Commissioner note: To preserve historical verisimilitude, results are reported below as originally calculated. It should be noted that a later discovered clerical error would result in this week being anti-climatically being awarded to Chris/Clark.
Well, it came down to the Monday night game, but Kris rode the Broncos to victory (bringing back fond memories of those days back on the farm in Oregon), thus repelling the advances of the three headed, Raiders loving triumvirate of Zane, Jack, and Claire like a bad match.com date.
“It was pretty obvious. Everybody knows Peyton Manning is undefeated against the spread in home games on Monday night when his physical biorhythms are above average, ” Madame Todaro was heard to crow.
The grumbling on the Pennella side continued. “Oh, big surprise, the commissioner’s girlfriend wins again”, spouted one Pennella who requested anonymity. “Pretty convenient how he used the 15 point spread from the Sunday paper and not the game time spread of 16.5 points which would have resulted in the Raiders beating the spread, and me, Zane, winning the week.”
While we appreciate a good rant as much as the next fellow, the reality is that said scenario would have resulted in Claire and Zane sharing this week’s title (as they both picked the same tiebreaker points), which — let’s be honest — would have been entirely unacceptable to either.
In our quest to provide more useless statistics than a presidential election night preview (and out ourselves as an Excel enthusiast), moving forward, we will also be providing the collective family results. In that all important battle, the Todaros lead the Pennellas by the smallest of margins in the cumulative win percentage category.
Please note that late season attempts to marry into the winning family or weasel an adoption so as to back door into a victory will result in severe sanctions, including — but not limited to — a curtailing of toppings at Yo Fro (or any other vaguely hip hop sounding frozen yogurt establishment).
See results below…
The Commish
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