Week 3 Standings
Week 2 Picks
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Week 1 Recap: Winners & Losers
Winners
Patrick Bateman and The Beard of Zeus sit atop the East after one week, with much of the division appearing on the other side of the coin (see below)…..no big winners in the North this week, with three tied for first at a modest $100….Newcomer Neon Boudeaux shows he has what it takes to get out to a lead in the South with a solid week…..And another rookie, Donnie Jeffcoat, is the leader in the West with sound betting in Week 1.
Losers
So many to choose from this week, in the East, Judge Smails went 0-for-5, Bud Fox and Face also went winless, but Yaz takes the cake with a losing wild card bet in Week 1….Ghost of FMFL past Gordon Bombay, once dominant, ended up -$500 to sit in the North cellar….Same goes for Chalky Studebaker and Karl Farbman who were winless at start at the bottom of the South….and in the West, Mr. Marbles brings up the rear with all losses and late bets for a -$600 week.
Week 2 Standings
Week 1 Picks
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Week 1 Standings
Welcome to the 2017 Season from Dr. Oge
(Editor’s note: The 2016 winner, Dr. Oge, has graciously contributed some wisdom as we kick off the 2017 season. His message is below.)
What It Takes to be Number One in Funny Money
Winning in Funny Money is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing. You don’t win once in a while; you don’t do things right once in a while; you do them right all of the time. Winning Funny Money is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that’s first place. I have finished second twice in Funny Money, and I don’t ever want to finish second again. There is second place prize money, but it is a prize for losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win, especially in Funny Money.
Every time a Funny Money player goes to ply his trade he’s got to play from the ground up – from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That’s O.K. You’ve got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you’ve got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you’re lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he’s never going to come in second in Funny Money.
Running a Funny Money team is no different than running any other kind of organization – an army, a political party or a business. The principles are the same. The object is to win – to beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or cruel. I don’t think it is.
It is a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That’s why they are there – to compete. The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules – but to win.
And in truth, I’ve never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something in good men that really yearns for discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat, especially in Funny Money.
I don’t say these things because I believe in the ‘brute’ nature of men or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour — his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear — is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious in Funny Money.
– Vincent T. Lombardi (Famous Funny Money League Champion)
2017 FMFL Divisions
Below are the 2017 FMFL Division, as chosen by the 2016 division winners:
East Division
Bud Fox
Chris B. Corey
Face
Judge Smails
Patrick Bateman
The Beard of Zeus
The Big Hurt*
Yaz
North Division
Babe
Bayonnaise
Blossom Russo
Don Mattingly
Gordon Bombay*
Kimmy Gibbler
Larisa Oleynik
Shecky
South Division
Boss Hardigan
Chalky Studebaker
Karl Farbman
Kiko Garcia
Neon Boudeaux
OJ
Thine*
Waldo Geraldo Faldo
West Division
Donnie Jeffcoat
Dr. Oge
Kenny Powers*
Mr. Marbles
Rick Moranis
T-Ferg
The Notorious ABT
The People’s Champ
*Denotes defending champion of the division.
