What a hwirlwind of a season! A bombogenesis even! A ton of noteworthy stuff happened in 2017, so let us identify the stuff worthy of note:
- Worthy: Matt won his first-ever title. He leapt into first out of nowhere in Week 14 and never relinquished the lead.
- Worthy: Matt’s title was, however, not without controversy. Not to tarnish his accomplishment, but Matt’s accomplishment will forever be tarnished with the wretched hue of unpunished lateness.
- Not worthy: Matt went by Matt most of the year.
- Worthy: There were two perfect weeks this year, including the league’s first 16-for-16.
- Not worthy: Tim pulled off the latter.
- Worthy: Joseph led the league in first-place finishes. In fact, he had more first-place finishes (5) in 2017 than he has years on Earth (4.83).
- Worthy: Brady beat out two people who are a combined 50+ years older than he.
- Worthy: Brady’s own mother, however, denied him further glory. Erin trailed Brady by nine after Week 13, before unleashing an all-out picking assault on her first-born. She made up 10 points in the last four weeks, edged her unsuspecting son by one to end the season, and has started posting signs reading “114-105” throughout the McLoughlin household.
- Not Worthy: This post is sponsored by PickManusMicks.com, a parody website someone created to make fun of us but is our only sponsor to-date so we begrudgingly allowed them to advertise here.
- Worthy: We added three new players this season, and then subtracted two of them along the way.
- Worthy: One of the subtracted made a suggestion that became a weekly tradition. The commissioner would be fine discontinuing the Pit of Misery, as it has already long outlasted the typical shelf life of a funny Bud Light commercial (0 units of time). But after hearing how integral it has become to our pre-kindergarten demographic, perhaps a replacement for next year is in order. Suggestions are welcome but subject to ridicule.
- Worthy: For the first time in league history, Ciara had full participation.
- Not Worthy: The previous note has caused the commissioner to get something in his eye.
Thanks to everyone for a tumultuous, historic and entertaining season. It was truly one for the books. Now it’s time to forget about all of this entirely until opening day of 2018.
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