Week 8 Update

Dufresne

Another week, another win for Eddy, this time over Matt. He maintains a one-game lead over Drew in the standings and a 60-point lead over Lisa for Starling. He also stays on track to break the Dufresne single season wins record.

But he gets no Heineken this week. Dean got top honors to beat Nalu and move into third place. Next week he gets a head-to-head shot at bringing Eddy back to the pack. Another Heineken would go a long way. Meanwhile, Nalu has slipped to last, as it ought to be for the newbie. No one should be allowed to do what Amer did last season.

Speaking of Amer, he is struggling in his title defense, dropping to Russell to remain stuck in sixth.

And Drew just keeps on winning, sneaking out another close one over Jason to stay all alone in second. He's also now alone in second in career Dufresne wins! And to keep the theme going, he has the second-longest win streak in league history, with five and counting. One more and he ties Amer's record. All he has to do is beat... Amer. :)

Montoya

My first ever Montoya Heineken! I needed it to top unlucky loser Hubert, who had the third-highest score of the week.

It still wasn't enough to catch Lisa, who crushed DanFran by 68 to keep her perch. Dan's excuse was that he couldn't check his lineup because he was running a marathon. I guess I've heard worse ones. :) Unfortunately, it cost him 40 points, which wouldn't have helped him against Lisa but would have helped him in the standings.

Scott and Gina had solid wins over Jeremy and Andrew to round out the top half of the standings. Jeremy's struggles continue, but he's still collecting talent (Peyton Manning off waivers? I never thought I'd see the day...), so perhaps he'll be primed for playoffs.

Markinson

I'm double-fisting Heinekens! It was my fourth of the season in Markinson, tying Dean's record from last season, and it helped me move into first place and defy the seeming curse on defending champs this season.

Amer slipped a spot behind me after losing to Dean 78.12 - 78.80! I chatted with Amer immediately after it went final, and he was a hell of a lot more magnanimous than I would have been. Then again, they were the bottom two scorers, so neither deserved to win. :)

Hubert has followed up his four-game losing streak with a matching four-game winning streak and is now just a game out of first. Last season he followed up his four-game losing streak with a six-game winning streak, which merely got him back to respectability. Replicating that run would do a lot more for him this time around.

Scott nipped unlucky loser Jason by five to move them both to 4-4 and a game out of first. Jason was third-highest scorer of the week but still lost his fourth in a row to mirror Hubert's run. He's Bizarro Hubert.