TEG, 10:25:07

All Predictions Wrong or Your Money Back While TEG does not like to ring his own bell (technical note: TEG does not, nor ever has--but would have no problem with doing so in the future--owned his owned bell) he must point out how he has predicted here more than once:

Week One: There has never been a 1-0 game in league history (there have been 2 2-0) but, with this mid-1990's like dip in scoring, it may just be a matter of time before we see that.
And, Week 2:As stated by TEG here last week, there has yet to be a 1-0 game. But with the scoring as it is, it would stand to reason that it's only a matter of time before we see that.

now that that time finally came! After 288 games and four overtimes, Khris and Pat battled [sic?] to a 1-0, four overtime game that had the most playoff implications of any game played this week, Khris eliminating Pat and all but locking his fifth place position with the win. As also stated here, it will all be but a matter of time before there is a game with no shots, though TEG is adding this footnote to that previously made statement: for either team!

Democrats and Republicans Looking For Swing States on the Bubble--Hockey Table That Is With the season tallies being split right down the middle in terms of wins and losses in the battle between Red and Blue (24 apiece), Election Day around the corner and the Presidential campaigns heating up, TEG wouldn't be able to help himself in making a political joke if only he were something other than the non-Independent registered voter that he was. He'd also draw a parallel between the fact that Blue outscored Red 129-112 and outshot them 520-366 but still managed only an equal number of wins is comparable to how the electoral college can possibly work if only he was able to draw straight lines and wasn't four years removed from his college days.

Stats of the Week:
1. After losing eight straight games and being outshot for seven straight, Chief won a game with three goals and one SOG, thus prompting TEG's addition to his previous prediction of teams not recording a SOG.
2. Kevin twice won this week with four goals and four shots.
3. Kevin's record is now up to 90 games. You know which record by this point.
4. Dan outshot his last two opponents 36-11 and went 1-1. Kevin was outshot by his last two opponents 28-8 and went 2-0.
5. Todd finished his season by outshooting his last eleven opponents.
6. nait was 5-1 against expansion teams this season, but a paltry 2-4 against the other Original Four.
7. Todd is 22-1 all-time against expansion teams, including his current 14 game winning streak against them.
8. nait's league high 164 SOG (the fourth time he's led the league) marked the first time ever that no team reached the 200 SOG mark.
9. Previously only twice had a team not recorded 100 SOG. 5 of the 8 teams failed to do so this year.
10. Yet, teams who had 20 SOG in a game were 1-2 this season.
11. Kevin's 41.8% shooting percentage beat the previous best set by Colin in Season Five of 40.1%.
12. Todd's 22 goals allowed beat the previous best set by Colin in Season Five when he allowed only 29.
13. Four teams tied or beat Colin's old record of 29 GA.
14. Todd's 67 SOGA almost cut the old record of 111 set by nait in Season 3 in half.
15. Khris' four straight wins were an expansion season record for an expansion team.
16. Khris' three shutouts in one season tied the record previously set by both Kevin in Season One and Colin in Season Three.
17. Knate and Dan set team records for most wins in a season.
18. Todd tied a team record for most wins in a season.
19. Dan set a team record with his seven game winning streak.
20. Chief's .799 save percentage was a non-Kevin record, third best all-time and just .001 from joining the elite .800 club joined only by Kevin.
21. Though Knate (3.08) and Pat (3.00) were last in the league in GAA, they would have both lead the league with that number in Season Three.
22. Pat fell one short of the dubious record of being shutout four times in one season, a record held by both Colin, Season One and Churchie, Season Three.
23. Again being last in GF and GA, Churchie has only once failed to lose his hold on those positions, that being in Season Four when he outscored Chris 35-21.


Reader Animadversion In response to a reader's statement, "Okay, okay, I am a Todd fan. Look at this though, he has the best record in the league, the most shots, the most goals, the fewest shots against and the fewest goals allowed. I will have to consult with my friends over at stats inc. but I don’t think that has ever been done before." TEG must point out that while Todd did lead in Wins, GF, GA and least SOGA (though lost his SOG lead in the last week), Colin led the league in Wins, GF, SH%, GA, least SOG and best SV% in Season Five in what can no doubt be called the most dominating regular season performance the league has yet to see. Though, I'm sure "a Todd fan" would be more than willing to concede such dominance in order to avoid the playoff performance Colin put on that season.

