The Midseason Report
Gentlemen – In the blink of an eye, the first half of the 2025 season is over. There have been some big swings (mainly negative) week to week so far, and with the last postseason spot at $200 as of right now, many franchises are a wild card bet win away from being right back in contention. A handful of leaders have pulled away from the pack and there are close races in three of the four division. There’s still a long way to go, but as Week 5 and Week 9 showed us, money can disappear quickly in the FMFL.
Here’s a breakdown of how the league did as a whole each week:
Week 1: +$400
Week 2: +$2,900
Week 3: -$1,800
Week 4: -$2,600
Week 5: -$5,800
Week 6: -$900
Week 7: -$100
Week 8: +$4,100
Week 9: -$6,000
That’s a cumulative total of -$9,800. By comparison, at this point last year the league had a cumulative total of +$14,200.
Disclaimer: The following is a completely biased report of the first nine weeks of the FMFL. The views, opinions, and observations that follow are those of the Executive Director and are completely subjective.
East Division
Babe
Current Total: -$1,000
Winning Percentage: 0.375
Fines: $700
Wild Card Bet: Week 4 – Atlanta – Won
Recap: Underwhelming first half for Babe, who despite winning his wild card, has not been able to overcoming missing bets and a low winning percentage.
Grade: C-
Biff Tannen
Current Total: -$400
Winning Percentage: 0.556
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 6 – Indianapolis – Lost
Recap: Biff was hanging around until his Week 6 wild card bet that lost. However, on the bright side he’s only a stone’s throw from the final playoff spot.
Grade: C+
Judge Smails
Current Total: -$1,100
Winning Percentage: 0.448
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: Smails has yet to get much momentum in the 2025 campaign and could be a candidate to pull the wild card trigger sooner rather than later.
Grade: C-
Karl Farbman
Current Total: -$1,100
Winning Percentage: 0.389
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: Each time Farbman rises, he goes right back down to the cellar of the East division.
Grade: C-
OJ
Current Total: $1,300
Winning Percentage: 0.636
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: Strong first half from OJ who has a sizable lead and still has his wild card bet available. He could be in a position of power to make a run at the overall title.
Grade: A-
Prop Joe
Current Total: -$400
Winning Percentage: 0.375
Fines: $200
Wild Card Bet: Week 6 – Tampa Bay – Won
Recap: A roller coaster first nine weeks for rookie Prop Joe, who is in the mix for the postseason, but will need to get his winning percentage up.
Grade: C+
Tapkas McGuiness
Current Total: $200
Winning Percentage: 0.500
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 9 – Denver – Won
Recap: TM closed the first half strong with a wild card win that vaulted him into second place in the division. Another rookie that will be tested down the stretch of a long season.
Grade: B
The Beard of Zeus
Current Total: -$900
Winning Percentage: 0.391
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: The Beard has been under the radar this year and cannot string together winning weeks. He’ll need to turn things around quickly to have a chance.
Grade: C
North Division
Bud Fox
Current Total: $300
Winning Percentage: 0.520
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: Bud Fox has been near the top of the North for most of the first half, and a losing Week 9 moved him out of the top spot. Yet, he must like where he sits and has the experience and knowledge to push for the division crown.
Grade: B
Donnie Jeffcoat
Current Total: -$1,500
Winning Percentage: 0.429
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: Some bad breaks this year have Donnie in a sizable hole that he needs to dig out of before this is a lost season.
Grade: D+
Karl Hungus
Current Total: -$2,400
Winning Percentage: 0.316
Fines: $600
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: Is Hungus even trying? Or disinterested? Doesn’t seem to matter.
Grade: F
Lee Iacocca
Current Total: -$1,300
Winning Percentage: 0.406
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: Lee, known for being a visionary mentor in his own right, was brought into the league this year by Karl Hungus and has followed the lead of Hungus down into the North basement.
Grade: D+
Neon Boudeaux
Current Total: $500
Winning Percentage: 0.517
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: Has Neon been impressive? No. Far from it. Is he leading the division with nine weeks to go? Yep. It could be a two-horse race with him and Bud for the rest of the way.
Grade: B
Rick Moranis
Current Total: -$300
Winning Percentage: 0.448
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: Rick is just a touch off the mark this season but still has the hutzpah to make a postseason surge.
