Most dubious distinction ever?

[Guest]

It started out innocently enough in early March, as the Lowcountry Gators fell victim to a significant upset in the Doggie Bowl:

<table valign="top" bgcolor="#eaeaea" border="1" bordercolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr valign="top"><td rowspan="1" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" width="92%"> <center><table><tbody><tr><td width="5%"><center></center></td><td width="44%"><center> Raleigh
(15-4-0) </center></td><td width="2%"><center> at</center></td><td width="44%"><center> Lowcountry
(16-3-0) </center></td><td width="5%"><center></center></td></tr></tbody></table><center>2020 DOGGIE BOWL</center><center>42 Degrees, Fair. Wind Speed: 9 MPH. Attendance: 65500.</center>
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</td> <td bgcolor="#998c53" width="13%"><center>27</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#aba441" width="22%"><center></center></td> <td bgcolor="#aba441" width="13%">
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</td> <td bgcolor="#aba441" width="13%"><center>24</center></td></tr></tbody></table>
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Then, roughly three weeks later, in a fairly evenly matched contest, the Tucker Tigers would lose the IHOF Bowl in the final minutes:

<table valign="top" bgcolor="#f2f2ff" border="1" bordercolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr valign="top"><td rowspan="1" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" width="92%"> <center>GAME LOG</center><center><table><tbody><tr><td width="5%"><center></center></td><td width="44%"><center> Boulder
(15-4-0) </center></td><td width="2%"><center> at</center></td><td width="44%"><center> Tucker
(14-5-0) </center></td><td width="5%"><center></center></td></tr></tbody></table><center>2024 DOGGIE BOWL</center><center>58 Degrees, Rain. Wind Speed: 13 MPH. Attendance: 80600.</center>
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</td> <td bgcolor="#929b9d" width="13%"><center>24</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c0a35a" width="22%"><center></center></td> <td bgcolor="#c0a35a" width="13%">
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</td> <td bgcolor="#c0a35a" width="13%"><center>20</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

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A week after the IHOF Bowl loss, the previously-undefeated Columbus Catfish fell in a monumental upset to a Wild Card team in the Stephens Cup:

<table valign="top" bgcolor="#d1d1d1" border="1" bordercolor="#01325a" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr valign="top"><td rowspan="1" bgcolor="#d1d1d1" valign="top" width="92%"> <center><table><tbody><tr><td width="5%"><center></center></td><td width="44%"><center> Anchorage
(13-7-0) </center></td><td width="2%"><center> at</center></td><td width="44%"><center> Columbus
(18-1-0) </center></td><td width="5%"><center></center></td></tr></tbody></table><center>2015 Stephens Cup</center><center>59 Degrees, Rain. Wind Speed: 7 MPH. Attendance: 75500.</center>
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</td> <td bgcolor="#8cabae" width="13%"><center>38</center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#aaafb2" width="22%"><center></center></td> <td bgcolor="#aaafb2" width="13%">
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</td> <td bgcolor="#aaafb2" width="13%"><center>31</center></td></tr></tbody></table>

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And last, but not least, just this past Friday, the Charleston Chew would complete the quadfecta in the FOFL Bowl. We probably didn't belong there at all, but we overachieved a bit. It was my destiny, no doubt.

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</td><td>Front Office Championship, 2028

played in Huntsville (AL), AL

63 degrees, rain, 2 mph wind

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</td></tr></tbody> </table> <table class="score"> <tbody><tr class="away"><td style="text-align: left;">Charleston Chew</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>-</td><td>14</td></tr><tr class="home"><td style="text-align: left;">Smugglers Cove Ghost Pirates</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>7</td><td>17</td><td>-</td><td>27</td></tr></tbody> </table>

That's right. The next Doggie Bowl is this coming Friday. But for at least a week, I am the reigning runner-up in all four of my FOF MP leagues. Top THAT!







If Lowcountry makes it to the Doggie Bowl and loses, I'm gonna descend from my ivory tower to slap Wade's mama.

[Aston]

:) Good job Ben!

So can we count on you to keep up your playoff chokage in the future? That's reassuring, because you flat-out destroy us in the regular season.

[Guest]

So can we count on you to keep up your playoff chokage in the future?

Nah. Despite this recent run, I'm pretty certain that I have more MP titles than I do title game losses. (Checking...)

[Aston]

Nah. Despite this recent run, I'm pretty certain that I have more MP titles than I do title game losses. (Checking...)

Okay, that's kinda scary.

[Guest]

Yeah. If my math is correct, I am 17-11 in FOF MP title games.

[Z]

Congraulations, Ben. You are now an honorary Philadelphian.