Do As TEG Says, Not As He Does nait--TEG--breathed a noticeable sigh of relief as he took a 3-0 lead against Khris this week making TEG--nait himself--wonder if nait himself--TEG--is a reader of TEG (as opposed to just being the writer?) knowing the success rate of being up 2-0 is nearly 90% and 3 goals, while uncalculated by TEG--nait--is as far as he--either TEG or nait or perhaps both--can tell 100% this year. But alas nait, do as TEG says--you say--not as he does--you do: Khris came back for the most dramatic win of the season in winning 5-4 in overtime single-handedly leading TEG--nait--into losing his--my--concentration enough--even more--to prevent him--me--from keeping stats on the success of two goal leads this week.

(The purpose of this entire paragraph of course was to hopefully confuse the point enough that it will be forgotten that TEG--nait--simply put, choked up a three goal lead against the team he now must face in a one-game playoff with his Stanley Cup appearance streak on the freaking--fucking--line.)

All Predictions Wrong or Your Money Back, Part 2 It has never been TEG's policy to actually predict game outcomes, and will not choose to change this policy heading into the playoffs. Though, looking at the streaky seasons most of the playoff teams have had--Kevin Won 5, Lost 3, then finished with a two game winning streak; Dan began 1-3, went on a career best seven game winning streak before losing to Kevin in the closer; nait beat Todd in the opener, Lost 2, eventually won 6 of 7 before losing two in a row to end the season; and Khris began 2-1, then Lost 5 before winning his last four games; while Todd has won 10 of his last 11 with an eight game winning streak in the middle--it appears to be a matter of picking between guessing which one will get hot at the right time...or the one who has been hot all season.

Next Week: F--- (Whoever Won Not Named nait) and Bring On Lucky Seven!

A great time to be a sports fan

Every day, I wake up with the exact opposite look on my face that Dane Cook must have when he awakens in his dilapidated Los Angeles bungalow next to some tranny, looks around, gathers his bearings, checks out the tramp next to him, smells his own morning breath and thinks to himself, "How did I get here?." My four favorite teams (the Pats, Red Sox, Todd and Celts) have odds of 7-to-5, 6-to-5 7-to-2 and 7-to-1 to win their respective championships. It's an embarrassment of riches. I'm embarrassed. Any Boston/Todd sports fan in 2007 feels vindicated as hell (for keeping the faith for 15 unhappy years from October '86 to October '01) and lucky as hell (for everything that's happened since). I know what you are thinking, here comes another column all about how lucky I am to have all of my favourite sports teams playing at such a high level right now. Another article about how I am thrilled not that I don’t have to sweat out the next month worrying about a-rod, whose going to manage my team, if my quarterback was a fluke last season and if he is going to choke in the playoffs again. Well, sorry Jack-o here comes another one of those columns.
Look at it like this. If everything works out, next week we will have one of the biggest weeks in any Boston/Todd fans life. This will be a weekend that you will be able to tell your grandchildren about in twenty years. This is the kind of weekend that your grandchildren can tell their grandchildren about in sixty years. We have Kevin Garnett debuting. Donning the green and white jersey with more determination since anyone has since Larry the Legend. We could have another potential bloody sock game with the red sox going against the hated Colorado Rockies. (Okay, maybe not hated but I have to do something to pump myself up for this series.) Can’t you just imagine how long one of Papi’s home runs could travel in that thin, mile high, air. I am giddy just thinking about it. Oh yeah, and let’s not forget the dismantling of the reigning super bowl champions when, possibly, the 9-0 patriots go head to head versus the 9-0 colts in what could be the biggest non-playoff game ev-er.
There is one thing that I am even more excited about though. As great as Tom Brady, Manny or KG is going to be there is one more story line that excites me even more. Todd versus Nait.
That’s right, where the nhl dropped off, Thursday night bubble hockey at frizzy’s has taken over. This season on the whole has been as unpredictable as Seth on the pot during the last season of the o.c. Of the eight teams in the league, every single one is still up for a playoff spot. What sport can say that right now? The last week of the season and everyone could still make the playoffs!!! So here are my power rankings going into the last week. If you don’t follow, well you need to. This is more dramatic than Friday Night Lights and 90210 combined. Sure, maybe it isn’t as sexy as 90210, but at least they dress more modernly….. Well, except for maybe nait.