Grade: C+
The Big Hurt
Current Total: -$900
Winning Percentage: 0.448
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: Poor money management has left TBH with more questions than answers. Week 10 wild card bet perhaps?
Grade: C-
Thine
Current Total: -$800
Winning Percentage: 0.409
Fines: $100
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: Thine has been uninspiring and rather quiet this season. Something’s amiss.
Grade: C
South Division
Blossom Russo
Current Total: $700
Winning Percentage: 0.600
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: Good start to the year for Blossom, who if anything should be a little better off given her winning percentage. She’s in a good spot with two months left.
Grade: B+
Chalky Studebaker
Current Total: -$900
Winning Percentage: 0.429
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: Chalky has been stuck in the mud of the South division this year and hasn’t been able to get hot thus far.
Grade: C-
Kenny Powers
Current Total: -$1,500
Winning Percentage: 0.317
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 9 – San Francisco – Won
Recap: The total is deceiving has nothing went right for Kenny this year until a +$1,000 Week 9 effort. Anything is possible though, but a postseason run would be miraculous.
Grade: D
Larisa Oleynik
Current Total: $100
Winning Percentage: 0.471
Fines: $600
Wild Card Bet: Week 3 – Cleveland – Won
Recap: Larisa was cruising until missing bets killed her momentum in Week 9. She’ll look to turn it around quickly.
Grade: B
Mr. Marbles
Current Total: $1,200
Winning Percentage: 0.611
Fines: $100
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: Consistent performance throughout the first half from Mr. Marbles. In past years, he has struggled in the clutch in the last weeks of the season. Is this the year he shakes that monkey off his back?
Grade: A-
Mitch Conner
Current Total: $1,300
Winning Percentage: 0.621
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: On the surface, Mitch looks like a rookie star, but he’s no FMFL newbie. His amicable separation from T-Ferg has revealed who the brains of the operation were all that time.
Grade: A-
Roy Donk
Current Total: $0
Winning Percentage: 0.571
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 5 – Kansas City – Lost
Recap: One misstep in Week 5 with a wild card bet was the only thing newcomer Roy mismanaged in the first half and now he’ll have to navigate the last nine weeks to try to make the playoffs in his first season.
Grade: B
Shecky
Current Total: -$1,000
Winning Percentage: 0.381
Fines: $100
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: This is the Shecky we are all used to – solidly at the bottom of the standings and not a real threat, betting the Browns sporadically and losing.
Grade: C-
West Division
Boss Hardigan
Current Total: -$1,800
Winning Percentage: 0.316
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 6 – Buffalo – Lost
Recap: Hardigan has suffered from severe dysfunction this season, and only recently starting putting wins together to get back into a somewhat respectable neighborhood.
Grade: D-
Chris B. Corey
Current Total: -$300
Winning Percentage: 0.450
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: CBC isn’t having his best year but he’s also one or two good weeks away from being in solid position for the postseason.
Grade: C+
T-Ferg
Current Total: -$200
Winning Percentage: 0.500
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Week 9 – Dallas – Lost
Recap: T-Ferg had a Week 9 setback but has shown that he could thrive in a year when the rest of the league has been suffering.
Grade: B-
Ted DiBiase
Current Total: $300
Winning Percentage: 0.552
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: Ted is quietly in the mix for the playoffs with nine weeks to go and is another rookie that has had a promising first year.
Grade: B
The Notorious ABT
Current Total: $1,900
Winning Percentage: 0.682
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: The ABT leads the West and has been at the top of his game in 2025. In the other divisions he would have a comfortable lead, but Yaz lurks right behind him for now.
Grade: A
The People’s Champ
Current Total: -$700
Winning Percentage: 0.391
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: By hook or by crook, TPC has remained relevant despite a lackluster winning percentage in 2025.
Grade: C
Tony Montana
Current Total: -$800
Winning Percentage: 0.500
Fines: $600
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: Tony started off the season with fines and hasn’t been able to fully recover. However, he can make a charge in the coming weeks.
Grade: C
Yaz
Current Total: $1,700
Winning Percentage: 0.684
Fines: $0
Wild Card Bet: Still Available
Recap: Yaz has almost matching ABT shot for shot this season and will challenge for the West Division crown down the stretch.
Grade: A-
