Here’s the play-by-play for the last two weeks.
Week 7 – Auburn
Round 1
Q: Who scores first for the Vols? (10 – 30 points available)
A: A field goal kicker (10 points)
Only four players get this right.
Mushrooms: Gavin Driskill and HT
Bananas: jfarrar90 and Mariettavol
Blue shells and bolts:
- We get both a new blue shell and a thunderbolt, the bolt thrown by Isaac Bishop
- Blue Shell #2 reaches the leader, Randy Holtzclaw, and blows him up. He loses 10 points and yet was so far ahead that he still maintains the lead.
- Blue Shell #3 Counter: 5
Top 10 after Round 1:
- Randy Holtzclaw
- Displaced_Vol_Fan
- Jayyyy
- Will Shelton
- daetilus
- Joel Hollingsworth
- Mitchell K
- cscott95
- jfarrar90
- Sam Hensley
Round 2
Q: Tennessee is allowing 7.6 tackles for loss per game. Auburn is getting 8.2. How many TFLs does Auburn get this weekend against the Vols? (10 – 20 points available)
A: 8-10 (10 points) (they got 10)
Six players get this right.
Mushrooms: jrstep and Isaac Bishop
Bananas: Isaac Bishop and Jayyyy
Blue shells and bolts:
- New rule on bolts (to make it easier to administer): The player who throws it gets 15 points. These go to Isaac Bishop this round. In the future (including this round), they’ll be awarded at the time the bolt is thrown rather than one round later.
- No new blue shells
- Blue Shell #3 Counter: 4
- A bolt is thrown, again by Isaac Bishop, who gets another 15 points.
How is this happening? If the random number generator chooses someone who has played in the past but didn’t play that week, I move it to the closest player. Most of those folks are at the bottom of the standings, and Bishop has been in last place among the folks persevering through the season, so he’s been the recipient of a bunch of these. Congrats?
Top 10 after Round 2:
- Displaced_Vol_Fan
- Jayyyy
- Randy Holtzclaw
- Mitchell K
- Will Shelton
- daetilus
- Joel Hollingsworth
- Isaac Bishop
- cscott95
- jfarrar90
Round 3
Q: Which team has the most punts? (10 – 20 points available)
A: Tennessee (10 points) (The Vols had 4 to Auburn’s 3.)
Ten players get this right.
Mushrooms: jrstep and Gavin Driskill
Bananas: Sam Hensley and Raven17
Blue shells and bolts:
- Blue Shell #3 Counter: 3
- New Blue Shell #4 Counter: 5
- New bolt, thrown by Raven17, who gets 12 points (15 for the bolt, minus 3 for the mushroom)
Final Standings After Week 7:
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Displaced_Vol_Fan | 67 |
| 2 | Randy Holtzclaw | 59 |
| 3 | Mitchell K | 57 |
| 4 | Jayyyy | 53.5 |
| 5 | daetilus | 52 |
| 6 | Will Shelton | 46.5 |
| 7 | jfarrar90 | 44 |
| 8 | Joel Hollingsworth | 38.5 |
| 9 | Isaac Bishop | 38.5 |
| 10 | Sam Hensley | 38 |
| 11 | cscott95 | 35 |
| 12 | jrstep | 35 |
| 13 | Raven17 | 32.5 |
| 14 | Evan | 29 |
| 15 | JWheel101 | 28.5 |
| 16 | MitchellK | 27 |
| 17 | LTVol99 | 26.5 |
| 18 | Harley | 26.5 |
| 19 | Gavin Driskill | 26 |
| 20 | Mariettavol | 24 |
| 21 | HT | 23 |
| 22 | Corndawg | 19 |
| 23 | Brunovol | 15 |
| 24 | Rocky Top | 13 |
| 25 | RockyTop5 | 13 |
| 26 | chris weatherly | 12 |
| 27 | Dave S | 12 |
| 28 | Jdsimp | 12 |
| 29 | Drew | 10 |
| 30 | BallerVawl | 8.5 |
| 31 | Dave Burton | 8 |
| 32 | Phil | 7 |
| 33 | TexasVolFan | 6.5 |
| 34 | Jim Cornwell | 5.5 |
| 35 | Bulldog85 | 4 |
| 36 | Rockytopinky | 4 |
| 37 | RockyTopPride | 3.5 |
| 38 | Mark Dotson | 3 |
| 39 | LeniVol | 1.5 |
| 40 | Jordon74 | 0 |
| 41 | Mitchell Killian | 0 |
| 42 | PaVol | 0 |
| 43 | Sam | 0 |
| 44 | Simpson_vols | 0 |
| 45 | Kent | -1.5 |
| 46 | CrazyVol | -3 |
| 47 | Jason | -3 |
Week 8 – Alabama
Note: Mushrooms are now worth 5 points and bananas are now worth -5.