The Bruce Coslett Division
8. Chief.
Adam started off the season as one of three expansion teams in the league this year. (bubble hockey franchises are about as profitable as nhl teams!) In his first week of action he went two and one with his sole loss coming in a heart breaking game where pat came back from two down. Since then he hasn’t won a single game. He has been fighting hard each week with no loss coming by more than two goals. Still though, I can’t shake the feeling that he doesn’t have the big game mentality. He is sort of like Derek Jeter in this season’s baseball playoffs. (I am enjoying these yankee jokes too much) Next season should be better for him though, he has the highest save percentage in the league so all he has to do is tighten up on defense and good things could start happening.

7. Kris
Okay, okay, before you jump down my throat for this one let me explain. I realize that he is currently in the driver’s seat for the last playoff spot. I know that he is pretty much the only expansion team with any moves other than just holding the puck and hoping for the best. Still, there is something that makes me uncomfortable about this guy. Maybe it is the backwards hat. Maybe it is that he showed up half an hour late last week. I don’t know. Maybe it is because he spells his name with a “k”. I could not explain this to you if I tried. He does have a tough schedule coming up this week with games against P Money, Nait and Dan and to secure any victories against those three is a challenge in of itself.



6. Church Nate
The fact that he is not in 8th right now is saying a lot about his game. Historically, Churchie has been kind about as good as the Tampa Rays. Going into this season his career record was 2-47. I mean, I bet Dwight from the office scored more often than him. What does he do this season though? He wins two games already, equaling his career win total. To put this in perspective, imagine if Kyle Farnsworth was walking guys and starting fights since his career started. Then, next season, he turns into the next Mo Rivera. (All right, maybe I am laying it on a little thick) I have to admit though; I like the kids’ chances.

Enigmatic Enigmas
5. P Money
This kid is the David Ortiz of bubble hockey. Down 2-0? So what. Nothing seems to phase him. As noted by fellow espn columnist TEG, the tastefully named Nait Rey, Pat has come back from down two goals not once this season, but twice! With the rule changes put into place this season to reduce scoring this stat is almost as mind blowing as Rodger Clemens ERA during the playoffs….

4. Dan Murphy.
Dan is an incredibly average player most of the time. Coming into this season, his record was exactly at .500. He had made the playoffs every year but once but never advanced past the first round. The funny thing is how inconsistent he is from game to game. One week he can rattle off 20 shots and score five goals. Then next week he can loose 6-0. If I were a betting man I would bet my upcoming child, Nate Simmons, that Dan does not win the title this year.


The Contenders

3. Kevin
It has been an up and down year for Kevin. He has lost to the first place team twice, beaten Nait, beaten Dan, has been undefeated against expansion teams but then lost to Churchy. I think that Kevin was looking forward to his next game too much which costs him his game against Churchie. At the same time he has gone 87 games without being shutout so you can never count him out. He scares me, he hasn’t one a title yet and after the rough go of things last week I think he may come out more determined than ever.

2. Todd.
Okay, okay, I am a Todd fan. Look at this though, he has the best record in the league, the most shots, the most goals, the fewest shots against and the fewest goals allowed. I will have to consult with my friends over at stats inc. but I don’t think that has ever been done before. It should not come as a surprise then that Todd is in first place. He has lost once this season though, not surprisingly, to this guy….

1. Nait
Sure, he his stats might not say he is the best this season, a 6-3 record. A loss to Churchie. All things being equal though, he is the defending champ. Oh hell, who am I kidding? I just don’t want to jinx things by putting Todd number one….

So all things being equal I think with this week’s power rankings I have guaranteed a patriot’s super bowl championship, a Celtics nba championship, a world series trophy for the red sox and todd’s second bubble hockey league championship.

I mean, if the yankee’s can loose, so can nait, right?


Bill Simmons gets around to writing for the bubble hockey group of myspace when he gets around to it.

