Well after 16 grueling, nerve wrecking weeks, the 2015 season of the Wane McGarity Bowl is finally over and we have ourselves a new champion to crown. It's been as crazy of a season as ever, with busts, injuries galore, and unheralded superstars making big time contributions to the game. It's time to see who our 2015 champion is.
No Soup For You (11-5) 127.72
Shock The Monkey (10-6) 86.86
So Leland officially joins Albert as a two time Wane McGarity Bowl Champion as unlike last season, this finals was pretty anti-climatic as Leland was in the driver's seat the whole time. Even when he started slow, all of Mark's guys started just as slow and they never really gained momentum. This is what I was talking about when talking about the inconsistency of Mark's team. It's been like this all season. One week, his guys go bonkers and put 120+, the next they can't even get to 70 (or in this case 90). I really wish his team had played like this last week. Leland's guys woke up and it was really a total team effort. Leland's depth has afforded to survive bust plays and he survived a horrible Martavis Bryant game (1 catch for 6 yards, and 4 rushing yards against the RAVENS) and a disappointing Denard Robinson game (didn't even get to double digits) to win easily. Led by Wane McGarity Bowl MVP Blake Bortles (368 yards and 4 TD's and a 2 pt conversion) who had 34.22 points, it was just knockout blow after knockout blow as David Johnson was once again great (127 total yards and a score, had the game not been such a blowout, Johnson probably could've done even more damage) and Todd Gurley continued to be worth that hold Leland had when he originally drafted him (85 rushing yards and a score against Seattle's defense). After two dud games, Calvin wasn't the Calvin of old but still contributed in a big way with 77 yards and a score. Leland's confidence in sticking with Megatron was rewarded. Tack on what Jordan Matthews did Saturday Night, and a double digit Zach Miller performance and it was just way to much for Mark to overcome after the mediocre start from Derek Carr Thursday Night. Mark had a lot of double digit performances from his guys (Jarvis Landry had 111, Emmanuel Sanders scored, James White scored, Jermaine Kearse scored, Darren McFadden had almost 100 yards) but nobody had a HUGE game (no one scored over 16.66 for Mark, Leland had a 30+ point scorer, a 20+ point scorer and two other guys who scored more than Mark's highest) and to compete with Leland, you gotta have some huge performances mixed in. It didn't help that Ted Ginn came crashing down to earth with 1 catch for 9 yards, and Gary Barnidge was held to 47 yards. All in all it was a dominating playoff run for Leland, who averaged basically 120 in the 3 playoff games he played in and won with ease against each of his opponents. It's got to be a relief, after two years of cellar dwelling, that his team finally clicked and he's back on top. For Mark, hey 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at. Not only monetarily (tripling your buy in money is never bad) but in general. After starting 0-3, to finish 2nd, hey I'm jealous after I started 7-0 and finished without even placing. Mark will come back ready to go next season and try to build on 2nd place by winning it all. So that's it! Season 6 of the Wane McGarity Bowl has concluded. From basically July-December our lives are CONSUMED with football. Though there's still a good month of real football left, we can finally all just sit back relax and watch the games and not care who's doing the scoring. It's been a fun ride and as always we'll be back to do it alllllllllllllll again next year!
Wane McGarity Bowl MVP
Blake Bortles (No Soup For You)
368 Passing Yards, 4 Passing TD's 1 2 PT Conversion, 2 INT's, 1 Fumble Lost (34.22 Points)
This is ain't real life, so it doesn't matter that the Jags lost and Bortles looked awful and had 3 turnovers of his own. The fact is, like most of this season, he PRODUCED big fantasy wise, and his 34.22 points led the way to a dominant second title for Leland. Hands down, Bortles has been Leland guy. Since week 12, he hasn't scored less than 24.98 points. No Brainer 2015 Wane McGarity Bowl MVP.
League Notes: While nobody was paying attention, the 3rd place game was actually a nail biter that came down to the final game last night between the Broncos-Bengals. Eugene won by less than a point after Jeremy Hill got just what he needed to finish the job. Terrific job by Eugene as he places 3rd for the 2nd straight season and with the circumstances he faced, it was a job well done. As for me, totally bummed out and disappointed how terrible my team became after that 7-0 start. I'm now riding a 4 game losing streak, I lost 6 out of my last 8 games and my team just totally fizzled down the stretch. That Randall Cobb trade was one of the worst trades I've ever done and he cost me again when a late subbed him for Rueben Randle. Cobb sucked cock wow Randle scored on a 70 yard bomb. Now Eugene also benched Julio Jones for Terrence Williams so we both made critical mistakes, but mine cost me the win. So stupid and frustrating. I have nothing to show now this season. Terrible end to what was supposed to be my "comeback season". It's the first time I made the playoffs and didn't place. Matt goes from winning the Wane McGarity Bowl to winning the Michael Wiley Loser Bowl by beating a former 2 time Michael Wiley Loser Bowl winner in Kenny. For Kenny, this is his last hurrah for now, as he's decided to take a sabbatical and after 6 season leave the Wane McGarity Bowl. Odds are Mike Posey will rejoin after a 2 year hiatus. Last but not least Alex beat Albert in the 9th place game. So here are your final results for the 2015 Season.
Champion-No Soup For You (Leland)
2nd Place-Shock The Monkey (Mark)
3rd Place-Rocket Man (Eugene)
4th Place-Kumamon Express (Me)
5th Place-BigBadBob (Dad)
6th Place-Sons Of The Harpy (Drew)
7th Place-Light's Broken Bots (Matt)
8th Place- Woe Is Me (Kenny)
9th Place-Winter Is Over (Alex)
10th Place-Channel 4 News Team (Albert)
11th Place-Hoosier Daddy (Ryan)
12th Place-Bigger Balls (Mayra)
Next up the Year End Awards, which I'll posting throughout the next couple of weeks.
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