ROBIO OVER ERIC, 1,973 – 1,871 | CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Heading into the 2012 title game, one thing was clear…Eric (Tebow’s Before Hoes) was the favorite. The CBS Guru certainly thought Eric was the better of the two teams, making me (Romolicious) a 384-point underdog. Even I jumped on the bandwagon. In my predictions, I gave Eric a 556-point win.
The fact was, Eric was always the top dog throughout the season. He rolled off to a 5-0 start, was taken down by Griff in week six, before winning his next four. He was 9-1 and on pace to earn both the top seed and the scoring title. In the season’s final month, despite adding Tom Brady to the mix, Eric did hit a couple of speed bumps, splitting his final four. It cost him the top seed, but he still brought him his scoring title, but he was still the favorite to most people.
For me, I also rolled to a 5-0 start and I actually led the league in scoring at that point. I would drop my next two, before rallying to take two of three. However, after losing both Darren McFadden and Percy Harvin to injury, I would drop my final three games, losing twice to teams that would miss the playoffs. While I still earned the 5-seed, I was starting a backup wide receiver (due to injury) and I benched both my tight end (Vernon Davis) for lack of productivity and Defense (49ers) because of match ups, so no one was predicting me to win a single game in the playoffs.
Yet, I took care of business against Molly in the quarters, holding her and Aaron Rodgers off on Monday night for a 1,625 – 1,528 win. The following game though I was facing arguable the hottest team in the league and three-peat seeking, Bob. However, on Monday night, I got 314 points from the Titans DST, a free agent pick up, and rallied to upset Bob 1,554 – 1,471. Just like that I was in the title game.
For Eric, he simple put it on cruise control in the quarters, taking care of Masterson, 1,649 – 1,239. It was his fifth game over 1,600 for the year. In the following week, he caught a break. Eric struggled to score, but thankfully was facing 8th seeded Burrier (who had upset Griff the week before). Eric won 1,163 – 677, earning his first trip to the finals.
It was on, cousin vs. cousin.
To win, I was going to need some big numbers from somewhere.
SATURDAY NIGHT
The action began Saturday night when I had both Matt Ryan and Roddy White playing. Luckily for me, they were facing a listless Lions’ D and the duo went off. Ryan threw four touchdown passes, delivering 541 points. Two of those touchdowns went to White and he produced 410 points.
In one night’s game, I got a stunning 951 points from two players and just like that I went from being a big ‘dog to a slight favorite.
SUNDAY EARLY GAMES
For the early games, I had Darren McFadden, Brian Hartline, Dan Bailey and the Chargers DST. With a couple decent outings, I could put this one away before dinner time. Meanwhile, Eric had Tom Brady, Alfred Morris, Reggie Wayne, Jason Witten and Stephen Gostkowski going.
To say Eric dominated the early games would be an understatement. He would end up getting solid stats from everyone. Morris scored 230 points, while Wayne g0t 212. Witten’s 108 was decent, but Gostkowski kicked three field goals, producing 140 points. Only Tom Brady failed to live up to his season average, throwing two picks and scoring just 243 fantasy points.
However, just about everyone in my early games failed to show. McFadden was held to 56 fantasy points, Hartline was knocked out of the game with just two catches and 20 fantasy points, while Dan Bailey scored 90 points. However, what prevented a total collapse was the pick up of the Chargers defense. Facing the Jets, they recorded 11 sacks, two turnovers and scored twice, giving me 428 points. Six players in and I had three who scored over 400, while three others scored below 100.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Heading into the 4pm games, I still had a comfortable lead, 1,545 – 933.
There was no chance Eric could rally, right? Sure all I had going was Marshawn Lynch going Sunday night against the 49ers defense and free agent pick up Dennis Pitta going that afternoon, but as good as Eric’s Ray Rice, Demaryius Thomas and the Bears D (against the Cardinals) were, 612 points was too much, right?
Well, Dennis Pitta did very little (104 points), while Rice (316), Thomas (246) and the Bears D (376) went off. Eric exploded into the lead, 1,871 – 1,649. It could have been worse, as Eric was up by 300, but the Cardinals offense managed some junk time yards and a score.
SUNDAY NIGHT
Now I was down 222 points. That was a unreasonable deficit. Lynch had scored over 222 points seven times in fifteen games this season, including his last two. However, this week he was facing a 49ers run defense that had given up just one 200-point back all season long.
In the end though, the Seahawks and Lynch were hot and he exploded for two touchdowns in the first half. Sadly, I missed it as I was driving at that time. When I got out of the car at halftime, I saw I was down just nine fantasy points. Lynch would get that with his first carry in the second half and and finished with 324 points. I could have challenge Burrier for highest scoring game ever, but Lynch was pulled by the fourth quarter in Seattle’s blowout win.
Victory was mine, 1,973 – 1,871.
Obviously, to call this game “the game of the century” will always be just an opinion. Still, I’ve never seen a game flip-flop like this before and not with the stakes so high.
This game also crashed the record books. Eric and I combined to score the most points ever in a title game, 3,844 points, the second most points scored in any game ever. Sadly for Eric, his 1,871 points were not only the most points score in a title game defeat, they were the most points scored in any defeat in league history.
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