TEG 10.18.07

Standings W L GF GA Home
Away

xy Todd 8 1 36 18 4 1 4 0

Kevin 6 3 29 21 3 1 3 2
x Dan 6 3 24 21 3 2 3 1
x nait 6 3 29 21 3 2 3 1

Khris 3 6 22 26 1 3 2 3

Pat 3 6 12 30 1 4 2 2

Chief 2 7 18 21 1 3 1 4

Churchie 2 7 14 26 1 3 1
x-Clinched Playoff Spot
y-Clinched tie for First

Week Four Games:
nait @ Kevin
Dan @ Todd
Pat @ Khris
Chief @ Church Knate
Kevin @ Dan
Khris @ Chief
Church Knate @ Pat
nait @ Khris
Todd @ Chief
Dan @ Church Knate
Pat @ Kevin
Todd @ nait

Playoff Picture The playoff picture cleared up substantially by the end of this week even though it remains somewhat of a muddled mess. Todd has all but clinched first place. Kevin has the upper hand on second place at the moment, but cannot overtake first and has not clinched a playoff berth while Dan and nait, sitting behind him in third and fourth respectively, have already clinched playoff berths and nait is the only one who can catch Todd for first place. As for the fifth and final spot everyone else is still eligible to make the playoffs, though Khris has the inside track on that spot.

The scenarios: Todd only needs to win one game or have nait lose one game to clinch his league best third career regular season title. With tie-breakers over both Kevin and Dan, but having lost to nait, Todd can only be caught by him assuming he loses out and nait wins out.

Kevin can technically fail to make the playoffs if he loses out and Pat wins and defeats Kevin by more than three goals.

Dan and nait can both finish anywhere between second and fourth but cannot slip to fifth under any circumstances, both having the tie-breakers over Pat and Khris, the only two below them in the standings that can catch them.

As for the fifth and final spot, the winner of the Khris-Pat matchup this week will have the inside track for the final spot, though both Chief and Knate can make it but would need other teams to lose even if they won out. As far as TEG can remember, this would be the first time that all teams have a stake going into the final week of play.

Meaningful Game Sighted in Churchland After his upset of Kevin, Knate's second win this season not only equaled his career win total heading into the season, it also propelled him into the thick of the playoff chase. In fact, his game against Khris marked the first game Knate had ever played with his own playoff implications at stake. He ultimately lost the game 2-1 in OT, but the fact that he was even in the situation signals a huge step forward for the franchise's history.

Stats of the Week:

1. Todd's eight game winning streak set a new team regular season record, besting his previous best of six straight regular season wins. The streak is now the second longest regular season winning streak behind Colin's twelve straight regular season, but is three behind the 11 straight that Todd won over the course of the end of Season Four's regular season and playoffs.
2. Todd has outshot every opponent in his eight game winning streak. And was outshot in his only loss.
3. Todd is 7-0 as the Blue Team.
4. Kevin has now gone 87 straight games without being shutout.
5. nait and Kevin both insured that they would finish no worse than .500 for the sixth consecutive season, the only two teams to hold such a streak in league history.
6. nait clinched his six straight playoff appearance, the only team in league history to make the playoffs in every season.
7. Dan tied a career best five game winning streak and besting his best in-season winning streak.
8. Chief is tied for last place despite having the league's best save percentage.
9. Original Four teams went 7-1 this week against expansion teams, bringing their record to 18-2 on the season in such games.
10. Knate has both victories by an expansion team over an Original Four.
11. After tying the single season shutout total in Week 2, no team was shutout this week.
12. Only one team has had 20 SOG this season--and lost.
13. Teams that held a two goal lead went 5-1.

One Goal Made All the Difference In the last game of the first week, Chief, sitting at 2-0 and looking to end the week as the only undefeated team left in the league, was leading Pat 2-0 late in the game. But Pat, hanging in there, scored a late goal with time left on the clock. This allowed the puck to be put back into play and Pat again took advantage by scoring the tying goal and ultimately the game-winning overtime goal to overcome a two goal deficit. Since that game, Chief has not won, going on a seven game slide. In his seven game losing streak he has lost five of his games by one goal and the other two by two.

Even in his rematch against Pat this past week he once again held a late two goal lead that Pat overcame again to continue the losing streak. TEG cannot help but wonder what would have been the outcome of Chief's season had he simply held onto that lead in his third game.

Still, in the new Thursday Night Bubble Hockey, Chief still has a chance to get into the playoffs despite the sudden setback.

