Snore.
Another easy week across the board, as underdogs bit the dust and favorites cruised to victory. Well, except in Cincinnati. No one won there. (Right, Donovan?)
So with a fairly homogenous leaderboard and not a lot of upsets, there's not much to report, right? I mean, everyone won 11 or 12 games… well, except Carly. And Scott. Okay, read on …
As we all expected, Carly "Daily Savant" Helfand is finally slipping from her throne atop the Eds' Challenge standings, as a 10-5 week was enough to drop her to a more humanly possible-looking 104-55 record and a three-way tie for first place. Phil "Dear. Phil Dear" Dear joins her at the top, while Sapna "Lazybones" Bansil joins in on the fun with a matching 11-4 week. She's still mad at the alphabet, though.
Talk about a broken record – the 11-4s just kept on coming. Rachel "I'll Get the Ketchup" Dolin also put up 11 wins, keeping her just one game behind the Helfand/Dear/Bansil triumvirate. Evans "Get Me a Coffee" Clinchy stood out above the crowd — which makes sense, given his height — and went 12-3, sneaking to within three games of the leaders and two of Dolin.
After that, it's kind of a mess. Dave "Creamy Alfredo" Heck went 11-4, but he's still far off the lead. Tom "Query!" Eager matched Clinchy's 12-3 mark and is now tied with Heck. Noah "Racket Sports" Schumer sits five games behind those two; Scott "Rone-Dawg" Janes is, unbelievably, five more games back. At least he's over .500. For now.
Katie "Tausi" Tausanovitch crashes the boards with this week's guest picks.
