Monday, January 4, 2016

Luke Wins the Millie

Luke has won the regular season award, the Millie, by one point. His 9-7 week point score beat Wayne's 8-8 and secured the trophy.

Luke's final point total was 170, Wayne's 169, Ed and Jo's 168 and Karen's 166.

Luke led the league at the beginning of the season, but a few disastrous weeks left him behind the leaders but not far. At the end of the season he had a run of 4 good weeks to creep into the leaders' bracket. He finally tied Wayne for the lead last week, and took the Millie this week.

The trophy came down to the last play of the last game of the week, when the Vikings took over on downs from the Packers, sealing their win and the Millie for Luke. Going into that game, Luke and Wayne were tied, but Wayne had the Pack.

When asked to what he attributed his success, Luke said, "A total lack of preparation. I never let experience or knowledge get in my way or influence my picks."

170 points is the lowest point score to win the season, not counting 2010 which was a partial season. The previous full season low is 179 points by Patrick in 2012.

The leaders week: