TEG comes clean

TEG can't lie.

Well, that's a lie. But TEG loves statements that inherently deny themselves. But that's beside the point.

The point here being that between the shitty Red right winger, the computer going bezerk last week, the general shittiness of the blue center--fuck, the overall shittiness of the entire table--the slower play that wins but goes in direct contrast to TEG's own style, and the fact that TEG's giving that fuckface Frizzy his money every week, well Bubble Hockey Thursdays haven't been supplying quite the same amount of inspiration they used to to give TEG to write "a TEG" every week.

And TEG hasn't even mentioned how much he hates The Pass.

(Let alone even considered the possibility that I just plain suck now at something I used to be good at and am a terribly sore loser. That's why I didn't mention The Pass. You give some and you take some. Or something like that.)

But something about last week gave me the needed burst to look forward to it again. It might have been our own little corner, or the great 3-2 game between Joe and Chris 2.0, or the fact that Todd lost two games, or just the realization that the league's at a point where everybody has a chance to win, or lose, every game they play.

I--TEG has blown his third person cover--honestly started the league knowing I'd probably have a good chance to win at the start with the secret hope that it would bring out our collective competitive natures to the point that the league would turn into a game-to-game struggle as to who would win. Coming off of last season's finals--which TEG couldn't possibly, without any honest accuracy anyway, describe just how entertaining they were or just how nice it was to see scores that harkened back to when the games were longer and the table was in better shape--and now seeing Colin 1-2 after his perfect season; Joe and Justin switching places in the standings; Khris coming off a 1-11 season to now be 5-2 and in 2nd place; and Church Nate finally beating me after playing so closely in most of our first eight matchups (and did I mention that Todd also lost two games?), that vision of parity has come. I should be enjoying the fact that every game is a toss up. That I have to bring my A-game every time and so does everyone else. This should be the fun of it: hanging out, playing games, and drinking beers together. If that's not a good time, what is?

Of course, this all sounds good on paper, or on the screen, and in theory. Though in practice I might just be the same old sore loser who wishes he could be looking back at the pack instead of viewing it from within and can't write about it unless winning all of the time.

But if I admit that, I get to blow up on The Pass. So for now, I'll spare us each of that.

As for now, I'll at least try to give a paragraph or two each week with at least a few stats of the week. If the games inspire me to do more--and I don't just mean if I win 'em all--I'll gladly do so.

Stats of the Week:
1. Joe went 5-7 last season, but is now 5-1.
2. Justin went 10-2 last season, but is now 1-4.
3. Khris went 1-11 last season, but is now 5-2.
4. Todd went 11-1 last season, but is now 3-3.
5. Pat went 0-6 at home last season, but is now 2-1.
6. Khris scored 23 goals all of last season. He now leads the league with 26.
7. The last time Todd lost two games in one week was the last week of Season Five.
8. Chris 2.0 easily broke his old record of 14 SOG in one game when he had 23 against Joe this week.
9. Neither Chief nor Church Nate have registered at least 10 SOG in one game this season.
10. Joe is 5-1 but has only played one road game. Chief is 3-3 but has only played one home game.
11. Joe is 3-1 in one goal games however, and 2-0 in two goal games. As much as being home helps, winning close games is just as important in the league these days.
12. Church Nate has been shutout three times this season and held to only one goal twice. But he scored the three he needed to beat nait for the first time in franchise history.
13. TEG couldn't come up with any interesting stats to mention himself or Dan. Now sitting in the middle of the pack after so many seasons makes that somewhat difficult.