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ROLLINGSKULL, VOLUME 17, ISSUE 224December 15, 2023 - Music by Injected, "Faithless" Semi-Final Predictions - Season Over? New GTA5 DLC Released - Zacks Facts - Dolly Parton's Chicken and Dumplings - Time to Pay Up - Last Trivia Question of the Season Answered As always, we appreciate your patronage. E. A. Presley Editor and Chief of the RollingSkull |
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This week's checklist: 1. Please note, there are no weekly high score payouts during the playoffs. Bonuses are awarded as you meet each round, see rules. Since the programming for the weekly high score bonus is on auto, the League Office will correct accoringly during playoffs. So... If you see it pop up, ignore it. 2. If you are out the playoffs, please settle up with the League Office. Your balance is under the acccounting tab. As always, please double check your team's ledger and make sure you are in agreement before sending in payment (Paypa, Venmo, Zelle). Email Pete with any questions. 3. Available Apps for MyFantasyLeague (MFL) a. OFFL Game Day for PC, GAMEDAY APP. Use League ID 13439. b. MFL Premium for iPhone. League ID 13439 c. MFL Platinum for Android. League ID 13439 Side note: The home page scoreboard at tmes is faster if you like to refresh and drill down on each game individually. 4. Assistant Commissioner Jeff Kalish is Pete's backup in the event of a league emergency (i.e. go on the record, late moves, glitches, etc). If you need to time stamp with an email for debate later-- Jeff's email is jeff.kalish@xsitedigital.com and Pete's is plpurvis@bellsouth.net. 5. This week's NFL Schedule:
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1 for 2 last week. Pedro is now 55 for 92, batting 598 for the season. Here are the semi-final predictions
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Seahawks-Brandon Aubrey's 4 FGs totaled 214 yards, an average of 53.5 per kick; the longest average length of a kicker's made FGs in a game in history; Aubrey is also the first kicker to make two 58+ FGs in one game. (Might be time to address having a K in the league). In the last 6 games Patrick Mahomes has 8 TDs and 7 TOs. Broncos started 1-5 and have gone 6-1 since. Eagles have the worst point differential of any team with 10 wins and 3 or fewer losses in history (+21). Patriots have been eliminated from playoff contention. Joe Flacco now has 10 wins as a starter in Cleveland Browns stadium, tying him for 3rd-most by any QB since the stadium opened in 1999; he also now has 100 career wins (19th QB to do so). Jordan Love is undefeated at home except when playing division rivals; he is also winless on the road except when playing division rivals. Lamar Jackson is now 19-1 against the NFC. The Vikings-Raiders game (3-0, final) is the lowest scoring game played indoors in history (the Raiders have $50 million invested in their top 3 WRs); the last 0-0 tie happened in 1943 between the Giants and Lions. Bills are the 1st team to beat Mahomes 3 times in his career; Mahomes is now 35-10 at home in the regular season: 0-3 vs the Bills, 35-7 vs everyone else. Seahawks have lost more games to the 49ers in the last 15 months (5) than they did from 2012-2021 (4). 49ers are the 5th best team ever tracked by DVOA through 13 games; Ravens are 11th best team ever. As it stands 11 teams in the AFC would currently be undisputedly in 1st place in the NFC South. All 4 AFC North teams have winning records which is the latest in season this has ever occurred in history; the NFC has just 5 teams over .500. Chiefs WRs are dropping passes at the highest rate of any team this decade at ~8%: no other team is worse than 5.1%. There is a possible (however incredibly slight) scenario where 10 teams in the NFC go 8-9 which would have the Falcons win the NFC South and the Giants and Packers taking the 6th and 7th seeds (respectively). Vikings control their own destiny in the NFC North: if they win out, they win the division. Dak Prescott is currently the favorite to win MVP and Micah Parsons is currently the favorite to win DPOY; the last team to accomplish this was the 49ers in 1994 with Steve Young as MVP and Deion Sanders as DPOY; prior to that Lawrence Taylor won both awards in 1986 on the Giants. Pete Carroll has a losing record before Russell Wilson (15-19) and after Russell Wilson (15-16). 49ers have clinched a playoff berth, first team to do so. Derrick Henry is the 3rd player in history with 10+ rushing TDs in 6 straight seasons joining LaDanian Tomlinson and Adrian Peterson. For the first time in 389 days, the Titans won a road game GTA5's New DLC is Out Just After Their Annoucncement of GTA6 for 2025  TAILGATING WITH Ms. Dolly Dolly’s Chicken and Dumplings Ingredients  1 (3-lb) chicken 2½ tsp salt ¾ tsp pepper 1 onion, peeled and left whole ¼ cup chopped celery leaves 2 cup all-purpose flour, plus extra for kneading ½ tsp baking soda 3 Tbsp vegetable shortening ¾ cup milk Preparation Combine the chicken and 2 teaspoons of the salt with 2 quarts of water in a Dutch oven. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and add the pepper, onion, and celery leaves. Simmer the chicken until the meat falls away from the bone. Remove the chicken and onion from the pot, and strain out the celery leaves. Discard the onion and celery leaves, and set the chicken aside to cool. When the chicken is cool enough to handle, remove the meat from the bones and cut into 1-inch pieces. Set aside. Discard the skin and bones. Meanwhile, raise the heat to high and bring the broth to a boil. Combine the flour, baking soda, and the remaining ½ teaspoon of salt in a medium bowl. Cut in the shortening with a fork and knife or a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Gradually stir in the milk until the dough is moist. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and lightly knead for about 5 minutes. Roll out to ½-inch thickness and cut into 1½-inch squares. Drop the pieces of dough into the boiling broth. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook for 10 minutes. Stir gently. Add the chicken back to the pot, stir, and cook until the chicken is heated through, about 8 minutes. Serve warm. |
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