2009 Shark Tank Football - Week 4

Week 4 is complete and the league is starting to separate. On the other hand, I hate it when people make predictions after less than 1/3 of the season is over. But pundits need to say something on TV. I wish there were some accountability for all their stupid predictions. That's why this blog exists. We don't make stupid predictions so we don't have to be accountable for anything.

The Week 4 table:

Rk  Team                  W-L   Total   Avg(Rk) Strk
 1  Ophir Gophirs         3-1  353.42  88.36 (1) W1
 2  Brown Town Blues      3-1  339.46  84.87 (3) W1
 3  Blue                  3-1  331.64  82.91 (4) W3
 4  This Team Stinks      3-1  317.89  79.47 (5) W2
 5  Coming off the Bench  3-1  311.24  77.81 (7) L1
 6  FortuneCookieXpress   3-1  285.30  71.33 (9) L1
 7  The Jungernaut        2-2  340.47  85.12 (2) W2
 8  OK I Was Wrong        2-2  293.43  73.36 (8) W2
 9  Cambridge Gooners FC  2-2  284.15  67.96(10) W1
10  Ram Tuff              2-2  227.75  56.94(14) L1
11  Laurie's Team         1-3  316.75  79.19 (6) L3
12  SBXLIV - perhaps      1-3  258.68  64.67(11) L2
13  Flying pigskins       0-4  249.86  62.47(12) L4
14  Dan's Team            0-4  246.56  61.64(13) L4

Brent's Team* (2-2) 101.96
Laurie's Team (1-3) 92.16

Antonio Gates needed a 30-point game on Sunday night to overtake Brent. It did get interesting late. So after the win, I say "No more whining" to Brent. Which would be nice because he's got a good team now though I'm not sure which is worse: the bellyaching or the virtual jersey-popping. By the way, Mario Manningham is available now. Go grab him now so I don't have to hear about it every Sunday morning.

* Teams that change their name every week will no longer show those week-to-week changes in the recaps to avoid confusion. Or I'm going to name the team based on how I feel about the team, owner, and/or mood.

This Team Stinks (3-1) 73.66
SBXLIV is in Miami (1-3) 48.72

Elijah hopes his football team won't mimic the 2009 Blue Jays: good start followed by a monumental collapse. If things go similarly, he'll be fired during Week 12.

Brown Town Blues (3-1) 67.53
Dan's Team (0-4) 46.40

Bing's team looks admittedly quite stacked. I dare impose the blog curse that his team looks the best of all the teams. Although I will ask this question: "Which one of these things is not like the other: 62.85, 138.12, 70.96, 67.53?"

Cambridge Gooners FC (2-2) 80.27
Ram Tuff (2-2) 44.46

The combined record of the Lens: 3-9. The combined record of those born with the last name of Len: 2-6. The combined point total of those born with the last name of Len: 474.31. Rob's point total: 353.42. At this pace, in a few weeks, the Lens will take it on the Chinn. </rimshot>

Blue (3-1) 84.56
Flying pigskins (0-4) 71.20

When your RB1 and RB2 combine for -0.40 points, you're probably going to lose. But check out Kal's point progression: 57.03, 59.13, 62.50, 71.20. At this rate, he's not going to lose after Week 6. At least Kal wasn't the Biggest Fantasy Blowout of the week (sponsored by Toyota) for the third time this season. And why is the football in a pyramid? I decided to click on the link and I have NO IDEA what the heck this is. You can make some weird logo for your team. What does this have to do with buying a Japanese car? Maybe a pyramid has mystical powers. Pyramid schemes, on the other hand, have powers only for those that take money and escape to the South Pacific.

The Jungernaut (2-2) 92.12
Coming off the Bench (3-1) 74.50

The 49ers defense scored 39 points. It's a good thing too because Mark "Poise" Sanchez laid about three eggs. Byron's also got two guys named Pierre. I learned on the NFL network that there are no guys in the NFL named "Peter" but four guys named "Pierre" which just goes to show that while you can't stop guys with French names, you can always stop the French.

Ophir Gophirs (3-1) 95.21
FortuneCookieXpress (3-1) 61.27

Fortune Cookie say: "When Drew Brees throw no touchdown, team have hard time winning."

Stat of the Week! Average Points of Opponents and Average Points of Remaining Opponents, Ranked by Hardest Schedule Remaining

Rk  Team         Opp Pts  Remaining Played   Lg/PtRk
 1  Cambridge Gooners FC    76.67    69.51    9/10
 2  SBXLIV - perhaps        76.43    71.66   12/11
 3  Laurie's Team           76.17    68.61   11/6
 4  Brown Town Blues        75.88    67.85    2/3
 5  Ram Tuff                75.83    74.94   10/14
 6  Blue                    75.48    69.23    3/4
 7  Coming off the Bench    75.42    70.65    5/7
 8  Ophir Gophirs           74.47    70.14    1/1
 9  FortuneCookieXpress     73.43    76.74    6/9
10  Flying pigskins         72.92    80.10   13/12
11  This Team Stinks        72.01    77.91    4/5
12  The Jungernaut          71.72    77.13    7/2
13  Dan's Team              71.51    83.49   14/13
14  OK I Was Wrong          71.22    81.19    8/8
Strength of schedule based on the current points scored by all teams. I'm not doing any sort of regression analysis, bayesian analysis or any analysis. All this means is that Brent, Byron and Elijah have played a lot of high-scoring opponents already and may get more wins based on their own points relative to their remaining opponents.