TEG 10.11.07

New Dogs versus Old Tricks Now that the financial stability and future of Colin's team is uncertain, it leaves only four of the Original Five still playing. After last week pitted the Original Four against each other, and the three rookies and one-time expansion team Churchie against each other in separate round robins, each of this week's games saw one of the Original Four play one of the expansion teams. And my what a rookie hazing it was! Of the 12 games played, 11 were won by the Original Four and the "expansion" team that won was Churchie: meaning no rookie team beat an Original. This however is by no means a recent trend as the Original Four have a career record of 63-10 against teams that did not play in the league's first season. Todd has the best such record with a 19-1 while Dan holds the "worst" with a putrid 13-5 record. I would go into further depth but then I would run out of stats for the stats of the week section, so see below. By the end of the week the Original Four held the top four spots and where parity once reigned it suddenly seemed feigned and disparity is present again.Running Items Department: Four Goals and a Victory TEG's irrefutable law still holding strong with teams scoring four goals or more going 9-1 this week. No surprise there except to see that four goals were scored on ten occasions after only seven last week. Perhaps then the following item will prove unnecessary.Two Goal Leads Are the New Four Goals Equals a Victory As stats are proving, goals are down this season, as are shots. As stated here last week this will ultimately decrease the number of comebacks over multi-goal deficits and add an increased pressure for a team to score the first goal. To support these thoughts, TEG did his best to track the number of times a team that lead by two goals at any point wound up winning their games. By my tally, 10 games featured a two goal lead and eight times the team that held it won. Or put in a less complicated manner: teams only came back from two goal deficits twice. One was by TEG himself who only came back because of how quickly the first two goals were scored against him. (And, almost echoing the words of a bubble hockey playing Tim Connolly TEG, perhaps believing a little too much in his own new theory--almost said to himself "no one comes back from two goals down in bubble hockey.") Todd was the other benefactor of a comeback and he did the same by overcoming an early two goal lead as well. There's no way for TEG to go back and track the number of two-goal leads that have been overcome in the past, but, without trying to sound like the elderly speaking of supposed good old days, TEG is willing to bet that there were a few more such comebacks when the games were longer.Stats of the Week:1. Dan's 2-0 win over Chief was only the third 2-0 game in league history. As stated by TEG here last week, there has yet to be a 1-0 game. But with the scoring as it is, it would stand to reason that it's only a matter of time before we see that.2. nait's holding Pat to one shot on goal marked only the second time in league history that few shots have been register. Much like the 1-0 game, a 0 SOG game seems a matter of time as well. In fact, unconfirmed rumors spoke of one such game, an exhibition, that occurred after league play this past Thursday night.3. Kevin has never been shutout, a streak that now stands at 84 straight games.4. There have been seven shutouts already this season, tying the league's season total record.5. Todd has held opponents to less than 10 SOG for five straight games, breaking the old record of four previously held by Dan (Season Two) and equaled this week by Kevin.6. Dan was outshot his first four games and has been five of his six games this season.7. Khris is now 2-0 when outshooting his opponents but 0-4 when being outshot. As TEG's very own real live father used to tell him: "you can't score unless you shoot." TEG's advice to Khris? Shoot!8. Pat is 1-1 when outshooting his opponents but 0-3 when being outshot. As TEG's very own real live father used to tell him: "you can't score unless you shoot." TEG's advice to Pat? Shoot!9. After registering a 32-20 edge in shots against his opponents last week and going 2-1 in the process, Chief was outshot 53-14 and wound up going 0-3 in the process.10. Knate has been outshot in every game this season and counting 11 straight dating back to the last season. In his career he is 1-46 in games he has been outshot. As TEG's very own...SHOOT!11. Knate ended his record 25 game losing streak with a 2-1 OT, comeback victory against Dan. Two of Knate's three career victories have come against Dan.12. Chief currently leads the league with a 2.00 GAA and is ahead of the all-time season save percentage record with an .836 percentage and yet is only 2-4. TEG does not know exactly what that could possibly mean except that perhaps the world isn't always fair.13. Pat has one less GF and two more GA than Knate but has one more win. TEG does not know exactly what that could possibly mean except that perhaps the world isn't always fair.Bonus Stat Even Though I Know It's Rude to Talk About Him When He's Not Here Colin won his first four career post-season games but has since gone onto lose his next seven (and counting).Lesser of Two Evils? A new rule change this year, established after Todd broke tradition last year and chose to be the Red Team even though he was the home team--until then it was just given that the home team was Blue--now gives the home team the choice of which side to play on. But so far the home team, aka the team that picks their side is 10-14. Within those choices, Blue is showing to be a better, though only slightly, choice having gone 5-6 when picked, where as Red is 5-8.Though TEG must ponders what could have changed so drastically from last week to make Re d picked nine times last week and only four times this week.Next Week: More shots on goal stats! And maybe something more about the Blue/Red battle for good and evil.

