State and Iowa hurt his chances.