Category: Weekly Matchup

Week 16 folks, lots of action as the season enters its final quarter.

On a more serious note, I’m sure many of you remember Jana who used to work upstairs a few seasons ago, and most of you know about her health issues. This link was shared with me this morning and I thought I’d post it here to help it reach as many people as possible.

• Jansen – Rohde: Are you kidding me? Jansen has been all over public access and MySpace talking trash about Rohde for the last week. Rohde in turn has been blowing up Google Plus with similarly negative messages. Big mouths don’t win games though and this week, Rohde lets their rocks do the talking.
• Boomer – Moll: See you guys at the Gnome at 9:30?
• Dubois – Lickteig: The fun goes a bit overboard this week and the aftermath is not pretty. Broken glass and blood stains will linger on sheet 3 through playdowns. Lickteig bends but doesn’t break.
• McLaughlin – Pylka: Both teams will find it terribly distracting to play next to such a melee. In this case, Pylka’s laser focus will give them the edge over McLaughlin’s rubbernecking.
• McGovern – Rokke: Some think sheet 5 is great; center ice and all that, but really, it’s a pain in the rear. No benches, long commutes to your drinks, hard to get out of the way during opponent’s play and so on. McGovern has been preparing for this match all season and now it’s time. Rokke (NR) is still a mystery, beatable, but mysterious. Big data wins again.
• Lichty – Dveris: Evenly matched rinks go at it on coveted sheet 6. As of late, my instincts have been less than accurate about Lichty, so I’m going with Dveris who pull together a solid 8 ends of curling fury.
• McLellan – Hammes: The streak remains unbroken at 0:32 for Hammes, why change it now? Fourth end social this week is a tart sangria dispensed from a mason jar (with twine). How Instagrammable!
• Zimmerman – Anderson: Forced to play on sheet 8, Anderson defiantly declares this week that nobody puts Anderson in a corner. Zimmerman on the other hand tries to use the mystique of old number 8 to their advantage. My biggest regret is that while this match will probably have an exciting conclusion, it’s so difficult to see from upstairs. I’m siding with Anderson.

Sources indicate that the annual Metro League Chili Supper is provisionally scheduled for Feb 25 (week 18). So check your calendars and get excited.

Short on time this week.

• Dubois – Hammes: 4^th end bubbles lead to an effervescent Dubois win.
• McLellan – Long: McLellan outwits Long’s recycled strategy.
• Lichty – Anderson: Lichty breathes fire as Anderson continues to unravel.
• Dveris – Rokke: Rokke beware and Dveris plays the spoiler again.
• McLaughlin – Rohde: Less is more with a Rohde win.
• Boomer – Lawrence: This laugh riot should be a primetime sitcom, Lawrence is less bad.
• Zimmerman – Moll: Sheet 7’s proximity to the Gnome favors Moll.
• McGovern – Jansen: Bad things have happened on sheet 8 between these two, McGovern remembers.

Fill out your wins and losses if you haven’t. My standings are incomplete.

Warm days lead to some hot curling during week 14.

• Lichty – Lickteig: There was a time when the whole league would gather around to watch this rivalry unfold, a young Lickteig and an even younger Lichty would posture and deliberate over every pebble and ridge, dragging the match into the wee hours of a frosty Thursday morning. But that plane has sailed. With maturity, Lickteig has gained efficiency and the consistent tempo of a German metronome. Lichty, on the other hand, has been reported to the manager (more than once) for sniffing glue in club basement. I’m sure it was a big misunderstanding. Lickteig tics then tocks to a 10:45 win.
• Dveris – Pylka: I’m about ready to declare Dveris the league wildcard, they’ve had some brilliant games this season but their record doesn’t reflect their true potential. I think it’s all a well-rehearsed ruse meant to keep the league reeling. Pylka plays like a union electrician; they show up, do good work and keep the flair to a minimum. Hard to call but I’ll give a slight advantage to the brotherhood.
• Boomer – Long: Man-o-man this one will be a treat. Although it’s not immediately apparent, this faceoff is some sort of interstellar 10 year wormhole reach-around………. Let that sink in……… Boomer?
• Jansen – Lawrence: What match could be more Tom and Jerry? This time, Jansen gives the frying pan to the face.
• Zimmerman – Hammes: This match may very well be the largest concentration of females on the ice at one time during Metro league play ever. Be careful that the Bonnies don’t try to recruit the lot. I predict an extra long 4^th end, with, do I detect, hmmm, something fruity for the occasion? I’m pretty sure Hammes are far enough out of college to have their Boones Farm privilege revoked, but, something more mature but equally undrinkable, why, yes, I definitely predict a round or two of 99 Bananas. Zimmerman
• McLellan – Moll: We all know the Moll pre-game routine well but McLellan’s is shrouded in mystery. Speculation indicates that things get quite elaborate starting at about 8:00 am with team pedicures and mimosas and just get weird from there.  Whatever works, Moll hosts next door.
• McGovern – Rohde: Two data driven rinks come together here on sheet 7. Expect charts and graphs and stats to fly around like dung at the Como Zoo chimp cage. McGovern comes out clean with science!
• McLaughlin – Rokke: The observations of Rokke NR continue as the entire league tries to uncoil the enigma of them and their dominance. This week, McLaughlin has volunteered to go in and poke around in the name of disclosure. In the next few weeks, we expect to release a white paper detailing the strengths and fractures of this newly discovered entity. Not much hope is held out for McLaughlin as Rokke doesn’t seem to be bothered by opposition too much.

 

Not getting any action on the chili thing. Bye.