TEG 10.4.2007

Standings..W..L..GF....GA..Home..Away
Todd............2...1....13......8....0-1...2-0
Kevin...........2...1....11.......9....1-1....1-0
Chief............2...1......9......4....1-0....1-1
Chris............2...1......7......3....0-1....2-0
Pat...............2...1......5......7....1-1.....1-0
nait..............1 ..2......6......7....0-1.....1-1
Dan..............1...2......6....12....1-1.....0-
1Churchie.....0...3......2......9...0-2.....0-1

Week 2 Games

Chris @ nait
Chief @ Todd
Churchie @ Dan
Kevin @ Chris
Chief @ Dan
Churchie @ Kevin
Chris @ Todd
nait @ Chief
Todd @ Churchie
Dan @ Pat
Kevin @ Pat
Pat @ nait

Eighteen Month Sentence Served On a night when Chris Drury and Daniel Briere scored winning goals for each of their new respective teams, Buffalo fans might have needed a little something to distract them. And nearly eighteen months after the last game played, Bubble Hockey finally returned! And for all the traveling I had done in between, Thursdays just never felt the same. Not even this summer's Thursday in the Square felt right. Thursday had just lost its charm. On a rare good Thursday in the past year I remember once texting Church Nate "I forgot how much fun Thursdays could be." How I forgot just how much fun it was to know that on one given night you'd be amongst the best of your friends competing and hanging out I don't know. But I remember it now. I missed this and it's good to be back.Last 1990's NHL Finds Bubble Hockey Home It was almost noticed immediately. Something didn't feel quite right about the length of the first game. And then the final stats started rolling in and it seemed all too obvious. The games may be cheaper now, but the games are also shorter as well. This will not only effect the likelihood of all-time records of being broken, but it more than likely also effect the number of high-scoring games, high shot totals and, perhaps most disappointing, multi-goal comebacks that we see. Also, more boring records such as the least SOG in a game (1) are suddenly more likely to be broken. There has never been a 1-0 game in league history (there have been 2 2-0) but, with this mid-1990's like dip in scoring, it may just be a matter of time before we see that.Running Items Department, Four Goal Minimum: Another stat that immediately jumped out as being down was TEG's favorite rule that a team that scores four goals has an 80% chance of winning. The actual numbers for teams scoring four or more goals is 201-37: a .845% winning percentage. Teams that score exactly three times, just one goal less, fall to a mere .336 winning percentage, having gone only 37-73. The winning percentage for teams scoring even less than three continue the trend downward.But this week, 4 goals were only scored seven times (out of thirty six) and there was only a single instance when both teams scored 4 or more, that being done in the second game, a 5-4 win for Kevin over Dan. These stats do remain consistent with TEG's rule as teams went 83.3% of the time they scored four goals or more. But where it doesn't remain consistent is that out of those 246 previous games, 201 had at least one team score four goals or more. This week only saw 7 of 36, a 19.4% that is far less than the previously established 81.7% of the time.Still, that isn't to say that there weren't any interesting stats this week.Stats of the Week:1. Kevin still never been shutout in league play, a streak that is now sitting at 81 straight games.2. Todd became only the second team to shutout Dan. Dan was only shutout twice previously, both times by Colin. 3. Still on the topics of shutouts, there had been 22 previous shutouts in league play. In his first three career games, Chris had two.4. nait was held, by Kevin, to a career low of four shots on goal in a game. nait's previous worst was 8, though Kevin has held teams to three shots three times in his career.5. Chief fell one win short of the longest winning streak by an expansion team to begin their first season.6. The record for most shots on goal in one game is 34. After three games, only nait (39) and Todd (35) have more than that.7. This marks the first time there were no teams undefeated after the first week.8. Teams shooting more than 20 times had previously been 52-13. This week they were 0-1. Only one team had more than 20 SOG!Slowly Working My Way Back After a long lay off from the TEG column, I'm sure to need a little bit of time before I get back into the thick of things and have more stats and insights. As for a possible new name for TEG readers are encouraged to suggest one, as TEG is uncertain as to when exactly he will be writing this weekly and it is almost certain to not have the Thursday night consistency it previously had.