In honor of Danny finally finding his way out of the Playground…and back behind the podium to sling smack with the big boys…posting his first Press Release since Week 4 of the 2012 Season…it only seemed fitting to devote this week’s article to some of his words…
I’ve already bookmarked the predictions for grading next season…but wanted to concentrate specifically on…
“Let’s try this one again. I will win 10 games this season.”
This got me thinking about how hard it really is to have a 10 Win season in the TBFL…Since being founded in 1998…190 individual teams have started 0-0…and only 15 have ended with double-digits in the win column…
That’s only 7.9% of all individual TBFL Seasons played…and as the chart shows…it is not an annual event…No team managed to make the 10 Win mark in 2001, 2004, 2009, or 2010 (25% of all Years)…In comparison there have been 20 individual teams to end their seasons at 9 Wins…falling short by only One…More…Win…
2 Teams getting to 10 Wins in the same season has only happened 3 times…1999 may deserve an asterisk as UO Grandmasters got their 10th win in that year’s Week 14…the only non-13 Week season on the books…2008 and 2012 were the only other occurrences…both involving Hurricanes…
Speaking of…while there are 15 Seasons with 10 wins…only 10 of the TBFL’s 29 historic Franchises have accomplished the feat…Only 4 have done it in 2 different seasons…and only Hurricanes has done it in 3…
And getting to 10 Wins is no guarantee of Post-Season success…While always getting a Bye for the Wildcard Weekend and then hosting a home game for the Semi-Finals…10 Win teams fell short of the Fantasy Bowl 6 times (Bubba Army, Dookie, X-Factor, and Hurricanes x3)…1999 was the only season where 2 10 Win teams made the Fantasy Bowl with UO Grandmasters defeating The Crew…and only 3 other 10 Win teams took home titles…the last time being Armed N Dangerous in the 2006 Season…
“Even with the odds and numbers stacked against me I will still talk cash shit”
If that is true…and Danny still wants to “put his money where his mouth is”….then I am in…
Commish