Round 1
Q: How many points does Alabama score? (10 – 20 points available)
A: Over 50 (20 points) (They scored 58)
Only three players get this right.
Mushrooms: Joel Hollingsworth and Mariettavol
Bananas: Harley and rdbulet96
Blue shells and bolts:
- Blue Shell #3 Counter: 2
- New Blue Shell #4 Counter: 4
- Yet another new blue shell: Blue Shell #5 Counter: 5
- No bolts this round
Top 10 after Round 1:
- Displaced_Vol_Fan
- Randy Holtzclaw
- Mitchell K
- Jayyyy
- Raven17
- daetilus
- JWheel101
- Will Shelton
- jfarrar90
- Joel Hollingsworth
Round 2
Q: How many of the following things happen? (10 – 50 points available)
- Alabama doesn’t score a touchdown on its opening drive
- Tua throws an interception
- Tua throws a pass in the fourth quarter
- Alabama scores 38 points or less
A: None of them (10 points). Bleck.
Nobody got this right.
Mushrooms: Mariettavol and LTVol99
Bananas: JWheel101 and brandongalford
Blue shells and bolts:
- Blue Shell #3 Counter: 1
- New Blue Shell #4 Counter: 3
- Blue Shell #5 Counter: 4
- Aaaand it’s raining blue shells. Blue Shell #6 Counter: 5
- No bolts
Top 10 after Round 2:
- Displaced_Vol_Fan
- Randy Holtzclaw
- Mitchell K
- Jayyyy
- Raven17
- daetilus
- Will Shelton
- jfarrar90
- JWheel101
- Joel Hollingsworth
Round 3
Q: Who throws the first interception? (10 – 20 points available)
A: Somebody else (20 points) (It was Jalen Hurts.)
Only Raven17 got this right, and it put her in first place.
Mushrooms: Evan and brandon galford
Bananas: LTVol99 and Evan
Blue shells and bolts:
- Raven17 takes the lead just in time for Blue Shell #3 to blow her up. She loses 10 points.
- New Blue Shell #4 Counter: 2
- Blue Shell #5 Counter: 3
- Aaaand it’s raining blue shells. Blue Shell #6 Counter: 4
- No new blue shells
- No bolts
Final Standings After Week 8:
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Displaced_Vol_Fan | 67 |
| 2 | Raven17 | 62.5 |
| 3 | Randy Holtzclaw | 59 |
| 4 | Mitchell K | 57 |
| 5 | Jayyyy | 53.5 |
| 6 | daetilus | 52 |
| 7 | Will Shelton | 46.5 |
| 8 | jfarrar90 | 44 |
| 9 | JWheel101 | 43.5 |
| 10 | Joel Hollingsworth | 43.5 |
| 11 | Harley | 41.5 |
| 12 | Isaac Bishop | 38.5 |
| 13 | Sam Hensley | 38 |
| 14 | cscott95 | 35 |
| 15 | Jrstep | 35 |
| 16 | Mariettavol | 34 |
| 17 | Evan | 29 |
| 18 | MitchellK | 27 |
| 19 | LTVol99 | 26.5 |
| 20 | Gavin Driskill | 26 |
| 21 | HT | 23 |
| 22 | Corndawg | 19 |
| 23 | Brunovol | 15 |
| 24 | Rocky Top | 13 |
| 25 | RockyTop5 | 13 |
| 26 | chris weatherly | 12 |
| 27 | Dave S | 12 |
| 28 | Jdsimp | 12 |
| 29 | Drew | 10 |
| 30 | BallerVawl | 8.5 |
| 31 | Dave Burton | 8 |
| 32 | Phil | 7 |
| 33 | TexasVolFan | 6.5 |
| 34 | Jim Cornwell | 5.5 |
| 35 | Bulldog85 | 4 |
| 36 | Rockytopinky | 4 |
| 37 | RockyTopPride | 3.5 |
| 38 | Mark Dotson | 3 |
| 39 | LeniVol | 1.5 |
| 40 | Jordon74 | 0 |
| 41 | Mitchell Killian | 0 |
| 42 | PaVol | 0 |
| 43 | Sam | 0 |
| 44 | Simpson_vols | 0 |
| 45 | brandon galford | 0 |
| 46 | Kent | -1.5 |
| 47 | CrazyVol | -3 |
| 48 | Jason | -3 |
| 49 | rdbulet96 | -5 |